Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival - 2007 Awards

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AWARDED FILMS BY CATEGORIES:

Best Fiction Film

LE DRESSEUR
by MAT G.
A man wake up in the middle of a forest, hands restrained and chained like a dog. He will soon learn the horrifying destiny that has been planned for him by the handler and his son...
Special Prize to the Best Fiction Film

Best Documentary

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
by DAVID MUNOZ
What is human development about?. Norway vs. Niger: Richest vs. Poorest. Going beyond data: listening the persons.
Special Prize to Best Documentary Film

Best Direction

EL DESCAMPADO
by PEDRO TOUCEDA
A poetic, magical, short film in which what you see is as important as what you don't see.
Awarded Category:  Direction

Best Screenplay

TYSTA ROP
by JAN-EJE FERLING
A young wife suspects her husband may be unfaithful. He has started a secret relationship with an older man. Is he bisexual or simply seeking a father like figure as he his own father abandoned him when he was a boy?
Awarded Category: Screenplay

Integral REalization

A CIGAR AT THE BEACH
by STEPHEN KEEP MILLS
A modern tale of the Mid Life Male.Where do men go when women think they're listening to them? High-octane bikinis,a Gypsy Siren,plus adventure on the high seas.Until the Wave washes everything clean.
Awarded Category: Integral Realization

Best Actress

ASHES
by NICK KARNER
After 5 years in psychiatric prison, Kim is being released. Can she face Mandy after ruining her life?
Actress Performance: Caroline Overby and Erin Van Eck

Best Actor

LA ULTIMA PAGINA
by CESAR RODRIGUEZ-MOROY
The last day of a relationship of a couple. He takes refuge reading a book, at that time there is created a parallelism between the end of the book and his own real situation.
Actor Performance: Unax Ugalde

Best Cinematography

HUNTER
by NIGEL DOUGLAS
Richly dark and unsettling, it is a thriller with a sting in the tail  exploring the nature of man?s obsession through a single event fixation.
Awarded Category: Photography, Sean van Hales

Best Art Direction

HOMBRES DE PAJA
by JOAQUIN ASENCIO
A young widow's search for self-redemption and lost love through investigating her husband's death.
Awarded Category: Art Direction, Yisssuko

Best Edition

ENERGY! (NO HE CONOCIDO EL ÉXITO)
by TINA OLIVARES
A night of August, at any chance, you decide that it's already time to change your life.
Awarded Category: Editing, Carlos Theron and Tina Olivares

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

Special Mention

A DAY IN THE LIFE
by TONY B. CONSCIOUS
One poet, one camera, three days in the life of the hardest working poet in LA.

Special Mention

HERMANITO
by MARIE ARNAUD
The story of a chaman living in Mexico City.

Special Mention

SACRIFICE
by MAHCHEHREH KHALILI
The institution of sacrificing is not only a tradition;but a religious act and so very sacred by many different cultures and beliefs.In this film we see and hear a totally different view,the Sacrifice's point of view!
 

OFFICIAL SELECTION
by alphabetical order:

A CIGAR AT THE BEACH, STEPHEN KEEP MILLS
A DAY IN THE LIFE, TONY B. CONSCIOUS
ACHT ORTE. EINE REISE IN AFGHANISTAN, NILS MENRAD
ASHES, NICK KARNER
AVANT-PROPOS, SUSANA CASARES
BALBOA 5,5, FEDERICA ROMEO
BRITAIN'S FIRST SUICIDE BOMBERS, JONATHAN HACKER
DAILY MENTAL WEIGHT LIFTING, KEVIN W. GREGO
EL DESCAMPADO, PEDRO TOUCEDA
EL INTRUSO, DAVID CANOVAS
ENERGY! (NO HE CONOCIDO EL EXITO), TINA OLIVARES
FINAL CURTAIN CALL, JAN-EJE FERLING
FIRST LIGHT: MONTAUK POINT LIGHTHOUSE, TOM GARBER
HELLO LOUISIANA, MONTY BROWN
HERMANITO, MARIE ARNAUD
HOMBRES DE PAJA, JOAQUIN ASENCIO
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, DAVID MUNOZ
HUNTER, NIGEL DOUGLAS
IL CERCHIO CALDO, ELENA SALVADORI & FRANCESCO MANNARINI
KEEP THE DANCE ALIVE, RINA SHERMAN
LA ULTIMA PAGINA, CESAR RODRIGUEZ-MOROY
LE DRESSEUR ( THE HANDLER ), MAT G.
MUSLIMS OF EUROPE CHRISTIANS OF MIDDLE EAST BROKEN MIRRORS, JACQUES DEBS
PAID TO PLAY, NICHOLAS A. KARNER
REGULAR, ALFONSO NOGUEROLES
RETURN TO THE BISMARCK, JOSEPH LACKO
RIVERBOAT DREAMS, JAY KANZLER
SACRIFICE, MAHCHEHREH KHALILI
THE FAR SIDE OF JERICHO, TIM HUNTER
THE HIDDEN CHILDREN, JONATHAN HACKER
THE PEANUT SELLER, FARID SHAH
THE QUIET LIFE, ALICIA VAN ASSCHE
TOCK, RACHEL KATZ
TRACES, MAURI PASANEN
TYSTA ROP (SILENT DESPAIR), JAN-EJE FERLING
VIENTO NOCTURNO, JACK COCHRAN
VOICES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID, YASMIN AHMAD & JAI
TANK
VOICES OF GIRLS AND BOYS ON DISCRIMINATION, SIDDHARTHA
SHARMA

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

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