BEST FILM AWARD @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
Polka: Purveyor of Dots
Director: Daniel Castro
Country: United States
Duration: 04:30
Synopsis: Polka, the eccentric visionary designer who introduced the world to the polka dot, finds her legacy in jeopardy when dots are declared ‘dead’ by the industry digest. She must evolve to survive, but breaking free of her circular empire is not easy. To prevail, she must rise above all that she knows and see the world from a different point of view.
BEST DIRECTOR @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
Alone
Director: Antoine Laurens
Country: France
Duration: 15:25
Synopsis: Adaptation after comic book by Chaboute.
BEST SCREENPLAY @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
Utopia
Director: Aimiende Negbenebor Sela
Country: United States
Duration: 15:00
Synopsis: Utopia is a surreal drama about an aspirational, blond young lady who wakes up from a coma in Uganda. And, no — nothing is as it seems.
BEST EDITING @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
The Master of Cuchillo
Director: Rodrigo Sebastian Gonzalez
Country: Mexico
Duration: 11:26
Synopsis: Timoteo, a chef that knows perfectly what he doesn’t wants to be, has an obsession for juggling knives. The loss of one of his fingers constantly reminds him how dangerous is his obsession. He is fully aware of his problem, he tries so hard to control himself all the time. His father suffers from the same obsession and together try to overcome it. But they are some detonators that exceed all forces. Timoteo will be tempted when he discovers his platonic love ‘Lucrecia chef’, visiting his restaurant. The life of Timoteo will depend by the fate of a knife in the air.
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
Rearrangement
Director: Emilios Avraam
Country: Cyprus
Duration: 08:55
Synopsis: When Leonidas (Makis Papadimitriou) pursues an home renovation contract, he quickly comes to find that his potential new client is very insistent that everything must be done according to her demands.
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
It’s a Match!
Director: Schnabel Annabella
Country: Hungary
Duration: 13:42
Synopsis: This is the bizarre story of a Tinder date that is getting more and more amplified by the participiants’ anxiety throughout their first encounter.
BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
This One’s for You, Alice
Director: Patrick Hanser
Country: Brazil
Duration: 11:03
Synopsis: When Joaquim, a frustrated writer living in the 70s, finds out his recently wed wife is cheating on him, he starts writing a suicide letter along with preparing a surprise for his wife to find when she gets home from her lover’s arms.
BEST CHILDREN SHORT FILM @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
The Ball
Director: Fernando G. Pliego
Country: Spain
Duration: 08:22
Synopsis: During a football match with his friends, two kids stole Angel’s new ball. Charo, a friend of Angel, says that she knows where one of the thieves lives. Angel and his father go there to try to recover the ball. But things get complicated when Angel’s father realizes that the house owner is the main client of his modest business.
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
On My Mind
Director: Shirley Zhou
Country: United States
Duration: 06:19
Synopsis: A loser-in-love’s struggle to move on is personified by a pesky crow.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
The Beast Underneath
Director: Anaëlle Morf, Alexandre Rufin
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 13:25
Synopsis: On the 27th of February 2016, in the city of La Baie, Quebec, the famous fisherman Marc Gagnon discovered a new species of halibut that could reach several meters. Because the man is always looking for controlling the nature. How far his megalomania is going to take him?
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
Lucky Fish
Director: Philippe Bensadon
Country: Israel
Duration: 07:36
Synopsis: The past 22nd of July, six players played a remarkable poker hand. Their goal was to compete with each other and win as much money as they could. However only one of them managed to leave the table as a winner. Was it skill?
BEST MUSIC VIDEO @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
The Reaper
Director: Bartosz Lukasiuk
Country: Poland
Duration: 03:30
Synopsis: Short film about a farmer from Poland.
BEST MINI SHORT @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
MACHINE
Director: Ekaterina Volovich
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 01:29
Synopsis: No blemish worse, than spiritual emptiness. Oscar Wilde.
BEST AMATEUR SHORT FILM @ STTP OCTOBER 2018 AWARDS
L-P-D-M
Director: Nawal Kaffouf
Country: France
Duration: 07:02
Synopsis: Tom enters a hospital, asks to see his father who is in a very critical state but visits are forbidden for this prisoner. A policeman stands in front of the bedroom door, Tom has to find a way to get in …
