The cat is out of the bag!

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The jury has made its decisions. They have reviewed 52 short films for our upcoming competition and we are proud to present the following finalists at the upcoming 5th box[ur]shorts Film Festival Awards Night.

10 amazing finalist short films will be screened at the New Beverly Cinema on January 8th, kicking off the 2011 box[ur]shorts Film Festival competition where we award close to $20,000 to the winning filmmakers. Other highlights include an audience raffle, the presentation of the festival's new digital jukebox and like every year, there will be a sponsored reception with Little Penguin wines and plenty of sweets from Switzerland's prime chocolate maker, Chocolat Frey, to enjoy.

You can find all information about the event, here. A big thank you to all filmmakers that shared their movie with us and our jury for taking time to evaluate the shorts!

With no further due, here are the finalists:

“Emma” by David Beglin (USA)

Synopsis: Stuck in a fictional world of convenience, a man tries to reconnect with the girl he loved.

“Le Dîner” by Cécile Vernant (France)

Synopsis: Clara and Julien have their first date at a restaurant. She tries hard to seduce him and he tries everything to cut the evening short.

“Morgenrot” by Jeff Desom (Luxembourg)

Synopsis: A burning piano falls from a building in 1920s New York - inspired by the music of Hauschka.

“Prelude in E -Minor” by Luca Escriva (USA)

Synopsis: Through the form of constrain we explore the idea of what its like to be debilitated, and the one true coping mechanism is the thought of who you used to be.

“Ribbon” by Joe Marcantonio (United Kingdom)

Synopsis: A young couple ask for permission to marry, blissfully unaware of what her eccentric father has in store for them...

“Second Me” by Anna Thommen (Switzerland)

Synopsis: A documentary about one avatar and it’s human.

“SIS” by Deborah Haywood (United Kingdom)

Synopsis: Five year old Lauren has to visit a local pedophile in order to get her big sister's attention.

“Touch” by Jen McGowan (USA)

Synopsis: Two women make an unusual connection while waiting for the train.

“Utopia Lies at the Horizon” by Leo Curbelo (USA)

Synopsis: Based on actual events, this short film follows a South American immigrant who tries to make it in New York City.

“Woman in Purple” by Igor Drljaca (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Synopsis: Mirza, a young Sarajevo orphan, earns easy money by assisting a local drug dealer. Dispatched on a job one day, a chance encounter makes him painfully aware of his despicable role – but equally of the possibility of changing things for the better.

The following short films also made the cut:

...and will be available, including the finalists and winners, in our movie jukeboxes as well as online at boxurshorts.com

“A Disruptive Element” by Manuel Wiedemann (Switzerland)

“After Dinner” by Jason Mayland (USA)

“Banshee” by Michael Elkin (United Kingdom)

“A Disruptive Element” by Manuel Wiedemann (Switzerland)

“After Dinner” by Jason Mayland (USA)

“Banshee” by Michael Elkin (United Kingdom)

“Becca” by Max Ratcliff (United Kingdom)

“Bodegón” by Tucker Wood (Spain)

“Breakaway” by Clifton Archuleta (USA)

“Chase Thompson” by Vincent Lin (USA)

“Digital Evidence” by Nicolas Christakis (Switzerland)

“Don't Give Us Poets, Give Us Bread” by Alan Meyer (Switzerland)

“Drop Out” by Rafael Mayrhofer (Austria)

“Echo” by Tracey Walker (United Kingdom)

“Floral Anarchist” by Roland Achini (Switzerland)

“Funny Money” by Stanley Llewellyn Elias (United Kingdom)

“Headless Nun” by Ace Salisbury (USA)

“In the Night, In the Dark” by Rob Kennedy (Ireland)

“It's All About the Shoes” by Ben Pietor (USA)

“Magic Camp” by Nick Elezovic (USA)

“Mannu Kudhirai” by Raghunath Gunasekaran (India)

“Mary and Dan” by Will Tribble (United Kingdom)

“Me?” by Saladin Dellers (Switzerland)

“No Junk Mail” by Chris McHugh (Australia)

“Old Dogs” by Jonathan Fahn (USA)

“Perfect Body” by Jannik Giger & Aurelio Buchwalder (Switzerland)

“Pilgrimage” by Christopher Jason Bell (USA)

“Ping” by Jason Oshman (USA)

“Robotic Panic” by william crooks (Australia)

“Run” by Seng Chen (USA)

“Scarecrow” by Kaloian Tcherkezov (Canada)

“Skylight” by david baas (Canada)

“Soul'd!” by Cassie Brown (USA)

“Spectacles” by Jeremy Fain (USA)

“The Black Stuff” by Benjamin Corless (United Kingdom)

“The Bridge: An Observation” by Elizabeth A. Lyons (Singapore, USA)

“The Eater” by Niko Hronopoulos (USA)

“The Precise Peter” by Martin Schmidt (Germany)

“The Shoes Maketh The Man” by Tarek Sursock (USA)

“The Tesla Experiment: Twain in Vain” by Adriel Garcia (USA)

“Things You Should Know About A Woman” by Charles Haine (USA)

“Vicissitude” by Will Jobe (USA)

“Viola Concerto” by Jason Rose (USA)

“We are calculating..” by Ryusuke Okajima (USA)