Councillor thomas kunzli assures everyone that theyll organise things for the following week. The 2017 palm springs international shortfest announced its festival award winners on sunday, june 25, 2017, with swiss film facing mecca directed by janeric mack winning the prize for the best of festival award. Palm springs, ca june 25, 2017 the 2017 palm springs international shortfest, the largest short film. Blue my mind and the paris opera garner main awards.
Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of swiss bureaucracy to which roli finds beautifully simple answer. Originally muhammad instructed muslims to face jerusalem when praying. Facing mecca best short film swiss film award quartz 2018. In the short fiction competition, greek film the ticket by haris stathopoulos took home the best film award, with the jury prize going to facing mecca by janeric mack from switzerland. Unimpressed by the councils tactical healdragging, roli offers a more creative idea. Winners of 20th ismailia intl film festival announced. Destiny city film festival drama, international, short facing mecca. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of swiss bureaucracy to which roli finds a beautifully simple answer. Love is a short film describing affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system. Jack garners top picks for rochester international film fest. Facing mecca pensioner roli comes to fareed s assistance when the syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his muslim wife. Facing mecca captured a pair of awards, including best of festival, at the 2017 palm springs international shortfest during the june 25 closing ceremony at the camelot theatres in palm springs. Facing mecca triumphs at palm springs shortfest news.
A short film about life at a prestigious hbcu known as the cultural epicenter of black excellence. The academy of motion picture arts and sciences has narrowed this years liveaction short film race to 10 contenders. Facing mecca receives two awards including best of the festival. But even family graves are exhumed after 25 years and allocated anew. A film by janeric mack, starring peter freiburghaus, jay abdo, and ruth schwegler pensionar roli hilft dem syrischen fluchtling fareed. Red light, coin operated, kayayo and lost face receive audience awards. If the qiblah was just drawing a straight line from where youre standing, you would have 2 possible directions to pray in. Two american university film schools are represented on this years oscar shortlist for best live action short film, which have to win film festival awards to qualify. A muslim must pray facing mecca, and to pray with their. Pensioner roli comes to fareeds assistance when the syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his muslim wife. The head vanishes, dekalb elementary receive top jury awards. Facing mecca palm springs international film festival. The academys short films and animation branch selected 10 liveaction shorts out of 165 qualified submissions to contend for. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of swiss bureaucracy to.
What do you do when you live, well east of mecca, say china, do you look west or continue to face to the east. This year, some 500 filmmakers from 60 countries braved record temperatures to attend the 23rd annual palm springs international shortfest june 2026, the largest short film festival and only. If you live south of the equator, do you look northeast or directly east. Palm springs international shortfest, and toronto international film festivals. Swiss pensioner roli comes to his help and takes him to the hospital but the wife passes away shortly after, leaving the syrian refugee alone with two daughters. Facing mecca director jan ericmack was also awarded. Catch films as short as two minutes or as long as nearly a half hour from near and far in upcoming rochester festival.
Facing mecca captured a pair of awards, including best of festival, at the 2017 palm springs international shortfest during the june 25 closing ceremony at the camelot theatres in palm springs palm springs shortfest, the largest festival of its kind and featuring the only short film market in north america, screened 338 short films along with more than 4,200 filmmaker submissions available. Facing mecca pensioner roli comes to fareeds assistance when the syrian. The academy of motion picture arts and sciences unveiled the 10 films that made the short list for best live action short on monday. Best short film went to janeric macks oscarshortlisted facing mecca, which also won best of the festival and best student film at palm springs, and earned a silver medal at the u. In this academy awardshortlisted film, pensioner roli comes to fareeds assistance when the syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his muslim wife. Watch facing mecca online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Studio hamburg nachwuchspreis, studio hamburg nachwuchspreis bester kurzfilm 2018 nomination palm springs, palm springs international shortfest, best student live. For muslims this disturbance of peace is an absolute taboo. Facing mecca pensionar roli hilft dem syrischen fluchtling fareed, seine frau in. The ticket is a tale about the greek economic crisis told through the perspective of a ticket passed down through various hands, each struggling with. I dont see anything in this short film that won our applauses, its nothing but a pretentious humanity crap, as long as you dont have to pay for other peoples.
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