2001 Film Festival Award Winners
 More
than 200 filmmakers and celebrities attend Festival
whose highlight includes special visit by Academy Award-winner,
Julie Andrews
PROVIDENCE, RI (August
20, 2001): The envelop please! The 2001 Rhode Island
International Film Festival (RIIFF) presented by
Brooks Pharmacy has announced this year's winners
in its film competition at its annual Awards Celebration
held at the Rhode Island School of Design Auditorium
in Providence on Sunday, August 12, 200.
This year, RIIFF received over
700 entries in competition and 65 titles out of competition.
Films came from 37 countries and 32 states plus the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Of those selected
for exhibition, 42 were World Premieres and 32 were
United States Premieres. 206 titles were chosen as finalists
and screened at this year's RIIFF.
BEST FEATURE
EASTMAN KODAK VISION AWARD
Grand Prize: The Secret [Director:
Melinda Roenisch]
USA, New England Premiere
BEST DIRECTOR
Grand Prize: Dischord [Dir. Mark
Wilkinson]
USA, RI Premiere
First Prize: Being Claudine [Dir.
I-Fan Quirk]
USA, RI Premiere
BEST SHORT
Grand Prize: Cheek to Cheek [Dir.
Beth Armstrong]
AUSTRALIA, US Premiere
First Prize (tie): Dos Mas
[Dir. Leon Ssiminiani]
SPAIN, New England Premiere
Jane [Dir. Dominic Cionciolo]
USA, East Coast Premiere
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Grand Prize: Prisoners in Paradise
[Dir. Camilla Calamandrei]
USA
First Prize (tie): In Cane for Life
[Dir. Jorge Wolney Atalla]
BRAZIL, RI Premiere
A Time of Love and War [Dir. Sabrina Mathews]
CANADA, US Premiere
BEST EDITING
Grand Prize: Shadow Glories [Dir.
Ziad Hamzeh]
USA, RI Premiere
First Prize: A Brief History of Cuba,
in D Minor
[Dir. Emily James]
UK, World Premiere
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Grand Prize: The Sea That Thinks
[Dir. Gert de Graaff]
NETHERLANDS, US Premiere
First Prize: Indefinable Moods [Dir.
Kathy Smith]
AUSTRALIA, US Premiere
DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Grand Prize: Morning [Director.
Ami Canaan Mann]
USA, East Coast Premiere
First Prize: Liars Club [Dir. Bruce
Cahco-Negrette]
USA, World Premiere
BEST SCREENPLAY
Grand Prize: Working Stiff
[Director/Screenplay. Greg Joyce]
USA, World Premiere
First Prize (tie): Wings of Hope
[Director/Screenplay Raj Basu]
USA, New England Premiere
Mockingbird Don't Sing [Dir. Harold Bromley-Davenport,
Screenplay by Daryl Haney]
USA, World Premiere
TOURISME QUÉBEC
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Grand Prize: No Turning Back
[Dirs. Jesus Nesbot/Julia Montejo]
USA/SPAIN, East Coast Premiere
First Prize: Games of the Heart [Dir.
Céline Baril]
CANADA, World Premiere
BROOKS PHARMACY POSITIVE
LIFESTYLE AWARD
To Ease the Loss [Dir. Haley McLane]
USA, World Premiere
Gregor's Greatest Invention [Dir. Johannes
Kiefer]
GERMANY, World Premiere
PROVIDENCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARD
Grand Prize: G-Spots? [Dir. Daniel
Scott Fine]
USA, RI Premiere
First Prize: Machine on the Sides [Dir.
Ryan Scarfuro]
USA, World Premiere
The Rhode Island International Film Festival
took place August 9-13, 2000 in locations throughout
Providence and the state of Rhode Island. The Festival
will take place next year, August 7-12, 2002.
RIIFF is a juried competition
and showcase for independent filmmakers from all over
the world. The Festival's Honorary Chair is Governor
Lincoln Almond. The President/Chairman of the Festival
is Michel Coutu, CEO of Brooks Pharmacy. George T. Marshall
is the Festival Executive Director.
The Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF)
is dedicated to the creation of opportunities for artistic
interaction and exchange among independent filmmakers,
directors, producers, distributors, backers, and the
film-going community. Now heading into its sixth year,
the Festival is produced by the Flickers Arts Collaborative,
an organization with 20 plus years of experience presenting
major artistic events as well as independent and foreign
films to the public. For more information, write RIIFF,
P.O. Box 162, Newport, RI 02840. Telephone: 401-861-4445.
E-mail: info@film-festival.org
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