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AWARDED FILMS BY CATEGORIES:
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NO ESCAPE
by CHIRANJEEVI NANDA - India
A slum boy is victim of physical abuse, sexual harassments, physical torture by his Master and circumstances. Veenu starts a journey to end his life and get rid of all his problems, included his inability to shoulder the burden of a deaf dumb brother and sick mother. Destiny is different from his wish, there is No Escape.
Special Prize to the Best Short Film | |
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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.
Awarded Category: Direction | |
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MODE D'EMPLOI
by ANGELA ROMBONI - France
A man, a woman, two dogs. They like each other, they get together. Questions and misunderstandings rise up: they can't talk, they can't break up. A red lipstick traces the uncertain line stumbling between the number two and the number three.
Awarded Category: Screenplay | |
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BEYOND BELIEF 2
by ABHIJIT DAS GUPTA - India
The adventure of the 16 branded "disabled" prove that they are capable and able.
Awarded Category: Integral Realization | |
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MUSICA PER I MIEI OCCHI
by LIDIA VITALE - Italy
A little girl, a digital camera, the birth of a new cinema era available to everybody.
Actress Performance: Blu Yoshimi Di Martino | |
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AN EXPRESSION
by SUBHASH KAPOOR - India
This is a story about a neglected wife of a flamboyant busy executive, their extra marital affairs and how they contract AIDS while living a 'normal' life.
Actor Performance: PRAMOD PATHAK | |
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FRIZON
by JAN-EJE FERLING - Sweden
When the Vicar decides to celebrate his birthday by indulging his secret vice while his wife is out of town, an unexpected predicament threatens to expose him to the community in a very unorthodox way.
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NAMESAKE
by SHIRIN MOZAFFARI - USA
The story of a family tragedy unfolds from three different perspectives to explore how a narrative's content and impact changes according to the source.
Awarded Category: Art Direction | |
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IO PARLO !
by MARCO GIANFREDA - Italy
Bruno 12 years old, would like to be friend of Luca (25), the boyfriend of his sister Claudia, but Luca doesn't even see him. When Bruno catches him talking with another girl, he sees the chance to reach his goal.
Editing: CLAUDIO DI MAURO | |
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ANDANTE MA NON TROPPO
by JIMENA PUENTE-TREVINO - Australia / France
The Nazi regime has imposed more than 120 anti-Semitic laws and decrees, the latest, the prohibition for Jews to export any objects of art. Jewish Cellist Felix Robert Mendhelssohn decides to cross the German border to Switzerland, with nothing but his four-stringed companion, an invaluable Stradivarius cello. | |
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CHILDREN OF MANILA
by ALESSANDRO MOLATORE, GENNY CARRRARO and JOHANNA BUDZILOWICZ - Ireland
Children of Manila: three stories of children from the streets and the hope of a better future. | |
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TALKING DEAD, SILENT LIVING
by MARIA JOSE RUIZ - Spain
A Spanish journalist, investigates Ziryab's life, the great Iraqi musician born in 789 and visits a family of Arab musicians who claim to be descendent of his. Just as it happened centuries back Ziryab, the eldest brother, suffers the sick jealous bursts from his little brother, Ishaq. | | | |
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
by alphabetical order:
"TENTH" by CLEMENTINE BEAUDOIN
3 MIN. 45 SEC. by MR. HEMANT MAHAJAN (HEMANTAA)
A DAY IN THE LIFE by DIVIJ ROOPCHAND
A RAG IN THE SKY by JOANA ZEIN
A RECIPE FOR SNOW ANGELS by CHRIS BUNZ
A RUDE AWAKENING by KELLY BYRN
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS by JONATHON GITTUS
AFETOSECRETOS by CRACA PIZA
AFTERMATH by LEN GOWING
AN EXPRESSION by SUBHASH KAPOOR
ANDANTE MA NON TROPPO by JIMENA PUENTE-TREVINO
AUFBRUCH - ABBRUCH by KLEMENS HUFNAGL and JULIA DRACK
BEYOND BELIEF 2 by ABHIJIT DAS GUPTA
BINT AL NOKHITHA by KHALID AL-MAHMOOD
BRU-CE-KAE! by HOLGER TRESSIN
CANDY DARLING by SILVIA DEFRANCE
CASTING by JORDAN FREESE
CHILDREN OF MANILA by ALESSANDRO MOLATORE, GENNY CARRRARO and JOHANNA BUDZILOWICZ
CIRCLE AND THE CROSS by B.P.SINGH
CONSIDERING AN EXHIBITION by MARTA RENZI
COUNTDOWN by ALEXANDER ANDRE
CROSSING BORDERS by YOUTH DIRECTORS
CUTTING THE DARKNESS by PAULO AREAL
DEMETRA'S DREAM by FRANCESCA BARTELLINI
DREAM OF THE SIREN by JEFF BEDRICK
EK SAVERA AAYEGA by MANAVA NAIK
EVER HAPPENED by MICHAEL F. CODY
FALLOW by DAVE ALEXANDER and COLIN LANDRY
FEMME VERITE by TOM HANEY
FRIZON by JAN-EJE FERLING
GROWING UP by TOM DAVIES
HACIA LA VIDA by FIDEL ARIZMENDI
HARLAN'S FORTUNE by KEVIN MCDERMOTT
I INHERIT MY GRANDMOTHER'S FEAR by SHIRIN MOZAFFARI
I'M A FREAK! by MARK GRAZIANO
I'M SORRY by GAJENDRA S SHROTRIYA
INTERNET DATING by MARK PARRY
IO PARLO ! by MARCO GIANFREDA
JACK & JILL by LORNA VENTURA
LA CITTA DESERTA by FABIO FASSINI
LIGHTS OF THE RIVER GANGES by HOLGER KLUSSMANN
MAATRAM VARUM by BALU MANIVANNAN
MARRIED TO THE JOB by BENJAMIN GUEDJ
MOBIUS by CHRISTOPHER RYAN BLEUZE-CAROLAN
MODE D'EMPLOI by ANGELA ROMBONI
MOTHER, MINE by SUSAN EVERETT
MUSICA PER I MIEI OCCHI by LIDIA VITALE
MY BIGGEST MISTAKE by ROMEO D'COSTAA
NAMESAKE by SHIRIN MOZAFFARI
NO ESCAPE by CHIRANJEEVI NANDA
NO STRINGS by NOEL KEARNS
ON YOUR GRAVE by ISMAHANE LAHMAR
ORU THAMIZHANUM ORU AGHADIYUM by KALANITHI.. B
PARANOIA by ROLANDO FELIZOLA and LUIS CARRASQUERO VIVAS
PIT BULL GAFF by MARK PARRY
PRATHA by RIMA DAS
REDMA by J. XAVIER VELASCO
RENDEZVOUS by DEVANSHU NARANG
ROOH-THE VOICE WITHIN by SHANKH RAJYADHYAKSHA
SI PEU DE CHOSES by PASQUALE NOIZET
SMS by RAJINDER SINGH PULLER
SOIL TEMPTATATIONS by SHAHBAZ NOSHIR and HOOSHMAND HONARKAR
STAMPAX by JAMES CREIGHTON
SUHRA PARAYAN BAKKI VECHATHU by DR. BABU GOPALAKRISHNAN
TABLE OF DELICACIES by ALDO LAUREL and NANCY DE SANTIAGO
TALK IS CHEAP by LOUIS IACOVIELLO
TALKING DEAD, SILENT LIVING by MARIA JOSE RUIZ
TAPISH by PRINCE RAMPAL
THE BIRD TRIBES by SALVATORE LUMETTA
THE CAVE by SABINE ASANGER
THE ENDLESS by VARADRAJSWAMI
THE INSEPARABLES by PANKAJA THAKUR
THE JAIL by ABHIJIT DAS GUPTA
THE MESSY LIE by NANCY J. LILLEY
THE REFINER'S FIRE by JOEL FICKEL
THE SOUL by GAJANAN KULKARNI
THE STOLEN CHILD by NIAL O SULLIVAN
THE UMBRELLAS OF LANIKAI by MICHAEL IVES
THEN THEY CAME FOR ME... by ROBERTO VARELA
THREE WISHES by MARCIN GLADYCH
TICK KNOCK by ISIAH FLORES, ROWAN BROOKS and CAMILA MAGRANE
TIDEN IMELLOM / THE TIME IN BETWEEN by HENRIK MARTIN K. DAHLSBAKKEN
UGGU - TIME TO GO HOME by RAMESH DEVU
VERA by THOMAS KORTHALS ALTES
VIOLETA by SANTIAGO SAMANIEGO
VOCES by PACO SEGOVIA
WILL by BRETT ALLEN RICKABY
YVONNE'S STORY by RICHARD PANZER
The selection was made among more than two hundred registered movies.
Chicago Short Film Festival
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Chicago Short Film Festival - 2009 Awards
