Jewish blind date

Genre : Comedy of manners

Duration : 15 mins

Direction / Screenplay: Annaelle MORF

Cast: Estelle Darnault, Axel Fernandez,  Raphaël Vachoux, Joëlle Sechaud

Production : Dreampixies / ECAL (Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne) (Suisse)

Sale : SCO

Année : 2015

Synopsis : Unhappy in love, Marie-Lou decides to reconnect with religion by marrying a practicing Jew. To get married, she will have to pass the test of chidou’h, une épreuve qui va déterminer la réussite ou l’echec de sa vie.

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168 festival selections including 45 prizes:

  • 7th Crystal Palace International Film Festival (2015, Londres, UK) – BEST STUDENT FILM
  • 1st Miami Independent Film Festival, Narrative & Docs (2016, USA) – BEST NARRATIVE & DOCS SHORTS
  • 1st Canada Shorts, Canadian & International Short Film Festival (2015, Canada) – AWARD OF COMMENDATION
  • 14th SNOB (Somewhat North of Boston) Film Festival (2015, Concord, USA) – BEST FOREIGN FILM
  • 2nd Dirigo Student Film Festival (2016, Bristol, UK) – BEST ACTRESS & RUNNER-UP FOR BEST DIRECTOR
  • 16th Fargo Film Festival (2016, USA) – HONORABLE MENTION DESIGNATION
  • 8th WILDsound FEEDBACK and Screenplay Film Festival (2016, Toronto, Canada) – BEST MUSIC SCORE
  • 18e “Les toutes premières fois” (2016, Grasse, France) – GRAND PRIZE FOR COMEDY
  • 2nd Sandbar International Film Awards (2016, Newtownards, UK) – BEST SCREENPLAY & RUNNER-UP FOR BEST PERFORMANCE
  • 3rd Apex Short Film & Music Video Festival (2016, Rochester, USA) – BEST ROMANCE
  • Short Film Corner, Marché du film (2016, Cannes, France) – HEART STROKE
  • Ha-Brigada, 1st Near Nazareth Festival (2016, Ha-Brigada, Israel) – COMEDY WINNER
  • 2nd INDIE Hype, Short Film (2016, Syndey, Australie) – AWARD OF MERIT SPECIAL MENTION: Jewish (Student)
  • Sarajevo, 2nd Viva Film Festival, 2016 – BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
    1st PLACE – GOLDEN WOOD
  • 3e “Les rencontres du Cout-Métrage” (2016, Bourg-en-Bresse, France) – BEST ACTRESS
  • 2nd Top Indie Film Awards (2016, USA) – BEST ACTRESS – BEST WRITING – BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY
  • 2nd ACME Comedy Film Night (2016, Los Angeles, USA) – BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
  • 5th Inigo Film Festival (TIFF) (2016, Cracovie, Pologne) – BEST HUMOR AND SPIRITUALITY
  • 21st Stony Brook Film Festival (2016, Stony Brook, USA) – AUDIENCE AWARD BEST SHORTS
  • 1st Media Adventures International Film Festival (2016, Cedar Rapids, USA) – BEST STUDENT FILM
  • 4th International Film Awards Berlin (2016, Allemagne) – HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
  • 3rd Another Independent International Film Festival (2016, Eau Claire, USA) – BEST FILM – BEST FOREIGN
  • The 2nd New Classic Cinema Film Festival (2016, Seattle, USA) – BEST LONG SHORT – BEST DIRECTOR – BEST ACTRESS
  • 2nd American GrindHouse Film Festival (2016, Miami, USA) – BEST FOREIGN FILM SHORTS
  • The 6th Best Actors Film Festival (2016, San Fransisco, USA) – BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SHORT (Estelle Darnault & Axel Fernandez)
  • 2nd Kiwi International Film Festival (2016, Auckland, New-Zealand) – BEST NARRATIVE SHORTS
  • The 1st Sao Paulo Times Film Festival (2016, Brésil) – BEST COMEDY SHORTS FILM
  • 4th Headline International Film Festival (2016, USA) – HONORABLE MENTION DESIGNATION
  • 2nd North American Film Awards (2016, Canda/USA) – BRONZE AWARD
  • 10th Indie Fest USA International Film & Music Festival (2016, Garden Grove, USA) – BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORTS
  • 16th Nashville Jewish Film Festival (2016, Nashville, USA) – BEST STUDENT FILM
  • 7th Oregon International Film Awards (2016, Oregon, USA) – SILVER AWARD BEST STUDENT SHORTS

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