A Big Year For AFVF A Big Year For AFVF The 23rd Annual Atlanta Film & Video Festival (AFVF) included over 140 new, independent films and videos from around the world, including 34 Georgia works. A record 42 visiting artists make the trip to Atlanta from as far away as Beirut, Lebanon. The Award winners are as follows: Grand Jury Award: The Double Life Of Ernesto Gomez Gomez by Gary Weimburg, Best Animation: Roadhead by Bob Sabistan and Tommy Pallotta, Animation Honorable Mentions: More by Mark Osborne, and Billy's Balloon by Don Hertzfeldt, Best Documentary Short: The Ugliest Fountain in the World (Without a Doubt) by Jensen Rufe, Best Documentary: American Gypsy by Jasmine Dellal, Documentary Honorable Mentions: American Hollow by Rory Kennedy, and Pei Pei's Wedding by Wen-Hwa Tsao, Best Experimental: Tree Shade by Lisa Collins, Best Narrative Short: Pennyweight by Kyle Rankin & Efram Potelle, Narrative Honorable Mention: Herd by Mike Mitchell, Best Narrative: Killing Joe by Mehdi Norowzian, Best Student: Voodoo by Gregg Bishop, Student Honorable Mention: Zoltar from Zoron by Erik Paesel, Southeastern Mediamakers' Award: Burning Questions by Mishael Porembski, Audience Award: A Luv Tale by Sidra Smith. In past years, works were judged prior to the actual festival. For the first time in the festival's 23-year history, judging occurred during the event. The 1999 AFVF judges were Gill Holland, independent producer; Elvis Mitchell, National Public Radio film critic and guest on "Siskel & Ebert"; Lisanne Skyler, film director and programmer; and Cara White independent publicist and producer's representative. The Atlanta Film & Video Festival is presented annually by IMAGE Film & Video Center.