Announcement of Official Selection for the International Competition of GISFF2021
GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival is pleased to announce the finalists of this year.
The 19th GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival has got a record of in the total number of submissions received with 5,219 films from 121 countries.
45 films from 33 countries have been selected for the International Competition of GISFF2021. The finalists will compete for four awards (Grand Prize, Special Jury Award, GISFF Rock Award, and MovieBloc Audience Award) with a prize of 24 million KRW.
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<GISFF2021 International Competition Finalists (45 Films)>
| TITLE (ENGLISH) | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY |
| 300 Per Night | Mohsen NAJAFI MEHRI | Iran |
| Asphyxia | CHUANG Shiang An | Taiwan |
| As I Lay Dying | ZHANG Zheng’An | China |
| August Sky | Jasmin TENUCCI | Brazil, Iceland |
| Bad Omen | Salar PASHTOONYAR | Afghanistan, Canada |
| Bisho | Pablo GILES | Mexico |
| Breathe | Paul Vincent de LESTRADE | Belgium |
| Charon | Yannick KARCHER | France |
| Circus in Town | Robin PFISTER, Sebastian KELLERMANN | Germany |
| David | Zachary WOODS | United States |
| An Encounter | Kelly CAMPBELL | Ireland |
| Escaping the Fragile Planet | Thanasis TSIMPINIS | Greece |
| Farmhouse | Dian WEYS | South Africa |
| Filipiñana | Rafael MANUEL | United Kingdom, Philippines |
| Fireflies | Léo BITTENCOURT | Brazil |
| Frimas | Marianne FARLEY | Canada |
| Grab Them | Morgane DZIURLA-PETIT | Sweden |
| Horacio | Caroline CHERRIER | France |
| In Flow of Words | Eliane Esther BOTS | Netherlands |
| In the Soil | Casper Rudolf KJELDSEN | Denmark |
| Inspection | Caroline BRAMI, Frédéric BAS | France |
| It’s Cold | Danil IVANOV | Russia |
| The Last Marriage | Johan TAPPERT, Gustav EGERSTEDT | Sweden |
| Last Ride | Edson da CONCEICAO | Netherlands |
| Loop | Pablo POLLEDRI | Argentina, Spain |
| Louise from 9 to 5 | Julien G. MARCOTTE | Canada |
| Lovebirds | Víctor MORENO | Spain |
| Lynx | Julien HENRY | Belgium |
| Mamma | Aslak DANBOLT | Norway |
| My Son Locks Himself in the Bathroom | Kuba JANUSZEWSKI | Poland |
| The Night Watch | Julien REGNARD | France, Belgium |
| On Solid Ground | Jela HASLER | Switzerland |
| Safe | Ian BARLING | United States |
| Seventh Floor | Pénélope MATIGOT | France |
| Silence | Saara HAKKARAINEN | Finland |
| Sisters | Katarina REŠEK-KUKLA | Slovenia |
| Stiletto: A Pink Family Tragedy | Can Merdan DOĞAN | Turkey |
| Strangers | Nora LOGATTI | Switzerland |
| A Summer Place | Alexandra MATHEOU | France, Cyprus |
| Techno, Mama | Saulius BARADINSKAS | Lithuania |
| Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee | Jones | Bulgaria |
| Washing Machine | Alexandra MÁJOVÁ | Czech Republic |
| Whistle | Ege KARAKURT | Turkey |
| Yallah! | Nayla NASSAR, Edouard PITULA, Renaud DE SAINT ALBIN, Cécile ADANT, Anaïs SASSATELLI, Candice BEHAGUE | France |
| Your Street | Güzin KAR | Switzerland |