"We, the jury, have decided to award the Best International Short to a film that treats exile for those who remain. Its exquisite cinematography is skillfully orchestrated, depicting the solitude of an old couple, almost frozen in time in a society that moves at a different pace. When the camera moves, it moves with the character in an almost documentary fashion, highlighting the two-dimensional aspects of the story, the intimate and the public, the silence of the home versus the bustle of the city. We appreciated the striking compositions, which depicted the solitude and alienation of waiting, and enhanced the dramatic punch of this story. For a moving film that reflects on the harshness of today's society and politics, breaking families apart and converting parents into offspring, the award goes to Blue Heart by Samuel Suffren."
