Despite the pandemic, for which the world was not ready at all, the film life did not standstill. Adapting to the new conditions, film festivals have successfully digitalized, held online events, received thousands of virtual visitors and awarded the best films.
And thanks to this, we can now present to you the winners of the world's leading film festivals — in our Festival Hits program.
DARLING
Saim Sadiq
Pakistan, USA / 2019, 16 min
An erotic dance theater in Lahore prepares for a new show just as a sacrificial goat disappears, an attractive trans girl aspires to grab the limelight and a naive young man falls in love.
CEUTA'S GATE
Randa Maroufi
France, Morocco / 2018, 17 min
Ceuta's Gate is a series of reconstructions of diverse situations observed in Sebta/Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in the north of Morocco. The border of Bab Sebta is the scene of a traffic of manufactured goods, sold at discounted prices. Thousands of people cross this border every day, carrying enormous packages of goods. In the film, we watch this "ballet" of individuals around the border, and witness the dynamics of movement, the plastic and visual appearance of the passage, the characteristic situations of waiting and the redundancy of gestures.
FILIPIÑANA
Rafael Manuel
Philippines, UK, England / 2020, 24 min
The self-contained cosmos of the golf course reflects societal structures. Although new 'tee girl' Isabel still has to learn the rules, she's already looking for loopholes to subvert the system.
SISTERS
Katarina Rešek
Slovenia / 2020, 24 min
Three best friends, sworn virgins, get into a fight with local boys. When things get rough, they are saved by girl in the becoming.