Awards 2006

Award for Best Animated Film:

Nominations:

Afro Shock, Director: YEHAN JEHAN
Broken Wire, Director: JUAN CARLOS MOSTAZA
For a Tango, Director: Gabriele Zucchelli

Winner: Broken Wire

Award for Best Documentary Film:

Nominations:

Dancing for Oliver, Director: Suzanne Gielgud
BAJO UNA MISMA BANDERA (UNDER THE SAME FLAG), Directors: CINTA JIMÉNEZ & PABLO SALVATIERRA
MORE THAN 1000 WORDS, Director: Solo Avital

Winner: Dancing for Oliver

Award for Best Short Film:

Nominations:

A kind of loving, Director:
The Clap, Director: Geoff Lindsey
SWAT , Director:

Joint Winners: A kind of loving & The Clap

Award for Best Feature Film:

Nominations:

Towards Sunset (Ro be Ghoroub), Director: Iraj Emami
Cargo, Director: Andi Reiss
In Memory of My Father, Director: Christopher Jaymes

Winner: Towards Sunset (Ro be Ghoroub)

Shorts 2006

Around the world in 90 sec / La vuelta del mundo en 90 segundos

Country: USA
Year: 2006
Length: 5 min
Director: William Nunez

Two renowned television news anchors decide to have lunch, but must make it back to New York City in time for their broadcast. They use a most unconventional mode of transportation.

ArRuh Ala ArRih / Drifting

Country: UK/Iraq
Language: Arabic & English versions
Year: 2005
Length: 6 min
Director: Maythem Ridha

Contratiempos

Country: Spain
Year: 2005
Length: 14 min
Director: Antonio Gomez-Olea

Entree

Country: UK
Year: 2005
Length: 1 min
Director: Sue Whitting

Greta May

Country: UK
Year: 2005
Length: 15 min
Director: Clifford Thulow

Actress Greta May regains her confidence after meeting a stranger

Here to stay

Country: UK
Year: 2005
Length: 8 min
Director: Frank Scantori

A man tries to dispose of the object of his wife and daughters affections.

Kataplum

Country: Es
Year: 2006
Length: 11 min
Director: David Chernovetzky

Needlewood Antiques

Country: UK
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Opera Baby

Country: UK
Year: 2005
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Photocopier

Country: UK
Year: 2005
Length: 5 min
Director:Frank Mansfield

RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Country: UK
Year: 2005
Length: 12min
Director: Bruce Webb

In the reading room of the British Library, shy JESS falls in love with a Byronic young man. Too tongue-tied to actually talk to him, she starts to send books to his desk, the titles of which spell out her feelings for him.

The Clap

Country: UK
Language: no dialogue
Year: 2005
Length: 12 min
Director: Geoff Lindsey

An obsessive classical concertgoer wants to be the first clapper at the end of every concert.

The Claw

Country: UK
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Year: 2005
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Can a damaged cop put his troubles aside long enough to catch a hammer killer?

The Quiet Assassin

Country: USA/Italy
Year: 2005
Length: 15 min
Director: Alex Hardcastle

Jimmy Law was a loser, a nobody, abused by the system, by his wife, and by his own boss

This Cruel Life

Country: UK
Language: no dialogue
Year: 2005
Length: 1 min
Director: David Rafique

Treasure

Country: UK
Language: English
Year: 2005
Length: 10 min
Director: Paul Olding
Writer: Beryl Richards

SWAT

Country: UK
Language: English
Year: 2005
Length: 4 min
Director:

On a windswept beach, a lone figure trudges wearily across the sand. Deep in concentration, his eyes are trained on the ground ahead. This is the story of an Old Man’s relentless search. He can only ever rest, when he finds his Treasure.

My Yacht

Country: UK/France
Language: English
Year: 2004
Length: 29 min
Director: Huck Melnick

A wannabe producer at the Cannes Film Festival pretends to be something he’s not.

Wild Horses of Newbury

Country: UK
Language: English
Year: 2005
Length: 5 min
Director: Mark Carroll

When a road tries to destroy ancient forests, two black horses appear. An undercurrents.org short.

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