Life crashes people's destinies like slices of meat in a meat-chopper. But people don`t want to be just flesh. They wanna love and feel.
Special Prize to the Best Short Film
TERRONES
by LOURDES MONTERRUBIO
How to defend yourself against memory, when it seems to be your only possesion? How do you accept oblivion, when it keeps us away from everything that we thought of as our own?
Awarded Category: Direction
THE WHOLE WOMAN
byALEXIS KOUROS
The film touches upon the issue of traditional female circumcision which still exists not only in Africa but also among African families living in Western countries.
Awarded Category: Screenplay
CABEZA DE COLIFLOR
by SALVADOR BENAVIDES
Salvador Dali escapes into a surreal dream when faced with his own mortality in this silent, black and white film.
Awarded Category: Integral Realization
SOUTH FOR WINTER
by PAUL BOWERS
This is a thoughtful film about memory and desire, told with flashbacks, voiceover and formalist camerawork. It stresses the complications of life, without reaching judgements.
Actress Performance: Kimberley Palmer
A LITTLE HARMLESS MURDER
by NICK KARNER
It's Just A Little Harmless Murder. What Could Hurt?
Actor Performance: Jon Campling
BE YOURSELF
by YOSHIFUMI TANAKA
Where am I from...where I'm going to...
Awarded Category: Photography
THE INTERNSHIP
by STUART ALTMAN
Eight young hopefuls seek one job opening. Who gets it and why? A comedic look at an ironic career adventure, which answers the question: Is it really what you know?
Awarded Category: Art Direction
THE FIRST YEAR'S A BITCH
by NINA R. SADOWSKY
For anyone who's ever been mad enough at their spouse to kill them. In other words...everyone.
Awarded Category: Editing
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
SLEEP AND THEN
by OVGU GOKCE
The girl is in trouble in her dreamworld. Advises would not work. She will have to wake up.
THE ICEMAKER
by WILLIE B ONAFESO
In a city overtaken by a series of bazaar bank heists emerged a hero who possessed exraordinary powers man had yet to feast his eyes on...He is The Icemaker.
UNFORGOTTEN
by WILLIAM MEAD
A celebration of the cultural contributions of 22 Amercian Choreographers who died between 1994-2004.
OFFICIAL SELECTION by alphabetical order:
A PORTRAIT OF WOMAN by JAGAT KISHORE A SUMMER SONATA by DAVID JAKUBOVIC AIR ACCESS DENIED by BERNHARD W. STADELMANN ALIVIO (CURE) by ARMANDO VEGA-GIL ALONE by CHARLES B. ANDRLE AN IRAQI LULLABY FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE by ALLIE LIGHT and IRVING SARAF APE by MARK RAYNER BABY BLUES by TAMI RAVID BELLY BUTTON by DAVID HEWITT BETWEEN THE LINES by ZORAN DOBRIJEVIC BLUE FADING SKIES by BHASKAR J. DAS CARLA COPE by AILEEN MCCORMACK CAVITIES by HOPE DICKSON LEACH CHAMACO by TIMOTHY Z. PARSA CHAY by ANDREW BLOGG CHEER UP, SLEEPY JEAN by MATTHEW SCHUTT COUNT BACKWARDS FROM TEN by FINLAY ROBERTSON CRESCENDO by GABRIELLE LEVENSON CROSSING by RICCARDO COSTA CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DUMPLING by DAVID M. HENDERSON CUCO GOMEZ-GOMEZ IS DEAD! by FRANCISCO LORITE DEAD END by NAREN MULTANI DEATH OF JLG : THE CALCUTTA CHAPTERS by SOUMYA MUKHOPADHYAY DONT LEAVE ME by THATO MWOSA EL PASADO QUE NOS ALCANZA by DIEGO FERNÁNDEZ and CLOTILDE CABRAL FEODORA by BEATRICE SASHA KOBOW FIGHT BALLET by OLIVIA ROSEWOOD FIN by VICTOR ORIVE GARCIA FOCUS GROUP by DOUG BOST FOGLIE (LEAVES) by GABRIELE FONSECA FROM A TO YOU by CHRIS FORREST/JOSH BUDD GAMBLER by ARTUR DZIEWECZYNSKI GUARD DOGS by VINCE DUVALL and TYLER BROOKS HATTIE NEEDS REHAB by PAUL C. ANDERSON HIGHCRIME by ELI ANDREWS HOMAGE TO CESARE PAVESE by PABLO POROLLI I'M GONNA GETCHA GETCHA GETCHA by GREGORY GALLERANO IN A PICKLE by RORY WILLIAMSON IN THE FOLDS by KATE STEPHEN INTERLUDE by CHRISTOPHER HLAS IRONS by ANTHONY LANGFORD ITALIAN SAUCE by BARBARA RICCI JIMMY THE FLY by MATTHEW OLIVER JOHNNY MAYBE & THE PORN STAR - THE REALLY CHEESY MUSICAL!' by PAT A GARRETT KAMIKAZE by FABRIZIO ANCILLAI KHATABAH by RIDWAN HASSIM KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE by CHIP MOSHER LANSA (A TASTE OF BLOOD) by RONALDO M. BERTUBIN LAWN by MONTEITH MCCOLLUM LILY TAN by SORAYA JOLLY and BEN JONES LORETTA by MIKE GUTRIDGE LOSS by KONSTANTINOS TOPALIS MARIA COMPLEX FROM by WENDY DONIGIAN MARKINGS by ANDREW HAIGH MINESTRONE FATS by DYLAN SMITH MORNINGS by LLUÍS BAULIDA MY UPRISING by ANNA TABORSKA NO MORE by LIV SELINGER NO PARKING by SHAWN TURNER OJOS QUIETOS by MARCELO FALCONI OMEGA by SHAWHEEN HAZRATI ONE NIGHT STAND UP by STUART ALTMAN OUR NUCKS by SOLOMON BALDEO PENNY'S CROSSING by JOSH A. KAPUSINSKI and TIAN QIAN PHOTOGRABBER PASCAL TOSI PURGATORY'S BUNKER by NEVE and LOTEM BARAM RECYCLE by CATH MURPHY REVERIE by CURTIS TAMM SEVEN SINS: VANITY by DREW JARVIS SHEEPDOG by JOEL PEREZ IRIZARRY SHOULDERHEAD by A.D. WILLIAMS SINGIN IN THE BLOOD by JOAHNNES F. SIEVERT STOPOVER by EVELIN LONGO STUCK by CLARK HARRIS TANSEN by AARTHI JAYARAMAN TAPED by ANTONY SZETO THE DEERHUNTER 2 by JOHN KRALJEVIC THE LAST SUPPER by KASPAR DERDERIAN THE PARADOX OF INNOCENCE by CURTIS TAMM and KYLE STRANGE THE POET OF CANIS by BRUNO BONUGLI THE PRICE by BYRON TEUNISEN THRAX by ANDY PHILLIPS THREESOME by CARL JONAS SMENSGARD TODAY by MICHAEL STERN TRANSGRESSION by MAYUMI MARUYAMA TRIP IN A SUMMER DRESS by JANINE TURNER TUESDAY by JAMES GRIP TULIPS by HIROKO KATO TWO DAYS TIL IRAQ by SHAHIN AFNAN UNBOUND by KOUSALYA JEGANATHAN WALKER by VILLI HERMANN WEEKDAY by AVI SETTON WETWORK by JASON JENSEN WOMEN WITH BEARDS by HONEY PARKER YEARN by DANIEL BONEVILLE YOU GET FIVE MINUTES by DOUG AAMOTH
The selection was made among more than three hundred registered movies.