Spotless(2021)
Directed by Emma Branderhorst
Ruby (15) does not dare to ask her mother for tampons or sanitary pads, she knows that there is really no money for them.
Original title: Vlekkeloos | Short film | 00:15:40 | Narrative Fiction | Themes: Period Poverty, Feminisme, Coming of Age, Female Gaze, | Colour | 1.85:1 | the Netherlands | Spoken language: Dutch | Subtitles: English | Format: DCP, ProRes | Dolby 5.1 & Stereo LtRt
Festival Selections:
- Nederlands Filmfestival 2021, debut competition, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Cinekid international children’s film festival 2021, Dutch short film competition, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🏆
- Berlinale Generation, K-plus competition, Berlin, Germany 🏆
- BÜFF Malmo, short film program, Malmö, Sweden.
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest, short film program, Dortmund + Köln, Germany
- Go Short International Short Film Festival, Dutch Competition, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 🏆
- Internationaal Film Festival Assen, KersVers Competition, Assen, the Netherlands 🏆
- Odense international short film festival, international competition, Odense, Denmark
- Regard Film Festival 2022, international competition, Canada 🏆
- Short Waves Festival 2022, education screenings, Poznan, Poland 🏆
- Vienna Shorts 2022, official selection, Vienna, Austria
- BÜFF Malmö 2022, official selection, Malmö, Sweden
- Cinema in Sneakers, short film competition, Warsaw, Poland
- Mo & Friese international film festival, short film competition, Hamburg, Germany
- Landshuter Short Film Festival, international competition, Landshut, Germany
- Plein la Bobine, short film competition, France 🏆
- FEST new directors/new films, FESTinha competition, Espinho, Portugal 🏆
- Brussel Short Film Festival 2022, international competition, Brussel, Belgium
- Vers Awards Festival 2022, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Oulu international Children’s & Youth Film Festival, short film competition, Oulu, Finland
Awards:
- Best Dutch Live-Action Short, Cinekid Festival ’21
- Crystal Bear for Best Short Film, K-plus competition, Berlinale Generation ’22
- Grand Prix, Regard Film Festival ’22
- FESTinha sub 16 Award, FEST new directors/new films ’22
- Young Director Award Gold, Cannes Lions ’22
- ZEF Jury Award, Short Waves Festival ’22
- Prix de la Classe Jury Lycéen, Plein la Bobine Festival ’22
- Audience Award School Screenings, Go Short International Short Film Festival ’22
- KERSVERS Award, International Film Festival Assen ’22