2016 Films for the Forest Winners
Short Shorts 1st Place
JP’s Peace Love and Happiness Winner
Forest Products (USA) Directed by: Eric Nelson
Short Shorts 2nd Place
More Than Scientist (USA) Directed by: Eric Michelman
Short Shorts 3rd Place
The World’s Wildest Evolution of Dance (USA) Directed by: Dave Room
Shorts 1st Place
Hope – Indonesia’s Dayak Iban Directed by: Paul Redman
Shorts 2nd Place
Ulin (United Kingdom) Directed by: Leo Plunkett
Shorts 3rd Place
Audience Choice Winner
Moving the Giants – An Urgent Plan to Save the Planet (USA) Directed by: Michael Ramsey2016 Films for the Forest Judges

Solly Granatstein
Producer
Solly Granatstein is an American television producer, formerly with CBS, 60 Minutes, NBC News and ABC News. He is the winner of seven Emmys, a Peabody, a duPont, a Polk, an IRE and virtually every other major award in broadcast journalism. He is also the screenwriter, with Vince Beiser, of “The Great Antonio,” an upcoming film, developed by Steven Soderbergh and Warner Brothers.
Richard Linklater
Detour Filmproduction, Austin Film Society
Oscar-nominated Linklater is a respected writer-director and Artistic Director of the Austin Film Society, which he founded in 1985

Julio Quintana
Director
Julio Quintana is a writer, director and cinematographer, whose work has appeared in various films, commercials, music videos and television series, including additional photography on Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011) and To the Wonder (2012). Julio made his feature directorial debut with The Vessel, starring Martin Sheen and intended for release in the fall of 2016. He currently heads the scripted division at Bat Bridge Entertainment as Creative Director.