Category: BEST STUDENT FILM ARFF Paris 2023

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Motorgrad. The Story of Blagoevgrad Motorsport – dir. Yenlik O’Neill

Original Film Title: Motorgrad. The Story of Blagoevgrad Motorsport

Director’s Name: Yenlik O’Neill

Producer: Viktor Kharyton

Country of Origin: Bulgaria

Country of Filming: Bulgaria

Language: Bulgarian

Runtime: 24 minutes 59 seconds

Film Description:

The short documentary produced by two fourth-year students of the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) breaks the misconceptions about motorsport in the Blagoevgrad region, Bulgaria. While being underestimated, forgotten, and yet misconceived, Blagoevgrad motorsport lives on the idea of ride or die. Professional motor sportsmen, gasoline-injected enthusiasts, and representatives of the local authorities and the Bulgarian Motorsport Federation (BMF) reveal what’s hiding under the dirty helmets and iron horses.

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Disconnected – dir. Anna Maria Christofidou

Original Film Title: Disconnected

Director’s Name: Anna Maria Christofidou

Writer’s Name: Anna Maria Christofidou

Country of Origin: Cyprus

Country of Filming: Cyprus

Language: Modern Greek (1453-)

Runtime: 10 minutes 35 seconds

Film Description:

A young woman has been isolated in her house following the loss of her unborn baby and husband in a car accident. Her grief has consumed her, her whole life changed in one nightmare. What begun as grief for her, has turned into regular physical panic attacks. While trying to escape her inner pain, she must come to terms with her grief before she loses herself.

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Finding Myself -dir. Noah J Lindauer

Original Film Title: Finding Myself

Director’s Name: Noah J Lindauer

Writer’s Name: Noah J Lindauer

Producer: Noah J Lindauer

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 11 minutes 53 seconds

Film Description:

A college student, Emily is stuck doing only what her friends like to do. She meets a guy named Niko who helps her find who she really is.