• TOP
  • Awards
  • Award Winning Titles

2010 Awards

Filmmakers' Section


 

Mr. Kazik Radwanski / Canada

Radwanski was born in Toronto and studied film at Ryerson University. In 2008 he co-founded the production company Medium Density Fibreboard Films (MDFF). His short films have been screened at international festivals such as Berlinale, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Krakow and Toronto International Film Festival.




Princess Margaret Blvd.

0:14:00 / Fiction / Portrait

Canada / 2008

Isabelle confronts frustration, confusion and loneliness caused by Alzheimer's disease, but her courage proves us something powerful.


Assault

0:11:00 / Fiction / Portrait

Canada / 2007

A teenager attempts to keep his composure following a reckless crime.


Out in that Deep Blue Sea

0:16:00 / Fiction / Portrait

Canada / 2009

A real estate agent encounters a slump late in his career, struggling to find balance between professional and personal life.

One Title Section Grand Prix



Bicycle

0:21:17 / Fiction / Drama

Mr. Dean Yamada / Japan / 2009

A loner's bicycle is mysteriously stolen piece by piece. He receives an envelope containing a list of addresses where he can retrieve the pieces.


Best Director / Best Screenplay / Best Actor (Special Mention)

Just a Pitch

0:23:00 / Fiction / Heart-Warming

Mr. Eric Raynaud / France / 2009

An Indian screeenwriter flies to Paris to sign their biggest contract with his expiring passport, but the immigration doesn’t buy his “story".


Best National Short

No Title Selected


Best Hokkaido Short

bi jyo

0:14:54 / Fiction / Humour

Mr. Shunsuke Minowa / Japan / 2009

Kaoruko has an excessively sensitive nose, which has been causing her trouble, but she finds out there’s a cure for it.


Best Cinematography / Best Actor / Best Original Score

Bicycle

0:21:17 / Fiction / Drama

Mr. Dean Yamada / Japan / 2009

A loner's bicycle is mysteriously stolen piece by piece. He receives an envelope containing a list of addresses where he can retrieve the pieces.


Best Editing

Frog In the Well

0:15:00 / Fiction / Coming of Age

Mr. Ken Ochiai / Japan / 2010

Jo, a recluse from Tokyo, embarks on a solitary journey across Japan to find that he has been “a frog in the well”.


Best Actress

No Title Selected


Best Students Director

学生監督作品 女性監督作品

ABUELO

0:15:00 / Fiction / Heart-warming

Ms. Mary Ann Kellogg / USA / 2009

Saddened by the death of her mother, 12 year-old Emily begins to open her eyes to the world of Tango by her Argentinean grandfather.


Best Children Actor & Actress

Jenny & the Worm

0:15:30 / Fiction / Coming of Age

Mr. Ian Clark / United kingdom / 2009

Two teenage punks unearth a discovery which may be even more exotic than the girl next door.


Best Children Short

The Little Boy and The Beast

0:07:00 / Animation / Drama

Mr. Uwe Heidschotter, Mr. Johannes Weiland / Germany / 2009

Since Haro’s Dad left home his mother has completely changed. She cannot get over it and turns into a real beast.


Best Mini Short

The Little Dragon

0:08:15 / Animation / Uproarious

Mr. Bruno Collet / France / 2009

The dragon spirit is reincarnated in a doll’s body trapped in a box for 35 years. With insurance, rubber toy sets out to discover the oversize world outside.


Best Very Short

No Title Selected


Best Non Dialogue

Cages

0:10:00 / Animation / Fantasy

Mr. Juan Jose Medina / Mexico / 2009

A hostile environment is a difficult to overcome for two misfits, a cycle of abuse and exploitation in the midst of desolation.


Best Animation

Logorama

0:16:00 / Animation / Humour

Mr. Ludovic Houplain, Mr. Francois Alaux, Mr. Herve De Crecy / France / 2009

Spectacular car chases, an intense hostage crisis, wild animals rampaging through the city, and even more in Logorama!


Best Documentary

PLANK

0:14:42 / Documentary / Coming of Age

Mr. Billy Pols / Netherlands / 2009

A Dutch-Moroccan boy puts everything at stake to become the best skateboarder in the world despite the uncomfortable feeling at home.


Best Contemporary / Experimental Short

Stretching

0:04:30 / Experimental, Animation / Experimental

Mr. Francois Vogel, Mr. Stephane Lavoix / France / 2009

Urban gymnastics along the streets of Manhattan.


Best Production Design

学生監督作品

The Last Day of Bulkin I.S.

0:13:00 / Fiction / Odd

Mr. Alexey Andrianov / Russia / 2009

An agent visits Ivan Bulkin saying he should tick the box to prove that he was satisfied with his life as he is about to die.


Children's Choice Award Gold

Bob

0:03:10 / Animation / Humour

Mr. Jacob Frey / Germany / 2009

A hamster is chasing his love around the globe. Will he get her in the end?


Children's Choice Award Silver

The Gruffalo

0:26:58 / Animation, Fiction / Fantasy

Mr. Jakob Schuh, Mr. Max Lang / UK / 2009

Based on a story by Julia Donaldson. A mouse strolls through the woods and he meets three predators.


Children's Choice Award Special Mentions

学生監督作品 女性監督作品

mobile

0:06:24 / Animation, Fiction / Humour

Ms. Verena Fels / Germany / 2010

A comical take on a cow, at the edge of society, which tips the balance of destiny of all on a mobile.


学生監督作品 女性監督作品

Stoneflies

0:14:50 / Animation / Adventure

Ms. Anne Walther / Germany / 2009

Stoneflies cannot fly. But a little stonefly, Ferdi, has a wish and goes on a journey to learn how to fly.


SSF 5th Anniversary Special Award: SSF x CoFesta PAO Award

Guernica / Mr.Bubblegum

Mr. Shoh Kataoka / Japan


Who’s fool?

Yuko Watanabe / Japan


bi jyo

Mr. Shunsuke Minowa / Japan


Sapporo Peace Award

Kavi

0:19:00 / Fiction / Humanism

Mr. Gregg Helvey / India / 2009

Kavi, a young boy in India, must choose to either accept his fate as a modern-day slave or fight for a different life.


AMINO UP Hokkaido New Director Award

Mr.Bubblegum

Mr. Shoh Kataoka / Japan


CRYPTON Best Sound Award

The Little Dragon

0:08:15 / Animation / Uproarious

Mr. Bruno Collet / France / 2009

The dragon spirit is reincarnated in a doll’s body trapped in a box for 35 years. With insurance, rubber toy sets out to discover the oversize world outside.