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GOLDEN GATE NEW DIRECTORS (NARRATIVE FEATURE) PRIZE
Winner: Everything Else, Natalia Almada (Mexico/USA/France)
The Jury Noted: "For its humanism, its consistency of vision, its formal rigor, and its remarkable blend of fiction and non-fiction, we give the New Directors award to Natalia Almada and her film Everything Else."
MCBAINE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARDS
Winner: Brimstone & Glory, Viktor Jakovleski (USA)
The Jury Noted: "Spectacular and visceral, dangerous and spiritual, this high flying documentary transports us into the ecstatic rituals of a Mexican town."
McBaine Bay Area Documentary Feature Award: The Force, Peter Nicks (USA)
"For it’s [sic] timely and in-depth examination of the relationship between the police and the community, unafraid to show the complex humanity of all sides of this fraught subject, we give this award to Peter Nicks’ gripping and finely crafted documentary." -Golden Gate Award Jury
Special Jury Prize: School Life (formerly In Loco Parentis), Neasa Ni Chianeáin, David Rane (Ireland/Spain)
The jury noted: "The jury would like to give a special jury prize to a movie that take us into an eccentric and idyllic world with intuitive grace and a richly empathetic vision."
