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​THE FINE ARTS FILM FESTIVAL IS A PREMIER SHOWCASE FOR INDEPENDENT FILM HELD ANNUALLY In los angeles, CALIFORNIA. ​

​JURI KOLL

ARTIST / DIRECTOR

​DANI DODGE

ARTIST

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PRESENTED BY THE VENICE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART ​THE FINE ARTS FILM FESTIVAL is dedicated to showing the finest films in the world about art, photography, collectors and artists of all

mediums in and out of their studios, galleries, museums, public art, and alternative art spaces.

Come visit the western capital of the art world - LOS ANGELES, California. 

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BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - AMAZONES
DIR: IOANA MATEI (ROMANIA)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SAVAGE SLEEP

TEO MANIACI
DIR: OSCEOLA REFETOFF (USA)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - COME TO THE EDGE
DIR: SOPHIE PEGRUM (USA)

2017 AWARD WINNERS

               2017 FAFF JUDGES!

​BARBARA KOLO

ARTIST

JOHN HOGG

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

PETER FRANK

ART CRITIC

BEST DIRECTOR - Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
YANNIS KASTRITSIS: A MAN AND HIS SHADOW

(GREECE)

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM - INNUENDO
DIR: SAARA LAMBERG (FINLAND)
  
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM - SACRIFICE
DIR: YARON DOTAN (USA)
  

 ILIA ANOSSOV

ARTIST

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, BEAUTY & RUIN
DIR: MARC DE GUERRE (CANADA)

BEST ANIMATED FILM, FANTASY ON SARABANDA
DIR: GUDBJORG HLIN GUDMUNDSDOTTIR (ICELAND)

BEST STUDENT FILM, LIGHT SIGHT
DIR: SAID M. TABATABAEI (IRAN)

DANIEL WOOD AUDIENCE AWARD, LOVE BITE
DIR: JAMES SCOTT (UNITED KINGDOM)