International Competition
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
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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.