CHICAGO FILIPINO AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2010 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival is now accepting entries for its 2010 Program.
The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival features feature films and short works in the following categories:

-Feature-length Narrative
-Documentary (Feature Length)
-Short (Narrative or Experimental)
-Documentary (Short)
-Music Video

The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival invites all films made by, for, or about people of Filipino descent. Qualifying films will include, but not be limited to:

-Works featuring the talents of directors, performers, writers, and other filmmakers of Filipino descent from the United States, the Philippines, and throughout the world.

-Stories, characters, and themes about Filipinos, Filipino Americans, and others of Filipino descent.

-Issues and topics relevant to audiences of Filipino descent.

For entry form and shipping information, please visit www.cfaff.org or download our entry form here.

THE 8TH WORLD FILM FESTIVAL OF BANGKOK

The 8th World Film Festival of Bangkok
5 - 14 November, 2010
Paragon Cineplex and Major Cineplex Sukhumvit (Ekamai)
"Emotions Unleashed"

The 8th World Film Festival of Bangkok introduces around 150 movies from around the world. French post-New-Wave director Jacques Doillon and Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan will attend the festival. The Thai indie film "Eternity" ("Tee Rak") will be the opener.

Kriengsak "Victor" Silakong, director of the World Film Festival of Bangkok (WFFBKK), says the movies will be shown in nine sections: Asian Contemporary; Cinema Beat; Cine Latino; Doc Feast; Short Wave; Guts Nouveau; Music & Dance A la Carte, New Turkish Cinema and Retrospective.

There are several "must-see" movies in the festival, including "Insects in the Backyard", the debut feature by indie director Tanwarin Sukhapisit, which premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival. It'll make its Thai premiere at the WFFBKK.

Others are "Red Dragonflies" from Singapore, which has been awarded at many film festivals; "The Well", a coming-of-age drama from India; "Au Revoir Taipei", a new romantic comedy from Taiwan; "Cold Water of the Sea" from Costa Rica, which won a Tiger Award at this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam; "The Famous and the Dead", a new teenage flick from Brazil; "Curling" from Canada, winner of two awards at the Locarno film festival this year; and "A Film Unfinished", Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary that portrays people behind and before the camera in the Warsaw Ghetto during Nazi occupation in World War II.

The opening film "Eternity" ("Tee Rak") by Sivaroj Kongsakul, represents the new blood of Thai independent cinema. His first feature explores the three stages of a man's life, from his romance as a young man to the woman who will be his wife, then as a ghost wandering his childhood home and finally as a void in the lives of those he left behind. It's a tribute to his father, who died when Sivaroj was a child.

Sivaroj is well known in Thailand's independent cinema scene. His short films "Always" and "Silencio" have won prizes in various film festivals. He has worked as an assistant director for Aditya Assarat, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and Wisit Sasanatieng. "Eternity" ("Tee Rak") premiered in the New Currents competition at the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival, and the World Film Festival of Bangkok hosts the movie's Thai premiere.

The festival's prestigious Lotus Award this year will be given to Nuri Bilge Ceylan, one of the most important filmmakers from Turkey. We are thrilled to have him in person and meet the audience on the opening night and for the screening of "Three Monkeys".

The opening ceremony of the 8th World Film Festival of Bangkok will be held in the Infinity Hall of Paragon Cineplex on 5 November, 2010, at 6pm.

French director Jacques Doillon will be praised in the Retrospective section. He will attend the festival to present five of his movies: "Touched in the Head" (1974), "The Little Gangster" (1990), "Ponette" (1996), "Just Anybody" (2008), "The Three Way Wedding" (2010) and one documentary about his life and works: "Jacques Doillon – Words and Emotion" (1998) by Anne Brochet and Françoise Dumas. This is a rare chance for Bangkok audiences to watch Doillon's films and meet the director.

With support from the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Tourism of Turkey and Turkish Airlines, the festival presents New Turkish Cinema, a section that focuses on five outstanding contemporary Turkish films: "Envy" by Zeki Demirkubuz, "Kosmos" by Reha Erdem , "Vavien" by Durul Taylan and Yagmur Taylan, "Wrong Rosary" by Mahmut Fazil Coskun and "Honey" by Semih Klaplanoglu.

Another exciting part of the WFFBKK is the poster competition. We received so many great poster designs and many of them are full of creative ideas.

As with past years, the closing celebration will have a "Celebrity Look Alike" competition. This year, with generous support by Thai Life Insurance Co., Ltd., we are going with the special theme "Vampire Party". Get ready for the fun on 13 November, 2010, from 6pm onward.

The 8th World Film Festival of Bangkok is co-organised by The Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, the Ministry of Culture, The Nation, Major Cineplex Group Plc, Paragon Cineplex, Nation Broadcasting Corporation and Mango TV. It is supported by Singha Corporation Co., Ltd., Thai Life Insurance Co., Ltd., FedEx Express and Turkish Airlines, with the cooperation of the foreign embassies in Thailand and special cooperation of The Embassy of Turkey, The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand, The Embassy of France, The Embassy of Brazil, The Embassy of Switzerland, The Embassy of India, The Embassy of Peru, The Embassy of Israel and The Embassy of Portugal. Other media supporters include Happening Magazine, Bioscope Magazine and Music & Art Magazine.

The 8th World Film Festival of Bangkok will be held at Paragon Cineplex and Major Cineplex Sukhumvit (Ekamai) from 5 to 14 November, 2010. Tickets are Bt100 and Bt50 for students. For more information please check out www.WorldFilmBKK.com.

BUSAN BIDS TO BECOME HUB 0F ASIAN FILM WORLD

By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 10/16/2010
Busan bids to become hub of Asian film world

Asia's largest film festival signed off this week with a promise to make the South Korean port city of Busan not only the hub of Korean cinema but of the entire region.


Busan bids to become hub of Asian film world

The 15th Pusan International Film Festival closed with a glittering ceremony Friday night at the Haeundae Yachting Centre and a world premiere screening of the three-part production "Camellia".

The joint effort by Thai director Wisit Sasanatieng, South Koreas Jang Joon-Hwan and Japan's Isao Yukisada pays homage to Busan and was put together under the eye of veteran festival director Kim Dong-Ho, who now retires from his post after 15 years in charge.

It was a fitting way to bring the curtain down on the latest edition of a festival which grew from humble beginnings to become the premier cinematic gathering in the region -- providing a window into Asian independent film.

Kim said the challenge ahead was to establish Busan as the centre of the Asian film world. The inauguration next year of the 133 million dollar Dureraum, or Busan Film Centre, will go some way toward achieving that goal.

But the festival will miss the guidance of the 73-year-old Kim, who has been credited with helping introduce a generation of Asian filmmakers -- from Park Chan-Wook ("Old Boy") to Bong Joon-Ho ("Mother") -- to the rest of the world.

"Next year we move physically into a new facility and psychologically Mr Kim is not going to be with us, but we will hold on to traces of Mr Kim and try to move the festival forward," said co-director Lee Yong-Kwan.


South Korean films dominated the festival's awards this year.

Park Jung-Bums "The Journals of Musan" and Yoon Sung-Hyuns "Bleak Night" -- both mature, measured looks at aspects of modern Korean society -- took the two 30,000 dollar prizes awarded in the main New Currents section for first or second time Asian directors.

They showed the depth of talent in independent Korean cinema, while audiences, including representatives of the international film industry, were also given a taste of the mainstream films which have recently been drawing crowds across South Korea.

Director Lee Jeong-Beom's ultra-violent thriller "The Man from Nowhere" -- second only to the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" at the Korean box office this year -- proved a hit for visitors to the country. So did Kim Jee-Woons blood-splattered "I Saw the Devil".

Outside of films from the host country, China came to Busan with a mixture of small, independent films and blockbusters and showed just why box office receipts in that country are spiralling upwards.

The China Film Producers Association has estimated that by 2015 China will be ranked second behind the United States in terms of box office turnover.

Receipts by then are predicted to reach close to five billion dollars, and its a fair guess to think that local cinema will take a share of those riches.

Director Li Weirans madcap but socially aware comedy "Welcome to Sharma Town" was a hit with fans and critics alike.

And international visitors who for the first time saw Feng Xiaogangs earthquake-themed actioner "Aftershock" -- Chinas all-time box office leader with receipts of 98.9 million dollars -- were left suitably impressed.

The festivals special sections were also well received.

They included a revealing look at work by Kurdish filmmakers, while "A Window on Asian Cinema" featured some regional gems, such as Japanese maverick Takashi Miikes take on the samurai genre, "Thirteen Assassins".

"Twenty years ago in the film world it was Hollywood, Europe and the rest of the world. Now its Hollywood, Asia and the rest," said noted film scholar Thomas Elsaesser, in Busan as part of the jury for the Flash Forward award for first or second time non-Asian directors.

That awards 20,000 dollar first prize was won by the Swedish director Lisa Langseths "Pure", which features a haunting performance from Alicia Vikander as a young woman whose life is changed after she witnesses a performance of Mozarts "Requiem".

A total of 306 films were screened over the festivals 10 days, with 101 of them being world premieres.

Organizers reported that 182,046 people turned up to watch them -- and to attend the beachside talks with international stars such as Hollywoods Willem Dafoe and French star Juliette Binoche as well as local heartthrob Won Bin.

At the 5th Asian Film Market, which runs concurrently with the main festival, business was reported to be brisk rather than brilliant.

Most of the sales for distribution of films such as Chinese director Tsui Harks actioner "Director Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" - currently the Chinese box office champ -- were to other Asian markets and to Europe rather than to the United States.

But more deals are expected to be signed when the film festival circuit moves to events in Tokyo (October 23-31) and the American Film Market (November 3-10).

However, there were reminders that cinema isn't always simply about business at the box office.

"For me this festival is famous around the world for supporting young, independent filmmakers," said Iraqi director Mohamed Al-Daradji, whos "Son of Babylon" screened as part of the "A Window on Asian Cinema" section.

The film is Iraq's official Oscar submission for the 2011 awards.

"It is a thrill for us to come here and to find an audience and a festival that is just so supportive of what young filmmakers are trying to do," he said.

COPPOLA WINS VENICE FILMFEST’S GOLDEN LION

By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 9/12/2010

Coppola wins Venice filmfest's Golden Lion

US director Sofia Coppola won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival for "Somewhere", a father-daughter drama set in the lonely world of Hollywood moviemaking.

Coppola wins Venice filmfest's Golden Lion

From that first enchanted screening it grew and grew in our hearts, in our minds, in our affections," said jury president Quentin Tarantino, Coppola's former boyfriend, as he announced the top prize, adding that the decision had been unanimous.

The Silver Lion for best director went to Alex de la Iglesia of Spain for his dark comedy "A Sad Trumpet Ballad", a love triangle in a zany circus setting which the director said was an attempt to "exorcise" the enduring pain of the Spanish Civil War.

Jerzy Skolimowski's "Essential Killing" about an American Taliban who is captured in Afghanistan, "rendered" to Poland, then escapes into an endurance test in snowy mountains, won the special jury prize as well as a best actor award for Vincent Gallo.

Tarantino also announced a "Special Lion" for cult director Monte Hellman, who was in Venice with "Road to Nowhere", a complex romantic noir thriller.

The veteran US director, 78, was the executive director of Tarantino's debut film, the 1992 crime flick "Reservoir Dogs".

"This director is both a great cinematic artist and a minimalist poet," Tarantino said of Hellman. "His work was an inspiration to this jury and it is our honour to honour him."

The jury at the world's oldest film festival also included fellow directors Arnaud Desplechin of France, Guillermo Arriaga of Mexico and Italian Gabriele Salvatores.

"Somewhere", which reflects the peculiar desolation of the Hollywood lifestyle, is about A-list actor Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) and his daughter Cleo (12-year-old Elle Fanning), adrift in the lonely world of Hollywood moviemaking.

"I try to put myself in all the characters that I write," the 39-year-old Oscar winner for "Lost in Translation" told a news conference after accepting the award.

Among the people she thanked was her father Francis Ford Coppola, "for teaching me".

Iglesia, 44, said ahead of the screening of "A Sad Trumpet Ballad" that it was "an exorcism of anguish through humour, irony, comedy mixed with the noir genre so everything can have a proper burial."

The Spanish director, whose 1995 horror comedy "The Day of the Beast" won cult status in his homeland, added: "This is a love story, a crazy, ruthless, wild kind of love. The anxiety and the search for revenge lead to the destruction of the object of love."

On Saturday he said: "The trick is how best to mix the elements."

An award for best photography went to Mikhail Krichman in the film "Silent Souls" by Russia's Aleksei Fedorchenko, the tender story of a member of Russia's vanished Merya minority who drives thousands of miles to bury his wife in a sacred lake according to ancient pagan rituals.

The visual and lyrical feast for the senses paints a compelling portrait of a people long ago assimilated into Russia's Slavic mainstream who nevertheless retain their myths and traditions.

Ariane Labed of France won a best actress award for her role in the experimental film "Attenberg" by Athina Rachel Tsangari of Greece.

Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" garnered the Marcello Mastroianni prize for best young actress for the performance of Mila Kunis, 27, the duplicitous friend of an ambitious but psychologically tormented prima ballerina played by Natalie Portman.

Twenty-four films competed in the Mostra, which screened 79 full-length world premieres from 34 countries all together over 11 days.

PUSAN FILM FESTIVAL TO OFFER RECORD NUMBER OF PREMIERES

By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 9/7/2010

Pusan film festival to offer record number of premieres

One of Asia's most prestigious film festivals will feature a record number of world premieres when it gets under way next month for a 15th year, organisers said Tuesday.

Pusan film festival to offer record number of premieres

The Pusan International Film Festival, to be held in South Korea's southern city of Busan from October 7-15, will feature 308 movies from 67 countries.

Organisers said 103 films would have their first public screening at the festival, which focuses on discovering new movies and first-time directors from across Asia.

Another 52 films which were only previously screened in their countries of origin would make their international debut in Busan.

"Under the Hawthorn Tree", a Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou, who also directed the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, will open the festival.

It will close with "Camellia", an omnibus film of three separate short pieces about the city of Busan directed by Wisit Sasanatieng of Thailand, Isao Yukisada of Japan and Jang Jun-Hwan of South Korea.

"This year is for discovering new directors who will lead the future of the film industry. This will provide an opportunity for the films to become more contemporary and more revolutionary," organisers said in a statement.

The Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami will lead an education programme for young aspiring filmmakers from 16 countries. His "Certified Copy" earned its lead actress Juliette Binoche the Best Actress award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Invited guests include French actress Binoche, British actress Jane March, Tang Wei of China, Japanese actress Miyazaki Aoi and directors such as Oliver Stone of the United States, Spain's Carlos Saura and Ann Hui of Hong Kong.

The festival will also include a forum on the illegal distribution of movies over the Internet, which is severely damaging the industry.

Taiwanese director Tsai Ming Liang has been chosen as Asian Filmmaker of the Year for his work in pioneering unexplored areas that overcome the limitations of the art film industry.

VENICE FILM FEST FIGHTS ITS CORNER AS CRISIS BITES

Venice film fest fights its corner as crisis bites (Reuters)
Source: Reuters Tue Sep 07, 2010, 6:38 am EDT

VENICE (Reuters) - A dearth of big Hollywood stars, Venice's notoriously high costs, fierce competition from Toronto -- this year's film festival on the Lido is fighting to keep its place on the map as one of cinema's most prestigious events.

The venue itself is a building site, with completion of the long-delayed new Palazzo del Cinema -- its main screening theater -- now not expected until 2012.

On the waterfront, the legendary Hotel Des Bains where Thomas Mann set his "Death in Venice" classic -- and Luchino Visconti shot its famous film adaptation -- is shut, and work is under way to convert it into luxury apartments.

With the recent financial crisis still biting, and both the industry and media in cost-cutting mode, the Mostra del Cinema is feeling the heat from the Toronto festival, which overlaps with Venice and is showing many of the same films.

Its location in North America, lower costs and the presence of so many deal-making industry executives all make Toronto a tempting and cheaper alternative for studios keen to showcase their films as the unofficial cinema awards race gets underway.

"For American stars it's just a lot easier to go to Toronto, and for producers it's a matter of money -- it costs a third of what Venice does or less," said Natalia Aspesi, a veteran critic for Italian daily La Repubblica.

As the festival, the world's oldest, hits the half-way mark ahead of the awards ceremony on Saturday, most film watchers agree this year's line-up on the Lido is strong but may lack the defining masterpiece that makes for a vintage year.

Films tipped to bag the top Golden Lion prize include China's "The Ditch," a hard-hitting look at the fate of political prisoners condemned to forced labor camps in 1960.

Another critics' favorite is "Essential Killing," with Vincent Gallo starring as a suspected Taliban fighter on the run from U.S. forces -- and not uttering a single word throughout the film.

Outside the competition, Casey Affleck's documentary on Joaquin Phoenix and his transition from acclaimed actor to shambolic hip-hop wannabe -- whether a hoax or not -- captivated viewers and kept media attention high.

Still, directors like Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Danny Boyle have all opted to premiere their latest films in Toronto, whose own movie showcase kicks off on September 9.

Marco Mueller, the respected chief of the 12-million euro Venice festival, has put on a brave face, insisting he believes the two events could continue to exist side-by-side.

"I'm convinced that Venice is still strong," he told Reuters, adding that "the visibility, the impact of a film is created here and the market potential of the film is then completely assessed only in Toronto."

He is also keen to point out that he deemed some films screening in Toronto just not good enough for Venice, especially when they come with strings attached by the studios. For example, he turned down "The American," with George Clooney, which producers wanted to open his festival.

Instead Mueller opted for youth -- the average age of directors in the main competition is an unusually low 47 -- and Hollywood misfits rather than A-listers this year.

Stars on the Lido red carpet, vital to feed the media buzz around a festival, have so far included Natalie Portman, Catherine Deneuve and Quentin Tarantino -- but that is a far cry from celebrity-studded editions seen in the past.

"Toronto is becoming more aggressive and it is a great launching pad for North America. Now they've also started getting a higher profile internationally, and that has to be a concern for Venice," said a publicist who asked not to be named.

"Still, the Biennale has been around a long time and if they can get their politics right then I think Venice still has a future. But they need to react to a changing landscape and increasing competition," he said.

THE 63RD EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO

Festival del film Locarno
15.08.2010 Olivier Père’s first edition concluded

The 63rd edition of the Festival del film Locarno, the first under the French new Artistic Director Olivier Père, concluded on Saturday August 14. Rain meant that the closing ceremony had to be transferred indoor to the Auditorium Fevi, rather than its traditional home on the Piazza Grande.

The Pardo d’oro 2010 (Golden Leopard) went to the Chinese film Han Jia (Winter Vacation) by LI Hongqi – whose project participated in the Festival’s Open Doors coproduction lab last year. World rights for the film have been bought during the Festival by French distributor Capricci Films.

The total number of spectators for the 63rd Festival is of 148,436 (compared to 157,057 in 2009). This decrease was naturally mainly caused by the Piazza Grande results (52,300 spectators, compared to 58,100 in 2009), which were affected by four nights of rain or cold weather. Nevertheless, those numbers will be object of a detailed analysis by the Festival’s Directorship. The Festival registered an excellent attendance in the theatres, with stable results despite the substantial reduction in the number of films (280 in this year’s programme compared to 397 in 2009) and one less screen (Cinema Otello). And the Festival once again drew a large number of film professionals this year, a total of 3852 delegates, of whom 900 were « industry » accredited and 875 journalists from all over the world.

In terms of programming, the 63rd edition was marked by youth: from the filmmakers, actors, and members of the various juries to the directors and protagonists of the films in the official selection, which featured no less than 22 first films and premières, and by strongly affecting evenings on the Piazza Grande with such honoured guests as filmmakers JIA Zhang-ke and Alain Tanner (both recipients of the Pardo d’onore Swisscom 2010), filmmaker Francesco Rosi (Career Pardo), producer Menahem Golan (the Raimondo Rezzonico Prize for Best Independent Producer) and actors Chiara Mastroianni (Excellence Award Moët & Chandon) and John C.Reilly. Other notable hits were seen in the crowds flocking to the retrospective of that master of comedy Ernst Lubitsch, and sell-outs for short films in the 20th anniversary of the «Pardi di domani» section. The 2010 edition also had a big success with its new initiatives, such as the Industry Days – three days of screenings and meetings for professionals – and the Locarno Summer Academy – a new training programme for students and young film professionals.

Photos and videos from the 63rd Festival are all viewable here.

The 64th edition of the Festival del film Locarno will take place August 3 – 13, 2011.

CHINA, SOUTH KOREA SWEEP ASIAN FILM AWARDS

By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 3/22/2010

China, South Korea sweep Asian film awards

China and South Korea blitzed the Asian Film Awards this year, dominating top honours including best picture, best actor and best actress at the ceremony in Hong Kong Monday.

"Mother", a South Korean mystery thriller about a woman's quest to prove the innocence of her mentally incapacitated son by taking it upon herself to investigate the murder of a teenage girl, grabbed the best film award.

Producer Moon Yang-kwon said after the ceremony that it was a very challenging film to shoot.

"It's very tough. But I decided to make the film because I felt very touched after reading the script," he told reporters.

"Every one of us has a mother. The film illustrates very well the way children feel towards their mothers and vice versa."

Kim Hye-ja, who played the mother, beat China's Li Bingbing and Japan's Matsu Takako to the best actress award.

Chinese director Lu Chuan won the best director award for his feature film "City of Life and Death", which tackles the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, where hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians were killed by Japanese soldiers.

Lu said the biggest challenge in making the film was to conquer his fear of death.

"I was really afraid of dying. But I had to learn to face death and tried to express it every day during the production period."

Wang Xueqi from mainland China won the best actor award for starring in "Bodyguards and Assassins" as a businessman who provided financial aid for the revolutionary movement led by Sun Yat-sen, Father of China, in the early 20th century.

"Raise the Red Lantern" director Zhang Yimou won the prize for outstanding contribution to Asian cinema.

Zhang, whose films catapulted mainland Chinese actresses Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi into internationally acclaimed star status, said his hopes were pinned on the new generation of Asian directors.

The prize for top-grossing film director for 2009 went to action supremo John Woo for Red Cliff, which is also reportedly the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in Chinese film history.

Woo, originally from Hong Kong, is best known for directing Hollywood blockbuster "Mission: Impossible II".

Veteran Indian film producer and actor Amitabh Bachchan, dubbed the "Godfather of Bollywood", was given the lifetime achievement award.

"In a world that is fast disintegrating, I believe cinema is one medium that brings all of us together in love, in friendship, and in cooperation, " said Bachchan.

Hong Kong singer-cum-actor Nicholas Tse was crowned best supporting actor for his role in "Bodyguards and Assassins." Tse starred as a rickshaw puller who sacrificed himself to protect Sun Yat-sen from assassins.

Best supporting actress went to Hong Kong television veteran Wai Ying-hung, for playing an emotionally disturbed single mother in "At the End of Daybreak", a joint production between Hong Kong, South Korea, and Malaysia.

Ng Meng-hui was named best newcomer in the same film for playing an innocent teenage girl.

The Asian Film Festival, held annually since 2007, is aimed at showcasing the region's movie talent. The awards were dominated by South Korea in its first two years, but Japan stole the show last year.

Thirty-seven films vied for 14 prizes this year.

WORLDEAF CINEMA FESTIVAL

The Gallaudet University WORLDEAF Cinema Festival will showcase competitive short films, feature films, videos and vlogs created by deaf and hard of hearing filmmakers. The festival will take place November 4-7, 2009 at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.. Academy Award-winning actress, Marlee Matlin, is the festival’s honorary chair. The festival seeks to increase awareness of deaf cinema within the greater film and media industry, and provide international deaf filmmakers with unique professional networking opportunities. Hearing filmmakers are also invited to submit their visual media products that include the deaf experience. For additional information, view the website at http://wdcf.gallaudet.edu.

Dates: November 4 – 7, 2009

Welcome from
Honorary Chair
Marlee Matlin

Welcome to the Gallaudet WORLDEAF Cinema Festival website! This international festival will take place November 4-7, 2009 in Washington, D.C., and I hope to see you there.

Pioneer Deaf filmmaker George W. Veditz said “As long as we have our films, we can preserve signs in their old purity.” That means Deaf Cinema is indeed here to stay! I invite you to join us as we celebrate the work of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing filmmakers of the past, the present, and the future. The WORLDEAF Cinema Festival offers unique opportunities to network with motion picture industry leaders, and you’ll also have opportunities to participate in discussion forums on production, marketing,and distribution issues. Daily screenings of films and videos will showcase new and classic works. Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing filmmakers who produce films with or about deaf or hard-of-hearing people are invited to submit works to the competition.

This will be a truly significant milestone in the history of deaf filmmaking so be sure to mark your calendar to attend this exciting event. I’m looking forward to seeing you there.


Marlee Matlin

12TH UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL

Mission

We are delighted to announce the 12th United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF), which was originally conceived to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was created with the help of members of the Stanford Film Society and United Nations Association Midpeninsula Chapter, a grassroots, community-based, nonprofit organization. The 12th UNAFF will be held from October 17-25, 2009 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. The theme for this year is “ENERGY AND THE WORLD.”

UNAFF celebrates the power of films and videos dealing with human rights, environmental themes, women’s issues, protection of refugees, homelessness, racism, children, disease control, universal education, war and peace. In the past eleven years, UNAFF has screened some exceptional documentaries, many of which went on to win prestigious awards, among them ten films that received Oscar nominations and five that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. These films often elicit a very personal and emotional response that encourages dialogue and action, by humanizing global and local problems. Last year UNAFF jurors reviewed over four hundred and forty submissions. Our final program consisted of forty-one films related to issues from Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Congo, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, Kenya, France, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, the UK, the US and Vietnam.

Encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive response from our audience and the media, we established in 2000 a Traveling Film Festival (TFF) which is typically organized with universities, UNA Chapters and community organizations across the US and internationally. So far the UNAFF TFF has taken place in San Francisco, Berkeley, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Davis, Saratoga, Sonoma, Sebastopol, San Diego, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Honolulu, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington DC, New York, Burlington at University of Vermont, New Hampshire, Bellevue, Durham at Duke University, New Haven at Yale University, Waukesha at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Boston and Cambridge at Harvard University and internationally in Paris, Venice, Belgrade and Phnom Penh.

UNAFF gives four awards—the Stanford Video Award for Cinematography and the Stanford Video Award for Editing (sponsored by Stanford Video), as well as the UNAFF Grand Jury Award for the Best Short Documentary and Best Long Documentary. Our relentless efforts in promoting awareness of global issues have been rewarded at the annual UNA Convention in New York, where UNAFF received the prestigious Earl W. Eames Award for innovatively combining new technologies with traditional media. We are also proud that UNAFF has twice won WAVE Awards for the best trailer.

UNAFF is an independent project of the UNA-USA, a nonprofit organization. We welcome your support, financial or otherwise, in helping us put together a festival that promotes documentary filmmaking as a tool for social and political understanding and which facilitates community participation in effecting international change. By making a tax-deductible donation to UNAFF you will directly give a chance to tens of thousands of people to see these important documentaries that bring us together as a diverse community. Please send your gift (check payable to UNAFF) to: UNAFF, P.O. Box 19369, Stanford, CA 94309. All donations are tax deductible.

Warmest regards,
Jasmina Bojic
Founder and Executive Director, UNAFF/UNAFF Traveling Film Festival

October 17-25, 2009 Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University celebrates the power of international documentary films dealing with human rights issues, environmental themes, protection of refugees, famine, homelessness, racism, disease control, women’s issues, children, universal education, war and peace. Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we have chosen the theme: ENERGY & THE WORLD

Formats: 16mm and 35mm film; Beta SP, DVD (NTSC)
Preview: on 1/2″ VHS (PAL/NTSC), DVD (NTSC region 0 or 1)
All lengths are eligible

Entry fee: $25 for films up to 30 min. (late deadline $35)
and $35 for films longer than 30 min. (late deadline is $45)
Please send a check or money order payable to UNAFF or use PayPal using UNAFF web site www.unaff.org
Early Deadline – May 25, 2009
Regular Deadline – JUNE 1, 2009
Late deadline – June 9, 2009

Entry Form: Print from www.unaff.org or www.withoutabox.com

Awards:
* UNAFF Grand Jury Award for Best Long Documentary
* UNAFF Grand Jury Award for Best Short Documentary
* Stanford Video Award for Cinematography
* Stanford Video Award for Editing

Please submit screening materials and background info to:
UNAFF 2009
Stanford University
10 Alvarado Row – CERAS/CFLP, Room 125
Stanford, CA 94305-3084
Questions/comments: Email info@unaff.org or call (650) 724-5544

5TH ASIAN FILM ACADEMY

Pusan International Film Festival in Korea holds its 5th Asian Film Academy (AFA2009) this year.Having its fifth edition this year, AFA has helped young talents find their identity as Asian filmmakers. AFA has provided meeting ground such as workshop, master class, mentoring, short-film production for young and established filmmakers to work together as well as to exchange their thoughts and visions. And it is such a special experiences for them to make own their film under the direction of the prominent Asian directors and talented faculty staffs.AFA has grown into the center of the Asian Film Network where the talented young Asian filmmakers dream of their future together.

Dongseo University, Korean Film Council Korean Academy of Film Arts, and Pusan International Film Festival are the co-host of AFA.

AFA 2009 will be held for 17 days from October 1 to 17. Application period will be from April 14 to May 30, 2009. Applicants for the program should summit application form, other requested documents and portfolio to AFA office (T. 82-2-3675-5097, F. 82-2-3675-5098, afa@piff.org). Please see the detailed information in guideline at AFA website (http://afa.piff.org).

1. Eligibility
 Who has an UN defined Asian nationality (18 years old or older) seeking one's dream and future in film
 Who has professional experience in directing, cinematography, editing or sound design at least for two short films or has worked as a main staff more than one feature film
 Who can communicate in English
 Who submits all required documents and supporting materials
 Who can diligently attend all programs during the 17 days session
 Who has never attended AFA before

2. How to Apply
AFA 2009 will be held for 17 days from October 1 to 17.
Application period will be from April 1 to May 30, 2009.

Applicants should mail their application package including a completed application form to AFA office with address below.
The application form is available at http://afa.piff.org
After mailing your application, please notify AFA in e-mail that you have done so. (afa@piff.org)

 - A completed application
 - Personal statement should be up to 2 pages in A4. Your statement should have;
. introduction of yourself in relation to film work
. why you wish to attend AFA
. your future plans in film work
 - A letter of recommendation: A letter from someone who can certify the applicant's ability and enthusiasm for filmmaking.
(including the recommender's phone number and e-mail address)
 - Portfolio: VHS or DVD format of your film that you worked as a director, cinematographer or a main member of film crew.
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* Please let us know if it is NTSC or PAL before you submit your portfolio
* If the language of your portfolio is not English, please send us English subtitled version or summit with English script.

PARIS CINEMA IFF / PARIS PROJECT 2009

CALL FOR ENTRY

PARIS PROJECT, 7th edition
The Paris Cinema IFF’s co-production and development platform
July 6 to 9, 2009
MK2 Bibliothèque (Paris, 13e), Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, 13e)

The ambition of Paris Project is to bring together key players in the French and European film industry, around international production projects that are not yet finalised. In 2008, more than 220 professionals (24 countries represented) attended Paris Project and 350 meetings were scheduled...
Information and registration: Click here

PARIS PROJECT MEETINGS

Paris Project invites the foreign filmmakers and producers of the selected projects in development to spend 4 days in Paris: personalised appointments and meetings are organized with French and European professionals who are likely to be interested in those selected projects and to bring them financial support through co-production or presales.Deadline for projects application: April 30, 2009 (please note that projects have to be submitted by a production company and projects submitted should not have French partners attached)
Information and registration: Click here

PARIS PROJECT SCREENINGS

For the third time in 2009, Paris Project will organise Screenings of films in postproduction seeking partners such as sales agents and/or distributors to achieve completion.Deadline for films in post-production application: Mai 22, 2009 (please note that projects have to be submitted by a production company and projects submitted should not have French partners attached)
Information and registration: Click here

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS

Paris Project will hold seminars and workshops on distribution issues (in collaboration with Europa Distribution) and co-production between Europe and Asia.With the participation of experts, producers, sales agents, official representatives, etc...In 2009, a special focus will be put on Catalonia, South-Korea and Turkey.

Some of the projects selected for Paris Project Meetings in the previous years:
Adela by Adolfo Alix Junior / Philippines (Screenings 2008)
Bitch (Biao Zi) by Lou Ye / China - France (Paris Project 2007)
Can Go Through Skin by Esther Rots / Netherlands (Screenings 2008)
The Drummer by Kenneth Bi / Hong-Kong (Paris Project 2003)
Egg (Yumurta) by Semih Kaplanoglu / Turkey – France - Germany (Paris Project 2006)
La Fine del Mare by Nora Hoppe / Germany – France (Paris Project 2003)
Love and Other Crimes by Stefan Arsenijevic / Serbia (Paris Project 2006)
I Am From Titov Veles byTeona Strugar Mitevska / Macedonia (Paris Project 2005)
Khadak by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth / Belgium - Mongolia (Paris Project 2003)
River People by He Jianjun / China (Screenings 2007)
Salt of This Sea by Annemarie Jacir / France – Palestine – Netherlands – USA - Spain (Paris Project 2005)
The Silent Wedding by Horatiu Malaele / Romania - France (Paris Project 2007)
Zion And His Brother by Eran Merav / Israel – France (Paris Project 2005)

Information & Registration
Paris Cinema IFF / Paris Project
155 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, Francetel: 33 (0)1 55 25 55 25fax: 33 (0)1 43 67 09 50
www.pariscinema.org

Head of Paris Cinema IFF: Aude Hesbert
Head of Paris Project: Lucas Rosant / Coordination: Thibaut Bracq
parisproject@pariscinema.org

14 OURENSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

In 2008, 1,533 films from 83 countries were submitted to the 13 Ourense International Film Festival. For 8 days, 301 films were screened in 10 venues (115 in the competition section and 203 out of competition).

The 14 Ourense International Film Festival, which take place from October 10th to 17th 2009, has opened its call for entries to films in 35mm or video that have been produced in 2008 and 2009.

The 14 Festival's International Competition is composed of 5 Official Sections:

1. Fiction Feature Films (60 minutes or longer)
2. Documentaries (any running time)
3. Fiction Short Films (less than 60 minutes)
4. Animated Films (any running time)
5. New Media (audiovisual productions, installations, video-art creations, films for mobile phones, TDT, etc. of any running time which, using non-traditional formats and/or techniques, explore new creative and communicative ways)

We are pleased to announce you the Festival's interest in having your works submitted to our competition.

Please follow this instructions in order to submit your film:

1. Fill in the digital entry form on the website www.ouff.org, and submit it online to the Festival.
2. In order to complete the registration, send a printed copy of this entry form properly filled in and signed to the Festival headquarters, enclosing in the envelope a DVD copy of the film, stills, the list of the dialogues and a director's photo.

Submission deadline will be May 15th 2009.

We are at your disposal for any additional information you would require.

Looking forward to receive your submission, kind regards from Ourense



Antonio P. Ginori
Festival Coordinator
coordinador@ ouff.org

14 Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourense (10 - 17 Outubro/Octubre 2009)
14 Ourense International Film Festival (10 - 17 October 2009)

Praza do Auditorio Municipal
Rúa Canle Nº 2, esquina con Rúa Nuño de Ousende
C.P. 32004, Ourense España (Spain)

Apartado Postal (P.O. Box) 664, 32080 Ourense España (Spain)

Tel: + 34 988 22 41 27
Fax: + 34 988 26 96 19
Web: www.ouff.org
E-mail: coordinador@ ouff.org

ASIAN HOT SHOTS FESTIVAL AT MOGWAI CINEMATHEQUE

For two years now, the Asian Hot Shots Festival has been bringing a wide berth of independent Asian cinema to Berlin. The festival has served as a platform for cultural exchange between Germany and Asia in the fields of film and video art. On March 30, Monday, starting at 7 PM, the Asian Hot Shots festival will be making a brief stop at Mogwai Cinematheque. In its first ever foray outside Germany, the festival will be exhibiting its unique brand of eclectic Asian cinema to the Filipino people.

The festival will be showing two features and a program of short films. The schedule is as follows:

7 PM
THE LEGEND OF SHIVA AND PARVATI
Germany/India 2008, Krishna Saraswati, 85 min
Tracing back the Indian legend of Shiva and Parvati, this movie recounts a powerful love story written by life, which takes us from a small German village into the rough landscape of the Himalayas. Far away from the beach towns populated by hippies, a young Western woman meets an Indian ascetic and falls in love with him. 30 years later, their son seeks their traces. This film won the first ever Manfred Durniok prize, an award given to a film for outstanding achievement is biculturalism in film.

9 PM
Shorts Programme

HOOLAHOOP SOUNDINGS - Winner 2nd Prize Green Chilies Audience Award 2009
Indonesia 2008, Edwin, 7 min
It is a story of a girl who hula-hoops to let customers of phone sex hear the noise. It is a remade film of a graduate work by Joel Coen in college.
SUKRIT’S SUNDAYS
India 2008, Vasant Nath, 8 min
The magic of a simple ritual used to bring him and his grandfather together every Sunday for as long as he can remember.

EVOLVING IDENTITIES POST-INDEPENDENCE
India 2008, Elvis D’Silva, 1min
Using animated text, photographs and dynamic music, the film generates imagery from the lives of people that represent different facets of India. As characters appear in the frame, icons and images distinct to them highlight their evolving identities.

LAINER
Germany/China 2007, Dana Löffelholz & Anna Intemann, 8 min
Out of the heat into the frying pan. Long-term unemployed Rainer from Berlin tries to find a lucky new life in Beijing. However, this culture is completely alien to him.

SAVING MOM AND DAD
India 2007, Kartik Singh, 14 min
Eight-year- old Ravi learns at school that non-believers in Christ will go to hell. Knowing his parents are not Christian, his challenge is “Saving Mom and Dad.”

SHOPPING CART BOY
Taiwan 2007, Hou Chi-jan, 21 min
A love story between a supermarket employee and a shopping cart, the film tells a post-industrial allegory set on the fringes of an urban jungle of mega-marts.

A VERY SLOW BREAKFAST
Indonesia 2002, Edwin, 6 min
The film explores feelings about individuality and the loss of family values. An attempt to redefine the meaning of family in the changing realm of modernity.

KARA: THE DAUGHTER OF A TREE
Indonesia 2005, Edwin, 7 min
Kara’s mother has been killed and her father has disappeared. The intrusion of a journalist into her isolated life prompts her to seek her mother’s killer and an ultimate answer.

GANDHI AT THE BAT
USA 2006, Stephanie Argy & Alec Boehm, 11 min
In 1933 Gandhi made a top-secret trip to the United States. Now at last, newly unearthed newsreel footage proves the wild rumors true? And does it show? Gandhi is playing Baseball!

11 PM
HELL’S GROUND – ZIBAHKHANA
Pakistan 2007, Omar Ali Khan, 78 min
Zibahkhana is the first modern horror film to be shot in Pakistan. It breaks all of the rules of local productions and was made entirely independently. In the spirit of horror comics, the film tells the story of five teens who get lost on their way to a rock concert and then fall into the clutches of a family of backwoods killers. It includes a splattering of social commentary and several slices of dark humor, viewed from a distinctly Pakistani perspective.

So stop by Mogwai Cinematheque on March 30, and experience a branch of Asian cinema that you’ve never seen before.

13TH THAI SHORT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

Call for Entries for the 13th Thai Short Film and Video Festival


We are pleased to announce the call for entries for the 13th Thai Short Film and Video Festival held on 13-23 August 2009. The submission can be any genre, less than 30 minutes (in exception, documentary has no length limit) and completed after 1st January 2008. No entry fee.

Please submit your film on DVD format only to;

The 13th Thai Short Film and Video Festival
P.O. Box6, Phuttamonthon, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand 73170

Submissions deadline: May 31, 2009

Any inquiries, please feel free to contact us at thaishortfilmfestival@gmail.com

48TH INTERNATIONAL CRITICS' WEEK

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2009 SHORTS AWARDS

Shorts Awards Announced

The winners of the Festival’s 2009 shorts program were announced on Tuesday night.

(Posted by Todd Luoto on Jan 21, 2009 at 09:01 pm.)

On Tuesday, Festivalgoers – many of whom had been celebrating Tuesday as they welcomed a new president into the White House – continued their festivities by reveling in short-form storytelling with the Festival’s Shorts Awards and Party held at the Legacy Lodge last night.

After watching 96 films in this year's program, short film jurors Gerardo Naranjo (director/writer/producer: Voy a explotar, Perro Negro, among others); Lou Taylor Pucci (actor, The Informers, Thumbsucker); and Sharon Swart (journalist, Variety) made a few hard choices, and came up with the 2009 winners.

The International Jury Prize was awarded to the Swedish film Lies by Jonas Odell. Odell's animated vision features three perfectly true stories about lying: a burglar who, when found out, claims to be a moonlighting accountant; the boy who finds himself lying and confessing to a crime he didn’t commit; and the woman whose whole life has been a chain of lies.

The U.S. Jury Prize was awarded to Short Term 12 by Destin Daniel Cretton. Short Term 12 is about Denim, the supervisor of a residential facility housing kids who are all affected by child abuse and neglect. As Denim is able to keep things under control at the facility, his personal life crumbles around him and he soon realizes he is no better than the kids he is trying to help.

Honorable mentions were given to the following films: The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5, Protect You + Me, Western Spaghetti, Jerrycan, Love You More, I Live in the Woods, Omelette, and Treevenge.

This has been a notable year for the Festival’s shorts program. An all-time high 96 films were chosen from a record-breaking 5,632 submissions. Tuesday night's event further proved that short films are a vital part of the Festival mission, and just as entertaining, thought-provoking, and rich as their feature counterparts.

http://festival.sundance.org/2009/news/article/shorts_awards_announced/

I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS

I Love You Phillip Morris

US Narrative Feature Films

U.S.A., 2008, 100 mins., color

Director(s):

Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

Executive Producer:

Luc Besson

Producers:

Andrew Lazar, Far Shariat

Cinematographer:
Xavier Perez Grobet

Editor:

Thomas J. Nordberg

Production Designer:

Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski

Costume Designer:

David C. Robinson

With alacrity and style, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the codirectors of I Love You Phillip Morris, have fashioned an improbable, but true, tale of a spectacularly charismatic and resourceful con-man’s journey from small-town cop to flamboyant white-collar criminal. Concocted by the absurdist sensibilities and warped minds that were behind the creation of Bad Santa and centered around an eccentrically wonderful performance by Jim Carrey, the film relates a story that is truly stranger than fiction and showcases a love story that will not be denied. When a local Texas policeman, Steve Russell (Carrey), turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle (in more ways than one), his subsequent stay in the state penitentiary results in his meeting the love of his life, a sensitive fellow inmate named Phillip Morris, perfectly portrayed by Ewan McGregor. What ensues can only be described as a relentless quest as Russell attempts escape after escape and executes con after con, all in the name of love. This is the world of the preposterous: it plays like a farce but is vastly entertaining because it turns all that we take for granted about life on its head. As a primer on the irresistible power of a man who is either insane or in love (is there a difference?), I Love You Phillip Morris surely serves to remind us of the resilience of the human spirit.

CAST

Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro

http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/i_love_you_phillip_morris

6TH NAOUUSA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

6th Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival

Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival begins the preparation of the 6th edition. While significant changes took place, the willingness to continue presenting successful and qualitative events has increased. The festival places the digital cinema in its centre and supports the young creators. Furthermore, the festival makes the cultural goods accessible to everyone.

Naoussa Festival consists one of the most rapidly growing cultural events, promotes the cinematographic creation and contributes significantly in the regional development.
In these frames we are preparing the 6th Naoussa International Festival –which will take place the period from 7 to 10 of May 2009 – promising the organizing of an unforgettable cultural celebration.

We are in the pleasant position to announce the start of the official procedure of applications submission for participation in the 6th edition of the Naoussa Festival. The deadline for applications submission will be the 5th of February 2009. In the Naoussa Festival we accept films that belong to the fiction, animation and experimental categories. The Participation Terms and the Application form are available in the renewed Festival’s website (www.naoussafilmfestival.gr and www.niff.gr). The creators can submit their applications through our online submission system.

On the same time we announce the call for entries for participation in the department of mobile phove movies “movile”, confirming the pioneering and innovative character of the Naoussa Festival. The applications submission for the department of the mobile phone movies will last till the 20th of February 2009.

http://www.naoussafilmfestival.gr

GREEN CHILIES AUDIENCE AWARD

Eight feature films and 22 short films are nominated for this year’s Green Chilies Audience Award.

JAY (Francis Xavier Pasion, Philippines) is a grim, incisive satire and textbook of the manipulative mechanisms of mass media. The German Premiere ran in the section “Orizzonti” of this year’s Venice International Film Festival [1/14 20:00]. Pakistani Splatter is offered by self-entitled film-freak Omar Ali Khan’s first feature HELL’S GROUND - ZIBAHKHANA (Pakistan 2007) [Babylon 1/14 20:00 / Z-inema 1/18 20:00 ]. Emotionally and grippingly the European Premiere SALAWATI (Singapore) by Marc X Grigoroff, who will be introducing his film personally, tells how the death of her brother disrupts the family safe of a little Malay girl [1/15 19:45]. In his black-humored satire GOOD CATS (China, German Premiere) Beijing’s shooting star Ying Liang reveals the dark side of China’s economic miracle [1/15 20:00]. THEY CALL ME MONKEY (Djenar Maesa Ayu) represents this year’s focus country Indonesia [1/16 20:00]. From South-Korea we have TROPICAL MANILA (2008, German Premiere). In strong, explicit images, Lee Sang-Woo, who’ll attend the festival, tells the story of a Korean hiding in a poor neighbourhood in Manila after having comitted murder in his home country [1/16 20:00]. In surrealistic images, inspired by Butoh dance VERMILION SOULS from Japan mixes dream and reality. Iwana Masaki is one of contemporary Butoh’s living legends and will attend the German Premiere of his debut feature film [1/17 20:00]. In his first film as a director, the european Premiere INVISIBLE CHILDEN (Singapore), well-known media artist Brian Gothong Tang draws the humorously poingnant picture of daily life in present-day Singapur [1/17 20:00]. Brian Gothong Tang equally will attend his screening.

The nominated shorts from Japan, South-Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, India, Indonesia and Taiwan will be screened in three competition reels respectively on January 15th, 16th and 17th at 20:00 in Babylon.

The Green Chilies Audience Award 2009 is sponsored by Flexpoint. The Award for best feature and best short is doted 1000€ respectively. The two 2nd prizes are doted 500€ each. All four winners will be announced during the award ceremony January 18th 2009 at 20:00 in Babylon. The trophy is created by Sergej Dott.

http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com/eng/film-programme/index.html