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Days Without wins Best Cinematography at Watersprite


The short film “Days Without” (2021) has won Best the Cinematography award at the Watersprite Film Festival (UK). Congratulations to Aline Belfort and the team.

Watersprite Film Festival is the UK’s largest international student film festival, with the aim of discovering new film talent. The festival showcases the best student films and promotes free Q&A events with directors, actors, and leading screen industry professionals. The Festival took place between March 4th and 6th, online and in person.

With more than 1400 film submissions from 100 different countries, “Days Without” was among those selected. The short film tells the dramatic story of 28-year-old Nikolai and his mentally ill wife. After a chaotic episode, Nikolai must take care of their baby daughter until she returns. As time goes by, he begins to doubt they will ever see each other again.

The Kino Eyes Film Masters is a unique film making MA split between four different film schools in four different European states: Lusófona University (Portugal), Screen Academy Scotland in Edinburgh/ Napier University, (UK), Baltic Film and Media School (Estonia) and IADT (Ireland).