WILDDOGS 2020

The inaugural event of WildDogs International Screendance Festival in 2020 was a great success with more than 80 applications from 23 countries.  Below are trailers of a few of the award-winning films. 

 

AWARDS & OFFICIAL SELECTIONS 

I HAVE A DREAM – Artistic Directors’ Choice
Director: Vito Alfarano ( Italy )

MAIDS – Best Student Film
Director: Sofia Castro ( Argentina )

WALLS of LIMERICK – Official Selection
Director: Arturo Bandinelli ( Ireland )

WAITING for COLOR – Best Student Film
Director: Kosta Karakashyan ( United States )

SPECTRE – Special Selection:  Innovation
Director: Sebastien de Buyl ( Belgium )

BREATH / LIGHT /STONE – Official Selection
Director: Allen Hahn, Ryan Newman, Elizabeth Shea ( United States )

HER COOKING SMEELS LIKE DEATH – Canadian Voices
Director: Nicole Charlton Goodbrand ( Canada )

TRIPOLAR – Official Selection
Director: Cristina Hall, Daniel N. Buxton ( Spain )

LUCID GREEN – Best Special Submissions Film
Director: Joseph Gebrael ( Lebanon )

INTANGOUT – Official Selection
Director: Vito Alfarano ( Italy )

TEMPLE ISLAND – Special Selection
Director: Anto Astudillo ( United States )

THE LAST CHILDREN – Best Screendance Short
Director: Fu LE ( France )

SPECIAL JURY MENTIONS

A MYSTERIOUS ROAD – Special Jury Mention
Director: Peng Hsiao-yin ( Taiwan )

ABOUT INTERIA – Special Jury Mention: Connecting During Covid
Director: Tom Tsai ( United States )

THE WOMAN – Special Jury Mention
Director: Monika Field ( United States )

IN PASSING – Special Jury Mention
Director: Anne Verheij ( United Kingdom )

VLEK –  Special Jury Mention
Director: Oscar O’Ryan, Gustavo Fasani, Louise Coetzer, Doke Pauwels ( South Africa )

BOOKANIMA: Dance –  Special Jury Mention
Director: Shon Kim ( Republic of South Korea )

KEEPERS of THE ROCK – Special Jury Mention: Student Film
Director: Zoe Abrigo ( United States )

VIDEO PROJECT #STATE – Special Jury Mention
Director: Daniel Navarro Lorenzo ( United Kingdom )

GASLIGHT –  Special Jury Mention
Director: Good John ( Australia )

CANADIAN VOICES

LISTEN – CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? – Student Film Category
Director: Alyssa Maturino ( Calgary, Alberta )

HILA – Special Submissions Category
Director: Adam Bentley ( Edmonton, Alberta )

A PRACTICAL GUIDE to SERENITY –  Student Film Category
Director: Reese Wilson ( Calgary, Alberta )

SHIPWRECK –  Screendance Short Category
Director: Simon Alteen ( Toronto, Ontario & St. Johns )

HIDDEN HANDS –  Special Submissions Category
Director: Meghann Michalsky ( Calgary, Alberta )

Ho.ME – Screendance Short Category
Director: Carolin Bergonzoni   ( Vancouver, BC )

THE NEXT WAVE(s) – Student Film Category
Director: Tessa Leier ( Saskatoon, Saskatchewan )

For the full list, see this link. https://wmdance.com/wilddogs-international-screendance-festival-2020/