GOLDEN GATE PERSISTENCE OF VISION AWARD
The 2003 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 Pat O'Neill.

FILM AND VIDEO

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Weather Underground (USA), Sam Green, Bill Siegel, directors

Bay Area Documentary Feature
Lost Boys of Sudan (USA), John Shenk, Megan Mylan, directors

Documentary Short
Painting with Light in a Dark World (Australia), Sascha Ettinger-Epstein, director

Bay Area Documentary Short
The Children of Ibdaa: To Create Something Out of Nothing (USA/Palestine), S. Smith Patrick, director

New Visions
Fall (3 Parts) (USA/France), Leighton Pierce, director

Narrative Short
The Way Back (Australia), Samuel MacGeorge, director

Bay Area Non-Documentary Short
Frequency Response-Observations (USA), Christopher Arcella, director

Animated Short
Pan With Us (USA), David Russo, director

Youth Work
Chavez 101 (USA),Youth in Video Students of the Latino Film Festival San Francisco Bay Area

TELEVISION

TV Narrative Long Form
The Enclave (Netherlands), VARA Broadcasting Company

TV Narrative Short Form
Cleo (Sweden), Sveriges Television

Television Documentary Long Form
Masters and Slaves (France), ARTE France

Television Documentary Short Form
Behind the Words of Edna O’Brian (France), ARTE France/MK2TV