Artivist Film Festival

Infobox Film Festival
name = Artivist Film Festival


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location = Hollywood, CA - USA
language = International
website = http://www.artivists.org"ARTIVIST" (Artivist Film Festival & Artivist Awards) is the first international film festival and awards dedicated to addressing Human rights, Child advocacy, Environmental preservation, and Animal rights. The mission is to strengthen the voice of activist artists, "Artivists", while raising public awareness for social global causes.

Annual Artivist Film Festival Tour

The Artivist Festival tour around the world, "Merging Art & Activism for Global Consciousness".

2008

The 2008 tour include Hollywood (2-5 Oct), Mexico City (24-26 Oct), Tokyo (14-16 Nov), London (28-30 Nov) & Lisabon (6-7 Dec).

Awards

*Best Feature - Artivist Spirit: "", Director Peter Joseph
*Best Feature - Human Rights: " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0984125 They turned our desert into fire] ", Director Marck Brecke
*Best Feature - Children's Advocacy: "Bomb Harvest", Director Kim Mordaunt
*Best Feature - Animal Rights: " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1039953 Companions to none] ", Director Bill Buchanan
*Best Feature - Environmental Preservation: " [http://www.onewaterthemovie.org One Water] ", Director Sanjeev Chatterjee

2006

Awards

*Best Short - Human Rights: "A QUESTION OF LOYALTY", Director: Randall Wilkins
*Best Feature - Human Rights: "Occupation 101", Director: Sufyan Omeish and Abdallah Omeish
*Best Short - Children's Advocacy: "DAUGHTERS AND SONS: PREVENTING CHILD TRAFFICKING IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE", Director: Sarah Feinbloom
*Best Feature - Children's Advocacy: "SITA: A GIRL OF JAMBU", Director: Kathleen Man
*Best Short - Environmental Preservation: "FREEDOM FUELS", Director: Martin O'Brien
*Best Feature - Environmental Preservation: "Crude Impact", Director: James Jandak Wood
*Best Short - Animal Awareness: "THE MEATRIX II", Director: Louis Fox
*Best FEature - Animal Awareness: "MAD COWBOY", Director: Dr. Michael Tobias
*Best Short - Artivist Spirit: "BELIEVE", Director: Synthian Sharp
*Best Feature - Artivist Spirit: "CLASS ACT", Director: Sara Sackner

2005

Awards

*Best Short – Environmental Preservation: "OIL AND WATER", Director: Corwin Fergus
*Best Feature– Environmental Preservation: "OIL ON ICE", Director: Dale Djerassi
*Best Short – Animal Advocacy: "WITNESS", Director: Jennifer Stein
*Best Feature – Animal Advocacy: "EARTHLINGS", Director: Shaun Monson
*Best Short – Human Rights: "SEOUL TRAIN", Director: Lisa Sleeth
*Best Feature – Human Rights: "TRUDELL", Director: Heather Rae
*Best Short – Children's Advocacy: "HUMMINGBIRD", Director: Holly Mosher
*Best Feature – Children's Advocacy: "STOLEN CHILDHOODS", Director: Len Morris
*Best Feature – Artivist Spirit: "EMMANUEL'S GIFT", Directors: Lisa Lax and Nancy Lax
*Best Feature – Artivist Spirit: "HOPE", Director: Catherine Margerin

2005

Awards

*Best Feature – Environmental Preservation: "BLUE VINYL", Director: Judith Helfland
*Best Short– Environmental Preservation: "GOOD RIDDANCE", Director: Nick Hilligoss
*Best Feature – Animal Rights: "CHATTELL", Director: Rebecca Harrell
*Best Short– Animal Rights: "4 DAYS", Director: Richard Hauck
*Best Feature – Children's Advocacy: "BORN INTO BROTHELS", Director: Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
*Best Short – Children's Advocacy: "OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER", Director: Joel Venet
*Best Feature – Human Rights: "WE INTERRUPT THIS EMPIRE", Director: Rana Freedman
*Best Short – Human Rights: "BID 'EM IN", Director: Neal Sopata
*Best Feature – Artivist Spirit: " [http://www.dawnwestlake.com/dawnwestlake/rondecana/films/lifeofdeath/ A LIFE OF DEATH] ", Director: Dawn Westlake
*Best Short – Artivist Spirit: "OUTSIDE THE LINES", Director Markus Stilman
*Audience Award: "NOTHING WITHOUT YOU", Director: Ted Mattison and Paul Kelleher