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2021 Sections + Spotlights > Golden Gate Award Competitions

2021 Film Festival Spotlight

Golden Gate Award Competitions

Presented at the Festival since its inaugural year in 1957, the GGAs are among the most significant awards for emerging global and independent film artists in the United States. Prizes will be awarded by independent juries in 13 narrative, documentary, mid-length, and short film categories within these four areas:

 

  • Cine Mexicano
  • Documentaries
  • Mid-Length Films
  • New Directors
  • Short Films

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A Leave

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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After Antarctica

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Captains of Zaatari

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Dance of the 41

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Fauna

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Holler

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Home

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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I’M FINE (Thanks for Asking)

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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In the Same Breath

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Mid-Length: “Cloudscape” + “Here, Here”

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Mid-Length: "Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma"...

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Mid-Length: “Mum Is Pouring Rain” + “The ...

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Mid-Length: “Sing Me a Lullaby” + “We Hav...

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Mid-Length: “Tales of the Accidental City...

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Nudo Mixteco

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Poppy Field

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Radiograph of a Family

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Seyran Ateş: Sex, Revolution and Islam

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Shorts 1

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Shorts 2

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Shorts 3

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Shorts 4

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Shorts 6: Family Films

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Skies of Lebanon

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Son of Monarchs

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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The Spokeswoman

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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The Whaler Boy

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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This Is My Desire

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Unseen Skies

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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We Are as Gods

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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Writing With Fire

April 9, 2021 @ 12:01 am - April 18, 2021 @ 11:59 pm
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