December 10, 2023 – Hollywoodnorthfilmfestival

ANCiEnT SkY – Best Sound

A poetic fever dream filmed within a small radius of the filmmaker’s home during the COVID lockdowns of 2020/2, meditating on the idea of timelessness, quantum time, past lives, nature and subliminal psychedelia.

The Bathtub – Best Short Film

Ramon Riera is taking a well-deserved bath when his cell phone suddenly rings. On the other side of the line is Clara, a girl who insistently tries to sell him a life insurance.

Infidelitas – Best Cinematography

A visual exploration that navigates through the turbulent aftermath of infidelity, embodying the tropical melodrama of 90’s telenovelas, wrapped in a modern, high-fashion aesthetic.

ill fortune – Best Writing

Defne, a young woman with special powers, makes an appointment for a tarot reading from the best fortuneteller of Kadıköy, Hale. The cards are spread, but Defne acts weird, she doesn’t seem to care. Whose fortune is being read, really? And who on earth is that strange dude hanging in the background? A harsh realty-check […]

Another One – Best Director

Inspired by the true story of Alan Kudi and an image that will forever remain engraved into our collective consciousness, the film follows an elderly fisherman in his daily toil at sea, at the market, at home. A hard life, but still a life lived at sea, at the market, at home. Until a young […]