Mirey Brantz's "6.5 Minutes in Tel Aviv," set in a Tel Aviv bus station, claimed the best of festival award at the 2008 Palm Springs International ShortFest, which concluded Wednesday.
The fest, which screened 317 short films, announced its winners Tuesday night at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs.
Marcal Fores' "Friends Forever" earned the Future Filmmaker Award, with honorable mention going to Nicolas Brault's "Hungu."
The Panavision Grand Jury Award was presented to Bogdan Mustata for "A Good Day for a Swim," which also picked up a Golden Bear at this year's Berlin Film Festival.
Among awards voted by the audience, Jochen Alexander Freydank's "Toyland" was named favorite live-action short, with Khen Shalem's "On the Road to Tel-Aviv," the runner-up.
Adam Pertofsky's "The Witness: The View From Room 306" was chosen favorite documentary short, with Kim Snyder's "One Bridge to the Next," runner-up.
Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith's "This Way Up" was named favorite animation short,...
The fest, which screened 317 short films, announced its winners Tuesday night at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs.
Marcal Fores' "Friends Forever" earned the Future Filmmaker Award, with honorable mention going to Nicolas Brault's "Hungu."
The Panavision Grand Jury Award was presented to Bogdan Mustata for "A Good Day for a Swim," which also picked up a Golden Bear at this year's Berlin Film Festival.
Among awards voted by the audience, Jochen Alexander Freydank's "Toyland" was named favorite live-action short, with Khen Shalem's "On the Road to Tel-Aviv," the runner-up.
Adam Pertofsky's "The Witness: The View From Room 306" was chosen favorite documentary short, with Kim Snyder's "One Bridge to the Next," runner-up.
Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith's "This Way Up" was named favorite animation short,...
- 8/27/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- David Mackenzie's Hallam Foe took the top prize at the 18th Dinard Festival of British Cinema, which wrapped Sunday in the Brittany resort town.
A jury led by French actress Josiane Balasko and including actresses Linh Dan Pham, Sylvie Testud and Cecile Cassel bestowed the Hitchcock d'Or Grand Prize upon Mackenzie's coming-of-age comedy, which stars Jamie Bell as a 17 year-old misfit mourning his mother's sudden death who spies on the world from his treehouse.
The jury gave an honorable mention to John Carney's musical comedy Once, which took the audience award this year at the Sundance Film Festival.
"Foe" also went home with the Hitchcock Blanc, Kodak Limited prize for best photo direction.
Sarah Gavron's Brick Lane won the Grand Marnier Lapostolle award for best screenplay and the Hitchcock d'Argent audience award.
Lenny Abrahamson's Garage was awarded the Hitchcock de Bronze prize, which provides distribution to the winner in 40 movie theaters in the west of France.
The British Council gave it's 1,500 ($2,123) "Entente Cordiale" award for the best short film made by a graduate of French film school to Marcal Fores' Friends Forever.
The four-day festival kicked off Thursday with Ken Loach's It's a Free World and closed Sunday with Pascal Thomas' Gallic title L'heure zero.
A jury led by French actress Josiane Balasko and including actresses Linh Dan Pham, Sylvie Testud and Cecile Cassel bestowed the Hitchcock d'Or Grand Prize upon Mackenzie's coming-of-age comedy, which stars Jamie Bell as a 17 year-old misfit mourning his mother's sudden death who spies on the world from his treehouse.
The jury gave an honorable mention to John Carney's musical comedy Once, which took the audience award this year at the Sundance Film Festival.
"Foe" also went home with the Hitchcock Blanc, Kodak Limited prize for best photo direction.
Sarah Gavron's Brick Lane won the Grand Marnier Lapostolle award for best screenplay and the Hitchcock d'Argent audience award.
Lenny Abrahamson's Garage was awarded the Hitchcock de Bronze prize, which provides distribution to the winner in 40 movie theaters in the west of France.
The British Council gave it's 1,500 ($2,123) "Entente Cordiale" award for the best short film made by a graduate of French film school to Marcal Fores' Friends Forever.
The four-day festival kicked off Thursday with Ken Loach's It's a Free World and closed Sunday with Pascal Thomas' Gallic title L'heure zero.
- 10/9/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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