SUYS March 27th 2010 Events


< March 26th events Saturday, March 27, 2010 SUYS 2010 - Festival Awards and Nominee Screenings, Closing Gala /18A – Licensed event 4:00pm - 7:00pm The Plaza Theatre 1133 Kensington Rd. NW Calgary, AB $8 at the door 3 day passes for $12 available at Bird Dog Video: 1333 16 Avenue Southwest Calgary, AB T3C 0Z7 (403) 398-2283 The 2nd Annual Show Us Your Shorts - A Festival of Short Films presents our SUYS 2010 Official Awards and Nominee Selections!! The following awards will be announced presented: Best Size X-Small, Small, Medium, and Large; Best Narrative, Best Craft, Most Innovative, Audience Favourite, Grand Jury Prize "Golden Shorts" and the SUYS 2010 Screenwriting competition winner; The winner of this award will have their screenplay produced for Sled Island Film 2010, as part of Sled Island Festival. This is an 18A event, licensed event OFFICIAL SUYS 2010 SELECTIONS AND AWARDS NOMINEES: March 27, 2010 ________________________________________________________ Pwned Director: Clayton Budd, Calgary SIZE: Large – 22:30 min WORLD PREMIERE Nominations: Best Size Large, Craft, Narrative, Grand Jury Prize ****************************************** Synopsis: A short form documentary exploring the world of gaming and it's many inhabitants. Pwned takes us on a personal and human tour through this pixilated realm. Water Under the Bridge Director: T.J. Lynch, Calgary SIZE: Medium - 13 min WORLD PREMIERE Nominations: Best Size Medium, Narrative, Craft, and Grand Jury Prize **************************** Synopsis: Water Under the Bridge is a drama about a Man (Chad Nobert) coming to terms with his past. He arrives at his family's abandoned ranch to conclude its sale to their former Neighbor (Tantoo Cardinal), as well as to dispose of his father's cremated remains in the creek on the property. As the ashes begin to fall from the old iron bridge, the Man comes face to face with painful memories from thirty years before. With his Mother (Jemma Blackwell) hours from death and his stoic Father (David LeReaney) falling to pieces with grief, the man as a Boy (Dustin Bollinger) is confronted with a choice that will change his life forever. Will the decisions made continue to haunt him? Or will he make peace with the past, put the painful memories behind him like. "Water Under the Bridge" A Tax on Poschy Director: Karen Hines, Calgary SIZE: Medium – 18 min Nominations: Best Size Medium, Craft, Narrative, Innovation, and Grand Jury Prize ******************************** Synopsis: In the creepy waiting room at an audit from hell, our guilty little heroine awaits the Tax Man's Wrath. Basin Director: David Geiss, BC CDN SIZE: Small – 8 min WORLD PREMIERE Nominations: Best Size Small, Narrative, and Grand Jury Prize. *************************** synopsis: The forest and river awaken to a new day; the hum of the highway is constant. This is a boom town. An oil town. But what of it? An environmental scourge, or an economic miracle? ... Just look. And listen. Big Bad Baby Brain Director: LB Robertson, Manitoba CDN SIZE: Small – 9:02 min WORLD PREMIERE Nominations: Best Size Small, Innovation, Narrative, Craft, and Grand Jury Prize ************************************ Synopsis: A slightly hallucinogenic animated comedy about the American media, movies, rampaging Babylonians and a "giant faceless baby with a massive evil brain." Make Your Bed Director: Natasha Ivanco, Ontario, CDN SIZE: Small - 4:06 ALBERTA PREMIERE Nominations: Best Size Small, Craft, Innovation, Grand Jury Prize ******************************* Synopsis: Make Your Bed is a tragic tale of a girl who refused to complete her chores to acceptable standards. Starting in an ideal world filled with attention, ponies, non-existent siblings, and suitable parents, the heroine makes her bed with glee, passion and satisfaction. However, upon experiencing a tragic loss, she turns her back on her hygienic ways and rebels against manners. However, her new lifestyle, filled with disregard for high standards of cleanliness and carefully considered routines, she experiences the worst event of all. While she returns to her proper bed making ways as a result of the consequences she has faced, the girl is subjected to lifelong toils and troubles as she continues to obsessively make her bed. Geneva Nights Dir. Saxon Decocq and Elliot Hudson, BC, CDN SIZE: Small - 3:06 min, WORLD PREMIERE Nominations: Best Size Small, Craft, Grand Jury Prize ******************************************* Synopsis: Todd & Blakely of the International Detective Agency stakeout a boat in the harbor and dream about what the future might bring. Reading the Silent Killer Director: Lorne Bailey, Manitoba CDN SIZE: Small – 5:40 min ALBERTA PREMIERE Nominations: Best Size Small, Narrative, Grand Jury Prize ****************************** Synopsis: An examination of the dangers of reading. Escape From Death Planet Director: James Cadden, Alberta CDN SIZE: Small – 7 min, WORLD PREMIERE Nominations: Best Size Small, Innovation, and the Grand Jury Prize ************************ Synopsis: Research facility workers on a distant planet are exposed to attack by never before seen life forms when the security perimeter fence fails. Everyone is forced to evacuate, but three are accidentally left behind. Armed with machine guns, there is only one chance of escape for Carrie, Alan and Ross. Set in the future, Escape from Death Planet is a short, controlled burst of science fiction mayhem that combines live action with exciting computer generated creatures and digital special effects. One Long Summer Director: Criag Orrett, Ontario CDN SIZE: Small – 2:08 min ALBERTA PREMIERE Nominations: Best Size Small, Grand Jury Prize ***************************** Synopsis: This is the first music video from party-rocking surf-punk duo Tonka & Puma, created by the band's live film loop projectionist. Maverick Director: Kyle Whitehead, Calgary SIZE: Small – 6:46 min Nominations: Best Size Small, Craft, Innovation, and Grand Jury Prize ************************************* Synopsis: A phenomenal deception in which you are entirely complicit. Assbackwards Dir. Hussein Juma, Calgary Size: Small - 7:00 min Nominations: Size Small, Narrative, Grand Jury Prize *********************** Synopsis: Just because that's the way you've always done it, doesn't mean it's the only way. Ladies Of Leisure Director: Sandi Somers, Alberta CDN SIZE: X-Small Nominations: Best Size X-Small, Narrative, Craft, and The Grand Jury Prize ************************************** Synopsis: Ladies of Leisure is ladies in leisure! Essence of Existence Director: James Cadden, Alberta CDN SIZE: X-Small Nominations: Best Size X-Small, Narrative, Craft, Grand Jury Prize ******************************** Synopsis: Our pivotal moments in life play beautifully in silhouette, questioning the concept of existence.