Masks

Olivier Smolders & 23' — 2021

A filmmaker mourns the fading faces of his loved ones and evokes the ritual of masks as a way of connecting to the afterlife

Production : Le Scarabée asbl (Olivier Smolders)
Coproduction : CBA

Réalisation
Olivier Smolders
DOP
Olivier Smolders
Sound
Marc Bastien
Image editor
Olivier Smolders
Sound editor
Marc Bastien
Mix
Aline Gavroy
Calibration
Michaël Cinquin
Music
Manuel Smolders
Production
Le Scarabée asbl (Olivier Smolders)
Image Format
4K, 2K, HD
Sound Format
Stereo
Languages OV
FR
Available subtitles
EN
Festivals

2023:
FIFA – Festival du Film sur l’Art de Montréal, Canada
Festival format court, France
Asolo art fillm festival, Italie

2022 :
Curtas Vilo do Conde, Portugal, 07/22
Festival de Film court de Clermont-Ferrand, France, 01/22
IndieLisboa, Portugal, 04/22
Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium, 04/22
Night Sign Festival Urbino and Paris, Italy, 04/22
Côté Court à Pantin, France, 06/22
Le court en dit long, France, 06/22
Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, 07/22
Faito Doc, Italy, 07/22
Camden International Film Festival, USA, 09/22
The Etrange Film Festival, France, 09/22
SAO PAULO International short film, Brazil, 09/22
3rd International IFF Lima, Peru, 10/22
Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan, 10/22
Un festival c’est trop court Nice, France, 10/22
BAFF- Brussels Art Film Festival, Belgium, 11/22
Festival TOUS COURTS, France, 11/22
Un festival c’est trop court Nice, France, 11/22
Aguilar film festival, Spain, 12/22

Awards and Mentions

2022:
Prize at the 30th Le court en dit long festival, Paris, 20/22
SIGN Award at the 19th Festival Signes de Nuit, Italy, 2022
CAMINO Jury Award, FAITO DOC FESTIVAL, International documentary film festival, Italy, 2022
Best Script Award+Special Mention Documentary Jury+Student Jury Award- Un festival c’est trop court, Nice, 2022
Special Mention Jury Cinema in transgression, 20th Festival Signe de Nuit, Paris, 2022

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