The Ann Arbor Film Festival has just announced the awards for its 53rd edition, chosen by the jury comprised by Jesse McLean, Joanna Raczynska and Julie Murray.
Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival: The Creation of Meaning, by Simone Rapisarda Casanova
The Stan Brakhage Film at Wit’s End Award: Things, by Ben Rivers
Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film: Episode of the Sea, by Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan
Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film: Speculation Nation, by Bill Brown & Sabine Gruffat
Tios Award for Best International Film: Old Jewish Cemetery, by Sergei Loznitsa
Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film: Brouillard - Passage #15, by Alexandre Larose
\aut\FILM Award for Best LGBT Film: The Royal Road, by Jenni Olson
Leon Speakers Award for Best Sound Design: Accent Grave on Ananas, by Tamara Henderson
Colorlab/Niagara/ORWO Award for Best Cinematography:
- Colorlab: Blue Loop, July, by Mike Gibisser
- Niagara: A Symptom, by Ben Balcom
- ORWO: vindmøller, by Margaret Rorison
The No Violence Award: Babash, by Lisa Truttman & Behrouz Rae
Kinetta Handcrafted Film Award: Three Quarters, by Kevin Jerome Everson
Gus Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film: Detour de Force, by Rebecca Baron
Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film: The Bigger Picture, by Daisy Jacobs
Pat O’Neill Perseverance Furthers Award: Scrapbook, by Mike Hoolboom
The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for Emerging Experimental Video Artist: All That is Solid, by Louis Henderson
Prix DeVarti for Funniest Film:
- The Song Remains the Same, by Mark Toscano
- Seven Signs that Mean Silence, by Sara Magenheimer
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker:
- The Figure Carved Into the Knife by the Sap of the Banana Tree, by Joana Pimenta
- Many Thousands Gone, by Ephraim Asili
George Manupelli Founder’s Spirit Award: Special Features, by James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Art & Science Award: Depositions, by Luke Fowler
The Eileen Maitland Award: Sister City, by Dani Leventhal
Overture/Wazoo Award for Best Music Video: Cirrus by Bonobo, by Cyriak
PROCAM Best Regional Filmmaker Award: VV, by Elizabeth Wodzinski