BEST FILM
UWD Myriam Verreault, Brigitte Poupart
Canada 2023 | 00:19:22
A poetic crossover in a ruined world where each one survives alone in the collective disarray. The bodies in movement embody and reveal bruised characters, haunted by a past that is sweeter than this crumbling world.
Directors: Brigitte Poupart, Myriam Verreault | Writer: Yury Paulau | Performers: Yury Paulau, Jeff Hall, Beatriz Pantojo, Michaël Hottier, Aurélien Oudot, Catherine Audy, Lakessia Pierre-Colon, Marie-Reine Kabasha, Léopold Lafontaine, Vincent Champagne, Alexie Maheu-Langevin, Benjamin Thomas Courteney | DoP: Patrick Morin | Editor: Kayla Fragman | Music: Flore Laurentienne | Sound: Ilyaa Ghafouri | Art director: Jean Babin | Production: Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette, Guillaume Vasseur (Voyelles Films) | Country of filming: Canada
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BEST CHOREOGRAPHY FOR FILM and AUDIENCE AWARD
SOMBER TIDES Chantal Caron
Canada 2024 | 00:12:00
A cry from the species, startled into survival against the elements. One last breath before being trampled by the Earth or maybe conversely a battle to wage against winds and tides clutching on before extinction.
Director: Chantal Caron | Choreographer: Chantal Caron in collaboration with the dancers | Dancers: Geneviève Robitaille, Léa Lavoie-Gauthier, Marie-Maude Michaud | DOP: Richard Saint-Pierre | Editor: Mirenda Ouellet | Music: Arnaud Hug | Sound Designer: Catherine Van Der Donckt | Sound engineers: Dominique Garon, Anny Morin | Camera&drone: Jean-Philippe Cloutier, Jonathan Champagne | Technical director: Jean St-Pierre | Text: Dominique Garon | Production: Chantal Caron, Fleuve Espace danse | Country of filming: Canada
BEST STUDENT FILM
Where Do Ants Sleep at Night Dean Wei
China 2023 | 00:20:00
Beijing Film Academy / Florida State University
„When a worker ant gets lost from the horde, it will keep walking until it finds a nest or dies“.
A man and a woman suffer from the same terrible disease: they do not fit in. Their world, an office space, is disrupted when a pigeon flies in through the window and wreaks havoc.
Director, writer, editor: Dean Wei | Choreographer: Zi Wei | Main dancers: Gong Xingxing, Wang Zhenbing | Cinematographer: Yinghai Hu | Music: Xie Yun Loussignan | Sounds Effect: Dean We | Producer: Fangyuan LI | Country of filming: China
HONORABLE MENTION
DÉJÀ NU Rolf Hellat
Côte d’Ivoire 2023 | 00:14:19
The film is an audiovisual poem about the appreciation of transiency, the recognition of the body, the ensoulement of nature, euphoria and loss. It is an associative work of polycultural sentiments.
The scenes have been developed in a dialogue between the protagonists and the director, who tries to contribute to a world of solidarity, inclusion, tolerance and communion.
Director, DOP: Rolf Hellat | Cast: Aïssatou Sandra Diatta, Kumpo de Tenndiamane, Sylvia Ouattara, Jean Luc Yonhite, Doudou Touré, Bécaille Abdoulmani, Ibrhaim Amani, Laetitia Ky, Alphoumar Diallo, Pape Etienne Diatta | Music: DJ Asna, Fujiko Hemming, Thomas Gueï, Nicolas Jaar | Sound design: Oscar Parcival Van Hoogevest | Production: Rolf Hellat | Country of filming: Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Morocco, Senegal