Author: Minikino

RWI HUMAN RIGHTS FILM AWARD 2024 WINNER & MFW10 NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2024 – 1st SPECIAL MENTION "The jury would like to honor a film that works masterfully on multiple layers, dealing with cultural consequences of climate change. The director lets the information flow in bit by bit, and nicely keeps the amount of drama at bay, even as we realize that we are seeing the end of an ...
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MFW10 BEST NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2024 "It’s really an interesting National Competition of the 10th edition of Minikino Film Week because of not just the film themes, stories and the filmmaking quality, it represents Indonesian short film as its best. From the acceptance of the son’s new gender, breaking the tradition, bullying and the loss of something important, from memory, sanity to camer...
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MFW10 BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR 2024 "This short film impresses with its haunting atmosphere and smart storytelling, unfolding tension gracefully and subtly. Its exploration of fear, nationalism, and reactionary violence creates a powerful and timely metaphor that resonates deeply with contemporary global issues." Marlowe Bandem International Jury Board 2024 THE KEY [d] Rakan M...
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A THOUSAND SAILS (木已成舟) TSANG Hing Weng Eric / Hong Kong / 2019 / 15:00 TSANG Hing Weng Eric is an independent filmmaker and writer from Hong Kong, author of Tales of Honey: A Collection of Interviews with Post-80s Directors from the Greater China. Eric’s short films earned several awards including the Edward Snowden Award at the 17th Festival International Signes de Nuit - Pari...
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CAYENNE Simon Gionet / Canada / 2020 / 10:59 Director's bio : Originally from Quebec City, Simon Gionet is a Montreal-based director, screenwriter and co-founder of Littoral Films. After completing his degree in Film Production at Concordia University, where he studied the viewer’s role in fiction filmmaking, he currently dedicates himself to writing and directing stories that ...
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END-O Alice Seabright / United Kingdom / 2019 / Fiction / 15:00 Alice Seabright graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2018. Her previous films include PREGNANT PAUSE and SEX. She recently directed two episodes of series two of Sex Education for Netflix. Below is her filmography up to End-O. 2019 END-O (00:15:00) 2019 The Phoenix (00:23:00) 2018 Sex...
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MAMA MANIA Vincent Sparreboom / Netherlands / 2019 / 13:00 Biography: Mama Mania is Vincent’s first short documentary, which he made during his first year in filmschool (HKU University of the Arts Utrecht). The film celebrated its World Premiere at Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen and it’s International Premiere at DOK Leipzig. Recently, Mama Mania has also been acq...
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WHEN LIGHT FADES Daan Groot / Netherlands / 2020 / 11:03
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SONIA LOVES, SONIA DOESN’T Natalia Beliaeva / Russian Federation / 2020 / 15:00 Director Statement: Since I red this story many years ago, my inner child did not let me live in peace, since that moment I coudn't stop thinking about it: something that has not become a reality for me in childhood or in adulthood, became superreality in this film. Now I’m calm. Natalia Belia...
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THIS MAKES ME WANT TO PREDICT THE PAST Cana Bilir-Meier / Germany / 2019 / 16:02 About Cana Bilir-Meier lives and works in Munich (DE) and Vienna (AT). She studied digital media/art and film and art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and at Sabancı University in Istanbul (TR). She works as a filmmaker and artist and in art and culture education projects. Her filmi...
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