Awards 2008
Award for Best Animated Film:
Nominations:
Pushkin, Director: Trevor Hardy
Raubbau / Depletion, Director: Christian Schleisiek
The Roboteers / Memories of a Dreamer, Directors: Karl Maddix and Adam Cook
Winner: The Roboteers
Award for Best Documentary Film:
Nominations:
Bomb Harvest, Director: Kim Mordaunt
The Caravan of Manuscripts, Directors: Lidia Peralta Garcia
Memorias de un Soador / Memories of a Dreamer, Director: Alisson Larrea
Winner: Memorias de un Soador
Award for Best Short Film:
Nominations:
Bloodline, Director: Rupert Bryan
El Mesengero / The Messenger, Director: Roberto Rossi
Hold on, Director: Damien Roussineau
Winner: Bloodline
Award for Best Feature Film:
Nominations:
The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary / La Controvertida historia de Maria la Sanguinaria, Director: Chris Barnard
Karma: Crime, Passion, Reincarnation, Director: M R Shahjahan
Fraternalmente / Fraternally, Director: Javier Gorleri
Winner: Karma: Crime, Passion, Reincarnation
Award for 24 hour Film Challenge:
Nominations, Audience Award†, Jury Award*:
*Cam Murders, by Team Express
†*Death Dancers, by Team Frankenstein
†*A Perfect Mess, by Lanning / Wilkins
†Sex in the Bathroom, by Trash bin films
Winner: Death Dancers (Jury vote & audience choice)
Winner: A Perfect Mess (Jury runner up)
Shorts 2008
Porque Hay Cosasquenuncase Olvidan (Because there are things you never forget)
Country: Spain
Language: Italian (English Subtitles)
Year: 2008
Length: 13 min
Director: Lucas Figueroa
Naples (Italy), 1950. Four friends are playing soccer out on the street when their ball is accidentally kicked into the evil old lady’s yard. They’ll never play with their ball again ? and for that the revenge will be deadly.
Hold on
Country: France
Language: English, Spanish, French (English Subtitles)
Year: 2008
Length: 12 min
Director: Damien Roussineau
New York. In the Brooklyn Bridge Park, Max hears a baby laughing. Nobody around. It comes from a garbage can…
Made in Japan
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish (English Subtitles)
Year: 2007
Length: 5 min
Director: Ciro Altabás
“My mother admitted that the man who I thought was my father was not my father”
A Million Pounds Don’t Come For Free
Country: UK
Language: English
Year: 2007
Length: 8 min
Director: Samuel Dore
Cast: Tom Bonington, Andy Bainbridge, Roberto Gomez Martin, Hal Draper, Lewis Barfoot
The story of a down-on-his-luck Deaf crook who has stolen £1million from the wrong people and two violent criminals using whatever methods to try and find out where he has hidden the money but with a large amount of money waiting to be found we see how far people will go…
Fereshtegan Dar Khak Mimirand / Angels Die in the Soil
Country: Iran/Iraq
Language:
Year: 2008
Length: 30 min
Director: Babak Amini
Cast: Donya Ghobadi, Pedram seifoori
An Iraqi-Kurdish girl earns a living for her ill father by selling Iranian soldiers’ bones remained from the Iran-Iraq war. One day she comes across terrorists incident involving an American soldier on her way back home. She involves herself in the incident by trying to help him.
Baby Love
Country: Portugal
Language: No dialogues
Year: 2007
Length: 1 min
Director: Miguel Estima
Cast: Miguel Estima
A young priest’s erotic dream. When he wakes up is confronted with a reality not pleasant.
Basura / Rubbish
Country: SPAIN
Language: Spanish (English Subtitles)
Year: 2007
Length: 15 min
Director: Leandro Solari
Ernesto works at an abattoir. Despite the company of his wife, Mercedes he feels very much alone in life. The loss of their son at the hands of the Death Squads that kill whit impunity even orphan children scrounging on the streets, will affect them for ever and lead their lives to radical changes.
Moresure / Bitten
Country: France
Language: french (English subtitles)
Year: 2006
Length: 13 min
Director: David Morley
Cast: Luz Mando, Frederic Maranber, Didier Menin, Edith Le Merdy
It’s dark times, authorities have requested confinement. One night a young woman is pursued by an armed man, but she manages to take refuge with a couple on their isolated farm. The farmer steps outside to face the attacker but doesn’t quite get the reception he’s expecting.
Bloodline
Country: ENGLAND
Language: English (Spanish Subtitles)
Year: 2008
Length: 12 min
Director: Rupert Bryan
Writer: Alan Wightman
Cast: Christopher Cazenove (Dynasty, Judge John Deed, A Knights Tale) Melanie Gutteridge (The Bill) Moonie King Laurentiu Possa.
London. Today. After taking a group of bloodthirsty tourists on a macabre and visceral Jack The Ripper Murder Walk, tour guide and expert in Ripperology, Peter Draycott (Cazenove) is approached by one of the group, writer Laura Turner (Gutteridge) Who tells him that she has almost completed a book that will finally reveal the Rippers true identity. When he dismisses her book, albeit in a charming manner, as yet one more un-provable Ripper theory, Laura decides to follow Peter through the back streets of the East End to the hidden place where he does his research. Confronting Peter in his lair with her theory regarding why the Ripper was never caught, Laura is suddenly and shockingly caught up in a chilling, blood-soaked climax?
Captive
Country: UK
Language: English (Spanish Subtitles)
Year: 2008
Length: 9mins 20 secs
Director: Gus Alvarez
Cast: David Cann, Jonathan Rhodes, Anthony Tyler, Derek Horsham, Dan Poole, Pedro Theye, Joanna King
A man is held captive, threatened and mentally tortured by his captors. An anxious boardroom gathers to watch the resulting hostage tape; the tension mounts as it draws to its inevitable, traumatic conclusion… But events are even more sinister than they initially appear.
The Cleaner
Country: UK
Language: English & Russian
Year: 2007
Length: 13 min
Director: Noel Kearns
Cast: Yuri Stepanaov, Rad Lazar, Dan Robb, Lawrence McGrandles, Gemma Robinson, June O’Donovan, Ms Choat, Shaban Arafi, Simon Rhodes
Stefan is an emigrant night-cleaner at a London hospital, who is called upon to translate for an injured foreign man who has been rushed into Accident & Emergency. But Stefan recognises the patient as a brutal warlord from their former war-torn homeland. Now, will he help save the man’s life or take the ultimate revenge?
Peutas / Doors
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish (English Subtitles)
Year: 2008
Length: 10 min
Director: Roberto Go
Ismael’s life changes completely when, one night, his grandfather reads him the tale Ali Baba and the forty thieves, also revealing him that the magic spell works?
A l’epreuve des fleurs / Flowerproof
Country: France
Language: French (English Subtitles)
Year: 2008
Length: 15 min
Director: Artemio Benki
Judith and Carl are in a relationship with each other. One morning, Judith receives flowers. She receives them again the following day, the next day, and so on. Carl begins to have doubts… Following the rhythm of the flowers deliveries, their relationship falls down…
Meat Market
Country: UK
Language: English
Year: 2007
Length: 20.54
Director: Mark Withers
Cast: Joanna Curtis David Corden Sarah Ashton James Atkinson
An actress attends an audition only to be insulted and interrogated by the male casting director. Preparing to walk out, the girl is confronted by his friendlier female colleague who pacifies the situation, temporarily…
Safe Zone
Country: UK
Language: English
Year: 2007
Length: 16 min
Director: Carlo Ortu
Cast: Ian Attfield, Colin Holt, Michael Gilroy, Caroline Parker,Amy Enticknap
A soldier returns from the war in Afghanistan and finds the peace he wants is hard to find. Seeking refuge, solace and safety in the English countryside he finds himself harassed by an increasingly threatening individual.
Slapping Christie
Country: Australia
Language: English (Spanish Subtitles)
Year: 2007
Length: 15 min
Director: Mitchell Forrester
Cast: Sam Herde, Suzie Stapleton, Jonathan Katz
What would you do if your ex-lover started sleeping with your housemate?
Sucker
Country: UK
Language: Spanish (English Subtitles)
Year: 2007
Length: 12:30
Director: Keir Black
The man with the most boring job in the world is desperate to break the monotony – but excitement comes in a form he’d never have wanted…
It happened / Sucedo
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish (English Subtitles)
Year: 2007
Length: 12 min
Director: David Chernovetzk
Miriam must go to the town where her uncle died to bury him following the Jewish traditions.
La Ultima Vez / The last time
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish / no dialogue
Year: 2007
Length: 13 min
Director: Jorge Amaya
Lorenzo, a shy photographer, is obsessed by the beautifull woman living in front of (outside) his window. She is obsessed by Marilyn Monroe. Death will unite their obsessions.
El Mesengero / The Messenger
Country: SPAIN
Language: Spanish (English Subtitles?)
Year: 2008
Length: 8 min
Director: Roberto Rossi
An old man’s quiet stroll is interrupted by a series of occurrences. An unknown woman saves him from being run over by a car. An encounter with an old friend whom he hasn’t seen in twenty years triggers an avalanche of events that lead to his own self discovery in a way that he never imagined – and discovers that love prevails …
Tomorrow’s Forecast
Country: UK
Language: English (Spanish Subtitles?)
Year: 2007
Length: 14:42
Director: David Hewit
Cast: James Hillier, Cathy Howse, Remi Wilson
Darren can’t remember what happened. Images fire through his mind and he is unable to piece them together. Through a conversation with his mysterious friend, he slowly recalls moments of his recent past leading up to his memory loss. He is then faced with a decision that will challenge his personal, professional and moral future.
Trip
Country: UK
Language: English
Year:
Length: 15 min
Director: Harry Wootliff
A father wants to reconnect with his kids. In his frustration he is no longer capable of rational thought. Trip is an emotionally charged tale about a dad who tries to do the right thing by his two daughters but chooses the worst way to go about it.
Animations 2008
Pushkin
Country: UK
Language: no dialogue
Year: 2007
Length: 5 min
Director: Trevor Hardy
Poor Mrs Dombilard has lost her cat, ‘Pushkin’. Will she ever see him again? Where is her little darling?
Sun in the night time
Country: UK
Language: no dialogue
Year: 2007
Length: 3 min
Director: Anne Wilkins
A mother hopelessly waits for her lost son to return, whilst her young daughter plays with a strange imaginary friend.
Cabaret Kadne
Country: Spain
Language: no dialogue
Year: 2008
Length: 5 min
Director: Marc Riba & Anna Solanas
Otto and Lola, two cabaret artists, fill their lives with their passion: acting.
Khoda
Country: Scotland
Language: English
Year: 2008
Length: 5 min
Director: Reza Dolatabadi
What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi to make Khoda. Over 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minutes film that would meet high personal standards. Khoda is a psychological thriller; a student project which was seen as a ?mission impossible? by many people but eventually proved possible!
Raubbau / Depletion
Country: Germany
Language: no dialogue
Year: 2008
Length: 5 min
Director: Christian Schleisiek
A funny but profound metaphor for the naive egoism in everyone, which enriches and wrecks us the same time.
Tanhaai / Solitude
Country: Iran
Language: no dialogue
Year: 2008
Length: 10 min
Director: Mehrdad Sheikhan
A stone colossus has lived a lonely life on his barren planet for thousands of years. Worn out by his solitude he decides to change his fate.
The Roboteers
Country: Spain/UK
Language: English (Spanish Subtitles)
Year: 2008
Length: 7 min
Director: Karl Maddix and Adam Cook
v/o: Ellis Ware Joshua Tomar Noah Scammon Peter Ware
In a Land ruled by a tyrannical King and his Royal Robot Army, only Eric – courageous leader of the Roboteers – can save the day.
Documentaries 2008
Bomb Harvest
Country: Australia
Language: English and Lao (with English subtitles)
Year: 2007
Length: 88 min
Director: Kim Mordaunt
Lemur Films, Bondi, Sydney
Laos: the most bombed country, per capita, on the planet. Australian bomb disposal specialist Laith Stevens has to train a new young big bomb team to deal with bombs left from the US Secret War, but meanwhile, the local children are out hunting for bomb scrap metal. This timely story is terrifying and yet filled with eccentric characters and moments of humour, vividly depicting the consequences of war and the incredible bravery of those trying to clear up the mess.
The Caravan of Manuscripts
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish (with English subtitles)
Year: 2007
Length: 50 min
Director: Lidia Peralta Garcia
From the 8th to the 15th centuries, during the period of al-Andalus, the Islamic Spain, a huge amount of scientific books was produced. When the Muslims left Spain, many of them took their manuscripts with them. Today we can find them in family libraries all along the Route of the Caravans, in Morrocco, Mauritania and Mali. From Toledo to Timbuktu this documentary film follows the tracks of the manuscripts from al-Andalus. The main characther, Ismael Diadié Haidara, the owner of the Andalusian Library of Timbuktu (Mali) has spent many years to recover the manuscripts of his ancestors, who lived in al-Andalus.
Memorias de un Soador / Memories of a Dreamer
Country: Canada
Language: English (with Spanish subtitles)
Year