About the Campfire Film Festival Awards
Submitted by Richard Leigh on 26 July 2009 - 6:47pm.
Winners
FULL REPORT NOW ON HOME PAGE - WINNERS LISTED HERE
Winners
- Best Documentary: The Shomer
- Best environmental: The Land Owns Us
- Youth Award (under 18yrs): Starting Over
- Best Comedy: Tarvuism
Grand Prize:
- The Campfire Award: Hope (TG)
For the best discussion-starter, advancing the best combination of peace, love and vigorous debate
- Campfire Runner-up: A Land Called Paradise
- Campfire Special Mention (1): The Foxhole Manifesto
- Campfire Special Mention (2): Portrait of a Stranger
- People's Choice (ACMI audience): A Land Called Paradise
Other films screened:
- Festival Director's Special (1): Chasing
- Festival Director's Special (2): The Passion of Marc
Who
- Awarded to Filmmakers from around the world
- Presented by Deb Verhoeven and Dr William Lesher,
Chair of The Parliament of the World's Religions - Event coordinated by Campfire Awards team
- Judged by a multi-faith panel and expert film critics
Where
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square, Cnr Swanston & Flinders Sts
Melbourne, Australia
When
Sunday November 29
2:30pm
This is an official Offsite event of the Parliament of the World's Religions
Why
To encourage filmmakers to explore the spiritual in their art

