Edition 2023
Official Selection - Shortfilm
'Na de zonde'- Ferdy Kargo (The Netherlands)
Delmon's youth is defined by his gruesome deed. Now, 25 years later, with a new identity and suffocating remorse, he unwillingly returns to the neighborhood of his youth. While having a panic attack, he runs to a calm and safe place. Here he has an unusual conversation that will change everything. |
'Almost' - Paul-André Robin (France)
Yann, a somewhat lost guy fleeing his life in Normandy without luggage, is hitchhiked by Claire, a sick and disillusioned doctor, returning from his sister's wedding. During this trip that takes them to Paris, they talk to each other, about their lives, their fears, about the love that seems to them only an old chimera. It is the story of an encounter, trajectories and suspended time, with all the failures, all the bad luck and the marvels that go with it. Winner 'Best Actor 2023' - Vincent Mignault Winner 'Best Screenplay 2023' |
Official Selection - Student Shortfilm
'I only appear dead' - Mira-Belle Rose Bryld (Germany)
Struggling actor Franz is delighted with the prospect of landing a job at the theatre again. However during the presumed audition at a forest stage, Franz is suddenly to take on the leading role of Hans Christian Andersen that very evening! Andersen’s greatest fear: to be buried alive. Franz decides to play along, but his hope increasingly shifts to unease as the Scandinavian performance begins. |
'Onvoltooid Verleden Tijd' - Aron Quadu (Belgium)
Lucy, a twenty-five-year-old teacher, living in a small village in the center of Flemish Limburg (Belgium) practices her profession in peace, everything is fine until she suddenly wakes up at night in a mass grave between the trees of the forest and she is the only survivor. When she searches for civilization, she finds a neighborhood where soldiers in Wehrmacht uniforms walk. For some unknown reason, Lucy has gone back in time almost 80 years. While exploring, she is discovered, a violent chase ensues, and she wakes up again in the present. What Lucy first interprets as an ordinary nightmare quickly turns into bitter reality. Winner 'Best Student Shortfilm 2023' |
'The Wait' - Victor Nauwynck (United Kingdom)
With a deep yearning for the perfect partner, Simon, a socially withdrawn man, applies to a futuristic matchmaking agency with a highly advanced algorithm. Things get complicated when Simon meets Hannah, a woman with the exact same ideal features he described in the examination room, down to the specific detail of a birthmark. Shocked yet intrigued, he strikes up a romantic connection with her. Unable to extract more information about his result, Simon must soon choose between pursuing an organic, real-life relationship with Hannah or putting his faith back in the numbers and waiting for his scientifically calculated match. |
Official Selection - Commercial
'I feel, I live, I love' - Dritter. Akt (Austria)
There are living around 130.000 people with a type of dementia in Austria. It is estimated that this number will double until 2050. These people have dreams and wishes. They are an intrinsic part of our society. Dementia is just a small part of their lives. |
'Safely feel the real world' - Jody Xiong (China)
“Safety feel the real world” Durex 001 collaborated with Volvo XC40 to co-release a short film. Colored in signature Durex 001 colors (black and gold), the animation follows a couple who wakeup from a VR simulated dream and escape to a safe reality on “001 Island.” In the visual narrative between the two brands, safety is a sexy and apparent benefit, one that allows us to approach intimacy and embrace reality. At the most critical moment in this film, In a very original way, a glass-like stomach and a metal esophagus are used to emphasize Volvo’s strong four-wheel drive, ground grip and other safety features. Winner 'Best Commercial 2023' Winner 'Best Director 2023' Winner 'Best Art Direction 2023' Winner 'Best Cinematography 2023' Winner 'Best Sound design 2023' |
'Ebern - A new life begins' - Christian Schu (United Arab Emirates)
Beginning a new life in Dubai: 3 storyline add up in one commercial. A man arrives at the airport in Dubai, is meeting people for business & leisure. Another younger man is working at his laptop. A woman is enjoying Dubai with her friends. The first man receives an invitation to a party, where the woman is waiting for him. They fall in love with each other and start a new life together. Ebern, the company who's providing business consulting & company setups in Dubai is helping the man with his first steps in this new and exciting city. |
Official Selection - Unproduced Screenplay
No Address - Julia Verdin, James Papa (feature film)
A group of homeless people bond together as a family, struggling to survive the streets while fending off a harassing gang, an unforgiving community and the local authorities in hopes of finding their humanity again.
A group of homeless people bond together as a family, struggling to survive the streets while fending off a harassing gang, an unforgiving community and the local authorities in hopes of finding their humanity again.
Bombshell - Ludwig Leidig, Brett Williams, Yuri Joakimidis (feature film)
Beautiful undercover half-Jewish socialite Barbara Goette hatches a scheme to assassinate Adolf Hitler after witnessing Nazi brutality over many years and the murderous Gestapo gives chase.
Winner 'Best Unproduced Screenplay 2023'
Beautiful undercover half-Jewish socialite Barbara Goette hatches a scheme to assassinate Adolf Hitler after witnessing Nazi brutality over many years and the murderous Gestapo gives chase.
Winner 'Best Unproduced Screenplay 2023'
Live Robbery - Hervé Desnoix (short film)
Four friends plan to rob a jewelry store by filming their action. They make the curious believe that they are shooting a short film.
Four friends plan to rob a jewelry store by filming their action. They make the curious believe that they are shooting a short film.
The Hard Way - Gabriele Maria Grassl (feature film)
A stupid act of revenge gets Alma, who tends to be aggressive, a suspended sentence for negligent bodily harm. Her husband and her daughter leave her, not bearing her rage any more. Alma loses all footing. Only when she is at the bottom does she face her demons and take the first steps towards a new, peaceful life.
A stupid act of revenge gets Alma, who tends to be aggressive, a suspended sentence for negligent bodily harm. Her husband and her daughter leave her, not bearing her rage any more. Alma loses all footing. Only when she is at the bottom does she face her demons and take the first steps towards a new, peaceful life.
The Scheme - Diego Trovarelli (short film)
After being conceived, how far can an idea go on with its own legs? And more importantly: is it really worth all the sacrifices needed to realise it? This is what the most beloved man in Italy, Prime Minister Vittorio, is asking himself today, in 2038, on the eve of a day that might grant him a place in the history books.
But that could also put him, once again, through the worst trauma a man could possibly experience.
After being conceived, how far can an idea go on with its own legs? And more importantly: is it really worth all the sacrifices needed to realise it? This is what the most beloved man in Italy, Prime Minister Vittorio, is asking himself today, in 2038, on the eve of a day that might grant him a place in the history books.
But that could also put him, once again, through the worst trauma a man could possibly experience.
Message 37 - Simon Wilkinson (drama series)
Message 37 is the true story of Leopold Vindictive.
1941 - A group of ordinary Belgians discover a British spy pigeon and are drawn into the deadly world of wartime espionage.
Message 37 is a three-part limited drama series based on the true story of a small group of courageous Belgians who believed in, and were tragically let-down by, incompetent British spy-masters.
Winner 'Best Unproduced Screenplay 2023'
Message 37 is the true story of Leopold Vindictive.
1941 - A group of ordinary Belgians discover a British spy pigeon and are drawn into the deadly world of wartime espionage.
Message 37 is a three-part limited drama series based on the true story of a small group of courageous Belgians who believed in, and were tragically let-down by, incompetent British spy-masters.
Winner 'Best Unproduced Screenplay 2023'
A writer in the darkness - Giuseppe De Vuono (short film)
Victor Nolan, a successful writer, moves with his wife to an Irish small town in search of new inspiration. People consumed by envy and jealousy spy on his every movement. He starts getting strange and threatening messages from a mysterious person who accuses him of murder.
Victor Nolan, a successful writer, moves with his wife to an Irish small town in search of new inspiration. People consumed by envy and jealousy spy on his every movement. He starts getting strange and threatening messages from a mysterious person who accuses him of murder.