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AWARDED FILMS BY CATEGORIES:
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THE SOLUTION
by JAN-EJE FERLING
Some houses in the city shall be rebuilt into luxury departments. The new, young owner has inherited the estate company from his insensitive and now dead father.
Special Prize to the Best Fiction Film | |
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ORIUNDOS DE LA NOCHE
by JAVIER BALAGUER
The documentary is about the lives of three illustrated characters of Dominican Republic, beteween 1934 and 1961.
Special Prize to Best Documentary Film | |
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JOGO DE CENA
by EDUARDO COUTINHO
23 women share their accounts of the female experience. Some of the stories are related by the women themselves, others are interpreted by actresses, a crafty technique that effectively blurs the distinction between real life and cinematic art.
Awarded Category: Direction | |
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HITHERTO
by STEFANOS SITARAS
This film is about the discontent world that lies within all of us: the dark sides of our personalities, the part of our minds that we are unable to control or become aware of, our unconscious.
Awarded Category: Screenplay | |
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THE MYTH OF THE DEVIL
by DARRYL WATERS
The only evil is man's own vindictive and paranoid want for purity and Godliness.
Awarded Category: Integral Realization | |
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RADHA'S DEVOTIONAL ANTHOLOGY
by DR.PRADEEP WAGH
Radha, the consort of Lord Krishna answers deep and profound questions of her 'Sakhis' i.e. lady friends on the subject of 'Bhakti', ie. devotion to God.
Actress Performance: Varsha Godbole | |
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LESSON IN HUMILITY
by THOMAS ZINSLI
Proud and hardworking bank executive David thought he had his life all figured out, until one day he is being fired.
Actor Performance: James Bartz | |
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THE ASSASSIN
by KAMAL B. YADAV
The film is about a muslim youth who is supposed to act as a suicide bomber but he listens to his inner soul and assassinates the commander of the mission and saves thousands of innocent lives.
Awarded Category: Photography, Saptarshi Pratim | |
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HUELLAS EN LA NIEVE
by PEDRO TOUCEDA
A fable between sci-fi and traditional tales,about human condition and the loss of innocence;a antiviolence short film that takes place in a real yet symbolic world,which is both cruel and magical.
Awarded Category: Editing, Juan Pedro Diaz | |
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MISTAKEN
by ROSSANA LACAYO
Mortally marked in a mundane lifestyle "Mistaken" evolves from a rash decision made by a young woman.
Awarded Category: Art Direction, Jose Weelock | | |
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SPECIAL MENTIONS:
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INVASION
by FERNANDO VAZQUEZ
In a totalitary world, people is beeing replaced by doubles. | |
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LOFT LOVE
by JERONIMO DE LA MORA
To love and to be loved. Enrique lives an imaginary love as he is in love with life. What he doesn't know is that love goes beyond the limits of imagination and life itself. | |
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TIJN... TINO
by CARINA ELLEMERS
Ellemers follows Tijn van Dijk as he returns to his home country of Indonesia after finishing university, reverts to his birth surname and gets married and fathers a child there. | | | |
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
by alphabetical order:
ARTEFACTS by GILES DAOUST and EMMANUEL JESPERS
BROTHERS by HONG JIN
CARISSA by DAVID SAUVAGE
CITIES OF LIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN by ROBERT GARDNER
EUROAFRICANS by LUIS VIDAL
FORGOTTEN PEACE by MICHAEL CASPERSON
HITHERTO by STEFANOS SITARAS
HUELLAS EN LA NIEVE by PEDRO TOUCEDA
IF THEY COULD SEE US NOW by CHRIS HUDSON
IN THE HEART OF CHILE by STACY BARTON
INVASION by FERNANDO VAZQUEZ
JAKKOB AND THE ANGELS by RON LEHMANN
JOGO DE CENA by EDUARDO COUTINHO
LEDA BEYOND HER ART by DANIELA GONTIJO
LESSON IN HUMILITY by THOMAS ZINSLI
LOFT LOVE by JERONIMO DE LA MORA
MAFROUZA - OH LA NUIT ! by EMMANUELLE DEMORIS
MAFROUZA / COEUR by EMMANUELLE DEMORIS
MISTAKEN by ROSSANA LACAYO
MR. BENE GOES TO ITALY by MANUEL CARVALHO
NABOKOV: THE HAPPIEST YEARS by MARIYA GERSHTEYN
NOT BROKEN by ARMANDO P. IBANEZ
ON A WING AND A PRAYER by MAX KAISER
ORIUNDOS DE LA NOCHE by JAVIER BALAGUER
PRINCE A MONG SLAVES by ANDREA KALIN and BILL DUKE
RADHA'S DEVOTIONAL ANTHOLOGY by DR.PRADEEP WAGH
SYNAPSE by SLOAN COPELAND
TEEN IDOL TOM by JUSTIN E. VIGGIANO
THE ASSASSIN by KAMAL B. YADAV
THE MYTH OF THE DEVIL by DARRYL WATERS
THE SOLUTION by JAN-EJE FERLING
TIJN... TINO by CARINA ELLEMERS
WONDERFUL WORLD by COCO SCHRIJBER
The selection was made among more than two hundred registered movies. |
Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival |
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Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival - 2008 Awards
