And The Envelope, Please
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Best of Festival
Repetition Compulsion
Ellie Lee, 35mm, 7 minutes
Sponsored by Technicolor
read an interview with filmmaker Ellie Lee from a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.com
Best Original Story *
Anima
Craig Richardson, 35mm, 90 minutes
Animation Honorable Mention
Asa Nisi Masa
Ian Wilmoth, Rhode Island School Of Design, Video, 3 minutes
Best Cinematography
El Dia, La Noche, y Los Muertos
Dana Salvo photography, Steve Mykolyn director, 16mm, 30 minutes
Sponsored by Boston Camera Rental
Best Documentary
Divided Highways
Lawrence Hott, Video from 16mm, 87 minutes
Outstanding Student Short Subject *
Dogseason
Monica Day, New York University, Video from 16mm, 10 minutes
Best Experimental Film
Emily Died
Anne Charlotte Robertson, Video from Super-8 original, 27 minutes
Sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company
Innovation and Resourcefulness Award (co-winner)
The Entire History of the Lousiana Purchase
Joshua Oppenheimer, Harvard University, 16mm, 50 minutes
Sponsored by Boston Film Factory
Animation Honorable Mention *
5 Dreams
Luke Jaeger, 16mm, 7 minutes
Best Genre Parody
Gas Huffin Bad Gals!
Harry McCoy, Video from 16mm original, 25 minutes
Animation Honorable Mention *
Ground Zero/Sacred Ground
Karen Aqua, 35mm, 9 minutes
Best Student Film
Holy Tortilla
Lauren Ivy Chiong, Boston University, 16 mm, 23 minutes
Sponsored by DuArt Film Laboratories
Best Student Video
I Change
Ruthie Ristich, Harvard, Video, 3 minutes
Sponsored by DuArt Film Laboratories
Outstanding Personal Vision*
The Jew In The Lotus
Laurel Chiten, 16mm, 60 minutes
Best Experimental Narrative *
Lemonade in October
Flora Cohen, 16mm, 25 minutes
Innovation and Resourcefulness Award (co-winner)
Little Shots of Happiness
Todd Verow, 16mm from Hi8 video original, 83 minutes
Sponsored by Boston Film Factory
Best Animation
Man Bites Breakfast
Phil Lord, Dartmouth College, 16mm, 8 minutes
Sponsored by Art NewEngland Magazine
Best Independent Film
Memory Hatches – A Swedish Inquiry
Fern Seiden, 16mm, 29 minutes
Sponsored by September Productions
Best Independent Video
Miss India Georgia
Sharon Grimberg and Daniel Friedman, Video, 56 minutes
Sponsored by Rule Broadcast Systems
Best Narrative Short
The Nose
Eric P. Sherman, 16mm, 15 minutes
Animation Honorable Mention
Safari
Kate Keller, Dartmouth College, 16mm, 2 minutes
Animation Honorable Mention
Sleazy Goes to France
Chris Miller, Dartmouth College, 16mm, 8 minutes
Honorable Mention *
Sound of Peace
Barry J. Hershey, 35mm, 8 minutes
New England Spirit Award *
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Jay Craven, 35mm, 112 minutes
read a review of Stranger in the Kingdom from a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.com
Breakthrough Award *
Tax Day
Laura Colella, 16mm, 76 minutes
read an interview with filmmaker Laura Colella from a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.com
Animation Honorable Mention *
Uncle Dutch
Julie Anne Jurgens, Rochester Institute of Technology, Video, 3 minutes
Special Merit Award
Untitled
Kathryn Kinney, Video, 3 minutes
= Judges’ Award
* = Directors’ Choice Award, Sponsored by Boston Film Video Foundation
Some 1998 New England Film and Video Festival (NEFVF) statistics that are very encouraging about the vitality of media activity in this region: There were 187 works entered this year (a 25% increase over 1997), including: a record number of feature length submissions (21, up from 11 in 1997). Narrative entries outnumbered documentaries this year for the first time in NEFVF history. The 1998 NEFVF will screen 27 award-winning works, compared with 15 works shown last year. Additional screenings and more works were added in response to growing interest in independent productions in New England.
This year’s jury panel was comprised of Kay Armatage (programmer with Toronto International Film Festival and faculty at the University of Toronto), Michelle Materre (director of Robert Flaherty International Film Seminars, and formerly of Women Make Movies), Joshua Seftel (documentary producer, director of 1997 NEF&VF winner Taking on the Kennedys), and Noland Walker (documentary producer, currently working on The African Americans series for WGBH).
The New England Film and Video Festival is presented by the Boston Film Video Foundation. For more information contact BFVF at 617-536-1540. Primary sponsors include the Sundance Channel, Boston Phoenix, The Charles Hotel, Windsor Street Design Associates, Boston Film Factory, Boston Camera Rental, Eastman Kodak Company, Technicolor, DuArt Film Laboratories, September Productions, Rule Broadcast Systems, Art NewEngland Magazine, and NewEnglandFilm.com
Go to the Boston Film and Video Foundation website.