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    2011 Palm Springs ShortFest announces nominees for CWB Award

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    By Luz Aguado on 06/21/2011 Festivals

    Every year at the Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival and Market, Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging The Borders Award goes to a short film that helps to bring people of the world and different cultures closer together. In 2011 the winning film will receive a HP EliteBook 8760w mobile workstation (Prize and promotional support provided by HP) also CWB’s Special Jury Award winner will receive a copy of Adobe Premier Pro CS 5.5 provided by Adobe.

    The five nominees for the 2010 CWB Best International Short Film are Bekas (Sweden), David and Goliath (USA), The Promised Land (Israel), Salar (Bolivia), and Wajeh (Israel).

    The winner of the Best International Short Film Award will be announced in the closing ceremony of the Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival and Market on Sunday June 26, 2011.

    Bekas
    Sweden, 2010, 29 Minute Running Time
    North American Premiere
    Language: Kurdish
    Two brothers living on the streets in Kurdistan hatch a daring plan to get to America—which they are pretty sure lies just across the border.
    DIRECTOR: Karzan Kader
    Producer: Glenn Lund
    Editor: Sebastian Ringler
    Screenwriter: Piotr Marciniak, Karzan Kader
    Cinematographer: Johan Holmqvist
    Music: Josef Tuulse
    Principal Cast: Zamand Taha, Sarwar Fazil

    David and Goliath
    USA, 2010, 12 Minute Running Time
    Topics: Drama, Jewish Interest
    Pursued by Nazi soldiers during WWII, a desperate Czech hides out in a doghouse on the property of a German citizen. Will this momentary refuge prove to be his Alamo?
    DIRECTOR: George Zaverdas
    Producer: George Zaverdas
    Editor: Jeffrey Orgill
    Screenwriter: George Zaverdas
    Cinematographer: Robert McLachlan
    Music: Christopher Klatman
    Principal Cast: Billy Burke

    The Promised Land
    91 Minute Running Time
    Israel, 2010, 15 min.
    Personal stories, ranging from those of a woman who shelters illegal residents from the immigration authorities to the stresses between an orthodox shop owner and his liberated wife form the basis for this selection of fascinating shorts about life in Eretz Yisrael.
    Writer and Director: Vanessa Knutsen
    Producer: Hilla Shitrit
    Director of Photography: Ziv Berkovich
    Editor: Idit Alony
    Cast: Mehereta Baruch, Thiya Danon, Yoni meles, Roi Miller

    Salar
    Bolivia, 2011, 20 Minute Running Time
    North American Premiere
    Topics: Crime, Latino
    Language: Spanish,English,Quechan
    An American doctor ready to cut ties with the Bolivian village where he has been practicing finds his life complicated by a wounded and desperate salt mine worker.
    Director: Nicholas Greene
    Producer: Julie Buck
    Editor: Faisal Azam
    Screenwriter: Nicholas Greene
    Cinematographer: Hillary Spera
    Principal Cast: Carlos Aduviri,Peter Killy,Soledad Ardaya,Maya Cahua,Oona Chaplin

    Wajeh
    Israel, 2010, 16 Minute Running Time
    Topics: Documentary, Middle East
    Language: Arabic
    In this eye-opening documentary, Palestinians of the West Bank, in order to get to work, must pass through a byzantine checkpoint system. A coffee vendor stands witness and provides a small measure of comfort to his customers.
    Director: Murad Nassar
    Producer: doroob Company
    Editor: Ameer Ahmarwo
    Cinematographer: Ameer Ahmarwo

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    Luz Aguado

    Luz Aguado was born in Guanajuato, Mexico and grew up in East Los Angeles. She is the oldest of four siblings. Prior to attending The Art Institute, Luz was a student at the University of California Riverside where she studied biology and aspired to become a medical doctor. Now she studies Media Arts and Animation at The Art Institute of Los Angeles and hopes of one day having the opportunity to work for Disney Animation Studios. Three dimensional animation and the innovative techniques that have given animation a more realistic appearance is something that she wishes to focus on while at The Art Institute.

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