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THE 2009 FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS:
BEST OF FESTIVAL: So Right So Smart: Leanne Robinson-Maine, Justin Maine, Guy Noerr, Michael Swantek
SPIRIT OF ACTIVISM: Garbage Warrior: Oliver Hodge, Rachel Wexler
MOST INSPIRING ADVENTURE FILM: 3 Peaks, 3 Weeks: Michael Brown, David D’Angelo, Greg S. Moyer, Mark DeAngelis, Rob Faris, Andrew Kaplan, Matthew Kennedy
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD: The Last Descent: Kathryn Scott, Charlie Center, Scott Ligare
JOHN DE GRAAF ENVIRONMENTAL FILMMAKER AWARD: Free Range Studios
BEST CHILDRENS FILM: Riddle in a Bottle: Laura and Robert Sams
STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARDS: Lynx: Wynn Padua, Ben Harris, Eric Binns; and Journey of the Yuba: Annabella Funk
JURY AWARDS: The Price of Sugar: Bill Haney, Erin Grunebaum; Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars: Mat Hames, Cara Carney; Saving Luna: Suzanne Chisholm, Michael Parfit
HONORABLE MENTIONS: I Met the Walrus: Josh Raskin, Jerry Levitan; Wild Ocean: Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas; American Outrage: Beth & George Gage; Under Our Skin: Andy Abrahams Wilson; Chickens of the Sea: Steve Furman; Water Loving Doggies 2: Philip Hassan, Guillaume Habekoss
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Best of Fest - Recycled Life by Leslie Iwerks
People's Choice Award - Oil & Water Project by Seth Warren
Spirit of Activism Award - A Land Out of Time by Mark Harvey
John De Graaf Environmental Filmmaking Award - Judith Helfand and Daniel Gold
I Love the Yuba Award - Little Bird of the Yuba by Larry Huntington
I Love the Yuba Honorable Mention - Purdon to Prosser by Brian Sizer
Student Filmmaker Competition - Antarctica ... the End? by Sam Lowe-Anker (high school category) & Rita by Alison Teal Blehert-Koehn (college category)
Most Inspiring Adventure - The Endless Knot by Michael Brown
Best Children's Film - Little Blue by Bob Svihovec
Jury Awards - King Corn by Ian Cheney & Aaron Wolf; Mountain Top Removal by Michael O'Connell; Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies by Jeff & Sue Turner
Honorable Mentions - Fridays at the Farm by Richard Power Hoffman; The Greening of Southie by Ian Cheney; Kintaro Walks Japan by Tyler MaNiven
2007 Festival Winners
Best of Festival - Queen of Trees, Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone
Peoples Choice - Arid Lands, Josh Wallaert and Grant Aaker
Spirit of Activism - McLibel, Franny Armstrong
Spirit of Adventure - Source to Sea, Andy Norris, Christopher Swain
Special Jury Award - The Power of Community, Faith Morgan
Special Jury Award - Mujaan, Chris McKee
Best Childrens Film - Kids Who Rip, Rod Parmenter
John de Graaf Environmental Filmmaker Award - Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone
Honorable Mentions - America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie; Birdsong and Coffee; Bilby Brothers: The Men Who Killed the Easter Bunny; Drowned Out; Clear Cut; A Life Among Whales; Wombat
People’s Choice Award - What Remains of Us, Francois Prevost, Hugo Latulippe
Best of the Festival - The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Taggart Siegel, Teri Lang
Spirit of Activism Award: Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action, Roberta Grossman
Best Children’s Film: Wall Rats, Steve Edwards, Hans Florine
Best Short: Discover Hetch Hetchy, David Vassar
Most Inspiring Adventure Film: Flying Over Everest, Fabio Toncelli
John de Graaf Environmental FIlmmaker Award: John de Graaf
Honorable Mentions: Buyer Be Fair, John de Graaf; Ansel Adams, Ric Burns; Trudell, Heather Rae; The Snowbowl Effect, Klee Benally; Coastal Clash, Elizabeth Pepin Silva; Tales of the San Joaquin, Christopher Beaver; Sludge, Robert Salyer.
2005 Festival Winners
2004 Festival Winners
2003 Festival Winners