Festivals and Awards :
Friday, 1st of July :
Nominated for an Ensor
Best Short film - International short film festival Leuven 2023
Best Cinematography - International short film festival Leuven 2023​​
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Licht :
Ensor for Best Shortfilm for - 2023
Cézar 2023 Les Nuits en Or for - 2023
Award for Best Documentary at FF Young Horizons - 2023
Official Selection Festival International du Film Francophone Namur 2023
Official Selection Les Mains Gauches 2023
Nominated for 2 Ensors 2023 (Best Short Film, Best Docu Series Ket&Doc)
Official Selection DOK Leipzig 2022
Official Selection Kortfilmfestival Leuven 2022
Official Selection JEF festival Antwerp 2022
Official Selection Docville Leuven 2022
Official Selection Cut To Ghent 2022
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les Racines de l'Eau :
Award for Best Short film at UK Jewish Film Film Festival
Award & First Prize for Best Short Film at FFO Film Festival Ostend - 2021
Award for Best Cinematography at CUT TO GHENT - 2021
Official Selection Les Mains Gauches 2022 - Marseille
Official Selection UK Jewish Film Festival 2021 - London
Official Selection ZINEBI 63 Festival 2021 - Bilbao
Official Selection FFO Film Festival Ostend 2021 - Ostend
Official Selection Brussels Short Film Festival BSFF 2021 - Brussels
Official Selection CUT TO GHENT 2021 - Ghent
Official Selection Graines de Cinéastes / Elles tournent 2021 - Brussels
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TIGER TIBBE :
Official Selection JEF festival Antwerp 2020
Official Selection Filem’On International Film Festival Brussels 2020
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Cocon :
Award Best Cinematography and Runner Up for Best Director Thunderdance Film Festival 2017
Second prize for best short film at CUT TO: GHENT 2019
Screened at UITKORT at UITKIJK Amsterdam 2019
Official Selection Film Festival Oostende - 2018
Official Selection Shorts International Film Festival Trieste - Marametraggio Section 2018
Official Selection Quarantine Festival 2018
Official Selection Cefalù Film Festival 2018
Official Selection Thunderdance Film Festival 2017
Verder Dan Hier Niet :
Official Selection Shortcut Film Festival 2018
Official Selection Living Skies Student Festival 2018
Screened at Theater Aan Zee Oostende 2017
Miriam :
Award : Best International Short Film – BFI Future Film Festival 2017
Official Selection Miami Jewish Film Festival 2017
Official Selection Geofilmfestival and Expocinema 2017
Official Selection Moving Pictures Festival 2016
Official Selection Festival de Cortometrajes “Jose Franscisco Rosado” PACAS 2016
Une Histoire De l’Ombre :
Official Selection Eindhoven Film Festival 2016
Official Selection Västeras Film Festival 2017
Official Selection Near Nazareth Film Festival 2017
Sarah Lederman (1994) is a film maker and studied both Documentary and Fiction at the The Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound (RITCS) in Brussels. She finished her Film MFA at Sint-Lucas Brussels with her short film ‘Les Racines de l’Eau’. She is part of Lukas Dhont's Future Five. ​
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She specializes in visual intimate stories through fine story telling, honest and pure with a considerate attention for detail. She has a great sensibility for capturing unfolding unique moments. Documentary and fiction film both fascinate her.
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Currently she's in post-production for Blue Feather Tone and writing on her first feature within the scenario atelier of the VAF.
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Filmography:
2025 Blue Feather Tone - documentary
2024 Friday, 1st of July - fiction
2022 Light - documentary
2021 les Racines de l'Eau - documentary
2020 TIGER TIBBE - fiction
2018 Interval - fiction
2018 Rand - documentary
2017 Coco Putain - fiction
2017 La Vie a La Caserne - documentary
2017 Cocon - fiction
2017 Verder Dan Hier Niet - documentary
2016 Frank - documentary
2016 Une Histoire de l’Ombre - documentary
2016 Miriam - fiction
2015 De Vrouw Van Hier Naast - documentary
2015 Togetherness - documentary
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