2020 AWARD WINNERS
BEST SHORTER SHORT FILM
The nominations for the best Shorter Short Film
- The Family Gold
- Unleash Chaos
- True
And the winner is… True.
True
Language: English
Year of production: 2019
Director: Shane Collins
Length of film: 7 mins 44
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Synopsis:
A grandfather struggles to comes to terms with his identity and grandson's homophobia.Sinopsis:
Un abuelo lucha por aceptar su identidad y la homofobia de su nieto.BEST SHORT FILM
The nominations for the best Short Film
- Il Vestito – The Suit
- Kingsey
- Celeste’s Dreams
And the winner is… Kingsey.
Kingsey
Language: English
Year of production: 2020
Director: Graeme Slater
Length of film: 22 mins 4 secs
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Synopsis:
Convicted bank robber Graeme King has been released early due to Coronavirus Epidemic. In the boredom of lockdown he turns to drink and drugs to escape the reality. He then begins to display paranoid behaviour. What will he do next to get his adrenaline pumping?Sinopsis:
El ladrón de bancos convicto Graeme King fue liberado anticipadamente debido a la epidemia de coronavirus. En el aburrimiento del encierro, recurre a la bebida y las drogas para escapar de la realidad. Luego comienza a mostrar un comportamiento paranoico. ¿Qué hará a continuación para que suba la adrenalina?BEST DIRECTOR
The nominations for the Best Director
Adrian Bol for Legacy of Lies,
Domenico Costanzo for I Married My mother
Luis Carlos Londoño for Caballo de Acer
And the winner is… Luis Carlos Londoño for Caballo de Acer.
Caballo de Acero
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Year of production: 2020
Director: Luis Carlos Londoño
Length of film: 108 mins
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Synopsis:
The two young men train daily for friend to become a professional but the obstacles create a dilemma with himself, generating a doubt where Santa no longer knows how to distinguish between his imaginary world and the real world.Sinopsis:
Los dos jóvenes entrenan a diario para que su amigo se convierta en un profesional pero los obstáculos crean un dilema consigo mismo, generando una duda donde Santa ya no sabe distinguir entre su mundo imaginario y el mundo real.BEST FEATURE FILM
The nominations for the best Feature Film are:
Legacy of Lies
I Married My mother
Caballo de Acer
And the winner is… Legacy of Lies.
Legacy Of Lies
Language: English
Year of production: 2020
Director: Adrian Bol
Length of film: 101 mins 40
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Synopsis:
When an ex-CIA agent’s (Scott Adkins) daughter is kidnapped by Russian agents he is forced to team up with Sasha, a mysterious Ukrainian woman to track down a video incriminating the Russian government in her abduction.Sinopsis:
Cuando la hija de un exagente de la CIA (Scott Adkins) es secuestrada por agentes rusos, se ve obligado a unirse a Sasha, una misteriosa mujer ucraniana para rastrear un video que incrimina al gobierno ruso en su secuestro.Shorts 2020
Allan & Waspy
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: UK
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 7 mins 41
Language: English
Director: James Miller
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Allan and Waspy is the story of two young friends who find their freedom in the woods on their daily route to school. In the woods they escape the pressures of the grown up world. They marvel at nature, and follow the progress of a birds nest as the chicks hatch and grow. However, as events unfold, violence and tragedy threatens their friendship and their innocence.
Spanish Synopsis
Allan y Waspy es la historia de dos jóvenes amigos que encuentran su libertad en el bosque en su ruta diaria a la escuela. En el bosque escapan de las presiones del mundo adulto. Se maravillan con la naturaleza y siguen el progreso del nido de un pájaro mientras los polluelos nacen y crecen. Sin embargo, a medida que se desarrollan los acontecimientos, la violencia y la tragedia amenazan su amistad y su inocencia.
Anna
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Ukraine, Israel, UK
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 15 mins 20
Language: Ukranian with English Subtitles
Director: Dekel Berenson
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Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love.
Spanish Synopsis
Viviendo en el este de Ucrania devastado por la guerra, Anna es una anciana madre soltera que está desesperada por un cambio. Atraída por un anuncio de radio, se va de fiesta con un grupo de hombres estadounidenses que recorren el país en busca del amor.
Bodies
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Iran
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 15 mins
Language: Persian
Director: Morvarid Kashiyan
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It is a story of a transsexual. A boy who feels like a girl. He is a stage actor and has fallen in love with his director. He would like to have a sex change and becomes a girl but his conservative father does not approve of this. He is trying to persuade his father and confess his love to the director…
Spanish Synopsis
Es la historia de un transexual. Un chico que se siente como una chica. Es actor de teatro y se ha enamorado de su director. Le gustaría tener un cambio de sexo y se convierte en una niña, pero su padre conservador no lo aprueba. Está tratando de persuadir a su padre y confesarle su amor al director ...
Celeste’s Dreams
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: USA
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 18 mins 25
Language: English
Director: Iona Morris
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When a creative woman becomes the same age her mother was when she passed, her life stagnates, forcing her to reconcile a longstanding fear and opening up an opportunity to pursue their shared dream.
Spanish Synopsis
Cuando una mujer creativa tiene la misma edad que su madre cuando falleció, su vida se estanca, lo que la obliga a reconciliar un miedo de larga data y le abre la oportunidad de perseguir su sueño compartido.
Ciervo
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: United States
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 10 mins 15
Language: None (Silent Movie)
Director: Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma
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An emotionally haunting and visually beautiful experience, ‘Ciervo’ tells the story of a young girl who holds violence, submission, and independence in an uneasy balance as one morphs into the other.
Spanish Synopsis
Una experiencia emocionalmente inquietante y visualmente hermosa, "Ciervo" cuenta la historia de una joven que mantiene la violencia, la sumisión y la independencia en un equilibrio incómodo mientras una se transforma en la otra.
Do I Get Ready?
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Spain
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 4 mins
Language: Spanish
Director: Isabel Moreno Martine
An Andalusian has been living in the city of Lorca for a short time. During the Covid-19 quarantine, he speaks through the window with his neighbor for the first time, but not everyone lives the same confinement.
Spanish Synopsis
Un andaluz lleva poco tiempo viviendo en la ciudad de Lorca. Durante la cuarentena del Covid-19, habla a través de la ventana con su vecino por primera vez, pero no todos viven el mismo encierro.
Herma
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: France/Ireland
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 1 min 10
Language: Irish Gaelic with English Subtitles
Director: Eric Beauron
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At the edge of the world, four men live on one abandoned island. The fish is dying, the sea is empty... Seán Beag, the young disciple of Marcus, seeks to restore the order of things.
Spanish Synopsis
En el fin del mundo, cuatro hombres viven en una isla abandonada. El pez se está muriendo, el mar está vacío ... Seán Beag, el joven discípulo de Marcus, busca restaurar el orden de las cosas.
Home Man
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Spain
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 2 mins 10
Language: Spanish
Director: Jaime Garcia Parra
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The world needed a new hero.
Spanish Synopsis
El mundo necesitaba un nuevo héroe.
Jack
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Canada
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 14 mins 7
Language: English
Director: Henri Pardo
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She was an Army nurse, He was a war correspondent. When they were together the fighting and stench of death disappeared. The plan was to do their jobs and get out alive.That was fifty years ago. Today they live in a little house on a farm. Jack works upstairs on his stories and the grandchildren are coming for lunch. Everything is as it should be. Until the awakening begins.
Spanish Synopsis
Ella era enfermera del ejército, él era corresponsal de guerra. Cuando estuvieron juntos, la lucha y el hedor a muerte desaparecieron. El plan era hacer su trabajo y salir con vida. Eso fue hace cincuenta años. Hoy viven en una casita en una granja. Jack trabaja arriba en sus historias y los nietos vienen a almorzar. Todo es como debe ser. Hasta que comience el despertar.
Kingsey
Film Category: Short, Winner Short
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 22 mins 4 secs
Language: English
Director: Graeme Slater
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Convicted bank robber Graeme King has been released early due to Coronavirus Epidemic. In the boredom of lockdown he turns to drink and drugs to escape the reality. He then begins to display paranoid behaviour. What will he do next to get his adrenaline pumping?
Spanish Synopsis
El ladrón de bancos convicto Graeme King fue liberado anticipadamente debido a la epidemia de coronavirus. En el aburrimiento del encierro, recurre a la bebida y las drogas para escapar de la realidad. Luego comienza a mostrar un comportamiento paranoico. ¿Qué hará a continuación para que suba la adrenalina?
L’inversione dei poli
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Italy
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 10 mins
Language: Italian
Director: Antonio Miorin
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Would you transform your body for love? Andrea and Serena are in a tired phase, their relationship seems to be at a dead end. At a party, a dance too far between Serena and Lilly – a filiform woman with a cheeky attitude – gives the coup de grace to the couple. When Serena decides to abandon him, Andrea is at a crossroads and takes note of the renewal that the relationship needs to be recovered. A complete, total reversal is needed. In the background, Lilly and Ettore move, decisive elements for the change, and not only. That woman, Lilly, seems to be the key to everything.
Spanish Synopsis
Transformarías tu cuerpo por amor? Andrea y Serena están en una fase cansada, su relación parece estar en un callejón sin salida. En una fiesta, un baile demasiado lejano entre Serena y Lilly, una mujer filiforme de actitud descarada, da el golpe de gracia a la pareja. Cuando Serena decide abandonarlo, Andrea se encuentra en una encrucijada y toma nota de la renovación que necesita recuperar la relación. Se necesita una reversión total y completa. Al fondo, Lilly y Ettore se mueven, elementos decisivos para el cambio, y no solo. Esa mujer, Lilly, parece ser la clave de todo.
La Plaine
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: France
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 17 mins 53
Language: French
Director: Dimitri Pougnet
Four young interim sweepers clean the rows of an abandoned stadium. From a grandstand they discover a strange looking intruder who draws a symbol in the middle of the field.
Spanish Synopsis
Cuatro jóvenes barrenderos interinos limpian las filas de un estadio abandonado. Desde una tribuna descubren a un intruso de aspecto extraño que dibuja un símbolo en medio del campo.
Love X Bites
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Myanmar
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 15 mins
Language: Burmese with English Subtitles
Director: M. Noe, Yupar Momo
Thiri and Han, came back from Singapore to their country. As per health ministry’s order, they are put into quarantine for 3 weeks in a hotel. Thiri is deaf and mute. Han agrees to be Thiri’s roommate to assist with communication in case of emergency. During these three boring and isolating weeks, their relationship becomes intimate. But the fate has a cruel twist reserved for them.
Spanish Synopsis
Thiri y Han regresaron de Singapur a su país. De acuerdo con la orden del Ministerio de Salud, se les pone en cuarentena durante 3 semanas en un hotel. Thiri es sordo y mudo. Han acepta ser el compañero de habitación de Thiri para ayudar con la comunicación en caso de emergencia. Durante estas tres aburridas y aisladas semanas, su relación se vuelve íntima. Pero el destino tiene reservado un giro cruel para ellos.
Mandatory
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Iran
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 15 mins
Language: Persian
Director: Javad Khorsha
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It is about a fire squad soldier which is forced to kill a prisoner in the firing squad and he does not know which to choose in the dilemma of ethics and duty.
Spanish Synopsis
Se trata de un soldado del pelotón de bomberos que se ve obligado a matar a un prisionero del pelotón de fusilamiento y no sabe cuál elegir en el dilema de la ética y el deber.
No Place
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Brazil
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 22 mins 56
Language: Portuguese
Director: Gabriel Amaral
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When Nego discovers that the cacau farm he lives and works on is going to be sold, he must face not only the loss of his home and job, but also the daily contact he has with the land he cherishes so much.
Spanish Synopsis
Cuando Nego descubre que la finca de cacao en la que vive y trabaja va a ser vendida, deberá enfrentar no solo la pérdida de su hogar y trabajo, sino también el contacto diario que tiene con la tierra que tanto aprecia.
Pass
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Iran
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 10 mins
Language: Persian
Director: Elika Abdollahi
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A Fascinating drama about not everyone is trustworthy.
Spanish Synopsis
Un drama fascinante sobre no todo el mundo es digno de confianza.
Rehak
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 7 mins
Language: English
Director: Pierre B
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A little girl in the age of innocence who discovers Rehak, a magical drawing hidden behind her bedroom wall.
Spanish Synopsis
Una niña en la era de la inocencia que descubre a Rehak, un dibujo mágico escondido detrás de la pared de su dormitorio.
Saint-Tite
Film Category: Short
Country of Production: Canada
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 11 mins 30
Language: French
Director: Florence Pelletier and Elizabeth Marcoux-Belair
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Saint - Tite tells the story of a family living their last weekend together at the rodeos of the Festival Western de Saint-Tite.
Spanish Synopsis
Saint - Tite cuenta la historia de una familia que vivió su último fin de semana juntos en los rodeos del Festival Western de Saint-Tite.