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Festivals & Awards
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"SKIN"

Short film 2023 - Los Angeles

Director/Writer/Cinematographer: Leo Behrens

Producer: Ilayda Cetinkaya 

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  • Student Academy Awards Gold Medal winner in alternative/experimental 2023

  • Oslo Fusion International Film Festival 2023 - Official Selection 

  • AFI FEST 2023 - Official Selection

  • Guadalajara Film Festival 2023 - Official Selection 

  • Los Angeles Cinematography Awards 2023 - Winner of: Best short, Best Picture of the Month,

       Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Producer, Best Production Design, Best Editing. 

  • GemFest 2024 - Official Selection 

  • Fargo Film Festival 2024 - Official Selection 

  • Roze Filmdagen LGBTQ Film Festival 2024 - Official Selection 

  • Creative Film Awards 2024 - Official Selection 

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"Evan Ever After"
Short Doc 2022 - Florida
Director: Radha Metha & Ariel Mahler
Director of Photography: Leo Behrens 
  • Florida Film Festival 2023 - The Audience Award for "Best Florida Short" 
  • HollyShorts Los Angeles 2023 - Official Selection 
  • Outfest Los Angeles 2023 - Official Selection
  • NewFest 2023 - Official Selection 
  • InsideOut Toronto 2023 - Official Selection 
  • NorthWest Fest 2023 - Official Selection
  • Coney Island Film Festival NY 2023 - Official Selection
  • ​Global Peace Film Festival 2023 - Official Selection 

https://www.orangeobserver.com/news/2023/mar/31/olympia-high-school-graduate-to-be-featured-at-florida-film-festival/
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"Groomsperson"

Short Film 2022 - Los Angeles 

Director: Benj Welmond

Director of Photography: Leo Behrens 

 

Translation Film Festival, Seattle 2023 - Official Selection

Los Angeles Cinematography Awards 2023 - Winner of "Best Drama" 

 

 https://seedandspark.com/fund/groomsperson#updates

Født i feil kropp born in the wrong body gullruten winner trans cinematographer director of photographty leo behrens

"Født i Feil Kropp" S1Documentary Series 2014 - Oslo, Norway 

Director: Petter Vennerød

Cinematographer: Patrick

Cast: Leo Behrens + many more

Season 2 Cinematographer: Leo Behrens 

Gullruten (Golden Screen) Norway 2014Winner of the category Best Documentary 

https://play.tv2.no/programmer/fakta/foedt-i-feil-kropphttps://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B8dt_i_feil_kropp

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"Historien om deg og meg" / "The story about you and me" 
Short Doc 2009 - Oslo, Norway
Producer, Director, Writer and Editor: Leo Behrens & Emmeline Berglund

Norway's student academy award Gullkalven 2009: 

Winner of the Honorary award 
Winner of 1st prize in the category Documentary 
Oslo Fusion Film Festival, Norway 2009 - Winner of the Audience Award
The Norwegian documentary festival 2009 - Nominated for Best Documentary 
EuroDoc Festival 2010 - Official Selection 

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https://www.kreativtforum.no/artikler/nyheter/kalven-er-slaktet-2009-6

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