BEST FILM
Aio Zitelli
Director: Jean-Marie Antonini
Country: France
Duration: 20:00
Synopsis: In the midst of the trench warfare, the Corsican soldier Lucien Casalta is called urgently at the back of the lines by a court of the country as a translator. Upon his arrival, he is surprised to see that the young soldier tried for desertion is none other than his compatriot and friend, Joseph…
BEST DIRECTOR
Aio Zitelli
Director: Jean-Marie Antonini
Country: France
Duration: 20:00
Synopsis: In the midst of the trench warfare, the Corsican soldier Lucien Casalta is called urgently at the back of the lines by a court of the country as a translator. Upon his arrival, he is surprised to see that the young soldier tried for desertion is none other than his compatriot and friend, Joseph…
BEST SCREENPLAY
THE NARRATOR
Director: Julia Trofimova
Screenwriter: James Barron
Country: United States
Duration: 10:38 Synopsis: As part of an experimental therapy, a depressed employee must navigate his office job with a personal narrator who speaks aloud his every thought.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Aio Zitelli
Director: Jean-Marie Antonini
Cinematographer: Arnaud Gabriel
Country: France
Duration: 20:00
Synopsis: In the midst of the trench warfare, the Corsican soldier Lucien Casalta is called urgently at the back of the lines by a court of the country as a translator. Upon his arrival, he is surprised to see that the young soldier tried for desertion is none other than his compatriot and friend, Joseph…
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
SPARE
Director: Vitaly Shepelev
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 12:22
Synopsis: A three of glamorous characters, trying to get to a fashion show on time, is calling a taxicab with an autopilot navigation. The smart system is choosing the route away from the dangerous districts with criminal gangs. But there is a temptation to make the route shorter, and so the antagonists are in a tight corner: the wind screen is going to break under a head of metal bar and aggressive ragamuffins. What should they do, where to go and whom to call for help? Fortunately, the transport company provides a “spare.”
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Water Off a Duck’s Back
Director: Thomas Morelli
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 09:45
Synopsis: A slaughterhouse delivery man gets stuck with a duck forgot on his vehicle.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
I’M VICTOR
Director: Inna Tsgoeva
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 10:53
Synopsis: Victor is alone here. He looks back at his life in order to figure out why he is here. Silence interrupted by the lonely voice of a man pronouncing his own name.
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
SELFIES
Director: Claudius Gentinetta
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 03:40 Synopsis: In a veritable firework display of digital selfport-raits, hundreds of quaint, embarrassing and dread-fully disturbing selfies were arranged in a unique short film composition. Single photos, artistically reworked, consolidate to form a ghastly grin that outshines the abyss of human existence.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
BAILAORA
Director: Rubin Stein
Country: Spain
Duration: 15:00
Synopsis: “A war. A child. A dream.”
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Running in Circles
Director: Bianca Cassinelli
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 05:20
Synopsis: ‘Running in Circles’ is an animated music video for Wax Fang, realised combining cut out images and archive footage in order to visually reflect the surreal imagery evoked by the lyrics.
The music video was produced as part of the final project for the Masters in Postproduction with Visual Effects at the University of York’s Theatre, Film and Television Department.
