GOLDEN GATE PERSISTENCE OF VISION AWARD
The 2001 Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award for lifetime achievement of filmmakers whose work is crafting short films, animation, documentaries or work for television, has been awarded to Kenneth Anger.

FILM AND VIDEO

THE ARTS
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Ali Farka Toure: Springing from the Roots, Yves Billon, Henri Lecomte, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: El Rey de Rock 'n' Roll, Marjorie Chodorov, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Russia's Wonder Children, Irene Langemann, Germany

BIOGRAPHY
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Southern Comfort, Kate Davis, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Hybrid, Monteith McCollum, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between 2 Worlds, Luiz Buarque de Hollanda, Brazil

CURRENT EVENTS
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: The Land of the Wandering Souls, Rithy Panh, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Living Afterwards, Words of Women, Laurent Bécue-Renard, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: T-Shirt Travels, Shantha Bloemen, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Tina Machida in Zimbabwe: Rainmakers Series 2, Robbie Hart, Luc Côté, Canada

FIRST PERSON DOCUMENTARY
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: I Forgot, I Don’t Remember, Juan Carlos Rulfo, Mexico
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: My Mother Had Fourteen Children, Lars-Lennart Forsberg, Sweden
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Jagadakeer . . . Between the Near and East, Tina M. Bastajian, USA

HISTORY
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Stolen Generations, Darlene Johnson, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Francisco Boix, a Photographer in Hell, Lorenzo Soler, Spain
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: I Was a Slave Labourer, Luke Holland, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: My Father's Camera, Karen Shopsowitz, USA

SHORT DOCUMENTARY
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Uncle Eugene, Aaron Lubarsky, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Classifieds, Richard Hill, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Doos and Don'ts, Johan Eriksson, England

SOCIETY & CULTURE U.S.
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™ Big Mama, Tracy Seretean, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: The First Year, Davis Guggenheim, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Gibtown, Melissa Shachat, USA

SOCIETY & CULTURE INTERNATIONAL
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Diamonds and Rust, Adi Barash, Ruthie Shatz, Israel
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: La Devinière, Benoit Dervaux, Belgium
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Sister-Wife, Timna Goldstein, Hadar Kleinman, Israel

ANIMATION
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: 1300cc, Eoin Clarke, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: The Moschops, Jim Trainor, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Ramblin' Man, Aaron Augenblick, USA

SHORT NARRATIVE
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: The Heart of the World, Guy Maddin, Canada
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Bartleby, Miro Bilbrough, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Bullet in the Brain, David Von Ancken, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Cock Fight, Sigalit Liphshitz, Israel
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Joy, Cate Shortland, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Seraglio, Gail Lerner, Colin Campbell, USA

SHORTS FOR KIDS
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: 55 Queensberry, Ed Howe, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: The Pirates of Central Park, Rob Farber, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Wee Jimmy, Ian Dixon, Australia

YOUTH WORKS
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: From Punishment to Pardon: The Port Chicago Mutiny, Preston Burger, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: All I See Is What I Know, Zachariah Webb, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Charlie Brown, Montera Middle School Students, USA

TELEVISION

THE ARTS
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Tosca, Trevor Graham, Patricia Lovell, Film Austrailia, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Dawn in Granada, Dominique Abel, Idéale Audience, France

CURRENT EVENTS
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Close and Far Away, Tzipi Trope, Israel Film Service, Israel
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Hong Kong Connection—Destitute I & II, Dominica Siu, Hong Kong
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Soldiers in the Army of God, Marc Levin, Daphne Pinkerson, Daniel Voll, USA

ENVIRONMENT
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: The Buffalo War, Matthew Testa, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Breathing Space—Long Valley, Ray Mak Kai Chung, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong

HISTORY
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire, Daniel McCabe, Paul Stekler, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Napolean, David Grubin Productions, USAScience & Nature
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: The Natural History of the Chicken, Mark Lewis, Mark Lewis Radio Pictures, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: A Ballad of a Waterhole, Paul Van Schalkwyk, Namibia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Elephants of the Sand River, Martyn Colbeck, Brian Leith, Scorer Associates, England

SOCIETY & CULTURE
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Breakaway—A Tale of Two Survivors, Mathew Welsh, Alchemy Notion Pictures, Canada
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Diving School, Ed Punchard, Julia Redwood, Prospero Productions, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: In a World of Exceptions—Children in Fostercare, Noomi Liljefors, Sveriges Television, Sweden

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: When We Were Young, Episodes 1 and 2, Natalie Chan, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Hilltop Hospital, Episode 26: Pamela's Secret, Robin Lyons, Siriol Productions, Wales

COMEDY
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Ellen Degeneres: The Beginning, Joel Gallen, Home Box Office, USA

DRAMA—60 MINUTES OR LESS
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Book Flash: Father, Fung Ka Kin, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong

DRAMA—MINISERIES
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Dirty Tricks, Paul Seed, Jo Willett, Carlton Television, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Mists of Avalon, Vli Edel, Turner Network Television, USA

DRAMA—TELEVISION FEATURE
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Freedom Song, Phil Alden Robinson, Alphaville Carrie Productions, Turner Network Television, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Brimstone and Treacle, URO/De Luwte Film Productions, Netherlands
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Morning Swimmers, Egmond Film and Television

NEW VISIONS

FILM
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Wild Blue: Notes for Several Voices, Thierry Knauff, Belgium
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Images of Flying and FallingI, Ariana Gerstein-McCollum, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Team Red, Ann Alter, USA

VIDEO
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Apple Grown in Wind Tunnel, Steven Matheson, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: The Back Steps, Leighton Pierce, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: My Home, Andrei Zaitsev, Russia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Triptych, Robert F. Arnold, USA

BAY AREA FILM AND VIDEO

DOCUMENTARY
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Divided Loyalties, Sophia Constantinou, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Promises, Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town, Micha X. Peled, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: We Just Tellin’ Stories, Lawrence Andrews, USA

SHORT WORKS
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Could Have Been Utah, Frazer Bradshaw, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Inside/Out, Jennifer Petrucelli, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: Motorcycle, Aditya Assarat, Thailand/USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: The Ride, Bill Basquin, USA