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    Nominees for 2014 HP Bridging The Borders Award at Palm Springs ShortFest

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    By Luz Aguado on 06/18/2014 News

    Every year at the Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival and Market, HP’s Bridging The Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders and sponsord by HP, goes to a short film that helps to bring people of the world and different cultures closer together. In 2014 the winner of HP’s Bridging The Borders Award will receive received an HP ZBook mobile workstation with an approximate $3000 value. The prize was provided by HP, who sponsors the award.The runner up film will receive a certificate for an upcoming Method Acting Intensive with a value of $2000 from Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.

    The six nominees for the 2014 HP’s Bridging The Borders Award are 5cm (China), Bahar In Wonderland (Germany), Children Of God (Iraq), Foad (Norway), Kush (India), Mirror Image (Israel) and  Point Of Origin (India).

    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 22, 2014.

    5cm (China)
    After years of being overlooked by the National Ballet of China in favor of his talented rival/friend, the stunning dancer Xiao Xiang has one last chance to dominate the stage and impress a foreign director who has the power to change his–or someone’s– life.
    Director: Jordan Schiele
    Producer: Sherman Lai, Jordan Schiele
    Editor: Nathanael Carton, Melanie Schiele
    Screenwriter: Jordan Schiele – Cinematographer: Jordan Schiele
     

    Bahar in Wonderland (Bahar Im Wunderland) (Germany)
    Separated from her father after making their way from Syria to Germany, young Bahar finds herself adrift in a daunting and unfamiliar place.
    Director: Behrooz Karamizade
    Producer: Jörn Möllenkamp
    Editor: Behrooz Karamizade
    Screenwriter: Behrooz Karamizade – Cinematographer: Michel Unger
    Principal Cast: Kani Mohammadi, Korkmaz Arslan, Julia Kahl
     


    Children of God (Iraq)
    A young Iraqi amputee and soccer fanatic throws his support behind the local girls’ team during a battle-of- the-sexes matchup.
    Director: Ahmed Yassin
    Producer: Mohamed Al-Daradji, Isabelle Stead, Atia Al-Daradji
    Editor: Maha Bazzy
    Screenwriter: Ahmed Yassin – Cinematographer: Najwan Ali
    Principal Cast: Ameer Hadi, Hawara Alkhuza
     

    Foad (Norway)
    A street smart Moroccan boy devises a business opportunity with the desperate refugees at his seaside town in this film about dreaming of a better life.
    Director: Farzad Samsami
    Producer: Njål Lambrechts, Trude Refsahl
    Editor: Rolf Thomas Løvig – Music: Tom Roger Rogstad
    Screenwriter: Farzad Samsami – Cinematographer: Philip Øgaard
    Principal Cast: Oussama Zemmourri, Mly youssef Ezzahr, Trond Høvik, Youssef Derkaoui
     

    Kush (India)
    Following the 1984 assassination of Indira Gandhi, a school field trip becomes a harrowing ordeal for a teacher trying to protect a 10-year-old Sikh boy from the growing violence around them.
    Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani  – Producer: Sanjay Bhutiani
    Editor: Shubhashish Bhutiani, Tom Knight – Music: Dharam & Sandeep
    Screenwriter: Shubhashish Bhutiani – Cinematographer: Michael McSweeney
    Principal Cast: Shayaan Sameer, Sonika Chopra, Anil Sharma
     

    Mirror Image (Israel)
    A filmmaker interviews her grandparents about the origins of the family mirror, but their discussion quickly becomes a negotiation over the meaning of language, memory and the history of Israel.
    Director: Danielle Schwartz
    Producer: Danielle Schwartz
    Editor: Thalia Hoffman
    Cinematographer: Emmanuelle Mayer

     

    Points of Origin (India)
    Will the relationship between an American radio host and his wife survive the ethical dilemmas of outsourced pregnancy in India? Starring Ankur Vikal (Slumdog Millonaire) and Tessa Thompson (Dear White People).
    Director: Anya Leta – Producer: Erin Galey
    Editor: Eric F. Martin, David Nordstrom
    Screenwriter: Anya Leta – Music: Rodrigo Martin Munuera
    Cinematographer: Nathanael Carton Production Designer: Karuna Karmarkar
    Principal Cast: Ankur Vikal, Tessa Thompson, Auroshika Dey, Denzil Smith

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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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