SKIN

35mm Short Film | LGBTQIA+, Magical Realism | 2023

Awards:

Student Academy Award Gold Winner, Experimental / Alternative, 2023
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

Official Selections:

AFI FEST 2023 (NOMINEE: Grand Jury Award)
Oslo Fusion Film Festival 2023
LACA Film Festival 2023
GLAFF 2023
Inside Out Film Festival 2024
41 North Film Fest 2023
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
QFest St. Louis 2024
Norwegian Short Film Festival 2024 ( 47th Kortfilm Festivalen, Grimstad)
Nevada City Film Festival 2024
Guadalajara International Film Festival 2024 (Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara)
Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival 2024
USA Film Festival 2024
TRANSlation Film Festival 2024

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