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6 VENUES
47 PROGRAMS
28 COUNTRIES
16 JUDGES
1 AMAZING TIME
THE SOPHIA WINNER
(LIFE-LONG ACHIEVEMENT AWARD)
Tom Bower

BEST FEATURE
WINNER: OCEAN HEAVEN directed by Xiao Lu Xue (China)
Judges Citation: FACING MIRRORS directed by Negar Azarbayjani (Iran)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
WINNER: RAISING RENEE directed by Jeanne Jordan & Steven Ascher (USA)
Judges Citation:  LOVING SOPHIA directed by Ohad Itach (Israel)
Judges Citation: VORTEX directed by Csaba Szekeres (Hungary)
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SYRFILMFEST'11 WINNERS
BEST SHORT FICTION
WINNER: BASSA MAREA directed by Roberto De Paolis (Italy)
Judges Citation: BIRTHDAY directed by Sandor Csukas (Hungary)
Judges Citation: THE MAN WHO KNEW HOW TO FLY directed by Robi Michael (USA)
Directors Citation: BOMINI directed by Kim Bang-Hyun (Korea)

BEST ANIMATION
WINNER: GRAFFITIGER directed by Libor Pixa (Czech Republic)
Director’s Citation: My Home by Four Directions Productions
Judges Citation: LIFE IS A BITCH by Michaela Hoffova (Czech Republic)
Judges Citation: ALL SOULS DAY by Jan Bohuslav (Czech Republic)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL
WINNER: GREENWASHERS directed by Bret Malley USA
Judges Citation: RADIOSTAN directed by Tomas Sheridan (United Kingdom)
Directors Citation: GRAVEDIGGER directed by Sandor Kardos (Hungary)

BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: XIAO LU XUE for OCEAN HEAVEN (China)
Judges Citation: ROB NILSSON for THE STEPPES (USA)

BEST SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Balázs Maruszki, Bence Miklauzic  and Gábor Németh for CHILDREN OF THE
GREEN DRAGON (Hungary)
Judges Citation: Xiao Lu Xue for OCEAN HEAVEN (China)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: Yuri Rajsky  for SIBERIA MONOMOUR (Russia)
Judges Citation: Michael Leuthner  for SILBERWALD (Swizerland)

BEST EDITING
WINNER:  BLANK BULLET
Judges Citation:  Igor Litoninskiy for SIBERIA MONOMOUR (Russia)
Judges Citation:  Robi Michael for THE MAN WHO KNEW HOW TO FLY (USA)

BEST ACTING
WINNER: Wen Zhang for OCEAN HEAVEN (China)
Judges Citation: Irit Levi for THE STEPPES
Judges Citation: Shayesteh Irani for FACING MIRRORS (Iran)
Judges Citation: Jet Li for OCEAN HEAVEN (China)
Judges Citation given Posthumously to David Hess for THE STEPPES (USA)


BEST SOUND & MUSIC
WINNER: Joe Hisaishi for OCEAN HEAVEN (China)
Judges Citation: BLANK BULLET (Israel)

BEST CNY
WINNER: BLANK BULLET directed by Haim Bouzaglo (Israel)
Judegs Citation: DEFINING BEAUTY: MS WHEELCHAIR AMERICA directed by Alexis
Ostrander (USA)
Judges Citation: GREENWASHERS directed by Bret Malley (USA)

CAROL NORTH SCHMUCKLER NEW FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE
WINNER: JAQUELINE AND THE SPAWN directed by Will Giamas (USA)
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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUSTAINING SPONSERS
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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PARTICIPATING SPONSERS
Kodak
Office of Cultural Affairs Consulate General of Israel
Leslie and Robert Neulander
Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc.
Stella Artois
Syracuse University:
College of Arts and Sciences
School of Education
David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Humanities Center
Newhouse School of Public Communication
Department of Transmedia, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Whitman School of Management
Burton Blatt Institute

AmeriCU Credit Union
The Society for New Music

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