Awards
Davis Film Festival 2009
Gasparilla International Film Festival 2009
Canada International Film Festival 2009
Creative Tampa Bay Creative Catalyst Award 2008
Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival 2008
42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival
Accolade Competition 2008 / Honorable Mention in Videography
EcoFocus Film Festival 2008
Tuscon Music and Film Festival 2008
Maine International Film Festival 2008
22nd Annual Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival
The Maryland Film Festival 2008
Washington DC Independent Film Festival 2008
Festivus Film Festival 2007
Ybor City Festival of the Moving Image
Davis Film Festival 2008
Rochester International Film Festival 2008
Berkeley Video & Film Festival 2007
Maine Filmmakers Forum at Maine International Film Festival 2007
Santa Cruz Film Festival 2008
22nd Annual Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival
Art Not Hate Video Awards
The following international film festivals have showcased Bob Barancik’s videos over the past eight years.
JVC Tokyo Video Festival
UNEASY TIMES
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
SAVING REMNANTS was chosen for screening. This video commemorates the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising through dance, graphic art, and music. (Over 500 entries / 25 selected for festival.)
Black Maria Film Festival
OFFERINGS FOR WALLENBERG was selected for screening. The video honors the memory of Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat, who saved over 100,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust. (Over 800 entires / 48 selected for festival.)
Canadian International Annual Film and Video Festival
OFFERINGS FOR WALLENBERG received a Best of Festival award.
SAVED BY WALLENBERG received a Two Star commendation. This video combines dramatic testimony by a survivor of the Budapest Ghetto with archival photos of the last days of Nazi terror.
Festival Der Nationen
OFFERINGS FOR WALLENBERG received a Bronze award.
FISTFUL OF SMOKE received an award of commendation and was screened at festival. The video explores the memory of Auschwitz through original music, graphic art, and hand movement.
Hungarian Multicultural Center's 5th Film Festival
OFFERINGS FOR WALLENBERG was selected for screening.
21st Festival International du Film Independent
OFFERINGS FOR WALLENBERG was selected for screening.
7th Annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival
OFFERINGS FOR WALLENBERGwas selected for screening.
46th Columbus International Film & Video Festival
FISTFUL OF SMOKE received the Chris Award. (There were over 800 entries from thirty different countries. Only eighty films and videos were selected for the Chris award.)
47th Columbus International Film & Video Festival
SAVING REMNANTS received a bronze plaque. The video explored the memory of the Jewish fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto through dance, graphic art, and music.
PHILAFILM: Philadelphia International Film & Video Festival
FISTFUL OF SMOKE received a Silver Medal and was screened at the Federal Reserve Bank Auditorium.
PHILAFILM: Philadelphia International Film & Video Festival
SAVING REMNANTS received an honorable mention and was screened at the festival.
6th International Jewish Video Competition sponsored by the Magnus Museum
SAVING REMNANTS received an honorable mention and was screened at the festival.