Alies Sluiter, Director
Federica Belletti, Executive Producer
Short, Drama, Australia 2020
When fugitive Ayaan encounters a man on a rural beach, she must decide whether to trust him or journey on alone.
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AWARDS
After winning the Best International Film Award at New Zealand’s Show Me Shorts, Ayaan has become an Academy-Awards qualifying film. Past awards include:
Adelaide Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Short, AU
Grand Jury Prize, South Australian Screen Awards, AU
Best Drama, South Australian Screen Awards, AU
Best Screenplay, South Australian Screen Awards, AU
Best Female Performance, South Australian Screen Awards, AU
Best Male Performance, South Australian Screen Awards, AU
Special Mention, Francigena Film Festival, Italy
Leone Family Film Production Award, USA
Gold Award, Australian Cinematographers Society (Tasmania and Victoria), AU
National Board of Review Student Grant Award, USA
Australian Directors Guild, Best Director of a Student Film Award, AU
IFP Audience Award, Columbia University Film Festival USA
Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award for Best Female Director (Alies Sluiter), Columbia University Film Festival USA
3PAS Best Producer (Meng Xiong), Columbia University Film Festival USA
NOMINATIONS:
53rd AWGIE Awards, Best Short
South Australian Screen Awards: Best Costume, Best Editing
Fabrique Du Cinema Awards, Italy , Best International Short Film nomination.
Sydney Film Festival, AU, Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and Best Director
St Kilda Film Festival, AU, Best Actor Award for Trevor Jamieson
Australian Academy of Film and TV Awards, Best Short
FESTIVALS
Sydney Film Festival, AUS
St Kilda Film Festival, AUS -
Palm Springs ShortsFest, USA
Tampere Film Festival, FINLAND
Odense Film Festival - DENMARK
Show Me Shorts - NEW ZEALAND
LA Diversity Film Festival, USA
Adelaide Film Festival, AUS
Social World Film Festival, ITA
Francigena Film Festival, ITA
North Bellarine Film Festival, AUS
Fabrique Du Cinema Awards Festival, ITA
Traveling Film Festival - Sydney, AUS
Ashland Film festival, USA
Big Muddy Film Festival, USA
18th in The Palace, BULGARIA
Capri, Hollywood International Film Fest, ITA
Harlem Film Festival, USA
Split Film Festival - CROATIA
Bankok Film Festival - THAILAND
Lake County Film Festival - USA
CinefestOZ - NEATHERLANDS