Presented at the Festival since its inaugural year in 1957, the Golden Gate Awards (GGAs) are among the most significant honors for emerging global film artists in the United States. Prizes are traditionally awarded in narrative, documentary, and short film categories.
Narrative Short
Can We Pretend
Part of Shorts 1: I’m Just a Girl
Short Films
Samantha Toy Ozeas (USA 2023, 12 min)
Little Queen
Part of Shorts 1: I’m Just a Girl
Short Films
Julien Guetta (France 2023, 25 min)
Muna
Part of Shorts 1: I’m Just a Girl
Short Films
Warda Mohamed (UK 2023, 19 min)
Rizoo
Part of Shorts 1: I’m Just a Girl
Short Films
Azadeh Navai (Iran/USA 2023, 16 min)
VOID
Part of Shorts 1: I’m Just a Girl
Short Films
Yusuke Iwasaki (Japan 2023, 24 min)
Choices
Part of Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind
Short Films
Kameishia Wooten (USA 2022, 12 min)
Playground
Part of Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind
Short Films
Raul Villalba (Spain 2023, 16 min)
Punta Salinas
Part of Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind
Short Films
Maria del Mar Rosario (Puerto Rico 2023, 16 min)
Thirstygirl
Part of Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind
Short Films
Alexandra Qin (USA 2023, 10 min)
I Was Here
Part of Shorts 3: Lineages of Love
Short Films
Noëlle Gentile (USA 2023, 17 min)
Layover
Part of Shorts 3: Lineages of Love
Short Films
Taylor Sanghyun Lee (USA 2024, 12 min)
Bogotá Story
Part of Shorts 4: Migration Flows
Short Films
Esteban Pedraza (Colombia/USA 2023, 16 min)
Confused Blood
Part of Shorts 4: Migration Flows
Short Films
James Cutler (South Korea/USA/Australia 2023, 17 min)
Documentary Short
Don’t Look Down
Part of Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind
Short Films
Ilanna Barkusky (USA 2023, 8 min)
I Did Not Wake Up Dead Today
Part of Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind
Short Films
Erin Macpherson (Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, South Africa 2023, 18 min)
The Medallion
Part of Shorts 3: Lineages of Love
Short Films
Ruth Hunduma (UK 2023, 19 min)
Salone Love
Part of Shorts 3: Lineages of Love
Short Films
Tajana Tokyo (USA/UK 2023, 5 min)
Weekend Visits
Part of Shorts 3: Lineages of Love
Short Films
Pete Quandt (USA 2024, 9 min)
Primero, Sueño
Part of Shorts 4: Migration Flows
Short Films
Andrés Lira (USA 2023, 17 min)
Until He’s Back
Part of Shorts 4: Migration Flows
Short Films
Jacqueline Baylon (Morocco/Spain 2023, 40 min)
Animated Short
La Perra
Part of Shorts 2: Of Body and Mind
Short Films
Carla Melo Gampert (Colombia, France 2023, 14 min)\
Battery Mommy
Part of Shorts 3: Lineages of Love
Short Films
Seungbae Jeon (South Korea 2023, 8 min)
Boat People
Part of Shorts 4: Migration Flows
Short Films
Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma(Canada 2023, 10 min)
Bay Area Short Film
a film is a goodbye that never ends
Part of Shorts 3: Lineages of Love
Short Films
María Luisa Santos (Costa Rica 2024, 13 min)
We Exist in Memory
Part of Shorts 3: Lineages of Love
Short Films
Darian Woehr (USA 2023, 14 min)
Narrative Feature
Alemania
Narratives: USA
María Zanetti (Argentina/Spain, 2023, 87 min)
Banel & Adama
Narratives: International
Ramata-Toulaye Sy (Argentina/France/Portugal/Germany/MexicoSenegal/France/Mali/Qatar, 2023, 87 min)
Empty Nets
Narratives: International
Behrooz Karamizade (Germany/Iran, 2023, 101 min)
Eureka
Narratives: International
Lisandro Alonso (Argentina/France/Portugal/Germany/Mexico, 2023, 146 min)
Great Absence
Narratives: International
Kei Chika-ura (Japan, 2023, 152 min)
Heartless
Narratives: International
Nara Normande, Tião (Brazil/France/Italy, 2023, 90 min)
The Practice
Narratives: International
Martín Rejtman (Argentina/Chile/Germany/Portugal, 2023, 95 min)
Ru
Narratives: International
Charles-Olivier Michaud (Canada, 2023, 116 min)
Sidonie in Japan
Narratives: International
Kei Chika-ura (Japan/Switzerland/Germany/France, 2023, 95 min)
The Teacher
Narratives: International
Farah Nabulsi (UK/Palestine/Qatar, 2023, 118 min)
Wakhri
Documentaries: International
Iram Parveen Bilal (Pakistan/USA, 2023, 99 min)
Documentary Feature
Agent of Happiness
Documentaries: International
Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó (Bhutan/Hungary, 2024, 94 min)
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Documentaries: International
Charlie Hamilton James (UK, 2023, 78 min)
Black Box Diaries
Documentaries: International
Shiori Ito (Japan/USA/UK, 2024, 104 min)
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine
Documentaries: International
Kazhuiro Soda (Japan/USA, 2024, 119 min)
Eternal You
Documentaries: International
Hans Block, Mortiz Riesewieck (Germany/USA, 2024, 87 min)
Luther: Never Too Much
Documentaries: USA
Dawn Porter (USA, 2024, 101 min)
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Documentaries: International
Lucy Walker (USA, 2024, 98 min)
Porcelain War
Documentaries: International
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev (Ukraine/USA/Russia, 2024, 90 min)
Sugarcane
Documentaries: International
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie (Canada/USA, 2024, 107 min)
Uncropped
Documentaries: USA
D.W. Young (USA, 2023, 111 min)
Zinzindurrunkarratz
Documentaries: International
Oskar Alegría (Spain, 2023, 89 min)
Golden Gate Award: Bay Area Documentary
Counted Out
Documentaries: USA
Vicki Abeles (USA, 2024, 89 min)
Seeking Mavis Beacon
Documentaries: USA
Jazmin Reneé Jones (USA, 2024, 103 min)
Youth Works
List of titles coming soon.
Family Films
List of titles coming soon.