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FINALISTS & SEMI-FINALISTS 2010

Announced August 15th, 2010
Award Winners of the Finalists will be announced September 1st

FINALISTS
In Alphabetical Order

* FICTION CATEGORY *
BLOOD AND WATER
Directed by Richell Morrisey - Venice Beach, CA

CAGED DREAMS
Directed by Pete Guzzo - Tampa, FL

IN FIDELITY
Directed by Alex Nesic - Los Angeles, CA

KILL YOUR TELEVISION        
Directed by Andrew Mitchell - Prahran, Australia

NOTHING PERSONAL
Directed by Peter Sawka - Toronto, Canada

PACK OF PAIN
Directed by Pawel Regdosz - London, United Kingdom
 
THE FAMILIAR
Directed by Kody Zimmerman - New Westminster, Canada

THE WOODEN BOX        
Directed by Jeff Brown - Astoria, NY

WOUNDED        
Directed by Chad Aston - Toongabbie, Australia

* ANIMATION CATEGORY *
A COMPLEX VILLAINELLE
Directed by Nathan Billington, Rebecca Forth, Bart Ovaitt, Ryan Porter - Denver, CO

ALEX AND THE GHOSTS
Directed by Eric Warin
- Montreal, Canada

THE HYBRID UNION
Directed by Serguei Kouchnerov - Los Angeles, CA


* DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY *

A MEXICAN TOY STORY
Directed by Alba Mora-Roca - Berkeley, CA

ARABS, JEWS, & HE NEWS
Directed by Bob Albers - East Lansing, MI

B-2247: A GRANDDAUGHTER'S UNDERSTANDING
Directed by Sara Greenberg - Gladwyne, PA

LENS & PENS: ART IN AN UNEXPECTED PLACE
Directed by Deborah Schull - Washington, DC

MIRACLE ON 42nd STREET NEW YORK NEW YORK
Directed by Jerri Sher - West Hollywood, CA

NICO'S CHALLENGE
Directed by Steve Audette - Concord, MA

 

* STUDENT FILM CATEGORY *
ANIMUS
Directed by Lukas Colombo - Lawrenceville, GA
Palm Beach Atlantic University

CITY OF ANGELS
Directed by Carlos Dorsey - Los Angeles, CA
University of Southern California


DEATH & LIFE

Directed by Michael Chasin - Hollywood, FL
Miami Film School

PATIENT

Directed by Daniel Clements - Toronto, Canada
York University

RAMPAGE SUPERSTAR
Directed by Michael Ballaschk - Los Angeles, CA
Chapman University

TAKEO
Directed by Omar Samad - North Hollywood, CA
American Film Institute

THE FATHER
Directed by James Moore - Los Angeles, CA
University of Texas in Austin

THE ROOM
Directed by Nik Sentenza - Berlin, Germany
University of Applied Sciences and Arts


* MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY *
COUNTLESS WAYS
Music by Cape Nape & The Foundation
Directed by Zero Tuonela - Vantaa, Finland


NO PROBLEMS

Music & Lyrics by E-A-SKI
Directed by Michael Tiddes - Los Angeles, CA

TAKE ME TO HEART
Vocals by Brian Minshew, Music & Lyrics by Marvin D. Jones
Directed by Monte Wilson - Shawnee, OK

THEY CAN'T DEPORT US ALL
Music & Lyrics by Chingo Bling 
Directed by Rocky Curby - Northridge, CA

 

 

SEMI-FINALISTS
In Alphabetical Order


The Action/Cut Juries warmly congratulate all Semi-Finalists for their special work of excellence
which stood out from the many hundreds of short films entered in these competitive categories.

Your film can include in its list of achievements the following award:  
"Semi-Finalist: Action/Cut 2010 Short Film Competition"

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FICTION CATEGORY
A CIGAR AT THE BEACH
Directed by Stephen Keep Mills - Topanga, CA
BIRD OF PARADISE
Directed by Roy Choi - Los Angeles, CA

BODY OF WORK
Directed by Alex Bram - Studio City, CA

CAR PARK
Directed by Diarmuid Goggins
- Dublin, Ireland

CHAMPION
Directed by Paul Ashton - Griffith, Australia
DRAG BOTTLE DREAMS
Directed by Konnie Page - Cleveland, OH
DOWN IN NUMBER 5
Directed by Kim Spurlock - Brooklyn, NY
GUARDIAN'S WHISPER
Directed by Reyn Mercuri - Sherman Oaks, CA
HIDDEN IN TIME
Directed by Edward Roy - Beacon, NY 
HYUNG: THE K-TOWN CHRONICLES
Directed by Taejoon Lee - Los Angeles, CA 
INGESTION
Directed by Christos Katsaros - Moreland, Australia
 JENNIFER UNKNOWN
Directed by Matt McNevin - Washington, DC
LINES IN THE SAND - TIES
Directed by Justin Golightly - Albuquerque, NM
PIANO FINGERS
Directed by Nicholas Carmen - Mill Valley, CA
RAIMO'S PRICE
Directed by Shane Dewalt - Colonia, NJ
RED SHOES
Directed by Micah Meisner - Toronto, CA
REQUIEM FOR A LIGHTWEIGHT
Directed by Tom Chamberlain - Austin, TX
SHOP SECRET
Directed by Danny Prussman - New York, NY
SIMONE
Directed by Joops Fragale - Ormond Beach, FL
STREETCAR
Directed by Frederick Weller - New York, NY
SUCKER PUNCH
Directed by Ryan Gould - Brooklyn, NY
THE ALLEY
Directed by David Eyman - Culver City, CA
THE PEANUT BUTTER THEORY
Directed by Ted Endres - Burbank, CA
TRUE BEAUTY THIS NIGHT
Directed by Peter Besson - Sherman Oaks, CA
TWO MONTHS AGO
Directed by Jakriti Jain - Waterloo, Canada
UNDERESTIMATED
Directed by Michele Ervin - Cerritos, CA

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ANIMATION CATEGORY

CHICKEN
Directed by Juan Castaneda - Bogota, Colombia

GO TO SLEEP
Directed by Luis Carlos Uribe - Bogota, Colombia
KATIE'S ROOM
Directed by Gary Mirabelle - Brooklyn, NY
THE LIFT
Directed by Robert Kohr - New York, NY

THE SCARECROWS
Directed by Berin Tuzlic - Bosnia and Herzegovina


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DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY
BLANKETS OF SKID-ROW
Directed by Alexander Seyum -
Los Angeles, CA
BREAKING BOUNDARIES: THE ART OF ALEX MASKET
Directed by Dennis Connors -
Montclair, NJ
JAMAICA JAMAICA
Directed by Carol Brown -
New York, NY
LANDSCAPE & TIME
Directed by Greg Hewett - Vancouver, Canada
SEEMS HEAVEN SENT
Directed by Tom Alexander - Los Angeles, CA
SHERRY MILLS ON ARTUP
Directed by Nathalie Michel - New York, NY
THE FOWLER FORMULA
Directed by Tom Parker - Portland, OR


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STUDENT FILM CATEGORY

BE GOOD TO EDDIE LEE
Directed by Kaileigh Brielle - Northridge, CA
California State University at Northridge
 FINANCE BEFORE ROMANCE
Directed by David Dinetz - Boulder, CO
University of Colorado at Boulder
 GAME OF WAR
Directed by Pierre Alexander Rios - New Zealand
South Seas Film and Television School
GROWN-UP FOR A DAY
Directed by Joe Kicak - Toronto, Canada
Sheridan College
INSPECTOR 42
Directed by Nathan Lee - Poulsbo, WA
Brigham Young University
KABAMIR
Directed by Stefan Najib - Esslingen, Germany 
Macromedia University of Applied Sciences
LINGER
Directed by Ryan East -
Hagerstown, MD
Stevenson University
NICE!
Directed by Alex Mjolsness - Chatham, NJ
University of the Arts in Philadelphia
ONLY CRIMINALS
Directed by John Lamensdorf - Florida
New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
QUALITY TIME
Directed by Colin Marshall -
New York, NY
Columbia University
WAR-TORN
Directed by Brian Lehrer -
CA
University of Southern California

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MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY
COME OVER AFTER
Music & Lyrics by Chris Dagnese, Performed by group DAGNESE
Directed by Gabriel Haze - Warren, MI
KEEP ME IN MY PLANE
Artist: WhoMadeWho
Directed by William Stahl
- Soborg, Denmark
MY HIROSHIMA
Music & Lyrics by Jeremy Smith, Group: where's JEROME
Directed by Todd Cetin & Jeremy Smith
& Alexandra Sabastian
- Prestons, Australia
ON THE KNEES
Music & Lyrics by Robo Grigorov
Directed by Linda Audyova
- Zlin, Czech Republic
THANK YOU
Music & Lyrics by The Little Heros
Directed by Brandon Dexter
- Los Angeles, CA

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Action/Cut wishes to thank all entrants for their participation 
and wish them success and happiness on their filmmaking endeavors.

We look forward to seeing your new film works in 2011.

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