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FINALISTS & SEMI-FINALISTS 2012

Announced August 15th, 2012
Award Winners of the Finalists will be announced September 1st

FINALISTS 2012
In Alphabetical Order

* FICTION CATEGORY *
DEADBEAT
Directed by Brenda Lee Lau
- Venice, CA

HEADS UP
Directed by Alex Merkin
- Brooklyn, NY

MAYHEM
Directed by A.I. Moore & Richard Blake
- Los Angeles, CA

MOTIVE
Directed by Rick Carmona - Astoria, NY

THE FIXER
Directed by Aaron Zavitz
- Omaha, NE
 
THRESHOLD
Directed by Sam Ciurdar
- Riverside, CA

TRICKERY (MANIGANCES)
Directed by Simon Briand - Paris, France

WHEN YOU FIND ME
Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard - Los Angeles, CA

* ANIMATION CATEGORY *
999.999.999
Directed by Gerald Grunow - Munich, Germany
Munich University of Applied Sciences
 
HOME WAS THE SAILOR
Directed by Seana Kozar - Dursley, United Kingdom

INSPECTOR LINT EASTWOOD AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING SOCK
Directed by Meg McCarthy
- Beverly Hills, CA

THE GAME
Directed by Marcin Janiec - Warsaw, Poland


* DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY *

ART CREATURE: ALBY COHEN
Directed by Michael Fodera - Syosset, NY

CARBON FOR WATER
Directed by Evan Abramson & Carmen Elsa Lopez - Brooklyn, NY

WHITE SHARK BEHAVIOR
Directed by Skyler Thomas - San Francisco, CA

 

* STUDENT FILM CATEGORY *
MOSSADEGH
Directed by Roozbeh Dadvand - Los Angeles, CA
University of Southern California

MR. MONSTER

Directed by Simon Hung - Glendale, CA
New York Film Academy


SIMPLE SIMON

Directed by Daniel Kontur - London, United Kingdom
University of Arts - London College of Communications

SLEEPLESS IN BAGHDAD
Directed by Althea Brown - Atlanta, GA
Savannah College of Art & Design

WOODEN HEART
Directed by Jon White - Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Staffordshire University


* MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY *
CHECKMATE
Music: "As Long As I Live" by Bruce Peninsula
Directed by Chris Kohout - Seattle, WA


FIZZY LETTUCE

Music: "Fizzy Lettuce" by UK band WooWoos
Directed by Alex Raskin - Union City, NJ

OVERFEELING
Music by David Shane Smith
Directed by Sasha Gransjean - Los Angeles, CA

 

 

SEMI-FINALISTS 2012
In Alphabetical Order


The Action/Cut Juries warmly congratulate all Semi-Finalists for their special work of excellence
which stood out from the many hundreds of short films entered in these competitive categories.

Your film can include in its list of achievements the following award:  
"Semi-Finalist: Action/Cut 2012 Short Film Competition"

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FICTION CATEGORY
ANOTHER WORLD
Directed by Piers Leigh
- London, United Kingdom
BAD MOON RISING
Directed by Scott Hamilton - Brisbane, Australia

BIGHORN
Directed by Alfred Catalfo - Dover, NH

DO I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING?
Directed by Selma Vilhunen -
Helsinki, Finland

DREAMING AMERICAN
Directed by Lee Percy - New York, NY
ELEGY FOR A REVOLUTIONARY
Directed by Paul van Zyl - Los Angeles, CA
I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE
Directed by Gunda Aurich - Berlin, Germany
NO REST FOR THE WICKED
Directed by Ryan Schifrin - Beverly Hills, CA
NOT NECESSARY
Directed by Ped Farazandeh - Irving, TX
ROAD TO ESPERANZA
Directed by Ed Trucco - New York. NY
THE EXTORTIONIST
Directed by Sanford Tong - Melbourne, Australia
 THE MIRACLES ON HONEY BEE HILL
Directed by Bob Pondillo - Murfreesboro, TN
THE OCCUPANTS
Directed by Alex Chapman & James Lane - ACT, Australia
TINDERBOX
Directed by Frank Ziede - Westchester, IL

TRUE LOVE
Directed by Robert Braiden - Brisbane, Australia



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ANIMATION CATEGORY

ATTACK OF THE KILLER MUTANT CHICKENS
Directed by Nayeem Mahbub - Dhaka, Bangladesh

THE DAY I HELPED SAVE THE WORLD
Directed by Gary Mirabelle - Brooklyn, NY
VERNAL EQUINOX
Directed by Haiwei Hou - Oakville, Canada
Produced at Sheridan College


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DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY
ART CREATURE: JEREMY SELENFRIEND
Directed by Michael Fodera -
Syosset, NY
CLOUD OF THE RISING SUN
Directed by Santiago Garcia De Leaniz -
Madrid, Spain

SEARCY COUNTY
Directed by Noam Osband - Brookline, MA
Produced at University of Pennsylvania



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STUDENT FILM CATEGORY

BREAD & KISSES
Directed by Katherine Fitzgerald - Toronto, Canada
Sheridan Institute
EMMA
Directed by Navjyot Bandiwadekar - Fremont, CA
San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
FAIR FIGHT
Directed by Andrew Fairbank - Tallahassee, FL
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts
 
HUNGRY FOR LOVE
Directed by Corbin Hubbard - Mansfield, TX
Stephen F. Austin State University
HUMMINGBIRDS
Directed by Hayley MacFarlane - Australia
Griffith Film School / Queensland College of Art
 
THE MYSTIQUE
Directed by Nick Vassil - Glen Ellyn, IL
DePaul University


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MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY
GOING OUT
Music by Francis and the Lights
Directed by Matthew Lee - Portsmouth, OH
PARTY IN THE CIA
Weird Al Yankovic's parody of "Party in the CIA" by Miley Cyrus
Directed by Roque Ballesteros
- San Francisco, CA


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Action/Cut wishes to thank all entrants for their participation 
and wish them success and happiness on their filmmaking endeavors.

We look forward to seeing your new film works in 2013.

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