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THE 53RD ANN ARBOR
FILM FESTIVAL
AWARD-WINNING FILMS
Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival
The Creation of Meaning - Simone Rapisarda Casanova
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker
The Figure Carved Into the Knife by the Sap of the Banana Tree - Joana Pimenta
Many Thousands Gone - Ephraim Asili
Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film
Speculation Nation - Bill Brown & Sabine Gruffat
Lawrence Kasden Award for Best Narrative Film
Episode of the Sea - Lonnie van Brummelen &
Siebren de Haan
Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film
The Bigger Picture - Daisy Jacobs
Best Experimental Film
Detour de France - Rebecca Baron
Gil Omenn Art & Science Award
Depositions - Luke Fowler
Prix DeVarti for Funniest Film
The Song Remains the Same - Mark Toscano
Seven Signs that Mean Silence - Sara Magenheimer
PROCAM Best Regional Filmmaker Award
VV - Elizabeth Wodzinski
The Eileen Maitland Award
Sister City - Dani Leventhal
The No Violence Award
Babash - Lisa Truttman & Behrouz Rae
Leon Speakers Award for Best Sound Design
Accent Grave on Ananas - Tamara Henderson
George Manupelli Founder’s Spirit Award
Special Features - James N. Kienitz Wilkens
Tios Award for Best International Film
Old Jewish Cemetery - Sergei Loznitsa
Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film
Brouillard-Passage #15 - Alexandre Larose
\aut\ Film Award for Best LGBTQ Film
The Royal Road - Jenni Olson
Overture/Wazoo Award for Best Music Video
Cirrus by Bonobo - Cyriak
Jury Awards:
War Prayer (Richard Wiebe)
Chapri (Kataryza Plazinska)
Peacock (Andrew Kim)
Port Noir (Laura Kraning)
Iron Ministry (J.P. Sniadecki)
MEET THE JURORS





MARY MAGSMAN
RUTH BRADLEY
JAY ROSENBLATT
FILMS
PREMIERES
21 World Premieres
12 North American Premieres
7 U.S. Premieres
27,000 IN BOX
OFFICE REVENUE
$19,000 IN TOTAL AWARDS TO 29 FILMS
PEOPLE
ALMOST 10,000 ATTENDEES
600 PEOPLE AT OPENING NIGHT