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SUNLIGHT International Film Festival

Summer 2021

OCTOBER multiplex cinema theatre

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About the Festival

SIFF is a live film festival, headquartered in BERLIN, Germany.
We are happy to announce that the festival takes place in

Berlin, Germany and Moscow, Russian Federation.

Films are eligible to be screened in both cities.

The Nominees and Winners will be announced at the end of each season on our website.

The Official Selections will be shown at the LIVE SCREENINGS,
we organize each year in Berlin/Moscow.
In the yearly competition are given the BEST OF YEAR AWARDS.

Next yearly organization is due to take place in Summer, 2021.
The films will be screened at the Arsenal Berlin cinema theatre (cinemahall 2).
The Sunlight International Film Festival will showcase at least 50 films.
Out of the official selections, an international jury will select one winner in each category.
The festivities will culminate in the announcement of the winners of the

SIFF 2020 at the Awards Ceremony at the Arsenal Berlin cinema theatre (cinemahall 1).
Best Films will receive the SIFF Trophy.

In addition, Special Jury Prizes and prizes from our sponsors
will be awarded to several standout films and screenplays at the discretion of the Jury.

The Sunlight International Film Festival is an IMDB eligible film festival.
This means that all selections and awards can be added to your IMDB film listing.

Sunlight International Film Festival shows an amazing mix of short and feature length films, the best independent films on the festival circuit, before they come to cinema.
We screening films from all over the world and honoring emerging filmmakers from every age, religious, ethnic and cultural perspective.
Our mission is to bring worthy filmmakers to a wider attention,
and to provide a platform for appreciative and informed discussion of their work.
The Sunlight International Film Festival attempts to cultivate spaces for independent filmmakers to create and display their stories without commercial pressure, in order to discover and celebrate extraordinary films and develop independent filmmaking.
The Sunlight International Film Festival strives to set a standard for excellence in recognizing the important work of emerging talent and masters of the cinema craft.

The exchange of ideas is moving progress

Master classes. Informal communication. After-Show-Parties.

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IMPRESSIVE LIST OF MORE THAN

100 SCREENED

FILMS IN 2 YEARS

5 MASTER CLASSES

MORE THAN 2000
FILMMAKERS
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

FILMMAKERS

FROM OVER

80 COUNTRIES

Festival Programme : Best Of Fest

THE COLLECTOR by Mai Lasan // Best Music Video	THE AFRICAN SURVIVORS by Chris Schmid // Best Trailer/Teaser	BACKSTORY by Joschka Laukeninks // Best Short Film	VIEW FROM ABOVE - GERMANY by Dennis Schmelz // Best Drone Film	THE PECULIAR ABILITIES OF MR MAHLER by Paul Philipp // Best Short Film	BYZANTINE by Joris Favraud // Best Drone Film	CATCHING THE L TRAIN by Eric Raingruber // Best Animation
RUNAWAY by Noëmi Schneider // Best Student Film	ICE & FIRE by Bjarke Hvorslev // Best Drone Film	THE MOON IS ESSENTIALLY GRAY by Hannah Roman // Best Animation	PET by Chris Moraitis // Best Short Film	SNOW by David Etienne Durivage // Best Drone Film	BOAT PEOPLE by Paul Meschùh // Best Student Film	SON by Konstantinos Sampanis // Best Short Film
RUNNING INTO THE AIR by Sebastian Wöber // Best Drone Film	AIRTIME by Christian Grewe // Best Drone Film	LIKE A FEATHER by RenoA // Best Animation	ANTARCTICA by Andrii Andreiev // Best Documentary	ICON by Robin Blanchard // Best Drone Film	MOODY WINTER by Jurgis Kreilis // Best Drone Film	ELEGY FOR THE ARCTIC by Raul Alaejos (Ludovico Einaudi & Greenpeace) // Best Drone film
OUR WONDERFUL NATURE - THE COMMON CH by Tomer Eshed // Best Animation	A WARM GUN by Bruno Delouzilliere // Best Short Film	PEACEFUL LIFE by Sébastien Bellaval // Best Music Video	VANBOT - COLLIDE (KRASNOYARSK) by Mats Udd // Best Music Video	THE PIT by Filip Kilián // Best Short Film	MOTSA - PETRICHOR by Nicola von Leffern & Martyna Trepczyk // Best Music Video	FORTY NINE by Carsten Dahmen // Best Animation
ONE DAY IN JULY by Hermes Mangialardo // Best Animation	UNDISTURBED PLACES by Maciej Tomków // Best Timelapse	BAMBOULE by Simon Ostermann // Best Short Film	ACROSS THE WORLD by Spencer Kuhlman // Best Drone Film	EVEN IF by Vadim Uvazhny // Best Music Video	GO PAUL by Felix Karolus // Best Short Film	THE ISLAND by Darrell Lee Hall // Best Music Video
KING GRANDPA by Martin Grau // Best Short Film	FLYING by Marcus Hanisch // Best Short Film	PORTUGAL: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by Arvids Baranovs // Best Drone Film	WHERE HAVE THE FLOWERS GONE by Sin-hong Chan // Best Animation	THE ARCH by Iryna Nikolaienko // Best Music Video	WHISPERING ISLAND by Nick Kontostavlakis // Best Timelapse	STRANGE THINKER by Benjamin Juhel // Best Music Video
PERSPEKTIVE by Jay Worsley // Best Drone Film	GOLIATH by Loïc Barché // Best Short Film	HOT AIR by Leo Feisthauer // Best Music Video	THE WAIT by Tiziana Bosco, Fabio Teriaca // Best Producer	BEST SCREENPLAY Click to see the selection results.	OFFICIAL SELECTION 2018 Click to see the selection results.