June 2006

Short films are now available on DVD at Short Film Central! We also take a look at the most awarded short films of 2006 so far, some of the latest films added to the website, and some upcoming short film events.

Make Your Own Compilation DVD

We are proud to announce the launch of DVD sales at Short Film Central, and to start with, we have 15 great short films to offer, including 4 recent Oscar^® nominees:
7:35 in the Morning
Little Terrorist
Two Cars, One Night
Rocks
a Cannes winner:
Respire
and these other award-winning films:
The Raft
Tama Tu
Falling
A Slippery Tale
Jam Session
Knight Games
Boy
The World is Yours
Mississippi
Love Tricycle

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Available soon:
The Mantis Parable
and stay tuned for more films, coming soon...

If there's a film which you'd like to see available on Short Film Central, please contact us and let us know.

All films are available on our Make Your Own Compilation DVD system, which allows you so buy one or more films and have a customised DVD sent to you. Some films are also available on separate DVDs with extra materials. Just go to www.shortfilmcentral.com and click on the DVD links.

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Latest Short Film Awards

A few short films have really stood out at the festivals since the start of 2006:

Binta and the Great Idea by Javier Fesser won 17 new awards, adding to 13 other awards won in 2004/5.

Before Dawn by Bálint Kenyeres has won another 8 awards since being nominated for a Palm d'Or at Cannes in 2005, and 4 other previous awards.

Anthony Lucas' The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, after its BAFTA and Oscar nominations has picked up a further 7 awards this year, taking its tally up to 17.

Gaëlle Denis' City Paradise has continued its popular run at festivals with 7 new awards to add to 19 previous awards.

Katell Quillévéré's With All my Might (A Bras le Corps) picked up a further 6 awards.

With 4 new awards each in 2006:
The Legend of the Scarecrow by Marco Besas of Spain
Big Girl by Renuka Jeyapalan of Canada
Maestro by Géza M Tóth of Hungary
The Mantis Parable by Josh Staub of USA
West Bank Story by Ari Sandel of USA

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New Short Film Profiles

The Short Film Central website has a database of award-winning short films, contributed to and updated by filmmakers and by us. Some of the latest short film profiles to be added include:

Binta and the Great Idea by Javier Fesser of Spain. Filmed in Senegal, this short film has been made in collaboration with UNICEF in order to increase solidarity for the children in the third world. All of the profits will forever go to UNICEF programs for children. It has won 30 awards to date, and proving to be popular all around the world.

Solace by American Jared Katsiane, has reached audiences in USA, Europe, UK and Brazil, with an award at Spain's ZINEBI festival.

Ten Minutes (Diez Minutos) by Alberto Ruiz Rojo of Spain won an award at its first festival in late 2005, and looks forward to more success over the coming months...

Who Buried Paul McCartney? is a Dutch documentary by Wouter van Opdorp which explores the popular rumour of Paul McCartney's death in the late 60s. Winning at Portugal's FIKE festival, this film continues its festival run, with its next appearance in The Netherlands later this year.

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Upcoming Festivals & Events

If you're keen on short films, you can't beat seeing them on the big screen. Here's a selection of events in the next month:

Worldwide Short Film Festival
Canada, 13 June

Durban International Film Festival
South Africa, 14 June

Norwegian Short Film Festival
Norway, 15 June

Melbourne International Animation Festival
Australia, 20 June

Los Angeles Film Festival
USA, 22 June

Moscow International Film Festival
Russia, 23 June

Mundos Digitales International Animation Festival
Spain, 4 July

FilmVideo: Montecatini International Short Film Festival
Italy, 6 July

Curtas Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival
Portugal, 8 July

New Zealand International Film Festivals
New Zealand, 13 July

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Add your film or event

If you have an award-winning short film, or an event which screens short films, feel free to add it to our searchable database on Short Film Central. You can link to your own official website, or it's perfect if you don't have your own. All you need to do is register for a user account, then you can get access to edit your existing profile or add new profiles. You can also edit your company and filmmaker profiles.