2007 Filmfest Best of Festival Nominees

Production Type:Corporate
"Mercedes Benz M-Class World Premiere Event Intro"
Production Type: Corporate
Entrant: e-motion AV Medien Consulting & Produktion GmbH / Stuttgart
Sponsor/Client: DaimlerChrysler AG / Stuttgart
Production Company: e-motion AV Medien Consulting & Produktion GmbH / Stuttgart
This film was an intro for the world premiere of the new M-Class on the Mercedes-Benz press conference at the Detroit Motorshow 2006.
"Dazzling Daydream - Swarovski bathroom made by Kludi"
ffp.at, Vienna, Austria
Entrant: ffp.at / Vienna
Sponsor/Client: D. Swarovski & Co / Vienna
Production Company: ffp.at / Vienna
The Daazling Daydream project results in two model bathrooms that transcend the concept of bathing luxury. The work - a cooperation between Kludi and Swarovski - was inspired by the world of beauty and the infinite shapes of cut crystal. The Swarovski Bathroom represents a total architecural concept that goes far beyond equipping a functional space, presenting it in a third, poetic dimension. This is crystalline bathroom architecture enhanced by the finest materials to interact with the large structures and the smallest details. Sparkling crystal is used to enhance the interplay of light and water while transparent materials and reflections create a poetic atmosphere of glamour and harmony.
"Accessibility NOW"
Animech AB, Uppsala, Sweden
Entrant: Web-IT / Stockholm & Animech AB / Uppsala
Sponsor/Client: Handisam / Stckholm
Production Company: Animech / Uppsala; Web-IT / Stockholm
This meeting rpresentation commissioned by the government was made to make sure other agencies and authorities comply with regulations stipulating that disabled people should be given equal opportunites to access and take part in their services, information, etc.
"Technology@work"
Jack Morton Worldwide, London, UK
Entrant: Jack Morton Worldwide / London
Sponsor/Client: Hewlett-Packard / San Francisco, CA
Production Company: Jack Morton Worldwide / London
This film was used to open a 3 day Hewlett-Packard global customer event at the ICC in Berlin.
Production Type: Educational
"Talk, Listen Connect"
Sesame Workshop, New York, NY
Entrant: Sesame Workshop / New York, NY
Production Company: Sesame Workshop / New York, NY
"Talk, Lsten, Connect" is a touching Muppet piece about Elmo's Daddy going away for awhile to help people and what Elmo experiences as Daddy prepares to leave, is away and returns. This includes 2 songs, "here for You" a song highlighting Elmo's support system of friends and family while Daddy is away and "Proud" an emotional song between Elmo and his Dad upon Daddy's return home. Also included in the piece are transitions to footage of real military families showing how they prepare for all stages of deployment.
"Talk, Listen Connect"
Sesame Workshop, New York, NY
Entrant: Sesame Workshop / New York, NY
Production Company: Sesame Workshop / New York, NY
"Talk, Lsten, Connect" is a touching Muppet piece about Elmo's Daddy going away for awhile to help people and what Elmo experiences as Daddy prepares to leave, is away and returns. This includes 2 songs, "here for You" a song highlighting Elmo's support system of friends and family while Daddy is away and "Proud" an emotional song between Elmo and his Dad upon Daddy's return home. Also included in the piece are transitions to footage of real military families showing how they prepare for all stages of deployment.
"Anti-Drug Files - Lost & Found"
Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Entrant: Radio Television Hong Kong / Hong Kong
Production Company: Radio Television Hong Kong / Hong Kong
Misunderstanding often turns a family into tragedy. Many youngsters left their home and run into a wrong road as they thought that love did not exist in their home. Anger blocks their eyes and their parents' hearts. This docudrama was produced not only to let the audience know more about the bad effects of drug addiction but also to remind people the importance of showing their love between family members.
"Key Constitutional Concepts"
The Documentary Group, New York, NY
EDUCATIONAL: Education - Grades 9-12 (High School)
Entrant: The Documentary Group / New York, NY
Sponsor/Client: The Annenberg Foundation at Sunnylands Trust / Philadelphia, PA
Production Company: The Documentary Group / New York, NY
This is a three part film shown to high school students. The first segment introduces the Farmers, the Constitution and its creation; the second analyzes the Supreme Court case that established the right to counsel (Gideon v. Wainwright); the third summarizes a Supreme Court case that limited presidential power (Youngstown v. Sawyer).
Production Type: Entertainment
"Tofukuji Sound Stage"
Mainichi Broadcasting System, Osaka, Japan
Entrant: Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. / Osaka
Production Company: Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. / Osaka
The Sound Stage series is an annual musical event that takes place at temples in the ancient captals of Kyoto and Nara based on the theme "East Meets West." The event is a gathering of musicians from all over the world. In 2006, the venue was Tofukuji, a Zen temple in Kyoto. Cross-cultural encounters generate cultiral synergy on stage. Music, as has been acknowledged through the centuries, has the power to bring together the hearts of mankind, beyond language and culture.
"Mortified Taylor’s DNA"
Australian Children’s Television, Melbourne, Australia
Entrant: Australian Children's Television Foundation / Melbourne, VIC; Enjoy Entertainment / Melbourne, VIC
Production Company: Australian Children's Television Foundation / Melbourne, VIC; Enjoy Entertainment / Melbourne, VIC
On the brink on adolescence a girl's got a lot to deal with; a changing body, a flood of hormones, relentless judgement by her peers, even perhaps the stirrings of a first, unrequited crush. In "Mortified", Taylor Fyr is confronted by a lot. She is a lively, smart-lipped kid with plenty of courage and attitude, but the truth is she feels as if she doesn't belong. She's an outsider in her own, wacky family. She is a black sheep at school and a misfit amongst her seemily perfect neighbors. What's different about Taylor is her flamboyant imagination.
"The Old Windmill Shop"
DeKroon, Wissenraet & Associés, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Entrant: De Kroon, Wissenraet & Associés / Amsterdam
Sponsor/Client: Nolet Distillery / Schiedam
Production Company: De Kroon, Wissenraet & Associés / Amsterdam
Nolet Distillery recently built the largest old style windmill in The Netherlands. In this windmill a state of the art film theatre plays a vital role in the distillery tours. This film is part of the tour.
Production Type: Documentaries
"Nature: The Queen of Trees"
Thirteen/WNET New York, New York, NY
Entrant: Thirteen/WNET New York / New York, NY
Production Company: Thirteen/WNET New York / New York, NY; Deeble & Stone Productions / Cornwall, UK
Competing for the title of nature's oddest couple, the sycamore fig tree and the miniscule fig wasp share a curious and important co-dependency - a relationship whose influence extends out widely across the African bush, supporting hundreds of other plants, animals, people, and even fish.
"The Battle of Chernobyl"
Discovery Networks International, Silver Spring, MD
Entrant: Discovery Networks International / Silver Sping, MD
Production Company: Discovery Networks International / Silver Sping, MD Play Film / Paris
This film looks back at the accident that occurred at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986 - the most disastrous reactor malfunction in the history of nuclear power.
"The Mystery of Love"
The Independent Production Fund, New York, NY
Entrant: The Independent Production Fund / New York, NY
Production Company: The Independent Production Fund / New York, NY
"The Mystery of Love" has, as its premise, that every life is a love story, a story of the many deep connections which shape and give meaning to life. The program program, in magazine format, tells stories of ten kinds of love and features interviews with people who have studied and written about love. The stories feature not just the exceptional tale, but how love is the exceptional event in everyday lives.