New York Short Film Festival - 2008 Awards

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AWARDED FILMS BY CATEGORIES:

 

Best Short Film

THE CREATION
by ELIANA UJUETA
On a spring afternoon a little boy visits a woman. When he goes back home, he leaves behind a box, which "contains" the memory of their visit.
Special Prize to the Best Short Film

Best Scrennwriting

THE CLEANER
by NOEL KEARNS
An emigrant cleaner at a London hospital is asked to translate for an injured man who has been rushed into Accident & Emergency. But he recognises the patient as a brutal warlord from their former war-torn homeland.
Awarded Category: Screenplay

Best Direction

LESSON IN HUMILITY
by THOMAS ZINSLI
Proud and hardworking bank executive David thought he had his life all figured out, until one day he is being fired..
Awarded Category: Direction

Best Realization

LEDA BEYOND HER ART
by DANIELA GONTIJO
Based on Ziraldo's testimony, the documentary shows the art and the joyful personality of the Brazilian sculptor Leda Selmi Dei Gontijo, the first woman awarded the Machado de Assis Medal from the Brazilian Academy of Literature.
Awarded Category: Integral Realization

Best Actress

THE MYTH OF THE DEVIL
by DARRYL WATERS
The only evil is man's own vindictive and paranoid want for purity and Godliness.
Awarded Category: Actress Performance, Michele Nicolet

Best Actor

HITHERTO
by STEFANOS SITARAS
This film is about the discontent world that lies within all of us: the dark sides of our personalities, the part of our minds that we are unable to control or become aware of, our unconscious.
Awarded Category: Actor Performance, Michael Melaxrinoudis

Best Cinematography

APRIL IN JULY
by JOEL PRONT
April in July is about the slow dissolution of the family unit through the grinding repetition of daily routine.
Awarded Category: Photography, Danny Ruhlmann

Best Art Direction

EL LIBRO TALONARIO
by GONZALO MERAT
Somebody has robbed forty pumpkins to Juan the Buscabeatas, an humble farmer. Determined to find them, he goes to the village market and soon he localizes his fruits in a stall.
Awarded Category: Art Direction, La Madriguera

Best Editing

OFTALMOS
by PEDRO JAEN R.
Alex was diagnosed an impending blindness. His last hope lies in the House of Corneas.
Awarded Category: Editing, David Canizal and Omar L. Canto

 

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

 

Special Mention

VIVA SUNITA
by AMITABH SINHA and LOLITA SARKAR
A man steps off the kerb, looks up & shouts a name. This could happen anywhere...

Special Mention

RADHA'S DEVOTIONAL ANTHOLOGY
by DR. PRADEEP WAGH
Radha, the consort of Lord Krishna answers deep and profound questions of her 'Sakhis' i.e. lady friends on the subject of 'Bhakti', ie. devotion to God.

Special Mention

INVASION
by FERNANDO VAZQUEZ
In a totalitary world, people is beeing replaced by doubles.
 

OFFICIAL SELECTION
by alphabetical order:

18 SECONDS by BRUNO ZACHARIAS
9-12 by VERONICA CAICEDO
92-93 SEASON by ALEJANDRO MARZOA
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A STREET SWEEPER by STEVEN FLOR
A LETTER TO COLLEEN by CAROLYN and ANDY LONDON
ACE OF HEARTS by SILVIA GONZALEZ LAA
ARE YOU SCARED OF MOULTING? by XANAE BOVE
BACKYARD by WES HURLEY
BAD DREAMS by FANSU NJIE and ANNELI GELBARD
BANG! by JOSE MARTINEZ
BLACK LANDS by CLEMENT GHARNI
BREAD FOR THE SOUL by RUBEN MARIA SORIQUEZ
BURIED by RYAN LOUAGIE
CAIDA by ROBERTO GERARDO NINO DE RIVERA GUERRERO
CLOUD I by RENZO DERAGISCH
COW PIES IN THE PARK by PAT BATTISTINI
DANCE LIKE YOUR OLD MAN by GIDEON OBARZANEK and EDWINA THROSBY
DANNY GRINNELL'S LATE BLOOMER by DANNY GRINNELL
DEVORADOR ONIRICO by RIGO MORA
DINER NYC by CLAUS WITHOPF
DIRECT MAIL by PAULO COSTA
E MOBILE by ANTONIO GONZALEZ ALVAREZ
EL JACUZZI DE MIEDO by ANTONIO GONZALEZ ALVAREZ
EL MONSTRUO by JORGE DIEZ DE BONILLA FUCHS
ELEGY by MARVIN HILI
EVERY OTHER DAY by GARY MICHAEL SCHULTZ
FOUR PRAYERS FOR KIRKUK by HIWA AMINNEJAD
HAND DANCE by DANIEL GOLDSTEIN
HARTSLAGEN by VINCENT COEN and SEBASTIAAN LAGROU
HAVE I EVER HAPPENED? by RAMIN GOUDARZI NEJAD
HISTORIC TREME by ALISON WATKINS
HOBO KING by FRANKIE ROSSITER
HUECOS by PAULA ORTIZ
IF THEY COULD SEE US NOW by CHRIS HUDSON
I'M IN THE MOOD FOR DEATH by CAROLYN LONDON
IN THE ARMS OF MAMA by WES HURLEY
INFILTRATED by NESTOR F. DENNIS
K HOLE by ZAHIR OMAR
KEEPING THINGS IN ORDER by WES HURLEY
KEEPSAKES by GREG GALLERANO
LA CITE RADIEUSE by ROMAIN RAYNALDY
LIFESAVER by MATTHEW BENTLEY
LION KING AND VODKA by SANDRA GUDRUN GUDMUNDSDOTTIR
LOS INDIVIDUOS by KAI ADAM
LOST AND FOUND by HARSHAVARDHAN G KULKARNI
LOU by ERIC PIERSON
MAGNUM OPUS by KEN SCICLUNA
MALLORY AND STU by DAN WEDEKING
MAXIM by BENETTY BANGOURA
MISS SILVER by JOE PAUL
MOHAMED ZAKARIYA, CALLIGRAPHER by GAIL MACFARQUHAR
MOVING ON by VERNON SMITH
MURPHY'S BLUFF by RON MCGUIRE
NINTH STREET CHRONICLES by MEGAN MARTIN
OPTION 3 by STEPHEN J. SCHAEFER
PEACE IN OUR TIME by RICH DEVANEY
PLANET FOR SALE by AKRAM JANZI
PLANTA BAJA by ANDRES BORDA
POOL STORIES by SEAN HUTCHEON
POR UNOS PESOS by ENRIQUE QUINTANILLA
PRIMEVIL by MIKE TURNER
REPUGNANT by MARTIN and MICHAEL VREDE NIELSEN
ROADMAN by PETER LEOVIC
SEBY by GABRIELE GALANTI
SEE YOU WHEN YOU SEE ME by OLIVIER ROYER
SHED DWELLERS by TIM POPE
SHELL by YELENA DEMIKOVSKY
SKIPPING BENJAMIN by MICHAEL R. MAZUR
SLAP by DECLAN HANNIGAN
SLEAZY DICK SLICES OF LIFE by HERWIG ILEGEMS
SNARE by JOSHUA WEIGEL
SOMBRAS by RIGO MORA
SUMANAHALLI A VILLAGE OF RESILIENCE by RAJESH BHASKARAN
TALKING DEAD, SILENT LIVING by MARIA JOSE RUIZ
THE BATHROOM by ROSS WILLARD
THE BENCH by PAT BATTISTINI
THE BIRD'S DANCE by ALI SALEHI
THE BITTER PILL by EDRIS NE
THE DAY MY TOWERS FELL by BILLY SHARP and DOUGLAS HUEBNER
THE DEATH OF ANTINOO by LORENZO GIGLIOTTI
THE GERMAN LULLABY by TESS MALONE
THE HEIGHTS by TIEGEN KOSIAK
THE JESTER by CHRISTOPHER HARTMAN
THE KOLABORATOR by CHRIS BESSOUNIAN
THE LAST SUPPER by ALFONSO POSADA
THE MEETING by MARCEL LAMAR
THE MYSTIQUE by NANCY MITCHELL
THE ORDER by KING JEFF
THE SOPHOMORES GREGORY AND ARTHUR by NEIL BROOKSHIRE
THE STRANGER by LARRY FULTON
THE SUNFLOWER MAN by NIGEL MOSS
THE VIOLINIST by AHN JOONG-YEOL
THE VOICE OF THE CATS by ZARAH KNEBEL
THIS LITTLE PIGGY by PATRICK WHITTAKER
THREE BODIES by ELIF REFIG
TO HELEN by W.E. GOWEN
TO NI by VIC ACEDILLO JR
TOKYO SKY LOUNGE by REIKO KANAZAWA
TRACES OF FACES by CHAD MERRIMAN
UN ECLAT by RODOLPHE VIEMONT
UN LUGAR INALCANZABLE by JOSE ANTONIO GARCIA MARTINEZ
UNDER CONSTRUCTION by ZHENCHEN LIU
UNFADING by STEVEN FLOR
UNINVITED by SHAUNE HARRISON
VENICE BEACH IN THE SIXTIES - A CELEBRATION OF CREATIVITY by LELAND AUSLENDER
WAR HERO by DOUG RAO
WEDDING DAY by DAVID SCHMOELLER
WINNERS & LOSERS by ANDREW "KILLER" BOWDEN
WITHIN by TUSHAR PARANJAPE
YA SHADAD by KEREN SHAYO

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

 

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