In Support of Innovative Filmmaking
We are pleased to present, for the tenth year, the SKYY Prize. This prize, which carries a $10,000 cash award, is given to a new filmmaker whose work is featured in the San Francisco International Film Festival.
An independent jury of film critics, filmmakers and film industry professionals
will screen the international selection of films during the Festival.
Films competing for the SKYY Prize must be the first narrative feature
by the director, exhibit a unique artistic sensibility or vision and deserve
to be seen by as wide an audience as possible.
The winner of the SKYY Prize will be announced at the Golden Gate Awards ceremony on May 3 at Fort Mason's Cowell Theater.
SKYY supports innovative thinking by independent filmmakers and offers this prize to shine the spotlight on an emerging director. Maurice Kanbar, the founder of SKYY, created the prize and is a major benefactor to the independent film community through his contributions and service. Kanbar has been a San Francisco Film Society board member for 20 years, and SKYY Vodka returns as a Premier Sponsor of the Festival for the 11th consecutive year. SKYY applauds the artistic vision of independent filmmakers by sponsoring film festivals around the world.
SKYY Prize Contenders
Brothers of the Head
Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
England
Half Nelson
Ryan Fleck
USA
Illumination
Pascale Breton
France
Look Both Ways
Sarah Watt
Australia
News from Afar
Ricardo Benet
Mexico
Northeast
Juan Solanas
Argentina/France/Spain/Belgium
One Long Winter Without Fire
Greg Zglinski
Switzerland/Belgium
Play
Alicia Scherson
Chile
Sa-Kwa
Kang Yi-Kwan
South Korea
The Silent Holy Stones
Wanma-caidan
China/Tibet
Taking Father Home
Ying Liang
China