Demetera International Film Festival

SHORT FILMS FERTILE GROUND Demetera International Festival is a young, bold, and independent event in the short film world. Since 2019 we gather filmmakers from all over the world and celebrate culture and art. Our goal is to promote a wide variety of styles to cinema fans and fellow international filmmakers and to establish a strong network for filmmakers, producers, and marketing professionals. Despite the chaos of covid we’ve hosted one of the most followed online festivals in France during the pandemics, with almost 20.000 unique viewers. We partner with Sticky Soils, Paris based group of artists, to design and create beautiful and meaningful awards for our winners. Each piece is unique and 100% handmade, inspired by nature, its force, and its astonishing beauty. This year's award is inspired by the beauty of icebergs as they slowly drift and melt, infusing the world from their sole being – a metaphor of the current times and culture. Our team is currently working on our big 4th edition for 2022, which will take place in the city center of Paris. Whether you're a filmmaker or just a film enthusiast, we hope you will join us this year and experience what makes the Demetera International Film Festival one of the "Top 100 Best Reviewed" festivals according to FilmFreeway! DEMETERA 2021 Best Narrative Short A real man by Aurélien Mathieu Best Documentary Short Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee by Chris Neilan Best Animated Short The Catastrophe ou la Charade by Shawy Best Experimental Short KILTER by Rob Stanton Cook Best Music Video Metamorfosis by Karen Zen Eckell and SebastiAn Badino Lynch Best Actress Allison Cameron Gray Best Image Q: ghostly remote effect by Marcus Hanisch Audience Awards Sang d'Encre by Guillaume CAGNIN Prix special A Thousand Ways To Kiss The Ground by Henna Taylor DEMETERA 2020 Best Narrative Short The House of Lekeitio by Jasone Urgoitia Urrutia Best Documentary Short Ghazipur, in the shadow of the landfill by Maxime Priou, Arthur Rayssiguier, Marin Guillochon Best Animated Short The Wedding Cake by Meet Monica Mazzitelli Best Experimental Supernova by Laís Sambugaro Best Music Video Refugee by Morgan Matyjasik Best VR Short Swing by Mari Jaye Blanchard and Mark Reisch Prix du Jury Through the Eyes of an Astronaut by Pierre Emmanuel Le Goff et Jürgen Hansen Audience Awards Extra Innings by John Gray DEMETERA 2019 Best Narrative Short Cold Storage by Thomas Freundlich Best Animated Short Big Toast by Sacha Beeley Best Experimental Short Jump by Clea van der Grijn Best Music Video Phoet Symmetry Breaking by Ezra Capogna