best shorts competition winners 2011
winners of 2011 best shorts competition [http://www.bestshorts.net/Winners.aspx] don't have their win listed on IMDb... so here goes!
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- DirectorPhillip BergStarsLillian IngbergJason NelsonMira NolteniusA serial killer on a romantic date. The plan is like always. To seduce and kill the victim. But perhaps this time it will turn out different.Winner of Best of Show
- DirectorSohan RoyWater Bombs gives a scientific explanation on the disastrous nature of the Mullaperiyar Dam. Some turn a blind eye towards the reality of a possible natural disaster and sustaining the need for a secured future of those people who render sleepless nights under the uncertain situation of the Mullaperiyar dam.
- DirectorPhil BuccellatoStarsNick EllsworthFor thousands of years, in Sri Lanka, humans and elephants have lived side by side in a relatively peaceful coexistence. We discover how years of civil war and an expanding human population has affected that long-standing association. Very few animals on this planet are regarded both as an object of worship and as an enemy. The Asian Elephant is now defined by this paradox. As the total number of elephants in the wild continues to plummet, conservationists are developing some innovative solutions to preserve this legendary animal.
- DirectorDavid StrongStarsGerry BlairCorrie BrinkTina ClearyIn the grey, limbo world that is Pacific Dreams Rest Home, the residents exist, but don't live. Grace, an elderly and determined lady, upsets the rules and struggles against the Head Nurse to bring life inside and uphold human dignity.
- DirectorBrendan ClogherAn elderly woman living in an abandoned town finds a camera, which becomes a means for her to recreate her past life and remember a lost love.
- DirectorIan CarrAndrew WesmanStarsRichard GelernterGrace MomotaPhoebe the Dog'Goodbye Bear' chronicles a young girl, Sissy, who lives in a world of childhood fantasies and wild imagination. With her best friend and pet dog Terrance by her side there are few adventures Sissy would not go on. However, when Sissy's father, Marty, learns his wife plans to leave him, he makes a terrible decision. Fueled by fear and desperation Marty kidnaps his own daughter, threatening to further destroy an already crumbling family. Sissy joins her distraught father on this new kind of adventure. Unlike her normal adventures this one takes her far from home to scary and dark parts of the world. For Sissy, her father is nothing but a large bear, an archetype she has absorbed from bed-time stories and children's television. Her father's fear of a wife relentlessly pursuing him and a very uncertain future are inaccessible to his daughter. To survive with his daughter, Marty must learn that Sissy is not something that can be stolen. Sissy, in turn, must lose some innocence to see through the 'bear' façade, perceiving the true face of her father and the extent of his misery if she ever hopes to help him. With a relentless wife close at their heels, and the police just one wrong turn away, Marty and Sissy may never solve the pains that lead them on their greatest adventure.
- DirectorVojin VasovicStarsStojan DjordjevicAleksandra UrosevicA metaphorical story about the constant struggle of the artist to reach those five minutes of limelight. A tale about an upswing and downfall, with the climax appearing concurrently and unexpectedly. The hermetical life of artists, who are enclosed into their own world of ideas, striving to create the epochal masterpiece. Even if they succeed, the image they create is the reflection of themselves. And with the same fervor, they repeat the process in endless cycles.
- DirectorMichael BassettStarsGriffin BassettMichael BassettKatherine CrockettRedemption comes in all shapes and sizes - and in many different ways. For 'The Man', it is in the delivery of The White Box. This short original film elevates dignity, love and kindness to a place we are all capable of and ultimately relate to when we lose the ones we love. It's all in The White Box.
- DirectorRyan PickettStarsStarina JohnsonJohn FergusonTheresa Meeker PickettDream-inspired movie LOOK examines the emptiness that accompanies beauty. When a model walks into a restaurant, barmaid Emma fantasizes. She glamorizes the life of the model. As the imaginary plain man John, Emma follows the model onto the set of a photo shoot. Escapism is a short relief for Emma who must eventually face her mundane life.
- DirectorSergio MyersStarsJeannine KasparRyan CaldwellTamara BelousovaOtis and Cynthia see their relationship suffer while each focuses on dreams of stardom.
- DirectorLawrence DortchStarsLawrence DortchFollows Asia Stevenson an 18-year-old female boxer from Washington DC hoping to qualify for the first women's U.S. Olympic boxing team and compete for gold in the 2012 Olympic games in London.
- DirectorAnna TroyanskayaStarsAnna TroyanskayaA girl is tormented by a hidden fear that spoils her relationship with her boyfriend. He leaves her alone in a park losing any hope of even a kiss. The abandoned girl goes into the forest where she meet the source of her torment.
- DirectorDonna Roman HernandezStarsJeff PowersJoseph PangaroCarmine PannulloUpon his release from prison, a New Jersey mob boss Joe Tullo seeks revenge against his corrupt Detective Sergeant cousin and an Internal Affairs Police Lieutenant when they betray his crime family.
- DirectorGarrick DucklerStarsGarrick DucklerThe Grudge, who "hates everyone and everything," finds himself host to a party thrown by his friends. A conversation with his best friend takes an unexpected turn that changes the Grudge's view of the party and possibly himself.
- DirectorR. Dave DeJohnStarsPeabo BrysonIlram ChoiDan GordonA birthday party ends with injuries - a bang, a cut, a burn, and a slip. Lurking in the green world are the Boo Boo Bandits - Ms. Hard, Mr. Sharp, Miss Hot and Mister Slippery, all led by the evil Grand Boo Boo. But the kids have a secret - they transform into Ouchbusters. And together they fly into the green world to destroy the Bandits. The Boo Boo Bandits with two time Grammy Award winner Peabo Bryson as 'The Grand Boo Boo' in a real fantasy world that grips kids of all ages to find ways to rid the world of Boo Boo Bandits. But beware. The Bandits are never gone for long. In fact, they're moving into a new home. YOUR HOME!
- DirectorJavier BermudezStarsZack ZublenaMariglo VizcarrondoCristina SestoHow far will a man go when he finds out that the only way to save his wife is to end the life of another?
- DirectorAndrew TraisterStarsAlexander WrightRebecca BrunkAdam BurchThe constancy of love and devotion is a rare commodity yet one man passes through his life with the ever present connection to one woman. Through war, marriage, illness and finally death we see that the one we love is sometimes just out of reach but the love we feel for them is always within our grasp.
- DirectorJohn RiceStarsMallory CampbellScott CrossmanFleur Alys Dobbins'When the wind blows right, you can pick up a lot of things.' 'Mr. Pleasant' covers one weekend in the life of Red, a college student in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan in the early 1980s. Red, a working-class kid from Detroit, goes to an out-of-town party with his housemates and has a disastrous one-night stand with Robin, the party's host. Stranded by this friends, he must rely on a ride home the next morning from Mary Jean, a gay friend of Robin's. During the ride, he confronts his own prejudices and simplistic worldview and thinks about the aimless, self-destructive life he's been living. As a child, he misread a map and thought 'Mt. Pleasant' was 'Mr. Pleasant.' He'll never make that mistake again.
- DirectorJoe WindishStarsGenie Hargrove
- DirectorRebecca GoodfutureStarsKarita FlemingAmber MikesellScott T. MorrisonAn underground group of women assassins who target those rapists who manage to avoid legal consequences for their actions. A fictional story, with true stories mixed in.
- DirectorJoseph VillapazStarsMelissa NaviaJames GillBonnie PiesseAs Medina (Melissa Navia) nears her twenty-ninth birthday, the forces that drove her to success at a young age seem to have lost their momentum and are beginning to bring her down. After the recent loss of her fiancé, one setback leads to another, driving her to a near nervous breakdown. She turns to her closest friends, Sidonia (Bonnie Piesse) and Tesla (Romy Valentina), and her brother Enzo (Francesco Plazza) for support. Meanwhile, Quinn (James Gill) lost everything to his girlfriend, Nilda, while his friends, Fera (Terilyn Marshelle-Fleming) and her husband, Camden (Jorell Stills Haigler) keep a close eye on him. Two lives shattered, but pain doesn't have to last forever.
- DirectorRobert KirschtenStarsRobert Kirschten'GOOFY TUNES: Comic Poetry Video' consists of performed comic poems accompanying a video track reflecting the content of each poem. The first six poems are spoken by cartoon characters, eg., Bogey Bear, each of whom speaks from the philosophy of an historic, religious mystic. Bogey Bear is St. John of the Cross. Another segment, 'Getting Rid of Your Bubble Gum,' is not about gum. It is about getting rid of any obstacle that prevents a writer from writing.
- DirectorEric CasaccioStarsAaron MerkenK.C. MorganKatrina StraubRandall, a hard working yet fragile soul faces his inner demons buried behind a drag queen persona while pursuing the dream of a lifetime.
- DirectorDon Downey
- DirectorStephen OsbornScars: Ben LaMarca is part of an ongoing interview project which investigates the origins of scars, and a truly chilling document of memory and experience. In this segment Ben tells his life-changing scar story with brutal frankness and vivid detail.