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BEST FILM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARCHIBALD\u00b4<\/strong>S SYNDROME (2019)  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST FILM AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – JULY 2020<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: DANIEL PEREZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 20:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Archibald was born with some curious curse: he can\u2019t make a move without everyone around doing the same.Now, grown man, he robs by despair a bank and, there, meets Indiana, a young woman who always escaped every form of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST NARRATIVE<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAVID (2020)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST NARRATIVE AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – FEBRUARY 2021<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Zachary Woods<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 11:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: David needs help. So does David. A severely depressed man reaches out for an emergency therapy session. He\u2019s not the only one who needs help.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST RUSSIAN SHORT FILM<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quarantine (2020)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – OCTOBER 2020  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Aleksandr Khant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Irina works as an accountant. In the middle of a coronavirus pandemic she decides to go to        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

the office to transfer salaries to the company’s employees. However, her plan falls apart when she\u00a0 meets Boris, the paranoid security guard who protects the office not only from robbers but also from the virus itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST DIRECTOR<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saverini Widow (2020)  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – NOVEMBER 2020<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Lo\u00efc Gaillard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 19:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Bonifacio 1883, extreme south of Corsica. The widow of the late Saverini lives in an isolated house near the cliffs, with her only son Antoine, and her dog. During the day, she assists women giving birth in town. One night her son is killed in a clash. The murderer flees to Sardinia. Her world falls to pieces\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST \u0421INEMATOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHARON (2020)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – NOVEMBER 2020<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinematographer: Herve Roesch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Yannick Karcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 15:42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Freshly retired, a man doesn’t know how to occupy his days. For fear of being killed by boredom, he gets involved in the crazy project of building a boat in the cellar of his suburban house.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST SCREENPLAY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wings of the Spirit (2019) <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – MAY 2020<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writer: Albert Meisl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Albert Meisl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 29:02<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The failed Viennese musicologist Szabo works as an animal career and house sitter for wealthy people. But when visited by his successful, younger ex-colleague Fitzthum, a rare parrot, which he should guard, escapes him. Szabo sees his already precarious life in shambles, but Fitzthum has a brilliant idea and together they go out in search of a doppelganger of the precious animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST STUDENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EINE SCHOKOLADEN LAMPE<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST STUDENT AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS \u2013 JANUARY 2021 <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Andrius Bartkus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Lithuania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 23:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A risk-averse man invests not his money in a profitable business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST DOCUMENTARY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY THE RIVER <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – NOVEMBER 2020<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Daniel Braga Ulvestadd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 25:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India\u2019s seven sacred cities, and\u00a0 a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha \u2013 becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Several so-called \u2018death hotels\u2019 exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death \u2013 some for as long as 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST ANIMATION<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea… (2019)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST ANIMATION AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – FEBRUARY 2021<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Marion Lacourt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: At night, while family members indulge in curious rituals before sleeping, a child invokes a wolf from the bottom of a box hidden under his bed. Disturbing sheep then besiege the door of his bedroom….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DREAM\/LIFE<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST EXPERIMENTAL AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – OCTOBER 2020<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: DAVID AUFDEMBRINKE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 22:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A young man escapes his routine to find out what he truly wants in life. His friends refuse to participate in his endeavor, so he goes alone and arrives further than he ever would have dared to dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bi-2 \u2014 God of the Jilted (2020)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST MUSIC VIDEO AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – JANUARY 2021  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladimir Besedin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 03:43<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A person deprived of love can become a monster is the main idea of the video. This is the story of the ugly duckling. But unlike Andersen’s fairy tale, where the hero’s suffering is rewarded and\u00a0 he becomes a beautiful swan, there is no happy ending here – revenge follows the insults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST ACTOR<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fred Hechinger<\/em><\/strong> from <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAVID (2020)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST NARRATIVE AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – FEBRUARY 2021<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Zachary Woods<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 11:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: David needs help. So does David. A severely depressed man reaches out for an emergency therapy session. He\u2019s not the only one who needs help.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST ACTRESS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christiane Conil <\/em><\/strong>from <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saverini Widow (2020)  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – NOVEMBER 2020<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Lo\u00efc Gaillard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 19:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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