ClujShorts 2020 Awards
Best editing Award:
Fine dying, Director Umut Evirgen, Editing Erkan Erdem, Turkey
This film stands out thanks to its brilliant cinematography and extremely intelligent editing. By
putting together scenes with different rhythms, Fine Dying by Umut Evirgen is a true masterpiece of parallel editing.
Best photography Award:
Red Wine, Director Santiago Menghini, DOP Olivier Gossot, Canada
Sumptuous imagery, the art of stage lighting and the amazing tones in chiaroscuro are the main
arguments which make this award go to Red Wine by Santiago Menghini.
Best sound editing Award:
Horrorscope, Director Pol Diggler, Sound Marcel Basté, Spain
Though really short, this film employs sound as a fundamentally significant universe, which
slowly builds up the atmosphere by emphasising the horror elements, especially the twist at the end: Horrorscope by Pol Diggler.
Best script Award:
The Narrator, Director Julia Trofimova, Screenwriter James Barron, coproduction
Russia & USA
This film starts from an original idea, and develops into an intelligent satire on the human
resources policy in companies, but also on the way in which social pressure affects people’s opinions about themselves: The Narrator by Julia Trofimova.
Best Director Award:
Moon Drops, Director Yoram Ever Hadani, coproduction Israel & Serbia & Montenegro
Romantic, delicate, ironic, Moon drops by Yoram Ever Hadani tells a story that touches every
viewer’s heart. The script, the images, the actors, all aspects of this tiny masterpiece are proofs of a
remarkable directorial vision.
Best Animation Award:
Bolero Station, by Rolf Brönnimann, Switzerland
Telling a story of profound human vibrations, using exquisite dark humor and bitter irony, Bolero
Station by Rolf Brönnimann teaches us that nothing in life is really lost forever.
Best student short:
Rien ne va plus, Director Sophie Linnenbaum, Germany
A delicate and touching film about the humanity we could be capable of in dire circumstances,
Rien ne va plus by Sophie Linnenbaum is built with a touch of genius. It’s dynamic, it has
psychological suspense, and great character outlines revealed through acting.
Persona Association Award:
White Mark, Director Anton Mamykin, Russia
Although funny at a first glance, White Mark by Anton Mamykin tells a story about the difficulty,
or even impossibility of staying clean and pure in a world where dirt is mostly on the inside.
Jury Award:
In The Hut Of Mr. Van Den Brink, Director Björn Renner, Germany
By drawing a fine line between reality and fiction, through its unexpected ending, In the Hut of
Mr. Van Den Brink by Björn Renner casts a razor sharp glance over the human nature.
ClujShorts Trophy 2020:
La Ricetta della mamma/Mamma's Recipe, Director Dario Piana, Italy
This award goes to a film that creates a perfect blend between comedy and drama with a well
written script, a series of perfectly directed twists and turns, and flawless acting: La Ricetta della
mamma by Dario Piana.
Important announcement
Hello,
The ClujShorts International Short Film Festival, which is in its 8th edition and which was scheduled to take place between the 3rd and 12th of April 2020, is partially cancelled.
All the organizers, the volunteers, the partners and the sponsors, all those involved in the good organizing and conduct of this festival, understand that the state of affairs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic puts us in a position to work together in order to combat this virus. Due to the current epidemiological situation worldwide, all public activities within this festival are canceled. By civic spirit, but also due to the legal restrictions that have been imposed by the national and international authorities, the ClujShorts International Short Film Festival will change the way it performs for this year's edition. Thus, we want to comply with all the legal requirements to combat this virus and to encourage the population to protect themselves as much as possible and to stay in isolation. We are all responsible and accountable, as a community, of our own well-being and that of our fellow citizens. All the events that would have been based on mass gatherings are canceled for the moment, with the possibility of being resumed at a later date which is still undetermined.
From a legal point of view, as the state of emergency was already declared in most of the countries of the world, our activities with the public are strictly forbidden. Nevertheless, the judging of the short films and the awarding of the prizes will still take place.
The winners will be announced on the festival website and on the facebook page. The list of prizes that will be awarded at this edition of ClujShorts will be announced publicly on the 12th of April 2020, according to the initial schedule of the Award Gala.
We hope that together we can overcome this world condition as soon as possible and resume our normalcy as soon as possible. Kind thoughts from the ClujShorts team.
Rareș H. Stoica
Director of ClujShorts ISFF
ClujShorts 2020 - Official Competition
Here are the short films in ClujShorts 2020 Competition!
If you have issues seeing the table you can download it on the following url: Official Competition ClujShorts 2020.
| Original Title | English Title | Country | Director | |
| 1 | 2001 DESTELLOS EN LA OSCURIDAD | 2001 SPARKS IN THE DARK | Spain | Pedro González Bermúdez |
| 2 |
AFGANISTANII |
THE AFGHANISTANS |
Romania |
Adrian Silisteanu |
| 3 | ALICE | ALICE | Russia | Vasilisa Kuzmina |
| 4 | AND SO HE OPEN HIS EYES | AND SO HE OPEN HIS EYES | Russia | Sergey Vasiliev |
| 5 | ARIPI | WINGS | Moldova | Dmitri Voloshin |
| 6 | BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY | BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY | Germany | Josef Brandl |
| 7 |
BOLERO STATION |
BOLERO STATION |
Switzerland |
Rolf Brönnimann |
| 8 |
CENT U |
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE |
Spain |
Sebastián Alfie |
| 9 | CHERNOBYL. 1986 | CHERNOBYL. 1986 |
United States |
Toni Comas |
| 10 |
DER BESUCH |
THE VISIT |
Germany |
Christian Werner |
| 11 | DIE GROSSEN FRAGEN DES LEBENS | THE BIG QUESTIONS IN LIFE |
Germany |
Ingrid Hübscher |
| 12 | DIE UHR SCHLAEGT EINS | THE CLOCK STRIKES ONE |
Germany |
Fabian Gruber |
| 13 |
FLORIGAMI |
FLORIGAMI |
Croatia. Serbia And Montenegro | Iva Ćirić |
| 14 |
FORTISSIMO |
FORTISSIMO |
Switzerland |
Janine Piguet |
| 15 |
FRANKA |
FRANKA |
Belarus |
Mitry Semenov-Aleynikov |
| 16 |
HANDARBEIT |
COVER UP |
Germany |
Marie-Amélie Steul |
| 17 |
HAWAII |
HAWAII |
Spain |
Jordi Capdevila |
| 18 | HORRORSCOPE | HORRORSCOPE | Spain | Pol Diggler |
| 19 | IJRAIN MARADONA | MARADONA'S LEGS | Germany. Palestine | Firas Khoury |
| 20 | IL GRANDE PRESIDENTE | THE GREAT PRESIDENT |
Italy |
Giovanni Basso |
| 21 | IM HÄUSCHEN VON HERRN VAN DEN BRINK | IN THE HUT OF MR. VAN DEN BRINK |
Germany |
Björn Renner |
| 22 | IYI YEMEK OLDURUR | FINE DYING |
Turkey |
Umut Evirgen |
| 23 | LA RICETTA DELLA MAMMA | MAMMA'S RECIPE |
Italy |
Dario Piana |
| 24 | MOON DROPS | MOON DROPS | Israel. Serbia And Montenegro | Yoram Ever Hadani |
| 25 |
RED WINE |
RED WINE |
Canada |
Santiago Menghini |
| 26 |
RE-EVALUATION |
RE-EVALUATION |
Russia |
Anna Kuzminykh |
| 27 |
RIEN NE VA PLUS |
RIEN NE VA PLUS |
Germany |
Sophie Linnenbaum |
| 28 | SHHHH | SHHHH | Israel | Jonathan Mordechay |
| 29 |
THE NARRATOR |
THE NARRATOR |
Russia. United States |
Julia Trofimova |
| 30 |
THEM |
THEM |
Germany. Ireland |
Robin Lochmann |
| 31 | БЕЛЫМ ПО ЧЕРНОМУ |
WHITE MARK |
Russia |
Anton Mamykin |
Cluj Shorts 2020 Official Selection
This year’s selection process has come to an end. Here is the Official Selection for ClujShorts 2020.
Save the date for the 8th edition: April 3-12, Cluj-Napoca