The 18° Festival Internacional Signes da Noite will take place in from December 27-31, 2020.
This years edition will be for well known security reasons an ONLINE EDITION.
The selected films will be presented during two days. They will be password and download protected.
Since 2003 the International Festival SIGNES DE NUIT is active in
Paris and world wide. In these last years we have presented some
thousand films from around 70 countries in our principal yearly
festivals and on the same time in around 140 programs in collaboration
with cultural institutions and festivals in up to now 38 countries,
among those Algeria, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Hungary, Indonesia,
Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Peru, Russia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey,
United States ...
Also the festival has been transformed in a multinational one and actually actually is performed wit competition and focus programs in Berlin, Lisbon, Bangkok, Tucuman (Argentina) and Urbino (Italy).
Each festival offers new selected programs and invite each time a different jury.
The Festival presents films, which reflect new views, original imagery, and a critical approach to the crucial elements of modern aand actual human existence. It is a place for cinema that expands its own boundaries, that is astonishing, different, potentially free from the pressure of tradition, ready to give itself over to unpredictable experimentation. New aesthetics are welcome.
* * * AWARDS * * *
* Short Films *
MAIN AWARD
Without restriction
SIGNES AWARD
The Signs Award honors films, which treat an important subject in an
original and convincing way.
NIGHT AWARD
The Night Award honors films, which are able to balance ambiguity and
complexity characterised by enigmatic mysteriousness and subtleness,
which keeps mind and consideration moving.
EDWARD SNOWDEN AWARD (Optional)
The Edward Snowden Award honors films, which offer sensitive (mostly)
unknown informations, facts and phenomenons of eminent importance, for
which the festival wishes a wide proliferation in the future.
SPECIAL JURY AWARD (optional)
Every international jury can declare one Special Award for a special aspect or capacity of a film.
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* Documentaries *
MAIN AWARD
Without restriction.
SIGNES AWARD
The Signs Award for Documentary honors films, which express in a surprising and sensitive way the perturbing aspects of reality.
NIGHT AWARD
The Night Award for Documentary honors films, which represent reality
in an ambivalent and enigmatic way, avoiding stereotypes of
representation and simple conclusions.
EDWARD SNOWDEN AWARD (Optional)
The Edward Snowden Award honors films, which offer sensitive (mostly)
unknown informations, facts and phenomenons of eminent importance, for
which the festival wishes a wide proliferation in the future.
SPECIAL JURY AWARD (optional)
Every international jury can declare one Special Award for a special aspect or capacity of a film.
