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