VideoFest 2009 Labor and Dreams
Official Selection and Winners

Jury: Peter Bratt, Ann Kaneko, Graham Leggat


Best Documentary & Best of the VideoFest 1st Place ($1000 award)

Intimidad
Dir. David Redmon and Ashley Sabin
Documentary
USA – Columbia, MO / Mexico

Best Short Fiction and Best of the VideoFest 2nd place ($500 award)
Para Volar
Dir. Arturo Menéndez
Short Fiction
El Salvador

Best Youth Video ($300 award)
Escuadrón de Condones
Dir. Samantha Chevez
Youth/Short Fiction
Nicaragua

Best Experimental

The Art of Loosing Things
Dir. Marília Albornoz
Experimental
USA – New York

Honorable Mentions

Until the last drop: Tales from the battle for El Salvador’s water
Dir. Jason Wallach
Documentary
USA – Santa Cruz / El Salvador

Jale
Dir. Rafael Flores
Short Fiction
USA – Daly City

Four Star Video Prize for Best SF Filmmaker (1 year subscription)
-Juried by Four Star Video-

Race to the Bottom
Dir. Jonathan King and Michael Hamm
Documentary
USA – San Francisco



Official Selection

Rosa
Dir. Erika Saca, Chiki Vásquez, Orlando Alvarez
Documentary
El Salvador

Bernardino
Dir. Sue May
Documentary
USA – New York

Flowers for San Lazaro
Dir. James Rauschman
Documentary
USA – New York / Cuba

The Scraper Bike King
Dir. Rafael Flores
Documentary
USA – Daly City

Guitar Holiday
Dir. Dennis Conway
Documentary
USA – San Francisco

Sí se Puede
Dir. Noé Rivas
Youth/Experimental
USA - San Francisco

Mi Futuro
Dir. David Ixbalan
Youth/Experimental
USA - Seattle / Guatemala


La Huelga: The Struggle of the UFW
Dir. Alex Ivany
Youth/Documentary
USA – Santa Cruz, CA

Nuestras Casas de Cartón
Dir. Shelley Cook-Contreras
Experimental
USA - San Francisco

25th & Mission
Dir. Julie Mallozzi
Experimental
USA – Berkeley

Solidarity Baby
Dir. Maya Chinchilla
Experimental
USA – Oakland

Nuestra Dignidad
Dir. Kathy Vega-Muñoz
Experimental
USA – St. Paul, MN

VideoFest 2009 TROPHIES

Carolina Stankiewich, Latin artist of the community of San Francisco
and winner of a Videofest award in VF 2005, was commissioned this year
to create the trophies for VIDEOFEST 2009 LABOR and DREAMS.
Each handmade trophy, is an exquisite piece of mosaic, with the
spiral that makes us travel between the dream, the illusion and daily
work.

Carolina Stankiewich, artista latina de la comunidad de San Francisco y ganadora de un Videofest award en VF 2005, fue comisionada este año para la realización de los trofeos del VIDEOFEST 2009 LABOR & DREAMS. Cada trofeo hecho a mano, es una exquisita pieza de mosaico, con el espiral que nos hace viajar entre el sueño, la ilusion y el trabajo cotidiano.



Carolina Stankiewich
is a mosaic and video artist based in San Francisco, earning her degree in communication in her native Argentina. Since her 1997 arrival in San Francisco, she works in photography, video, mosaic and education. Carolina learned mosaic and stained glass techniques at Sharon Art Studio and holds a digital media teaching certificate from BAVC. She received an award for her short video "Flor" at the VideoFest 2005 and currently teaches a mosaic class at MCCLA. Some of her community mosaic projects are on exhibit at MCCLA and Monroe Elementary School in San Francisco.

VIDEOFEST `09 proudly announces the jurors for LABOR & DREAMS

PETER BRATT: Writer, director and producer of "La Mission", selected for the Gala Opening night premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival 2009.

ANN KANEKO: Filmmaker and 1st prize winner VideoFest 2008 for her documentary "Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Perú.

GRAHAM LEGGAT: Executive director of the San Francisco Film Society.

- - -EN ESPAÑOL- - -
Estamos orgullosos de anunciar a nuestro jurado para VIDEOFEST 2009: TRABAJO Y SUEÑOS

PETER BRATT: Escritor, director y productor de "La Mission", film seleccionado para la gala de apertura del 52 Festival Internacional de San Francisco.
ANN KANEKO: Cineasta especializada en documentales, ganadora del 1er premio del VIDEOFEST 2008 con su documental: "Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Perú. ( "Contra los principios: una guia del artista sobreviviente del Perú"
GRAHAM LEGGAT: Director ejecutivo del San Francisco Film Society.

ENTRY FORM & ENTRY FEES, VIDEOFEST 2009 LABOR & DREAMS

ENTRY FORM
Videomakers must include an entry form for each
film submission.
DVD is the only preview format accepted.
MiniDV is the only exhibition format accepted.

You can download the entry form in ENGLISH HERE

Usted puede bajar el formulario de inscrición en ESPAÑOL AQUI

ENTRY FEES
Early DEADLINE: MAY 22: General $20 / Youth $10
FInal DEADLINE: JULY 20: $30 for all
We do not accept videos arriving after July 20th or mail them back.

NOTIFICATION
In August we will announce the VideoFest Official Selection

VIDEOFEST 2009 LABOR & DREAMS / TRABAJO Y SUEÑOS

OUR 6th YEAR !!!!!!

Labor and Dreams / Trabajo y Sueños
Festival Dates: October 16 and 17 2009, MCCLA Theater
Early Bird Deadline: May 22, 2009
Final Deadline: July 20, 2009

PRIZES
1rst prize: $ 1,000
2nd prize: $ 500
3rd prize: $ 300 for Youth Video
Four Star Video, in San Francisco will be giving away a 1 year
subscription for the best SF filmmaker: www.4starsf.com

In 2009 VideoFest celebrates its 6th annual festival and contest. VideoFest offers a space for videomakers to focus their work on the theme of Labor & Dreams/Trabajos y Sueños. This combination honors the idea of work in the community, the dreams surrounding labor, the hopes that await us in the future, the significance of work done by men and women whom as beings never stop dreaming.

VideoFest Categories
- Documentary: 60 minutes and under
- Short Fiction: 20 minutes and under
- Youth Video: video makers under 21 years old, 10 minutes and under
- Video del Barrio: focusing on neighborhood issues and the sense of community in any part of the world, 20 minutes and under
- Short Experimental: video art, video-poem or video-performance, 20 minutes and under
- Super Short: 2 minutes and under

More Info and Prospectus HERE

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this image was created with an illustration of Mona Caron and images of archives by MCCLA.MULTIMEDIA dpt.

VideoFest Producer, Adrian Arias
contact: videofest@gmail.com