Eyes Wide Open Online Award

Wed, 10 - Tue, 16 November 2021 - worldwide for free!

In the run-up to the interfilm festival, the Eyes Wide Open Online Award is running at Sooner.

The audience can vote on 9 films on the environment and justice.

The winning film will receive the prize money of the Heinrich Böll Foundation of 2000,- Euro.

Start: November 10 - Watch & vote at Sooner now!

The winning film is ... PROTESTE

Congratulation to Sophie Le Hire!

Watch the teaser.

Nominated films

Pile

Toby Auberg - England - 3:30 min
Life in late capitalism.

View

Odveig Klyve - Norway - 04:30 min
In a small town by the sea.

Made for Walking

Hélène Baillot, Raphaël Botiveau - France- 18:00 min
Shoes between France and Italy.

Annah la Javanaise

Fatimah Tobing Rony - Indonesia - 6:00 min
The story of a maid.

Proteste!

Sophie Le Hire - France/ Senegal - 06:40 min
From everyday life in Dakar.

Angst

Béla Baptiste - Austria- 10 min
Fear as a drug.

Pointe Black

Rebecca Murray - England - 5:30 min
From the struggles of a ballerina.

The Train Station

Lyana Patrick - Canada - 2 min
Survival in the Canadian Lejac Indian Residential School.

Animators For Belarus

Yulia Ruditskaya - Poland / Belarus / USA - 8:00 min
50 animation artists from 19 countries together!

Award

We're very happy:

Heinrich Böll Stiftung awards the winning film with the prize money of 2000,- Euro.

About Sooner

Sooner is a European streaming service and offers on the flipside of mainstream a wide range of award-winning films, successful series and exclusive creative documentaries. The Berlin based platform showcases the works of renowned directors as well as new exciting titles by authentic, up-and-coming talent. The library comprises a broad selection of films and series as well as shorts and documentaries from the independent and arthouse landscape.

INTERFILM 37 International Short Film Festival Berlin 16 - 21 November 2021