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
Don't be fooled by the title. "The Animation Show 4" isn't Disney and isn't for kids. Rather, it is a collection of 20 or so some times raunchy, often offensive and always entertaining animated shorts from around the world.
Funniest, if you ask me, is Steve Dildarian's "Angry Unpaid Hooker." Tim's girlfriend arrives home from Bermuda and discovers him sharing the couch with the titular hooker, who wants her $300. (More of Tim's misadventures will be found this fall in a new HBO series.)
Creepiest is Adam Smith and Alan Foulkes' "This Way Up," a Tim Burton-ish comedy about two...
Funniest, if you ask me, is Steve Dildarian's "Angry Unpaid Hooker." Tim's girlfriend arrives home from Bermuda and discovers him sharing the couch with the titular hooker, who wants her $300. (More of Tim's misadventures will be found this fall in a new HBO series.)
Creepiest is Adam Smith and Alan Foulkes' "This Way Up," a Tim Burton-ish comedy about two...
- 7/25/2008
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
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