Past Festivals: 2001
In spite of the tragic events of September 11, the festival ran as planned with 96 films from 28 countries. Martin Scorsese, a graduate of NYU, participated in a Q&A following the presentation of his film, Il Mio Viaggio in Italia. Producer Susan Carnival also participated in a Q&A following a screening of Chutney Popcorn by Nisha Ganatra.
Winners
1st Prize
Slawomir Fabicki, A Man Thing
Polish National Film School
Lodz, Poland
2nd Prize
Jyri Kahonen, Mother
University of Art and Design
Helsinki, Finland
3rd Prize
David Kartch, Zen and the Art of Landscaping
Columbia University, New York, New York
Judges
NYU Faculty Judges
Sheril Antonio
Karl Bardosh
Arnold Baskin
Yvette Biro
Boris Frumin
Laszlo Santha
Alina Bernstein,
Tel Aviv University
Leon Conway,
University College of Dublin
Zuzana Gindl-Tatarova,
VSMU
Robert Hackney,
North Carolina School of the Arts
Ian Lang,
Queensland College of Art Griffith University, Australia
Cristina Marx,
German Film and TV Academy