Bernhard Rammerstorfer

Bernhard Rammerstorfer (born 1968) is an Austrian author and film director. His book Unbroken Will (German: Nein statt Ja und Amen) is a biography of the Austrian Jehovah's Witness and Holocaust survivor Leopold Engleitner. He later made a documentary film with the same title. His 2012 documentary Ladder in the Lions' Den, made with A. Ferenc Gutai, received a special jury mention at the online European International Film Festival in 2016,^[1] and took second place in the "Best Festival Film" category and won the "Best Documentary Film Award" at the Switzerland International Film Festival in 2018.^[2]

Awards

For Ladder in the Lions' Den

—Winner: Best Documentary Short at the Fallbrook International Film Festival 2013, Fallbrook, California, USA
—Winner: Best Short Documentary at the Rincón International Film Festival 2013, Rincón, Puerto Rico
—Winner: Audience Choice Award for a Documentary at the Marina del Rey Film Festival 2013, Los Angeles County, California, USA
—Winner: Best International Feature Documentary at the Laughlin International Film Festival 2013, Laughlin, Nevada, USA
—Official Selection: Festival of Tolerance: 7th Zagreb International Jewish Film Festival 2013, Zagreb, Croatia
—Official Selection: Festival of Tolerance: 1st Rijeka International Jewish Film Festival 2013, Rijeka, Croatia
—Official Selection: Chagrin Documentary Film Festival 2013, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
—Official Selection: Life Fest Film Festival 2014, Hollywood, California, USA
—Nomination: Alan Fortunoff Humanitarian Award at the Long Island International Film Expo 2014, Long Island, New York, USA
—Nomination: Best Documentary at the Long Island International Film Expo 2014, Long Island, New York, USA
—Official Selection: Green Bay Film Festival 2015, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
—Winner: Special Jury Mention at the European International Film Festival 2016, St. Petersburg, Russia
—Winner: Best Documentary Short at the Cutting Edge International Film Festival 2016, Florida, USA
—Winner: Audience Award at the Cutting Edge International Film Festival 2016, Florida, USA
—Winner: Best Religious/Spiritual Film at the Erie International Film Festival 2016, Pennsylvania, USA
—Official Selection: GardenCity International Film Festival 2017, Bangalore, India
—Winner: Best Documentary Film at the "Switzerland International Film Festival 2018", Schwitzerland, Europe
—Semi-Finalist: Best Documentary at the film festival "Film for Peace 2020", Toronto, Canada

For Taking the Stand:

—Nomination: Best Documentary at the Long Island International Film Expo 2016, Long Island, New York, USA
—Winner: Alan Fortunoff Humanitarian Award at the Long Island International Film Expo 2016, Long Island, New York, USA
—Winner: Best Short Documentary Film at the Laughlin International Film Festival 2016, Laughlin, Nevada, USA
—Finalist: European International Film Festival 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia
—Finalist: Golden Hollywood International Film Festival 2019, Hollywood, California, USA

References

^ Winners. European International Film Festival, 2016. Accessed February 2019.
^ Award Winners 2018. Switzerland International Film Festival. Accessed February 2019.

External links

[euro-1] Winners. European International Film Festival, 2016. Accessed February 2019.

[swiss-2] Award Winners 2018. Switzerland International Film Festival. Accessed February 2019.

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