Category: AUDIENCE AWARDS – 2025 ARFF Paris

(FINALIST)

Original Film Title: Little Piece of Sugar

Director’s Name: Clément Armand

Writer’s Name: Clément Armand

Producer: Clément Armand

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: French

Runtime: 59 minutes

Film Description:

Malo, diabetic for 10 years, refuses to let the disease dictate his life. He follows his passion for mountain biking, seeking a life like everyone else.
Malo is living his first season in the French Cup as part of a UCI team (Union Cycliste Internationale).
Little piece of sugar tells the story of this young man and his family, ten years after his diabetes diagnosis. Back then, everything seemed hopeless.
Faced with an unmanageable diabetes, they spent weeks in hospitals without answers. A decisive encounter and advances in technology brought hope back into their lives. Together, they navigated this storm to support Malo. Family, friends, coaches, and teammates, all played a crucial role in helping him thrive.
A hopeful film where sports break down prejudices and transcend the boxes imposed by society.

(HONORABLE MENTION)

Original Film Title: Legatum

Director’s Name: Eduardo Barbetta, Giuliny Shauer

Writer’s Name: Eduardo Barbetta, Giuliny Shauer

Producer: EBS Filmes

Country of Origin: Brazil

Country of Filming: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Runtime: 4 minutes 10 seconds

Film Description:

A journey woven in time. Through the enigmatic Selvedge Forest, our protagonist walks the path between past and present, tracing the evolution of his dreams. His Selvedge Denim is more than fabric—it’s a witness to his story, carrying every crease, every fade, every scar as a testament to resilience and legacy. A visual odyssey that redefines heritage through craftsmanship, memory, and identity.

(HONORABLE MENTION)

Original Film Title: My Life

Director’s Name: Gui Merlino, Juliana Lourenção

Writer’s Name: Juliana Lourenção

Producer: Gui Merlino

Country of Origin: Brazil

Country of Filming: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Runtime: 15 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

SIN is a film about a woman who frees herself from an abusive relationship driven by her survival instinct. A slice of a life. A single day. An impulse. A decision that forever diverts his trajectory.
A drama that concludes as an atmospheric horror story, with tragicomic features that ironize the levity with which violence against women is treated. Beyond reality, here fiction will allow us the pleasure of creating a world that subverts the standard acceptable by society with a surprising ending.

Pecado is an independent film, being shot in guerrilla warfare, without public funding, driven by the passion of many people for making cinema.

(Audience Award Winner)

Original Film Title: My Life

Director’s Name: Volodymyr Yakymenko

Writer’s Name: Volodymyr Yakymenko

Producer: Volodymyr Yakymenko

Country of Origin: Ukraine

Country of Filming: Ukraine

Language: English

Runtime: 12 minutes 18 seconds

Film Description:

The film is an irony about what unites us – fantasy and thoughts. Perhaps, if one day we dare to confess our wildest desires, instead of hiding them again – there will be more fantastic moments in life.

Original Film Title: Mary Chris Max

Director’s Name: Tatiana Sokolova

Writer’s Name: Tatiana Sokolova

Producer: Mila Sokolova

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes 53 seconds

Film Description:

On Christmas Eve in the middle of nowhere two men meet an abandoned girl named Mary. Chris, Max must decide if she is a miracle or their curse. Shot entirely in Florida. Featuring Emmy Winner Actor.

Original Film Title: Camping Armor

Director’s Name: Nicolas de Lumbée

Writer’s Name: Nicolas de Lumbée

Producer: Nicolas de Lumbée

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: French

Runtime: 16 minutes 16 seconds

Film Description:

After 30 years in a coma, a man regains consciousness in August 2050. Now sixty years old, he can’t wait to discover this new era, with its incredible cities and modern technologies ! However, the doctors have imposed a period of adjustment to avoid a psychological shock. In spite of himself, and surrounded by his two children, he is going to have to spend some time away from modernism on a campsite in the heart of Brittany…