Between mid-October and the end of November, 245 short French films (or French coproductions) lit up the screens of 17 international film festivals with which UniFrance collaborates.
In Greece, the USA, Brazil, Germany, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Canada, and Italy, 30 films were honored with 41 awards. Among them let us mention the debut film by Léopold Kraus, Speck of Dust (photo), presented for the first time in the USA where it won a Hollywood Silver Screen Prize and also received the prestigious Global Grand Jury Prize.
Thess International Short Film Festival (Greece): October 16-21
Cinematic Achievement Awards, directing
- You Will Be Fine by Céline Devaux
- Icare by Nicolas Boucart
- The Amorous Indies by Clément Cogitore
- Kapitalistis by Pablo Muñoz Gomez
- The Lives of Lenny Wilson by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
- Ordeal by Sacha Barbin
- Why Did I Write the Bible by Alexandre Steiger
- Vihta by François Bierry
Hollywood Film Festival (USA): October 22-28
- Hollywood Global Grand Jury Best Global Hollywood Short: Speck of Dust by Léopold Kraus
- Hollywood Short Film Silver Screen Winner (France): Speck of Dust by Léopold Kraus, Icare by Nicolas Boucart, Toprak by Onur Yağız
Festival Curta Cinema (Brazil): October 24-31
- Audience Award: Between the Shadows by Alice Guimarães & Mónica Santos
- Special Mention Youth Jury: Between the Shadows by Alice Guimarães & Mónica Santos
- Special Mention International Jury: 59 Seconds by Mauro Carraro
DOK Leipzig (Germany): October 29-November 4
- Golden Dove for Best Animated Short Film: Egg by Martina Scarpelli
- Honorary Mention Next Masters Competition: The Republic's Couriers by Badredine Haouari
AISFF (South Korea): November 1-6
- Audience Award: To Hell With Codes by Léopold Legrand
Leeds International Film Festival (United Kingdom): November 1-15
- World Animation Competition - Best Film: Raymonde or the Vertical Escape by Sarah Van Den Boom
- Louis le Prince International Competition - Special Mention: The Field by Sandhya Suri
Winterthur International Short Film Festival (Switzerland): November 6-11
- Youth Film Award +16: Guaxuma by Nara Normande
Barcelona Independent Film Festival (L'Alternativa) (Spain): November 12-18
- Special Mention: Mon amour mon ami by Adriano Valerio
Cinanima (Portugal): November 12-18
- Alves Costa Award - Best Short Film Up to 5 Minutes: The Lost Garden by Natalia Chernysheva
- Best Short Film: More Than 5 and Up to 24 Minutes: Flowing Through Wonder by Joanna Lurie
- Best Film: More Than 24 and Up to 50 Minutes: This Magnificent Cake! by Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef
- António Gaio Award: Augur by David Doutel & Vasco Sá
- Audience Award: This Magnificent Cake! by Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef
- Special Mentions: More Than 5 and Up to 24 Minutes: Augur by David Doutel & Vasco Sá
- Egg by Martina Scarpelli
La Cabina International Medium-Length Film Festival (Valencia) (Spain): November 14-24
- Best Medium-Length Film Award: This Magnificent Cake! by Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef
- Best Actress Award: Liv Henneguier for Cross by Idir Serghine
- Best Actor Award: Damien Bonnard for Cross by Idir Serghine
- Best Photography Award: Noé Bach for Cross by Idir Serghine
- Best Editing Award: Damien Froidevaux for his film Back to Genoa City
- Best Artistic Direction Award: Jean-Marc Ogier for This Magnificent Cake! by Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef
- Best Production Design Award: This Magnificent Cake! by Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef
International Festival of Francophone Film in Acadie (FICFA) (Canada): November 15-23
- La Vague Award for Best International Short Film: Facing the Beast by Emma Benestan & Adrien Lecouturier
Rome Independent Film Festival (Italy): November 16-23
- Best International Short Film Award: In the Name of the Strawberry, the Chocolate and the Holy Spirit by Karla Lulić
Berlin International Short Film Festival (Interfilm) (Germany): November 19-25
- Best Environmental Film Award: Hybrids by Florian Brauch, Kim Tailhades, Matthieu Pujol, Yohan Thireau & Romain Thirion
Berlin International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth (Kuki) (Germany): November 19-25
- Best Film for Youth Award: Vermin by Jeremie Becquer
- Special Mention: The Hunt by Alexey Alekseev
Most of these films can be viewed at the Short Film Gallery
Selective Promotion Funding (November 27 session)
Among the 9 films submitted, the viewing committee, composed of two representatives of international festivals, a television exhibitor, two film directors, and four producers, selected:
- Thing of the Mind by William Laboury – Production company: Bobi Lux / Capricci
- The Devil is in the Details by Fabien Gorgeart – Production company: Deuxième Ligne Films
- Dunk by Sophie Martin – Production company: Dunk Films / Angels - Les Compagn'arts
- Mama Bobo by Ibrahima Seydi & Robin Andelfinger – Production company: Wombat Films – Replica Films
- The Seventh Continent by Noé Debré – Production company: Films Grand Huit / Moonshaker
Initiative Subsidies (November 27 session)
Implemented in 2018, this new funding exclusively concerns the specific activities undertaken to encourage the distribution and exhibiting of a short film or a program of short films abroad. For example: theatrical distribution, a presentation at a specific event in a festival or a museum, exhibiting via a platform, or any other initiative of a sort that will enhance and highlight the excellence of French short film production.
For the inaugural session, 4 out of 8 submissions were favorably received:
- Barney Production (for distribution in Morocco)
- Ecce Films (for distribution in Japan)
- Miyu Productions (for distribution in Denmark)
- Yukunkun Productions (for distribution in the USA)
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