PURGATORY

A young woman awakens in a hospital bed, as she staggers to her feet the world around takes on an otherworldly ambience. Her circular, unending life revolves into a nightmarish loop as she confronts herself and her dead end existence.

CAST: Sarah Berger, Paula Berger
DOP: Franc Biffone

AWARDS:
CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 1999 - Best Film, Best Experimental Film
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (INTERCOM) 2000 - Gold Plaque
FESTIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SANTIAGO 1999 - Best International Experimental Film
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BAHIA DE PASAIA Spain 2000 - Best Film
CHILE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2000 - Best Experimental Film
RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2000 - First Prize
MADRID EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA WEEK 2000 - Best Film
BUDAPEST OPEN FILM FESTIVAL 1999 - Best Foreign Film
KRAKOW SMOFI 2000 - Silver Dragon Award
TOKYO VIDEO FESTIVAL 2001 - Bronze Award
G-NIALE FILM FESTIVAL, Germany 2000 - Special Jury Prize
SPLIT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2000 - Special Award
FESTIVAL LA BOCA DEL LOBO, Madrid 2000 - Special Mention
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OF MONTECATINI, Italy 2000 - Jury Recommendation
GOLDEN KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Malta 2000 - Special Achievement Award
BATHURST FILM FESTIVAL, Australia 1999 - Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography
ART GALLERY OF NSW 'BREKFEST' 1999 - Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Actress
PLAN B FILM FESTIVAL, Sydney 1999 - Best Film
TROPICARNIVAL NATIONAL VIDEO AWARDS, Australia 1999 - Supreme Award, Creative Award
SHORT STUFF FILM FESTIVAL, Melbourne 2000 - Best Film, Best Director, Best Effects
CRONULLA SHORTS, Australia 1999 - Best Film
GOLD COAST EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, Australia 2001 - Best Experimental Film
KALEIDOSCOPE, Sydney 2001 - Best Cinematography
AUSTRALIAN WIDESCREEN FESTIVAL, Melbourne 2000 - 3rd Prize

OFFICIAL SELECTION - MAJOR FESTIVALS:
ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2000; HAMBURG INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 1999; SÃO PAULO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 1999; MONTREAL FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL NOUVEAU CINEMA & MEDIA 1999;RIO DE JANEIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2000; MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2000; CINEMA JOVE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Valencia Spain 2000; ARCIPELAGO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS Rome 2000; ODENSE FILM FESTIVAL Denmark 2000; GRANADA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2000; SANTA MONICA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2001 (finalist); CINEQUEST SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2001; GIJON DE CINE Spain 2000 (finalist); ANKARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2000; LAUSANNE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2002; MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL Zagreb 2000; JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2000.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• experimental

[mymessage2010]

please go to google and write ' thewarnings of the secondcomming' then you will get many infos about purgatory and other important heavenly messages!

[ForDoverUSA]

But seeing yourself dead must suck.

[ForDoverUSA]

I had a dream about Purg last night and it sucked. I don't think it's a scary place. Honestly, how is it any different from normal every day we live?

[holyghost61]

oh yes, purgatory is very real. this is where your spirit dwells with demons whom are there care takers. The only way to avoid going here is to be saved be the blood of Jesus Christ. Where do you choose to abide, with Jesus in Heaven or in purgatory till tossed into hell at your appropriate time only to be thrown into the lake of pain at the end of times.??!! Wake Up before it is too late for YOU!!

[KyleThomasShultz]

has anyone ever wondered that if the bible says in one passage that purgatory is real and in another tells you its not that it is contradicting, and is in many other respects so it is therefore false.

[ForDoverUSA]

well done!

[JaxHad]

Gorgeousness and Gorgousity alike

[verde515]

i dont get it

[skytrooper1980]

that would suck

[MrRocha90]

@timothius722 Really? that's an amazing story! God Bless you! & I keep the holy souls in purgatory in my daily prayers

Purgatory is REAL!