Leiden Shorts

Leiden Shorts is an annual short film festival held in the city of Leiden, The Netherlands. Leiden Shorts (previously known as Leiden International Short Film Experience) was founded in 2009 as a cineclub and has grown to become one of the Netherlands' largest international short film festivals.[1][2]

Leiden Shorts
LocationLeiden, the Netherlands
Founded2009
Websiteleidenshorts.nl

History

Leiden Shorts started off in 2009 as a spin-off of the University of Leiden Student Cinema Club. Since then, the festival has been grown to a four-day event exploring the borders between different sorts of art and providing a podium to established but especially young talented filmmakers, artists and musicians. Next to the main festival in spring, Leiden Shorts is involved in cultural events throughout the year in collaboration with several organizations in Leiden and surroundings. Examples are Leiden International Film Festival (LIFF), Leiden Observatory, RAP, Vrijplaats Leiden, Cultuurmaand, Nacht van Ondekkingen and Museumnacht Leiden.

Jury

Since 2012, the festival has three categories of awards – General Award, Student Award and Audience award. Juries for both General and Student Award select one film for the designated awards. The Jury is generally composed of scholars, filmmakers and other film professionals alike. The audience votes during the festival and the results are announced on the last day of the festival.

Festival editions

1st Edition: 29 May 2009
  • Best Professional Film Jury Award: “Spitted by Kiss” by Milos Tomić, Czech Republic
  • Best Professional Film Audience Award: “Tanghi argentiny” by Guy Thys, Belgium

2nd Edition: 28–30 May 2010
  • Best Professional Film Jury Award: “Efecto Domino” van Gagriel Gauchet, Cuba- Germany
  • Best Professional Film Audience Award: “Edgar” by Fabian Busch, Germany

3rd Edition: 10 June 2011
  • Best Professional Film Jury Award: “Casus Belli” by Yorgos Zoi, Greece
  • Best Professional Film Audience Award: “Teclópolis” by Javier Mrad, Argentina
  • Best Student film Audience Award: “Bastagon and the Rainbow Princess” by Marc Schlegel, Austria
  • Jury Honorable Mention: “Air” by Fabrizio Fracassi, Florian Graf, Switzerland

4th Edition: 9 June 2012
  • Best Professional Film Jury Award: Bread (Ekmek) by Koray Sevindi, Turkey
  • Best Professional Film Audience Award: The Hour's Home (A Casa das Horas) by Heraldo Cavalcanti, Brazil
  • Best Student film Audience Award: Assemblé by Miguel Ferraez from Universidad Anahuac, Mexico
  • Best Student film Jury Mention: Grandmothers (Abuelas) by Afarin Eghbal from the National Film & Television School, UK
  • Jury Honorable Mention: The Counting Device (Numărătoarea manuală) by Daniel Sandu, Romania
  • Jury Honorable Mention: The Star (Hviezda) by Andrej Kolencik, Slovakia

5th Edition: 1–8 June 2013
  • Best Film Jury Prize: "DYKWLI (Do you know what love is)" by Leni Huyghe, Belgium 2012
  • Best Film Audience Award: "Los Retratos (Portraits)" by Iván D. Gaona, Colombia 2012
  • Beste Student Film Juryprijs: "Adem'in kuyusu (Well of adem)" by Veysel Cihan Hızar, Turkey 2012
  • Jury Honorable Mention: "Marze shekaste (Broken border)" by Keywan Karimi, Iran 2012

6th Edition: 1–3 May 2014

7th Edition: 30 April–2 May 2015
  • Held at Meelfabriek Leiden

8th Edition: 29–30 April 2016

9th Edition:13-14 May 2017

10th Edition: 11–13 May 2018
  • Held at Kijkhuis
  • Student Award: "Fast Alles" by Lisa Gertsch, Switzerlqnd 2017
  • General Award: "5 Years After The War (Cinq ans après la guerre)" by Samuel Albaric, Martin Wiklund, Ulysse Lefort, France 2017
  • Audience Award: "Why I Wrote The Bible (Pourquoi J'ai écrit la Bible)" by Alexandre Steiger, France 2017

11th Edition: 9–12 May 2019

12th Edition: 10-13 September 2020

References
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  2. ""Koude mannen en jaloerse octopussen op Plexus"". Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  5. "Filmfestival 'Leiden Shorts' brengt ongelijkheid door klimaatproblematiek onder de aandacht". Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  6. "LEIDEN SHORTS BRENGT KORTE FILMS NAAR HET WITTE DOEK - EN DRAAGT BIJ AAN FILMSTAD LEIDEN". Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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