Seattle International Film Festival Awards 2014: 40th Annual SIFF Winners
The winners of the 40th Annual Seattle International Film Festival Awards have been announced. The 2014 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is “is among the top film festivals in North America…features a diverse assortment of predominantly independent and foreign films…the Golden Space Needle award each year to the festival’s most popular movie. Ballots are cast by audience members at the end of each movie.”
The winners for the 2014 Seattle International Film Festival Awards:
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST FILM Boyhood, directed by Richard Linklater (USA 2014)First runner-up: Life Feels Good, directed by Maciej Pieprzyca (Poland 2013)
Second runner-up: How to Train Your Dragon 2, directed by Dean DeBlois (USA 2014)
Third runner-up: The Fault in Our Stars, directed by Josh Boone (USA 2014)
Fourth runner-up: Big in Japan, directed by John Jeffcoat (USA 2014)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST DOCUMENTARY Keep On Keepin’ On, directed by Alan Hicks (USA 2014)
First runner-up: Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory, directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett (USA 2014)
Second runner-up: I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, directed by Dave LaMattina, Chad Walker (USA 2014)
Third runner-up: Strictly Sacred: The Story of Girl Trouble, directed by Isaac Olsen (USA 2014)
Fourth runner-up: The Case Against 8, directed by Ben Cotner, Ryan White (USA 2014)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST DIRECTOR
Richard Linklater, Boyhood (USA 2014)
First runner-up: Maciej Pieprzyca, Life Feels Good (Poland 2013)
Second runner-up: Zaza Urushadze, Tangerines (Estonia/Georgia 2013)
Third runner-up: Pawel Pawlikowski, Ida (Poland 2013)
Fourth runner-up: Sara Colangelo, Little Accidents (USA 2014)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST ACTOR
Dawid Ogrodnik, Life Feels Good (Poland 2013)
First runner-up: Guillaume Gallienne, Me, Myself and Mum (Belgium/France/Spain 2013)
Second runner-up: Matt Smith, My Last Year With the Nuns (USA 2014)
Third runner-up: Felix Bossuet, Belle & Sebastien (France 2013)
Fourth runner-up: Igor Samobor, Class Enemy (Slovenia 2013)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood (USA 2014)
First runner-up: Juliette Binoche, 1,000 Times Good Night (Norway 2013)
Second runner-up: Agata Kulesza, Ida (Poland 2013)
Third runner-up: Jenny Slate, Obvious Child (USA 2014)
Fourth runner-up: Jördis Triebel, West (Germany 2013)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM
Fool’s Day, directed by Cody Blue Snider (USA 2013)
First runner-up: The Hero Pose, directed by Mischa Jakupcak (USA 2013)
Second runner-up: Strings, directed by Pedro Solis (Spain 2013)
Third runner-up: Mr. Invisible, directed by Greg Ash (United Kingdom 2014)
Fourth runner-up: Aban + Khorshid, directed by Darwin Serink (USA 2014)
LENA SHARPE AWARD FOR PERSISTENCE OF VISION
Bound: Africans Versus African Americans, directed by Peres Owino (USA 2014)
COMPETITION AWARDS
SIFF 2014 BEST NEW DIRECTOR
GRAND JURY PRIZE
10,000KM,directed by Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spain/USA 2014)
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
B For Boy, directed by Chika Anadu (Nigeria 2013)
SIFF 2014 BEST DOCUMENTARY
GRAND JURY PRIZE
Marmato, directed by Mark Grieco (Colombia/USA 2014)
SPECIAL JURY MENTIONS
Dior and I,directed by Frédéric Tcheng (France 2014) and Garden Lovers, directed by Virpi Suutari (Finland 2014)
SIFF 2014 BEST NEW AMERICAN CINEMA
GRAND JURY PRIZE
Red Knot,directed by Scott Cohen (USA/Argentina/Antarctica 2014)
FUTUREWAVE AND YOUTH JURY AWARDS
YOUTH JURY AWARD FOR BEST FUTUREWAVE FEATURE
GRAND JURY PRIZE
Dear White People, directed by Justin Simien (USA)
YOUTH JURY AWARD FOR BEST FILMS4FAMILIES FEATURE
GRAND JURY PRIZE
Belle & Sebastien, directed by Nicolas Vanier (France)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang, directed by Óskar Santos (Spain)
FUTUREWAVE WAVEMAKER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH FILMMAKING
GRAND JURY PRIZE
Malone Lumarda, Black Rock Creek (USA)
FUTUREWAVE SHORTS AUDIENCE AWARD
While We’re Asleep, directed by Summer Matthews (USA)
FUTUREWAVE PRODIGY CAMP SCHOLARSHIP
Khidr Joseph, Clapping for the Wrong Reasons (USA)
SHORT FILM JURY AWARDS
LIVE ACTION
GRAND JURY PRIZE
Twaaga, directed by Cédric Ido (Burkina Faso/France)
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Aban + Khorshid, directed by Darwin Serink (USA)
DOCUMENTARY
GRAND JURY PRIZE
Maikaru, directed by Amanda Harryman (USA)
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
The Queen (La Reina), directed by Manuel Abramovich (Argentina)
ANIMATION
GRAND JURY PRIZE
Rhino Full Throttle, directed by Erik Schmitt (Germany)
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Source: Deadline
