FILM TITLE: Finding Vega
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
NOMINATIONS: Best Short Film, Jury Prize, Best Student Film
WINNER: Best Student Film 2023
LOGLINE: A 12-year-old girl who lives in a Chinatown single-room-occupancy family with her vegetative state mother has a passionate love for the starry sky. While eagerly wanting to realize her self-worth, she experiences a collision of reality and realizes what is important.
DIRECTOR: Joey Xuetong Zhao
WRITER: Joey Xuetong Zhao
PRODUCER: Jacqueline Wang
KEY CAST: Harmonie He
FILM TITLE: The Warziniek’s File
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
NOMINATIONS: Best Short Film, Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Screenplay
WINNER: Best Short Film 2022, Best Director 2022
LOGLINE: 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.
DIRECTOR: Pierre J. Secondi
WRITER: Pierre J. Secondi, Maxime J. Richard
PRODUCER: Julien Vicaire, Pierre J. Secondi
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Romain Fisson-Edeline
KEY CAST: Julien Pestel, Benoit Gourley, Benoit Blanc, Jerome Lenotre, Lionel Laget, Chantal Baroin, Marion Creusvaux, Matthias Girbig