US International Film & Video Festival –
Closing After 50-plus Years
The US International Film & Video Festival, founded in Chicago in 1967, has ended.
Normally at this time of the year, we would be announcing and opening our next competition. However, the loss of our Chairman and leader, Lee Gluckman, Jr., on August 17 has made it not possible to move forward with our 2021 competition. Lee’s presence was truly larger than life — he was the Festival.
We have been blessed and honored with so many wonderful entrants throughout the 20 years of competition under Lee’s ownership. We will miss all of you, and we thank each and every entrant for your support over the years. One of Lee’s special joys was traveling internationally to meet with Festival entrants and winners. He made many friends on these trips.
We would like to see the competition continue. The competition has many wonderful archives of films and a comprehensive database of past entrants and winners we hope can find a new home.
In the meantime, the filmfestawards.com website will remain active to give our winners the exposure they so richly deserve.
Once again, thank you for the support. Please contact filmfestinfo@filmfestawards.com as needed.
2020 BEST OF FESTIVAL WINNERS
WINNER
“The Landing”
ENTRANT: The Film House, Doha, Qatar
CLIENT: QAFCO (Qatar Fertiliser Company) / Qatar
“Made by Geberit”
ENTRANT:
Seed Audio-Visual Communication AG, Zurich / Switzerland
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Seed Audio-Visual Communication AG, Zurich / Switzerland
CLIENT: Geberit
“Best Choice”
ENTRANT:
Beck & Friends GmbH, Zürich / Switzerland
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Beck & Friends GmbH, Zürich / Switzerland
CLIENT: Bystronic
“Staycation”
ENTRANT:
K PRODZ, Nimes / France
PRODUCTION COMPANY: K PRODZ, Nimes / France
CLIENT: OPENimes Tourisme, Nimes / France
“The Choice”
ENTRANT: FreeMotion Group,
Moscow / Russia
PRODUCTION COMPANY: FreeMotion Group, Moscow / Russia
CLIENT: JSC “UEC-Klimov,” Rostec, St. Petersburg / Russia
WINNER
“Okavango - River of Dreams - Episode 1: Paradise”
ENTRANT: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Vienna / Austria
“Nahanni River of Forgiveness”
ENTRANT: River of Forgiveness Productions Ltd, Toronto, ON / Canada
PRODUCTION COMPANY: River of Forgiveness Productions Ltd, Toronto, ON / Canada
“Black Mirror: Social Credit System and Big Data Life in China (SkyEye, A Credit Score is for Life, The Plight of Dishonest Persons)"
ENTRANT: Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) / Hong Kong
“Tokyo Rats: Kabukicho's Poisonous Beauty”
ENTRANT: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Tokyo / Japan
PRODUCTION COMPANY: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Tokyo / Japan
“Borneo – Earth’s Ancient Eden”
ENTRANT: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Vienna / Austria
“A Stranger in Shanghai”
ENTRANT:
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Tokyo / Japan
PRODUCTION COMPANY: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Tokyo / Japan
“Thank You for Me”
ENTRANT:
FreeMotion Group, Moscow / Russia
PRODUCTION COMPANY: FreeMotion Group, Moscow / Russia
CLIENT: Stork Day Foundation
IQ ONE WORLD AWARD WINNER
“Kvartirnik”
ENTRANT: FreeMotion Group, Moscow / Russia
PRODUCTION COMPANY: FreeMotion Group, Moscow / Russia
CLIENT: NTV Channel / Russia
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