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  • The Hybrid Union
    The Hybrid Union
    1. A film by Serguei Kouchnerov
    2. run time 4 minutes 30 seconds

    The oil paintings by Serguei Kouchnerov come alive in Hybrid Union. Two abstract characters, Plus and Minus, whose energy is running out, go on a quest to find a new source. When their predicament forces them to unite, they create a new, startling, energy - The Hybrid Union. Will Plus and Minus win the race against the newcomer? Whimsical and bright, energetic and with great sense of style, it...  (more)

  • A Fable from the Himalayas
    A Fable from the Himalayas (A Fable from the Himalayas)
    1. A film by Nitin Das
    2. run time 8 minutes

    A magical fable about a young boy who finds the solution to Global Warming from a monk in the mountains. The film has been shot in the remote ice desert region of the Himalayas. It was selected as part of UNEP Billion Tree Campaign  (more)

  • Gila Monster: The Adventures of Adrian Manx
    Gila Monster: The Adventures of Adrian Manx
    1. A film by Alonzo Crawford
    2. run time 11 minutes

    Detective Adrian Manx, an agent for the FBI with a license to kill--code-name “Gila Monster”—working undercover inside the DC Police Department, is in an apartment building to investigate a murder that may blow the lid off a case against a local drug-czar, suspected of several high profile murders, drug trafficking, and obstruction of justice. On his way up to interrogate witnesses, he...  (more)

  • Ghosts
    Ghosts (Ghosts)
    1. A film by Morvary Samaré
    2. DOXA: Documentary Film + Video Festival
    3. May 07 - 16, 2010
    4. run time 54 minutes

    Three Canadian men; Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin were detained and tortured for months and years in Syria and, in Ahmad El Maati's case, Egypt. Upon their release, they return to Canada and try to find answers to why they were detained in the first place. An inquiry was struck into their cases in order to determine the role of Canadian agencies and officials in their...  (more)

  • Child
    Child (Anak)
    1. A film by Kerstin Liwayway Rexrodt
    2. Brussels Short Film Festival
    3. April 29 - May 09, 2010
    4. run time 9 minutes 1 seconds

    A filipino immigrant girl who lives in Germany gets into a conflict between filipino tradition and european way of live. Caught between two stools she is a victim of her own roots. The untold tradition says, that the youngest daughter in a filipinos family has not the obligation to get married. She has to stay from cradle to death in her parents house to take care of her parents until they die.  (more)

  • Playtime
    Playtime (Playtime)
    1. A film by Steven Woloshen
    2. run time 2 minutes 44 seconds

    As a member of Canada’s Painters 11, the late Jock MacDonald painted in both worlds: figurative and the abstract. Playtime pays homage to his dedication, spirit and wonderful subject matter – both real and imaginary. In Cinemascope.  (more)

  • ELVIS AND MADONA
    ELVIS AND MADONA (ELVIS E MADONA)
    1. A film by Marcelo Laffitte
    2. Melbourne Queer Film Festival
    3. March 17 - 28, 2010
    4. run time 105 minutes

    Elvis and Madona is a romantic comedy featuring a lesbian biker Elvis (Simone Spoladore) and a transvestite, Madona (Igor Cotrim), showing the trajectory of two characters who are chasing their dreams and life’s projects. Elvis, born 25 years ago as Elvira, is a beautiful and solitary woman. The rebel daughter of a traditional family from the countryside, Elvis is in Rio to pursue her dream...  (more)

  • Waiting room
    Waiting room (Quarto de espera)
    1. A film by Davi Pretto
    2. run time 12 minutes 30 seconds

    A young man wearing a gas mask wanders through the deserted streets of a crumbling city. Only a few people - all male - still roam the streets and frequent the coffee shops. Their interaction is minimal and marked by sudden and unprovoked outbursts of violence. Everyone is seemingly waiting for an undisclosed something. It seems to be the next-to-last stop on a decadent ride.  (more)

  • STOLEN
    STOLEN (STOLEN)
    1. A film by Violeta Ayala
    2. run time 78 minutes

    Australian based filmmakers Violeta Ayala and Dan Fallshaw go to the Polisario governed refugee camps in the Algerian desert to make a film about a family reunion. Everything changes when the black Saharawis start to talk about a forbidden subject...their freedom.  (more)

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Latest Festival Winners

  1. 03/05/10Award Winners for the 2009 Cph:Dox Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
  2. 02/19/10Awards for the 2009 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
  3. 02/19/10Awards for the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival
  4. 02/19/10Award Winners for the 2009 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
  5. 01/28/10Film awards at the 30th Durban International Film Festival
  6. 01/28/10Award Winners for the 2009 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
  7. 10/14/09Traverse City Film Festival 2009 Award Winners
  8. 10/01/09The 12th annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design
  9. 10/01/092009 Atlanta Film Festival Award Winners
  10. 10/01/092009 Ashland Independent Film Festival Award Winners
  11. 10/01/09HOT DOCS 2009 AWARDS AND PRIZES
  12. 10/01/092009 Award Winners for the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic, Thriller & Science Fiction Film
  13. 09/08/09DOCNZ 2009 Award Winners
  14. 08/23/09Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2009 Award Winners
  15. 08/12/09THE 2009 IMAGES FESTIVAL AWARDS
  16. 08/11/09Award Winners at the 2009 Nantucket Film Festival
  17. 08/11/09Award Winners for the 2009 Rhode Island International Film Festival
  18. 07/30/09Cinema Verite 2008 Film Awards
  19. 07/04/09Annecy 2009 - the numbers
  20. 07/04/09Prizewinners for the 2009 Annecy Animation Festival
  21. 07/04/09Brooklyn International Film Festival Awards Night
  22. 07/04/09Award Winners for the 2009 Brooklyn International Film Festival
  23. 11/10/08Morelia International Film Festival 2008 Awards
  24. 11/10/082008 ShockerFest Award Winners
  25. 11/10/082008 Award Winners for Sitges! Jennifer Lynch, Amat Escalante, Tomas Alfredson and Na Hong-jin take Top Prizes
  26. 11/10/08Filmmakers honored with Awards at the 2008 Pusan International Film Festival
  27. 11/10/08"Cowboy" wins Iris Prize 2008
  28. 10/29/082008 Cinekid Announces Awards for Best Film, New Media Production, TV program and the Audience Award
  29. 10/29/082008 Cinekid Announces Awards for Best Film, New Media Production, TV program and the Audience Award
  30. 10/29/08And the Winners for the 2008 BUSTER- Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth are...

Recent FAB Films

  1. 03/05/10Ghosts
  2. 03/04/10Transparent
  3. 02/22/10The Hybrid Union
  4. 02/15/10ELVIS AND MADONA
  5. 01/29/10Gila Monster: The Adventures of Adrian Manx
  6. 01/28/10Disarm
  7. 01/11/10Child
  8. 01/05/10Playtime
  9. 01/03/10Bloody Hands
  10. 12/20/09Ciao Meow
  11. 12/13/09The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl
  12. 12/09/09The garden of eartly delights
  13. 12/08/098:00 a.m.
  14. 12/06/09Nuummioq
  15. 11/20/09Everyday But Sunday
  16. 11/15/09THE ROTTEN APPLE
  17. 11/13/09Diana
  18. 11/12/09Where's Your Head At
  19. 11/07/09A Fable from the Himalayas
  20. 11/05/09Waiting room
  21. 11/04/09Mama, to Life!
  22. 10/25/09STOLEN
  23. 10/18/09Strays
  24. 10/11/09MAWLA'S WEDDING
  25. 10/11/0932
  26. 10/03/09Pure Image
  27. 09/29/09Conspiracy
  28. 09/24/09DELPHINIUM: a childhood portrait of Derek Jarman
  29. 09/23/09Not Reconciled
  30. 09/18/09Everybody Is Having Sex... But Ryan
  31. 09/14/09Zombies and cigarettes
  32. 08/17/09Bittersweet Waters
  33. 08/15/09Clayfields House Film
  34. 08/14/09In The Name of Art
  35. 08/13/09How they Dance
  36. 07/31/09A real life
  37. 07/29/09The Adventures of Toby: Crunch Time
  38. 07/20/09Fortress
  39. 07/18/09The Burger
  40. 07/15/09Bon Appetit!: Parents Choice
  41. 07/13/09The Single Mother
  42. 07/03/09Resonances
  43. 06/29/09The Hole Thing
  44. 06/29/09The Shadow Rabbit
  45. 06/21/09Chasing Che
  46. 06/12/09George's Intervention
  47. 06/09/09Those Who Disappeared
  48. 06/02/09To Each Her Own
  49. 05/28/09The Death of the Gazelle
  50. 05/27/09Swimming with Lesbians
  51. 04/29/09Estabaun Rodriguez
  52. 04/25/09I Heard You Looking
  53. 04/23/09Pudding Cups
  54. 04/22/09Havana
  55. 03/31/09Colours of Blood
  56. 03/23/09The Dinner
  57. 03/10/09Wishful Thinking
  58. 03/07/09Passing Eyes
  59. 01/26/09Spong Ice, Ultimo
  60. 01/17/09A Far Cry From Home
  61. 01/10/09Charlie Thistle
  62. 01/03/09Noir Portland
  63. 01/02/09Solo
  64. 12/21/08The Threat
  65. 11/25/08Garden of the Nameless
  66. 11/25/08The Province of Lost Film
  67. 11/24/08Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
  68. 11/24/08I Received Flowers Today!
  69. 11/22/08Apollo 54
  70. 11/17/08Intercom
  71. 11/15/08This is Not a Love Story
  72. 11/14/08max3 click!
  73. 11/11/08The Royal Nightmare
  74. 11/06/08Smart Machine
  75. 11/06/08Cravings
  76. 11/02/08The Children's Tree
  77. 11/02/08If I Fall
  78. 10/26/08Being Frank
  79. 10/22/08Gameboy
  80. 10/19/08Blue Gold: World Water Wars
  81. 10/14/08Flowers of Rwanda
  82. 10/11/08The Last American Freak Show
  83. 10/10/08Pensil
  84. 10/10/08You, Me and Him
  85. 10/08/08Order
  86. 09/26/08Passing
  87. 09/25/08A Still Life
  88. 09/24/08Cycle of Change - Beijing, my old home
  89. 09/18/08The Embrace
  90. 09/11/08A Desire Obtained
  91. 09/09/08No Through Road
  92. 09/09/08The Painte of Skies
  93. 09/08/08A4
  94. 08/29/08Date
  95. 08/22/08Khoda
  96. 08/19/08Everybody Present!
  97. 08/17/08Paul's Grandpa
  98. 08/17/08Konvex-T
  99. 08/12/08Unbroken
  100. 08/12/08Lovers

Top Ranked Festivals

Features Screened
RankFestival Name#
1Goteborg Film Festival400
2Buenos Aires Int'l Independent Film Festival338
3Rotterdam International Film Festival337
4Rio De Janeiro Int'l Film Festival300
5Seoul Int'l Cartoon Animation Festival290
6Montreal World Film Festival282
7Sao Paulo Int'l Film Festival268
8Toronto International Film Festival261
9Melbourne Int'l Film Festival252
10Sitges Int'l Film Festival Catalonia250
11Seattle International Film Festival248
12Sydney Film Festival245
13ERA NEW HORIZONS Int'l Film Festival243
14Moscow Int'l Film Festival240
14Shanghai International Film Festival240
16Berlin Int'l Film Festival237
17Vancouver Int'l Film Festival232
18Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival218
19Filmfest Munchen (Munich)214
20Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival209
21Int'l Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam200
21Mar del Plata Film Festival200
21Pune International Film Festival200
21Tokyo International Film Festival200
25International İstanbul Biennial194
26Festival du nouveau cinéma190
27Thessaloniki Int'l Film Festival182
28Fantasporto Oporto Int'l Film Festival180
28Jeonju International Film Festival180
30Calgary Int'l Film Festival170

Shorts Screened
RankFestival Name#
1Holland Animation Film Festival700
2Anima Mundi Int'l Animation Festival611
3Tampere Film Festival600
4Jerusalem Int'l Film Festival550
5Gijon Int'l Film Festival 508
6Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film480
7Rio De Janeiro Int'l Short Film Festival462
8Int'l Short Film Festival of Berlin451
9Rotterdam International Film Festival445
10Sao Paulo Int'l Short Film Festival437
11Hiroshima Int'l Animation Festival408
12Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival400
13International Short Film Festival Oberhausen375
14Sitges Int'l Film Festival Catalonia350
15Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival344
16Fantoche Int'l Animation Festival317
16Palm Springs Int'l Short Films317
18Uppsala Int'l Short Film Festival315
19Hamburg International Short Film Festival314
20Message to Man Int'l Documentary305
21Belo Horizonte Int'l Short Film300
22Onedotzero Digital Creativity Festival295
23Anifest Int'l Animated Films284
24ERA NEW HORIZONS Int'l Film Festival279
25Int'l Short Film Festival Leuvan271
26Worldwide Short Film Festival268
27Annecy Animation Festival259
28LAlternativa Independent Film Festival250
29Australian Int'l Animation Festival248
30Exground Filmfest245