AWARD PROGRAMME
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SIT DOWN, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING
A face is born out of chaos. It struggles to exist. It struggles to find its purpose. It struggles to sit on a chair. In fact, it struggles with many things. But thank God, it’s trying.
Frederic Siegel
Animation | Switzerland | 2022 | 0:05:20
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SQUID FLEET
On any given night, tens of thousands of fishermen in China's distant-water squid fleet perform an industrial ballet thousands of miles out on the high seas. SQUID FLEET is based on two years of rigorous investigative journalism from the Pulitzer Prize-winning team of The Outlaw Ocean Project.
Ed Ou, Will N. Miller
Documentary, Social | United States | 2023 | 0:10:50
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KAWAUSO
One day, a girl meets a Japanese river otter. They try to communicate, but it doesn't go very well. This is because the Japanese river otter is already extinct, and it is not possible to actually interact with the girl. They existed in separate spaces.
By depicting the Japanese river otter, which is said to have gone extinct in 2012, this short film presents an opportunity to reconsider what the modern society has sacrificed.
Akihito Izuhara
Animation | Japan | 2023 | 0:15:22
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FATA MORGANA
Truck driver Abu Husain, like many guest workers in Qatar, spends endless hours in a self-contained world of standing, waiting, and tenaciously moving trucks on the fringes of society.
Daood Alabdulaa
Documentary, Social | Syrian Arab Republic | 2023 | 0:29:00 | Student
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THE WINNER
Vahid’s new bike which his dad bought for him so he could participate in a race is resembling his friend’s bike that has been recently stolen….
ALI KEYVAN
Fiction, Drama | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2022 | 0:14:53
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THE RED SUITCASE
An Iranian girl decides to remove her Headscarf/Hijab in a life changing situation.
Cyrus Neshvad
Fiction, Drama | Luxembourg | 2022 | 0:15:00
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