Love In Plane Sight
Love In Plane Sight, a 2022 silent short film,[1] directed by Matej Rimanić and shot by Nik Kranjec, stars Matej Rimanić as Boy and Eva Mlakar as Girl. It won the Grand Prix award for Best Film in the first edition of the TikTok Short Film Competition, at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3]
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Directed by | Matej Rimanić |
Screenplay by | Matej Rimanić |
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Cinematography | Nik Kranjec |
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Running time | 2 minutes 36 seconds |
Country | Slovenia |
Storyline
The Boy sees a neighboring Girl and instantly falls in love. He invites her on a date through a paper plane invite, but gets rejected so he uses his charm to get his second chance.[4]
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TikTok Short Film Competition
In 2022, social media giant TikTok organised a short film competition in partnership with the Cannes Film Festival inviting all of its users to create a short film, with a duration from 30 seconds to 3 minutes. 70.000 short films were submitted from 44 different countries amassing a total of 4,5 billion views. Along with the Grand Prix for Best Film, TikTok also awarded Best Editing and Best Script.[5][6]
Crew
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- Director Matej Rimanić
- Writer Matej Rimanić
- Actors Matej Rimanić, Eva Mlakar
- Director of Photography Nik Kranjec
- Editor Nik Kranjec, Matej Rimanić
- Executive Producer Luka Jurinčič
- Sound Design Alen Fekonja
See also
References
- "How to TikTok your way to a prize at the Cannes Film Festival". France 24. May 22, 2022.
- "STA: Slovenian film Love In Plane Sight wins main Tik Tok prize in Cannes". english.sta.si.
- Kenigsberg, Ben (May 23, 2022). "A Cannes faux pas, as TikTok comes to town" – via NYTimes.com.
- "Love in Plane Sight". April 7, 2022 – via IMDb.
- "Announcing the Winners of the #TikTokShortFilm Competition". Newsroom | TikTok. August 16, 2019.
- "Cannes Film Festival 'welcoming young people' with large TikTok presence". NBC News.