『パラダイス』 監督：ナダヴ・クルツ、アメリカ、2012、10分、ドキュメンタリー。
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風の街シカゴで、朝早くから体を張って高層ビルの窓を拭く男達、彼らは一体誰なのか。トライベッカ、シカゴ、シアトル、シネ・ラス・アメリカス（ペルー）、ビルバオ、メルボルンの各映画祭で最優秀短編賞受賞。サンダンス映画祭・シェフィールド国際ドキュメンタリー映画祭公式招待作品。日本初公開。
作品提供協力：ニューヨーク・ヴィルチェック財団 ”New Armerican Filmmakers program”
Director Bio:
Nadav Kurtz is a filmmaker who has won awards at such festivals as the Tribeca Film Festival, Silverdocs, ZINEBI of Bilbao, the Chicago International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (ZINEBI), the Chicago International Film Festival, and the Melbourne International Film Festival. As a film editor he worked most recently with Vilmos Zsigmond (cinematography) and Wynton Marsalis (score) on the magical realist jazz biopic Bolden. He has won several commercial awards as well, including an AICP award for Best Sound Design for his work on the PSA commercial Crystal Breaks.
Paraíso Key Awards/Festivals:
2012 Tribeca Film Festival – Best Documentary Short
2012 Chicago International Film Festival – Best Documentary Short
2012 Seattle International Film Festival – Best Documentary Short
2012 ZINEBI of Bilbao – Best Documentary Short
2012 Cine Las Americas – Best Documentary
2012 Melbourne International Film Festival – BBC Knowledge Award for Best Documentary Short Film
2012 AFI-Discovery SilverDocs – Sterling Short Honorable Mention
2013 Sundance Film Festival – Official Selection
2012 True/False Film Festival – Official Selection
2012 Sheffield Doc/Fest – Official Selection
The Cast:
Cruz Guzman
Sergio Polanco
Jaime Polanco
The Crew:
Directed and Produced by Nadav Kurtz
Director of Photograohy: Christopher Markos/Andrew Wehde/Jay Patton/Nadav Kurtz
Composer: Ronen Landa
Editors: Nadav Kurtz/Tony Gannon
For more info, www.paraisofilm.com
