Reflection

by Giorgi Mrevlishvili, Georgia. Documentary. 2009

Documentary filmmaker Giorgi Mrevlishvili will attempt to discover what happens to the faces of the inhabitants of Ushguli, a remote and magical Georgian village, far from the modern, digital world, when they partake in a film screening specially organized for them.
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Jonah and the Vicarious Nature of Homesickness

by Bryn Chainey, Australia. Fiction (live-action & stop-motion). 2009

One day Jonah (Jens Winter) left his family. He gave no explanation and no goodbye, only a telephone number that redirected to an answering machine, before blasting into outer space in his homemade spaceship.
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HUM

by Rebecca Daly, Ireland. Fiction. 2009

A woman's (Kerry Condon) search for silence in an abandoned house becomes layered with sound.
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By Night

by Juan Diaz B, Colombia. Fiction. 2009

In a world where day is eternal, Martin (Mehdi Nebbou) must create night in order to return life to Camille (Lucie Zelger), the love of his life, even if that means losing her forever.
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The Astronaut on the Roof

by Sergi Portabella, Spain. Fiction. 2009

A comical road movie about two scriptwriters (Tomas Sinclair Spencer and Jesse Inman) who write a film about two scriptwriters who write a film about a teenage couple who become bank robbers.
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...and the Berlin Today Award 2010 goes to...

Bryn Chainey from UK/ Australia for his short film JONAH AND THE VICARIOUS NATURE OF HOMESICKNESS.

During the “Dine & Shine Talents Rendezvous with Berlinale Guests” event, the Berlin Today Award 2010 has been awarded to Bryn Chainey for his short film JONAH AND THE VICARIOUS NATURE OF HOMESICKNESS.

Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Bernd Neumann, Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick, the managing director of the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Kirsten Niehuus and Berlin Today Award 2010 jury members Stephen Daldry, actress Heike Makatsch and producer Peter Rommel congratulated Bryn for the “truly creative inventiveness of this film” and “are curious about what this talented filmmaker will come up with next”.

Congratulations to Bryn!

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