Palm Springs Int’l Shortfest announces 2017 winners June 27, 2017 - 21:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 2017 Palm Springs International Shortfest announced its winners on Sunday, June 25. The short film festival screened 338 short films with more than 4,200 filmmaker submissions available in the film market, Variety said. “Facing Mecca” received two awards, including best of the festival. “The Head Vanishes” and “Dekalb Elementary” received jury awards, and “Red Light,” “Coin Operated,” “Kayayo,” and “Lost Face” received audience awards. “After spending a week in and out of theaters, and talking with filmmakers and audiences, we close out the festival with such a strong sense of community,” said festival director Lili Rodriguez. “Filmmakers are making movies about the changing world around them. I think our award winners showcase an understanding and compassion for people and it’s a great thing to see.” The Palm Springs International Film Festival will be held Jan. 4-15, 2018, and the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala will be held Jan. 2. The 2017 Palm Springs International Shortfest award winners are: JURY AWARDS: BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARD Facing Mecca (Switzerland), Jan-Eric Mack GRAND JURY AWARD The Head Vanishes (France/Canada), Franck Dion PANAVISION BEST NORTH AMERICAN SHORT Dekalb Elementary (USA), Reed Van Dyk NON-STUDENT COMPETITION AWARDS: BEST ANIMATED SHORT The Head Vanishes (France/Canada), Franck Dion BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT OVER 15 MINUTES Retouch (Iran), Kaveh Mazaheri BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT 15 MINUTES AND UNDER Great Choice (USA), Robin Comisar BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Edith + Eddie (USA), Laura Checkoway STUDENT COMPETITION AWARDS: FUTURE FILMMAKER AWARD Where You Found Refuge (France), Guillaume Legrand Special Mention: Fry Day (USA), Laura Moss BEST STUDENT ANIMATION Sog (Germany), Jonatan Schwenk BEST STUDENT LIVE ACTION SHORT OVER 15 MINUTES Facing Mecca (Switzerland), Jan-Eric Mack BEST STUDENT LIVE ACTION SHORT 15 MINUTES AND UNDER Iron Hands (USA/China), Johnson Cheng BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SHORT Searching for Wives (Singapore), Zuki Juno Tobgye Special Jury Mention: I Made You, I Kill You (Romania/France), Alexandru Petru Badelita AUDIENCE AWARDS: BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT Red Light (Bulgaria/Croatia), Toma Waszarow BEST ANIMATION SHORT Coin Operated (USA), Nicholas Arioli BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Kayayo (Norway), Mari Bakke Riise SHORTFEST ONLINE AUDIENCE AWARD Lost Face (Australia/Canada), Sean Meehan ADDITIONAL PRIZES: ALEXIS AWARD FOR BEST EMERGING STUDENT FILMMAKER Chebet (Kenya/USA), Tony Koros HP BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD PRESENTED BY CINEMA WITHOUT BORDERS – Pantheon (France), Ange-Régis Hounkpatin YOUTH JURY AWARD Everybody Else is Taken (New Zealand), Jessica Grace Smith  Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
