French shorts honored abroad: September 2018

With this new feature section, UniFrance will be providing a monthly overview of all of the awards received by French short films at international festivals with which UniFrance collaborates. This month, 96 short films produced or co-produced by France were selected at film festivals around the world, with 18 titles winning awards.
Photo: Mia Maelzer, Balthazar de Ganay, and Sandhya Suri, respectively actress, producer, and director of The Field, winner of the Best Short Film Award at TIFF.

In addition to prizes won by 5 shorts at the major movie industry festivals of the fall season (Venice and Toronto), 13 French shorts were also honored with awards in Brazil, Denmark, Switzerland, Russia, and Greece:

São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brazil): August 22-September 2

Guaxuma by Nara Normande: ABCA Prize for Best Animation
Artem Silendi by Frank Ychou: 9th place in the Audience Rankings

Odense Film Festival - 2018 (Denmark): August 27-September 2

At Dawn by Julien Trauman: Youth Jury Prize
Egg by Martina Scarpelli: Best Animation
The Night of the Plastic Bags by Gabriel Harel: Børge Ring Prize

Venice International Film Festival (Italy): August 29-September 8

The Years by Sarà Fgaier: Best European Short Film
SPHERES by Eliza McNitt: Best Film, Venice VR
Isle of the Dead by Benjamin Nuel: Best Story, Venice VR

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) (Canada): September 6-16

The Field by Sandhya Suri: Best Short Film
This Magnificent Cake! by Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef: Honorary Mention

Bienne-Biel French Film Festival (Switzerland): September 12-16

Laissez-moi danser by Valérie Leroy: Discovery Prize
Inlove by Alexis & Jérémie Lopez: Bilingualism Forum Prize

Message to Man Festival in St. Petersburg (Russia): September 15-22

The Good Education by Yu Gu: Best Documentary

International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece): September 16-22

Vihta by François Bierry: Grand Prize
The Escape by Laëtitia Martinoni: Best European Short Film
The Silence of the Dying Fish by Vasilis Kekatos: Best Southern European Film & Special Prize in the National Competition
Delectable You by Axel Courtière: TV5 Monde Special Prize
Aria by Myrsini Aristidou: Honorary Mention for Outstanding Editing