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2023 Jurors – Best Narrative Feature
Aldo Gugholz
Writer, Director and Cinematographer, Directed Cows on the Roof, SDFF 2022 Jury Award – Best Feature Film
Janet Goldwater
Documentarian who has collaborated with Barbara Attie for more than 30 years on projects focused on reproductive justice issues and women’s biographies. Most recently, their short documentary (with Mike Attie) Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa was an official selection of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was one of ten short documentaries shortlisted for an Oscar® in 2021. Their current project, Hollywood Does Abortion, examining the portrayal of abortion in film and tv, is in early production
John Cooper
For 3 decades Cooper was a member of the Sundance Film Festival programming team. From 2010 to 2020 he oversaw all aspects of the annual Sundance Film Festival in addition to expanding ventures to Sundance Film Festival: London and Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong. Other work includes guest curator and juror at major festivals around the world. In 2020 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Pictures[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”64″][vc_column_text]
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COWS ON THE ROOF
Director: Aldo Gugolz
Fabiano is haunted by nightmares. They are a reflection of his life as the heir of his father’s small-scale agricultural business. Nothing is going the way it should… he is in debt, the alpine hut that he rents for the summer is dilapidated, and the goats cheese business is no longer profitable. Fabiano is not exactly in a good place to start a family, but will be a father soon. His girlfriend Eva is expecting – and is hoping to fulfill her dreams of a simple life surrounded by nature and animals. But how can they build a life together in such difficult circumstances?
Jury Notes
“The jury selected Cows on the Roof as the winner of this year’s competition for its unique point of view, beautiful cinematography and unflinching portrait of its’ hardscrabble subjects.”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”FILM DETAILS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#bf3237″ custom_text=”#ffffff” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fsdff2022.eventive.org%2Ffilms%2F61f0549093f1a000440fb5ad”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1648233819667{background-color: #dddddd !important;}”][vc_column_text]
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THE ART OF UN-WAR
Director: Maria Niro
Artist Krzysztof Wodiczko uses art, design, and technology to empower marginalized communities. This rare glimpse into the life and thought-provoking public projections of the Polish-born artist sheds light on his lifelong investigation of monuments, war, and trauma. The evolution of his political art unfolds throughout the film, from his first intervention created in Warsaw, Poland (his birthplace) in 1968, through his latest effort to transform Paris’ monument to war Arc De Triomphe into its complete antithesis -a temporary site for war abolitionism and peace activism.
Jury Notes
“The Art of Un-War, for its beautifully conceived and compelling profile of the artist Krzysztof Wodiczko. At this critical moment his brilliant and inspiring art challenges us to rethink our perception and understanding of war.”
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FEATURE FILM JURY
Jim Browne: Jim has been exhibiting, programming, producing and distributing films in New York for 30 years. Jim founded Argot Pictures in 2005, an independent film company specializing in distribution strategies for documentary films.
Shaleece Haas: Shaleece is an Emmy® Award-winning documentary producer and director based in Los Angeles. Two of her films have screened at SDFF: The Genius of Marian: SDFF 2014 and Real Boy SDFF 2017. Her films, marked by a balance of poignancy and humor, invite audiences deep into the interior worlds of their protagonists.
Rodrigo Reyes: Mexican director Reyes makes films deeply grounded in his identity as an immigrant artist from the margins of both cultures, using striking imagery to portray the contradictory nature of our shared world, revealing the potential for transformative change. Rodrigo’s film “499,” won Best Cinematography at Tribeca and the Special Jury Award at Hot Docs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50″][vc_empty_space height=”64″][noxe_heading_element style=”custom” skin=”light” align=”left” title-tag=”h4″ custom-title-gradient-effect=”false” custom-title-gradient-direction=”linear” custom-title-gradient-position=”top” title=”JURY AWARDS – SHORTS” subtitle=”” text=”” custom-title-font-size=”” custom-title-line-height=”” custom-title-color=”#bf3237″ custom-title-gradient-top-color=”” custom-title-gradient-bottom-color=”” custom-title-weight=”” custom-title-margin=”” custom-subtitle-font-size=”” custom-subtitle-line-height=”” custom-subtitle-color=”” custom-subtitle-weight=”” custom-subtitle-margin=”” custom-text-font-size=”” custom-text-line-height=”” custom-text-color=”” custom-text-weight=”” custom-text-margin=””][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” accent_color=”#bf3237″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]
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A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION
Directors: Ben Proudfoot & Chris Bowers
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In this poetic, visually-stunning short, virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer Kris Bowers tracks his family’s lineage through his 91 year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Jury Notes:
“Beautifully shot, edited, and produced. A warm, uplifting story about resilience and creativity. Compositionally outstanding. ‘A Concerto is a Conversation’ balances the warmth of the characters and their impressive stories against the coldness of the history, weaving through glorious music as character and metaphor.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”FILM DETAILS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#bf3237″ custom_text=”#ffffff” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fsdff2022.eventive.org%2Ffilms%2F61f0548f93f1a000440fb574″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]
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SHORT FILM JURY
Karen Pearlman: Director, I Want to Make a Film About Women – Special Jury Mention: SDFF 2022 2021.Dr Karen Pearlman is a director, with Dr Richard James Allen, of Physical TV Company (http://physicaltv.com.au), based in Sydney, Australia. They create dramas, documentaries and dance films informed by scholarly research into the history and future potential of the cinematic medium.
Marlén Viñayo: Director, Unforgivable – Jury Award Winner, Best Short: SDFF 2021. Marlén Viñayo is a documentary filmmaker based in El Salvador working in film and TV as director and producer. Unforgivable is her second film and was awarded as Best International Short Documentary at IDFA, Hot Docs, Slamdance and Guanajuato; Official Selection at Telluride, AFI Docs and RIDM, among others.
Niema Jordan: Niema Jordan is a poet, journalist, filmmaker, and podcaster from Oakland, Calif. Her passion for writing and hip-hop led her to Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. With a desire to grow as a journalist and delve deeper into health disparities plaguing the Black community, and Black women in particular, she returned to the Bay Area. Jordan received her Master of Public Health and Master of Journalism (with an emphasis in documentary film) from University of California, Berkeley.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50″][vc_empty_space height=”64″][noxe_heading_element style=”custom” skin=”light” align=”left” title-tag=”h4″ custom-title-gradient-effect=”false” custom-title-gradient-direction=”linear” custom-title-gradient-position=”top” title=”JURY AWARDS – MINI-DOCS” subtitle=”” text=”” custom-title-font-size=”” custom-title-line-height=”” custom-title-color=”#bf3237″ custom-title-gradient-top-color=”” custom-title-gradient-bottom-color=”” custom-title-weight=”” custom-title-margin=”” custom-subtitle-font-size=”” custom-subtitle-line-height=”” custom-subtitle-color=”” custom-subtitle-weight=”” custom-subtitle-margin=”” custom-text-font-size=”” custom-text-line-height=”” custom-text-color=”” custom-text-weight=”” custom-text-margin=””][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” accent_color=”#bf3237″][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1648234225711{background-color: #dddddd !important;}”][vc_column_text]
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PROSOPAGNOSIA
Director: Steven Fraser
Prosopagnosia is a story of identity that uses expressive animation to investigate intimacy, communication and memory. Prosopagnosia is face-blindness and as a means of understanding this neurodiverse behavior, the contents of a memory box are explored. Sketchbooks, photographs and diaries are intricately unraveled to tell a unique and personal story.
Jury Notes
“A personal, vulnerable, and vibrant exploration of a fascinating yet little known topic – face blindness. The jury was impressed by the visually rich design and stop motion animation, poignant narration, and profound questions raised.”
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SENTIENCE 知覺
Director: Elliot J. Spencer
Sentience is a short art documentary filmed in China. It takes us to two opposed locations in a span of twenty-four hours. Guanxi’s scenic mountainous region being one, and the other Yangshou’s raucous, touristy West Street sector. The former brims with a quiet, almost hypnotic majesty that can only be appreciated during the day, while the latter roars with an overwhelming assemblage of both human, and mechanized fury, that is at its most palpable come nightfall.
Jury Notes
“Enchanting and disturbing in equal measure, Sentience is a visually stunning essay on the contrast between ancient beauty and modern aesthetics in China, and explores the ways in which we interact with and participate in our surroundings.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”FILM DETAILS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#bf3237″ custom_text=”#ffffff” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fsdff2022.eventive.org%2Ffilms%2F61f0548f93f1a000440fb569″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]
JURY AWARD NOMINEES – MINI-DOCS
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MINI-DOC JURY
Dean Hamer: Dean Hamer is a filmmaker whose work focuses on collaborating with sexual and gender minority communities from around the world to tell their stories. He and partner Joe Wilson’s QWaves films have screened at SDFF over the years beginning in 2009 with their first feature and Emmy® Award winner, Out in the Silence. Winner Best Mini-Doc: SDFF 2021: Kapaemahu.
Isabel Fischer: Isabel is a Multimedia/Television Producer at Northern California Public Media, a PBS affiliate television station in Rohnert Park, CA. She creates short documentary content featuring community stories about local agriculture, food, wildlife, arts & culture, and leaders in sustainability. At Berkeley’s legendary music venue, the Freight & Salvage Isabel directs and edits live music content as part of the NorCal production team.
Chris Fisher: Chris is a playwright, stage director, professor and educator in the Seattle area. She is former chair of the Cinema, Drama and Film area at Shoreline College, Her plays and writing are imbued with documentary-based research. Chris is an enthusiastic veteran juror for Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival.
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