GOLDEN GATE PERSISTENCE OF VISION AWARD
The 2008 Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award for lifetime achievement of a filmmaker whose work is crafting documentaries, short films, animation or work for television, has been awarded to Errol Morris.

FILM AND VIDEO

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Up the Yangtze (Canada), Yung Chang, director

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Forbidden Lie$ (Australia), Anna Broinowski, director

BAY AREA DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (USA), Dawn Logsdon, director

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Ladies (USA), Christina A. Voros, director

BAY AREA SHORT, FIRST PRIZE
Cabinet (USA), Todd Herman, director

BAY AREA SHORT,  SECOND PRIZE
On the Assassination of the President (USA), Adam Keker, director

NARRATIVE SHORT
Thick Skinned (France), Jean-Bernard Marlin, Benoit Rambourg, directors

ANIMATED SHORT
Madame Tutli-Putli (Canada), Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski, directors

NEW VISIONS
Cabinet (USA), Todd Herman, director

WORK FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES
When I Grow Up (USA), Michelle R. Meeker, director

YOUTH WORK
Writing History with Lightning: The Triumph and Tragedy of America’s First Blockbuster (USA), Charlotte Burger, director

NEW DIRECTORS AWARD—FIRST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Vasermil (Israel) Mushon Salmona, director

NEW DIRECTORS SPECIAL JURY MENTION—FIRST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Wonderful Town (Thailand) Aditya Assarat, director

FIPRESCI PRIZE
Ballast (USA), Lance Hammer, director

FIPRESCI SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Glasses (Japan), Naoko Ogigami, director

CHRIS HOLTER AWARD FOR HUMOR IN FILM
Time to Die (Poland), Dorota Kedzierzawska, director

TELEVISION

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY LONG FORM
Calavera Highway (USA/Mexico), Renee Tajima-Peña, director

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY SHORT FORM
The Mystery of the Second Painting (France), Muriel Edelstein, director

TV NARRATIVE LONG FORM
Operation Turquoise (France), Alain Tasma, director