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CINEMA FIGHTERS project Special Production Short

canaria

It's an early, foggy morning at a farm. Iwao Takahashi is tending to his cows as usual.
Ryo comes in late but Iwao tells him that he's not actually obligated to come. He is absorbed in his work and says nothing. After working, they hear a loud moo echoing from another cowshed. A birth is near. Ryo goes there and finds Kaeda staring at the cow. He tries to speak to her, but he gives up.
Later, Ryo is clashing with Iwao because of his attitude. He wanders around a deserted town to search for an outlet for his emotions. He returns to the cowshed and stands in front of the cow with a hammer in his hand...

Daishi Matsunaga / 0:15:51 / Japan / Drama / 2018

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Non-Fiction Competition Best Short Award

Nuisance Bear

Churchill, Manitoba, is a famous destination for photographing polar bears. We’ve seen the majestic images and classic wildlife series captured here - but what do these bears see of us? Through a shift in perspective, Nuisance Bear reveals an obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers whom bears must navigate during their annual migration.

Jack Weisman & Gabriela Osio Vanden / 0:13:52 / Canada / Non-Fiction / 2021

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Save the Earth! Minister's Award, the Ministry of the Environment

Penthouse

The world is uninhabitable and flooded, and everyone has fled. Except from John and his concerned boyfriend Benjamin. When Benjamin finds a radio and wants to flee, John’s utopian dream of creating a self-sustained world starts falling apart. John embarks on a destructive mission to force them to stay together.

Vegard Dahle & Line Klungseth Johansen / 0:19:37 / Norway / Drama / 2022

mature Mature Content:
These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

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Most Viewed Award

The Speech

A man gives a political speech. As he speaks, his true identity is revealed. A homeless man, who lives in the Parisian subway. Haunted by his past, former leader of a conquering party, his field of action is now limited to the underground world, a place where he only collects a few coins everyday…

Mohammad Hijazi / 0:06:10 / France / Drama / 2021

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Audience Award (Japan Competition)

The Voice Actress

Kingyo, a veteran voice actress working in Tokyo, possesses a unique ability to see the soul in all things, living and inanimate. The voice acting world is changing and she must find a way to reconcile her way of living with the modern industry.

Anna Takayama / 0:15:06 / Japan / Drama / 2022

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George Lucas Award（Grand Prix), International Competition Best Short Award

Warsha

Mohammad is a crane operator working in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to take on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes in Lebanon. Away from everyone’s eyes, he is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom.

Dania Bdeir / 0:15:42 / France, Lebanon / Drama / 2021

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The Seine’s tears

17 october 1961, "Algerian workers" get down the streets to manifest against the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture. Kamel takes his camera with him, to record anything that could happen. We follow him and his friend, Nabil, through this demonstation which intensify until they reach the place Saint Michel.

Yanis Belaid,Eliott Benard,Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer & Alice Letailleur / 0:08:42 / France / Animation / 2021

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