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Palm Springs International ShortFest

Palm Springs ShortFest, one of the most acclaimed short film showcases in the World, has become known world-wide for the community of filmmakers it attracts, and for the quality and scope of its programming. This event is the largest festival of its kind in America, showcasing over 350 short films from more than 40 countries.
12th edition
2006 | 24 - 30 August

Best of Festival

Bawke

Norway | Jun 2005 | 15:00
Director: Hisham Zaman
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19

Best Live Action Film - over 15 minutes

Den Sista Hunden I Rwanda

The Last Dog in Rwanda
Sweden | 2006 | 30:00
Director: Jens Assur
 
4

Best Animation

Rabbit

United Kingdom | 2005 | 8:30
Director: Run Wrake
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 Rating
21

Best Documentary

Lot 63, Grave C

United States | 2006 | 10:00
Director: Sam Green
 
3

Audience Favourite - Live Action

Zombie Prom

United States | 2006 | 36:00
Director: Vince Marcello
 Rating
4

Audience Favourite - Animation

First Flight

United States | 2006 | 8:00
Directors: Cameron Hood, Kyle Jefferson
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7

2nd Place - Live Action Film - under 15 minutes

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Spain | 2005 | 15:00
Director: Luis Quilez
 
8

2nd Place - Animation

Dreams and Desires - Family Ties

United Kingdom | 2006 | 9:55
Director: Joanna Quinn
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 Rating
25

Future Filmmaker Award

One Rat Short

United States | 2006 | 10:00
Director: Alex Weil
 Rating
9

Aldrig en absolution

Never an Absolution
Sweden | 2005 | 18:03
Director: Cameron B Alyasin
One day a police officer arrives at a school, investigating a murder. Dijo, 11, orphaned refugee from Congo is identified as a witness. However, he is...
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2

Aldrig som första gangen!

Never Like the First Time!
Sweden | 2005 | 15:00
Director: Jonas Odell
What was it like the first time? The answers to this question are recorded on the soundtrack of Jonas Odell's animation film. "I was hoping to bring s...
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 Rating
17

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Spain | 2005 | 15:00
Director: Luis Quilez
Cool psychological drama. Power sways between a disabled husband and his carer wife. Tension builds when his plan unfolds.
 
8

Bawke

Norway | Jun 2005 | 15:00
Director: Hisham Zaman
Two Kurdish refugees from Iraq, a father and son, approach their goal after being on the run for a long time. However, it is only when they arrive at ...
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19

Big Girl

Canada | 2005 | 14:00
Director: Renuka Jeyapalan
Nine-year-old Josephine is resentful of her mother's love life. When Mom's new boyfriend catches Josephine's cold shoulder, a bittersweet battle of wi...
 
5

The Danish Poet

Canada | 2006 | 15:00
Director: Torill Kove
A young bard in search of inspiration goes to Norway to meet his favorite author and instead sets off an amusing sequence of accidental encounters.
 Rating
11

Den Sista Hunden I Rwanda

The Last Dog in Rwanda
Sweden | 2006 | 30:00
Director: Jens Assur
David is like so many 10 year old boys fascinated by war. He builds plastic models of all kinds of military vehicles and plays wargames with his frien...
 
4

Dreams and Desires - Family Ties

United Kingdom | 2006 | 9:55
Director: Joanna Quinn
On acquiring a new digital video camera, Beryl becomes obsessed with the filmmaking process, using it to articulate her dreams and desires in a video ...
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 Rating
25

El Corazón Delator

The Tell Tale Heart
Luxembourg | 2005 | 9:45
Director: Raúl García
One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous stories, "The Tell Tale Heart" is a psychological portrait of a murderer who loses his mind because he keeps hear...
 
6

Elukka

Animal
Finland | 2005 | 28:00
Director: Tatu Pohjavirta
A widowed father turns into a werewolf. His son has traded bodies with a lamb. A female doctor is the object of the father's desire...
 
4
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El Corazón Delator (The Tell Tale Heart)
Aldrig som första gangen! (Never Like the First Time!)
McLaren's Negatives
Dreams and Desires - Family Ties
Guide Dog
Hayelet Bodeda (The Substitute)
The Danish Poet
First Flight
Film Noir
One Rat Short
Zombie Prom
Lot 63, Grave C
Phantom Limb
Elukka (Animal)
Transaction
Aldrig en absolution (Never an Absolution)
Den Sista Hunden I Rwanda (The Last Dog in Rwanda)
In The Tradition of My Family
Short film types screened
Fiction / Live action
Animation
Documentary
Experimental
Music video
Competition and rewards
International competition
No cash awards
No screening fees
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