Tomorrow island
In the dawn of the Cold War, a young Soviet telegraphist makes a desperate attempt to save her American lover from being stranded in the Russian side of the Bering Strait after receiving a border closure message.
Production
KinoEyes
Director
Gwenn Joyaux
PRODUCER
Shruti Sidhan
CINEMATOGRAPHER
MICHAEL TEBINKA
STARRING
Daryna Butryk, Mira Gaydarova, Vitali Vassiljev
FORMAT
ARRI AMIRA, ZEISS CP.2
WORLD PREMIERE & AWARDS
World Premiere:
TIFF – Tirana International Film Festival. Tirana, Albania, 2018.
Awards:
– Special Jury Mention, Promofest Summer Short of the Year 2019 (2018)
– 1st prize, Best Short Film, Prémio Sophia Estudante, Portugal (2018)
– Best Performance (Daryna Butryk), 10th Watersprite International Student Film Festival (2019)
– Winner Best Director Foreign Dramatic Short (Gwenn Joyaux), Hollywood Women’s Film Festival (2019)
– Winner Best Student Film, Swindon Independent Film Festival (2019)
– Winner GOLD Best Short – Love is Love, Queenpalm International Film Festival (2019)
– Winner GOLD Best Actress (Daryna Butryk), Queenpalm International Film Festival (2019)
– Winner SILVER Best Cinematography (Michael Tebinka), Queenpalm International Film Festival (2019)
– Winner BRONZE Best Director – Student (Gwenn Joyaux), Queenpalm International Film Festival (2019)
– Honorable Mention Best Supporting Actress (Mira Gaydarova), Queenpalm International Film Festival (2019)
– Winner Annual Queen Supreme for Best Short Love is Love, Queenpalm International Film Festival (2019)
– Winner Best International Short Film, Regina International Film Festival (2019)
– Winner Best Thriller, 13th Pentedattilo Film Festival (2019)
– Winner Best Action/Thriller, 4th Trujillo Independent International Film Festival (2019)
– Honorable Mention, 10th Wasteland Film Festival (2019)
– Best LGBTQ Short, Open Window International Film Challenge (2019)
– Best Movie of the Month (September), Vertigo Film Fest (2019)
– Best Director (Gwenn Joyaux), Vertigo Film Fest (2019)
– Best Actress (Daryna Butryk), Vertigo Film Fest (2019)
– Special Mention Best Staging (Gwenn Joyaux), Festival Internacional de Cine Austral (2019)
– Top Short Films of the Year – National Competition, CinEuphoria (2020)
– Top Ten of the Year – National Competition, CinEuphoria (2020)
– Best Short Film – National Competition, CinEuphoria (2020)
– Grand Prize Winner – 5th Annual Stage 32 Short Film Program Contest (2020)
– Best International Cinematography, Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (2021)