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Saturday, December 14, 2019

AIFF2019: Award Winners - Live From Awards Ceremony [All Awards Up]

I'll update this regularly as awards are announced.  (They're done now.)


Group of avid AIFF pass holders at awards tonight.











Audience Award  Made in Alaska Narrative Short:

2nd Runner Up:  Dasher, by James Kendall
1st Runner Up:   How to Say Goodbye
Winner:  The Naughty List


Audience Made in Alaska:  Short Docs
2nd Runner Up:  Trampoline Alaskas
1st Runner Up:  Eskimo Ink - Max Bering
Winner:  Games of Survival - A Culture Preserved in Ice


George Attla's daughter accepting award for Attla




Audience Choice Made in Alaska:  Feature
Winner: Attla

Short Animated 
2nd Runner Up: Gum and Sauce Go to School
1st Runner Up: Earthquake
Winner: Mountain Valley:  The Earthquake

Audience Award:  Short Doc
2nd Runner Up:Man of the Trees
1st Runner Up: Knocking Down the Fences
Winner: Class Act:  Dance Hall Divas

Audience Award:  Narrative Short
2nd Runner Up:  Just Me and You
1st Runner Up:  [t]here
Winner:  Madame


Board members Rich Curtner and George Pollack

Audience Award Best Narrative Feature
2nd Runner Up:  Those Who Remain
1st Runner Up: Team Marco
Winner:  Laugh or Die

Trang Tran of The American War - Winner of Audience Award




Audience Award Documentary Feature
2nd Runner Up:  Condor and the Eagle
1st Runner Up:  Nae Pasaran
Winner:  The American War

Screenwriting Award
Winner: Those Who Don't Belong


The Rest Are JURY AWARDS

Made in Alaska Narrative shorts
2nd Runner Up:12:34
1st Runner Up:  Dasher
Winner:  How To Say Goodbye

Made in Alaska Doc Shorts
2nd Runner Up:  Trampoline on Flattop
Josh Albeza Branstetter - Kevin, Dear
1st Runner Up:  Welcome to Gwichyaa Zhee
Winner:  Let the Blonde Sing

Made in Alaska Feature
Winner:  Attla

Animated Short:
2nd Runner Up: Nothing To Say
1st Runner Up:  Monsters in the Dark
Winner:  The Phantom 52

Documentary Feature
2nd Runner Up:  Northern Travelogues
1st Runner Up:  Nae Pasaran
Winner:  Kifaru


Narrative Feature
2nd Runner Up:  Laugh or Die
1st Runner Up:   Straight Up
Winner:  Those Who Remained

Short Documentary
2nd Runner Up:  Love Birds
1st Runner Up:  Wandering in the White
Winner:  Tungrus

Short Narrative
2nd Runner Up:  Sin Cielo        
Kelly Miller and Arthur Halpern - Touchscreen
1st Runner Up:  Showan
Winner:  Touchscreen

5 comments:

  1. Very good. Glad to see life continue amid the chaos, Steve.

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    Over in Britain, we just suffered an historical shift in electoral politics akin to Nixon's reset of the Old South and its Dixiecrats -- Red Labour seats, going back as far as 100 years, have become Blue Tory seats. Our prime minister understands his opportunity and will now work to consolidate this shift permanently, just as multi-generational Democrats moved to god & country, aspirational Republicans in America in the 70s.

    I bring this up as the USA moves to impeach & convict its sitting president for what many think 'conduct unbecoming'. You have a mountain to climb if the story in the Guardian (US edition, 16 Dec) this morning reports the American split accurately:

    "On ABC’s This Week on Sunday, Adam Schiff, chair of the House intelligence committee, said: “If anything this president’s conduct is far worse than anything Nixon did, far more sweeping in its obstruction of accountability, far more damaging to our national security and the cover-up that was Watergate.”

    and...

    "Asked how he could square his predetermination of the outcome of the trial with his role as an impartial juror as laid out in the US constitution, Paul said: “This is a very partisan thing. This is a disagreement, people on the Democratic side don’t like President Trump so they decided to criminalise politics.”

    So that's what it's come to, then. It's all just 'politics as usual' as both our countries 'nation-first' parties fight to reset just what that 'usual' is.

    I fear for both our nations.

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    1. My sense is that there is a lot happening that the media is not reporting. They're fixated on Trump tweets and presenting both sides. While the Trump supporters are ardent, they represent a (big) minority. If we have fair elections, free of: outside propaganda, voter suppression, hacking of voting machines, etc. - I'm confident Trump would lose. Even with those things he could lose. The anti-Trump side is just as passionate and they know they are right. The pro-Trump people, in their hearts, know he's a lying, cheating, philanderer.

      And I haven't mentioned the UK elections because I have no insights to add. And I've been watching lots of movies at the film festival.

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  2. Steve, on a personal note observing what is going on in the USA, I should tell you this.

    I called a US-based credit card company yesterday to close an account we've held for 30+ years. It was tough in sentimental ways as it's tied to our Alaska Airlines reward miles program. (It felt SO un-Alaskan!)

    So I was more than a little surprised, in talking with the two call centres to close our account, that both agents of Bank of America mentioned the impeachment. Their comments were totally unprompted, and shocking in the main. Each agent, in turn, made disparaging remarks about the House Democrats for their work to investigate and charge President Trump of acting criminally.

    When I mentioned to one of them, that I was a Democrat and customer, they (she) still carried on with remarks. Really, this is what happened!

    It was strange.

    Is this how bad it's gotten there?

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  3. I would get rid of my Bank of America Visa card if it didn't have Alaska miles attached, and if I had time to do my homework and find a more people friendly card. I do find the comments of your call center agents shocking. I hope you reported them.

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    1. No, closing that account was our swan song. No more ties to the United States of America. My AK Driver's License expires on my birthday next year; AK voter registration going back to 1972 has been closed. No Credit Union 1 accounts, and one last filing with the IRS in 2020.

      Enjoy your trip & the grandkids!

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