SKIN

35mm Short Film | Magical Realism, Art House, Drama | 2023

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Website: https://www.leobehrens.art/skin

Awards:

Student Academy Award Gold Winner, Experimental / Alternative, 2023
Iris Prize 2024 -Finalist
LACA Film Festival Best Picture of the Month (December 2023) - WINNER: Best Short Film, Best Producer, Best Production Design, Best Editor, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography
GEM FEST 2024; Best Cinematography, Best Editing
REALE Film Festival 2024 - "Best Producer: Ilayda Cetinkaya"
aGliff Film Festival 2024 - "Audience Award 2024"
Underground Indie Film Festival 2024 - "Best Experimental" Winner
TINFF 2024 - "Best Short Film LGBTQIA+ 2024" Winner

Logline: A poetic exploration of identity and self-discovery, using visual symbolism to depict a woman's transformation into a man. With the help of her inner manifestation, the ice man, she sheds her old skin and embraces her true identity.

Producer: Ilayda Cetinkaya

Writer/ Director/Cinematographer: Leo Behrens

Production Designer: Mojo Wen
Editor: Ale Armijo

Composer: Mike Forst
Colorist: Walter Volpatto

Official Selections (in Festival Circuit):

AFI FEST 2023 (NOMINEE: Grand Jury Award)
Oldenburg International Film Festival 2024
Iris Prize 2024 Shortlist
Newport Beach Film Festival 2024
Out on Film Atlanta 2024
Norwegian Short Film Festival 2024 ( 47th Kortfilm Festivalen, Grimstad)
aGliff 2024
Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) 2024
Oslo Fusion Film Festival 2023
LACA Film Festival 2023
GLAFF 2023
Inside Out Film Festival 2024
41 North Film Fest 2023
QFest St. Louis 2024
Black Bear Film Festival 2024
Stamped Film Festival 2024
Creative Film Awards Los Angeles 2024
Reale Film Festival 2024
Montecatini International Short Film Festival 2024

GemFest 2024
Fargo Film Fest 2024
Roze Filmdagen Film Festival 2024
KASHISH Pride Film Festival 2024
XXV Festival Internazionale Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci 2024
Arizona International Film Festival 2024
Seattle Queer Film Festival 2024
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival 2024
GAZE 2024 (Dublin)
Weiterstadt Film Festival 2024
Nevada City Film Festival 2024
Guadalajara International Film Festival 2024
Dallas International Short Film Festival 2024
Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival 2024
USA Film Festival 2024
TRANSlation Film Festival 2024
Underground Indie Film Festival 2024
Fresno Pride 2024
Temecula Valley Film Festival 2024
Atlanta Underground Film Festival 2024
Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2024
Tite Film Festival 2025

35mm short film SKIN student academy award winner