MOSCOW SHORTS – NOVEMBER 2021 AWARDS
BEST FILM
The Warziniek’s File (2021)
Director: Pierre J. Secondi
Country: France
Duration: 18:40
Synopsis: Paul Warziniek – citizen 4.815.162.342 – is living a happy life. One day, he receives a parking ticket. The only problem is : he doesn’t own a car. Paul then decides to go to the Prefecture to settle what seems to be a simple administrative formality.
BEST DIRECTOR
’91 (2021)
Director: Luka Štigl
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 26:43
Synopsis: In the middle of the 10 day war for Slovenian independence (1991), two soldiers day-dream about the future of their newborn country. Ratko and Tugo are volunteers in the middle of a war, keeping post on a barricade… but not much is happening. They decide to throw a small party for Ratko’s 30th birthday. This causes them to speculate and dream about where their new country will be 30 years in the future. As they literally let their guard down, they are up for a surprise. A tale about friendship, brotherhood, an end of an era and the beginning of a new one, full of possibilities.
BEST SCREENPLAY
Songlines (2021)
Director: Elise McLeod
Country: France
Duration: 18:40
Synopsis: After a car accident, JFC, rock singer of Algerian origin, wakes up, lost in the French countryside with no one around to help him; he has lost his memory and doesn’t know who he is anymore. Yet in the village everyone seems to know him …
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
A comme Azur (2021)
Director: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Country: France
Duration: 23:12
Synopsis: School is over. Benjamin is 5 years old and is going on holiday to the sea with his mother and Charlotte, his 12-year-old older sister. A COMME AZUR is the chronicle of this summer through the letters of the alphabet. During a holiday and 26 letters, Benjamin experiences his first sentimental pain and grows up. And that is how he gives himself to the vast world that hides behind words.
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
The Struggle is Real 365 (2021)
Director: Flook Nielsen
Country: Denmark
Duration: 15:00
Synopsis: Daniel tries to impress his new boss in an attempt to get his life back on track.
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BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
An ordinary wedding (2021)
Director: Irina Khodyush
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 18:20
Synopsis: Young poet Ivan and his fiancee Dasha has been planning their wedding for a long time. Now their plans are at risk of failure since Ivan has a brush with the law because of his poems. The escalation comes when the couple finds out that Ivan’s grandfather is gravely ill. To save the celebration Ivan needs to make the boldest move.
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
The Immortal (2021)
Director: Nikolay Dimitrov Urumov
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 25:00
Synopsis: Apprentice psychiatrist Dr. Pavel Hristov (33) has recurrent dreams of his patient Lazar (50). The latter tries to convince him he is his father, that Pavel is an Immortal and has to embrace his fate: kill Lazar and take his place. Pavel is mired in dreams and tries to break free – by killing himself. Yet, the Immortal Lazar gets Pavel to do his bidding. Pavel is locked up in a mental asylum; he has killed his father and his pregnant wife.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The Last Remaining (2021)
Director: Ali Said AlBaimani
Country: Oman
Duration: 20:26
Synopsis: The Last Remaining” is a documentary that features some of the interesting stories of the oldest merchants of Bahla market, where the merchants recount their experiences with trade in the past and now. The movie uncovers the secret of their business survival for many decades- up to 70 years in some cases. . Historically, this is a significant documentary as it highlights the status of Bahla’s traditional market in its booming era as compared to that of now. Some archival clips of the market show the vitality of life in the market previously. However, this has changed and the market has lost its spirit. It has become a destination for meeting and sitting only. This change reflects the transformations of social life in Omani society. While life was simple and one central market was sufficient for the whole city, the requirements of modern life have become completely different. Markets have expanded and the city’s life prospered and became more complicated. The traditional, inner market that was yesterday central became traditional now. Only a small group of people, mostly old, continued to visit this place to meet acquaintances. The documentary casts light on the issue of familiarity which a person may develop in their old age. Almost all of the merchants interviewed were over the age of seventy, but they still go to the market everyday- an activity which they have continued to do for many decades. Despite the fact that their businesses may not be profitable, these old merchants rejoice over daily meetings and conversations with their fellow merchants- an act that connects the present with the past.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
RRAVINGRIOT х JAZZBE – Teen (2021)
Director: TWINBRTHRS
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 02:35
Synopsis: “RRAVINGRIOT” or Semyon Snegirev, is a young Russian rap artist from Moscow, Russia. “RRAVINGRIOT” released his a first music video for a song called “Teen” from his new album with a Russian artist “Jazzbe” . This is a phantasmagoria about youth.
