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THE 77 FINALISTS FOR 2017 IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER 

14.15

14.15

Narrative

Kenan Subaşı

Turkey

A twelve year-old girl plays the accordion on a ferry sailing through the Strait of Istanbul and gently asks for tips, but no one seems to care for her. A small reward comes at last from a young couple; two persons one least expected to do so.

911 – PIZZA

911 – PIZZA

Narrative

Elefterios Zacharopoulos

France

We are in the emergency calls center of Paris when a desperate young woman calls and irrevocably asks for a pizza… Is this a farce ? And what if it isn’t a joke at all ?

A Historic Handshake

A Historic Handshake

Narrative

Aurélien Laplace

France

– Washington – September 13, 1993 : Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organisation chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords. Everything is planned out, except for an extravagant detail !

A Place

A Place

Narrative

Iván Fernández de Córdoba

Spain

An Arab refugee will have to overcome a European family’s prejudice in order to repair his car and reach his destination. 

A Visit

A Visit

Narrative

Alaadin Assem

Egypt

Hesham, a joyous young student, gets imprisoned for 6 month for painting graffiti ! In the desperate intimacy of his prison’s cell, he finds himself being part of an innocent youthful tribe that obsessively waits for the life-saving visit of Freedom.

A passion of gold and fire

A passion of gold and fire

Documentary

Sébastien Pins

Belgium

A beekeeper shares his worries about the future of his apiary school. A passion of gold and fire which definitely helps our environment to keep on living.

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