Eyes Wide Open Online Award

Rewild

Nicholas Chin / Ernest Zacharevic // Indonesia // 2019 // 04:03 min

Documentary, Experimental

More than 40% of the forest on Sumatra has been clear-cut in less than two decades. Time for a reversal.

Sola in Discesa

Going Down Alone

Claudia Di Lascia / Michele Bizzi // Italy // 2020 // 06:00 min

Live Action

A woman travels back in time via a symbolic elevator and meets all the men who abused her both mentally and physically.

Hier oben, bei den weißen Göttern

Up here, with the white gods

Alexander Lahl / Jalal Maghout / Mike Plitt // Germany // 2020 // 11:44 min

Animation, Documentary

Full of hope, Luciano and his friend Manuel travel from Mozambique to East Germany to become guest workers there. The young man is terrified to learn that the hyenas of his childhood lurk here too.

Freedom is Mine

Mahmoud Salameh // France // 2020 // 03:30 min

Animation

A refugee on a tiny boat is rescued by the coast guard. His initial hopes are dashed when he is brought to an “immigration detention centre”.

Where we used to swim

Daniel Asadi Faezi // Germany // 2019 // 07:39 min

Documentary, Experimental

Lake Urmia is Iran’s largest inland body of water. Alas, industry and climate change have seen it shrink today to a mere 5% of its original size.

Asmahan la Diva

Asmahan the Diva

Chloé Mazlo // France // 2019 // 06:00 min

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Druze princess, chanteuse, actress, wife and spy. Asmahan’s life was thrilling, while her death was premature and shrouded in mystery.

Hate

Humza Arshad / Mustapha Kseibati // England // 2020 // 11:55 min

Live Action

Humza is desperately attempting to turn his back on the violence in his life. Alas, in a society where hate is omnipresent, there’s no escape.

Nie masz dystansu

You are overreacting

Karina Paciorkowska // Poland // 2018 // 04:00 min

Animation, Documentary

A woman caught in the maelstrom of society’s sexist public discourse. Is there any escape?

Essere umani

Being human

Salvatore Restivo // Italy // 2020 // 01:30 min

Animation

Why do we stay at home during these times of pandemic? Not out of a sense of civic duty or solidarity with other people. No, we stay home out of fear instead.

The Ostrich Politic

Mohamad Houhou // France // 2018 // 06:25 min

Animation

A scientific report shakes the ostrich nation to its core. The government acts quickly to restore order.