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Fiction, Canada, 1999, 10 min
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by: Paul Lee THE OFFERING is an elegiac meditation about the passing of life, told through the story of love and friendship between a Japanese monk and the novice who came into his life, from their initial encounter to their final parting.
Dialogue: no dialogue
Genre: Fiction, Drama, Queer
Director: Paul Lee
Original Script: Paul Lee
Photography: Antonin Lhotsky
Editing: Miume Jan Eramo
Light: David Suddaby
Costume: Anne Marie Maduri
Make Up: Kiisti Matsuo
Sound design: Dan Hamood, Corby Luke
Sound Mix: Daniel Pellerin
Producer: Paul Lee
Co-producer: Marta Dal Farra, Daisy Lee
Production Manager: Myrocia Watamaniuk, Juanita Huan Zhou
Production co-ordinator: George Kaltsounakis, Cara Morton, Glen Norton
Assistant Director: Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert
Second assistant director: Daragh Sankey
Production Assistant: David James Fernandes, Nader Kakish, Eric Squair
Administration: Nicole Butler, Jaroslav Stepanenko
Research: Shannon Abel
Script Continuity: Naomi McCormack
Production: Ganymedia Inc.
Financier: Department of Canadian Heritage, Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund, Lesbian & Gay Community Appeal, Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, National Film Board of Canada, Ontario Arts Council, Racial Equity Fund, Toronto Arts Council
Donor: Deluxe Toronto, PS Production Services
Sales: Ganymedia Inc.
Awards: Third Prize at Harmony Ridge Film Festival, United States, 2009 Fourth Place Award - Short Film at SkyFest Film & Script Festival, United States, 2009 John Muir Gold Award (Short Film) at Yosemite International Film Festival, United States, 2009 Best Short Cinematography at Kent Film Festival, United States, 2008 Special Mention at Lo Sguardo Bifronte Short Film Festival, Italy, 2008 Best International Short Drama at Forster Film Festival, Australia, 2008 Best Foreign Film at Tapiales International Short Film Festival, Argentina, 2007 Best Narrative Short - Lesbian, Gay, Transgender at Brilliant Light International Film Festival, United States, 2007 First Place Award - GLBT at Independent Short Film Competition, United States, 2007 Best Foreign Film at Mammoth Mountain Film Festival, United States, 2007 Best Actor at Mammoth Mountain Film Festival, United States, 2007 Best LGBT Film at The Swansea Bay Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2006 Best Short Film at Vision Film Festival, United States, 2006 Best Short Film Director at Vision Film Festival, United States, 2006 Best Short Screenplay at Vision Film Festival, United States, 2006 Best Short Cinematography at Vision Film Festival, United States, 2006 First Runner Up Award at Rock River Independent Film Festival, United States, 2006 Best Art Direction at Long Island International Film Expo, United States, 2005 Best in Show - Adult Division at Hygenic Filmwerks Independent Filmfest, United States, 2005 First Place Award at Palouse Film Festival, United States, 2005 Best Cinematography Award at Imperial Beach International Film Festival, United States, 2005 Best Photography Award at Borges en Curt Short Film Festival, Spain, 2005 Best Drama Award at West Chester Film Festival, United States, 2004 Best Short Film - Cortolibero at Orvieto Short Film Festival, Italy, 2004 Best of Fest - Narrative Short at Putnam Valley Film & Video Festival, United States, 2004 First Place Award - Old Timers at Spindletop/Lamar University Film Festival, United States, 2003 Best Director of Photography for a Fiction Film at Thunderbird International Film Festival, United States, 2002 Best Sound at Thunderbird International Film Festival, United States, 2002 Best Foreign Film at Gulf Coast Film Festival, United States, 2002 First Runner Up Award - Short Subject at RiverRun International Film Festival, United States, 2001 Best Sound at Nickel Independent Film Festival, Canada, 2001 Best Professional Short Film at Real to Reel Film & Video Festival, United States, 2001 Italian Cineclub Federation Award at Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2000 Silver Trophy at Cotswold International Film and Video Festival, United Kingdom, 2000 Best Cinematography Award at Da Vinci Film Festival, United States, 2000 Honorable Mention at University of Oregon Queer Film Festival, United States, 2000 Best Short Film at Cinemanila International Film Festival, Philippines, 2000 Silver Diana Award - Best Director at Golden Diana International Film Festival, Austria, 2000 Silver Conch Award - Fiction Film at Mumbai International Film Festival, India, 2000 Second Runner Up Award at Providence Convergence Film/Video & Animation Fest, United States, 2000 Best Art Direction at Chilean International Short Films Festival, Chile, 1999 Humanitarian Film Award at Chilean International Short Films Festival, Chile, 1999 Finalist Award - Original Dramatic Short at WorldFest, United States, 1999 Best Cinematography Award at Hong Kong Independent Short Film Awards, Hong Kong, 1999 Best Foreign Film at Hardacre Film Festival, United States, 1999 Best Cinematography Grand Prize at Rhode Island International Film Festival, United States, 1999 Best Cinematography Award at CineVegas International Film Festival, United States, 1999 Second Prize - Narrative at Athens International Film & Video Festival, United States, 1999
Festival screenings in Canada: Kingston Reelout Queer Film & Video Festival, Kingston, 2008
Niagara Indie FilmFest, 2001
Nickel Independent Film Festival, St. John´s, 2001, in competition
Dawson City, Dawson City, Yukon, 2000
Inside Out, Toronto, 2000
Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, 2000, in competition
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, 1999
Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, 1999
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, 1999
World Film Festival Montreal, Montreal, 1999
Festival screenings internationally: El Sawy International Film Festival, Egypt, 2009
Gone With the Film Festival, United States, 2009, in competition
Harmony Ridge Film Festival, United States, 2009, in competition
Muestra Internacional Itinerante "La diversidad sexual en el cine", Argentina, 2009
SkyFest Film & Script Festival, United States, 2009, in competition
Twin City Arts Festival , United States, 2009
Yosemite International Film Festival, United States, 2009
Amelia Island Film Festival, United States, 2008
Córdoba Sexual Diversity Film Festival, Argentina, 2008
Colorado Springs Indie Spirit Film Festival, United States, 2008
First Take Film Festival, United States, 2008
Forster Film Festival, Australia, 2008, in competition
Gay Film Nights Film Festival, Romania, 2008
Gualeguaychú International Film Festival, Argentina, 2008
International Film Festival England, United Kingdom, 2008
Kent Film Festival, United States, 2008, in competition
Lo Sguardo Bifronte Short Film Festival, Italy, 2008, in competition
Mammoth Film Festival, United States, 2008, in competition
New Strand Film Festival , United States, 2008
Nigah QueerFest, India, 2008
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, United States, 2008
Washougal International Film Festival, United States, 2008
West Hollywood International Film Festival, United States, 2008
25 Festival de Cine de Bogota, Colombia, 2007
Bloomington Pride Film Festival, United States, 2007
Brilliant Light International Film Festival, United States, 2007, in competition
Busho Shortfilm Festival, Hungary, 2007, in competition
Cinepobre, Mexico, 2007
Cortometraka Non-Stop Short Film Marathon, Spain, 2007
Dereel Independent Film Festival , Australia, 2007
Tapiales International Short Film Festival, Argentina, 2007, in competition
Hell´s Half Mile Film & Music Festival, United States, 2007
Independent Short Film Competition, United States, 2007
International Film Festival South Africa, South Africa, 2007
Lone Star International Film Festival, United States, 2007
Long Beach Queer Film Festival, United States, 2007
Lukas Short Film Festival, Germany, 2007
Mammoth Mountain Film Festival, United States, 2007, in competition
Montezuma International Film Festival , Costa Rica, 2007, in competition
Nürnberg Non-stop Short Film Festival, Germany, 2007
New Beijing International Film Festival, China, 2007
Oberá en Cortos International Short Film Festival, Argentina, 2007
Ozark Foothills FilmFest, United States, 2007
Premios del Público Short Film Festival , Ecuador, 2007
Rainier Independent Film Festival , United States, 2007
Stolac Short Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2007
The Towy Valley Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2007
Waterford Film Festival, Ireland, 2007
Wildwood By The Sea Film Festival, United States, 2007
World Performing Arts Festival, Pakistan, 2007
Corto Circuito International Short Film Festival, Ecuador, 2006
Corto Creativo International Short Film Festival, Mexico, 2006
Cyprus International Film Festival, Cyprus, 2006, in competition
Cuentometraje, Spain, 2006, in competition
Cusco, Peru, 2006
Irpen Film Festival, Ukraine, 2006, in competition
Lake Forest Film Festival, United States, 2006
Ljubljana Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Slovenia, 2006
Llamaleh H Sexual Diversity Film Festival, Uruguay, 2006
Rock River Independent Film Festival, United States, 2006, in competition
SKENA UP International Film & Theatre Festival, Kosovo, 2006
The Swansea Bay Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2006, in competition
ToniCorti Short Film Festival, Italy, 2006
Vision Film Festival, United States, 2006, in competition
Borges en Curt Short Film Festival, Spain, 2005, in competition
Da Vinci Film Festival, United States, 2005
DIVERSA LGBT Film Festival, Argentina, 2005
Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany, 2005
Hygenic Filmwerks Independent Filmfest, United States, 2005, in competition
Imperial Beach International Film Festival, United States, 2005, in competition
Long Island International Film Expo, United States, 2005, in competition
Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico, 2005
naoussa short film festival, Greece, 2005
Palouse Film Festival, United States, 2005, in competition
Tiburon International Film Festival, United States, 2005
Czech Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2004, in competition
Orvieto Short Film Festival, Italy, 2004, in competition
Putnam Valley Film & Video Festival, United States, 2004, in competition
Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, 2004
West Chester Film Festival, United States, 2004, in competition
Spindletop/Lamar University Film Festival, United States, 2003, in competition
Durban International Film Festival, South Africa, 2002
Gulf Coast Film Festival, United States, 2002, in competition
International Panorama of Independent Film- and Video makers, Greece, 2002
Izmir International Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2002
Motovun Film Festival, Croatia, 2002
Thunderbird International Film Festival, United States, 2002, in competition
Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey, 2001
Fano International Film Festival, Italy, 2001
Festival de Valdivia, Chile, 2001
Real to Reel Film & Video Festival, United States, 2001, in competition
RiverRun International Film Festival, United States, 2001, in competition
Stuttgart Filmwinter, Germany, 2001
Cinemanila International Film Festival, Philippines, 2000, in competition
Cotswold International Film and Video Festival, United Kingdom, 2000
Da Vinci Film Festival, United States, 2000, in competition
Golden Diana International Film Festival, Austria, 2000, in competition
Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2000, in competition
Mumbai International Film Festival, India, 2000, in competition
Providence Convergence Film/Video & Animation Fest, United States, 2000, in competition
Revelation, Australia, 2000
University of Oregon Queer Film Festival, United States, 2000, in competition
Wiiliamsburg Brooklyn International Film Festival, United States, 2000
Athens International Film & Video Festival, United States, 1999, in competition
International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao, Spain, 1999, in competition
Brno 16, Czech Republic, 1999, in competition
Chicago International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, United States, 1999
Chilean International Short Films Festival, Chile, 1999, in competition
CineVegas International Film Festival, United States, 1999, in competition
Edinburgh International Film Festival, United Kingdom, 1999
LesGaiCineMad, Spain, 1999
FICFF, Portugal, 1999
Film Festival Braunschweig, Germany, 1999
ISFF Hamburg, Germany, 1999, in competition
Hardacre Film Festival, United States, 1999, in competition
Hong Kong Independent Short Film Awards, Hong Kong, 1999, in competition
Interfilm, Germany, 1999, in competition
Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, 1999, in competition
Kolkata Film Festival, India, 1999
Message to Man, Russia, 1999, in competition
NewFest, United States, 1999
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany, 1999
Raindance, United Kingdom, 1999
Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany, 1999, in competition
Rhode Island International Film Festival, United States, 1999, in competition
Seattle International Film Festival, United States, 1999
Stockholms filmfestival, Sweden, 1999
Tampere International Film Festival, Finland, 1999, in competition
Torino Film Festival, Italy, 1999
Uppsala kortfilmfestival, Sweden, 1999, in competition
Uruguay International Film Festival, Uruguay, 1999, in competition
WorldFest, United States, 1999, in competition
Distribution: Show to your audience? Läs mer på Glimz Sales 
World premiere: 1999-02-14 Age limit: from 11 year Location: Canada Format: Dolby SR, 35mm
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