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Movie 2001 Awards (BIAFF 2001) Selection 3 (Library ref no. 17)
A further selection of assorted award-winners in the 2001 IAC International Film & Video Competition, premiered at Movie 2001, held March 30 to April 1, 2001 in Bedford, Bedfordshire.
| 1. | GREENHOUSE Tim Jones, FACI (Kent) Some time in the future, in a greenhouse travelling through space, is a little creature who becomes subject to the 'greenhouse effect'! (The canister labelled 'O3' is, of course, ozone!) IAC International Award , Best British Amateur Movie, Mini-Cinema Cup for Best Animation Award + 10 Focus CDs 2001 |
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| 2. | DIMATO Urbain Appeltans (Belgium) Antiques dealer Martijn Vandezande (Staf Hoste) decides to retire and sells up. He goes for a cycle ride into the country and meets up with Wannes Tores (Rem Vastenavonde), the owner of a boat ('Dimato'). They hit it off and join forces in a new life together. This is a deceptively simple movie - but is beautifully crafted in every department. IAC International Award, Outstanding Cinematic Achievement 2001 |
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| 3. | DESIGNER BABIES Iain Gaffney (York) In the future, might it be possible to have a baby 'made to measure' as far as colouring, etc is concerned? This movie suggests how. NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN. IAC International Award 2001 + 10 Carlin CDs; UNICA Gold Medal, Federico Fellini Award 2001 Making of article.) |
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| 4. | CALANDA Otto Horn (Germany) The title refers to the town in Spain where the famous (or infamous!) film director Luis Bunuel was born in 1900. The reporter (Horst Dieter Bürkle) tells us he is looking for Bunuel's house, and the effect that Calanda had on the director. There are a number of clips (mostly in B&W) from some of the films, including the notorious surreal Le Chien Andalou. NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN MANY MAY FIND THE SCENE OF AN EYE BEING CUT WITH AN OPEN RAZOR DISTURBING IAC Gold Seal 2001 |
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| 5. | ZU GAST IN EINER EWIGKEIT (ONLY A GUEST IN ETERNITY) Rose Doschke (Germany) A study of the evolution of planet Earth and how it might end! IAC Gold Seal 2001 |
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| 6. | SCHÄFCHEN ZÄHLEN (COUNTING SHEEP) Sven Taddicken (Germany) As the maker's own description has it - 'A poetic grotesquery about erotic longings, a fateful children's toy and the punctuality of German trains' - but that isn't the half of it! NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN IAC International (Open) Award, IAC Best Open 2001 |
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Total running time 95 mins.
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