AIFF 2015: Documentary Winners UPDATE: Features

[I originally understood that all the docs were grouped together for one award, but at the ceremony, it turned out they had awards for short docs and for full length docs. I tried to note that quickly as the awards were being announced.]

Docs

Bihttoš          Winner  Short Docs

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Children of the Arctic  Honorable Mention  Docs

Nick Brandestini

Circus Without Borders   Runner Up  Docs

Susan Gray, Linda Matchan

Lost & Found

Nicolina Lanni, John Choi

Love Between the Covers

Laurie Kahn

Madina’s Dream   Winner Docs

Andrew Berends

Man in the Can

Noessa Higa

Superjednostka    Runner Up Short Docs

Teresa Czepiec

Nicholas Coles and Rich Curtner after Awards

The House is Innocent  Honorable Mention  Short Docs

Nicholas Coles

 The House Is Innocent is about a house in Sacramento whose owner murdered and buried several older folks whose social security she kept collecting. [I should have added that a couple bought the house and fixed it up, but left some signs indicating the history of the house.]  Rich Curtner, AIFF Board President, talked to film director Coles about an Anchorage house of a murderer that is now owned by someone involved with the film festival.

FEATURES

And The Circus Leaves Town   Runner Up

Mete Sozer

Creditors

Ben Cura

Jasmine     Honorable Mention

Dax Phelan

Magic Utopia    

Shoji Toyama, Shuichi Tan

Orphans & Kingdoms   Winner

Paolo Rotondo

The Descendants

Yaser Talebi