International Short Film Winners
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Synopsis: The 2020 BFF presents the winners of the International Short Film Contest.
Best Sound:
Maria Giménez Cavallo – Pastourelle (France) – Documentary film observes a day at a farm in Southern France
Best Lighting:
Ellen Sebastian Chang, Maya Gurantz, Lidia Nikonova, and Sunhui Chang – How to Fall in Love in a Brothel (US) – Two young Koreans struggling to find their place in a hard world
Best Art Direction:
Ollivier Briand – Under the Lather (France) – Ivan, five years old, is forced to take his bath by his babysitter.
Best Cinematography:
Osman Öksüz – Second Skin (Germany) – One night in Berlin, a woman doesn’t need to say any word to fight back.
Best Writing:
Demet Erden – Memory (Turkey) – An old women, Türkan, meets with one of her oldest friends years later.
Best Actor:
Faezeh Bakhtiyar – Guise (Iran) – A girl’s life living in poverty and come from a lower social class.
Best Director:
Javad Khorsha – Mandatory (Iran) – A soldier is given an order which he cannot follow.
Best Film:
Anna – dir. by Dekel Berenson (UK) – Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine, Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change.
Following the films enjoy a Panel Discussion – Film Geeks live discussion post screening.
