Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival

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Rio de Janiero, Brazil October 28 - November 07, 2010
Call for Entry Deadline: July 02, 2010
Festival Data:
- Established: 1992
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 14410
- Media Attendance: 20
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 100
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 4031
- Total Number of Films Screened: 360
- Total Screenings: 196
- Total Domestic Films Screened: 149
- Total Foreign Films Screened: 211
- Total National and International Premieres: 35
- # of Shorts Screened: 462
- Accreditations: AMPAS
- Competitive
- Has Panels
- Workshops
Festival Website:
www.curtacinema.com.br
Festival Description:

Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema is a competitive festival for 16mm, 35mm films and digital videos which takes place annually during the beginning of summer in Rio de Janeiro, in at least three venues. The Curta Cinema is the main forum in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil for the exhibition and discussion of the importance of shorts in the film industry, with the intention of showing to the audience the international production of films in this format.

Since 2006, Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Curta Cinema is a qualifying festival for the Short Films category for the Annual Academy Awards® – the Oscar® (the winners of the National and International Great Prize).
Film Submissions:
- Uses exclusive submissions agent
- Submission formats: Beta-SP, 16mm, 35mm, MiniDV

Email:	program(at)curtacinema.com.br
Phone:	(55) 21 2553 8918/2830/2033
Fax:	(55) 21.2554.9059
Mailing Address:	Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema Franco Produções Praia de Botafogo,210/308 Rio de Janiero 22250-040 Brazil

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NOV 07, 2007 11:10PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2007 Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival

National Competiton

Grand Prix: “Saliva”
Directed By: Esmir Filho

Best Fiction Film: “Pugile”
Directed By: Danilo Solferini

Best Animation Film; “Moradores Do 304”
Directed By: Leonardo Cata Preta

Best Documentary Film: “Sentinela”
Directed By: Afonso Nunes

Best Experimental Film: “Convite Para Jantar Com O Camarada Stalin”
Directed By: Ricardo Alves Júnior

Audience Award: “O Jumento Santo E A Cidade Que Se Acabou Antes De Começar”
Directed By: Leo D. and William Paiva

Special Jury Award: “Solitário Anônimo”
Directed By: Débora Diniz

Special Mention of the Jury: “Satori Uso”
Directed By: Rodrigo Grota

Best Film Of The Young Jury: “Verão”
Directed By: Luiz Gustavo Cruz

Porta-Curtas Prize:
1st Place: “Um Pra Um”
Directed By: Erico Rassi

2nd Place: “Hotel Do Coração Partido”
Directed By: Raoni Assis

3rd Place: “A Peste De Janice”
Directed By: Rafael Figueiredo

Abdec Prize: “O Homem Da Árvore”
Directed By: Paula Mercedes

Special Mention: “Aranhas Tropicais”
Directed By: André Francioli

“A Peste De Janice”
Directed By: Rafael Figueiredo

Ascine-Rj Prize
Special Mention: “Ismar”
Directed By: Gustavo Beck

Prêmio Melhor Curta: “Cascadura”
Directed By: Felipe Cataldo E Godot Quincas

International Competition

Grand Prix: “Twist”
Directed By: Alexia Walther, Fra-Swi

Best Fiction Film: “La Leçon De Guitare”
Directed By: Martin Rit, (France)

Best Animation Film: “Everything Will Be Ok”
Directed By: Don Hertzfeldt, (USA)

Best Documentary Film: “Na Dzialce”
Directed By: Thierry Paladino, (Poland)

Best Experimental Film: “Capitalism:Slavery”
Directed By: Ken Jacobs, (USA)

Audience Award: “3 Novembre 1957”
Directed By: Valérie Zaccomer, Eric Chantelauze, Laure Saupique, (France)

Special Jury Award: “John And Karen”
Directed By: Matthew Walker, (England)

And “Le Loup Blanc”
Directed By: Pierre-Luc Granjon, (France)

Best Film Of The Young Jury: “Souiu Megane”
Directed By: Atsushi Wada, (Japan)

International Cachaça Prize:
Best Portugues Film: “China, China”
Directed By: João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Da Mata, (Portugal)

Best Music: “La Leçon De Guitare”,
Directed By: Martin Rit, (France)

Best Existentialist Film: “The Occupant”
Directed By: Elise Simard, (Canada)

Special Mention: “Amin”
Directed By: David Dusa, (Canada)

Le Loup Blanc/ O Lobo Branco,
Directed By: Pierre-Luc Granjon, (France)

Best Script Prize: “O Presidente Dos Estados Unidos”
By: Luiza Favale

Special Mention: “Rosa E Benjamin”
By: Ilana Feldman E Cléber Eduard
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MAR 25, 2007 05:18PM Ailton Franco writes:

Rio De Janiero Int. Short Film Festival dates

2007 dates of Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Curta Cinema 2007 - October 25 thru November 04.
Deadline for international entries - July 20th;
Deadline for national entries - August 24th
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