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For the past 25 years The American Pavilion has offered opportunities in Cannes to film students from around the world. The 2014 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase will provide an opportunity for young filmmakers to have their works seen by Cannes Festival and Film Market attendees. Prizes have been awarded to winning filmmakers in each category and the top twenty-one films will be screened in a special “Emerging Filmmaker” showcase at The American Pavilion in Cannes.

Winners Announced!

Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Documentary

Forest Man directed by William Douglas McMaster

Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Short Film

Tuesday directed by Oscar Lalo

Emerging Filmmaker Showcase - Best Student Documentary

Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred

Directed by Elena Gaby (Vassar College)

Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Student Film

Still Life directed by Martin Sharpe, (Aie Melbourne)

Here is the full list of finalist in all categories

Student Films

The Wild Wild Test

Trailer | Website

A senile old man has to re-take his driving test, but he thinks he is in a western film the whole time.

2013, 4 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts

Writer/Director: Jeff Bryson

Stranded

Trailer | Website

A stranded man and a silly seagull engage in a chase that lands them both in an unexpected place.

2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts

Writer/Director: Donia Liechti, Vicky Penzes

Solidarity

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Two undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, dealing with loss, unknowingly connect through collective action.

2013, 20 min., USA, Drama, Santa Monica City College

Writer/Director: Dustin Brown

Producer: Dustin Brown, Mantas Valantiejus

Cast: Mantas Valantiejus, Elpidia Carrillo

Carry On

Trailer | Website

In 1944 Japanese occupied China, a Chinese father tries to save his daughter during the war. When the Japanese troop loots the village, the father stuffs his daughter into a large bag disguised as food, but a Japanese army officer spots his secret.

2014, 16 min., USA/China, Drama, Rochester Institute of Technology

Producer/Writer/Director: Yatao Li

Cast: Cheng Chang, Miura Kenichi

1893

Trailer | Website

Environment modeling of the old St. Pancras Midland Station in London.

2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts

Director: Ryan Chong

Spacebound

Trailer | Website

A young astronaut and his dog embark on one last adventure together through space.

2013, 3 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts

Writer/Director: Ellen Su, Kyle Moy

Sinking

Trailer | Facebook

One seven year-old recalls the day she hid in a sink cabinet from a gunman who entered her school.

2014, 7 min., USA, Drama, New York University – Tisch School of the Arts

Writer/Director: Joseph Scott Rodriguez

Producer: Molly Castro

Cast: Mandy Goodwin, Dominique Prokapus, Carson Grant

Wini + George

Trailer | Website

An unlikely friendship changes one young boy’s life forever. When a shy 9-year-old outcast, first meets his 75-year-old reclusive neighbor, he’s immediately frightened by her. But soon enough, these two realize that they have more in common with each other than they do with the rest of the world.

2013, 12 min., USA, Drama, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Writer/Director: Benjamin Monie

Producer: Connor Flanagan, Jenny Koreny, Lindsey Villarreal

Cast: Will Babbitt, Katharine Ross

Still Life (Winner)

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A bored and weary security guard does his nightly rounds of a dark and deserted art gallery when strange things start to happen..

2014, 6 min., Australia, Animation, Aie Melbourne (Australian Institute of Interactive Entertainment)

Writer/Director: Martin Sharpe Producers: Martin Sharpe, Pablo Tochez Anderson, Will Lovett, Jeremy Weppner, Brennan Merett

Emerging Filmmaker Short Films

The Corner Table

Trailer | Website | Facebook

A mysterious old foreigner visits India after 25 long years and becomes a regular at a charming town cafe. The conversations at the corner table with the gentleman and a young café waitress reveals a mystery on how strangers can sometimes become friends in the most unexpected way!

2013, 24 min., India, Drama

Writer/Director: Manjari Makijany

Producer: Manjari Makijany, Emmanuel Pappas

Cast: Tom Alter, Vinati Makijany, Pushtiie Shakti, Krishna Chaturvedi, Reuben Karkaria, Bhavna Pani, Vikrant Makijany

Sincerity (Sinceridad)

Trailer | Website

A young man decides to tell his parents a secret he’s been keeping to himself.

2014, 3 min., Spain, Subtitled, Dramedy

Director: Andrea Casaseca Ferrer

Writer: Maria Rodriguez Mora

Producer: Idoia Kareaga

Cast: Gerald B. Fillmore, Javier Laorden, Kiti Manver

Ups & Downs

Trailer | Facebook

Harry is embarrassed and ashamed of his brother Josh who suffers from Down’s Syndrome. At Harry’s 18th birthday party, Josh is told to stay away from Harry’s friends, but as Harry’s heavy drinking results in danger, only his brother can help.

2013, 9 min., United Kingdom, Drama

Director: Stuart Fryer

Writer: Adam Cohen

Producer: Charlotte Woodhead

Cast: Bobby Lockwood, Otto Baxter, Edward Ashley, Sophie Coward, Vanessa Bailey

The Usual

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Set in the 1930s, a privileged couple learns, through a series of events, the meaning of pay-it-forward, when they unexpectedly find themselves the ones in need.

2014, 10 min., USA, Drama

Writer/Director: Dawn Higginbotham

Producer: Dawn Higginbotham, Kumari Bakhru, Claire Risoli, Sharen Davis and Renee O’Connor

Cast: Renee O’Connor, Mackenzie Astin, Russell Sams, Raymond O’Connor, Dustin Quick, Robert Pullman

Tuesday (Winner)

Trailer | Website

A man who takes an unexpected turn, struggles to keep all the pieces of his life together.

2013, 7 min., Switzerland/USA, Drama

Writer/Director: Oscar Lalo

Producer: Laura Bunbury, Lisa Bunbury

Cast: Oscar Lalo, Liv Southard

What’s On Your Mind?

Trailer | Facebook

What happens when one man decides to embellish his online status?

2014, 3 min., Norway, Comedy/Drama

Writer/Director: Shaun Higton

Producer: Andrew Adam Higton

Cast: Espen Alknes, Benedicte Westby

Today’s The Day

Trailer | Website

With the clock ticking away, Cloud Walker, a self-doubting intern at the most respected dance agency in La must ask the boss for his consent to attend the biggest the audition of the year. Struggling with his inner fears, Cloud’s dreams are quickly slipping away. It’s up to him to follow his heart or live the rest of his life in regret.

2013, 13 min., USA, Musical

Director: Daniel Campos

Writer: Daniel Campos, Tamara Levinson

Producer: Spencer Susser, Tova Dann

Cast: Daniel Campos, Danny DeVito

Emerging Student Documentaries

Eviction

Trailer | Website

In the midst of an ongoing battle between impoverished Cambodians and powerful private companies over increasingly valuable land, a 72-year-old grandmother struggles to protect her home, family and community from land grabbing that often amounts to violent forced evictions.

2013, 21 min., Subtitled, USA/Cambodia, Documentary, Boise State University/New York University – Tisch Asia

Director: Garret Atlakson

Producer: Philip Atlakson, Mony Rath

Cast: Nget Khun

Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred (Winner)

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Four undocumented teenagers in Hudson Valley, NY, struggle to rise above their legal status and make the transition from high school to college.

2013, 25 min., USA, Documentary, Vassar College

Writer/Director: Elena Gaby

Producer: Ashlei Hardenburg

Emerging Documentaries

Being Different If You’re A Weddell Seal In Antarctica

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Being different can mean a matter of life or death if you’re a Weddell seal pup in Antarctica. Ecologists from Montana State University return every year to study this iconic Antarctic marine predator, the southernmost mammal on Earth.

2013, 13 min., USA/Antarctica, Documentary

Writer/Director: Mary Lynn Price

Humanexus

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Humanexus is a reflection on mankind’s long search for ways to connect each other, from cave drawings to tweeting.

2013, 11 min., USA, Animation/Documentary

Director: Ying-Fang Shen

Producer: Katy Borner

Forest Man (Winner)

Trailer | Website

The incredible story of Jadav Payeng, an Indian man who single-handedly planted nearly 1400 acres of forest to save his island, Majuli.

2013, 18 min., Canada/India, Documentary

Writer/Director: William Douglas McMaster

Producer: William Douglas McMaster, Mike Ritchie...

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Director: Thomas J. Wright.

Writer: Ben Edlund.

Mark Pellegrino certainly loves playing Lucifer in the series "Supernatural." In “Repo Man” he is back to treat viewers to his larger than life portrayal of the Devil. This time around, the gusto he puts into each appearance becomes far more memorable than the episode’s tale itself.

But for continuity trackers, this episode looks back at a job the Winchester boys did four years ago. Nora Havelock (Nicole Oliver), a white witch who helped lead the brothers to a possessed young man, Jeffrey (Russell Sams). The exorcism they conducted was seemingly successful, but when the episode moves back to the present, the job they did was not nicely wrapped up.

The adult Jeffrey had issues that no one was aware of. When he was possessed, he was able to become the murdering serial killer that he wanted to be. He...

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 7, Episode 15 of The CW's Supernatural, entitled "Repo Man."

Whenever there's an A-grade episode of Supernatural these days, chances are that evil genius Ben Edlund is the man behind the magic. Sure, he's had a couple of clunkers since he joined the writing staff in Season 2, but overall, few scribes have a better grasp of Sam and Dean -- or crafting a well-paced and engaging hour of television -- than the "Angel" alum, which explains why "Repo Man" was one of the strongest episodes of the season to date.

Season 7 has been somewhat preoccupied with looking back to the Winchesters' roots, with the writers attempting a "stripped down, back-to-basics" approach -- more reminiscent of Season 1 -- with the brothers' story this year, utilizing various recurring themes and repeated setpieces to play on the audience's sense of nostalgia. That was demonstrated...

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 15: “Repo Man”

Written by Ben Edlund

Directed by Thomas J. Wright

Airs Fridays at 9pm (Et) on the CW

This week, on Supernatural: Jeffrey plays with his puppy while Lucifer plays with Sam

This season, and last season, Supernatural has only found significant success with its comedic standalones. Certain character through-lines have been well executed, but on a whole, the series has been at its best when going for the laugh. This episode brings a welcome return to the Supernatural of yore, eschewing humor in favor of good, old-fashioned scares.

It’s telling that, to achieve this, writer Ben Edlund takes the characters (and audience) back to season 4, with an extended flashback sequence set during Sam and Dean’s search for Lillith. If any proof were needed that the Leviathans haven’t really worked, it’s this episode- a demon is more interesting and terrifying than they are.

While "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Secret Circle" provided fans with cast previews of their episodes this week, "Supernatural" is going old school with the usual producer's preview. Watch Robert Singer discuss the dangerous line Sam walks to solve an old case.

"Supernatural" Episode 7.15 "Repo Man" (2/17/12 Air Date; 9:00-10:00 Pm):

Double Trouble — Four years ago, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) helped a woman named Nora (guest star Nicole Oliver) exorcise a demon that was systematically killing women in a small town. They managed to save a postal worker, Jeffrey (guest star Russell Sams), while vanquishing the demon, but now it seems the black-eyed monster has reared his ugly head and returned for a second helping.

The brothers visit Jeffrey, who has been locked in a psych ward since the incident, to see if he can remember any of the demon’s plans while he was possessed.

Director: Mike Rohl.

Writers: Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin.

The clock, as well as this season, is running haywire in "Supernatural’s" latest episode, "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie." Here, Sam and Dean have to deal with some strange magic where half the story is told in flashback. The jumping around is fine as a narrative structure, and if that is supposed to mean something, not many viewers will think it’s related to the fact that the Winchesters are still a fixed point in time even when they are miles apart.

With this episode, Sam has to face his darkest fear alone. Dean has to contend with a silent avenger—with his own set of problems—who may be lurking about in Plucky’s, a Chuck E. Cheese-style entertainment parlor.

With this episode, the emphasis is more about character development than the lackluster comedy. The brothers are obviously being prepped for the grand finale.

Supernatural took us into the depths of monster-of-the-week adventures last week in “Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie”.

Unlike “The Slice Girls”, which teased the return of Bobby (Jim Beavers) or Castiel (Misha Collins) with a ghostly intervention, “Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie” was a total one-off episode. It gave us a chance to revisit Sam’s (Jared Padalecki) fear of clowns and simultaneously gave Dean (Jensen Ackles) a chance to apologize for inadvertently causing Sam’s fear.

It was a fun episode, but raise your hand if you want to get back to the Leviathan story or revisit some other parts of the Supernatural mythos.

In Episode 7.15, “Repo Man”, Supernatural will do just that with the return of Mark Pellegrino as Lucifer. He’s back to torment Sam as the little demon voice on his shoulder. Also, we’ll be revisiting a story from four years ago, where Sam And...

We've been waiting patiently for good old Lucifer to reappear on "Supernatural", and the promo for next Friday's Episode 7.15, "Repo Man", teases that this could be our week! Check it out along with a clip.

"Supernatural" Episode 7.15 "Repo Man" (2/17/12 Air Date; 9:00-10:00 Pm):

Double Trouble — Four years ago, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) helped a woman named Nora (guest star Nicole Oliver) exorcise a demon that was systematically killing women in a small town. They managed to save a postal worker, Jeffrey (guest star Russell Sams), while vanquishing the demon, but now it seems the black-eyed monster has reared his ugly head and returned for a second helping.

The brothers visit Jeffrey, who has been locked in a psych ward since the incident, to see if he can remember any of the demon’s plans while he was possessed.

Thomas J. Wright directed the episode written by Ben Edlund.

Double Trouble — Four years ago, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) helped a woman named Nora (guest star Nicole Oliver) exorcise a demon that was systematically killing women in a small town. They managed to save the postal worker, Jeffrey (guest star Russell Sams), while vanquishing the demon but now it seems the black-eyed monster has reared his ugly head and returned for a second helping. The brothers visit Jeffrey, who has been locked in a psych ward since the incident, to see if he can remember any of the demon’s plans while he was possessed. "Repo Man" will air on February 17th on the CW.

Because of the timing of Valentine's Day this year, our favorite shows on The CW will be running their holiday-themed episodes the prior week so the February 16th and 17th eps of "The Vampire Diaries" (#3.15 "All My Children"), "The Secret Circle" (#1.15 "Return"), and "Supernatural" (#7.15 "Repo Man") will all be post-hearts and flowers. Read on for the synopses!

"The Vampire Diaries" Episode 3.15 "All My Children" (2/16/12 Air Date; 8:00-9:00 Pm):

A Flip Of The Coin — After starting her day with a startling discovery of Damon’s (Ian Somerhalder) latest indiscretion, Elena (Nina Dobrev) is frustrated to find that none of her friends agree with her on how they should react to the Original family’s internal power struggle.

Once again caught up in the destiny of the Bennett witches, Bonnie (Kat Graham) and Abby (guest star Persia White) find themselves playing a part in a ritual to appease the spirits of nature.