The CHLOTRUDIS SOCIETY FOR INDEPENDENT FILM (CSIF) will present its 6th annual Short Film Festival on Monday October 3, 2005 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Audience members participate in this competitive one-night event, by contributing their votes for an Audience Award. A cash prize will be awarded the film chosen by the Chlotrudis Society to be the Best Short Film of the year.
Prior to the event and during its intermission, a fund-raising silent auction will also be held, with chances to bid upon prizes that include free weekends at exclusive hotels, certificates for luxury services like massages or personal shopping, and VIP passes to several of the area’s film festivals. Chlotrudis will also be giving away copies of the Academy-Award-Winning Documentary, BORN INTO BROTHELS. available September 20th, 2005 on DVD. as door prizes courtesy of Lion’s Gate Home Entertainment. BORN INTO BROTHELS – the 2004 Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary – is now available on DVD. Experience how beauty can be found in even the most hopeless of places as this inspiring film chronicles the transformative journey of a group of extraordinary children in Calcutta’s red light district. Ebert & Roeper give BORN INTO BROTHELS “two thumbs up,” and Newsweek calls it “a remarkable and moving story about the power of art to transform lives.” The DVD contains loads of extra features, including updates on each of the children. More information can be found about the DVD here.
The short film festival is one way the film-lovers of Chlotrudis honor and support the short film genre, and the filmmakers who devote their passion and energy into this lesser seen cinematic art form. At the same time, it’s an opportunity for Boston area audiences to enjoy a night of some of the best short films out there.
Over the years, films in competition have spanned the world, with entries from as far away as Australia and Israel, and as nearby as a neighborhood bowling league in Boston, as last year’s double winner DWAINE’S BIG GAME demonstrates. The winning film-maker is also honored at the group’s annual Chlotrudis Awards ceremony in March 2006.