"AMERICA" WINS AT SEHSÜCHTE
This is the second award for "America" this month. This time, the film by Aleksandra Terpińska won in the short film category at the Sehsüchte festival.
Sehsüchte is the largest student film festival in Europe, organised by the Film University in Babelsberg. The aim of the festival is to promote young, talented film-makers at the international arena. The event's programme includes feature films, documentary, experimental and animated films.
This year, the Best Short Film award went to the feature film by Aleksandra Terpińska "America." The jury appreciated the film for natural acting, depicting strong conflicts, captivating visual language and bold narrative decisions. In the justification of the verdict, the award granters add that in this short film, each film frame was well used, each one tells about the protagonists, their dreams and desires. The jury emphasises also the skillful depiction of the contrast between the protagonists' joy of life and the brutal world, seemingly devoid of hope.
"America" is a story of two friends who dream about living their own American dream, but instead they are entangled in a series of events which will change their relationship forever.
The full list of the award-winning films is here.