Third IIFF Awards Ceremony

The main reason it's been so easy to put off having this awards ceremony is this: when the entries first came in, our Grand Jury immediately decided on a winner, and then our audience picked the same winner. What can I say? We all have great taste. However, since this entrant also received a prize in the last festival, it did create a bit of a quandry for me about how many prizes I could give them before having to rename this whole thing "The VeeMax Film Festival". After much procrastination deliberation, and in the light of the third festival's small - no, select - pool of entrants, I have decided to drop the Jury Prize for this time around.

Nevertheless, the Audience Choice Award was clearly won by Vee and Max for their wonderful work The Recipe. It was not only beautifully drawn and directed, it was a brilliant interpretation of the theme.

Secondly, our Lucky Dip Prize has been awarded to Jen for Baby Can You Hear Me? Her story clearly touched many hearts.

Thanks to the rest of our participants, who also did a brilliant job. I will be in contact with the winners by email about their prizes. If you are a winner, and you don't get an email over the next few days, please let me know.

Third International Infertility Film Festival - Halloween Special

Vee and Max have outdone themselves again, displaying some beautiful artwork and a very appropriate story in The Recipe.

Mel and Josh bring us Uterinus's Law - a film about the scariest part of infertility: the feeling that everything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

And from Amy comes In Memoriam - a tale of hope and loss, telling the story of her first IVF and a miscarriage.

Baby Can You Hear Me? is Jen's story of secondary infertility and the baby who seems so real, yet so far away.

Finally, my entry is The Infertilimonster - a suspenseful film about the most frightening beastie of all...

This was a difficult theme. Don't forget to leave a comment for our participants (either here or on their site) and vote in the Audience Choice Poll below!

Halloween Special - Date Change - 3rd November 2007

For those who have to know why, you can read my litany of excuses on my blog (pregnancy mentioned), but the long and the short of it is this: the third IIFF - our Halloween Special - will be delayed by a week until the third of November 2007. Mark it in your diaries - and looking forward to seeing some extra-special entries this time around!

"Halloween Special" - 27th October - Third IIFF

Wicked witches, hocus pocus, nightmarish horrors, tricks and treats... and then there's all the customs of Halloween as well. What better theme for our final IIFF of 2007, to be screened on October 27th? **Date Change - Now November 3rd**

The prizes will come again from the Alchemy Cordial Company, but in keeping with the Halloween party spirit I'll send you a Blender Bender - alcohol to be added at your own discretion. There'll be a People's Choice Award, a Jury Award, and a Lucky Dip Prize - so don't be afraid to try your hand because you really could win!

The Jury Prize will be awarded based on interpretation of the theme, originality, technique, and overall impact. You can stretch the theme as far as you'd like - you can talk about fear, the "wizardry" of ART, blood and gore, or simply what holidays like these mean to an infertile person.

Need more information? Try the FAQ, check out previous entries, and the How To label - and if you're still puzzled, by all means email me at infertilefantasies at gmail dot com.