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AWARD CELEBRATION
The 11th Festival International Signes de Nuit
Paris
October 10th - 20th 2013
Short Film Competition
Tuesday October 15th / 9 pm
Résidence Lucien Payé Cité Universitaire / Paris
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The Main Award :
Night Shift
Zia Mandviwalla |
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Night Shift
Zia Mandviwalla
New Zeland
2012 | 0:15:0
Salote, an airport cleaner starts another long night shift. She keeps her head down, does her job and gleans her survival from what others leave behind. No one would usually spare her a second glance.
Extrait:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O7bvtpz3Nk
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Jury Declaration :
For the very precise and emotional observation of one
of these night workers, who rarely are noticed or even
compleatly ignored by the travelers. |
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The Main Award
Special Mention :
A Simpler Life
Gunhild Enger |
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FRENCH PREMIERE
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A Simpler Life
Et enklere liv
Gunhild Enger
Sweden
2013 / 0:15:00
Ing-Marie and Carl are fully occupied. She exercises, he looks after the garden. They surround themselves with devices to simplify their lives, which just makes things even more complicated. The sun is shining, the machines are running, and Carl and Ing-Marie have stopped comunicating.
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Jury Declaration :
For the intrusion, in this Nght Festival, of a playful funny movie,
shoot in daylight and under the summery sun! |
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The Main Award
Special Jury Mention :
Brasa
Sebastian Mez |
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Brasa
Sebastian Mez
Germany
2012 | 0:25:40
Driven by dolor, a man returns to Sao Paulo after living for years in the desolate countryside. The big city, a place he had left long ago and that he now hopes will help him forget his current pain and find something to make life worth living again. It is the effort of a man desperate to kill off an increasing sense of inner emptiness, and to render life fulfilling once again.
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Jury Declaration :
On the thematic level, this film describes the existancial state
of loneliness among other people. The film is characterised
by a slow tempo-rhythm, that gives to the spectator the
opportunity to concentrate on the main character, but also on his own
way of being. We also note an impressiv editing. Especialy
the image/sound connestions create new significations. |
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The Signs Award :
Carrousel
Marcin Kaminski |
| The Signs Award is attributed to films treating an important subject
in an original, convincing and surprising way. |
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FRENCH PREMIERE
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Carrousel
Marcin Kaminski
Poland
2012 / 0:16:00
The ninth contingent of the Polish Military force in Afghanistan arrived in 2012. A Polish sapperis killed during routine patrol and the news quickly spread to the Polish base. How will the soldiers react to the terrible news? Will it be possible to hold back the rising tide of violence? A penetrating observation of war’s reality and the day-to-day lives of all the actors on that stage, including all hapless innocents.
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Jury Declaration :
For the importance of the subject - the war in Afghanistan - with a subtil treatment of emotion and an astonishing film editing. |
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The Signs Award
Special Mention :
Ebb and Flow
Gabriel Mascaro |
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FRENCH PREMIERE
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Ebb and Flow
A onda traz, o vento leva
Gabriel Mascaro
Brazil, Spain
2012 / 0:28:00
Rodrigo is a young deaf man from Recife, northeast Brazil who works installing car stereos in a small dealership on the outskirts of the town. Despite his deafness, sound penetrates his day-to-day life and he harnesses its vibrations, allowing it to pulse through his veins.
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Jury Declaration :
For the originality of treating the communication problems
of deaf and mutes and the challenges of a man who refuses to be beaten. |
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The Night Award :
The Peach Blossom Land : For a Rich Man
Mai Mai |
| The Night Award honors films, which are able to balance ambiguity and
complexity characterized by enigmatic mysteriousness and subtleness,
which keeps mind and consideration moving. |
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FRENCH PREMIERE
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The Peach Blossom Land : For a Rich Man
Mai Mai
China
2012 / 0:17:00
After Tao Yuanming, we found the peach blossom land again. Do you want to experience the beauty of Utopia? Have your money ready?
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Jury déclaration :
For the satirical and surprising way proving,
that the in the title announced «Peach Blossom Land» does not match
with reality, at least not for the non-wealthy ones. The film provoce us
to reflect about the absurdity of our society of consumation. |
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The Night Award
Special Mention :
The Peach Blossom Land : For a Rich Man
Mai Mai |
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Mountain in shadow
Montanña en sombra
Lois Patiño
Spain
2 012 / 0:14:00
A poetic view into the relationship of immensity between man and landscape. We contemplate, from the distance, the activity of the skiers on the snowy mountain. The pictorial image and the dark and dreamlike atmosphere transforms the space into something unreal, imprecise, converting it also in a tactile experience.
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Jury déclaration :
For the original way this poetic film treats the mountain
as a fully fledged being, avoiding all the clichés of touristm
documentaries. |
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