AWARDS
& SELECTIONS
Since 2000, Romain Claris has directed short films that have been selected and awarded at nearly one hundred international film festivals.
VENUS.IA - 2024
Best Experimental Film Award - Amsterdam World International Film Festival
Silver Award - Experimental Film - Milan Gold Awards Film Festival
Best Original Experimental Film - Spain International Film Awards
Best Experimental Film - Indie Filmmaker Hall of Fame Awards
Nominee European Cinema Festival
Selection Gala Cinema Internazionale - Venise
Selection German United Film Festival
Selection Festival de Venise Gala Del Cinema Internazionale
Selection French Independent Film Festival
Selection Lumière Brothers Film Awards
Selection Malta Film Festival
Selection ONED Art/Experimental Film Festival
COLOREM - 2023
Selection ONED Art/Experimental Film Festival
BLACK HOLE - 2022
Best Experimental Art Film Award at "Pure Magic International Film Festival" in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Best Poetry Short Film at the "Make Art Not Fear" Festival in Porto, Portugal
Honorable Mention Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Finalist - Prima Rome Independent Film Award
Selection RAGAFF Venice
Selection Abbot Kinney Film Festival
Selection FilmArte
LA DANSE - 2022
Hollywood Gold Awards Winner
Best Art Film Award Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Best Art Film Award Venus Community Awards
Best Experimental Film London Movie Awards
Honorable Mention Florence Film Awards
Selection IMMAGINA Film Festival
Selection New York Movie Awards
Selection Arrow International Film Festival
Selection 10th International Video Poetry Festival
Selection Festival del Cinema Cefalù
Selection F8 & Halfim Awards Iconic Images Film Festival
OURS BLANC AU PAYS DES HIPPOPOTAMES - 2022
Best Animated Short Film Award ROMA Short Film Festival. Rome, Italy
Honorable Mention Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival, Canada
Selection Festival del Cinema di Cefalù, Italy
L'EAU DE LA TERRE - 2020
Best Animated Short Film Award ROMA Short Film Festival. Rome, Italy
Best Animated Short Film Award VIFF - Varese International Film Festival. Varese, Italy
Best Screenplay for Animated Short Film - Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival. Tapovan, India
Selection Festival Silhouette. France
Selection Retro Avant Garde Film Festival - New York City, RAGFF, USA
Selection 11th CMS VATAVARAN - Environment and Wildlife Film Festival and Forum. India
Selection Tokyo International Short Film Festival. Japan
Selection 16th Athens ANIMFEST. Greece
Selection FLICKFAIR
Selection Retro Avant Garde Film Festival - Venice. RAGFF. Italy
Selection Festival del Cinema Cefalù. Italy
Selection MONSTRA - Lisbon Animated Film Festival. Portugal
Selection Greece Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA. Greece
Selection New Wave Short Film Festival. Germany
Selection Palm Springs International Animation Festival. California, USA
Selection International Fine Arts Film Festival Santa Barbara. Los Angeles, USA
Selection International Ecological Film Festival To Save and Preserve. Russia
Selection World Animation Festival. Pennsylvania, USA
Selection New York Animation Film Awards. New York
Selection Short to the Point. Romania
Selection Fist Up Film Festival. California
Selection Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards. Italy
Selection Lisbon Film Rendezvous. Portugal
ICI COMMENCE - 2019
Selection Bideodromo International Experimental Film and Video Festival - Bilbao, Spain
Semi-finalist - EuropeNow Film Festival Madrid - Spain
NOIRS - 2018
Selection Blow-Up International Arthouse Film Festival Chicago - USA
Selection Somerville International Film Festival - USA
Selection New York City Independent Film Festival - USA
Selection Retro Avant Garde Film Festival Venice - Italy
AIR MER BATEAU TERRE - 2018
Selection In-Short. Nigeria
VOICI QUE LA NUIT - 2017
Best Mid-Length Experimental Film Award - Five Continents International Film Festival
Best Artistic Direction - Five Continents International Film Festival
Best Editing - Five Continents International Film Festival
Special Mention for Best Directors - Five Continents International Film Festival
LES COUSINS DES NUAGES - 2017
Best Micro Short Film Smartphone Berlin Flash Film Festival. Germany
Best Philosophy in Animation Avalonia Festival. USA
Best Minute Film Avalonia Festival. USA
Best Vocal Performance Film Festival of Time. Canada
Best Experimental Film Global India International Film Festival. India
Best One Minute Film Festival. Brazil, 2017
Selection International Microfilm Festival - Spain, Madrid
Selection Les Vendanges du 7e Art - International Film Festival in Médoc - France
Selection 60 Second International Film Festival. Pakistan
Selection Inshort Film Festival 2019. Nigeria
Selection ig D Mobile Phone Fest. Texas, USA
Selection Roma Cinema DOC. Italy
Selection Motion For Pictures. North Carolina, USA
Selection Lille Minute Film Festival. France
Selection African Smartphone International Film Festival. Nigeria
Selection Dumbo Film Festival. USA
Selection Experimental Edge Film Festival Season. USA
Selection Last Frame Smartphone. UK
Selection Anilogue International Animation Festival. Hungary
Selection China International Green Film Week. China
Selection Festival of Time. Canada
Selection Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival. Turkey
Selection Lobo International Film Festival. Brazil
Selection Mobile International Film Festival. Macedonia
Selection Chania Cartoon & Animation Festival. Greece
Selection Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival. USA
Selection Independent Online Film Festival
Selection Super 9 Mobile Film Fest. Portugal
Selection International Exhibition of Super Short Films. USA
Selection Norwich Film Festival. UK
Selection International Amateur Film Festival of Kélibia. Tunisia
Selection Muestra Movimiento Audiovisual. Mexico
Selection Västerås Film Festival. Sweden
Selection Bideodromo International Experimental Film and Video Festival. Spain
Selection Leicester International Short Film Festival. UK
Selection Marmaris International Short Film Festival. Turkey
Selection Strasburg Film Festival. USA
Selection New York Mobile Film Festival. USA
Selection International Ecological Film Festival "To Save and Preserve". Russia
Selection Art All Night. USA
Selection Strano Film Festival. Italy
Selection Video Art Event - Interface. Romania
Selection Ospizio Giovani Artisti - VideoArt Exhibition. Italy
Selection The 60 Second Film Festival. India
Selection Mister Vorky. Serbia
Selection Short to the Point. Romania
Selection Toronto Smartphone Film Festival. Canada
Selection Flick! Experimental Film Festival at UNCG. USA
Selection Aab International Film Festival. India
Selection Lake View International Film Festival. India
Selection Athens International Animation Festival. Greece
Selection 60 Second International Film Festival. Pakistan
BANGLADESH - 2013
International Fishermen of the World Festival. France
Photo Independent Art Fair. Hollywood, USA
Cinéphiles at the Bar Festival. France
Les Toiles de Mer Festival. France
UNITED DANCE COMPANY - 2011
Selection Jõhvi Ballet Festival. Estonia
GILLES JONEMANN - 2010
Selection Deauville Arts and Crafts Festival. France
Selection FIFMA, International Arts and Crafts Film Festival. France
Selection Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. France
Selection Cabrières d'Avignon Cinema Encounters. France
LA ROBE -2010
Best Image Award Disturb Awards. France
Best Editing Award Disturb Awards. France
Best Experimental Film Award Disturb Awards. France
PAINTING WITH THE DRAGONFLY - 2008
International Cinerail Festival. France
CHOICE OF DEEPNESS - 2007
World One Minute 2008. Cultural Program of the Beijing Olympic Games. China
LE TEMPS MANGE LA VOIX ET LES MOTS - 2006
World One Minute 2008. Cultural Program of the Beijing Olympic Games. China
TWO - 2006
Special Mention Lille Minute Film Festival