Award Selections
TAC Festival 2018
Best Film (by Jury)
Secrets of the Nolichucky River
(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)
Honorable Mention for Best Film Category (in order):
(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)
(Produced and directed by Hans Dirven and Merel ten Elsen; distributed by Loveland Film and Photography; Netherlands)
On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music
(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman; distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)
Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City
(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)
Best Narration (by Jury)
Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City
(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)
Honorable Mention for Narration (in order):
On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music
(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman; distributed by 7th Art Releasing, Ronin Films; Australia)
(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)
Secrets of the Nolichucky River
(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)
(Produced and directed by Javier Balaquer Blasco; distributed by Troto Int. S.L.; Spain)
Best Animation & Effects (by Jury)
Vikings: Warriors of the North, Giants of the Sea
(Produced and directed by Gustavo Vilchez; distributed by Fundacion de la C.V. MARQ; Spain)
Honorable Mention for Animation & Special Effects (in order):
Secrets of the Nolichucky River
(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)
(Produced by Giulia Clark, Bill Locke, and Lion Television for WGBH NOVA; directed by Giulia Clark)
(Produced, directed and distributed by Rahul Narwani; India)
Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City
(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)
Best Public Education Value (by Jury)
Secrets of the Nolichucky River
(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)
Honorable Mention for Public Education Value (in order):
Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City
(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)
(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)
On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music
(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman; distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)
(Produced by Edmée Millot - Eleazar; directed by Alexis de Favitski; distributed by Terra Noa; France)
Best Script (by Jury)
(Produced and directed by Hans Dirven and Merel ten Elsen;
distributed by Loveland Film and Photography; Netherlands)
Honorable Mention for Script (in order):
Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City
(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)
(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)
(Produced and directed by Javier Balaquer Blasco; distributed by Troto Int. S.L.; Spain)
Secrets of the Nolichucky River
(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)
Best Cinematography (by Jury)
(Produced by Giulia Clark, Bill Locke, and Lion Television for WGBH NOVA; directed by Giulia Clark)
Honorable Mention for Cinematography (in order):
(Produced by Kanari Films; directed and distributed by Anne Savalli; France)
(Produced by Brian Brazeal, Leslie Steidl, Greg White, Dino Beltran, John Parker, Darin Beltran, and Drake Beltran; directed by Daniel Bruns; distributed by Advanced Laboratory for Visual Anthropology at CSU, Chico; USA)
(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)
(Produced by Edmée Millot - Eleazar; directed by Alexis de Favitski; distributed by Terra Noa; France)
Best Music (by Jury)
Secrets of the Nolichucky River
(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)
Honorable Mention for Music (in order):
On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music
(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman; distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)
Vikings: Warriors of the North, Giants of the Sea
(Produced and directed by Gustavo Vilchez; distributed by Fundacion de la C.V. MARQ; Spain)
(Produced and distributed by Jane Himmeth Singh; directed by Suruchi Sharma; India)
Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City
(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)
Most Inspirational (by Jury)
On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music
(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman;
distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)
Honorable Mention for Inspiration (in order):
Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City
(Produced by Fourth Wall Films; directed and distributed by Kelly Rundle; USA)
(Produced and directed by Hans Dirven and Merel ten Elsen; distributed by Loveland Film and Photography; Netherlands)
Secrets of the Nolichucky River
(Produced by Debra Dylan; directed by Buck Kahler; distributed by Debra Dylan; USA)
(Produced, directed, and distributed by Alfonso Par and Luis Quevedo; Spain)
Audience Favorite Competition (by Festival audience)
On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music
(Produced and directed by Marsha Emerman;
distributed by 7th Art Releasing and Ronin Films; Australia)
Honorable Mention in Audience Favorite Competition (in order):
(Produced, directed, and distributed by Anthony Grieco; Canada)
(Produced by Giulia Clark, Bill Locke, and Lion Television for WGBH NOVA; directed by Giulia Clark)
(Produced and distributed by Sherman Alexie; directed by Derrick LaMere; USA)
(Produced by Kanari Films; directed and distributed by Anne Savalli; France)
Special Mention (by Jury)
(Produced and distributed by Shirley Gu; directed by Jesse Pickett; China)
for Awareness of National Heritage
(Produced and distributed by Sherman Alexie; directed by Derrick LaMere; USA)
for Presentation of Heritage Values
(Produced and directed by Javier Balaquer Blasco; distributed by Troto Int. S.L.; Spain)
for Innovative Storytelling
Vikings: Warriors of the North, Giants of the Sea
(Produced and directed by Gustavo Vilchez; distributed by Fundacion de la C.V. MARQ; Spain)
for Best Short Subject