Cape Cod International Film Festival

Cape Cod International Film Festival

Location	Chatham, Massachusetts, United States
Founded	2014
Festival date	October 10th - 18th
Language	International
Website	prectra.wixsite.com/capecodiff

The Cape Cod International Film Festival (CCIFF) is an annual showcase of short and feature films that takes place at the Orpheum Theater in Chatham, Massachusetts, and the Main Street Wine and Gourmet screening loft in Orleans, Massachusetts. ^[1] Films are submitted from around the world. Official selections are made in August and the festival takes place in October. ^[2]

History

The CCIFF was founded in 2014 by Cape Cod resident, Phil Rectra. The inaugural event took place October 10–18, 2015 and featured 26 films curated from 330 submissions. The majority of films were submitted via FilmFreeway and Withoutabox online platforms.

One of the 2015 CCIFF Official Selections, We Can't Live Without Cosmos , written and directed by Konstantin Bronzit, was nominated for a 2016 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. ^[3]

Official Selections

2015

• The Nike Chariot Earring (USA), Karen Audette, Director
• SLØR (Denmark), Charlotte Schioler, Director
• Doeville (USA), Kathryn Pasternak, Director
• JIÀOLIÀN [COACH] (China/USA), Esteban Arguello, Director
• Barrow (Australia), Wade K. Savage, Director; Peter Gurbriel, Producer
• PONY (USA), Candice Carella, Director
• Dispose of Us (Germany), Florian Kelm, Director
• Sol (Russia), Abraham Polinsky
• If the Trees Could Talk (USA), Michael Weinstein, Director
• Zio Ninuccio (Italy), Noriko Sigiura, Director
• Indigo Grey (USA), Sean Robinson, Director
• Discipline (Switzerland), Christophe Saber, Director
• The Cobblestone Corridor (USA), Erik Bloomquist, Director
• Eye of the Storm (USA), S. Kramer Herzog, Director
• The Hatch House (USA), Bara Jichova, Director
• Shabu-Shabu Spirit (Japan), Yuki Saito, Director
• Sci-Tech Band: Pride of Springfield (USA), Lawrence Hott, Director
• M. Steinert & Sons (USA), Mike Mallen, Director
• The Unclean (Iran), Bahram Ark & Bahman Ark, Directors
• Eadweard (Canada)
• We Can't Live Without Cosmos (Russia), Konstantine Bronzit, Director
• Colors of Life (Japan), Goro Ushijima, Director
• The Red Thunder (USA), Alvaro Ron, Director
• Chapa [The Grill Man] (Brazil), Diana Golts, Producer
• Aurora (USA), Nicole LaCroix, Director

Awards

• Best Picture: 2015 - Eadweard (Canada)
• Best Director: 2015 - Charlotte Schioler, SLØR (Denmark)
• Best Performance by a Male Actor: 2015 - Xander Berkeley, PONY (USA)
• Best Performance by a Female Actor: 2015 - Amanda Woodhams, Barrow (Australia)
• Best Live Action Short: 2015 - Chapa [The Grill Man] (Brazil)
• Best Animated Short: 2015 - We Can't Live Without Cosmos (Russia)
• Best Documentary Short: 2015 - The Nike Chariot Earring (USA)
• Best Documentary Feature: 2015 - Jiàoliàn [Coach] (China)
• Audience Choice Award: 2015 - Sci-Tech Band: The Pride of Springfield (USA)

References

1. "Film Festival Screens in Chatham". Cape Cod Times. October 8, 2015.
2. Festhome. "Cape Cod International Film Festival". Festhome. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
3. We Can't Live Without Cosmos (Short 2014) - Awards - IMDb , retrieved 2023-09-21

External links

• Official Website