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23rd ANNUAL CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL

CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL

2006 AWARDS

Click Here to download a PDF of all the 2006 Winners!

The 2006 CICFF Best of Fest Award

Pieter Kuijpers, The Horror Bus (Netherlands, 2005)


SPECIAL PRIZES


The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize
Best Film or Video by an Emerging Director
Adam Schlachter, My Backyard Was a Mountain (USA, 2005)

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize
Certificate of Excellence for Best Film or Video by an Emerging Director
Kyle Jefferson and Cameron Hood, First Flight (USA, 2006)

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize
Best Child-Produced Film or Video
Joseph Procopio, Drive (Canada, 2006)

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize
Certificate of Excellence for Best Child-Produced Film or Video
Stefanos Sitaras, Esperando (Greece, 2005)

The Liv Ullmann Peace Prize
Avie Luthra, Lucky (South Africa, 2005)

The Rights of the Child Award
Ali Benhirame, Amal (France/Morocco, 2005)



CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZES




CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Live-action Feature Film or Video
Niels Arden Oplev, We Shall Overcome (Denmark, 2006)

2nd Prize, Live-action Feature Film or Video
Mischa Kamp, Winky's Horse (Netherlands, 2005)

Certificate of Excellence, Live-action Feature Film or Video
Josef Fares, Zozo (Sweden, 2005)



CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Animated Feature Film or Video
Michel Ocelot and Benedicte Galup, Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (France, 2005)



CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Live-action Short Film or Video
Nils Mooij, Fried Rice (Netherlands, 2004)

2nd Prize, Live-action Short Film or Video
Renaka Jeyapalan, Big Girl (Canada, 2005)

Certificate of Excellence, Live-action Short Film or Video
Irina Bolko, The Thief (Greece, 2005)



CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Animated Short Film or Video
Chris Mais, Smile (USA, 2005)

2nd Prize, Animated Short Film or Video
Till Nowak, Delivery (Germany, 2005)

Certificate of Excellence, Animated Short Film or Video
Madeleine Belisle, National Film Board of Canada Director: Jonathan Ng, Asthma Tech (Canada, 2006)



CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

1st Prize, Animated Television Production
South African Broadcast Corporation, Director: Firdaus Kharas, Magic Cellar: "The Tortoise and the Elephant" (South Africa/Canada, 2004)



CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION TELEVISION PRODUCTION

1st Prize, Live-action Television Production
Andrzej Maleszka, The Magic Tree: "Devourers of Books" (Poland, 2006)



CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - CHILD-PRODUCED SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Child-Produced Short Film or Video
Trace Gaynor and Stephen Sotor, The Final Frontier: Explorers or Warriors (USA, 2006)

2nd Prize, Child-Produced Short Film or Video
Joseph, Susan, and Katherine Procopio, Lost and Found (Canada, 2006)



ADULT JURY PRIZES




ADULT JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Live-action Feature Film or Video
Josef Fares, Zozo (Sweden, 2005)

2nd Prize, Live-action Feature Film or Video
Niels Arden Oplev, We Shall Overcome (Denmark, 2006)

Certificate of Excellence, Live-action Feature Film or Video
Mischa Kamp, Winky's Horse (Netherlands, 2005)



ADULT JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Live-action Short Film or Video
Tove Cecilie Sverdrup and Sunniva Nervik, The Crystal Palace (Norway, 2006)

2nd Prize, Live-action Short Film or Video
Devon Bolton and Kirsten Bolton, Shipwrecked (Canada, 2006)

Certificate of Excellence, Live-action Short Film or Video
Cristine Spindler, Sirah (USA, 2005)



ADULT JURY PRIZE - DOCUMENTARY FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Documentary Film or Video
Georg Bussek, Stark! Kevin Hear Me Out (Germany, 2005)

2nd Prize, Documentary Film or Video
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, The Clown Children (Norway, 2005)

Certificate of Excellence, Documentary Film or Video
Meenakshi and Vinay Rai, Children of Nomads (India, 2005)



ADULT JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION TELEVISION PROGRAM

1st Prize, Live-action Television Program
The Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment, Director: Pino Amenta, Mortified: "The Talk" (Australia, 2006)

2nd Prize, Live-action Television Program
Rafael Illescas, All for a Football: "In My Shoes" (Mexico, 2005)

Certificate of Excellence, Live-action Television Program
Johan Timmers, Dobli (Netherlands, 2006)



ADULT JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Animated Feature Film or Video
Michel Ocelot and Benedicte Galup, Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (France, 2005)



ADULT JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Animated Short Film or Video
Lotta Geffenblad and Uzi Geffenblad, Among the Thorns (Sweden, 2005)

2nd Prize, Animated Short Film or Video
John Lechner and Gary Goldberger, Fablevision and Weston Woods, Ish (USA, 2005)

Certificate of Excellence, Animated Short Film or Video
Uruma Delvi, A Long Day of Mr. Calpaccio (Japan, 2005)



ADULT JURY PRIZE -ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION

1st Prize, Animated Television Production
Josh Selig and Jennifer Oxley, The Wonder Pets: "Save The Sheep!" (USA, 2006)

2nd Prize, Animated Television Production
Cartoon Network Studios, Directors: Mike Roth and Clayton Morrow, Camp Lazlo: "Tree Hugger" (USA, 2005)
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