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Soft - Jan van Mersbergen

‘Een vader en een zoon worden om beurten geterroriseerd door de buurtjeugd. Als het groepje bij hen voor de deur staat dreigt de situatie uit de hand te lopen. Wie van beiden grijpt in?’

R: S. Ellis (uk, 2006, 14')

Cast: Jonny Phillips, Matthew O'Shea, Michael Socha

Licentie Network Ireland Television

Awards:

Hamburg Int'l Short Film Festival / Germany (2007) Audience Award

Worldwide Short Film Festival / Toronto (2007) Best Live-Action Short

Message to Man Film Festival / St. Petersburg, Russia (2007) Best Short Fiction

Capalbio Cinema Int'l Short Film Festival / Italy (2007) Best Direction

European Short Film Biennale / Ludwigsburg, Germany (2007) Best Screenplay

Belo Horizonte Int'l Short Film Festival / Brazil (2007) Best International Short

Dokufest International Short Film Festival / Prizren, Kosovo (2007) Special Mention

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Rushes Soho Shorts Festival / London, uk (2007) Short Film Award: Runner-up

Edinburgh International Film Festival / uk (2007) Prix uip

Concorto Film Festival / Pontenure, Italy (2007) Best International Fiction

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival / usa (2007) Best of the Fest

DC Shorts Film Festival / Washington, usa (2007) Audience Choice Award

Milano Film Festival / Italy (2007) Students Jury Award

Manhattan Short Film Festival / New York City, usa (2007) Best Editing

Imago Int'l Film Festival / Fundão, Portugal (2007) Best International Film

Colchester International Short Film Festival / uk (2007) Best Film

nyc Shorts / New York City, usa (2007) Best Drama

International Festival Cinéma Tout Ecran / Geneva, Switzerland (2007) Best Short Film

Filmstock International Film Festival / Luton, uk (2007) Audience Award

nterfilm International Short Film Festival / Berlin, Germany (2007) Best Film

Tofifest International Film Festival / Torun, Poland (2007) Special Mention

Cortopotere Short Film Festival / Bergamo, Italy (2007) Best Fiction Short

Ourense International Film Festival / Spain (2007) Best Direction (Short)

DaKino International Film Festival / Bucharest, Romania (2007) Best Short Fiction

Encounters International Short Film Festival / Bristol, uk (2007) Best British Short

Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche / Germany (2006) Special Mention

Festival Tous Courts / Aix-en-Provence, France (2007) Young Jury Award

London Short Film Festival / uk (2008) Teenage Jury Award

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival / Sydney, Australia (2008) Special Jury Prize

Sundance Film Festival / Utah, usa (2008) International Jury Prize

The Indie Shorts Competition / Fort Lauderdale fl, usa (2008) Grand Prize

Cinequest Film Festival / California, usa (2008) l. a bafta

Cleveland International Film Festival / Ohio, usa (2008) Special Mention

In the Palace International Short Film Festival / Balchik, Bulgaria (2008) Special Mention

Kodak Short Film Awards / London, uk (2008) Best Cinematography

British Independent Film Awards / London, uk (2008) Best Short Film

European Short Film Festival / Cambrils-Reus, Spain (2009) Best European Short