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The Festival runs from Saturday 30th May to Saturday 6th June 2009

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The Swansea Bay Film Festival is truly international As well as entries from Wales, England & Scotland entries have been received  from;

  • UK.
  • U. S. A.
  • Albania
  • Kuwait
  • Indonesia
  • India
  • Austria
  • Australia
  • Costa Rica
  • Iran
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Brazil
  • Netherlands
  • Thailand
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • France
  • Israel
  • Lebanon
  • South Korea
  • Italy
  • Czech republic
  • Kenya
  • Singapore
  • New Zealand

1. Best Film under 10 Minutes

The Flies (5m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Josh Collier
 
Unseen Victims (5m, U S A)
dir. by Vahid Farzaneh
 
Intermezzo (5m, Netherlands)
dir. by eric wobma
 
Hands Across the Divide (5m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Myria Christophini
 
Salam (6m, Kuwait)
dir. by Ahmad Alkhalaf
 
A Still Life (7m, United Kingdom)
dir. by claude green

2. Best Film Under 15 Mins

Primavera (9m, Italy, United Kingdom)
dir. by Adam Spring
 
Lucky Numbers (12m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Garrick Hamm
 
Terapia (15m, Spain)
sub. by nuria verde
 
Wallflower (15m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Jade S. Bokhari
 
A Thing of the Past (15m, Canada)
dir. by Nick Butler
 
Hidden Animals (13m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Ryan Hooper

3. Best Film Under 20 Mins

Domestic Flight (17m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Julie Edwards
 
Loma Lynda: The Red Door (16m, U S A)
dir. by jason bognacki
 
Miracle Fish (18m, Australia)
dir. by Luke Doolan
 
Pappy and Speedster (19m, Canada)
dir. by Brae Norwiss
 
Surprise ! (18m, France)
dir. by Fabrice Maruca
 
Tot Ziens! (16m, Belgium)
dir. by klaus verscheure

4. Best Film Under 35 Mins

Alone With The Dead (23m, United Kingdom)
dir. by James Morrissey
 
Builder of Worlds (29m, Germany)
dir. by Sascha Haas, Oliver Kühr
 
Cadillac Blues (26m, Lebanon)
dir. by Mazen Khaled
 
Kimi no tameno Merodi ga Kyou mo Uchu ni Nagareteiru (24m, Japan)
dir. by Satoshi Hirayama
 
Moments of Awakenings (23m, Germany)
dir. by Amir Kaufmann
 
Shank (25m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Chris Taylor

5. Best Film Under 75 Mins

Ruth (56m, Israel)
dir. by Keren Abitan
 
THE CONCERNS OF AN OBESE (69m, Albania)
dir. by PLUTON VASI
 
The Art of Kissing (73m, U S A)
dir. by Joseph Campo
 
The Reluctant Traveler (70m, U S A)
dir. by Marco Orsini
 
Why We Smoke (34m, U S A)
dir. by Susan Hogue
 
Toy Room (75m, U S A)
dir. by Wesley J. Turner

6. Best UK Short - under 5 Minutes

Anticipation (3m, United Kingdom)
dir. by James Plumb
 
Can it be? Unconditional (5m, United Kingdom)
dir. by John Johnson
 
Love is Deaf (3m, United Kingdom)
sub. by Mark Williams
 
Panic Attack (3m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Steve Hughes
 
The Lonely Londoner (4m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Jason Young
 
The View (4m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Neil Neenan

7. Best UK Short - under 10 Minutes

The Micro Budget Cookbook (10m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Ryan Hooper
 
The Towel (6m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Oliver Briginshaw
 
Sewn Up (8m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Samantha Whittaker
 
Micro Date (7m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Richard Wright
 
LUNDON (6m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Conscian Morgan
 
Father's Day (6m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Steve Hughes

8. Best American Short Film

Bloody Baby Blue (18m, U S A)
dir. by Vong Chea
 
Open Air (12m, U S A)
dir. by Shira-Lee Shalit
 
Shattered Allegiance (29m, U S A)
dir. by Paul Winston
 
Dan and a Van (22m, U S A)
dir. by John Nijhawan
 
Five Years of Forever (12m, U S A)
dir. by Anthony Jannelli
 
Ruyah Zahir (12m, U S A)
dir. by Nina Juliano

9. Best International Short Film

Eiko (14m, Austria)
dir. by Christoph Kuschnig
 
MIXED BAG, or What's In A Dream... (12m, Netherlands)
dir. by eric wobma
 
The Chef's Letter (14m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Sybil Mair
 
Through the window (12m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Puthiyavan rasiah
 
Tooting Broadway Flatmates (11m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Jason Young
 
flawless (10m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Stanislava Buevich

10. Best Student Film / Video

A Place to Land (31m, U S A)
dir. by Lauren DeAngelis
 
Excision (18m, U S A)
dir. by Richard Bates
 
Hey Mom, The TV Set is Broken (10m, Singapore)
dir. by Stephanie Bousley
 
KH1 (13m, South Korea)
dir. by Youn Kim
 
THE LUNCH BOX (35m, U S A)
dir. by Lubomir Mihailo KOCKA
 
withindoors (7m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Russell Webber

11. Best Young Film Maker

A Hard Day's Work (5m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Julius Manipon
 
Actually, Adieu My Love (107m, U S A)
dir. by Minji Kang
 
Inbetween (179m, Canada)
dir. by David Antonelli
 
Panama (62m, Italy)
dir. by Gianmarco Galassi
 
The Resolution (81m, Czech Republic, U S A)
 
The People (6m, U S A)
dir. by Tamara Masri

12. First Film – North America

Another Day Another Life (5m, U S A)
dir. by Rohit Gupta
 
Chasing the Shadows (73m, U S A)
dir. by Timothy Schultz
 
NEO-CONS GONE WILD (28m, Costa Rica, U S A)
sub. by Scott Stanton
 
The Alley (26m, Canada)
dir. by Philip Maglieri
 
Tying the NOT (18m, Canada)
dir. by Michal Lavi

13. First Film – International

Black Mountain (84m, India)
dir. by Amin Hajee, Charlotte Whitby-Coles
 
FUTEBOL Brasileiro (66m, Brazil, Japan)
dir. by Miki Kuretani
 
Negative Equity (15m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Chris Mahoney
 
PAL (65m, United Kingdom)
sub. by Richard Miller
 
MILAGROS (24m, U S A)
dir. by Kara Sachs

14. Music Based Video

Awkward Silence (5m, Canada)
dir. by Ryan Copple
 
Inflatable You (2m, Netherlands)
sub. by eric wobma
 
My America (4m, U S A)
dir. by Christopher St. John
 
You Don't Have to Love Me (3m, U S A)
dir. by Rebecca Gwynne

15. Public Service / Community

CHANGE FOR CHANGE (3m, Indonesia)
dir. by brooks dyroff
 
Harvest (10m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Chris Taylor
 
Tsunami Notebook (30m, Indonesia, U S A)
dir. by DEJA BERNHARDT
 
On The Push - A Surfers Guide to Climate Change (65m, UK)
dir. by Helen iles
 
Fields of Demeter (46m, Norway, United Kingdom)
dir. by Knut Krzywinski

16. Best Animation

Gym Lesson (8m, Germany)
dir. by Hannes Rall
 
Skylight (5m, Canada)
dir. by david baas
 
Taberareta Wakusei (50m, Japan)
dir. by Junpei Fujita
 
The Adventure of a Worm: A Short Tribute to Mr Aleister Crowley, The Magus (3m, Czech Republic)
dir. by Richard Pecha
 
The Girl With Liquid Eyes (5m, United Kingdom)
sub. by Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith

17. Best International Documentary

Buddha's Lost Children (97m, France, Netherlands, Thailand)
dir. by Mark Verkerk
 
From Street To Sky (62m, New Zealand)
dir. by Bryn Evans
 
Sacred Ground (55m, Australia)
dir. by Kim Mavromatis
 
Take Me With You (39m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Charles Sharman-Cox
 
Heart Sutra (24m, Japan)
dir. by Satoshi Hirayama
 
The Sky was Angry (22m, Lebanon)
dir. by Sharif Abdunnur

18. Best North American Documentary

ART 365 (61m, U S A)
sub. by Melissa Scaramucci
 
Children in Exile (60m, U S A)
dir. by Chris Swider
 
Courting Condi (107m, U S A, United Kingdom)
dir. by Sebastian Doggart
 
Secrets To Love (64m, U S A)
dir. by Tracie Donahue
 
Shotgun Jesus (66m, U S A)
dir. by Kent Wall
 
Marathon Beirut, for the Love of Lebanon (81m, U S A)
dir. by Deborah Harse

19. Best Documentary

Lenine in Continuation (71m, Brazil)
dir. by Rodrigo Pinto
 
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LENS (101m, Kenya, U S A)
dir. by Reed Cowan
 
War of the Gods (90m, U S A)
dir. by Jennifer Abbott
 
Heart of Stone (84m, U S A)
dir. by Beth Toni Kruvant
 
Little Miss Dewie: A Duckumentary (28m, U S A)
dir. by mira Tweti

20. Best Horror Film

Bumba Atomika (99m, Italy)
dir. by Michele Senesi
 
Morgue Story - Sangue, Baiacu & Quadrinhos (78m, Brazil)
dir. by Paulo Biscaia Filho
 
The Collector (20m, U S A)
dir. by Frederik Wiegel
 
The Season (75m, U S A)
dir. by Adam Brooks
 
The Sky Has Fallen (72m, U S A)
dir. by Doug Roos
 
VLOG (71m, U S A)
dir. by Joshua Butler

21. Best American Feature Film

3 Days Blind (103m, U S A)
dir. by Clete Keith
 
Bronx Paradise (108m, U S A)
dir. by william Lappe
 
ROUTE 30 (88m, U S A)
dir. by JOHN PUTCH
 
The Dark Horse (110m, U S A)
dir. by Cornelia Duryée Moore
 
The Hipsters (86m, U S A)
dir. by Mark Wade
 
MACHETERO (98m, U S A)
dir. by vagabond Beaumont

22. Best Feature Film - International

BEKET (80m, Italy)
dir. by Davide Manuli
 
MOZLYM (103m, U S A)
dir. by Edreace Purmul
 
Manatlya Manat (90m, India)
dir. by Girish Mohite
 
Nothing really matters (105m, Canada, France)
dir. by Jean-marc Piché
 
The Unidentified (113m, U S A)
dir. by Kevan Tucker
 
Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret. (92m, UKingdom)
dir. by Neil Wassell

23. Original Screenplay

RIKA AND MALLON by Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith

ONE DEGREE by Broderick Fox

THE GREEN GROUNDS by Jon Mitchell

THE OTHER WOMAN by Mark Williams

LOVE AND LONGING IN LA by Roopinder Bhullar and Peter Brosnan

CITY OF SAINTS BY Callie Lane

24. Best In Festival

 

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