SHORT TO THE POINT – OCTOBER 2020 AWARDS
BEST FILM
NUKRYŽIAVIMAS / CRUCIFIXION | Lithuania | 2019 | 25’
Director: Danielius Minkevičius
Writer: Danielius Minkevičius
Producer: Rūta Pašukonytė
Cast: Rytis Saladžius, Aiste Marija Stankevi2i8, Darius Meškauskas
Synopsis: A secretive man’s inner thoughts confront against the reality.
BEST DIRECTOR
NUKRYŽIAVIMAS / CRUCIFIXION | Lithuania | 2019 | 25’
Director: Danielius Minkevičius
Writer: Danielius Minkevičius
Producer: Rūta Pašukonytė
Cast: Rytis Saladžius, Aiste Marija Stankevi2i8, Darius Meškauskas
Synopsis: A secretive man’s inner thoughts confront against the reality.
BEST SCREENPLAY
NUKRYŽIAVIMAS / CRUCIFIXION | Lithuania | 2019 | 25’
Director: Danielius Minkevičius
Writer: Danielius Minkevičius
Producer: Rūta Pašukonytė
Cast: Rytis Saladžius, Aiste Marija Stankevi2i8, Darius Meškauskas
Synopsis: A secretive man’s inner thoughts confront against the reality.
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
You Promise? | Sweden | 2020 | 15’
Actress: Josefine Hallin
Director: Lin Laurin
Writer: Lin Laurin
Producer: Lin Laurin
Cast: Josefine Hallin, Sylvia Helena Eliasson, Teodor Vogchumian Abréu, Tobias Lunn Nielsen
Synopsis: “You Promise?” takes place in Malmö, Sweden in 1988. The story follows Vida, 5, and her brother Alex, 3, when they get a new father figure in the family. It’s an aesthetic, poetic, and heartwarming short film about family love, divorce, and fear of change – from a five-year-old’s perspective.
BEST LEADING ACTOR
NUKRYŽIAVIMAS / CRUCIFIXION | Lithuania | 2019 | 25’
Actor: Rytis Saladžius
Director: Danielius Minkevičius
Writer: Danielius Minkevičius
Producer: Rūta Pašukonytė
Cast: Rytis Saladžius, Aiste Marija Stankevi2i8, Darius Meškauskas
Synopsis: A secretive man’s inner thoughts confront against the reality.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
You Promise? | Sweden | 2020 | 15’
Cinematographer: Marco Padoan
Director: Lin Laurin
Writer: Lin Laurin
Producer: Lin Laurin
Cast: Josefine Hallin, Sylvia Helena Eliasson, Teodor Vogchumian Abréu, Tobias Lunn Nielsen
Synopsis: “You Promise?” takes place in Malmö, Sweden in 1988. The story follows Vida, 5, and her brother Alex, 3, when they get a new father figure in the family. It’s an aesthetic, poetic, and heartwarming short film about family love, divorce, and fear of change – from a five-year-old’s perspective.
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Zealandia | New Zealand | 2020 | 15’
Set Designer: Lee Johnston
Director: Bruno du Bois
Writer: Aline Tran
Producer: Carlos Ramirez Laloli
Cast: Laura Thompson, John Bach
Synopsis: In 2032, Zealandia has become the only virus free country left on earth but at a high cost to its population due to intrusive medical regulations. But, could the bag carried by a fearless woman be the downfall of this oppressive state?
BEST EDITING
You Promise? | Sweden | 2020 | 15’
Editor: Jonathan Wing
Director: Lin Laurin
Writer: Lin Laurin
Producer: Lin Laurin
Cast: Josefine Hallin, Sylvia Helena Eliasson, Teodor Vogchumian Abréu, Tobias Lunn Nielsen
Synopsis: “You Promise?” takes place in Malmö, Sweden in 1988. The story follows Vida, 5, and her brother Alex, 3, when they get a new father figure in the family. It’s an aesthetic, poetic, and heartwarming short film about family love, divorce, and fear of change – from a five-year-old’s perspective.
BEST NARRATIVE
Zealandia | New Zealand | 2020 | 15’
Director: Bruno du Bois
Writer: Aline Tran
Producer: Carlos Ramirez Laloli
Cast: Laura Thompson, John Bach
Synopsis: In 2032, Zealandia has become the only virus free country left on earth but at a high cost to its population due to intrusive medical regulations. But, could the bag carried by a fearless woman be the downfall of this oppressive state?
BEST COMEDY
YOUNG, BROKE – N – BOUJEE | United States | 2020 | 24’
Director :MITCH PARKS
Writer: THE YOUNG LC
Producers: THE YOUNG LC, TIM LANE
Cast: THE YOUNG LC, MAZEN, TRE HALE, RAVEN MORAN
YOUNG, BROKE – N – BOUJEE grabs the attention of today’s young-adult audience and takes them on an exhilarating journey. During the 24-minute electrifying film, THE YOUNG LC delivers his hilarious perspective and logic on being broke and how to overcome the mental hardships of life in the digital-age. Be prepared for a wild ride as THE YOUNG LC pulls you into his YOUNG, BROKE -N- BOUJEE world.
BEST DRAMA
Rebel | Canada | 15’
Director: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Writer: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Producer: Geneviève Gosselin-G.
Cast: Edouard B-Larocque, Emile Schneider, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Sasha Migliarese
Synopsis: Alex, a six-year-old boy from Quebec, is much too young to understand why thousands of refugees have been entering Canada illegally. Yet when his father takes him along to a vigilante patrol in the woods to hunt out trespassing migrants, something inside him tells him to rebel.
BEST HORROR
Golem | Australia | 2020 | 05’
Director: Ryan Cauchi
Writer: Ryan Cauchi
Producer: Ryan Cauchi
Cast: Jaimie Leonarder, Matt Rudduck, Matt Clayton, Steve Maresca, Rachael Brown
BEST FANTASY/SCI-FI
54 / The Blind Turtle and the Endless Sea | Greece | 2020 | 13’
Director: Isabella Margara
Writers: Isabella Margara, Achilles III
Producers: Cosmote TV , Isabella Margara, Christos Giannakopoulos
Cast: Andreas Konstantinou, Konstadina Takalou
Synopsis: A woman who cannot stop running. A mysterious man who knows everything about her life. A turtle pin. An unexpected encounter in the elevator that goes up to the 54th floor – but takes us all elsewhere.
BEST DANCE/MUSICAL
Armonia | France | 2020 | 08’
Directors: Jean-Pierre Olivares, Pierre-Loys Joubert
Producer: Eloïse Frammery
Cast; Marion Gallet, Luz Albàn
Synopsis: Armonia is a short film about two evolving dancers who haven’t met. Even if they live far away, Luz Albán and Marion Gallet are not unrelated. Their thoughts are linked and they dialogue with their bodies. Through their movements they wonder and through their fall they hand us an intimate portrait of themselves and their injuries. And you, what is your wound ?
BEST STUDENT
Psychophonic | Spain | 2019 | 06’
Director: Aline Romero
Writers: Aline Romero, Pau Gros, Natalia Silva, Tyler Fisher, Lara Maltz, Omar Medina
Producer: Carles Isern
Synopsis: During a full moon night, a cat is trapped inside a spooky house where a gramophone is playing, the cat will discover a secret while trying to escape and run for his life.
BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR
The Little Pest | France | 2020 | 25’
Director: Lucas Pouliquen
Writer: Stéphanie Salomé
Producer: École de la Cité
Cast: Émilie Favre-Bertin, Léontine Doncieu, Paul Laurent, Martin Laurent
BEST ANIMATION
Tricked | United States | 2020 | 03’
Directors: Mengyuan Guo, Naicheng Liu, Suhn Young Chung
Producer: Ringling College of Art and Design
Synopsis: This is a story about a pickpocket who wants to steal a wallet from a magician but can’t get it because it is a magician’s pocket, but in the end, he gets punished / butt-slapped. And this all means do not try to steal.
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Toymaker Hidden Heirloom | Turkey | 2020 |24’
Director: Yağmur Kartal
Writer: Yağmur Kartal
Producers: Yağmur Kartal, Cüneyt Karakuş
Synopsis: Sabahattin Parlar, an electrical master in his 90s in Istanbul, in the 1930s, has old Ottoman figures made of electrical cables in his house on the island of Avşa. These figures, which can be played as toys, are embarked on a joyful adventure by making time in their small workshop at home and traveling to the memories of childhood days. The life of his teacher, who discovered his interest in painting at a young age, was working in the electrical business for a long time due to the difficulties of his life in the primary school and the difficulties of his life that led him to art. However, his love of art and child-minded naivety, which have remained for years, start him.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
YOUNG, BROKE – N – BOUJEE | United States | 2020 | 24’
Director :MITCH PARKS
Writer: THE YOUNG LC
Producers: THE YOUNG LC, TIM LANE
Cast: THE YOUNG LC, MAZEN, TRE HALE, RAVEN MORAN
YOUNG, BROKE – N – BOUJEE grabs the attention of today’s young-adult audience and takes them on an exhilarating journey. During the 24-minute electrifying film, THE YOUNG LC delivers his hilarious perspective and logic on being broke and how to overcome the mental hardships of life in the digital-age. Be prepared for a wild ride as THE YOUNG LC pulls you into his YOUNG, BROKE -N- BOUJEE world.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Lost Horse – Asaf Avidan | Germany | 2020 | 03’
Director: Adi Halfin
Synopsis: Armed with their own camera, modern dance power-couple Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber set about documenting their intimate daily lives in a new genre of “Musical” style documentary. Mixing improvised choreography driven by their immediate emotions with the relentless, never-stopping rolling of the camera, the two created an abundance of scenes reflecting the many aspects of a relationship full of multitudes. A life full of beginnings and endings coexisting in us all. Following the video for “Earth Odyssey”, Director/Editor Adi Halfin’s vision for this video was another creative solution for a period where it is virtually impossible to create international collaborations due to the restrictions as a result of the global pandemic. After many ideas for the video were put down due to the inability to bring dancers and film crew together. She decided to go with the flow and have the dancers film themselves. Mixing their dance into a documentation of their personal life. In the end – this actually proved to be an advantage and allowed a more intimate and close-up view of the couple’s lives.
BEST MINI SHORT
Angèle | Canada | 2020 | 03’
Director: Rachel Trudeau
Synopsis: My 58 year-old mother started rock climbing so she would spend more time with my brothers and I. Along the way, she found something just for herself.
BEST MOBILE PHONE
Home Stream | United Kingdom | 2019 | 11’
Directors: Giulia Gandini, Lily Blackham
Producers: Giulia Gandini, Hannah Siden
Synopsis: Lily has been homeless for a year and a half. We gave her a phone to tell us her story.
BEST LOW/NO BUDGET
Hit and Run | United Kingdom | 2020 | 05’
Director: Hannah Brewerton
Writer: Hannah Brewerton
Producer: Royal College of Art
Synopsis: Things get surreal when the Brits play baseball. A satirical film about modern British politics and tactics of distraction.
BEST DEBUT
PLACE DU TROCADERO | France | 2020 | 07’
Directors: Pierre Leon LUNEAU, Mathieu CAYROU
Writers: Mathieu CAYROU, Pierre Leon LUNEAU
Producers: Pierre Leon LUNEAU, Mathieu CAYROU
Cast: Agnès SORAL, Pierre Leon LUNEAU, Elodie WALLACE, Cecile HERCULE, Didier VINSON, Akemi FUJIMORI, Indrit MESITI
Synopsis: Paul has need for money and take a strange appointement with a guy for money and a fork. Evelyne Marieux is a well-known journalist into Paris, she is dining into the restaurant where Paul works, she seems also interessed by the forks.
BEST AMATEUR
Offlines | France | 2020 | 09’
Director: Vincent Deroussent
Writer: Vincent Deroussent
Producer: 20 Films
Cast: Mathilde Lesage, Olivier Le Hetet, Christian Le Hetet
Synopsis: Bernard, Joséphine, a gap of 40 years between them, two worlds apart. Everything seems to oppose them. These two generations will meet over a fishing expedition. Will the current flow through during this face-to-face on the water’ edge ?
BEST FASHION SHORT
Eclectic Fashion Film | Italy | 2020 | 06’
Director: Massimo Ivan Falsetta
Writers: Massimo Ivan Falsetta, Fabio Colucci
Producer: Massimo Ivan Falsetta for Ascèt
Synopsis: Is love a wayfarer looking for the way back or a refuge? Like a modern Ulysses, stay or go? Run away from the temptations of the sirens or stay to enjoy their attentions? What if it was the wayfarer who brought them the colors of love? Eclectic by Massimo Ivan Falsetta for Ascèt Italian | Hair Beauty | Lovers
BEST TRAILER
In the Reds | United States | 2020 | 02’
Director: Cory Dean Ford
Writer: Cory Dean Ford
Producer: Cory Dean Ford
Cast: Thomoas Blake Jr
Synopsis: A reformed drug dealer returns to his dark past to save his fleeting career as a crab fisherman.
