2009 Babelgum Online Film Festival Awards
2009 Babelgum Online Film Festival Award winners: April 27, 2009 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City
In Francesco Sperandeo's Bab Al Samah / The Door of Forgiveness, a man's desire to get over past humiliations, symbolized by a heavy, old door, leads him on a life-changing journey.
Looking for Genius Award: BAB AL SAMAH / THE DOOR OF FORGIVENESS by Francesco Sperandeo (Italy)
Spike Lee Award / Short Film: MARADONA BABY by Nino Sabella (Italy)
Spike Lee Award / Animation: HEY ANIMATION MUSIC VIDEO by Guy Ben Shetrit (Israel)
Spike Lee Award / Documentary: THE LADIES by Christina Voros (United States)
Spike Lee Award / Mini Masterpiece: I HAD A DREAM I WENT TO CONEY ISLAND by Sherwin Akbarzadeh (Iran)
Professional Jury Award / Short Film: THE DOOR OF FORGIVENESS by Francesco Sperandeo (Italy)
Professional Jury Award / Animation: MR. HAPPY by Michael Patrick O'Hara (Canada)
Professional Jury Award / Documentary: GLUE by Joseph Cottrell-Boyce (United Kingdom)
Professional Jury Award / Mini Masterpiece: DECKLIN AND THE DARKNESS by Lance Dumais (United States)
Jury: Richard Abramowitz, President of Abramorama, a consulting firm that serves the film industry in the production, marketing, and distribution of independent films (U.S.), Joe Bateman, Festival Director of the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival (U.K.), Michael Cox, Talent Executive for Chelsea Lately on E! Entertainment (U.S.), Tiziana Loschi, Managing Director of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival/Citia (City of Moving Images) (France), Carl Spence, Artistic Director of the Seattle International Film Festival and Director of Programming of the Palm Springs International Film Festival (U.S).
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