|
AWARDED FILMS BY CATEGORIES:
BECOMING ROMAN
by NATHAN J MORSE - United States
Becoming Roman is a classic tale of the struggle of power to escape seemingly preordained roles and the fragile reality of an existential being. Life, Death, Comedy, Tragedy, War and Peace, told in one act.
Special Prize to the Best Short Film | |
|
SERIAL KILLER
by BAUDOUIN DU BOIS - Belgium / New-Zealand
The Gerards arrives in New-Zealand. Pierre, Marie and David, amazed by the beautiful landscape, drive to Uncle Thomas's house. But when the car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, panic replaces enthusiasm.
Awarded Category: Direction | |
FRIZON
by JAN-EJE FERLING - Sweden
A married, respected vicar is exposed as a transvestite and forced to stop his behavior and burn his female accessories. He becomes depressed, but his wife supports him. He is forgiven by the church, but life becomes solemn and less playful for the vicar.
Awarded Category: Screenplay | |
FINE CORSA
by ALESSANDRO CELLI - Italy Four adolescent boys take the train in to the city for an evening out. In an escalation of intolerance and violence, the ride quickly degenerates.
Awarded Category: Integral Realization | |
|
CANDY DARLING
by SILVIA DEFRANCE - Belgium
"Candy Darling" is almost like a fun park ride, but for adults --- a sort of Freudian "Alice in Wonderland," but the landscape is a bit more ominous. A phantasmagoria of images that are at once unsettling, stimulating and darkly comical.
Actress Performance: Silvia Defrance | |
|
THE CLEANER
by NOEL KEARNS - U.K.
The Cleaner is a gripping drama about a deeply religious man who finds himself in an unlikely situation, where he is faced with an impossible decision to help save a brutal killer's life or kill him.
Actor Performance: Yuri Stepanov | |
EMILIA GALOTTI
by ALESSANDRO BERDINI - Italy Sixteen-year-old Emilia is in a coma due to an overdose. Her distressed father recalls her tragic story; a story of catwalks and magazine covers, of seduction, desire, anger and revenge.
Art Direction: Edwin A. Francis | |
|
LIMINAL
by STEPHEN KEEP MILLS - United States
A woman, her body, and the destructive voice that controls her. A psychological fight to the finish as INA tries to get her power back from JOY, her shadow. This confrontation is shot in 35mm, in B&W, with both players naked.
Photography: Michael Alba | |
PANTOMIME
by HECTOR SUNOL BERT - Spain
TIKO, a mime, wants to discover which is his place in this complicate puzzle that is life. The mime through his performances wants to reveal the parody in which we are living.
Editing: Octavi Espuga Gine | |
|
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
|
ILLEGAL
by ROBERT CAMBRINUS - U.K.
Economic migrant Andrej strikes up a friendship with the much younger Chechen refugee Moya. For a fleeting moment Moya may dream of a normal life; Andrej already knows it's an illusion. | |
|
L'AMORE NON ESISTE
by MASSIMILIANO CAMAITI - Italy
Solo is convinced to possess a terrible power: wherever he goes, love fades. | |
|
NIGHTCLUB STORY
by JEFFREY P. NESKER - Canada
While waiting outside in the line for a hot new Nightclub, James, 26, meets Annie, 21. He's about finished with the scene, and she's just getting started. As they move up the line, they share a hyper-accelerated, ridiculously post-modern relationship, from stolen glances to looks of disgust. | | | |
|
OFFICIAL SELECTION
by alphabetical order:
360 DEGREES by SURESH KARUNAKARAN
88 KEYS TO HEARTBREAK by NISHIT MOHAN SINGH
A CUP OF LOVE by RODRIGO MARTIN
A FRENCH KISS by MARIO COELLO
A HUMAN SANCTUARY by RON ASSUOLINE
ALICE by EDWARD BOGGISS and MIGUEL PRZEWODOWSKI
ALLEOGRY OF THE GAME by JOHN NORDLINGER
BEHIND YOU by DARIC LOO
BIG FELLOW by MIHAI IONESCU
BITTERCRESS by TOM SIMS
BRACO by LEWIS CUTHBERT-ASHTON
BREAK THE SILENCE by CAROLE DEMONGEOT
CANDIDIASIS by CLAUDIA RITA OLIVEIRA,
CHILDREN'S GAMES by MOHAMED BENBECHER
COSMIC LEGOS by GABE MAYHAN
DA MARIACHI by NADINE EL-KHOURY and HANNA HAJJAR
DEPART by BAUDOUIN DU BOIS
DESERTED by YECHIEL TROST
DEUX VIEUX AMANTS by ALESSANDRO ORLATI
DOG DAYS by T.D.K. SIVAKUMAR
DREAM LUST by YING-FANG SHEN
EL VIEJO by AHCITZ AZCONA
ELEMENT by RAYMOND WILLIAMS
ENCRYPTION by NAMRATA KOLACHALAM
ENDLESS JOURNEY by HENRY WARNAKULASURIYA
ESPERA by ELOI COLOM
EVER HAPPENED by MICHAEL F. CODY
FANCY by ELEONORA IEVOLELLA
FIRST, LOVE? by ELIZA SCHROEDER
FOR VALUES by SATYAJEET MONDAL
GLOBAL EUROPE by OLIVIER HOEDEMAN
GOLD! by FRANK ROSSITER
GUNSTIGE PROGNOSE by PETER LADKANI
HAPPY HOUR by MAURIZIO ONGARO
I COLORI DEL BUIO by GIULIETTA REVEL
I SEE YOU by RICK JORDAN
INHERENT OBLIGATIONS by RAO HEIDMETS
INSOMNIA by JORGE TSIPOS
INTERSECTION by SLAWOMIR ZULAWINSKI
IO PARLO ! by MARCO GIANFREDA
ISOLATION by WARWICK BROWN
JUMP by ABHINAV TRIPATHI
KARLEKSBARN by DANIEL WIRTBERG
KATCHING by MONA HUNEIDI
KERMIS by ANNETTE OTTO
L.A. TEMP'ERMENTAL by LISA HOLLY
LA ESPECIALISTA by MARIBEL RODRIGUEZ
LES ENFANTS SORCIERS DE KINSHASA by EMMANUEL REITZ
LIFE HISTORY OF "SRIMATH PAMBAN SWAMIGAL" by D. MAHESH
LIFE IS LIKE A SHORT TRAIN RIDE by STEFAN LYSENKO
MAUER (WALL) by GERDA LEOPOLD
MAYA MOBILE by ADITYA SINGH
MEMOIRES by DARRYL O'DONOVAN
MIND POLISH- MASTER HUBBARD'S SPECIAL RESERVE by SANTINO RAMOS
MONDAY by MIGUEL GONCALVES MENDES
MOTHER, MINE by SUSAN EVERETT
MOUNTAIN SPIRIT by TOM DAVIES
MY BARBIE by KISEUB SHIN
NANA'S KITCHEN by ANTONIO STEWART
OIL ON CANVAS by ARMAND SCHULTZ
PARA PEDIR PERDAO by IBERE CARVALHO
PIETY by SHAHRZAD SHARIFIAN
POLILLAS by PEDRO TOUCEDA
RAPTUS by TOMMASO PAINO
RED LIGHT by SHAUNE HARRISON
RUSH by YUNUS DANIEL BIREN
SIMON TEMPLETON MASTER THIEF by NEAL MCCONOCHIE
SJALAR OCH MUSTASCHES by JAN-EJE FERLING
SOGNO NEL SOGNO by BILLY BARNES
SORG by NILAS DJERVIG-CHAMBY
ST. BENEDICT'S RULE by JAY KANZLER
SURRENDER by SAMUEL W. HEFTI
TABLE OF DELICACIES by ALDO LAUREL
THE AFFLICTION by TONY ABBATE
THE ARYAN SAGA by SANJEEV SIVAN
THE CRUSH by KYLIE LAWRENCE
THE EXPERIMENT by KEISHA CURTIS
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF MISTER HOLLOW by MARCO PECOTA
THE HOMECOMING by GAURI WARUDI
THE LOOP by JOHN PAUL OLSEN
THE MONOLOGUE by SURESH GEORGE
THE MOVING TOWN by ALBERTO NACCI
THE MYTH OF THE DEVIL by DARRYL WATERS
THE PARROT by KATIE ORJONIKIDZE
THE SELECTION by GUILAIN D. LUCASSEN
THEN THEY CAME FOR ME? by ROBERTO VARELA
THEOGONY by GIOVANNI ZELKO
TOUCHING THE SKY by ARCHIBALD TALBOT
UOVA by ALESSANDRO CELLI
VALENTINE by NICLAS MEHNE
WEST PAPUA - THE SECRET WAR IN ASIA by STEFFEN KEULIG
The selection was made among more than two hundred registered movies.
Short Film Festival of Los Angeles
losangeles@filmsfest.com
|
|
|
Short Film Festival of Los Angeles - 2009 Awards
