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Best Feature Film |
Oil on Water |
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Myway |
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Lords Of The Underworld
(Winner 2008)
Gold ~ Lords Of The Underworld
Director~ Dale C Reeves
Producers~ Tania M Amaral, Dale C Reeves ,Kenneth Schwenker |
Mafia Boss Rocky Basta is a man of vast ambition who rules his dark empire with an iron fist. He plans to consolidate his power with that of his enemies to form a new world aliance. Instead of constantly going to war Rocky proposes a gladiatorial forum in which power is earned; respect won or lost, and disputes are resolved. His past sins torment his very being. Guardians of the 'game' protectors from the ancient times, offer their guidence, yet their motives are unknown. Rocky is put to the test facing past love,a troubled daughter he never knew, the dark underworld syndicates challenging his power, and the onus it exacts. |
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The Summer in Winter |
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Vanaja |
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Epideo |
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Best Short Film |
The Job
Silver ~ The Job
Writer/Director~ Jonathan Browning |
| A comedic look at two very different worlds colliding. You'll never look at a day laborer the same way! |
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Rabia |
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No Sense |
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Scarred |
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Torsia |
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Jonah’s Quids (Winner 2008)
Gold ~ Jonah’s Quids
Producer & Director ~Adam Watkins |
Jonah is a short 13 year old who lives on a South London estate. One day Jonah finds a fifty pound note wedged in a bush on a road near his home. Realising this is the opportunity he has been waiting for he plucks up the courage and asks Crystal, a 15 year old girl he walks to school with, out on a date – an all expenses paid day trip to his childhood favourite seaside town of Margate. Visiting out of season though, Jonah soon realises that the town is not as he remembered it, there isn’t much here to spend fifty pounds on, and attempting to impress Crystal might be a pointless affair. |
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Best Animation Film |
For The Love Of God (Winner 2008) |
Gold ~ For The Love Of God
Director & Producer~ Joe Tucker Prouducer ~ Raphael Warner |
Titch (The Wonder Dog) |
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Marcelino and Bartolomeo
: “Bye-Bye!” |
Silver~ Marcelino and Bartolomeo
:"Bye-Bye"
Director & Producer ~ Mario Pochat |
Simulacra |
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Best Documentary |
Traces |
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The Music in Me(Winner 2008)
Gold ~ The Music in Me
Director ~ Nigel Traill
Producer ~ Anne Kenyon |
| The Music In Me is a gentle and most moving masterpiece filled with the joy and the pain of human nature. It tells the story of the Merry Makers - a unique group of dancers, most of whom have some intellectual or physical disability. They refuse to be sidelined by society and have transcended their potential fate, finding their own place in life… and that’s centre stage! Follow this troupe of unforgettable characters as they get ready for the biggest show of their lives. |
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Die Amateure Und Der General |
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Finding Kraftland |
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River Ways
Silver ~ River Ways
Produce & Director Colin Stryker |
| “River Ways” explores the lives of regular working people affected by the issue of whether to remove four dams on the Snake River in Eastern Washington. Environmental groups and fishing interests criticize the dams for their negative impact on salmon populations, but agricultural communities dependent on the dams oppose efforts to remove them. Combining interviews with careful everyday observation, and set against the scenic backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, “River Ways” takes us into the world of tribal and commercial fishermen, wheat farmers, salmon advocates and more. What emerges is a complex portrait of an issue that reaches to the heart of the ideological differences that characterize and divide the Pacific Northwest. |
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Best Soundtrack |
Animal Life |
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The Job |
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Windcroft |
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Lords of the Underworld
(Winner 2008) |
Gold ~ Lords of the Underworld
Director~ Dale C Reeves
Producers~Tania M Amaral, Dale C Reeves, Kenneth Schwenker |
The Nightly Song of the Travellers |
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The Music in Me |
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Finding Kraftland |
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Best Actor in a Leading Role |
St John Alexander in Oil On Water |
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Maarten Claeyssens in Droomtijd |
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Adam Irizarry in Blindness |
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Harry Brockington IV in Shy |
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Silver~ Aiel Casas in Myway
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| “Myway” is an intimist drama, with doses of a thriller, that tells the story of Marco (Ariel Casas), a small-time drug dealer who wants to quit the “profession” and lead a normal life with his wife (Silvia Marsó), his daughter (Susana Fawaz) and his brother (Jaume García Arija). But, after the death of his mother (Asunción Balaguer), he discovers that his father (Joan Dalmau), who he hasn't seen in years, has Alzheimer's, and he decides to take him home. This new family environment, which is becoming more and more complicated and tense, as well as the shadow of his drug dealings, make things happen in a hasty and unpredictable way. |
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Jerome Belony in Jonah’s Quids
(Winner 2008) |
Gold ~Jerome Belony
in Jonah’s Quids |
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
Giulio Forges Davanzati in Zona Rossa
(Red Zone) |
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Gregory Itzin in Forfeit |
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Darrel Lake in Shy |
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Joan Dalmau In Myway
(Winner 2008)
Gold ~ Joan Dalmau in Myway |
| “Myway” is an intimist drama, with doses of a thriller, that tells the story of Marco (Ariel Casas), a small-time drug dealer who wants to quit the “profession” and lead a normal life with his wife (Silvia Marsó), his daughter (Susana Fawaz) and his brother (Jaume García Arija). But, after the death of his mother (Asunción Balaguer), he discovers that his father (Joan Dalmau), who he hasn't seen in years, has Alzheimer's, and he decides to take him home. This new family environment, which is becoming more and more complicated and tense, as well as the shadow of his drug dealings, make things happen in a hasty and unpredictable way. |
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Mike Glausier In Loren Cass |
Sliver ~ Mike Glausier in Loren Cass |
Alex Claus in Jonah’s Quids |
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Best Actress in a Leading Role |
Bianca Lishanski in Oil on Water |
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Sliver ~ Siu-Ting Su in
Over night A Rose
Siu-Ting Su in Overnight a Rose
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| This is a story about a conflicted relationship between a Taiwanese teenager, Xiao Mei (14), and her youthful and spirited grandmother (48). This small family struggles t co-exit through a series of lies that are eventually overcome their LOVE for each other. |
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Anne Richardson in Blindness |
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Victoria Pritchard in Double Act |
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Javier Moreno in Shy |
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Mamatha Bhukya in Vanaja
(Winner 2008)
Gold~ Mamatha Bhukya in Vanaja
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| Vanaja, the 15 year old daughter of a financially troubled fisherman goes to work in the local landlady's house in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance. She does well, but when the Landlady's son returns from the US, what begins as innocent sexual chemistry turns ugly, ending in a rape - a rape of a minor. Set in rural South India, a place where social barriers are built stronger than ancient fort walls, the film explores the chasm that divides classes as a young girl struggles to come of age. |
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
Bethan England in Jonah’s Quids |
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Yu-Chin Chen in Overnight a Rose |
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Jane Jefferson in Double Act
Sliver ~ Jane Jefferson in Double Act |
| Chris and Tel are performing their low rate comedy double act at a club in northern England as their wives (Vicki and Donna) sit in the audience. Flashbacks take us to moments over the last three months when the straight man (Chris) and the comic's wife (Vicki) have been having an affair. We learn that Vicki plans to reveal all that night but Chris is a proud, violent man and when he points a loaded gun at Tel on stage nobody is quite sure whether to laugh or call the police. The film ends with a surprising revelation on Terry's allotment. |
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Silvia Marso in Myway (Winner 2008)
Gold~ Silvia Marso in Myway |
| “Myway” is an intimist drama, with doses of a thriller, that tells the story of Marco (Ariel Casas), a small-time drug dealer who wants to quit the “profession” and lead a normal life with his wife (Silvia Marsó), his daughter (Susana Fawaz) and his brother (Jaume García Arija). But, after the death of his mother (Asunción Balaguer), he discovers that his father (Joan Dalmau), who he hasn't seen in years, has Alzheimer's, and he decides to take him home. This new family environment, which is becoming more and more complicated and tense, as well as the shadow of his drug dealings, make things happen in a hasty and unpredictable way. |
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Vanessa Daniels in Windcroft |
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Urmila Dammannagari in Vanaja |
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Best Director |
Pablo Fernández for Animal Life
(Winner 2008) |
Gold ~ Pablo Fernández for Animal Life |
Muhammad Ali Hasan for Rabia |
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Evan Meszaros for Windcroft |
Silver ~ Evan Meszaros for Windcroft |
Dale. C. Reeves
for Lords of the Underworld |
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Nigel Traill for The Music in Me |
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Adam Watkins for Jonah’s Quids |
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Richard Kraft and Adam Shell
for Finding Kraftland |
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