My Mother's Daughter wins Best European Short Film Award in LA

On May 10, 2008, five films were selected, whose filmmakers will receive $5000 grants in the "Outstanding Filmmakers Awards Program."

The winners, one from each of the following continents - North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia (including Australia) - were announced this evening at the pre-Pangea Day Filmmaker's Retreat at the Sheraton Delfina Hotel in Santa Monica, CA.

The retreat is gathering of 100 filmmakers from around the world who are taking part in a serious of workshops on story-telling - In addition to the "Outstanding Filmmakers Awards Program," Participant is sponsoring the "Filmmaker Development Grant Program, in which all 34 filmmakers whose films will be broadcast on television and/or posted on the Pangea Day website are eligible to submit a treatment for a feature film or documentary. These filmmakers will also compete for thegrand prize of $20,000 to continue the development of the treatment and a non-binding first look deal with Participant for the treatment.

Saleyha said:

"Pangea Day itself was something else. The set was just breath taking. A number of films were selected to be shown on a rather enormous screen on the day but the rest of the films went out on the website. There was a live 4 hour broadcast going out all over the world. It really did feel like the world was connected by film for a few hours. Dave Stewart played a fab number and Meg Ryan, Goldie Horn and Cameron Diaz were there to introduce the films. It was such a privilege and an honour to have been selected to be part of such a day - the quality of the other short films was really high, very impressive."

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