"These are the best fitting shorts I've ever had"

"One Flight Stand" by Saladin Patterson picks up the Showbiz sponsored Golden box[ur]shorts™ trophy during the 3rd Awards Night at the New Beverly Cinema. Congratulations to all the winner that further include FUJIFILM sponsored 2nd place "I'm Gay", the musical co-directed by Michael Bodie and Silas Howard. Blake Snyder's bronze box[u]shorts™ shorts went to Maya Zimmermann for her film "12 x 12". And last but not least... Michael DelVecchio picked up the Audience Award sponsored by Avid for his political short film "July 17th, 1996".

Wrapping up the third film festival awards night at the New Beverly in Los Angeles, four lucky winners were awarded over $7,000 worth of prizes sponsored by Showbiz Software, Avid, Fuji Film and the Write Brothers, to name a few.

"These are the best fitting shorts I've ever had" says Dennis Fredricks, entertainment attorney with offices in LA, after seeing the short films presented during the evening. Other highlights of the night were the loads of Swiss chocolate donated by Frey Chocolat / Target that guests were given during and at the end of the show. Red Bull made their surprise visits and VIP attendees included Japanese writer/director Shunji Iwai, editor Robert Hoffman as well as Academy Award®-winning director Xavier Koller.

“We’re thankful to the audience, filmmakers and our generous sponsors for making it a fun, successful, and sold-out event. From the gracious owner of the New Beverly Cinema to our providers of the evening’s refreshments and film industry supporters, it is thanks to them that our year-long festival is a possibility. It was an inspiring evening, and a great way to motivate filmmakers to gear up for another exciting year, said Giacun Caduff, festival director.

Red carpet and ceremony photos from the awards night are available online at Hollywood News Wire.