This from the Flaherty Seminar website:
The Flaherty is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 Leo Awards:
For Excellence in the Field of Exhibition, Distribution or Programming: Filmakers Library – Sue Oscar & Linda Gottesman
For Excellence in the Field of Filmmaking or Producing: Barbara Hammer.
We will also be presenting the Samu Award to the late animator Helen Hill, whose films convey a universal message illuminating our growing sense of world community.
The 2008 LEO AWARDS will be presented on Monday, November 24, 7:30 pm at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. The celebration will include presentation of the awards, as well as, clips from the Filmakers Library collection, a short film by Helen Hill, and Barbara Hammers’ films, Sanctos and Vital Signs.