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Award Nominations International Film Festival South Africa 2008

Awards ceremony takes place Saturday October 18th 2008 at The Everglades Country Resort, Dargle, South Africa.

See Hotel web siteink here:

http://www.everglades.co.za/

For further information on visiting the festival which runs from October 12 to October 18th contact:

Lyn Clelland, Manager, The Evergaldes Country Resort

email: everglades@sai.co.za

In some cases your category has be altered in order to gain a nomination place for your film.

If your film is listed below and you have not yet sent a final screening copy to South Africa (this does NOT include your submission copy sent to the UK) then send a copy asap with your WAB reference number on the DVD cover and the DVD to:

Everglades
P O Box 13144
Cascades
3202
Kwa Zulu Natal
South Africa

Failure to send a copy to South Africa for screening showing your WAB Reference could result in your film NOT being screened. Sending a copy is of vital importance.

We would also like to know if you wish to introduce your screening. Nominees must email aa@amritsa.com for their prized 'Nominted' laurel.

Animation

Los Algos (Spain)
sub. by Pol Mainat, Daniel Cerdà and Jaume Copons

A Letter to Colleen (U S A)
dir. by Carolyn London, Andy London

Glimpse (U S A)
dir. by Dustin Grella

Raccoon and Crawfish (U S A)
by Terrance Frederick

The Cave: An adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay (USA)
dir. by Michael Ramsey

Avant Garde

The Whole Truth (U S A)
dir. by Gerald Guthrie

Victims (Austria, Sweden)
dir. by Nino Strohecker

Heart Squared (Japan, U S A)
dir. by Mizuho Endo

Maro (U S A)
dir. by Michael Tedford

Alicja Wonderland (Poland, United Kingdom)
dir. by Martin Gauvreau

Student

Luck Is A Four-Letter Word (U S A)
dir. by Leigh Jurecka

Longshots (U S A)
dir. by Kate Buhrmaster

Through Glass (Israel)
dir. by Itamar Luria

The Last Chance (Germany, United Kingdom)
dir. by Lawrence Richards

Red Wednesday (U S A)
dir. by Nazanin Shirazi

Young Filmmaker

Gutbai, charly (United Kingdom)
dir. by Jorge Cassinello

Ser O Estar (Spain)
dir. by Wilson Stiner

Johnny Goner (U S A)
dir. by David Harris

The Way of Snow (U S A)
dir. by Justin Calen Chiang

THE WOMB (Australia)
dir. by Ruth Bell

First Film - USA

Alondra Smiles (U S A)
dir. by Conchita Nora Villa

MACHETERO (U S A)
dir. by vagabond Beaumont

Familiar Voices (Canada, U S A)
dir. by Danny Mendoza

The Harmful Effects of Violent Movies (U S A)
dir. by Xenon Cam

Sarbane's Oxley (U S A)
dir. by Ramcess Jean-Louis, Ramcess Jean-Louis

First Film - International

Daddy's Girl (United Kingdom)
dir. by Marcella Forster

The End (Canada)
dir. by Jeremy Thomas

Beneath The Tides (Australia)
dir. by Jacqueline Archer

Escamotage (Canada, New Zealand)
dir. by Patrick Kalyn

El Senor Presidente (Venezuela)
dir. by Romulo Guardia Granier

The largest prison on earth (Israel, United Kingdom)
dir. by Fernanda Fontes

Environment & Ecology

Karearea: The Pine Falcon (New Zealand) -
dir. Sandy Crichton

Mink Invasion (Germany)
dir. by Peter-Hugo Scholz

Maculinea - large blue butterflies (Germany)
dir. by Thomas Falkner

Then there were None (UK)
Jakob Eposito

Short Film: Gone [Bill Madden] (U S A)
dir. by Andrew Watson

Short Film

Barber (U S A)
dir. by Christopher Ventura

In The Genes (Australia)
dir. by Tony Chu

Peridot (United Kingdom)
dir. by Larry Cowan

DADDY LEFT ME ALONE WITH GOD" (Australia)
dir. Jonty Reason

My Ball (Eire)
dir. by Kevin O'Neill

Struck (U S A)
dir. by Taron Lexton

Pillow Girl (U S A)
dir. by Ronnie Cramer

Under 15 mins

My Country (Australia)
dir. by Odette Best

CRAVINGS (Sweden)
dir. by Andreas Lindergård

Uno degli Ultimi (Italy)
dir. by Paul Zinder

The Darkest WHITE (U S A)
dir. by Ashkin Damavandi Heydarypour

NO PASO NADA (Mexico)
dir. by Francisco Orvananos

LA Actors (U S A)
sub. by Ricardo Halpern

Under 20 mins

The River on Randolph Street (U S A)
dir. by zahik rizvi

Red Terror (Australia)
dir. by Joel Jonsson

Tents: The Patchwork Project (U S A)
sub. by francesca roveda

Virtuoso (U S A)
dir. by Biana Kovic

El Ojo Unico (Argentina)
dir. by Adrian Castagna

Murdering Mama's Boy (U S A)
dir. by Katherine Cunningham-Eves

Under 30 mins

Hallo Panda (United Kingdom)
dir. by Benjamin Blaine, Chris Blaine

Cutting Silence (Austria)
dir. by Reina-Marie Loader

The Miracle (U S A)
dir. by Jeffrey Jon Smith

The Pikers (U S A)
dir. by Cone Chamberlain

EPICAC (U S A)
dir. by Will Tully

Under 50 mins

Screenplay (South Africa)
dir. by Ben Collins

From Silence To Sound – (USA)
Dir Chase Matthews

We Dreamed America (United Kingdom)
dir. by Alex WALKER

En Forelskelse (Denmark)
dir. by Christian Tafdrup

Restaurando a Héctor (Spain)
dir. by DEA POMPA

Under 75 mins

Gangs of Baghdad code: V3153 (Switzerland)
dir. by Aida Schlaepfer

A Gal and her Gallery (United Kingdom)
dir. by Suzanne Campbell-Jones

The Jak (Indonesia)
dir. by Andibachtiar Yusuf

Blinded by Open Arms (U S A)
dir. by Alexie Elfmont

The HOOPING Life (U S A)
sub. by Amy Goldstein

Tao of the Traveller (Australia)
dir. by Robin Ramsay

LGBT

Lesbanese (Australia)
dir. by Alissar Gazal

STIFF LUV (Canada)
dir. by Adrian Keats

Horsepower (U S A)
dir. by Joel Moffett

Dr. Chong: Plastic Surgeon (U S A)
dir. by David D. Williams

Two Men Kissing (U S A)
dir. by Waide Riddle

Documentary - USA

No Vacancy (U S A)
dir. by Michael Tobias

The Meaning of Tea (U S A)
dir. by Scott Chamberlin Hoyt

Sink Faze (U S A)
dir. by Grant W. Graves

The Life Penalty (U S A)
dir. by David Quint

Do You Believe in Magic? (U S A)
sub. by Daniel Roth

Circus Rosaire (U S A)
dir. by Robyn Bliley

International Documentary

Leaving Home - life & music of Indian Ocean (India)
dir. by Jaideep Varma

Letters From Litein (Canada, Kenya)
dir. by Matt Palmer

These Shoes Weren’t Made For Walking (Canada)
dir Paul Lee

Being Rapanui (Chile)
dir. by Susan & Santi Hitorangi

Isla Chatarra (Puerto Rico)
dir. by Karen Rossi

WINTER IN PERU (Peru, U S A)
dir. by Cesar Varela

Documentary – Europe

Around the World in 21 Days (United Kingdom)
dir. by Jason Young

SAVIOURS (Ireland)
dir. by Ross Whitaker

Wahine (United Kingdom)
dir. by Sharon Barbour

Diumenge a les cinc (Spain)
dir. by Joan López

Dos Patrias Cuba y la noche (Germany)
dir. by Christian Liffers

Attikamekws Identities (Belgium)
dir. by Corentin Adolphy and Gaetan Saint-Remy

Documentary

Ubuntu: The Street Child Story (Australia)
dir. by Matt Nelson

La Maestra in the House (U S A)
dir. by Julia D'Amico

Children of Armageddon (Canada)
dir. by Fabienne Lips-Dumas

Bob Marley & Friends (U S A)
dir. by Saul Swimmer

The Water Front (U S A)
dir. by Liz Miller

WHAT I SEE WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES (Cambodia, USA)
dir. by Leslie Hope

An Unlikely Weapon (U S A)
dir. by Susan Morgan Cooper

African Documentary

Testing Hope: Grade 12 in the new South Africa (South Africa, U S A) dir. by Molly Blank

Memories of Rain - Szenen aus dem Untergrund (Germany)
dir. by Gisela Albrecht, Angela Mai

That's Life (Malawi, Mozambique, Netherlands, Peru, South Africa) dir. by Sander Veeneman

Children of Congo: From War to Witches (U S A)
dir. by Dan Balluff

SOMAY KU: A Uganda Tennis Story (U S A)
dir. by Rex Miller

African Underground: Democracy in Dakar (Senegal)
sub. by Ben Herson, Magee McIlvaine and Chris Moore.

Operation Promise: Exodus from Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
dir. by Dina Kadisha

Noir

A Separate Tribe (U S A)
dir. by Susan Keeton

He thinks he Bogie (France)
Dir Pascal Drummond

Lost Causes (U S A)
dir. by Peter VanOosting

Treasure of Riverside Park (U S A)
dir. by JSOK .

Its Black and Grey (UK)
Dir Nanan Dhansak

Feature Film- USA

Cordially Invited (U S A)
dir. by Michael Fouther

The Unidentified (U S A)
dir. by Kevan Tucker

Watercolors (U S A)
dir. by David Oliveras

The Outsider (U S A)
dir. by Joaquin (Kino) Gil

First Person Singular (U S A)
dir. by Sam Neave

One Water (U S A)
dir. by Sanjeev Chatterjee, Ali Habashi

Forever Strong (U S A)
dir. by Ryan Little

Feature Film- International

Cwcw (United Kingdom)
dir. by Delyth Jones

Deadmeat (UK)
dir. by Q

Hit for Six! (Barbados)
dir. by Alison Saunders-Franklyn

My way (Spain)
sub. by emsi primo

Potsdam (Germany)
Wolfgang Schwimmer

Discreet (80 mins South Africa)
Joshiua Rous

22. The Supreme Award For Best In Festival 2008.

All films screened qualify for this special award irrespective of a category short listing.