The Parakeets - 13 min - 2013

Synopsis :

When Lili, a very ill young woman, is faced one morning with the sudden loss of her hair, her good friend Laura will resort to a radical make-over that will affect more than her outward appearance…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Broadcasts : HBO Europe, TV5 Monde, OCS, Ciné+, KQED (Californie).

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Festival selections and awards :
- French Film Festival of Richmond - VA / USA
- Rochester International Film Festival - NY / USA
   Audience’s « BESTS OF THE FEST »
- Palm Springs International Film Festival - CA / USA
   Audience’s « BESTS OF THE FEST »
- Festival International de Contis - France
   YOUNG JURY AWARD
- Festival International du court-métrage en plein air - Grenoble / France
- Festival « Off-courts » - Trouville / France
   GRAND JURY PRIZE
   STUDENTS JURY PRIZE
- International Short Film Festival of Portobello - London / UK
   Audience’s « BESTS OF THE FEST »
- Festival du Premier Film - La Ciotat / France
- International Human Rights Film Festival - Tirana / Albania
- FICFA - Moncton en Acadie / Canada
- Istanbul International short film festival - Istanbul / Turkey
- Festival de Rueil Malmaison / France
- KIN Woman Film Festival - Yerevan / Armenia
- International short film festival of Nuremberg / Germany
- « Reel Shorts » Film Festival of Grande Prairie - Alberta / Canada
- « Script » India International Film Festival - Kochi / India
- « Les Saisons Parisiennes » - Saint Petersbourg / Russia
- Lanzarote International Film Festival – Canaries Islands / Spain
   AUDIENCE GRAND PRIZE
- FICMO - Outaouais / Quebec
- « Porstmouth Short Film Night » - NH / USA
- « A Corto Di Donne » Intl. Woman Film Fest - Puozzoli / Italia
  YOUNG JURY AWARD
- Intl. Short Film Fest of India - Chennai / India
- Festival « Courtivore » - Rouen / France
- « Flying Broom International Film Festival » - Ankara / Turkey
- Saint Kilda Intl. Short Film Fest - Saint Kilda / Australia
- Independant Film Festival Gothenburg - Gothenburg / Sweden
- Festival du Court Francophone de Pologne - Zielona Gora / Poland
- Festival Etang d’Arts - Marseille / France
- Festroya - Troya / Portugal
- Détour en Cinécourt - Bellevue / France
- Autumn Short Film Festival - Somerset, Kentucky / USA
- Ischia International Film Festival - Ischia / Italia
- La Nuit Du Court Métrage de Haute Provence - Gréoux / France
- CinéFringe - Edinburgh / Scotland
- Weiterstadt Film Festival - Weiterstadt / Germany
- Beeldbuis Intl. Film Fest - The Netherlands
- Naoussa Intl. Film Festival - Naoussa / Greece
- Thess Intl. Short Film Festival - Thessaloniki / Greece
   CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Festival « 12 courts de minuit » - Paris / France
- « Les Saisons Parisiennes » - London / UK
- Festival « Sup’ de court » - Paris / France
   PARTNERS AWARD
- Festival des nouveaux cinémas - Paris / France

©Mathieu Simonet