The People’s Choice Award, the creme de la creme of our films as selected by a judging panel of local filmgoers, is always our most popular screening which opens the festival. Enjoy a selection of People’s Choice from every year of Satisfied Eye. Is your favourite here?
AINHOA (Spain) (19 minutes)
Director Ivan Sainz-Pardo
Aihoa is 9 years old and she has left home, bringing only her school bag and a Playmobil. WINNER: Best Foreign Language Short, Best Actress
JUDGES’ COMMENTS: “Beautiful short, masterfully shot. Wonderful performances all round.” FUN FACT: Ivan recently directed the psycho thriller series Therapy for Amazon.
A KISS (Netherlands) (30 minutes)
Director Nima Moghagheh
A funny, light-hearted and adventurous short movie about three teenage friends living in an asylum shelter in the Netherlands.
JUDGES’ COMMENTS: “Wonderful, funny, sweet, sad.”
THE CENSOR OF DREAMS (France) (18 minutes)
Directors Leo Berne & Raphael Rodriguez
Every night, the Censor and his team moderate Yoko’s dreams to ensure nothing goes wrong. Tonight nothing happens quite as they planned.
WINNER: People’s Choice, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography JUDGES’ COMMENTS: “Incredible. The production design was like a Hollywood blockbuster.” FUN FACT: Oscar nominee
ALINA (USA) (25 minutes)
Director Rami Kodeih
As Nazis separate children from their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a gang of women risks everything to smuggle their friend's three-month-old baby to safety. Inspired by true events.
WINNER: People’s Choice
JUDGES COMMENTS: “Absolutely chest-tighteningly, breath-holdingly, edge-of-seat drama.
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