GrandOFF: World Independent Film Awards
GrandOFF is the most important event promoting independent cinema in Poland and one of the most significant initiatives of its kind all over the world. Each year independent short films receive nominations in 9 categories: directing, scriptwriting, editing, cinematography, best actor, best actress, best fiction, best documentary and best animation. The awards are granted during the solemn Grand OFF festival Awards Ceremony, which takes place in Warsaw.
2nd edition
2008 | 27 - 29 November
Best Film
Dead Cell
France | Feb 2008 | 30:00
Director: Lou Ma Ho
2
Best Actress
Dead Cell
France | Feb 2008 | 30:00
Director: Lou Ma Ho
2
NOMINATION
Best Editing
Otto Words
Italy | Nov 2007 | 24:56
Director: Giorgio Bonecchi Borgazzi
1
NOMINATION
Best Non-European Film
Ambulance
Philippines | 2007 | 15:22
Director: Richard Legaspi
3
Ambulance
Philippines | 2007 | 15:22
Director: Richard Legaspi
"Ambulancia" tells of a painful twist in an ambulance driver’s belief that a dying patient can be saved by running over stray animals on the streets....
3
Dead Cell
France | Feb 2008 | 30:00
Director: Lou Ma Ho
A young woman awakes in a cell. She has done nothing wrong to be there. She will discover that she is only guilty to have done nothing.
2
Austria | Jan 2008 | 25:16
Director: Alex K. Lee
A woman wakes up in the street, chased by a mysterious man. As she tries to escape, her life enters a never-ending cycle of fear and resignation.
Otto Words
Italy | Nov 2007 | 24:56
Director: Giorgio Bonecchi Borgazzi
Otto is a lonely student trying to conquer the attention of a far away father, while still questioning himself about his true inclinations..
1
Short film types screened

Fiction / Live action

Animation

Documentary

Experimental

Music video
Competition and rewards

International competition

No cash awards

No screening fees