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JURY (2023)



Camila Kater (BRAzil)



camilakater.com



Camila Kater is a filmmaker, animator and educator from Sao Paulo, Brazil. She recently directed the animated documentary short CARNE (Brazil, Spain, 2019), which was qualified for the 2021 Academy Awards Oscar®, and was on the shortlist for the 2021 Goya Award. CARNE world premiered at Locarno Int'l Film Festival in 2019 and was officially selected for over 250 film festivals including TIFF, Annecy, IDFA, DOK Leipzig, AFI, Palm Springs ShortFest; and has received more than 95 awards worldwide. Kater has a bachelor's degree in Media Studies at Unicamp (Brazil), and in 2012 she was awarded with a one-year scholarship in Film and TV Production at Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge, UK) by the Brazilian government program Science Without Borders. Kater has recently received the 2021/2023 RE:ANIMA Animation Scholarship for the European Joint Master in Animation (a new Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree in the area of Animation and the Creative Arts) and she is now living and studying her Masters in the three host countries, Belgium, Portugal and Finland. Kater created and is Co-Director for LESMA, a weeklong animation event in Campinas, Brazil, since 2016. For each edition, LESMA exhibited work curated by a different international animation film festival.



noemie nakai (JaPaN/FRAnce)



Noemie Nakai is a French and Japanese writer/director. Her latest short film 'Tears Teacher' premiered at Sundance, was acquired by the New York Times and went on to play at 40+ festivals worldwide. Her projects in development were selected for the Sundance x NHK screenwriting lab, Focus Asia, Talents Tokyo amongst others, as well as receiving the main award at Busan film festival's Asian Project Market. She is a member of the BAFTA connect program for emerging filmmakers.



Richard TUOhy (australia)



Richard Tuohy began making works on super 8 in the late nineteen eighties. After a brief hiatus from cinema (including formal study in philosophy for seven years) he returned to filmmaking in 2004. His films have screened at venues including the Melbourne IFF, EMAF (Osnabruck), Rotterdam IFF, New York FF, Ann Arbor and Media City and he has toured Europe, the Americas and Asia presenting programs of his and Diannas work. His films are typically highly structured. Tuohy has devoted much time and effort in sharing his knowledge through workshops and classes both in his native Australia (notably through the Artist Film Workshop in Melbourne) and internationally.



gábor gelencsér (HUNgary)



film.elte.hu



Associate professor Gábor Gelencsér is associate professor at the Film Studies Department of the Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, ELTE BTK. He was born in 1961. He received his degree as a teacher of Hungarian Language & Literature and History in 1986, and in Aesthetics in 1990. He defended his PhD in 2002, and habilitated in 2008. He has published six monographs, edited several books and wrote more than 200 essays, reviews and articles on film. He also wrote entries for two film lexicons. He received the Béla Balázs Prize in 2007.



university jury (2023)



Eszter sorosi



judit szokol



lili tóth



Róbert fekete



andrás gál



mihály horváth



Events



The Official Selection (56 films) will be screened in Vienna, Budapest and some of them in Bratislava.

In Vienna (Amerling Cultural Center), Budapest (Cirko-Gejzir Cinema), and Bratislava (Pivnica, Klubová scéna pre Devín) you can watch movies in a pleasant, friendly environment. In Vienna and Bratislava free donation, free tee, coffee, soft drinks, fruits, cookies etc. for movie viewers).

The films will be screened with English subtitles.




Screenings dates and venues:

Kulturzentrum Spittelberg im Amerlinghaus - Stiftgasse 8., Vienna

Pivnica, Klubová scéna pre Devín - Kremeľská 36, Bratislava

Cirko-Gejzir Cinema - Budapest, Balassi B. u. 15-17., Budapest


The detailed program is coming soon...


THE FILMS OF THE FESTIVAL




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Events



The Official Selection (56 films) will be screened in Vienna, Budapest and some of them in Bratislava.

In Vienna (Amerling Cultural Center), Budapest (Cirko-Gejzir Cinema), and Bratislava (Pivnica, Klubová scéna pre Devín) you can watch movies in a pleasant, friendly environment. In Vienna and Bratislava free donation, free tee, coffee, soft drinks, fruits, cookies etc. for movie viewers).

The films will be screened with English subtitles.



Screenings dates and venues:

Kulturzentrum Spittelberg im Amerlinghaus - Stiftgasse 8., Vienna

Pivnica, Klubová scéna pre Devín - Kremeľská 36, Bratislava

Cirko-Gejzir Cinema - Budapest, Balassi B. u. 15-17., Budapest


The detailed program is coming soon...


THE FILMS OF THE FESTIVAL




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Programok



Budapesten, az Art+Cinema moziban 24 rövidfilmet és 6 nagyjátékfilmet mutatunk be.

Facebook oldalunkon (facebook.com/bluedanubefilmfestival) követhető az aktuális program.

A filmeket eredeti nyelven, angol felirattal vetítjük.


Art+Cinema (https://artpluszcinema.hu) ​1074 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 39.

Jegyár: 1000 Ft


Január 19. szerda,

18.00

MA Weijia (FRA) - Step into the river 14.50 (An),

Eva Giolo (BEL) - Flowers blooming in our throats 8.37 (Exp),

Elizabeth Mirzaei (AFG) - Three Songs for Benazir 22.02 (Doc),

Pere Ginard (SPA) - DAD IS GONE 3.44 (SupS),

Gorana Jovanovic (SRB) - Armadila 10.30 (Sh),

Martin Monk (AUT) - Favourites 17.47 (Sh)


20.00

Flora Chilton (HUN) - I still remember 6.32 (An),

Lorenzo Gattorna (USA) - from time without beginning 5.40 (Exp),

Erin Semine Kökdil (USA) - Since you arrived, my heart stopped belonging to me 20.40 (Doc),

Det Sporadiske (NOR) - For Real 4.31 (SupS),

Rakan Mayasi (FRA) - Trumpets in the sky 14.59 (Sh),

Damian Kocur (POL) - Beyond is the day 25.00 (Sh)


Rövidfilmvetítés és pódiumbeszélgetés

Meghívott vendégeink: - Szalayné Sándor Erzsébet a Magyarországon élő nemzetiségek jogainak védelmét ellátó biztoshelyettes, egyetemi tanár

- Hejüsz Betti filmoperatőr, többek között az I still remember című film operatőre

- Tóth Bálint producer (I still remember), az Önismereti Filmes Műhely vezetője

Moderátor: Molvay Norbert filmrendező, forgatókönyvíró

Jegyár: 1000 HUF

Jegyvásárlás: https://artpluszcinema.cinemamanager.hu/.../jegyrend.../2547



​Január 20. csütörtök,

18.00

Yoriko Mizushiri (FRA) - Anxious Body 5.46 (An),

Victor Orozco Ramirez (GER) - Revolykus 12.02 (Exp),

Romy (CAN) - Amato 8.07 (Doc),

Olga Kosanovic (AUT) - Tabu 3.15 (SupS),

Margo Briere Bordier (FRA) - This other winter 25.00 (Sh),

Thelyia Petraki (GRE) - Bella 24.35 (Sh)


20.00

Nicolas Keppens (BEL) - Easter Eggs 14.02 (An),

Anna Mutschlechner-Dean (AUT) - What lies in the imperishable 2.07(Exp),

Olga Lucovnicova (BEL) - My Uncle Tudor 20.00 (Doc),

Hauazkena Taldea, Begona Vicario (SPA) - Hunting 4.58 (SupS),

Sameh Alaa (EGY) - i am afraid forget your face 14.55 (Sh),

Benő Baranyi (HUN) - Anja 19.07 (Sh)


A vetítés után pódiumbeszélgetés az Anja című film főszereplőjével Major Erik színművésszel.


Január 21. péntek,

18.00

Betania Cappato (ARG) - A School in Cerro Hueso 1.15.00 (Feature)


A film után beszélgetés Varga-Sabján Dóra pszichológussal, gyermekjogi szakértővel. Téma: autizmus és ábrázolása a filmben.

Jegyelővétel: https://artpluszcinema.hu/musor-jegyvasarlas/


20.00

Milcho Mancevski (MCD) - Willow 1.41.00 (Feature)


A film után beszélgetés Németh Anita forgatókönyvíróval, filmtörténésszel.

Témák: macedón filmművészet, a film elhelyezkedése a Mančevski életműben, női sorsok a filmművészetben Aki kérdez: Molvay Norbert filmrendező, forgatókönyvíró (Randevúk, Ha nem segít a Mindenható, Jövő szerdán)

Előzetes: https://vimeo.com/371103265

Jegyelővétel: https://artpluszcinema.hu/musor-jegyvasarlas/



Január 22. szombat,

18.00

Marí Alessandrini (ARG) - ZAHORI 1.45.00 (Feature)


20.00

Lé Bao (VIE) - Taste 1.37.00 (Feature)



Január 23. vasárnap,

18.00

Laetitia Farkas (FRA) - Longing for an island 1.20.00 (Feature)


20.00

Juja Dobrachkous (GEO) - Bebia, a mon seul désir 1.53.00 (Feature)




Events



The Official Selection (59 films) will be screened in Vienna or/and Budapest.

In Vienna (in Amerling Cultural Center) and Budapest ( Art+Cinema), you can watch movies in a pleasant, friendly environment. The films will be screened in original language with English subtitles.




Screenings dates and venues:

Kulturzentrum Spittelberg im Amerlinghaus (
www.amerlinghaus.at) 1070 Vienna, Stiftgasse 8.


Sunday, 16 January 2022,16.00 - 22.30

​Monday, 17 January 2022,16.00 - 22.30
Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 18.30 - 22.00

Thursday, 20 January 2022, 16.00 - 22.30

Friday, 21 January 2022, 16.00 - 22.30



Art+Cinema (https://artpluszcinema.hu) ​1074 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 39.


Wednesday, 19, January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00

​Thursday, 20 January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00

Friday, 21 January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00

Saturday, 22 January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00

Sunday, 23 January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00


Online (some of the movies can be viewed on www.bluedanubefilmfestival.com website between January 16 and January 23, only from Hungary and Austria.)


Az oldal követői kipróbálhatják a forint bankjegyekre vetített filmélményt. Ha van a tárcátokban egy ezres, kétezres vagy ötezres, akkor már csak az AR GO Mobile App kell és indulhat a vetítés. https://vimeo.com/478967163



MOvie of the week ... Test



2 June 2022 - 8 June 2022



Taste - Bao Le (VIE)



2021, 1 h 37 m





Bassley, a Nigerian footballer living in Vietnam, has been unable to make a living since he broke his leg. He and four middle-aged women he sometimes works for decide to escape the disappointment of their daily lives. They go to an old house where together they create a special world for themselves. But this intimate utopia cannot last forever.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6551842/



tickets - 2,50 euros, (2 June - 8 June)

Events



The Official Selection (59 films) will be screened in Vienna or/and Budapest, in both capitals.

In Vienna (in Amerling Cultural Center) and Budapest ( Art+Cinema), you can watch movies in a pleasant, friendly environment. The films will be screened in English or with English subtitles.



Screenings dates and venues:

Kulturzentrum Spittelberg im Amerlinghaus (
www.amerlinghaus.at) 1070 Vienna, Stiftgasse 8.


Sunday, 16 January 2022,16.00 - 22.30

​Monday, 17 January 2022,16.00 - 22.30
Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 18.30 - 22.00

Thursday, 20 January 2022, 16.00 - 22.30

Friday, 21 January 2022, 16.00 - 22.30



Art+Cinema (https://artpluszcinema.hu) ​1074 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 39.

Wednesday, 19, January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00

​Thursday, 20 January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00

Friday, 21 January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00

Saturday, 22 January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00

Sunday, 23 January 2022, 18.00 - 22.00



Events



The Official Selection (59 films) will be screened in Vienna and Budapest.

In Vienna (in the Schikaneder Cinema) and Budapest ( Lurdy Cinema), you can watch movies in a pleasant, friendly environment, free soft drinks, fruits, cookies for movie viewers.

The films will be screened in English or with English subtitles.



Screenings dates and venues:

Schikaneder Kino
(www.schikaneder.at) 1040 Vienna, Margaretenstrasse 22-24​

Sunday, 17 November 2019,

19.00 - Experimental 87'01" - Programme 1

21.00 - Short, Super Short 88'42" - Programme 5

​Monday, 18 November 2019,

19.00 - Animation 94'19" - Programme 2

23.00 - Short, Super Short 92'00" - Programme 9
Tuesday, 19 November 2019,

19.00 - Documentary 97'52" - Programme 3

23.00 - Short, Super Short 90'37" - Programme 8
Wednesday, 20 November 2019,

19.00 - Documentary 92'26" - Programme 4

23.00 - Short, Super Short 88'21" - Programme 6




Mimozink Lurdy (https://lurdymozi.mimozink.hu/) ​1097 Budapest, Könyves Kálmán krt. 12-14.

​Thursday, 21 November 2019,

19.00 - Experimental 87'01" - Programme 1

21.00 - Short,Super Short 88'42" - Programme 5

Friday, 22 November 2019,

19.00 - Animation 94'19" - Programme 2

21.00 - Short,Super Short 107'21" - Programme 7

Saturday, 23 November 2019,

19.00 - Documentary 97'52" - Programme 3

21.00 - Short,Super Short 90'37" - Programme 8

Sunday, 24 November 2019,

19.00 - Documentary 92'26" - Programme 4

21.00 - Short,Super Short 92'00 - Programme 9



Online Competition



In the Online category's Official Selection movies can be viewed here between October 15 and November 15 with the link provided by the submitter.

Voting with facebook profile.

The film that gets the most "like" will be the winner.

The Online category's Official Selection movies (synopsis, photo, director's biography, links) are also displayed here.



Events



The Official Selection (59 films) will be screened in Vienna or/and Budapest.

In Vienna (Amerling Cultural Center) and Budapest (Art+Cinema), you can watch movies in a pleasant, friendly environment, free soft drinks, fruits, cookies for movie viewers.

(The films will be screened in original language with English subtitles.)




Screenings dates and venues:

Kulturzentrum Spittelberg im Amerlinghaus (
www.amerlinghaus.at) 1070 Vienna, Stiftgasse 8.



Sunday, 16 January 2022,

16.00
Suki (FRA) - Mondo Domino - 6.15 (An),
Morag Brownlie (NZL) - Perfect Storm 14.03 (Exp),
Viv Li (BEL) - I Don't Feel At Home Anywhere 15.54 (Doc),
Adrian Perez (SUI) - Floating 4.00 (SupS),
Simon Bonanni (FRA) - The Episode 23.02 (Sh)

17.30

Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney (SUI) - Ecorce 15.00 (An),

Shannon Silva (USA) - To Live and Die... 5.29 (Exp)

Roman Hodel (SUI) - The Game 17.09 (Doc)

Christina Benz (SUI) - Fulesee 4.18 (SupS)

Naila Guiget (FRA) - Dustin 20.00 (Sh)


19.00

Katharina Huber (GER) - The Natural Death of a Mouse 21.34 (An),

Eva Giolo (BEL) - Flowers blooming in our throats 8.37 (Exp),

Ismael Joffroy Canduitis (FRA) - Maalbeek 15.51 (Doc),

Pere Ginard (SPA) - DAD IS GONE 3.44 (SupS),

Gorana Jovanovic (SRB) - Armadila 10.30 (Sh),

Martin Monk (AUT) - Favourites 17.47 (Sh)


20.45

Milcho Mancevski (MCD) - Willow 1.41.00 (Feature)



​Monday, 17 January 2022,

16.00

MA Weijia (CHN) - Step into the river 14.50 (An),

Lutz P. Kayser (GER) - Studies at Huningue 10.35 (Exp),

Stéphanie Roland (MIC) - Podesta Island 23.24 (Doc),

Anne Thorens (SUI) - Rocks and Crows 4.10 (SupS),

Vytautas Katkus (LTU) - Places 11.00 (Sh)


17.30

Alisi Telengut (CAN) - The Fourfold 7.14 (An),

Zbigniew Czapla (POL) - On Time 5.30 (Exp),

Elizabeth Mirzaei (AFG) - Three Songs for Benazir (Doc),

Emmanuelian (FRA) - The world is ours 2.20 (SupS),

Said Hamich (FRA) - The Departure 25.00 (Sh)


19.00

Flora Chilton (HUN) - I still remember 6.32 (An),

Lorenzo Gattorna (USA) - from time without begenning 5.40 (Exp),

Erin Semine Kökdil (USA) - Since you arrived, my heart stopped belonging to me 20.40 (Doc),

Det Sporadiske (NOR) - For Real 4.31 (SupS),

Rakan Mayasi (FRA) - Trumpets in the sky 14.59 (Sh),

Damian Kocur (POL) - Beyond is the day 25.00 (Sh)


20.45

Betania Cappato (ARG) - A School in Cerro Hueso 1.15.00 (Feature)



Tuesday, 18 January 2022,

18.30

Nicolas Keppens (BEL) - Easter Eggs 14.02 (An),

Anna Mutschlechner-Dean (AUT) - What lies in the imperishable (Exp),

Olga Lucovnicova (BEL) - My Uncle Tudor 20.00 (Doc),

Hauazkena Taldea, Begona Vicario (SPA) - Hunting 4.58 (SupS),

Sameh Alaa (EGY) - i am afraid forget your face 14.55 (Sh),

Benő Baranyi (HUN) - Anja 19.07 (Sh)


20.15

Yoriko Mizushiri (FRA) - Anxious Body 5.46 (An),

Victor Orozco Ramirez (GER) - Revolykus 12.02 (Exp),

Romy (CAN) - Amato 8.07 (Doc),

Olga Kosanovic (AUT) - Tabu 3.15 (SupS),

Margo Briere Bordier (FRA) - This other winter 25.00 (Sh),

Thelyia Petraki (GRE) - Bella 24.35 (Sh)



Thursday, 20 January 2022,

16.00

Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney (SUI) - Ecorce 15.00 (An),

Shannon Silva (USA) - To Live and Die... 5.29 (Exp)

Roman Hodel (SUI) - The Game 17.09 (Doc)

Christina Benz (SUI) - Fulesee 4.18 (SupS)

Naila Guiget (FRA) - Dustin 20.00 (Sh)


17.30

Suki (FRA) - Mondo Domino - 6.15 (An),

Morag Brownlie (NZL) - Perfect Storm 14.03 (Exp),

Viv Li (BEL) - I Don't Feel At Home Anywhere 15.54 (Doc),

Adrian Perez (SUI) - Floating 4.00 (SupS),

Simon Bonanni (FRA) - The Episode 23.02 (Sh)


19.00

Laetitia Farkas (FRA) - Longing for an island 1.20.00 (Feature)


20.45

Lé Bao (VIE) - Taste 1.37.00 (Feature)



Friday, 21 January 2022,

16.00

Alisi Telengut (CAN) - The Fourfold 7.14 (An),

Zbigniew Czapla (POL) - On Time 5.30 (Exp),

Elizabeth Mirzaei (AFG) - Three Songs for Benazir (Doc),

Emmanuelian (FRA) - The world is ours 2.20 (SupS),

Said Hamich (FRA) - The Departure 25.00 (Sh)


17.30

MA Weijia (CHN) - Step into the river 14.50 (An),

Lutz P. Kayser (GER) - Studies at Huningue 10.35 (Exp),

Stéphanie Roland (MIC) - Podesta Island 23.24 (Doc),

Anne Thorens (SUI) - Rocks and Crows 4.10 (SupS),

Katkus (LTU) - Places 11.00 (Sh)


19.00

Juja Dobrachkous (GEO) - Bebia, a mon seul désir 1.53.00 (Feature)




Art+Cinema (https://artpluszcinema.hu) ​1074 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 39.


Wednesday, 19, January 2022,

18.00

Katharina Huber (GER) - The Natural Death of a Mouse 21.34 (An),

Eva Giolo (BEL) - Flowers blooming in our throats 8.37 (Exp),

Ismael Joffroy Canduitis (FRA) - Maalbeek 15.51 (Doc),

Pere Ginard (SPA) - DAD IS GONE 3.44 (SupS),

Gorana Jovanovic (SRB) - Armadila 10.30 (Sh),

Martin Monk (AUT) - Favourites 17.47 (Sh)


20.00

Flora Chilton (HUN) - I still remember 6.32 (An),

Lorenzo Gattorna (USA) - from time without begenning 5.40 (Exp),

Erin Semine Kökdil (USA) - Since you arrived, my heart stopped belonging to me 20.40 (Doc),

Det Sporadiske (NOR) - For Real 4.31 (SupS),

Rakan Mayasi (FRA) - Trumpets in the sky 14.59 (Sh),

Damian Kocur (POL) - Beyond is the day 25.00 (Sh)



​Thursday, 20 January 2022,

18.00


Nicolas Keppens (BEL) - Easter Eggs 14.02 (An),

Anna Mutschlechner-Dean (AUT) - What lies in the imperishable (Exp),

Olga Lucovnicova (BEL) - My Uncle Tudor 20.00 (Doc),

Hauazkena Taldea, Begona Vicario (SPA) - Hunting 4.58 (SupS),

Sameh Alaa (EGY) - i am afraid forget your face 14.55 (Sh),

Benő Baranyi (HUN) - Anja 19.07 (Sh)


20.00

Yoriko Mizushiri (FRA) - Anxious Body 5.46 (An),

Victor Orozco Ramirez (GER) - Revolykus 12.02 (Exp),

Romy (CAN) - Amato 8.07 (Doc),

Olga Kosanovic (AUT) - Tabu 3.15 (SupS),

Margo Briere Bordier (FRA) - This other winter 25.00 (Sh),

Thelyia Petraki (GRE) - Bella 24.35 (Sh)



Friday, 21 January 2022,

18.00

Betania Cappato (ARG) - A School in Cerro Hueso 1.15.00 (Feature)


20.00

Milcho Mancevski (MCD) - Willow 1.41.00 (Feature)



Saturday, 22 January 2022,

18.00

Marí Alessandrini (ARG) - ZAHORI 1.45.00


20.00

Lé Bao (VIE) - Taste 1.37.00 (Feature)



Sunday, 23 January 2022,

18.00

Laetitia Farkas (FRA) - Longing for an island 1.20.00 (Feature)


20.00

Juja Dobrachkous (GEO) - Bebia, a mon seul désir 1.53.00 (Feature)



Online (some of the movies can be viewed on www.bluedanubefilmfestival.com website between January 16 and January 23, only from Hungary and Austria.)


Az oldal követői kipróbálhatják a forint bankjegyekre vetített filmélményt. Ha van a tárcátokban egy ezres, kétezres vagy ötezres, akkor már csak az AR GO Mobile App kell és indulhat a vetítés. https://vimeo.com/478967163



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - FEATURE



A SCHOOL IN CERRO HUESO
Betania Cappato



Argentina, 2021
1.15.00
Feature



Six-year-old Ema is diagnosed on the autism spectrum and enrolls in a new school.



BEBIA, A MON SEUL DESIR
Juja Dobrachkous



Georgia, 2020
1.53.00
Feature



Returning home for the funeral of her grandmother, seventeen-year-old Ariadna must cross the unspoiled Georgian countryside to connect her grandmother’s soul with her resting body in an ancient burial custom. Traversing this exhausting and raw terrain, Ariadna is forced to confront the impact that the complex, sometimes cruel matriarch had on her not-so-distant childhood.



LONGING FOR AN ISLAND
Laetitia Farkas



France, 2021
1.20.00
Feature



Somewhere in France, at the edge of a pine forest facing the ocean, a hidden holiday camp created by white Russians over seventy years ago. In this summer kingdom there are children, animals, wooden huts, babushkas and floral fabrics. Generations that live and grow together. And also an old man who is going to die, a son who wants to leave and a child who watches them.



TASTE
Lé Bao



Viet Nam, 2021
1.37.00
Feature



Bassley, a Nigerian footballer living in Vietnam, has been unable to make a living since he broke his leg. He and four middle-aged women he sometimes works for decide to escape the disappointment of their daily lives. They go to an old house where together they create a special world for themselves. But this intimate utopia cannot last forever...



WILLOW
Milcho Manchevski



Macedonia, 2019
1.41.00
Feature



Three women cope with issues of control over their bodies, tradition and adoption. They have not set out to change the world, but their struggle to become mothers makes them unlikely heroines. Three stories set in Macedonia - one medieval, two contemporary - exploring themes of love, trust and motherhood.



ZAHORI
Marí Alessandrini



Argentina, 2021
1.45.00
Feature



Mora is 13 years old and intends to become a "gaucho". She questions school and asserts her individuality towards her parents, two environmentalists from Italian-speaking Switzerland whose dream of autonomy turns into a nightmare



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - short



ANJA
Benő Baranyi



Hungary, 2019
19'07"
Short



A young medic, Levente, spends his internship at a rural hospital in Hungary. He starts to question his trust in his teacher, professor Kovacs, after a case with a Gypsy woman who had just given birth. Based on a true story.



ARMADILA
Gorana Jovanovic



Serbia, 2020
10'30"
Short



A tough thirteen year old girl struggles to keep her emotions in check, whether concerning her missing dog or the boy she likes.



BELLA
Thelyia Petraki



Greece, 2020
24'35"
Short



Greece 1986-1987, a little before the fall of State Socialism and just at the end of the Cold War. In front of Anthi’s eyes the country is changing, the world is changing and with them Christos seems to be changing too.



BEYOND IS THE DAY
Damian Kocur



Poland, 2020
25'00"
Short



Somewhere in Europe, somewhere in Poland lives Pawel - a simple man working on a small river ferry close to his village. He spends most of his day taking the villagers to the other side of the river. Every day looks the same, but one day he notices somebody traversing the river by swimming. This person is Mohammad, an immigrant from Palestine. There is finally somebody Pawel can talk to.



DUSTIN
Naila Guiguet



France, 2020
20'00"
Short



In an abandoned warehouse, a crowd is dancing as one on 145 BPM techno music. Among them is Dustin, a young transgender and crew: Felix, Raya and Juan. As the night draws on, collective hysteria morphs into sweet melancholy, and euphoria into yearning for tenderness.



FAVOURITES
Martin Monk



Austria, 2019
17'47"
Short



After falling out with her mother, rebellious Sofia wants to hitchhike to Italy in search of her biological father. In haste, she stuffs a few things in her backpack and sets off in the early hours of a Viennese summer morning. When she meets middle-aged Michael, who reluctantly agrees to give her a lift, the two strangers develop an unlikely friendship on their shared journey through the Austrian south



i am afraid to forget your face
Sameh Alla



Egypt, 2020
14'55"
Short



After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels down a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes



PLAACES
Vytautas Katkus



Lithuania, 2020
11'00"
Short



It’s a story of two childhood friends who are spending last days in places where they grow up. This is how they are trying to postpone their farewell to district which is changing.



THE DEPARTURE
Said Hamich



France, 2020
25'00"
Short



Morocco, 2004. The summer of Adil, 11 years old, is upset by the visit of his father and his big brother, who leave for France in just a few days ...



THE EPISODE
Simon Bonanni



France, 2020
23'02"
Short



Zoé and Léo, a couple in crisis, are on vacation in the Cévennes, south of France, when they learn of the existence of a local meteorological phenomenon, cataclysmic and mysterious. Their relationship crumbles as the threat of what is called "the episode" grows.



THIS OTHER WINTER
Margo Briere Bordier



France, 2020
25'00"
Short



One winter day, Nina turns up in a seafront town, driving her old collector's car. Nina has forty-eight hours to meet Lili, her mother, after twenty years of silence. For Nina has to make a choice which resonates powerfully in the story she shares with Lilly.



TRUMPETS IN THE SKY
Rakan Mayasi



France, 2021
14'59"
Short



Boushra, one of the Syrian potato-picking girls in Lebanon, returns from a long day of work in the field only to learn that today her childhood will come to an end.



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - super short



DAD IS GONE
Pere Ginard



Spain, 2020
3'44"
Super Short



Dad is Gone. Dad is Ghost. Dad is Thing… spinning on its own skin.



FLOATING
Adrian Perez



Switzerland, 2020
4'00"
Super Short



About a worried mother and an adventurous daughter floating down a river.



FOR REAL
Det Sporadiske Filmkollektivet



Norway, 2021
4'31"
Super Short



Just another day on the bus.



FULESEE
Christina Benz



Switzerland, 2019
4'18"
Super Short



Sunday, Fulesee. Two people go diving in a lake. They understand each other without a word, everything seems ok. But the dive leads them not only to fish and into darkness, it also reaches into the depths of their souls. At 30 metres below the surface, fears and stories for which they cannot find any signs in diving language suddenly rise up. – The animated short films of Christina Benz combine the art forms of drawing, poetry and music. This film was made in close collabaration with a writer and a musician. The stop motion film was drawn with black sand.



HUNTING
Hauazkena Taldea, Begona Vicario



Spain, 2020
4'58"
Super Short



In 1969, artist Rafael Ruiz Balerdi made the short animated film “Homenaje a Tarzán” (“Homage to Tarzan”), which ended with an enigmatic ‘to be continued’. “Ehiza” (“Hunting”) is our continuation. In “Ehiza”, we accept Balerdi's aesthetic but step away from the colonial perspective of the films that inspired that work to depict the harshness of our own reality: harassment, violence and destruction.



ROCKS AND CROWS
Anne Thorens



Switzerland, 2020
4'10"
Super Short



Lucas is playing in the yard of his building with his plastic pistol. But his game takes another twist when he starts playing with crows.



TABU
Olga Kosanovic



Austria, 2020
3'15"
Super Short



A hot summer‘s day, a family, a game - what could possibly go wrong?



THE WORLD IS OURS
Nouritza Emmanuelian



France, 2020
2'20"
Super Short



Camille tells her friends about her dream



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - ANIMATION



ANXIOUS BODY
Yoriko Mizushiri



France, 2021
5'46"
Animation



Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born.



EASTER EGGS
Nicolas Keppens



Belgium, 2021
14'02"
Animation



The Chinese restaurant is empty. The exotic bird’s cage stands wide open. Two friends, Jason and Kevin, see this as an opportunity to catch and sell them. Catching the birds ain’t as simple as it seems.



ECORCE
Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney



Switzerland, 2020
15'00"
Animation



In a hidden place, the daily routine of a retirement home unfolds as time seems to stand still. The penciled residents come to life on paper. Some are active, others rest or follow a fixed schedule to be repeated each day: medication, meals, games… Around them, machines are flashing, caregivers are busy and some crucifixes remind them of the death that lies in wait. Time fades away and nearby, stretches a forest.



I STILL REMEMBER
Flora Chilton



Hungary, 2021
6'32"
Animation



"Sadly I remember the war very well. Because if something remains in the memory of a child, it can't be washed away." In our film the memories of the survivors of the Second World War are portrayed by animations on the streets and squares of present-day Budapest.



MONDO DOMINO
Suki



France, 2021
6'15"
Animation



In a deafening noise of chainsaws, loggers happily humming as they cut down trees to be used as decor for a fashion show. A contemporary cartoon satire, in the form of a burlesque action musical tragi-comedy, leads us into a delirious whirlwind of chain reactions as chaotic as they are grotesque...



STEP INTO THE RIVER
MA Weijia



France, 2020
14'50"
Animation



Lu and Wei are two young girls living in a village nestled on the banks of a river. As the one-child policy has led some families to drown baby girls, they both have a special relationship with this river, which looks like a cradle of tragic stories.



THE FOURFOLD
Alisi Telengut



Canada, 2020
7'14"
Animation



Based on the ancient shamanic rituals and animistic beliefs in Mongolia and Siberia, an exploration of the indigenous worldview and wisdom. With hand-crafted imagery, a testament of reclaiming animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.



THE NATURAL DEATH OF A MOUSE
Katharina Huber



Germany, 2020
21'34"
Animation



Some days she imagines that by her sheer will she can make body parts fall off of people who seem vicious to her. And some other days everyone around her looks beautiful. And when she was little, she wished that flowers would grow out of her footprints.



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - Documentary



AMATO
Romy



Canada, 2021
8'07"
Documentary



Amato is about the diversity of polyamorous models in the Quebec portrait. Three unique and interrelated stories are staged through performing arts.



AMATO
Romy



Canada, 2021
8'07"
Documentary



Amato is about the diversity of polyamorous models in the Quebec portrait. Three unique and interrelated stories are staged through performing arts

01.07. 17.00 - Vienna

01.07. 18.00 - Budapest

Online



I DON'T FEEL AT HOME ANYWHERE ANYMORE
Viv Li



Belgium, 2021
15'54"
Documentary



A wistful but witty account of a trip to Beijing by an art student who has been abroad for ten years. Her stay with her family mercilessly exposes how uprooted she has become by her life abroad.



MAALBEK
Ismael Joffroy Chandoutis



France, 2020
15'51"
Documentary



Survivor but amnesiac of the attack at Maalbeek metro station on 22 March 2016 in Brussels, Sabine is looking for the missing image of an over-mediatised event of which she has no memory.



MY UNCLE TUDOR
Olga Lucovnicova



Belgium, 2020
20'00"
Documentary



After 20 years of silence, the filmmaker returns to the house of her great-grandparents, where, at the age of nine, she faced the abusive sexual behaviour of her uncle. The long-awaited family gathering contrasts with the filmmaker's off-screen conversation with her uncle about the harmful events from her childhood.



PODESTA ISLAND
Stéphanie Roland



Micronesia, 2020
23'24"
Documentary



Podesta Island exists according to Google Earth. Podesta Island does not exist according to Wikipedia. Does it really exist?



SINCE YOU ARRIVED, MY HEART STOPPED BELONGING TO ME
Erin Semine Kökdil



United States, 2021
20'40"
Documentary



Central American mothers journey by bus through Mexico, searching for their children who migrated north towards the United States but disappeared en route.



THE GAME
Roman Hodel



Switzerland, 2020
17'09"
Documentary



A whistle. The stands of the stadium get loud. The players protest angrily. The presenters follow the action on the field. In the middle of it, the referee. The whole stadium watches him. Now he has to decide and direct the energy of an entire stadium.



THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR
Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei



Afghanistan, 2021
22'02"
Documentary



The story of Shaista, a young man who—newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul—struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family. Even as Shaista’s love for Benazir is palpable, the choices he must make to build a life with her have profound consequences.



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - experimental



FLOWERS BLOOMING IN OUR THROATS
Eva Giolo



Belgium, 2020
8'37"
Experimental



Filmed in 16mm just after the lockdown caused by COVID-19, Flowers blooming in our throats is an intimate, poetic portrait of the fragile balances that govern everyday life in a domestic setting. The artist films a group of her friends in their own homes, performing various small actions in accordance with her instructions...



from time without beginning
Lorenzo Gattorna



United States, 2021
6'40"
Experimental



'Death in Kashi is "liberation"'. – "Death in Banaras", Jonathan P. Parry, 1994



ON TIME
Zbigniew Czapla



Poland, 2021
5'30"
Experimental



Japanese trains. Non-places. Accidental encounters. An intense experience of travel through time and space. From Matsuo Bashō's haiku to the images of a vanishing world created by Hokusai in Manga catalogues.



PERFECT STORM
Morag Brownlie



New Zeeland, 2021
14'03"
Experimental



During the perfect storm of the pandemic, the beauty of nature and the connectivity of humanity endures. On the wild west coast of Auckland ( New Zealand ) we follow one mans enforced isolation. Pacing into the unknown, wondering if those dear to him, will ever be seen again.



REVOLYKUS
VictorOrozco Ramirez



Germany, 2020
12'12"
Experimental



Several years ago I immigrated to Germany. Here, I live in a small old house. which urgently needs a modernization and that theoretically, protects me from wind, rain and cold.



STUDIES AT HUNINGUE
Lutz P. Kayser



Germany, 2019
10'35"
Experimental



It is the artistic documentation of aesthetic swarm intelligence. The middle part of the essay film gives the impression that the starlings did their meditative rounds only for my cameras after my direction. These six minutes essentially consist of an en bloc shot, which I adjusted to the track frame-accurately with only a few cuts. I leave the stage to the swarms of starlings, they are art! It's about perception.



TO LIVE AND DIE IN THE SHADOWS...
Shannon Silva



United States, 2021
5'29"
Experimental



180 million years ago, through a chance horizontal gene transfer, ferns acquired a much needed light sensor (neochrome) that allowed them to modify and survive in low light environments. We should all be so lucky.



WHAT LIES IN THE IMPERISHABLE
Anna Mutschlechner-Dean



Austria, 2021
2'07"
Experimental



What are the consequences of humankind’s desire for eternal life? Mankind continually tries to leave behind something significant, something that will be remembered. Perhaps by staying in memory man could come closer to immortality. However, as humankind moves more and more into the digital realm, technological advances may soon provide it with other possibilities. Could the digital already be a man-made attempt at immortality?...



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - ONE-MINUTE



3:24 PM
Margaux Fazio



Switzerland, 2020
1'00"
One-Minute



3:24 pm is the time at which women are no longer paid for full-time work in Switzerland. Unlike their male colleagues.



AUTUMN
Jean-Marie Villeneuve



France, 2020
1'00"
One-Minute



A little girl is thinking about her dad.



HIGH TIDE
Carmen Pelaz



Spain, 2021
1'00"
One-Minute



A visual dramatization of how much water pollution can affect us individually.



LEO
Moein Rooholamini



Iran, 2020
1'00"
One-Minute



" I dedicate this film to children all over the world who do not give up on their sweet dreams in the most difficult situations of their lives."



PEDIDOS (ORDERS)
Roberto I. Ercolalo



Spain, 2021
1'00"
One-Minute



Maria, expectantly, prepares herself at home to receive someone in times of a pandemic. The pandemic has shown the need for human beings as social beings, this is a message in a 1-minute short film.



RUNNER
Jacob Allen Johnston



United States, 2020
0'38"
One-Minute



A man takes a run.



THE GRAT HANDINI
Neil Whitman



United Kingdom, 2021
0'38"
One-Minute



The Great Handini is my graduation film that I created during my time on the Aardman Academy: Stop Motion 1 course. I was given 4 weeks to storyboard, build, animate and direct my own short films demonstrating what I had learnt over the 3 month training course.



TWINS
Diego Mandelman



Argentina, 2021
0'59"
One-Minute



The birthday day becomes a special date for two twin brothers.



VEILS OF MISFORTUNE
Roxana Baloiu



Canada, 2019
1'00"
One-Minute



A take on the female gaze through a play of hands and a reading of Tarot cards. A universal reflection on abuse of the past, present and future.



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 - short



WATERMELON JUICE
Irene Moray



Spain, 2019
22'23"
Short



Barbara and Pol spend a few days on holiday with a group of friends in a house surrounded by nature. They want to have a good time and find a peaceful space where they can enjoy their intimacy. With the support of Pol, in the midst of nature, between tears and laughter, Barbara will heal old wounds and redefine her sexuality.



OSLO
Shady Srour



Israel, 2019
15'50"
Short,



Ziad, a Palestinian day laborer, is denied entry into Israel for work that day. Not wanting to return home empty handed after promising his daughter meat for dinner, he needs to get creative. A poetic and tragic reflection on the everyday struggle of Palestinian breadwinners.



THE VAN
Erenik Beqiri



France, Albania, 2019
15'00"
Short



The Van finally stops, the doors open and Ben comes out alive. A few more fights and he will be able to pay his way out of Albania, and hopefully, take his father with him.



SKIN
Guy Nattiv



United States, 2018
20'00"
Short



A small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.



PATISION AVENUE
Thanasis Neofotistos



Greece, 2018
13'00"
Short



Yanni’s mum is on her way to audition for a role as Shakespeare’s Viola, when she discovers that her son has been left home alone. Through a series of phone calls, she fights to balance the most important roles of her life, whilst walking in the most controversial area of central Athens: Patision Avenue.



THE LAST IMAGE OF FATHER
Stefan Djordjevic



Serbia, 2019
20'00"
Short



Dushan and Laza are traveling through Eastern Serbia to Belgrade. Terminally ill, Dushan has to find a new home for his son Laza, to whom Dushan is all he has.



ALL THESE CREATURES
Charles Williams



Australia, 2018
13'00"
Short



An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.'



EENY MEENY
Raphaela Schmid



Austria, 2019
17'00"
Short



It all starts with an accident. Little Paula pushes her sister Annas hamster out of the window while trying to feed it. She desperately wants to bring it back to life with spells and magic. Meanwhile her mother, Isabella, is constantly trying to reconstruct Anna's birthday cake from last year.



MagRalen
Maryam Zarei



Canada, 2019
18'20"
Short



A family of four live in a wrecking yard in Iran, suburban or Tehran. Mother and father both work at the same yard, dismantling and wrecking old cars. The two kids, a twelve year boy (Nima) and a four year girl (Tara), spend their time playing around the yard, and specially in an old emptied car which they have painted and decorated for themselves...



THE BOY WHO WANTED TO FLY
Jorge Muriel



Spain, 2018
20'00"
Short



In the Madrid of the 80s, Ivan, a five-year-old boy, is confronted with the birth of a new brother. His sister is dad´s favorite, the newborn is mom's favorite. Which place does he take in this new situation? What if He could fly and escape?



ANNA
Dekel Berenson



Ukraine, 2019
15'00"
Short



Anna, a middle-aged single mother, lives in a small industrial town in war-torn Eastern Ukraine. She works in a meat processing plant, lives in a rundown apartment and dreams for a better life for herself and her 16-year-old daughter. Desperate for a change, she is lured by a radio advertisement to attend a party organized for foreign men who are touring the country, searching for love.



BUNNY
Shaun Hughes



United Kingdom, 2018
17'53"
Short



BUNNY is a drama about Buckley, a young man with rabbit ears who is challenged by disruptive outsiders to face up to his delusion, and risks losing the final bond to his dead mother. Winner of the Celtic Media Festival Torc Award for Best Short Drama 2019.



NEXT WEDNESDAY
Norbert Molvay



Hungary, 2018
13'00"
Short



A young girl with a dark secret tries to relieve her heavy heart by taking a walk in the city. She visits places and meets people she doesn’t want to to find her redemption.



PLAY
Piotr Sulkowski



Poland, 2018
13'00"
Short



A man consumed by guilt because he did not dare to defend his mother, plays the role of a murderer and forces his ten-year-old self to face his original trauma...



DEL ARCO VACÍO
Micah van Hove



United States, Peru 2018
8'21"
Short



This is the story of Alex Carlo Delgado, a man who had everything and lost it all.



A MAN, TODAY
Alberto Nacci



Italy, 2018
11'26"
Short



A psychological film against man's violence against women: a new way of looking at this terrible social phenomenon, ever more diffused and transversal in modern society, in which the protagonist is a man. Woman becomes the "distorted mirror" of a fragile, contradictory, violent man ...



HERE COMES THE NIGHT
Delphini Leoni



France, 2019
25'00"
Short



In the Island of Corsica, Jeanne's everyday life flows more or less quietly since Lucien, her lover, has been murdered, three years ago.



ON THE BORDER
Wei Shujun



China, 2018
15'00"
Short



In a border village, a Chinese teenager of Korean roots aspires to join South Korea. He tries by all means to realize his dream.



RELICIOUS
Eugenio Villani, Raffaele Palazzo



Italy, 2018
8'27"
Short



An intellectual dress style man is shopping at the supermarket. After he bought the essential goods, he moves toward the refrigerated section to choose the yogurt to buy. The man realizes with amazement that each one of the yogurt cups has stamped on it the name of a religion instead of the yogurt brand...



ADAM'S SKIRT
Clément Trehin Lalanne



France, 2018
11'54"
Short



A young father gives into the whims of his son by allowing him to wear a skirt to school. After getting complaints, him and his ex-wife have to deal with the pre-schooler's hostile parents.



WHY SO SIRIUS?
Karel Sindelár



Czech Republic, 2019
14'58"
Short



An Eastern Europe Dark comedy from Czech Republic. No help anywhere, no signal. Too far to reach anywhere on foot. Two scared women, one of which ran over the husband of the other, will sooner or later have to deal with a situation in which no tested procedures apply. No natural patterns of behaviour. A black comedy about the absurdity of human interaction. About life and death. About cars, misunderstanding and a little bit about LARP.



THE MISSING TRAIT
Riccardo Roan



Italy, 2018
9'30"
Short



A man with a hidden face, is looking for an essential response between memories and doubts intrinsic of a surrealist vision.



GUY PROPOSES TO HIS GIRLFRIEND ON A MOUNTAIN
Bernhard Wenger



Austria, 2019
13'00"
Short



Captured with a mobile phone, we see a group of three friends gathering at a ski lodge. Daniel is about to propose to his girlfriend and his friend films the whole thing to remember the best day of their lives.



Online EDItion - 2020



Ticket types



Full pass



77 films





www.bluedanubefilmfestival.hu/official-selection


tickets - 7 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

First Pass



77 films





www.bluedanubefilmfestival.hu/official-selection


tickets - 4 euros, (21 Nov - 23 Nov)

Second Pass



77 films





www.bluedanubefilmfestival.hu/official-selection


tickets - 4 euros, (24 Nov - 26 Nov)

Third Pass



77 films





www.bluedanubefilmfestival.hu/official-selection


tickets - 4 euros, (27 Nov - 29 Nov)

Animation



14 films





Héloise Ferlay (FRA) - To the dusty sea

Joder von Rotz (SUI) - Little Miss Fate

Aline Höchli (SUI) - Why Slugs Have No Legs

Soetkin Verstegen (BEL) -Freezy Frame

Camila Kater (BRA, ESP) -Flesh

Tamás Rebák (HUN) - Escape Velocity

Robertas Nevecka (LTU) - Snow Shelter

Anna Szöllősi (HUN) - Helfer

Danski Tang (USA) - Umbilical

Alexandre Siqueira (POR) - Purpleboy

Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kaslp Sanghvi (IND) - Wade

Bruno Collet (FRA) - Memorable

Michaela Mihályi, David Stumpf (CZE) - SH_T HAPPENS

Martin Smatana (CZE) - The Kite


tickets - 3 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Documentary



12 films





Meeto Worre Kronborg Grevsen (DEN) - Landry

Karmen Obrdalj (BIH) - Why is Mom always crying?

Anais Moog (SUI) - Silent Storm

Nayra Sanz Fuentes (ESP) - Selfie

Marianna Vas, Hedda Bednarszky (ROM,HUN) - Wild Berries

Cristéle Alves Meira (POR) - Invisível Herói

Nelson Makengo (KON) - Up at night

Jamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone (USA) - Huntsville Station

Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen, Bernhard Hetzenauer (MEX,AUT) - The Birthmark

Tal Amiran (UK) - Dafa Metti (Difficult)

Noemie Nakai (JAP) - Tears Teacher

Joie Estrella Horwitz (USA) - Alejandro & Miguel


tickets - 3 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Experimental



13 films





Oleg Chorny, Gennadiy Khmaruk (UKR) -The Tree

Dana Levy (USA) - Last Man

Jussi Eerola (FIN) - Blue Honda Civic

Martin Gerigk (GER) - Haiku

Gon Caride (ESP) - Impermanence - An Elemental Triptych

Alex Beriault (CAN) - Sometimes a little Sin is good for the Soul

Max Philipp Schmid (SUI) - Membrane

Jorge Jácome (POR) - Past Perfect

Vicky Langan , Maximillian Le Cain (IRL) - Personal Growth

Maia Iotzova (BUL) - Sofia's Epicenter

Ayabonga Magwaxaza (RSA) - Midnight Delight

Eliane Esther Bots (NED) - Cloud Forest

Salvatore Insana (ITA) - I stared fire forever


tickets - 3 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Super Short, One Minute



15 films





Filip Zaluska (POL) - In Between

Ennio Ruschetti (SUI) - Hand in Hand

Mathilde Babo, Zoé Rossion (FRA) - Cell 364

Roberto Telles (MEX) - I LOVE TO KILL

Henry K. Norwalls (NOR) - Life Goes On

Colin Morvan (USA) - City of Covid and Clay

Valentina D'Annunzio (SUI) - This was Berlin

Mohsen Habibi, Mostafa Daryadar (IRA) - The GrandDaughter

Michael Amter (USA) - Newborn

Marieta Landkoron (NED) - Φ

Lev Voloshin (MOL) - The Flat

Ábel Százados (HUN) - Never

Edoardo Sartori (UK) - Quarantine Chorus

Seyhmus Altun (TUR) – Space Oddity

Eflatun Serbay Celebi (ESP) - Jam Tomorrow


tickets - 2 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Short



23 films





Yuan Yuan (CHN) - Heading South

Dorian Jespers (BEL) - Sun Dog

Anthony Nti (GHA) - Da Yie

Rozália Szeleczki (HUN) - Mrs. Rozgonyi

Noemi Veronika Szakonyi (HUN) - Magic Whistle

Jianna Maarten (USA) - Sin Cielo

Bob Giraldi (USA) - Cambio

Baizak Mamataliev (KGZ) - On the boat

Sonia K. Hadad (IRA) - Exam

Alexandra Naoum (FRA) - Lavande

Adam Meeks (USA) - Union County

Qiu Yang (CHN) - She runs

Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis (GRE) - All the Fires the Fire

Georgi M. Unkovski (MAC) - Sticker

Márk Gábor Beleznai (HUN) - Agape

Balázs Dudás (HUN) - Two Lines

Alexandre Dostie (CAN) - I'll End Up in Jail

Hristo Simeonov (BUL) - Nina

Vytautas Katkus (LTU) - Community Gardens

Gergely Lőrinczi (HUN) - Vista

Raphaela Schmid (AUT) - Fish like Us

Charlie Manton (UK) - NOVEMBER 1ST

Jimmy Olsson (SWE) - Alive


tickets - 4 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Hungarian



9 films





Rozália Szeleczki (HUN) - Mrs. Rozgonyi

Noemi Veronika Szakonyi (HUN) - Magic Whistle

Márk Gábor Beleznai (HUN) - Agape

Balázs Dudás (HUN) - Two Lines

Gergely Lőrinczi (HUN) - Vista

Tamás Rebák (HUN) - Escape Velocity

Anna Szöllősi (HUN) - Helfer

Marianna Vas, Hedda Bednarszky (ROM,HUN) - Wild Berries

Ábel Százados (HUN) - Never


tickets - 4 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

French, German, Portuguese, Spanish language



19 films





Héloise Ferlay (FRA) - To the dusty sea

Camila Kater (BRA, ESP) - Flesh

Alexandre Siqueira (POR) - Purpleboy

Bruno Collet (FRA) - Memorable

Meeto Worre Kronborg Grevsen (DEN) - Landry

Cristéle Alves Meira (POR) - Invisível Herói

Nelson Makengo (KON) - Up at night

Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen, Bernhard Hetzenauer (MEX,AUT) - The Birthmark

Joie Estrella Horwitz (USA) - Alejandro & Miguel

Max Philipp Schmid (SUI) - Membrane

Jorge Jácome (POR) - Past Perfect

Gon Caride (ESP) - Impermanence - An Elemental Triptych

Mathilde Babo, Zoé Rossion (FRA) - Cell 364

Roberto Telles (MEX) - I LOVE TO KILL

Jianna Maarten (USA) - Sin Cielo

Alexandra Naoum (FRA) - Lavande

Alexandre Dostie (CAN) - I'll End Up in Jail

Bob Giraldi (USA) - Cambio

Raphaela Schmid (AUT) - Fish like Us


tickets - 3 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Films nominated for the European Film Awards 2020



8 films





Vytautas Katkus (LTU) - Community Gardens

Hristo Simeonov (BUL) - Nina

Dorian Jespers (BEL) - Sun Dog

Héloise Ferlay (FRA) - To the dusty sea

Camila Kater (BRA, ESP) - Flesh

Bruno Collet (FRA) - Memorable

Cristéle Alves Meira (POR) - Invisível Herói

Jorge Jácome (POR) - Past Perfect


tickets - 2 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Awarded films



13 films





Awarded films from 6 categories

We will show a list of films on November 26th


tickets - 3 euros, (28 Nov - 29 Nov)

Online EDItion - 2020



Ticket types



Full pass



77 films





www.bluedanubefilmfestival.hu/official-selection


tickets - 7 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Animation



14 films





Héloise Ferlay (FRA) - To the dusty sea

Joder von Rotz (SUI) - Little Miss Fate

Aline Höchli (SUI) - Why Slugs Have No Legs

Soetkin Verstegen (BEL) -Freezy Frame

Camila Kater (BRA, ESP) -Flesh

Tamás Rebák (HUN) - Escape Velocity

Robertas Nevecka (LTU) - Snow Shelter

Anna Szöllősi (HUN) - Helfer

Danski Tang (USA) - Umbilical

Alexandre Siqueira (POR) - Purpleboy

Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kaslp Sanghvi (IND) - Wade

Bruno Collet (FRA) - Memorable

Michaela Mihályi, David Stumpf (CZE) - SH_T HAPPENS

Martin Smatana (CZE) - The Kite


tickets - 3 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Documentary



12 films





Meeto Worre Kronborg Grevsen (DEN) - Landry

Karmen Obrdalj (BIH) - Why is Mom always crying?

Anais Moog (SUI) - Silent Storm

Nayra Sanz Fuentes (ESP) - Selfie

Marianna Vas, Hedda Bednarszky (ROM,HUN) - Wild Berries

Cristéle Alves Meira (POR) - Invisível Herói

Nelson Makengo (KON) - Up at night

Jamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone (USA) - Huntsville Station

Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen, Bernhard Hetzenauer (MEX,AUT) - The Birthmark

Tal Amiran (UK) - Dafa Metti (Difficult)

Noemie Nakai (JAP) - Tears Teacher

Joie Estrella Horwitz (USA) - Alejandro & Miguel


tickets - 3 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Experimental



13 films





Oleg Chorny, Gennadiy Khmaruk (UKR) -The Tree

Dana Levy (USA) - Last Man

Jussi Eerola (FIN) - Blue Honda Civic

Martin Gerigk (GER) - Haiku

Gon Caride (ESP) - Impermanence - An Elemental Triptych

Alex Beriault (CAN) - Sometimes a little Sin is good for the Soul

Max Philipp Schmid (SUI) - Membrane

Jorge Jácome (POR) - Past Perfect

Vicky Langan , Maximillian Le Cain (IRL) - Personal Growth

Maia Iotzova (BUL) - Sofia's Epicenter

Ayabonga Magwaxaza (RSA) - Midnight Delight

Eliane Esther Bots (NED) - Cloud Forest

Salvatore Insana (ITA) - I stared fire forever


tickets - 3 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Super Short, One Minute



15 films





Filip Zaluska (POL) - In Between

Ennio Ruschetti (SUI) - Hand in Hand

Mathilde Babo, Zoé Rossion (FRA) - Cell 364

Roberto Telles (MEX) - I LOVE TO KILL

Henry K. Norwalls (NOR) - Life Goes On

Colin Morvan (USA) - City of Covid and Clay

Valentina D'Annunzio (SUI) - This was Berlin

Mohsen Habibi, Mostafa Daryadar (IRA) - The GrandDaughter

Michael Amter (USA) - Newborn

Marieta Landkoron (NED) - Φ

Lev Voloshin (MOL) - The Flat

Ábel Százados (HUN) - Never

Edoardo Sartori (UK) - Quarantine Chorus

Seyhmus Altun (TUR) – Space Oddity

Eflatun Serbay Celebi (ESP) - Jam Tomorrow


tickets - 2 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Short



23 films





Yuan Yuan (CHN) - Heading South

Dorian Jespers (BEL) - Sun Dog

Anthony Nti (GHA) - Da Yie

Rozália Szeleczki (HUN) - Mrs. Rozgonyi

Noemi Veronika Szakonyi (HUN) - Magic Whistle

Jianna Maarten (USA) - Sin Cielo

Bob Giraldi (USA) - Cambio

Baizak Mamataliev (KGZ) - On the boat

Sonia K. Hadad (IRA) - Exam

Alexandra Naoum (FRA) - Lavande

Adam Meeks (USA) - Union County

Qiu Yang (CHN) - She runs

Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis (GRE) - All the Fires the Fire

Georgi M. Unkovski (MAC) - Sticker

Márk Gábor Beleznai (HUN) - Agape

Balázs Dudás (HUN) - Two Lines

Alexandre Dostie (CAN) - I'll End Up in Jail

Hristo Simeonov (BUL) - Nina

Vytautas Katkus (LTU) - Community Gardens

Gergely Lőrinczi (HUN) - Vista

Raphaela Schmid (AUT) - Fish like Us

Charlie Manton (UK) - NOVEMBER 1ST

Jimmy Olsson (SWE) - Alive


tickets - 4 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Hungarian



9 films





Rozália Szeleczki (HUN) - Mrs. Rozgonyi

Noemi Veronika Szakonyi (HUN) - Magic Whistle

Márk Gábor Beleznai (HUN) - Agape

Balázs Dudás (HUN) - Two Lines

Gergely Lőrinczi (HUN) - Vista

Tamás Rebák (HUN) - Escape Velocity

Anna Szöllősi (HUN) - Helfer

Marianna Vas, Hedda Bednarszky (ROM,HUN) - Wild Berries

Ábel Százados (HUN) - Never


tickets - 4 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

French, German, Portuguese, Spanish language



19 films





Héloise Ferlay (FRA) - To the dusty sea

Camila Kater (BRA, ESP) - Flesh

Alexandre Siqueira (POR) - Purpleboy

Bruno Collet (FRA) - Memorable

Meeto Worre Kronborg Grevsen (DEN) - Landry

Cristéle Alves Meira (POR) - Invisível Herói

Nelson Makengo (KON) - Up at night

Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen, Bernhard Hetzenauer (MEX,AUT) - The Birthmark

Joie Estrella Horwitz (USA) - Alejandro & Miguel

Max Philipp Schmid (SUI) - Membrane

Jorge Jácome (POR) - Past Perfect

Gon Caride (ESP) - Impermanence - An Elemental Triptych

Mathilde Babo, Zoé Rossion (FRA) - Cell 364

Roberto Telles (MEX) - I LOVE TO KILL

Jianna Maarten (USA) - Sin Cielo

Alexandra Naoum (FRA) - Lavande

Alexandre Dostie (CAN) - I'll End Up in Jail

Bob Giraldi (USA) - Cambio

Raphaela Schmid (AUT) - Fish like Us


tickets - 3 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

"from where you rarely watch film"



23 films





Robertas Nevecka (LTU) - Snow Shelter

Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kaslp Sanghvi (IND) - Wade

Karmen Obrdalj (BIH) - Why is Mom always crying?

Nelson Makengo (KON) - Up at night

Noemie Nakai (JAP) - Tears Teacher

Oleg Chorny, Gennadiy Khmaruk (UKR) -The Tree

Jussi Eerola (FIN) - Blue Honda Civic

Vicky Langan , Maximillian Le Cain (IRL) - Personal Growth

Maia Iotzova (BUL) - Sofia's Epicenter

Ayabonga Magwaxaza (RSA) - Midnight Delight

Henry K. Norwalls (NOR) - Life Goes On

Mohsen Habibi, Mostafa Daryadar (IRA) - The GrandDaughter

Yuan Yuan (CHN) - Heading South

Anthony Nti (GHA) - Da Yie

Baizak Mamataliev (KGZ) - On the boat

Sonia K. Hadad (IRA) - Exam

Qiu Yang (CHN) - She runs

Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis (GRE) - All the Fires the Fire

Georgi M. Unkovski (MAC) - Sticker

Hristo Simeonov (BUL) - Nina

Vytautas Katkus (LTU) - Community Gardens

Lev Voloshin (MOL) - The Flat

Chorus Seyhmus Altun (TUR) – Space Oddity


tickets - 2 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Films nominated for the European Film Awards 2020



8 films





Vytautas Katkus (LTU) - Community Gardens

Hristo Simeonov (BUL) - Nina

Dorian Jespers (BEL) - Sun Dog

Héloise Ferlay (FRA) - To the dusty sea

Camila Kater (BRA, ESP) - Flesh

Bruno Collet (FRA) - Memorable

Cristéle Alves Meira (POR) - Invisível Herói

Jorge Jácome (POR) - Past Perfect


tickets - 2 euros, (20 Nov - 29 Nov)

Awarded films



13 films





Awarded films from 6 categories

We will show a list of films on November 26th


tickets - 3 euros, (28 Nov - 29 Nov)

WINNERS



2022.



ANIMATION - WINNER



Yoriko Mizushiri (FRA) - Anxious Body





This film is a beautiful slow motion interaction of body and line creating an intricate tension between forms. (Danski Tang - Jury)



ANIMATION - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Suki(FRA) - Mondo Domino





Mondo Domino conveys one of the most important messages in 2021; that we should try not to destroy our land to serve our despotism, which is likely to happen in the foreseeable future if we continue to do so... This serious and tense subject is not presented in a depressing way; it uses humour-but not in a bagatizing way- to make the viewer realize it's contribution to this process that affects the whole world. The film delivers the message intelligently. It also uses remarkable technical solutions, unique colour schemes, professional animation and cinematography to back up its validity for the winning post. (Luca Fürst, Dávid Huszár - Student Jury)



DOCUMENTARY - WINNER



Olga Lucovnicova (BEL) - My Uncle Tudor





A profoundly personal and genuine presentation of domestic violence, expressed without any judgement and condemnation, in a plaint and resigned tone. The movie, starting out as a simple family video, gradually shows the tragic of the events. Beyond the topic, the act of processing a trauma makes this an exemplary venture as well. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



DOCUMENTARY - SPECIAL JURY AWARD



Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei (AFG) - Three Songs for Benazir





The tragedy of the Afghan crisis in the fate of a young family. This fateful documentary tells the effect of the practically incomprehensible internal situation of the country on everyday life through several years, grasping the essence of the events so directly that the camera doesn’t even seem to be a part of the characters’ lives. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



DOCUMENTARY - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Olga Lucovnicova (BEL) - My Uncle Tudor





In the film, the director treats her visit to her home village with special sensitivity while facing horrific childhood memories. (Leah Hendrick - Student Jury)



EXPERIMENTAL - WINNER



Victor Orozco Ramirez (GER) - Revolykus





I was captured by the intimacy and interrogation that the film grips you in. It was shot in a way that forces you as a view to be within the small house, The use of stop frame adds to the process of time which gives the feeling of decay this is emphasised by the imagery of the house that begs to be modernised. I enjoyed how they used the illustration of the creatures(flies and cows) as representation of others that occupy the small old house. The narration is also very calming He touched on many societal and systematic issue that conflict him as he finds himself within these walls. (Ayabonga Magwaxaza - Jury)



EXPERIMENTAL - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Zbigniew Czapla (POL) - On Time





‘On Time’ takes its inspiration from Japanese haiku, which it also formally adapts: the film copies the density of the text by marvelously mixing movie making techniques. (Botond Emődy - Student Jury)



FEATURE - WINNER



Betania Cappato (ARG) - A School In Cerro Hueso





This film is full of grace, as delicate as its subject (a fragile and touching young girl). The director managed to chronicle the daily life of this child and her parents in a very precise and sensitive way. We're on a fine line, between intimate and ecological matters. The camera is always at the right distance and the editing, very subtil and sharp, avoids the trap of a spectacular and pathetic narration. The direction of the cast, also very subtil and naturalist, takes a great part of this achievement, and plunges us in a border between drama and documentary. (Delphine Leoni - Jury)



FEATURE - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Bao Le(VIE) - Taste





A settled debut feature with a unique vision, which takes you into the deep blue loneliness.(Péter Hajmási - Student Jury)



ONE MINUTE - WINNER



Moein Rooholamini (IRA) - Leo





How to capture in one minute an image that can portrait social injustice, a glance of lost freedom, or a silent voice? With an interesting, unique narrative and sensitive approach to a social issue, this film reveals and reflects the struggle of children’s been displaced and deprived from their own freedom, from their own place and identity. This film shows us a real world in a constant battle, in a constant state of explosion. The award goes to Leo, a film by Mohammad Moein Rouholamini. Congratulations!! (Mariángela Martínez Restrepo - Jury)



ONE MINUTE - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Moein Rooholamini (IRA) - Leo





Mohammad Moein Rouholamini's single-take film, Leo is about perseverance and lacking opportunities. A striking and skillful grasp of the innate desire for freedom and joy. A poignant, yet not didactically moralizing reflection of social irresponsibility and injustice. (Liza Somogyi - Student Jury)



SHORT - WINNER



Damian Kocur (POL) - Beyond is the day





The portrayal of one of the most critical social crises in a deeply humanistic, aesthetically puritanical, touchingly refined manner. It is of particular importance that this movie supports its values in a highly divided social environment with regard to its topic. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



SHORT - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Said Hamich (FRA) - The Departure





Said Hamich’s first short film, The Departure, presents the vulnerability and innocence of a child in isolation from his homeland with great sensitivity and subtle film language tools. I would single out Marine Atlan’s cinematography, which highlights the contrast between the warmth of the familiar and the harshness of the unknown.​ (Maya Makádi - Student Jury)



SUPER SHORT - WINNER



Det Sporadiske Filmkollektivet (NOR) - For Real





A social panorama unfolding from an ordinary situation about the discrimination of strangers in an environment that considers itself democratic and liberal. The movie manages to formulate this complex issue in a most simplified, puritanical manner, making it powerful and providing some food for thought as well.(Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



SUPER SHORT - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Hauazkena Taldea (SPA) - Hunting





Hunting is an alternative continuation of the Basque animation, Homage to Tarzan (1965) by Rafael Ruiz Balerdi. The film blends joy with violence and savagery. It combines abstract and concrete visual language, and by a peculiarly dynamic animation style, tense soundtrack and rhythmic edit, depicts destruction, the brutality of mankind, the cruelty of our present-day reality. (Blanka Ágnes Nagy - Student Jury)



WINNERS



2022.



ANIMATION - WINNER



Yoriko Mizushiri (FRA) - Anxious Body





This film is a beautiful slow motion interaction of body and line creating an intricate tension between forms. (Danski Tang - Jury)



ANIMATION - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Suki(FRA) - Mondo Domino





Mondo Domino conveys one of the most important messages in 2021; that we should try not to destroy our land to serve our despotism, which is likely to happen in the foreseeable future if we continue to do so... This serious and tense subject is not presented in a depressing way; it uses humour-but not in a bagatizing way- to make the viewer realize it's contribution to this process that affects the whole world. The film delivers the message intelligently. It also uses remarkable technical solutions, unique colour schemes, professional animation and cinematography to back up its validity for the winning post. (Luca Fürst, Dávid Huszár - Student Jury)



DOCUMENTARY - WINNER



Olga Lucovnicova (BEL) - My Uncle Tudor





A profoundly personal and genuine presentation of domestic violence, expressed without any judgement and condemnation, in a plaint and resigned tone. The movie, starting out as a simple family video, gradually shows the tragic of the events. Beyond the topic, the act of processing a trauma makes this an exemplary venture as well. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



DOCUMENTARY - SPECIAL JURY AWARD



Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei (AFG) - Three Songs for Benazir





The tragedy of the Afghan crisis in the fate of a young family. This fateful documentary tells the effect of the practically incomprehensible internal situation of the country on everyday life through several years, grasping the essence of the events so directly that the camera doesn’t even seem to be a part of the characters’ lives. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



DOCUMENTARY - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Olga Lucovnicova (BEL) - My Uncle Tudor





In the film, the director treats her visit to her home village with special sensitivity while facing horrific childhood memories. (Leah Hendrick - Student Jury)



EXPERIMENTAL - WINNER



Victor Orozco Ramirez (GER) - Revolykus





I was captured by the intimacy and interrogation that the film grips you in. It was shot in a way that forces you as a view to be within the small house, The use of stop frame adds to the process of time which gives the feeling of decay this is emphasised by the imagery of the house that begs to be modernised. I enjoyed how they used the illustration of the creatures(flies and cows) as representation of others that occupy the small old house. The narration is also very calming He touched on many societal and systematic issue that conflict him as he finds himself within these walls. (Ayabonga Magwaxaza - Jury)



EXPERIMENTAL - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Zbigniew Czapla (POL) - On Time





‘On Time’ takes its inspiration from Japanese haiku, which it also formally adapts: the film copies the density of the text by marvelously mixing movie making techniques. (Botond Emődy - Student Jury)



FEATURE - WINNER



Betania Cappato (ARG) - A School In Cerro Hueso





This film is full of grace, as delicate as its subject (a fragile and touching young girl). The director managed to chronicle the daily life of this child and her parents in a very precise and sensitive way. We're on a fine line, between intimate and ecological matters. The camera is always at the right distance and the editing, very subtil and sharp, avoids the trap of a spectacular and pathetic narration. The direction of the cast, also very subtil and naturalist, takes a great part of this achievement, and plunges us in a border between drama and documentary. (Delphine Leoni - Jury)



FEATURE - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Bao Le(VIE) - Taste





A settled debut feature with a unique vision, which takes you into the deep blue loneliness.(Péter Hajmási - Student Jury)



ONE MINUTE - WINNER



Moein Rooholamini (IRA) - Leo





How to capture in one minute an image that can portrait social injustice, a glance of lost freedom, or a silent voice? With an interesting, unique narrative and sensitive approach to a social issue, this film reveals and reflects the struggle of children’s been displaced and deprived from their own freedom, from their own place and identity. This film shows us a real world in a constant battle, in a constant state of explosion. The award goes to Leo, a film by Mohammad Moein Rouholamini. Congratulations!! (Mariángela Martínez Restrepo - Jury)



ONE MINUTE - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Moein Rooholamini (IRA) - Leo





Mohammad Moein Rouholamini's single-take film, Leo is about perseverance and lacking opportunities. A striking and skillful grasp of the innate desire for freedom and joy. A poignant, yet not didactically moralizing reflection of social irresponsibility and injustice. (Liza Somogyi - Student Jury)



SHORT - WINNER



Damian Kocur (POL) - Beyond is the day





The portrayal of one of the most critical social crises in a deeply humanistic, aesthetically puritanical, touchingly refined manner. It is of particular importance that this movie supports its values in a highly divided social environment with regard to its topic. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



SHORT - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Said Hamich (FRA) - The Departure





Said Hamich’s first short film, The Departure, presents the vulnerability and innocence of a child in isolation from his homeland with great sensitivity and subtle film language tools. I would single out Marine Atlan’s cinematography, which highlights the contrast between the warmth of the familiar and the harshness of the unknown.​ (Maya Makádi - Student Jury)



SUPER SHORT - WINNER



Det Sporadiske Filmkollektivet (NOR) - For Real





A social panorama unfolding from an ordinary situation about the discrimination of strangers in an environment that considers itself democratic and liberal. The movie manages to formulate this complex issue in a most simplified, puritanical manner, making it powerful and providing some food for thought as well.(Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



SUPER SHORT - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Hauazkena Taldea (SPA) - Hunting





Hunting is an alternative continuation of the Basque animation, Homage to Tarzan (1965) by Rafael Ruiz Balerdi. The film blends joy with violence and savagery. It combines abstract and concrete visual language, and by a peculiarly dynamic animation style, tense soundtrack and rhythmic edit, depicts destruction, the brutality of mankind, the cruelty of our present-day reality. (Blanka Ágnes Nagy - Student Jury)



WINNERS



2020.



ANIMATION - WINNER



Bruno Collet (FRA) - Memorable





For powerful and compelling visualization of a complicated subject matter, the multidimensional journey into the mind, and artistic and craft excellence. (Yulia Ruditskaya - Jury)



ANIMATION - SPECIAL JURY AWARD



Michaela Mihalyi, David Stumpf (CZE) - SH_T HAPPENS





For humorous and philosophical interpretation of everyday life struggles and sorrows conveyed through inventive storytelling and expressive animation. (Yulia Ruditskaya - Jury)



ANIMATION - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Héloïse Ferlay (FRA) - To the dusty sea





Our winner pick is To The Dusty Sea, because It's a film so touching and descriptive, while only saying so much that all audiences can similarly understand. It's a tale about both motherhood and the special, loving yet bittersweet connection between family members. Next to this heartbreaking story, the film's visual is detailed and beautifully done.(Luca Fürst, Dávid Huszár - Student Jury)



DOCUMENTARY - WINNER



Cristéle Alves Meira (POR) - Invisível Herói





The movie introduces the peculiar life circumstances of blind people through a fascinating man. The documentary situations taken from real life are mixed excitingly with the stylised elements of feature films, and all of this strengthens the viewer’s empathy with the protagonist. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



DOCUMENTARY - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Karmen Obrdalj (BIH) - Why is Mom Always Crying ?





The film, with sensitivity and its suggestive poetic style portrays the painful and and touching story of a girl's parents during the Bosnian war. (Leah Hendrick - Student Jury)



EXPERIMENTAL - WINNER



Ayabonga Magwaxaza (RSA) – Midnight Delight





The story is very intriguing and it caught my attention right away. The way the film was captured and edited, it reminded me of Enter the Void by Gaspar Noé minus the gruesomeness. I love the pacing of the edits and the way the story flows from one to another without missing a beat. Very good work. (Yvonne Ng - Jury)



EXPERIMENTAL - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Maia Iotzova (BUL) - Sofia's Epicenter





The word 'Sofia' in the title also refers to the capital of Bulgaria and to a female name: the film by the Bulgarian Maia Iotzova cleverly plays with the fact that the epidemic had objective effects on the world but at the same time she shows them through a subjective point of view. (Botond Emődy - Student Jury)



ONE MINUTE - WINNER



Eflatun Serbay Çelebi(ESP) – Jam Tomorrow





The first prize goes to a film with a very interesting rhythm, composition of sounds, colors, and textures that introduced us to a common life experience. It’s a film where tension and human insecurities between two people arise during a quarantine period and are reflected through small gestures. The Jam Tomorrow, by Eflatun Serbay Çelebi, is a beautiful performance about the feeling of emptiness, distance, everyday concerns and doubts. Bravo!!! (Mariángela Martínez Restrepo - Jury)



SHORT - WINNER



Balázs Dudás (HUN) - Two lines





This complex drama on relationships is authentic and perceivable due to the powerful performance of the actors and the visual descriptions excellently exploiting the closed spaces. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



SHORT - SPECIAL JURY AWARD



Márk Beleznai (HUN) - Agape





The omitting technique of story-telling and the actors’ performance make this well-known story pattern genuine and interesting, revealing unexpected depths in this simple baseline situation, in the quickly developing relationship of two people. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



SHORT - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Dorian Jespers (BEL) - Sun Dog





Sun dog is a brave, visionary work, very unusual for a short film. We were happy to see its unique style that left us all speechless. (Maya Makádi, Leila Jurdi, Péter Hajmási - Student Jury)



SUPER SHORT - WINNER



Mohsen Habibi, Mostafa Daryadar (IRA) - The GrandDaughter





This movie reflects on the Covid-situation with deep humanity. Suspense and communication platforms used intensively due to the pandemic are applied cleverly - while the most important thing isn’t forgotten either: love between humans. (Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)



SUPER SHORT - STUDENT JURY AWARD



Roberto Telles (MEX) - I Love to Kill





I Love to Kill is a film about responsibility - a concentrated experience, by a sensitive and brave directorial concept. (Liza Somogyi - Student Jury)



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