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Jury's Grand Prize
Anna by Runnar Runarsson
Den Danske Filmskole - Denemark
Fiction - 2009 - 35 min
Anna is a 12-year-old girl living in a small fishing village. She is at a crossroads in her life. Her surroundings are changing - and so is she. |
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Jury's Special Prize
Birds Get Vertigo Too by Sarah Cunningham
La fémis - France
Documentary - 2009 - 20 min
Barnz and Shaena live together in a Welsh travelling circus. Barnz acts as Shaena’s counterweight as she vaults through the air. Each depends on the other, both on stage and off. The show is about to go on, but sometimes birds get vertigo too... |
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Bestion Direction's Prize
La Canción de los niños muertos by David Pablos
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica - Mexico
Fiction - 2008 - 42 min
My mother was murdered and my father was left on his own to look after five children. He was unable to offer us consolation. He took us to a stranger´s cabin and the only thing I wanted was to leave that place. |
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Best Screenplay's Prize
Roma by Elisa Miller
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica - Mexico
Fiction - 2008 - 26 min
A train full of illegal immigrants stops next to a soap factory. A young girl gets off to take refuge there. A few moments of solidarity help her to carry on her journey. |
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Jury's Special Mention
Roots (Racines) by Eileen Hofer
Université de Genève - Médias Unis - Suisse
Fiction - 2008 - 18 min
In a small Turkish village, doomed to be flooded by the construction of a dam, an unemployed widower wants to celebrate his birthday of his child, who dreams of flying like Spiderman. |
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Jury's Special Mention
Suzanne by Julien Monfajon and Baptiste Janon
Institut des Arts de Diffusion - Belgique
Fiction - 2008 - 11 min
Suzanne is employed in a factory. She spends all day packing, dropping off and carrying stuff. She remains connected to the outside world via a mobile phone which today takes her away from her daily routine and lets her fly away towards dreams and desire. |
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French Critics' Discovery Prize
Never drive a car when you're dead by Gregor Dashuber
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf - Germany
Animation - 2009 - 10 min
A clumsy protagonist discovers a long forgotten piano. Music takes him into town where he ends up playing a final funeral march followed by all and sundry. |
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Student Jury's Prize
Elkland by Per Hanefjord
Dramatiska institutet - Sweden
Fiction - 2008 - 58 min
Henrik returns home to the family he hasn't seen in 15 years just in time for his fathers funeral. More than ever Henrik needs to unite with his older brother Ronnie, who has spent his whole life at home on the farm, with their parents. |
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