“Lentil Soup” short film by Vartist

Synopsis

Having accumulated ideas, influences and beliefs from people around her, Emily goes through life, carrying these influences in the form of a wooden structure worn on the back that supports many magnifying glasses hanging in front of her face. She interacts with the world in a distorted off centered manner, until she runs into someone who tries to get to know her up close and this encounter makes her crush her structure and see freely for the first time.

The film was selected and received awards in the following festivals:

Monthly Future Of Film Awards (Winner) – First Time Director (Short) category – May 2023
Art Film Awards (Winner) – First Time Director (Short) category – June 2023
Rome Prisma Film Awards (finalist) – Experimental Film category – June 2023
Boden International Film Festival (semifinalist) – Experimental Film category – June 2023
Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF) (semifinalist) – short film category – August 2023
Screen Power Film Festival (nominee) – Experimental Short Films category – June 2023
Indie Short Fest (nominee) – Best Experimental Short category – May 2023
Swedish International Film Festival (nominee) – Best First Time Filmmaker – June 2023
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (honorable mention) – Best Experimental film- category – Jan 2024
Golden Bridge İstanbul Short Film Festival (selected) – Best Experimental Film category – Oct 2023
Symbiotic Film Festival (selected) – Best short film category – Aug 2023
Cynon Valley Film Festival (selected) – Best experimental short category – Sep 2023
Shortcut 100 (selected) – Narrative short category – Sep 2023
Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival (selected) – Best first time filmmaker – Nov 2023
London Lift-Off Film Festival (selected) – Best first time filmmaker – Nov 2023
Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival (selected) – Best first time filmmaker – Feb 2024
Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival (selected) – Best first time filmmaker – Sep 2023
Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival (selected) – Best first time filmmaker – Apr 2023
New York Lift-Off Film Festival (selected) – Best first time filmmaker – June 2023
Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival (selected) – Best first time filmmaker – Jul 2023
Paris Lift-Off Film Festival (selected) – Best first time filmmaker – Aug 2023

Director, writer, editor, composer: Vartist
Director of photography
: François Szabowski

Starring:
Claire Hoffmann
Guillaume Champeval
Eugénie Jasko

Frédérique Marlot

Laurence Barrand
Théo Dos Santos

Jason Mekadji
Laëtitia Malo
Jelena Vucicevic

Lighting, sound recording: Dimitri Papadimitriou
Sound Recording:
Pierre Orcel

Assistant on the set
: Olga Listrova

Original music score, set design and props by Vartist

Additional music by Peter Bradley Fulgoni J.S.Bach ”Prelude & Fugue in C minor”

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