Category: ARFF Amsterdam 2024 – Best Cinematography

Original Film Title: Need

Director’s Name: Leon Neumüller

Writer’s Name: Leon Neumüller, Aimée Porth

Producer: Kaushik Vempati, Philipp Castiglioni, Miroslav Stanev

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: German

Runtime: 23 minutes 49 seconds

Film Description:

2042 – Pictures of destroyed landscapes characterize the daily news. In the last ten years, the death rate of trees has rapidly increased. A new technology is supposed to undo the damage caused to the environment as entering the local forest is suddenly strictly prohibited. Noelle, a 13-year-old girl, and her father suffer from the consequences of this exhausted world. In their apartment water is scarce and highly restricted by the government. Therefore, Noelle finds herself going into the forest to fill up canisters from the nearby water stream. When an unexpected tragedy threatens to tear the family apart, the forest is Noelle’s last retreat.

Original Film Title: Brief aan mijn vader

Director’s Name: Mette Halfweeg

Writer’s Name: Mette Halfweeg

Producer: Mette Halfweeg

Country of Origin: Netherlands

Country of Filming: Netherlands

Language: Dutch, English

Runtime: 11 minutes 23 seconds

Film Description:

Valerie finds out new information about her father. She decides to write him a letter, which she will bring on her own. She travels to the countryside. Her journey isn’t easy, but luckily she meets a stranger who will help her.

Original Film Title: Sentado en el Fuego

Director’s Name: Jen Cale, Hannah Snowden

Writer’s Name: Jen Cale

Producer: Naphat Boonyaprapa

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 14 minutes 59 seconds

Film Description:

A woman is faced with the challenges of grief, betrayal, and entrapment when her husband, who is also her physician, sentences her away to a locked room for an unknown amount of time. We follow her into a rapid descent of madness in the hopes of finding peace, closure, and justice.

Original Film Title: Sentado en el Fuego

Director’s Name: ALEC GOLDBERG, BOSON WANG

Writer’s Name: ALEC GOLDBERG, BOSON WANG

Producer: VAUGHN MILES, RYAN CONNORS, CLAYTON SUSICK, ZEONTAY JOHNSON, JAZZMIER JOHNSON

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 18 minutes 30 seconds

Film Description:

‘Sitting in the Fire’ examines the spillover effect of rehabilitation programs in prison, on gun violence prevention in communities. Born and raised in Richmond, California to a single mother, Vaughn Miles fell into the dangers of his environment at an early age. After being sentenced to life in prison for murder at twenty years old, it took Vaughn Miles years before his transformation.

Once he arrived at newly reformed San Quentin State Prison, he was exposed to programs that pushed him to address his childhood trauma and violent triggers. After 24 years in prison, Vaughn was released from San Quentin and went back to his hometown of Richmond, CA- just 24 miles from prison. Now, Vaughn works as an Agent of Change at the Office of Neighborhood Safety: A gun violence prevention and youth outreach initiative, to end gun violence in the place he once helped destroy.

Original Film Title: INFINITESIMAL

Director’s Name: Luis Costa

Writer’s Name: Luis Costa

Producer: Sébastien Bonfanti, Luis Costa

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming : France

Language: French

Runtime: 8 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

In the middle of nowhere, a working-man is hitchhiking. A Ford Taunus is stoping. The worker is given a lift. He settles in almost without saying a word. The tension is palpable. Will the driver regret his act of kindness?

Original Film Title: RED SEA Brother Islands a Scuba Dive Adventure

Director’s Name: Christian Wehrle

Writer’s Name: Christian Wehrle

Producer: Christian Wehrle

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming : Egypt

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour

Film Description:

“RED SEA: Brother Islands A Scuba Dive Adventure” takes you on an exhilarating journey beneath the waves of the Red Sea to explore the enchanting underwater realms of the Brother Islands. This documentary showcases the vibrant marine life, captivating coral formations, and mysterious wrecks that lie in the depths, offering a glimpse into the beauty and diversity of one of the world’s top dive destinations.