COLCOA SHORT FILM AWARDS

 

The COLCOA Short Film Competition will take place on Sunday April 27, 2014. It is open to the public and admission is free. 

In addition to the Short Film Award, Short Film Special Prize and Special Mention given by a jury of professionals, the audience has the opportunity to vote for the Short Film Audience Award. 

Awards to be announced Monday, April 28 in the evening on stage before the closing night screenings as well as on this website, Facebook, Twitter and the COLCOA info line: (310) 289 5346 

 

2014 SHORT FILM JURY

 

Andrea Berloff

Andrea is best known as the writer of World Trade Center, which was directed by Oliver Stone. Currently she's writing a new installment of Conan for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Universal. She is also the writer of the upcoming Straight Outta Compton, the story of  the seminal rap group, NWA. Andrea has written numerous screenplays for companies including Universal, Paramount, New Line, HBO and Warner Bros. In addition she has created pilots for Fox, CBS, Sony and ABC.

 

Patricia Cardoso

Patricia Cardoso is a director, producer, and writer. Her credits include the Sundance Audience Award-winning feature film, Real Women Have Curves, the television movies Meddling Mom and Lies in Plain Sight, and the web-series Ro, for WIGS.  She has also directed numerous shorts, one of which, The Water Carrier, won the Student Academy Award for best film.   Formerly an archaeologist in her native Colombia, she is a Fulbright Scholar, a graduate of UCLA Film School, and served as director of Sundance’s Latin American program for five years.  Ms. Cardoso is an active member of the Directors Guild of America and its Independent Directors Committee.

 

Sandrine Faucher Cassidy

Sandrine Faucher Cassidy is the School of Cinematic Arts director of Festivals and Distribution. As such, she counsels current students and alumni on how best to work their shorts in the festival circuit. She also helps students to create a distribution plan specially adapted to their film, and advises them on copyright and clearance issues. With over 23 years of experience in the film industry and international festivals dating back to her position at Unifrance Film International, She is is uniquely specialized in the distribution and exhibition of short films.

 

 

Ruby Lopez

Ruby is a Producer for TV, Film, Video Games and a developer for interactive content. She is part of the Digital Playspace team acquired by 3DSystems, a proprietary, innovative and immersive digital platform. In production is the animated documentary The Fantastic Flights of Sophie Blanchard. Producing credits include:Dreamhouse Designer, Digital Dollhouse, Inside Beautiful, Clueless Matchup Madness, All Star Cheer Squad 1 & 2, That’s So Raven, Even Stevens and Candy Stripers. Ruby is also creative consultant for the Barbie films; web series Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse and was VP, Development & Production for Snowfall Films. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America and Co-Chair for the Women In Film International Committee.

 

 

 


PAST JURIES 

2013
Jamie Babbit
Jeremy Doner
Linda O. Olszewski
Hebe Tabachnik


2012 
Kim Adelman
Jeff Stockwell

Mel Stuart 

2011
Sandrine Cassidy
Josh Olson
Chuck Workman

2010
Kimberley Browning
Jeremy Kagan
Wayne Kramer

2009
Andrew Crane
Carl Gottlieb
Chuck Workman

2008
Randal Kleiser
Peter Lefcourt
Bonnie Voland

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