Photograbber

"Photograbber" (original title [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photomateurs "Photomateurs"] ) is an 18 minute French live action short film (with English subtitles) written and directed by Pascal Tosi

Synopsis

Set in 1952, this is a tale about a unique camera that captures reality. When the photos rebel against the photographer (a charming, henpecked toymaker) a battle begins. Who will win? The photos or the photographer ?

Cast and characters

*imdb name|id=0190591|name=Michel Crémadès (Marcel)
*imdb name|id=0577448|name=Christine Melcer (Carole)
*imdb name|id=0194206|name=Catherine Cyler (Marie)

Technical team

* Director : Pascal Tosi
* Produced by : [http://imdb.com/name/nm1417039/ Aton Soumache]
* Director of photography : [http://imdb.com/name/nm0812626/ Juan Diego Solanas]
* Editing : [http://imdb.com/name/nm1848749/ Sylviane Gozin]
* Set decorator : Frank Muller
* Executive in Charge of Production : Jean-Frédéric Samie
* Digital visual effects director : Hugues Namur

Awards

* Mexico International Film Festival (June 2007) : Best director
* Tahoe-Reno International Film Festival (August 2006) : Best of the festival - New Foreign Director
* ReelHeART International Film Festival (June 2006) : 1st place short film
* Foursite Film Festival (March 2006) : Best Foreign
* Carolina Film and Video Festival (February 2006) : Kodak award for Cinematography
* Fano International Film Festival (October 2005) : First prize video
* Hertfordshire International Film Festival (October 2005) : Best Cinematography
* Festival International du Film - La Paplemühle (October 2005) : Prix du meilleur scénario court métrage
* FAIF Film Festival (October 2005) : Audience award - Best Underground
* Effets stars - Festival international des Effets spéciaux (September 2005) : Prix du jury Graulen - Live SFX
* Festival des nations - Ebensee (June 2005) : Golden bear
* WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (April 2005) : Platinum Remi award
* ION international short film & animation (October 2004) : ION international short film of the year award

Official selections

* Great Lakes Independent Film Festival "USA" (September 2006)
* Newport Beach Film Festival "USA" (April 2006)
* Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts AFIA "Denmark" (April 2006)
* Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival "Serbia" (April 2006)
* Semana Internacional de Cine Fantastico "Malaga, Spain" (March 2006)
* Manchester International Short Film Festival - Kini Film "UK" (February 2006)
* Festival of European Film on Wheels "Turkey" (November 2005)
* Starz Denver International Film Festival "USA" (November 2005)
* Golden Horse Film Festival - Digital Shorts Competition "Taiwan" (November 2005)
* Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival "USA" (October 2005)
* Screamfest Horror Film Festival "USA" (October 2005)
* Lund International Fantastic Film Festival "Sweden" (September 2005)
* International Short Film Festival in Drama "Greece" (September 2005)
* Los Angeles International Short Film Festival "USA" (September 2005)
* European Film Festival Alpinale "Austria" (August 2005)
* Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival "South Korea" (July 2005)
* Festival de Huesca "Spain" (June 2005)
* Athens International Film & Video Festival "Ohio, USA" (May 2005)
* Fantasporto "Portugal" (March 2005)
* Santa Barbara International Film Festival "USA" (January 2005)
* Foyle Film Festival - Seagate "North Ireland" (November 2004)
* Saint Louis International Film Festival "USA" (November 2004)

External links

* [http://www.photomateurs.com/ Official "Photograbber" website]
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* [http://en.unifrance.org/movie/25302/photograbber/ UniFrance web site]