Rules and Regulations - Entry Form  Version Français    Film Festivals News  Previous Editions: 2009  2008  2007  2006  2005   2004  2003  AWARDS: BEYOND BELIEF 2 by ABHIJIT DAS GUPTA - India The adventure of the 16 branded "disabled" prove that they are capable and able. Special Prize to the Best Short Film FRANÇOIS by DARIO GORINI and IACOPO ZANON - Italy In an intimate and fine bar, three women and three men always choose the same table to look for their soulmate. The play goes on until the arrival of a mysterious entity who speaks French inexplicably. Direction ILLEGAL by ROBERT CAMBRINUS - United Kingdom 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. Screenplay 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. Integral Realization ANA Y MATEO by NATURAL ARPAJOU - Argentina Ana and Mateo are 7 and 4 years old. Tonight their mother has to work and has no choice but to leave them alone. Ana and Mateo will explore their everyday world in a place where paternal figures, despite they are not visible, will become an exhausting presence. Actress Performance: Martina Méndez TEENAGERS by PAUL VERHOEVEN - France Beside not very commendable teenagers, there are some others, who are never showed, but who can have a beneficial influence on the youths adrift. But sometimes it is necessary to agree to pay the full price, like the corn grain which must die to bear fruit? Actor Performance: Robert Castel SIREN by ANDRAS NOVAK - Hungary A story about a young Hungarian boy and his fatal acquaintance with a Russian soldier during the 1956 Revolution in Budapest, which leads to an unusual trip down memory lane. Photography: Andras Nagy H.S.C. ANDANTE MA NON TROPPO by JIMENA PUENTE-TREVINO - Australia / France The Nazi regime has imposed the prohibition for Jews to export objects of art. Jewish Cellist Felix Robert Mendhelssohn decides to cross the German border, with nothing but an invaluable Stradivarius cello. Editing: Guillaume Gaudart MARCELA by GASTÓN SIRICZMAN - Argentina A balance of Marcela's life, a middle-age woman used to daily routines and half-way dreams, viewed through a complex animated universe. In this balance, every biographic fact is shown as an original graphic universe. Art Direction: Leonardo Mezzetti    Festival du Cinéma de Paris      paris@festivalinfo.org    SPECIAL MENTIONS: DREAM by JAMES ROBERT BRASIC - USA A man dreams of a woman. She appears and runs away. He chases her. They dance together. The film represents the creative process of an artist and his art. The hope to attain his muse in real life stimulates him to continue the process of creating art. OUT ANY WINDOW by CHARLES WOODS GRAY - USA A man alone by choice or circumstance, it appears he has chased all relations away, with the exception of the neighbor across the lane, he is only a little obsessed with her. He sees her but once and his voyeuristic expiditions begins. THE SHAFTESBURY PLAYERS by CORNELIA HAYES O'HERLIHY and JOHN HAYES Nothing in life prepared me for my first professional job' so says Andrew, a young Scottish actor who is to play Romeo in the Shaftesbury Players' production of Romeo and Juliet. The film is 'a slice of life' view of the company as seen through his eyes. OFFICIAL SELECTION: In alphabetical order: "SECHS KOMMA SECHS" by FABIAN KAUFMANN (EN)TERRATS by ÀLEX LORA 10 WIVES by MALCOLM WILSON A BIG BALL OF FOIL IN A SMALL NY APARTMENT by SEAN LOGAN A CUP OF LOVE by RODRIGO ABELIANAS by MIGUEL JARA AFETOSECRETOS by CRACA PIZA AGENT ORANGE: 30 YEARS LATER by JOHN TRINH ALBERTA, DETROIT by JOHN WILBERDING and SHAWN GRICE ALL THE TALKINGS by ISSAM MAYHOUB ANA'S PLAYGROUND by ERIC D. HOWELL AQUARIUM by MOTOKO SHIMIZU BLIND EYE by LAURA DEGNAN BLUE SOFA by FREMDER DELBONO BARESI BUDHI (CONSCIENCE) by HECTOR M. FERNANDEZ, JR. CANDIDIASIS by CLAUDIA RITA OLIVEIRA CASTING by JORDAN FREESE CHE CHE ~MANE BOOTHA by JOHN DEVARAJ CHE CHE BONDA BOY by JOHN DEVARAJ CHICASBLUE by DANIELA MERINO CINDERELLA by VIKRAM GOEL COUNTDOWN by ALEXANDER ANDRE CYCLOPS by CARLOS MORETT DIGGING IN THEIR HEELS by AMANDA CASTRO DRIVING ÉLODIE by LARS HENNING ENCRUCIJADA by JULIO PONCE PALMIERI FREE PARKING by VIKAS BANDHU GEFILTE FISH by SHELLY KLING GOOMBAH GOODBYE by JERRY RECTOR HEAVEN ON BRIGHTON by ROUSLAN OVTCHAROFF HOMELAND by JUAN DE DIOS MARFIL I AM A WOMAN TOO by V.RAMANATHAN IL GRANDE FORSE by MARCO TULLIO BARBONI INSIDECAR by IVÁN LARRAGUIBEL JUST WHEELS by FAIZAN JAWED and ASHOK MUNDKUR LE MURMURE DES RUINES by LILIANE DE KERMADEC LIGHTS OF THE RIVER GANGES by HOLGER KLUSSMANN LIPSTICK by VIOLETTA D'AGATA HARTMANN LOCK SPEED ACTION by RUSSELL GRIFFITH LONE by ANDREW NOWROJEE MODEL by ANDRAS NOVAK MOUSE RACE! by PAUL DAMIEN WILLIAMS NAMESAKE by SHIRIN MOZAFFARI ORU THAMIZHANUM ORU AGHADIYUM by KALANITHI.. B PARANOIA by ROLANDO FELIZOLA and LUIS CARRASQUERO VIVAS PEACE NO WAR by QUEEN VICTORIA OF SHEBA and SIMON JOHNSON PIT BULL GAFF by MARK PARRY RAINBOWS AT SUNSET by V.RAMANATHAN RAPUNZEL by TOLGA KARACELIK ROSSA SUPER by PAOLO GEREMEI ROSSO FANGO by PAOLO AMELI ROYAL FROGLAND by HEDY M. ZEITLER SABRINA, ALEXIS, LUCAS... by PAUL VERHOEVEN SCISSU by TOM BEWILOGUA SENTADOS EN EL SOL by ALEJANDRO PEREZ-TENESSA SEPARATION - NO CRIME HERE by ANDRAS NOVAK STOWAWAY by HEIDI GREENSMITH SUNSHINE by PETE CAMILLERI THE ABSENCE by KRISTOF NOVAK THE CALL by SABYASACHI DEY THE CAVE by SABINE ASANGER THE LAST SUPPER by RUPERT BRYAN THE MATCH by CLAUDIA AUPART HERNANDEZ THE ONE IN CHARGE by SERGIO BARREJÓN THE SOUND OF THE BELL by ESTEBAN GITTON THIS IS NOT PRETEND by PAUL MUNNS TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2009 by KARTHIK NARALASETTY TURTLES CAN-NOT FLY by NICKAN ARZPEYMA URBAN ILLUSION VOL.2 by IOSSIF MELAMED VERA by THOMAS KORTHALS ALTES VIOLETA by SANTIAGO SAMANIEGO The selection was made upon more than two hunded films.   Rules and Regulations - Entry Form  Version Français    Film Festivals News  Previous Editions: 2009  2008  2007  2006  2005   2004  2003