Honorable Mention – “Window to the World” (USA)

Title: Window to the World
Runtime: 11 min
Country: USA
Director: Martijn Schinkel
Placement: Honorable Mention
Competition: June, 2018

Synopsis: Window to the world is a short film about a photojournalist Eva. How far will she go to get that perfect photo? A photo that perhaps can dominate the news channels she works for.

In a war zone, journalist Otto, and photographer Eva flee into a building as it gets bombed. While Otto is fatally hit, Eva sees a little girl covered in dust. A perfect picture! Later, on her way to Otto’s funeral she gets haunted by guilt.