2014 Winners Announced
WINNER
U.S. Documentary
POVERTY, INC.
Anthem Grand Prize
From Toms Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.
Short documentaries
THE TICKET: STORIES OF CHOICE IN EDUCATION
Audience Choice, Short Film
“What is school choice?” School choice is proliferating in the United States, fostering innovations in teaching and advancements in learning. It’s based on a simple premise: No one educational model can possibly serve every kind of student, and so parents and children deserve the freedom to choose the schools that work best for them. “The […]
U.S. Narrative
ATLAS SHRUGGED: WHO IS JOHN GALT
Best Narrative Feature
In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and influence to change everything.. Based on the novel by Ayn Rand. This film screened to an audience of nearly 1,500 people in the Celebrity Ballroom. Available on Peacock and Amazon […]
AMERICA: IMAGINE THE WORLD WITHOUT HER
Best Documentary Feature
A story that questions the shaming of the US through revisionist history, lies and omissions by educational institutions, political organizations, Alinsky, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other progressives to destroy America. Available on Amazon Prime.
International Documentary
FREEDOM FROM CHOICE
Best International Documentary
Do We Really Have Freedom Of Choice? Freedom From Choice provides viewers with a glimpse at the myriad of ways their lives are being dictated, and tells us who stands to gain. Life is about choice. What we eat, what we read, who we elect; every day we make choices that determine how we want […]
Short narratives
COUGH
Best Short Narrative
Food shortages during a pandemic force recently widowed George to stray far from home to survive. A simple purchase of rations derails when George stumbles upon a Shopkeeper’s secret, placing them in mortal jeopardy.
NO VANS LAND
Best Short Documentary
THE LAST EAGLE SCOUT
Excellence in Filmmaking, Narrative Feature
In the not-so-distant future, society has allowed political correctness to go beyond the point of the absurd. For years the Boy Scots have been under the government microscope and finally have been mandated to close their doors for good. Boy Scot, Cliff Elliot, stirs the pot as he tries to cling to the last shreds […]
EXIT AFGHANISTAN
Excellence in Filmmaking, International Documentary
Norway public broadcaster NRK is has followed up on its successful Afghan Nightmare film, which won the Anthem Grand Prize in 2012, with Exit Afghanistan, which traces the pull-out of Norwegian troops from their Afghanistan camp, and looks at the Afghan’s who take over.
DON’T CAGE MY SPEECH! A STUDENT SCHOOLS HIS COLLEGE
Excellence in Filmmaking, Short Documentary
A college student takes his own university to federal court to fight for his and his fellow student’s first amendment right to free speech on campus. You may watch the entire film here.
COLLAPSE
Best Libertarian Ideals, Narrative Feature
Civilization unravels as the nation is gripped by a widespread economic catastrophe. Without market distribution, supplies dwindle, and the truth of human nature is revealed when the thin veil of order as we know it is stripped away in the absence of authority. Two young brothers find themselves orphaned in a world where the rules […]
DOG DAYS
Best Libertarian Ideals, Documentary Feature
After losing his job in 2009, Coite Manuel sets off to build his dream business with the help of two unlikely women: Deane, his harp-playing aunt, and Siyone, an East African hotdog vendor and single mother of four. Staking his meager life savings on a vision to revive Washington, D.C.’s dwindling hotdog vending community, Coite […]
BEFORE SNOWDEN: BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Best Libertarian Ideals, Short Documentary
“Before Snowden: Behind the Curtain” is about the NSA’s domestic spy program — a look at how it started, from the men who unwittingly helped create it. Their story, insights and warnings — for all of us.
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