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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Teesside University
Jade
Venues:
World Premiere Berlinale Film Festival 2009
Art Film Fest International Film Festival
Dresden International Film Festival
Krakow International Film Festival
Hamburg International Short Film Festival
Arcipelago 17th International Festival of Short Films
10th Jenaer Short Film Festival "cellu l’art"
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Message To Man International Film Festival
TOFIFEST International Film Festival
In The Palace International Short Film Festival
InDPanda International Short Film Festival
Encounters International Film Festival
15th Athens International Film Festival
Con Can International Film Festival
Cortopotere International Film Festival
15th Drama International Film Festival
20th Stockholm International Film Festival
5th Singapore International Film Festival
Leeds International Film Festival
London International Short Film Festival
11th Essonne International Film Festival
Magma International Film Festival
Marthas Vineyard International Film Festival
Short & Sweet, London
Expresión en Corto Film Festival
Short Film Corner - Cannes
Aguilar de Campoo International Film Festival
Filmini International Short Film Festival
Aye Aye International Film Festival
Molise Cinema Film Festival
6th International Short Film Festival Detmold
Odense International Film Festival
Valladolid International Film Festival
53rd BFI London International Film Festival
Porto7 International Film Festival
Motovun International Film Festival
Cancun Rivera Maya International Film Festival
33rd Weiterstadt Open Air International Film Festival
7 Shorts, Denmark
30th International Film Festival Manaki Brothers
Bangkok International Film Festival
6th Eberswalde International Film Festival
Winterthur International Film Festival
39th Alcine International Film Festival
16th Barcelona Independent Film Festival
Janela International Film Festival
6th Anonimul International Film Festival
Lucca International Film Festival
Cologne International Film Festival
20th Ljubljana International Film Festival
Alekino International Film Festival
Salford International Film Festival
ALTER-NATIVE 17 International Film Festival
Istanbul International Film Festival
54th Corona Cork Film Festival
5th Prague International Short Film Festival
22nd Exground International Film Festival
SKENA UP Film Festival
7th Imaginaria International Film Festival
Festival Du Film Court De Villeurbanne
25th International Short Film Festival Interfilm Berlin
Almeria En Corto International Film Festival
Vendôme International Film Festival
21 Festival de Cortometrajes
36th Wochenende International Film Festival
IX Shortfilms Mostra of 3 Cantos-Madrid
15th Cine O’clock British and Irish Film Festival
39th Rotterdam Film Festival
European Short Film Festival
FEC Cambrils-Reus Film Festival
Go Short International Short Film
Saguenay International Short Films Festival
Latitude Festival
Behind the Screen at Somerset House
Echos of Art Film Festival 2010
Salento Finibus Terrae Film Festival
Singapore Short Film Festival
12th Mecal International Short Film Festival
Northern Lights Film Festival
Glimmer International Film Festival
Washington DC International Film Festival
Dallas International Film Festival
4th International Masda Kinder Short Film Festival
Montreal Underground Film Festival
I’ve Seen Films Festival
Flatscreen Festival in Nijmegen
9th Warsaw Short Film Festival
Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival
10th Bunker International Film Festival
Cinefiesta Film Festival
Concorto Film Festival
13th Lenola Film Festival
Sao Paulo Film Festival
Sydney Underground Film Festival
Cinemagic Young Peoples Film Festival
Open Cinema Film Festival
Brest International Film Festival
De Cortometrajes International Film Festival
7th Sedicicorto International Film Festival
The Arc Darlington
The School of Life Expanded, Berlin
Haifa International Film Festival
Prizes:
2009 Silver Bear Berlinale
2009 Best Actress - Aisling Loftus - Tofifest International Film Festival
2009 Best Cinematography Tofifest International Film Festival
2009 Special Mention In the Palace Balchik
2009 Jury Prize Odense Film Festival
2009 Best European Short Film Villeurbanne International Film Festival
2009 Best Short Film Imaginaria International Film Festival
2009 Runner Up Best Short Film Cellu l’Art International Film Festival
2009 Special Mention XII Cambrils-Reus European Short Film Festival
2009 Special Mention - Aisling Loftus - Dallas International Film Festival
2009 Best Short Film Open Cinema International Film Festival
2010 Best Actress - Aisling Loftus - Festival Inventa un Film Lenola
Nominations:
2010 BAFTA Outstanding Short film
2009 Golden Bear
2010 Fulifilm Short film Competition Best Cinematography & Short Film
Elliott’s short film 'Jade' was internationally acclaimed, being nominated for many prestigious film festival awards, many of which it won. The film is available both on DVD and for download with international distribution in the UK, Poland, France and Germany. Elliott adopts an auteur’s role, both writing and directing his films. In 'Jade' he presents a ‘situation’ in such a way as to secure levels of ambiguity in the structure of relationships, leaving the narrative open-ended. He sees film-making as a process of revelation, allowing information about the characters to surface as the filmic narrative progresses. In his work there is a consistent tension between the Realist subject matter, and his lyrical approach to his subject. This is reinforced by a soundtrack designed to produce a hyper-real sense of the environment, devoid of music as hooks to emotion. The pared-down dialogue of 'Jade' is also conducive to foregrounding the lyrical aspects of his approach to film-making. The film was funded by UK Film Council (£10K) and Northern Film and Media (£10K). Elliott had previously won awards for his film work but 'Jade' introduced him to a wider international audience.
