{"id":16981,"date":"2023-10-12T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/?p=16981"},"modified":"2023-10-13T10:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T10:23:58","slug":"winners-of-lucas-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/en\/winners-of-lucas-46\/","title":{"rendered":"DANCING QUEEN, JUNIORS and SORCERY awarded best films at LUCAS #46"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>The 46th edi\u00adti\u00adon of LUCAS \u2013 International Festival for Young Film Fans ended on Thursday with a fes\u00adti\u00adve award cerem\u00ado\u00adny: DANCING QUEEN, JUNIORS and SORCERY recei\u00adved awards as the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal best fea\u00adture-length films for young audi\u00aden\u00adces. APHONIA was hono\u00adred with the award for excep\u00adtio\u00adnal cine\u00adma\u00adtic achie\u00adve\u00adment \u2014 the first time a short film has won this pri\u00adze. The awards for the best short films go to LA CALESITA and THINGS UNHEARD OF in the \u00bbKids\u00ab com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon and ROOM in the \u00bbTeens\u00ab com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon. Festival direc\u00adtor Julia Flei\u00dfig con\u00adgra\u00adtu\u00adla\u00adted the award win\u00adners in the DFF Cinema.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Award win\u00adning films of the fea\u00adture film competitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Competition \u00bbKids\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prize for the best fea\u00adture film (5,000 \u20ac)<\/strong><br>\nDANCING QUEEN (NO 2023. Director: Aurora Goss\u00e9)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16946\" src=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Dancing-Queen-960x540.jpg\" alt width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Dancing-Queen-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Dancing-Queen-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Dancing-Queen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Dancing-Queen-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Dancing-Queen.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/p>\n<p>Twelve-year-old Mina is any\u00adthing but cool. Until now, this has\u00adn\u2019t bothe\u00adred her, but then she falls for her new class\u00adma\u00adte Edwin, who is a hip hop dancer. To be clo\u00adse to him, she joins a dance crew and from then on thinks of not\u00adhing else. In a fun\u00adny and thoughtful way, DANCING QUEEN tells how Mina finds hers\u00adelf after a few detours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jury state\u00adment in the \u00bbKids\u00ab competition<\/strong><br>\nThe film DANCING QUEEN is fun\u00adny and sad at the same time and tells the sto\u00adry of a cou\u00adra\u00adge\u00adous girl who pur\u00adsues her dream of dancing despi\u00adte all obs\u00adta\u00adcles. Mina\u2019s search for reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon and belon\u00adging is rou\u00adsing and emo\u00adtio\u00adnal, the actors and actres\u00adses con\u00advin\u00adced us in their acting and during the dance sce\u00adnes we would have lik\u00aded to dance along. We lear\u00adned that dancing is good for the brain and you wri\u00adte bet\u00adter papers if you do some dance moves before\u00adhand. We lik\u00aded the sen\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adve came\u00adra work, which also crea\u00adtes fun\u00adny sce\u00adnes wit\u00adhout making fun of the characters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable men\u00adti\u00adon from the jury in the \u00bbKids\u00ab competition<\/strong><br>\nTONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC&nbsp;LIGHT<br>\n(HU\/CZ\/SK 2023. Director: Filip Po\u0161iva\u010d)<\/p>\n<p>Tony has a spe\u00adcial gift: he glows. But in a house with a mons\u00adter that spreads bad vibes and dark\u00adness, he does\u00adn\u2019t have it easy with that. To pro\u00adtect him, his par\u00adents bare\u00adly let him out the door \u2014 which can be quite stif\u00adling at times. But when Shelly moves in, brin\u00adging fan\u00adta\u00adsy worlds to life with her flash\u00adlight, ever\u00ady\u00adthing changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jury state\u00adment in the \u00bbKids\u00ab competition<\/strong><br>\nWe can\u2019t fail to men\u00adti\u00adon a second film that par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly fasci\u00adna\u00adted and ama\u00adzed us with its extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adna\u00adry ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, crea\u00adti\u00adve ide\u00adas and a tou\u00adch\u00ading sto\u00adry. With rich\u00adly detail\u00aded clay and woo\u00adden pup\u00adpets, colorful paper back\u00addrops and a cave world made of fabric and pil\u00adlows, the film crea\u00adtes magi\u00adcal uni\u00adver\u00adses. We real\u00adly lik\u00aded the atten\u00adti\u00adon to detail in the set and cos\u00adtu\u00adme, the mul\u00adti-laye\u00adred cha\u00adrac\u00adters and the appro\u00adpria\u00adte and pur\u00adpo\u00adseful\u00adly used&nbsp;music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience Award<\/strong><br>\nDIE UNLANGWEILIGSTE SCHULE DER&nbsp;WELT<br>\n(DE 2023. Director: Ekrem&nbsp;Erg\u00fcn)<\/p>\n<p>At Maxes school ever\u00ady\u00adthing is orde\u00adred by the thick set of rules of the pet\u00adty-min\u00added prin\u00adci\u00adpal Schnittlich. Fun is for\u00adbidden and nice things end up in the Farbentsafter 2000, which lea\u00adves only a brown pile. When Maxe cau\u00adses cha\u00ados, Inspector Rumpus from the bore\u00addom-fight\u00ading aut\u00adho\u00adri\u00adty is cal\u00adled into action.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Competition \u00bbTeens\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prize for the best fea\u00adture film (5,000 \u20ac)<\/strong><br>\nJUNIORS (FR 2022. Director: Hugo Thomas)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16944\" src=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Juniors-960x540.jpg\" alt width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Juniors-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Juniors-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Juniors-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Juniors-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Juniors.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/p>\n<p>Jordan is bored with life in the small vil\u00adla\u00adge of Mornas. His mother is a nur\u00adse and is often absent, so he spends a lot of time with his best fri\u00adend Patrick. Most of the time, the two of them gam\u00adble on their shared con\u00adso\u00adle, but when it gives up the ghost, they deci\u00adde wit\u00adhout fur\u00adther ado that Jordan should fake an ill\u00adness. With the money they coll\u00adect for him in an online dona\u00adti\u00adon pool, they plan to buy a new console.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jury state\u00adment in the \u00bbTeens\u00ab competition<\/strong><br>\nThe film tre\u00adats a deli\u00adca\u00adte sub\u00adject with sen\u00adsi\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty and grace, yet still comes across as fresh and fun\u00adky. The young jury also prai\u00adses that the film shows the real con\u00adse\u00adquen\u00adces of the prot\u00adago\u00adnist Jordan\u2019s actions and fur\u00adther\u00admo\u00adre con\u00adveys that not all sto\u00adries have a hap\u00adpy ending and that we should all stand by the mista\u00adkes we make in&nbsp;life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention of the Jury in the \u00bbTeens\u00ab competition<\/strong><br>\nTHE SIREN (La Sir\u00e8ne. FR\/DE\/LU\/BE 2023. Director: Sepideh Farsi)<\/p>\n<p>When the First Gulf War beg\u00adins in 1980 and Iraq bombs the Iranian oil metro\u00adpo\u00adlis of Abadan, Omid is just 14 years old. While his mother and youn\u00adger siblings have alre\u00ada\u00addy fled, Omid has stay\u00aded with his grandfather.From then on, he deli\u00advers food and meets a wide varie\u00adty of peo\u00adp\u00adle along the&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statement of the jury in the \u00bbTeens\u00ab competition<\/strong><br>\nWe have deci\u00added to award Sepideh Farsi\u2019s THE SIREN with an hono\u00adrable men\u00adti\u00adon. The film stands out for its rea\u00adli\u00adstic por\u00adtra\u00ady\u00adal of war and its suc\u00adcessful 3D ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, which, alt\u00adhough very colorful, still con\u00adveys a very serious atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ECFA Award<\/strong><br>\nNINA AND THE HEDGEHOG\u2019S SECRET (Nina et le secret du h\u00e9ris\u00adson. FR\/LU 2023. Directors: Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli)<\/p>\n<p>Ten-year-old Nina loves to lis\u00adten to her father\u2019s bedti\u00adme sto\u00adries about a litt\u00adle hedge\u00adhog who dis\u00adco\u00advers the world. But sin\u00adce he lost his job at the fac\u00adto\u00adry, Nina\u2019s world has tur\u00adned upsi\u00adde down. Supposedly, the mana\u00adger of the fac\u00adto\u00adry mani\u00adpu\u00adla\u00adted the accoun\u00adting sys\u00adtem, caus\u00ading the col\u00adlap\u00adse. But rumor has it that the\u00adre is still a small emer\u00adgen\u00adcy reser\u00adve of money hid\u00adden some\u00adwhe\u00adre in the factory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statement of the ECFA&nbsp;Jury<\/strong><br>\nWe deci\u00added to award a film that focu\u00adses on an important and moving story.This one deals with the uni\u00adver\u00adsal the\u00admes of work and job loss, but also with the power of sto\u00adries and the ima\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon we need in our lives to dis\u00adco\u00adver the world around us. Through ori\u00adgi\u00adnal ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, the direc\u00adtors crea\u00adte bound\u00adless empa\u00adthy in the view\u00ader and inspi\u00adre hope \u2014 through the colors, the cha\u00adrac\u00adters and the intel\u00adli\u00adgent storytelling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award (MBTBA)<\/strong><br>\nTOTEM (NL\/LU\/DE 2022. Director: Sander Burger)<\/p>\n<p>Ama is a child of the water: born ele\u00adven years ago on the ship to Rotterdam, she is now pre\u00adpa\u00adring for a swim\u00adming com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon with her best fri\u00adend Thijs. Her par\u00adents may be from Senegal, but Ama feels Dutch.But she is not allo\u00adwed to give her address any\u00adwhe\u00adre and is not sup\u00adpo\u00adsed to talk to the poli\u00adce under any cir\u00adcum\u00ads\u00adtances. When her fami\u00adly\u2019s accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon is final\u00adly dis\u00adco\u00adver\u00aded, Ama\u2019s mother and litt\u00adle brot\u00adher are to be deported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable men\u00adti\u00adon by the MBTBA&nbsp;Jury<\/strong><br>\nTHE WORST ONES (FR 2022. Directors: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret).<\/p>\n<p>A direc\u00adtor wants to shoot a fea\u00adture film in the Picasso neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood, a sub\u00adurb of Boulogne-sur-Mer in nor\u00adt\u00adhern France. In search of authen\u00adtic young actors for his pro\u00adject, he holds a cas\u00adting ses\u00adsi\u00adon at the local school. There he choo\u00adses Lily, Ryan, Maylis and Jesse, four teen\u00adagers from the neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood who are actual\u00adly con\u00adfron\u00adted with com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly dif\u00adfe\u00adrent pro\u00adblems in their ever\u00ady\u00adday lives.The resi\u00addents of the sub\u00adurb are both sur\u00adpri\u00adsed and dis\u00admay\u00aded by his decis\u00adi\u00adon: Why would anyo\u00adne want to por\u00adtray \u201cthe worst\u201d on the big screen?[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Competition \u00bbYoungsters\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><strong>LUCAS \u00bbYoungsters\u00ab Award (5,000 \u20ac)<\/strong><br>\nSORCERY (Brujer\u00eda. CL\/MX\/DE 2022. Director: Christopher Murray)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16942\" src=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Sorcery_\u00a9Fabula_01_web-960x540.jpg\" alt width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Sorcery_\u00a9Fabula_01_web-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Sorcery_\u00a9Fabula_01_web-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Sorcery_\u00a9Fabula_01_web-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Sorcery_\u00a9Fabula_01_web-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/10\/Sorcery_\u00a9Fabula_01_web.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFathers die, and I can\u2019t bring anyo\u00adne back to life.\u201d The mayor of Rosa\u2019s vil\u00adla\u00adge is no help to the 13-year-old: the Huilliche lives on the Chilean island of Chilo\u00e9 and beco\u00admes an orphan when her father is mur\u00adde\u00adred by a German sett\u00adler. Neither the sta\u00adte nor the church want to offer her jus\u00adti\u00adce, but she finds shel\u00adter with Mateo, who, tog\u00ade\u00adther with other indi\u00adge\u00adnous inha\u00adbi\u00adtants of the island, main\u00adta\u00adins old tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons and rituals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jury state\u00adment in the \u00bbYoungsters\u00ab competition<\/strong><br>\nWhat real\u00adly moved us was the way the win\u00adning film told its his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal sto\u00adry through poe\u00adtic words. We think it has a solid nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve struc\u00adtu\u00adre, an excel\u00adlent way of describ\u00ading moral\u00adly gray cha\u00adrac\u00adters, and incre\u00addi\u00adble aes\u00adthe\u00adtic imagery. Director Christopher Murray has tru\u00adly out\u00addo\u00adne hims\u00adelf in brin\u00adging his cul\u00adtu\u00adre to life for all of us to experience.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<strong>Award win\u00adning films of the short film competitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Competition \u00bbKids\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prize for the best short film (2,000 \u20ac)<\/strong><br>\nLA CALESITA (AR 2022. Director: Augusto Schillaci)<br>\n\u2013 German pre\u00admie\u00adre at&nbsp;LUCAS&nbsp;\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14604\" src=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/LA-CALESITA-960x402.jpg\" alt=\"LA CALESITA \u00a9Reel Fx Animation\" width=\"960\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/LA-CALESITA-960x402.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/LA-CALESITA-1030x431.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/LA-CALESITA-768x322.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/LA-CALESITA-1536x643.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/LA-CALESITA.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/p>\n<p>A spin on the carou\u00adsel puts a smi\u00adle on the faces of young and old. But main\u00adtai\u00adning it is a hass\u00adle, and adja\u00adcent con\u00ads\u00adtruc\u00adtion work threa\u00adtens to push the colorful attrac\u00adtion out of the cityscape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statement jury in the \u00bbKids\u00ab competition<\/strong><br>\nA beau\u00adtiful\u00adly desi\u00adgned and moving short film in 3D ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about an old man who loses his bel\u00adoved carou\u00adsel becau\u00adse a lar\u00adge con\u00ads\u00adtruc\u00adtion site and gray office buil\u00addings take its place. The child\u00adren, now grown up, who used to play on his old carou\u00adsel, come to join him in buil\u00adding a new carou\u00adsel out of old and new parts. Helping each other, sti\u00adcking tog\u00ade\u00adther, making space for kids in the city, and not play\u00ading on the cell pho\u00adne so much is the mes\u00adsa\u00adge we lik\u00aded a&nbsp;lot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ex aequo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THINGS UNHEARD OF<br>\n(Serp\u00eahatiy\u00ean Neqewim\u00ee. TR 2023. R: Ramazan K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7)<br>\n\u2013 German pre\u00admie\u00adre at&nbsp;LUCAS&nbsp;\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14614\" src=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/THINGS-UNHEARD-OF-960x520.jpg\" alt=\"THINGS UNHEARD OF \u00a9Remo Films\" width=\"960\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/THINGS-UNHEARD-OF-960x520.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/THINGS-UNHEARD-OF-1030x557.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/THINGS-UNHEARD-OF-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/THINGS-UNHEARD-OF-1536x831.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/THINGS-UNHEARD-OF.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/p>\n<p>Ten-year-old \u015eev\u00een lives with her fami\u00adly in the coun\u00adtry\u00adsi\u00adde. When her grand\u00admo\u00adther\u2019s TV dis\u00adap\u00adpears one day, she does ever\u00ady\u00adthing she can to get her a new one. After all, the TV is her grand\u00admo\u00adther\u2019s gate\u00adway to the rest of the&nbsp;world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jury state\u00adment in the \u00bbKids\u00ab competition<\/strong><br>\nIn impres\u00adsi\u00adve pic\u00adtures, Ramazan K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 tells how ten-year-old \u015eevin mana\u00adges to gather the vil\u00adla\u00adge com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty in front of a home\u00adma\u00adde TV to hear the news of the day, tell her own sto\u00adries and lis\u00adten to songs, so that even her grand\u00admo\u00adther smi\u00adles again, that plea\u00adsed us very much, impres\u00adsed us and made us smi\u00adle our\u00adsel\u00adves. \u201cIt\u2019s like that in real life!\u201d said one jury mem\u00adber. A poe\u00adtic and poli\u00adti\u00adcal film that addres\u00adses access to edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon \u2014 espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly for girls \u2014 tells a sto\u00adry of cohe\u00adsi\u00adon and soli\u00adda\u00adri\u00adty. Understandable even wit\u00adhout words, only through the power of the actors and actres\u00adses, the images, the music, rea\u00adli\u00adstic and at the same time full of&nbsp;hope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bbStadtteiljury\u00ab Award<\/strong><br>\nTHE STORY OF BODRI (Historien Om Bodri. SE 2022. R: Stina Wirs\u00e9n)<br>\n\u2013 German pre\u00admie\u00adre at&nbsp;LUCAS&nbsp;\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Through the real-life sto\u00adry of Hedi and her dog Bodri, this film tells of the Holocaust in an acces\u00adsi\u00adble way, wit\u00adhout losing hope.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Competition \u00bbTeens\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prize for the best short film (2,000 \u20ac)<\/strong><br>\nROOM (US 2022. Director: Ian Dani&nbsp;Kim)<br>\n\u2013 German pre\u00admie\u00adre at&nbsp;LUCAS&nbsp;\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14630\" src=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/ROOM-960x540.jpg\" alt=\"ROOM \u00a9Ian Dani Kim\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/ROOM-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/ROOM-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/ROOM-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/ROOM-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lucas-filmfestival.de\/medien\/2023\/08\/ROOM.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/p>\n<p>Dani is having a hard time with the pan\u00adde\u00admic and the lock\u00addown that comes with it. Like many other teen\u00adagers, he is strugg\u00adling with the effects of the pan\u00adde\u00admic on his men\u00adtal health. 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