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International Competition

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They were nearly 4500, they are only 62!
Here is the list of the short movies selected for the international competition of the 21st BSFF:

  • 2055 - En Kjærlighetshistorie (2055 - A Love Story) - Kaspar Synnevåg - Norway
  • 8 Minutes - Giorgi Gogichaishvili - Georgia
  • A Month - Zgjim Terziqi - Kosovo
  • Akeda  - Dan Bronfeld  - United States
  • Altmuligmand (Odd Job Man) - Marianne Blicher - Denmark
  • ARIA - Myrsini Aristidou - Cyprus, France
  • Ato San Nen - Pedro Collantes - France
  • Aya - Fedhila Moufida - Tunisia, France, Qatar
  • Bonobo - Zoel Aeschbacher - Switzerland
  • Cajou - Claude Le Pape - France
  • Ceata (Fog) - Adi Voicu - Romania
  • Centrifugado - Mireia Noguera - Spain
  • Close - Lisa Reich - Germany
  • Crème de menthe - Philippe David Gagné, Jean-Marc E. Roy - Canada
  • Der Sieg der Barmherzigkeit (The Victory of Charity) - Albert Meisl - Austria
  • Entre Paredes (Between walls) - Ruth Caudeli - Colombia
  • Facing Mecca - Jean-Eric Mack - Switzerland
  • Fast Alles (Almost Everything) - Lisa Gertsch - Switzerland
  • Fauve - Jérémy Comte - Canada
  • Fox Terrier - Hubert Charuel - France
  • Gaze - Farnoosh Samadi - Iran
  • Girl at the door - Song Joosung - South Korea
  • Good Luck Marc - Eldar Ronen - United Kingdom
  • Hanooz Na (Not Yet) - Arian Vazirdaftari - Iran
  • Herculanum - Arthur Cahn - France
  • Kaset (The Tape) - Serkan Fakili - Turkey
  • Kleptomami (Kleptomom) - Pola Beck - Germany
  • La nuit je mens - Aurélia Morali - France
  • Latin Babylon - Ahmet Necdet Cupur - France
  • Les Misérables - Ly Ladj  - France
  • Les Serviteurs - Marwan Khneisser - Liban, France
  • Little Shit - Richard Gorodecky - Netherlands
  • London Tomorrow - Rashed Nimer - United Kingdom
  • Lost in the middle - Senne Dehandschutter - Belgium
  • Make Aliens Dance - Sébastien Petretti - Belgium
  • Matria - Gago Alvaro - Spain
  • Min Börda - Niki Lindroth - Sweden
  • Mise en bouche - Johann Dionnet - France
  • Nachtschade - Shady El-Hamus - Netherlands
  • Nachsaison - Leitner Daniela - Austria
  • Nakaw (Steal) - Escondo Noel, Belarmino Arvin - Philippines
  • Negative Space - Max Porter Max, Ru Kuwahata - France
  • Parades - Sarah Arnold - France
  • Pistol - Andreas Thaulow - Denmark
  • Play - Liberopoulos Vangelis - Greece
  • Red Menace - Anthony misiano - United States
  • Retouch - Kaveh Mazaheri - Iran
  • Sab Theek Hain (Everything is Fine) - Jain Mansi - Inde
  • Scheideweg (T E E N A G E T H R E E S O M E) - Arkadij Khaet - Germany
  • Scratch - David Valero - Spain
  • Skolstartssorg (Schoolyard Blues) - Maria Eriksson - Sweden
  • Sob o Véu da Vida Oceânica (Unravelling the Ocean’s Veil)  - Quico Meirelles - Brazil
  • Sorry, I Drowned - Hussein Nakhal, David Habchy - Lebanon
  • Taking Stock - Cowles Duncan - United Kingdom
  • Toto - Daniel Lee - United States
  • Trash - Juan Silva López - Spain
  • Tresnje (Cherries) - Turic Dubravka - Croatia
  • Uno - Javier Marco Rico - Spain
  • Valt een man uit de lucht (A man falls from the sky) - Jan Verdijk, Kurt Platvoet - Netherlands
  • Versnel (Accelerate) - Weys Dian - South Africa
  • Vida y Muerte - Jennifer Rockwell Javier Roldán - Spain
  • Weeën - Nils Vleugels - Netherlands

 

The distribution of films by program will be known soon.

The films of the international competition compete for the following prizes:

The International 'Grand Prix'
€3500 offered by the 'Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Promotion de Bruxelles'.

The Brussels Short Film Festival is now an Oscar® Qualifying Film Festival. The winner of the International 'Grand Prix' will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film / Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.

The Jury Award
€1000 offered by the Brussels Short Film Festival

The Best Actress
€1.000 offered by the Cultural Department of the City of Brussels

The Best Actor
€1.000 offered by the Cultural Department of the City of Brussels

The Audience Award
€1500 offered by the 'Chimay Beers'

CANAL + France Award
The acquisition of broadcasting rights by Canal + France
The films of the National Competition and Next Generation also compete for this prize.