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AWARDED FILMS BY CATEGORIES:
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Best Short Film
An exceptional and deserving winner. |
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by JAN-EJE FERLING - Sweden
Cissi 27 and Bernt 59 become friends in AA. They cannot respond to each other's wants. She is searching her alcoholic father and Bernt his missing daughter. | |
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Best Direction
A very assured performance from Director Greg Williams. |
SERGEANT SLAUGHTER, MY BIG BROTHER
by GREG WILLIAMS - United Kingdom
Dan's decision to run away and join the French Foreign Legion has far reaching implications for his younger brother, Keith. | |
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by ARI CANDIDO FERNANDES - Brazil
In a violent world below the line of Ecuador - a situation of human contradiction gives the possibility that perhaps redemption can also take place. | |
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Best Integral Realization
This slick and twisting Noir horror is very well realised. |
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by JON MYERS - USA
Curtis, a gleefully sadistic serial killer who preys on young women, follows Leslie home one night and terrorizes her only to discover he may have bitten off more than he can chew. An unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues, culminating in a violent conclusion. | |
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Best Actress, Beatriz de Rijke
Beatriz de Rijke delivers a delightfully measured perfrmance. |
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by JAN DIRK PEEREBOOM VOLLER - The Netherlands
A man in his forties encounters a girl of sixteen, who awakens feelings he no longer expected to have. Although she is shy at first, she gradually takes the lead and in doing so she discovers her power. | |
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Best Actor Performance, Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy renders menace and vulnerability in an engaging portrait. |
SERGEANT SLAUGHTER, MY BIG BROTHER
by GREG WILLIAMS - United Kingdom
Dan's decision to run away and join the French Foreign Legion has far reaching implications for his younger brother, Keith. | |
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Best Photography
An aesthetically compelling film, featuring exceptional photography. |
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by ARI CANDIDO FERNANDES - Brazil
In a violent world below the line of Ecuador - a situation of human contradiction gives the possibility that perhaps redemption can also take place. | |
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Best Art Direction, Nicolas Boucher |
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by VESNA BEJIC - France
During a tzigane music concert, three women are lost in the crowd. They find solace in the music and at the same time reflect upon the lives they've led up to now. A voyage accross the personalities of three fragile, dreaming, strong women. | |
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Best Editing, Orvar Anklew
A well crafted and insightful film. |
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by MATTIAS LOW - Sweden
Documentary about Swedish football referee Martin Hansson and his complicated road to ref at the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. | |
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by PANKAJA BROOKE - United Kingdom
Prabhavati plants tomatoes as she describes the horrific backgrounds her 67 kids come from, and the vibrant and loving community she has created in which they can heal and flourish. | |
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by STEFFEN KEULIG - Germany
It is no secret that millions of native people have been forced off their homelands to make way for oil, mines, timber, and agriculture. But few people realize that the same thing has happened for a cause which is considered as much nobler: land and wildlife conservation. | |
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TRES TRISTES TIGRES
by DAVID MUNOZ - Spain
This is a film that tells the story of three men from the rural village of Rajbari, Bangladesh who travelled to Dubai to improve their lives, leaving behind their homes and families, but found debt, poverty and suffering. | | |
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
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Only the films who's producers do not authorize its online screening can not be viewed publicly and will not have a link. Those films have been reviewed by the Committee of Art and the Jury privately.
A TIME TO RE-BOND by SHALINI RAGHAVIAH
ANALYSIS. by AKSHAY POTDAR
BONSAI by ROBERTO AZNAR
BRANDO by RICK SCHNEIDER
BROKEN PROMISES by ADAM D. PERRY
CHILDREN OF RAMANA'S GARDEN by PANKAJA BROOKE
CITY OF STRANGERS by YANG QINGNAN
CLOWNFACE by DANIEL STEDMAN
COMPULSION by JON MYERS
CONGRATULATIONS: YOU'VE WON THE LOTTERY by LEZA LIDOW
CONSERVATION REFUGEES - EXPELLED FROM PARADISE by STEFFEN KEULIG
FINANCIAL ADVISER by SILVANO PLANK and DANIELE MALFATTI
HEAVEN GARDEN by ARI CANDIDO FERNANDES
HOMECOMING by CHANDRASEKHAR SINGH M
HOW TO JUMP START YOUR WAR by ALAN GORG
I PUT MY HEART INTO THIS FILM by LAWRENCE MALLINSON
INTERMEZZO by JAN DIRK PEEREBOOM VOLLER
IT'S ME by RAED ABBAS
JUST FOR TODAY by JAN-EJE FERLING
KELKKUNNUNDO? by GEETU MOHAN DAS
LA VIDA INAGOTABLE. SAYABKUXTAL by ERIKA ARAUJO
LUA by ERIKA ARAUJO
MAM by GUNTER WINTGENS
MAMA'S WILL by GEORGE MAYNARD
MURMURS... by BASIL ALKAZZI
NAKBA by MAX FRANCOS
NO WAY OUT by LONDON BRIDGES
ONE NIGHT STAND by STANISLAV SVETLICHNY
OUT ANY WINDOW by CHARLES GRAY
PREMONITIONS by TIM and SCOTT O'HARA
PRESTIGE by RAHUL K GAUTAM
PRIDE OF THE TRIBE by RICHARD DILALLO
QUIPPE DANCE by ALBERTO NACCI
RAMON ROJAS - SUENOS DE CHOZAS by MARIA ROSA ANDREOTTI
RATTSKIPAREN (THE REFEREE) by MATTIAS LOW
RECESSION by VARADRAJ SWAMI
RELATIONSHIP PHASES by BRENDA HILBIG
SABRINA, ALEXIS, LUCAS... by PAUL VERHOEVEN
SERGEANT SLAUGHTER, MY BIG BROTHER by GREG WILLIAMS
SHISHTAM; REMAINDER by SAMEERBABU PENGATTU
SOLITUDE by VESNA BEJIC
TAXI by PAUL OLDING
THE INTERVIEW by GIOVANNI ZELKO
THE ART OF SUICIDE by FAROUK THOYER
THE CELLO TUTOR by CHARLTON JACOB JACQUES
THE FAR SIDE OF LAUGHTER by DARINE HOTAIT
THE LAST BUS HOME by SHAHRIYAR LATIFZADEH
THE REFLEX by ANNA STARZYK
THE STORY OF AMA AND BABA by SHIRIN MOZAFFARI
THE SURVIVOR OF THE HIPPOCAMPUS by JULIEN LECAT
TRES TRISTES TIGRES by DAVID MUNOZ
TRUE COLORS by ABHAY SINGH
WHERE THE DANCE IS by MARTA RENZI
WHERE WE DISAPPEAR by SORAYA ABBAR
WILLIAM RICHARD GREEN by ZAIBA JABBAR
Chicago Short Film Festival
Comments on the awarded films by Mike Rymer, President of the Jury.
"It was a pleasure to watch the selected films, a privilege to preside over the award decisions, and a credit to the Chicago Short Film Festival that they attracted and curated such an outstanding collection of shorts. The standard was such that decisions were not easy, and I thoroughly enjoyed being introduced to each of these stories. The nominees represented a diverse bredth of talent whose work was inspirational to me as a filmmaker. I encourage you to seek out and watch their films. My thanks to the members of the Jury, all at APWF, and many congratulations to the winners"
Mike Rymer, President of the Jury
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Chicago Short Film Festival - 2010 Awards
