BEST FILM
Lone Wolf
Dir. Javier Beltramino | Argentina
17.32min
An immigrant has promised his young son that he will talk to his teacher about an unfair scolding, but his limited French prevents him from doing so. After dropping his son at school and leaving him disappointed, he begins his daily job searching routine when he realises he has lost his son’s favourite book…
BEST
SCREENPLAY
Game-Über
Dir. Fokke Baarssen | Netherlands
14.59min
Happy-go-lucky Daisy starts her first day working as a taxi driver for an online taxi service. Her first customer is Esther a cool introvert and newly fired woman. Will Daisy succeed in changing Esther’s final destination?
BEST
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Shuttlecock
Dir. Tommy Gillard | United Kingdom
13.20min
Carl is forced to confront his idea of masculinity when an obsession with a mysterious member of his badminton club spirals out of control.
BEST EMERGING
FILMMAKER
Bhetki
Dir. Dona Roy | India
12.51min
Emotionally troubled Bhetki, adopted by a trans woman moonlighting as a prostitute barely sustains herself until one day Bhetki witnesses a circumstance that is alien to her, she copes with the new found mysterious reality in her own unique way.
JURY SPECIAL
MENTION
The Child of the Subway
Dir. Nathan Le Graciet | France
13.11min
Lost among the crowd of Paris is a young man. He’s a pickpocket. Above all he is alone. In this crowd he is no one and nobody pays attention to him. However, if you were to follow him from dawn till dark, you’d find amidst his wandering small adventures, troubles and dreams…
LISFF is a Lisbon based international short film festival that focuses on narrative film. The festival aims to bring together and inspire short filmmakers from all around the world, as well as support original cinematographic approach and talented fimmakers.
Global technological changes have greatly and inevitably reshaped the face of cinema. The digital era has not only simplified the complicated technical process, but it also made it much cheaper and so, more available in terms of its production.
One of the targets of this festival is to create debates and to give a chance to short filmmakers to share their experiences as well as to discover new talents and create a sustainable network between filmmakers within the industry.
What a great excitement to welcome filmmakers from all around the world at this 1st edition of Lisboeta International Short Film Festival! At this uneasy times of struggle, worry and suffering, it demands a great effort to find a balance, to have a hope for peace, to have a courage to make art, to make films…
And what a great inspiration it is to see that no matter what, people continue making films, searching for new ways and forms to tell stories… How great it is to see that there are so many emerging filmmakers, so young and talented and daring to break the rules in order to find the new forms of expression…
‘We truly believe that short film is is still the purest form of film as a form of art, which definitely deserves a public attention not less than a future film. And as LISFF, we are dedicated to contribute to the development and promotion of short film the best way possible.
