Feedback for Whales the shortfilm by the Filmfestival TMFF 2018 Critic Andrei Serban
E Even though we are talking about a short film, the epic and emotional dimension of the script underlying this project is extremely complex. Thus, the technical, visual and, to a great extent, literary intuition of writer director Nora Jaenicke manages to create through this project an intense and complex cinematic exercise that oscillates between drama and mystery, adopting an equidistant perspective on characters.
This impartial attitude that objectively explores the trauma of a family who prefers to hide a tragic event instead of endangering its social status is extremely effective, all the more so as the general tendency of filmmakers who could adopt such a screenplay is to moralise and condemn a monstrous behaviour which, unfortunately, is a real problem of the modern world.
Whales is an implosive, touching and dramatic short film that impresses with a very good visual grammar, but also with the psychological premises of relatively unpredictable and extremely authentic characters.
The Short Film had its Premiere at Harvard University, MIT and the Massachussets College of Art and Design and was screened at prestigious Film Festivals all over the world.
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2018
Winner
Outstanding Achievement Award
Oustanding Achievement Award
European Cinematography Awards (ECA) 2018
Winner
April Award
Best Short Film
Golden Movie Awards 2017
Winner
Golden Movie Awards
Best Art Direction
Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema 2018
Winner
Best Cinematography
Best Cinematography
Nominee
Best Cinematography
Best Cinematography
Nominee
Best Director
Best Director
Nominee
Best Supporting Actress
Andrea Rosaker
LA Shorts Awards 2018
Winner
Diamond Award
Best Short Film
Winner
Gold Award
Best Director
Largo Film Awards 2018
Winner
February Award
Best Screenplay
Los Angeles Film Awards 2018
Winner
LAFA February Award
Best Film
Nominee
LAFA February Award
Best Film
Best Drama
MedFF 2018
Winner
MedFF
Best Short
Mindfield Film Festival Los Angeles 2018
Winner
Diamond Award
Best Short Film
Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival 2018
Winner
Certificate of Excellence
Best Screenplay
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
New York Film Awards 2018
Winner
New York Film Award
Best Narrative Short
Nominee
New York Film Award
Best Picture
NYC Indie Film Awards 2018
Winner
Gold Award
Best Director
The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF) 2018
Winner
March Award
Cinematographer of the Month
Top Shorts Film Festival 2018
Winner
Festival Prize
Best Drama
Jaipur Film Festival
Nominee
Best Short Film
Best Short Film
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Soho Film Festival
Holly Shorts Monthly Festival
Kew Gardens Film Festival
Medina Film Festival
Gold Movie Awards
Jaipur International Film Festival
Katra Film Festival NYC
Los Angeles Shorts Awards
Roma Cinema Doc
New York Film Awards
Oniros Film Awards
Los Angeles Film Awards
Top Shorts
Indipendent Shorts Awards
Female Feedback Film Festival
Wild Sound Film Festival
Palena Film Festival
Asheville Film Festival
LA Underground Film Forum