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FINALISTS & SEMI-FINALISTS 2013

Announced August 15th, 2013
Award Winners of the Finalists will be announced September 1st

FINALISTS 2013
In Alphabetical Order

* FICTION CATEGORY *
A CONVERSATION ABOUT CHEATING 
WITH MY TIME-TRAVELING FUTURE SELF

Directed by Pornsak Pichetshote
- Los Angeles, CA

DEPARTURE
Directed by John Sheetz
- Oakdale, CA

DOGS OF WAR
Directed by Frank T. Ziede
- Westchester, IL

NOSTALGIA
Directed by Yasmine Ghorayeb - Montreal, Canada

NOVR
Directed by Geoff O'Rourke
- Alexandria, Australia
 
ONE SAFE
Directed by Gaetano Naccarato
- Le Bourget du Lac, France

THE SWIMMER
Directed by Giovanni Basso - Perth, Australia

THE THINGS I DO, THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
Directed by Austin Priester - Los Angeles, CA
 
THINGS ARE REALLY INSANE
Directed by John William Ross - North Hollywood, CA
 
TITANIC LOVE - THE SHORT
Directed by Mark Pressdee - Birmingham, United Kingdom
 
UNBURDEN
Directed by Andrew Young - Croton on Hudson, NY

* ANIMATION CATEGORY *
BULLET HEAD
Directed by Franco Movsesian - Los Angeles, CA 
 
DRY GULCH
Directed by Alejandro Ayala Alberola - Mexico City, Mexico

THE STORY OF CHOLERA
Directed by Yoni Goodman
- Waitsfield, VT


* DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY *

DEATH BY CHINESE JUNK
Directed by Peter Navarro - Laguna Beach, CA

THE GIANT AND THE FISHERMAN
Directed by Daniele Iop - Borso del Grappa, Italy

THEN AND NOW
Directed by Paul Johannessen - Bergen, Norway

 

* STUDENT FILM CATEGORY *
BRAVE GIRL
Directed by Erin Galey - Los Angeles, CA
New York University - Tisch School of the Arts, Singapore, Asia

BROTHERS
Directed by Daniel Ruebesam - Frankfurt, Germany
FilmAkademie Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany


Cuvée
Directed by Joe Fontana - Napa, CA
Berkeley Digital Film Institute, CA

DANGER, DAMES & DANGEROUS GAMES
Directed by Alex Salazar - Kirkland, WA
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

FLAWLESS
Directed by Navjyot Bandiwadekar - San Francisco, CA
San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking, CA
 
RESIGHT
Directed by Sama Waham - Oakville, Canada
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Canada
 
THE LOSS
Directed by Mete Sozer - Istanbul, Turkey
UCLA Extension Entertainment Studies, Los Angeles, CA


* MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY *
BIG IN L.A.
Music by Mr. Camboso - Lyrics by Joelle Amery & Norman Cambridge - Vocals by Joelle
Directed by Norman Cambridge - London, United Kingdom


ETOSTONE - TOGETHER

Music by Etostone - Lyrics and Vocals by Jason McKnight
Directed by Juan David Salazar - Prague, Czech Republic

JUST ANOTHER POLITICIAN
Music and Lyrics by Edward Waters & Jack Howell at Willo Disc - Vocals by Thaddeus Rose
Directed by Jacob Sacks - Phoenix, Arizona

LOVE YOURSELF
Music Production: Genie in a Bottle Productions - Lyrics and Vocals by Audrianna Bartholomew
Directed by Jasmin Burton - West Hills, CA

PRIMUS 'LEE VAN CLEEF'
Music by Primus - Lyrics and Vocals by Les Claypool
Directed by Christopher Smith - Brooklyn, NY

 

 

SEMI-FINALISTS 2013
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 2013 Short Film Competition"

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FICTION CATEGORY
CONTRITION
Directed by Ricardo Perez-Selsky
- Orange, CA
COUNTER MEASURE
Directed by Jason Satterlund - Portland, OR

DEATH ARTISTS, INC.
Directed by A. M. Hamilton - San Francisco, CA

DERBY KINGS
Directed by Valerie Bischoff -
Brooklyn, NY

DISABLED AND DANGEROUS
Directed by Kyle and Levi McCahen - Calgary, Canada
EXPATZ
Directed by Jimmie Wing - Bangkok, Thailand
GUNNA
Directed by Otto Gunnarsson - Reykjavik, Iceland
HEAD ON
Directed by Christine Irons - Los Angeles, CA
INANITION
Directed by Sean McKinney - New Orleans, LA
INTERSECTION
Directed by Julian Cornwell - New York, NY
JACK ATTACK
Directed by Antonio Padovan & Bryan Norton - NY
KANSAS PEACHES
Directed by Perry T. Schwartz - Silver Spring, MD
MANTUITION
Directed by Shelly Brandon - Kearns, UT
MARKSMEN
Directed by Kazu Patrick Tang - Bangkok, Thailand
MEMORY SCULPTOR
Directed by Ken Ochiai - Los Angeles, CA
 MOMENT OF PERFECTION
Directed by Sami Nikki - Helsinki, Finland
PINE ISLAND
Directed by Graham Gall - Greenway, Australia
PLACEBO
Directed by Daniel Piatt - Denton, TX
SUBTERRANEAN LOVE
Directed by Robert Haufrecht - New York, NY
THE DOCUMENT
Directed by Erik Lehmann - Berlin, Germany
THE LAST GIRL
Directed by Jela Oba Okpara - Los Angeles, CA
THE MEETING
Directed by Gianpiero Alicchio - Rome, Italy
THE MORNING AFTER
Directed by David Renaud - Los Angeles, CA
VANISHED
Directed by Simon Beckman - Santa Monica, CA
WUNDERLAND
Directed by Andrew Kightlinger - Pierre, SD
ZOMBIE! THE MUSICAL
Directed by Ryan Guthrie - Vancouver, Canada


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ANIMATION CATEGORY

BLITZ
Directed by Nancy Chung - Brooklyn, NY

KING TIGERMORE IN STRAWBERRY FIELDS
Directed by Tunde Reid-Kapo - Las vegas, NM

MOMENTS
Directed by Warren Criswell - Benton, AR
MY LION
Directed by Ricardo Pozas - San Juan del Rio, Mexico
THE GOLD SPARROW
Directed by Daniel Stessen - West Hollywood, CA


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DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY
DELTA 180: CHANGING LIVES IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA
Directed by Anne Rayner -
Jackson, MS
FACES OF 8
Directed by Michael Shaw -
Cathedral City, CA
GATEWOOD
Directed by Chris Lovenko -
Los Angeles, CA
GROWING UP NORMAL
Directed by Nicholas Brown -
Guelph, Canada
THE LAST TOURNAMENT
Directed by Chih-Yang Cheng -
San Francisco, CA
WOMEN OF FUKUSHIMA
Directed by Paul Johannessen
- Bergen, Norway

 

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STUDENT FILM CATEGORY

BOUNDARIES
Directed by Ali Sultani - Edmonton, Canada
Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta, Canada
COLOR FADE
Directed by Matthew Krekeler - Littleton, CO
Santa Fe University - Film School of Art & Design, CO
ERNESTINA
Directed by toyomi Maquita - Mexico
Center of Film & Television, Vergel de las Arboledas, Mexico
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
Directed by Jonathan Angelier - CA
New York Film Academy
IRIS
Directed by Justin S. Lee - Monrovia, CA
University of Southern California, CA
 
SAKHALIN DEATH ROW
Directed by Katerina Strazding - Marbella, Spain
New York Film Academy
THE LOST PASTIME
Directed by Marty Flavin, Grace Carini, Andrew Cheng 
University of Notre Dame - Dept. of Film, TV and Theater
THE MESSAGE
Directed by Archie Aligo - Valencia, CA
College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
THE ZEALOT
Directed by Ben Sharrock - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom
TO BE GRAY
Directed by Ryan Britton - Arlington, TX
University of Texas at Arlington


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MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY
A HOUSE, A HOME
Directed by Daniel Fickle - Portland, OR
CRADLE TO GRAVE
Directed by Ken Glaser - Brea, CA
DEAR SOMEONE
Directed by Tetsuo Kamata - Osaka, Japan
PASS THE BAG WITH THE BOTTLE
Directed by Jacob Sacks - Phoenix, AZ
PRAYER
Directed by Norm Bosworth - Centerville, UT
THINK OF ME
Directed by Kimberly Much - West Hollywood, CA


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