EUROPEAN AWARDS (OmeU)

IŽll wait for the next one...

A man enters a subway train and starts to speak: "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sorry to bother you. Don?t worry, I?m not here to beg for money... Let me introduce myself. My name is Antoine, I?m 29... I recently read in a magazine that there are about 5 million single women in France... Where are they ? I?m looking for a lady aged between 18 and 55 who?s also had trouble meeting someone in a conventional way and who wouldn?t mind giving a honest relationship with someone a shot..." "J?attendrai le suivant..." was nominated for the Oscar in 2003 and won the European Short Film Prize in 2004.

Festivals / Awards
CABOURG 2002, Best short film, Best actor; CINE CONTIS 2002, Public price; GRENOBLE 2002, PARIS (open air) 2002, Best short film; METZ 2002; BEAUREPAIRE 2002, Best short film; AUBAGNE 2002, ST PAUL TROIS CHATEAUX 2002, COSNE SUR LOIRE 2002, Best short film; VILLEURBANNE 2002, Best film Rhône Alpes prize; DIJON 2002; SARLAT 2002; INTERRAIL LILLE 2002; VENDOME 2002, Youth Jury Prize; STRASBOURG 2002; ALPES D?HUEZ 2003, Best short film; CLERMONT FERRAND 2003; VALENCIENNES 2003, Public Prize, Young Public Prize; ALES 2003; LILLE 2003; MONTLUCON 2003, Montluçon?s city prize; ST BENOIT DE LA REUNION, Audience Prize 2003 ; VELIZY 2003, Audience Prize; BREST 2003; FREJUS 2003, Jury Prize and Audience Prize; MARSEILLE 2004, Best Audience Prize; MONTREAL (Canada) 2002, Best short film; DRAMA (Greece) 2002, Honorary distinction; NAMUR (Belgium) 2002; LEEDS (GB) 2002; SAO PAULO (Brazil) 2002, Best short film; TEHERAN (Iran) 2002; VALLADOLID (Spain) 2002, Best short film, BUCAREST (Romania) 2002, Special Mention; RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) 2002; NEW YORK/AVIGNON 2003, Best short film; HUESCA (spain) 2003, Special prize of the jury, Special mention of the youth, Special mention of the critics; CAPALBIO (Italia) 2003, Prize of the best idea; CITADELLA DEL CORTO/ROMA 2003, Best Short Film; EXPRESSION EN CORTO/MEXICO 2003, Second Prize; Festival de Cologne (Allemagne) 2003, Public Prize; GHENT (BELGIUM) 2003, UIP Prize (Nomination to the European Short Film Award in 2004); REUS (Spain) 2004, Public Prize, Prize Bigas Lunas of the Best Story

The Most Beautiful Man In The World

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Adrian

Adrian is a poetic fiction film about love and devotion between mother and son, which is spoiled by the mother?s sudden meeting and short affair with a handsome Mediterranean man. The innocent mother-son relationship is replaced by new emotions as Adrian enters the adolescent world.

Festivals / Awards
1998
Best Slovenian Short Film 1998, Festival Of Slovenian Films- Portoroz;
Bojan Kastelic - Best Cinematographer, Festival Of Slovenian Films- Portoroz;
Silver Plague Award for Short Films 15 and over - 34. Chicago Film Festival;

1999
Grand Prix CANAL+ For Best Short Film - Film de Femmes, Creteil
FIPRESCI Award for Best Short Film - Sarajevo Film Festival

Fire Butterflies

A young Spanish woman and an illegal North African immigrant in Spain are two perfect strangers who are drifting without a direction and leaving behind a troubled past. A fast burning friendship forms by the light of an improvised fire in an abandoned building where they take shelter. They tell each other their life stories. Julia is a victim of repeated domestic violence which forced her to commit a crime. Said fled his country fearing for his life in the midst of political and military turmoil. Together they discover the value of friendship and find the strength to survive in a hostile world, embracing a better future.

This Charming Man

Danishman Lars Hansen?s social security number gets mixed up with that of El Hassan, a Pakistani immigrant. To get to the heart of Ida, the woman he loves, Lars slips into the role of El Hassan. Ida falls in love with El Hassan because Lars tends to be more himself as El Hassan than he is as Lars Hansen. In 2003 Martin Strange-HansenŽs short film won the OSCAR in the category Short Film Live Action.

Festivals / Awards
2002
Drama Int. Short Film Festival / Greece; Oulu Nordisk Panorama / Finland

2003
Clermont-Ferrand Festival Du Court Metrage / France; Aspen Shortsfest / USA; Moscow - Royal Danish Embassy / Russia;
Granada, Festival de Jóvenes Realizadores / Spain; Los Angeles, Oscar Tour 2003 USA / USA; Dresden Film Festival / Germany;
Salerno Film Festival Shadow Line / Italy; Krakow Documentary & Short Film Festival / Poland; Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival / Canada; Barcelona, inCURT, / Spain; Grimstad, Norwegian Short and Documentary Film Festival / Norway; Valencia Cinema Jove / Spain; Montecatini Film Festival / Italy; Göteborg Film Festival / Sweden; Trevignano La Cittadela Del Corto Festival / Italy
Locarno Int. Film Festival / Switzerland; Odense International Film Festival / Denmark; Flensburger Kurzfilmtage / Germany;
Sao Paulo Int. Short Film Festival / Brazil; Stuttgart Ludwigsburg European Short FF / Germany; Halifax Atlantic Film Festival / USA;
Athens International Film Festival / Greece; Palm Springs Int. Festival of Short Films / USA; Pusan International Film Festival
South Korea; Cork Film Festival Ireland; Bruxelles Cinedays; Aarhus Filmfestival / Denmark; Göteborg, International Exile Film Festival / Sweden; Absolut Skolebio Festival; Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage / Germany; Bristol Brief Encounters Short Film Festival; Exground Film Festival Wiesbaden / Germany; Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival / Brazil; Washington National Gallery of Art / USA;
Sydney Flicker Short Film Festival

2004
Mumbai Film Festival / India; Trondheim Minimalen Kortfilm Festival / Norway; Roskilde Festivalen - Manden med Cameraet; Montone Umbria Film Festival / Italy; Trevignano La Cittadela Del Corto Festival / Italy

Prizes awarded Clermont-Ferrand Festival Du Court Metrage 2003;
Prix du Public Granada, Festival de Jóvenes Realizadores 2003;
75th Academy Awards, 1st Prize, Short Film Live Action