2011 Best Short Idea (ENG)

The 27 Competition Shorts fought for a new Audience Award this year: Best Short Idea.

The results were impressive: 24 of the 27 shorts received 50% or more a positive answer to the question “Did you at least like its main idea?” – the “at least” qualifier inserted in order to signal that ideas matter in themselves, irrespective of what the overall film result is.

Rank	Title	Director
24	SURVEILLANCE 2011	Thanos Karvounis & Demos Kapogiannis
23	MOON DUST	Ezequiel Romero García
22	FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS	Jeff Barnaby
21	GENIO Y FIGURA	Hatem Khraiche Ruiz-Zorilla
20	CRACKS	Stuart Mannion
19	COCKPIT: THE RULE OF ENGAGEMENT	Jesse Griffith
18	CEKANJE	Daniel Beres
17	36EME SOUS-SOL	PH Debies
16	THE TOWER OF TIME	JOSE LUIS QUIROS
15	BY HER HAND, SHE DRAWS YOU DOWN	Anthony G. Sumner
14	THE HAPPY LIFE	Minos Nikolakakis
13	DARKNESS’ SEED	John Butler
12	SALVA EL MUNDO	Borja Echeverria Lamata
11	ONCE UPON A TIME ON EARTH	Ian Hothersall
10	BOTTLES	Jon Stout
9	ONE MAN AND HIS DOG	Jonathan Hopkins
8	LOVEC OBLAKOV	MIHA KNIFIC
7	TIMELARKS	John Edwards
6	‘SWEETHEART’	Michael Matthews
5	LA TERRIBLE MALEDICTION	Stephane Papet
4	THE ADJUSTABLE COSMOS	Adam Duncan
3	MERIDIAN	Ryan Phillips
2	DEAD ON TIME	A. Labropoulos & K. Skyftas

Three of the first 5 shorts were also in the first quintet for Short Supreme. But the Audience Award for Best Short Idea went to

“Tous Les Hommes S’appellenet Robert”, dir. Marc-Henri Boulier, France.

Marc-Henri Boulier was notified about the news, and this is what he had to say to the Greek Audience:

“We are very happy that Robert was able to run in Greece thanks to the festival. We are proud to receive this new award. Long live the SFF-rated !”