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FilmEU Alumna awarded at Watersprite

The short film “Days Without”, developed with an international crew, and filmed in Estonia as part of the master's degree Kino Eyes, was awarded the Best Cinematography award at the Watersprite Film Festival (UK). Congratulations to the Cinematographer Aline Belfort and everyone in the team

Watersprite Film Festival is the UK’s largest international student film festival, with the aim of discovering new film talent. The festival showcases the best student films and promotes free Q&A events with directors, actors, and leading screen industry professionals. This year, the Watersprite Film Festival took place between March 4th and 6th, online and in person.

With more than 1400 film submissions from 100 different countries, “Days Without” was among those selected. The short film tells the dramatic story of 28-year-old Nikolai and his mentally ill wife. After a chaotic episode, Nikolai must take care of their baby daughter until she returns. As time goes by, he begins to doubt they will ever see each other again.

The Kino Eyes Film Masters is a unique film making MA split between four different film schools in four different European states: Lusófona University (Portugal), Screen Academy Scotland in Edinburgh/ Napier University, (UK), Baltic Film and Media School (Estonia) and IADT (Ireland).

Find out more here: www.kinoeyes.eu

published 21 April 2022modified 18 November 2022