San Francisco Short Film Festival - 2004 Awards

 

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AWARDED FILMS BY CATEGORIES:

INSEPARABLE BONDS
by LARS MAGNUS HOLMGREN
Like a thorn in the proverbial butt of utopian dreams, Inseparable Bonds serves as a "tongue-in-cheek" reminder that ultimately perfection in life is acceptance of its inherently imperfect stage.
Special Prize to the Best Short Film

FREEWHEELING-BICYCLING IN NEW YORK CITY
by F. A. ARTHUR RODRIGUEZ
Video documentary on the need to use non-polluting means of transportation. The potential of the bicycle to achieve this end.
Awarded Category: Integral Realization

PRODUCT PLACEMENT
by ANDREW DELAPLAINE
Just how far can you take the concept of "product placement" in movies?
 
Awarded Category: Direction

PENDULUM
by ARGYRIS PAPADIMITROPOULOS
Nikos retires and moves to a remote house in an isolated island.
 
Awarded Category: Screenplay

SUCCUBUS
by BILL KELMAN
A mad scientist dupes her drunken girlfriend into her scheme of global domination by turning every man, woman and child into lesbians with her diabolical "lezzy" ray in this send-up of 1950's sci-fi movies.
Actress Performance: Angela Box

CARNIVAL SUN
by CHRIS WALLACE
A young and talented sculptor on the verge of artistic success is presented with a chance for real romantic love and has to face his tendency toward self-destruction, and the source of all his failings, his failed relationship with his mother. 
Actor Performance: Chris Wallace

BLUE SNOW
by ZION RUBIN
A news bulliten announcing that a suicide-bomber detonated himself at the entrance to a discoteque in central Tel-Aviv, killing and wounding dozens, begins the longest and most frantic night the Bogdanovsky family have ever endured.
Awarded Category: Art Direction

NASSRASUR
by BORIS SCHAARSCHMIDT
A hairdresser who wants to close his shop, a late guest and a curious customer. All of them aren?t what they pretend to be, but one thing is clear: it will be an exciting experience!
 
Awarded Category: Photography

UNDERDOG
by SCOTT LEBERECHT
Wrestling is a tough sport for anyone.  To be the worst wrestler on your high school team is even tougher.
 
Awarded Category: Editing, Kristin Webster

 

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

OUT OF THE SHADOWS
by WARREN HOOPER
The house is cleared; the car is packed. Almost ready to live again, Liz makes one more visit to Matthew?s grave. She needs to step....OUT OF THE SHADOWS...

PROFESSIONS OF LOVE
by HELEN ALEXANDER
This film explores the parallel between the professions of counselling and prostitution and asks the question, "What do you mean, you love me?"

WIEZIENNE BAJERY / PRISON BREAKS
by JANUSZ MROZOWSKI
Prison Breaks became an unique experience: two very different worlds - inmates and prison staff - united to achieve a common goal.
 

OFFICIAL SELECTION
by alphabetical order:

A LITTLE HARMLESS MURDER by NICHOLAS KARNER
ANDANTE CANTABILE by YUE LIU
ANDEL by MICHAEL BALTAZAR
BIG GIRL LITTLE GIRL by AMELIA HANN
BLUE SNOW by ZION RUBIN
CARIBBEAN CONNECTION by FERNANDA ELMÔR
CARNIVAL SUN by CHRIS WALLACE
DEAD AIR by SCOTT PHILLIPS
DISFRASADA by MAURO RUBEO
EVERYDAY CHILD by JENNIE NA
FORGETTING APHRODITE by REBECCA FOSTER
FREEWHEELING-BICYCLING IN NEW YORK CITY by F. A. ARTHUR RODRIGUEZ
HAPPINESS IS by WILSON YIP
HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME by BENTON STEPHENS
HELLO by JONATHAN NIX
HEXAMA, HEXAMA by FETZER MILLS JR. & EZRA HUBBARD
IN UTERO-THE SERIES by DORIS M. MOORE
INSEPARABLE BONDS by LARS MAGNUS HOLMGREN
LIFE IN A BARREL by ANDREA JOHNSTON
LOST by MICHAEL L HOWARD
LOWER CASE by MARINA POTOK
MAINTENANCE ROOM by SACHA BOXELL
MINDGAME by NAREN MULTANI
NASSRASUR (WET SHAVE) by BORIS SCHAARSCHMIDT
NEON by CLAUS WITHOPF
OMA BRAUN by JOSHUA RUMSEY
ONE OF THE OLDEST CON GAMES by LESLIE KING
OPEN HOUSE by ADISAKDI TANTIMEDH
OUR GARDEN'S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROSE by MASSIMO DOMENICO D'ORZI
OUT OF THE SHADOWS by WARREN HOOPER
PENDULUM by ARGYRIS PAPADIMITROPOULOS
POL POT'S BIRTHDAY by TALMAGE COOLEY
POP SONG  by CHARLES OFFICER
PRODUCT PLACEMENT by ANDREW DELAPLAINE
PROFESSIONS OF LOVE by HELEN ALEXANDER
REDUNDANCY: BADLY DUBBED IN ENGLISH by JEFFREY B STOFFER
ROUTE '33 by HOAG HOLMGREN
SCHNIBBER by MARK WITHERS
SINFONIA DESCONCERTANTE by BELEN SANTOS OSORIO
SOLD by MICHAEL W MEYER
SUCCUBUS by BILL KELMAN
THE 09:24 LOCAL by DHANANJAY KAPOOR
THE ART OF THE CRITIC by DOM SHAW
THE DRIFTING BOAT AND THE GENTLE SEA by NAOHIRO NAKAZAWA
THE SHARDS by MATTHEW PEXA
TO BE WITH YOU by TERESA MARCOS
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE by CLIVE EVANS
UNDERDOG by SCOTT LEBERECHT
VIRUS by SIMON HYND
WAITING FOR THE INTERVIEW by CHRISTOPHER I IVANYI
WAITING ROOM by MIKE GIBSON
WALL / PAPER by ALBA MORERA
WIEZIENNE BAJERY / PRISON BREAKS by JANUSZ MROZOWSKI
WINTER LIGHT  by SABYASACHI DEY

 

The selection was made among more than two hundred registered movies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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