SKIN
35mm Short Film | LGBTQIA+, Magical Realism | 2023
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Website: https://www.leobehrens.art/skin
Awards:
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Student Academy Award Gold Winner, Experimental / Alternative, 2023
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Iris Prize 2024 -Finalist
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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
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GEM FEST 2024; Best Cinematography, Best Editing
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REALE Film Festival 2024 - "Best Producer: Ilayda Cetinkaya"
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aGliff Film Festival 2024 - "Audience Award 2024"
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Underground Indie Film Festival 2024 - "Best Experimental" Winner
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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):
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AFI FEST 2023 (NOMINEE: Grand Jury Award)
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Oldenburg International Film Festival 2024
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Iris Prize 2024 Shortlist
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Newport Beach Film Festival 2024
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Out on Film Atlanta 2024
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Norwegian Short Film Festival 2024 ( 47th Kortfilm Festivalen, Grimstad)
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aGliff 2024
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Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) 2024
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Oslo Fusion Film Festival 2023
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LACA Film Festival 2023
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GLAFF 2023
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Inside Out Film Festival 2024
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41 North Film Fest 2023
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QFest St. Louis 2024
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Black Bear Film Festival 2024
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Stamped Film Festival 2024
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Creative Film Awards Los Angeles 2024
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Reale Film Festival 2024
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Montecatini International Short Film Festival 2024
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GemFest 2024
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Fargo Film Fest 2024
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Roze Filmdagen Film Festival 2024
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KASHISH Pride Film Festival 2024
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XXV Festival Internazionale Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci 2024
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Arizona International Film Festival 2024
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Seattle Queer Film Festival 2024
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San Francisco Transgender Film Festival 2024
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GAZE 2024 (Dublin)
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Weiterstadt Film Festival 2024
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Nevada City Film Festival 2024
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Guadalajara International Film Festival 2024
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Dallas International Short Film Festival 2024
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Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival 2024
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USA Film Festival 2024
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TRANSlation Film Festival 2024
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Underground Indie Film Festival 2024
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Fresno Pride 2024
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Temecula Valley Film Festival 2024
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Atlanta Underground Film Festival 2024
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Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2024
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Tite Film Festival 2025





