Awards from Couch Fest Films 2011




GOLD COUCH AWARD 2011
Cold Blood
Martin Thibaudeau, Canada



SILVER COUCH AWARD 2011
Suiker
Jeroen Annokkee, The Netherlands



BRONZE COUCH AWARD 2011
The Mirror
Ramon and Pedro, Switzerland


Staff Favorite

Love Birds

Brian Lye, Czech Republic - Canada, 7 minute, 2011

A fun and tragic look at the similarities between animals and humans, love and life.

Best Experimental

The Death of an Insect

Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen, Finland, 6 minutes, 2011

In a lifeless urban landscape where time itself has stopped its crawl, a mad ballet is commencing and a newly hatched butterfly is about to die.

Best Fiction

A  Lesson
Outi Hartikainen, Finland, 4 minutes, 2011

A short film about prejudice, uniformity among students and acting on our conscience.

Best Animation

Sticky Ends

Osman Cerfon, France, 6 minutes, 2010

Jinx is a man with the head of a fish, dogged by bad luck.

Best Comedy

Monkeys

Joel Edgerton, Australia, 7 minutes, 2010

Friendship is tested when a guy realizes his mate has copied his style. Will he confront his true emotions?

Best Science Fiction

Rosa

Jesus Orellana, Spain, 9 minutes, 2011

From destruction awakes a robot, mankind's last attempt to restore the earth's ecosystem using samples of long-extinct plant species.

Best Music Video

Animal Beatbox

Australia, 3 minutes, Damon Gameau, 2010

Animals make music perfect.

Best Use of the Word 'Prick'

We Are What We Drink

Marc Hardman, UK, 6 minutes, 2010

A man waits for his coffee, unaware of how life-defining his experience with the barista will actually be.

Best Sing-Along

Tune for Two

Gunnar A.K Jarvstad, Sweden, 3 minutes, , 2011

An execution takes an unexpected turn.

Better Book Adaptation Award

The Dark Side

Mark Teitelman, USA, 4 minutes, 2010

Watch what happens when you mix a real American football player with an overbearing mother.

Best Short Short

Joy Ride

5-Second Films, USA, 5 seconds, 2011

What should happen when a cop pulls over a speeder.

Best Super 8mm

Eli

Leanne Flinn, UK, 4 minutes, 2010

Made on a single cartridge of super 8 film without any editing, for the straight 8 film competition. Eli is a portrait of a canine partner.

Best Romance

Family First

Chris Hanratty, Canada, 7 minutes, 2010

Rob and Ashley have a big announcement that brings a family dinner to a screeching halt.

Best Foreign Language
Amar

Isabel Herguera, Spain, 8 minutes, 2010

A story told though animation as a friend succumbs to mental illness in India.


Best Modern Dance

Flatbed

Tom Merilion, Ireland, 5 minutes, 2010

The end of a relationship and a 30-tonne truck hurtling down a deserted motorway at night.

Best Love Story

I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life with You

Manuela Moreno, Spain, 3 minutes, 2010

When you feel it, you just know it's the right person.

Best Life Coaching

In The Fall

Steve Cutts, UK, 2 minutes, 2011

A short hand-drawn animation about one man's reflection on his life.

Best Character

King Chicken

Nicolas Bolduc, Canada, 7 minutes, 2009

King Chicken walks in and then has an instant crush on a student. Will he dare to approach her?

Best Chase Scene

Mac 'n' Cheese

Gijs van Kooten, Tom Hankins, Roy Nieterau & Guido Puijk,The Netherlands, 3 minutes, 2011

When you find yourself running scared and running out of energy, there's only a few options left.

Best in Meter

Marvin

Mark Nute, UK, 7 minutes, 2010

A story of a boy with a hole in the middle of his head and the adventure he has when something falls out.

Most ADHD Compliant

Meat Or Die 05: Linda

Tai Murayama, Japan, 2 minutes, 2010

'YANS!' and 'GANS!' are the remaining descendants of carnivorous dinosaurs who attempt to hunt for meat in a vegetarian world.

Best Narrative

Powerpoint

Keller Davis, USA, 7 minutes, 2011

Obsession can strangle even the best of us. For Christopher, that one thing is Microsoft Powerpoint.

Best Experimental Documentary

Returns

Krzysztof Kadlubowski, Poland, 7 minutes, 2010

On April 10th, unsettling news about an air catastrophe involving a government plane reached Poland.

Best New Young Director

Rhonda's Party

Ashley McKenzie, Canada, 8 minutes, 2010

Inside a nursing home, a nurse has helped a resident plan a 100th birthday party for her only friend.

Best Animation Style

Rumbleseat

Mike Roberts, USA, 6 minutes, 2011

A  man awakens in the back seat of a hot rod driven by strange ghouls.


Best Dialogue

The Screamers

Roberto Perez Toledo, Spain, 1 minute, 2010

There are places and moments that invite you to scream.

Lifetime Award

Secret Club

Ben Kadie, USA, 4 minutes, 2011

Kyle is bored in high school until he hears about a mysterious Secret Club.

Best Experimental Narrative

Swim

Jordan Tannahill, Canada, 3 minutes, 2011

Haunted by his role in the death of his childhood friend, a filmmaker reflects on regret and loss.

Best Claymation

T is For Toilet

Lee Hardcastle, France, 4 minutes, 2011

A horror story about a little boy who is a bit uncomfortable about using the toilet.

Most Surreal

Umbra

Malcolm Sutherland, Canada, 6 minutes, 2010

An explorer adventures into an unknown world, yet it seems that he has been there before.

Best Uncategorized

Wee Requiem

Jenn E. Norton, Canada, 7 minutes, 2010

A requiem for the passing of a fallen nuisance who is recast as a beloved protagonist.

Best Animated Non-fiction

The Yellow Balloon

Robert Castillo, USA, 3 minutes, 2011

A short story about a young girl and her special balloon on the subway in New York City.

Best Memoir

Donkey

Keir Burrows, UK, 7 minutes, 2010

A man talks about old friends.

Best Alternative Lifestyle Award

You Are So Undead

Alex Epstein, Canada, 6 minutes, 2010

Mary no longer reflects in the mirror. She let her vampire boyfriend go too far.

Best Time Lapse

Drift

Steve Bellana, USA, 2 minutes, 2011

Some things shift.

 

 

 

 

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