Artivist Film Festival & Awards
artivist film festival award international film festival award ceremony dedicated recognizing activist effort filmmaker specifically area human right child advocacy environmental preservation animal right festival held annually tour internationally mission strengthen voice activistartists artivists raising awareness global cause festival produced artivist collective nonprofit organization founded august diaky diaz bettina wolff christopher riedesel first artivist film award festival held april hollywood egyptian theater honoree ed begley jr tippi hedren mike farrell france nuyen set coincide earth day nd annual artivist film festival began april los angeles mayor james hahn declared day artivist day among festival honoree james cromwell mira sorvino third annual festival held los angeles november premiered film fast food nation festival honoree included joaquin phoenix daryl hannah matthew mcconaughey artivists advisory board includes congressman dennis kucinich actor james cromwell actordirector james senator barbara boxer past honoree include ted danson alyssa milano claes nobel james cromwell mira sorvino ed begley jr tippi hedren mike farrell france nuyen joaquin phoenix daryl hannah matthew mcconaughey among others best feature – artivist spirit love hate love directed dana nachman hardy best short – artivist spirit crooked beauty directed ken paul rosenthal best feature – childrens advocacy surfing soweto directed sara blecher best short – childrens advocacy grace directed meagan kelly best feature – animal advocacy green directed patrick rouxel best short – animal advocacy saving pelican directed irene taylor brodsky best feature – environmental preservation spoil directed trip jennings best short – environmental preservation leaf keep falling directed julie winokur best feature – international human right beautiful directed frank van osch best short – international human right umoja directed elizabeth tadic best feature – artivist spirit regeneration directed philip montgomery best short – artivist spirit arena directed jota aronack best feature – childrens advocacy kid majestic directed dylan verrechia best short – childrens advocacy sarah directed brandon hess best feature – animal advocacy africa lost eden directed james byrne best short – animal advocacy albatrocity directed j ollie luck iain frengley edward saltau best feature – environmental preservation deep green directed matt briggs best short – environmental preservation krill gone directed jeffrey bost best feature – international human right complexo – universo paralelo directed mário patrocinio best short – international human right mine story sacred mountain directed toby marsden best feature – artivist spirit intelligent life directed brian malone best short – artivist spirit rough cut directed taghreed saadeh best feature – childrens advocacy child war directed bryan single best short – childrens advocacy one wayz directed linda chavez best feature – animal advocacy ice bear beaufort directed arthur c smith iii best short – animal advocacy abe directed khen shalem best feature – environmental preservation belonging directed gerard ungerman best short – environmental preservation urubus têm asas vulture wing directed marcos negrão andre rangel best feature – international human right la mission directed peter bratt best short – international human right intersection directed jae woe kim best feature – artivist spirit zeitgeist addendum directed peter joseph festival opening movie best short – artivist spirit sovereignty directed jonathan sale best feature – international human right turned desert fire directed marck brecke best short – international human right tibet beyond fear directed michael perlman best feature – childrens advocacy bomb harvest directed kim mordaunt best short – childrens advocacy returned child soldier nepal maoist army directed robert koenig best feature – animal advocacy companion none directed bill buchanan best short – animal advocacy blinder directed donald moss best feature – environmental preservation one water directed sanjeev chatterjee best short – environmental preservation eudaimonia directed jude shingle best feature – artivist spirit zeitgeist directed peter joseph best short – artivist spirit rich photographer directed ezra bookstein best feature – international human right american drug war directed kevin booth best short – international human right worst job world directed jens pedersen best feature – childrens advocacy glue boy directed phil hamer best short – childrens advocacy girl star anita beekeeper directed vikash nowlakh best feature – animal advocacy beyond closed door directed hugh dorigo best short – animal advocacy shark – steward reef directed holiday johnson best feature – environmental preservation balance directed tom jackson best short – environmental preservation anthropology directed wayne brittendon best short – human right question loyalty directed randall wilkins best feature – human right occupation directed sufyan omeish abdallah omeish best short – childrens advocacy daughter son preventing child trafficking golden triangle directed sarah feinbloom best feature – childrens advocacy sita girl jambu directed kathleen man best short – international environmental preservation freedom fuel directed martin obrien best feature – international environmental preservation crude impact directed james jandak wood best short – animal advocacy meatrix ii directed louis fox best feature – animal advocacy mad cowboy directed dr michael tobias best short – artivist spirit believe directed synthian sharp best feature – artivist spirit class act directed sara sackner best short – environmental preservation oil water directed corwin fergus best feature– environmental preservation oil ice directed dale djerassi best short – animal advocacy witness directed jennifer stein best feature – animal advocacy earthling directed shaun monson best short – international human right seoul train directed jim butterworth lisa sleeth aaron lubarsky best feature – international human right trudell directed heather rae best short – childrens advocacy hummingbird directed holly mosher best feature – childrens advocacy stolen childhood directed len morris best short – artivist spirit emmanuels gift directed lisa lax nancy lax best feature – artivist spirit hope directed catherine margerin best feature – environmental preservation blue vinyl directed judith helfland best short– environmental preservation good riddance directed nick hilligoss best feature – animal right chattel directed rebecca harrell best short– animal right day directed richard hauck best feature – childrens advocacy born brothel directed ross kauffman zana briski best short – childrens advocacy old enough know better directed joel venet best feature – human right interrupt empire directed rana freedman best short – human right bid em directed neal sopata best feature – artivist spirit life death directed dawn westlake best short – artivist spirit outside line directed markus stilman audience award nothing without directed ted mattison paul kelleher official website