Blue Note
22min | Short Drama

Director: Pavel Andonov
Producer: Pavel Andonov & Mete Sasioglu
LFS / Sons of Lumière 2022
Starring Alma Pöysti and David Kozma


Special Mention at Academy Award®-qualifying In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2023
Nominated for ‘Best Short Film’ at the Jussi-Gaala (Finland's premier film industry awards), Finland, 2023
Winner, Prize of the Youth Jury, at Academy Award®-qualifying Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2023
Winner, Student Award, at Academy Award®-qualifying Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2023
Tampere Nominee for the European Short Film Audience Award, Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2023
Jury’s Special Mention at Academy Award®, BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying Leeds International Film Festival, UK, 2022
Official Selection at BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying Norwich Film Festival, UK, 2022
Nominated for ‘New Nordic Voice’ at Nordisk Panorama Film Festival, Sweden 2022
Nominated for ‘Best Drama’ at BAFTA-qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK, 2022
Nominated for ‘Best Nordic & Baltic Short Film’ at Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany, 2022
Official Selection at Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland, 2022
Finalist and ‘Honorable Mention’ at Blue Sea Film Festival, Finland 2022

European Short FIlm Audience Award screenings:
Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium, 2023
Curtas Vila do Conde – Short Film Festival, Portugal, 2023
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival Bristol, UK, 2023
Alciné – Festival de Cine Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 2023
Interfilm – International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany, 2023
Short Waves Festival, Poland, 2023
Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival, France, 2024
Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2024
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2024
(Winner announced in 2024)

Tampere Film Festival – Jury Statement
“With its style and cinematography, the film creates a haunting, somber atmosphere that promises an experience that won’t leave you for a long time. It touches upon a controversial topic from a perspective not often explored and leaves the viewer weeping and wondering.”