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Anyone who wants to sit on Forrest Gump’s legendary chocolate bench has to travel to Savannah, Georgia. The annual film festival, which took place for the 17th time this year, is also worth a visit. The festival is presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). We presented the university, whose animation institute is a former coffin factory, in more detail in DP issue 05/14 ("Graduation with Bottomless Goat").
55 films were nominated in the various categories; 13 received an award.
The winner in the "Best Animated Film" short category is "The Looking Planet" by Eric Law Anderson of Giant Dolphin Pictures:
The Looking Planet [trailer] from GiantDolphinPictures on Vimeo.
"The Kármán Line" by Oscar Sharp was chosen as best short film.
The Special Jury Award went to "The Gunfighter" by Eric Kissack.
The Gunfighter from Eric Kissack on Vimeo.
The best short film from Ireland was "Boogaloo and Graham" by director Michael Lennox.
In the "Best Supernatural Short" category, "We wanted more" by Stephen Dunn won.
The jury considered the German entry "Bis gleich" by Benjamin Wolff to be the best-edited film.
Narrative and Documentary Features
In the main "Narrative and Documentary Features" category, "Amira & Sam" by Dean Mullin won as best narrative feature film. Frank Hall Green was honoured as best director for his work on "Wildlike" . Best documentary was "Ice Warriors: USA Sled Hockey" by Brian Knappenberger, and the 2014 HBO Films Producer Award went to "Limited Partnership" by Thomas G. Miller.
Student Awards
The 2014 HBO Films Student Competition Award was won by "Sweet Corn" by Joo Hyun Lee. And the "SCAD Student Competition Award" went to "Southsouthwest" by Madison Hamburg.
Anyone interested in studying at the Savannah College of Art and Design can take a look at the American university’s website.
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