Voting is opened for the sixth National Film Board of Canada’s Online Short Film Contest ‘ Cannes 2010, with ten films vying for a spotlight at the famed film festival’s annual market.
This year’s finalist films, both animated and live-action, were selected by short-film expert Danny Lennon. They are:
‘ The Technician, by Simon-Olivier Fecteau (Canada)
‘ Love & Theft, by Andreas Hykade (Germany)
‘ The Story of My Life, by Pierre Ferriere (France)
‘ Crash! Bang! Wallow?, by Jon Dunleavy and Keith Wilson-Signer (United Kingdom)
‘ Mother of Many, by Emma Lazenby (United Kingdom)
‘ Forbidden Tree, by Banafsheh Modaressi (Iran)
‘ Annie Goes Boating, by Noel Paul (United States)
‘ Awake, by Thaid Dhi (Czech Republic)
‘ The Last Passenger, by Mounes Khammar (Algeria)
‘ The Report Card, by Alessandro Celli (Italy)
Voting is open now through May 17 at www.nfb.ca/cannes.
The festival is held in association with the Cannes Short Film Corner and YouTube. The ten finalists in last year’s contest recorded nearly 180,000 views.
The winning film will be announced during the Short Film Corner Happy Hour at Cannes on May 20, with the winning filmmaker receiving as a prize a digital camera/HD video camera and a laptop computer.
