Online Award

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DIRECTIONS

Directed by Kasimir Burgess
Australia, 2008, 14 minutes 30 seconds
Drama

A desperate man finds inspiration in a broken shopping trolley.

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LAS PELOTAS

Directed by Chris Niemeyer
Switzerland, 2009, 14 minutes 45 seconds
Drama

In bad economical times, there's nothing like a son with football talent. If you don't have one, it takes a good mix of science, sex and a grandma to get there.

UK PREMIER
Produced by Hc Vogel
Distributed by Hc Vogel
Also screened in International Panaroma 3
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CAMILLE

Directed by Piero Costantini
Italy, 2009, 18 minutes 30 seconds
Drama

Camille is the tale of a cat that never seems to die and the 24 hours in the life of a family in crisis in a lonely villa over the Italian shore.

UK PREMIER
Produced by Piero Costantini
Distributed by Piero Costantini
Also screened in International Panaroma 6
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POST-IT LOVE

Directed by Simon Atkinson & Adam Townley
United Kingdom, 2008, 03 minutes 16 seconds
Experimental

Girl meets boy in quirky office romance. Two like-minded souls, too shy to approach each other, find a new way to show their love for each other.

UK PREMIER
Produced by Lucy Gossage
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AFTER EIGHT

Directed by Ed Lilly
United Kingdom, 2009, 04 minutes 55 seconds
Drama

A story of love and jealousy.

WORLD PREMIER
Produced by Ed Lilly
Distributed by n/a
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NICE TO MEET YOU

Directed by Will Garthwaite
United Kingdom, 2009, 18 minutes 21 seconds
Drama

A young man arrives over a garden fence and reawakens the fire inside a lonely suburban woman. The man is a criminal, he's violent and goes out with her daughter too. Will she give in to desire?

WORLD PREMIER
Produced by Will Garthwaite & Will Misselbrook
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LAST TRAIN

Directed by David Schofield
United Kingdom, 2009, 10 minutes 08 seconds
Drama

Jay and Vicky's dull wait for the train is interrupted by some boisterous teenagers. Jay slowly grows paranoid by their presence questioning if there is a threat from the boys or if he is overreacting.

WORLD PREMIER
Also screened in Best of British 4, Teenage Jury Award
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IL SEGRETO DEL TRESSETTE (THE SECRET OF TRESSETTE)

Directed by Lucio Cremonese
Italy, 2009, 16 minutes 50 seconds
Drama

Pietro, a young Neapolitan, has to confront himself with the terminal illness of his brother, victim of the ruthless Camorra. Pietro is looking for revenge and he agrees to be part of the 'Camorra system' to fight it from within.

UK PREMIER
Produced by Francesco Pamphili
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A FILM ABOUT POO

Directed by Anne Wilkins & Emily Howells
United Kingdom, 2009, 01 minutes 30 seconds
Animation

This is a film about poo, about things that you should and shouldn't do.

Also screened in Late Lounge, 4Mations Emerging Talent 2, Children's Jury Award - Animation
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DOG JUDO 2009

Directed by 12foot6
United Kingdom, 2009, 03 minutes 00 seconds
Animation

Rexley and Roy demonstrate the fine arts of doing judo as a dog. Three preview episodes of the series that is to launch end 2009.

Produced by 12foot6
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NJEBESNOJE MWUILO

Directed by Laura Beijn
Netherlands, 2009, 08 minutes 00 seconds
Drama

After a good night out Sophie's world has changed. Or has she?

UK PREMIER
Produced by Floor Benthem
Distributed by Laura Beijn
Also screened in International Panaroma 6
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LET THERE BE SOUND

Directed by Christian Scheck, Christian Lachenschmidt, Stefan J. Wuehr
Germany, 2009, 04 minutes 50 seconds
Animation

A planet-like creature is drifting through space devouring asteroids and rocks, digesting them and excreting new worlds. It accommodates other beings - the Schnozzle, enjoying the peculiar noise from the hosts huge respiratory system. Suddenly bad things happen...

UK PREMIER
Also screened in Late Lounge
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DAGEN INNAN (THE DAY BEFORE)

Directed by Mathias Naslund
Sweden, 2009, 21 minutes 00 seconds
Drama

Four characters involved in an accident end up in a hospital waiting room together. In different ways their lives will change and nothing will ever be like the day before.

WORLD PREMIER
Produced by Mathias Naslund
Distributed by Mathias Naslund
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MAN UP

Directed by Edward Barrett
United Kingdom, 2008, 06 minutes 57 seconds
Animation

Up, left, right and round, but not down.

Also screened in 4Mations Emerging Talent 2
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THORNS AND SILK

Directed by Paulina Tervo
United Kingdom, 2009, 13 minutes 13 seconds
Documentary

THORNS AND SILK tells four fascinating stories from the West Bank, featuring women who work in male-dominated jobs. A wedding filmmaker, a cabbie, a cop and a mechanic all break traditional rules. Empowered? Not without challenges.

Produced by Paulina Tervo
Distributed by Paulina Tervo
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RECIPE

Directed by Martha Barron Griffith
Canada, 2009, 05 minutes 50 seconds
Animation

Add one part interpretation, 2 parts intent, stir and let simmer. Caution, results may vary: one woman discovers that a recipe is not necessarily the sum of its ingredients.

WORLD PREMIER
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TOUR

Directed by Balazs Simonyi
Hungary, 2009, 12 minutes 26 seconds
Drama

Anti is a surveyor and an obsessed hobby-cyclist. He has a dream. One day he will be able to ride 183 km uphill as cyclists do at Tour de France…and, as we know, faith can move mountains.

UK PREMIER
Produced by Zoltan Aprily
Distributed by Balazs Simonyi


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