Chicago Short Film Festival - 2007 Awards

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AWARDED FILMS BY CATEGORIES:

Best Short Film

THE TAI PHAKEYS
by MRIDUL GUPTA
A tribe subscribing to the Theravada sect of Buddhism from the Hunan province of China migrating to Thailand and later after some years traversing the indomitable Patkai Ranges reached the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh.
Special Prize to the Best Short Film

Best Direction

HUELLAS EN LA NIEVE
by PEDRO TOUCEDA
A fable between sci-fi and traditional tales,about human condition and the loss of innocence;a antiviolence short film that takes place in a real yet symbolic world,which is both cruel and magical.
Awarded Category:  Direction

Best Screenplay

THE BIGGEST FLOWER IN THE WORLD
by JUAN PABLO ETCHEVERRY
A writer who does not feel capable of writing a children?s story begins by telling us what kind of story he would like to tell.
Awarded Category: Screenplay

Best Realization

CROSSING
by RIAD GALAYINI
Amanda and her little brother struggle to keep things together after their mother dies, but sometimes the only way home is to leave it.
Awarded Category: Integral Realization

Best Actress

ONE LAST DRINK BEFORE MORNING
by JD KELLEHER
In a smoky dive bar, two weary, enigmatic friends, and a jaded, cynical barmaid cling to the end of the night.
Actress Performance: Lesley McGuire

Best Actor

OFTALMOS
by PEDRO JAEN R.
Alex was diagnosed an impending blindness. His last hope lies in the House of Corneas.
Actor Performance: Pedro Jaen R.

Best Cinematography

COMPULSION
by SAJEEV CHEEROTH
A man comes to realise that in order to escape his past he can't avoid it. But does he make the right decision?
Awarded Category: Photography, Richard Muhamad

Best Editing

HOT AFTERNOONS HAVE BEEN IN MONTANA
by KEN KIMMELMAN
Based on the 1925 "Nation" prize poem,this  montage shows how a hot afternoon in Montana is related to the whole world. It so deeply honors the Earth.
Awarded Category: Editing

Best Art Direction

END THE GAME
by NESTOR F. DENNIS
Terrorist anti-programs tv sweepings, organize a double trap to their their objective positions.
Awarded Category: Art Direction, Oliver Dennis

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

Special Mention

HYGIENIC LOVE
by HERNAN CURUBETO
In a city where no one ever meets, two rolls of toilet paper escape their scatological destiny and find one another.

Special Mention

THE STRANGER
by LARRY FULTON
On a cold and rainy evening a stranger comes to call.  In a game of cat and mouse, it is the viewer who must decide who is the hunter and who is the prey.

Special Mention

UNDER CONSTRUCTION
by ZHENCHEN LIU
City planners decide to pull down parts of Shanghai's old town in order to regenerate the city. Every year more then one hundred thousand families are forced to leave their homes and move into buildings on the edge of city.
 

OFFICIAL SELECTION
by alphabetical order:

1001 AUDITIONS, ARUN SINGH
A LIFE IN MUMBAI, MANISH HARISHANKAR
A WORLD MADE OF PAPER, VAYA DANIELIDOU
A18ONE, PADELIS FRANTZIS
ABSENCE, KEVIN LECOMTE
APPLE, JONAS RUDSTROM
APPLES, JOSE LUIS CAMPOS
BOLLE, STEFANO GIANNOTTI
CALICOT, V.SARAH GUREVICK
CUARTO MENGUANTE, RICARDO ZAMBRANA
DAYS OF LOVE, ERIC MAGNUSSON
DOUBLE SHIFT, ADOLFO DAVILA
EUGENE AND THE WORM, JOSH HOPE
EXIT, ANDREAS BRUNS
GAY PRIDE ROME 2007, ELENA SOMARE
HELLO I LIKE YOUR SMILE, SOOJUNG KWAK
HOLE IN THE FLOOR, HEIDI KUMAO
HOPELESSLY BLURRED, RON MORENO
IF, NISHANT PANDEY
INFECTED, IAN DONNELLY
INII, BUVANA.R
JE SUIS FEMMOSEXUEL... ET TOI ?, OLIVIER CASAS
JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS-IN-ARMS, NINA VISHNEVA
K, RAUL SENTIES
KEEPING IT GOOD, SAMANTHA KINKAID
KESKARE' FLOATS, CLIFF PARIS
KITTY & JULIO, CLAUDIA RITA OLIVEIRA
LAS VACAS TAMBIEN LLORAN, ARIEL SILVA
LEMONS, STEPHEN BERKE
LET ME RIDE, JAMES HUTSON
MY LOVE MY LOVE, IGAL PEERI
MY MUM THE WRESTLER, MARK WITHERS
OCCHIO SENSIBILE, LILIANA GINANNESCHI
OMEGA MESSIAH, KYLE YONAN
ON DEMAND, S. STASHA IVANOVIC
ONCE UPON A TIME..., ROBBIE PORTER
ONE-TRACK MIND, MARTY MONICAL
ORDERO'S CHANCE, MARZIO MIRABELLA
PATTERNS, DEBBY WOLFE
PEPPINO, MAURO PETITO
PIPES OF PEACE - RUFUS HARLEY, GEORGE MANNEY
RAGING GOODFELLOW, MARIO BOBZIN
REALITY CHECK, ALEXANDRE DIMITRI BERNARD
REDEEMING RAINBOW, DAN MCNAMARA
RICOCHET, V.SARAH GUREVICK
ROCK GARDEN: A LOVE STORY, GLORIA KIM
ROOM OF GHOSTS, MARIO A. MORALES
SCREENWALKER, MICHAEL LUTZ
SEAS OF WEST AFRICA, SAM COLE
SHADOW OF A DOUBT, ESBEN TONNESEN
SHAPESHIFTER, ALGIS KEMEZYS
SPYGUY, DAN BALLUFF
STOLEN FISH - HOW PIRATE FISHING IS ROBBING THE PEOPLE AND SEAS OF WEST AFRICA, SAM COLE
THE ART REPORT, GRAHAM HARTLEY
THE BATHROOM, ROSS WILLARD
THE BURKA, MARK BYCZKIW
THE FOURTH CORNER, RUBEN C. GONZALEZ
THE GREAT VENICE ROBBERY, PHIL VOLKEN
THE INTERROGATION OF BRYAN, TOM SALISBURY
THE INTRUDER, DANIEL WIRTBERG
THE LAST ROUND, DANIEL J. ROSENTHAL
THE LONELINESS OF THE GARBAGEMAN WITH NO VAN, PEYREFITTE JEAN MARC
THE PALOMAR, IVAN SILVERBERG
THE ROSE AND RED BALLOON, JON BYRON
THE WINDOWS ARE CLOSEDN
, DONELL ELSON
THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, JIHYUN AHN
THREAD, KURT MILLER
THREE PEOPLE, MOHAMMAD NAZARIZADEH
TOCK, RACHEL KATZ
TRE SOMRE, CARLOS OLIVEIRA
U-A-A SIEGMUNDZEUS FEAT. LEROY SCHLIMM, BORIS KANTZOW and IRENE MEHL
UNTOUCHED, MEGAN RIAKOS
UOVA, ALESSANDRO CELLI
VIENTO NOCTURNO, JACK COCHRAN
VIVID, SAM LOH
VOLLKOMMEN UNVOLLKOMMEN, ROBIN ANTIGA
WHEN THE TIDE TURNS, CAMPBELL MAYNES
X-Y, PEDRO JAEN R.

 

The selection was made among more than two hundred registered movies. 

 

 

 

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