SEASON 2023
Official Selection
Winners
Official Selection
MOVIE / DIRECTOR / COUNTRY
250km – Hasmik Movsisyan – Armenia
4801 Nights – Laurence Michel – France, Norway
A Calling. From the Desert. To the Sea – Murad Abu Eisheh – Jordan
A Guerra Finita – Simone Massi – Italy
A Guitar in the Bucket – Boyoung Kim – Korea
A Wolf in the Dark – Naomi Grand – France
After We’re Gone – Ima Iduozee – Finland
Air – Martha Kenya Marquez Alkadef Cortes – Mexico
AirHostess-737 – Thanasis Neofotistos – Greece
All-Inclusive – Duván Duque Vargas – Colombia
Almost Home – Nils Keller – Germany
Any Old Sunday – Sebastien Duattis – France
Atonement – Kaveh Akaber – Sweden
Auxiliaire – Lucas Bacle – France
Banished Childhood – Alberto Arnaut, Diego Rabasa – Mexico
Bazigaga – Jo Ingabire Moys – Réunion
Big Girl’s Forever – Brandon Flynn – United States
Blue Monday – Fintan O’Connor – United Kingdom
Boo – Genevieve Aniello – United States
Breakthrough | The Story of Tina Guo – Auctus Productions – United States
Buffer Zone – Savvas Stavrou – Cyprus
Call Me Mommy – Haley Alea Erickson, Taylor Washington – United States
Children’s Time – Eve-Chems de Brouwer – France
Crooks – Heart Of Vengeance – Snorre Fuglsang Ruhe – Denmark
Darker – Frank van den Bogaart – Belgium
Dog Breath – James Westbrook – United States
Dreams – Samantha Scafiddi – United States
Drug Dealers – Caleb Joye – United States
El Último Torero – Katariina Lillqvist – Czech Republic, Finland, Spain, Sweden
Every Day After – Elisa Gambino – Philippines
Eye to Eye – Gari Kikoïne – France
Fairplay – Zoel Aeschbacher – France, Switzerland
Fár – Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter – Iceland
Free Men – Óskar Kristinn Vignisson – Denmark
Fuck You Mlungu – Mikal Hovland – Norway, Swaziland
Gnomes – Ruwan Heggelman – Netherlands
Granny’s Sexual Life – Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard – France, Slovenia
Harold & Mary – Stephen Gallacher – United Kingdom
Hello, Muscles – Marnie Baxter – United Kingdom
Held – Toby Wharton – United Kingdom
Here We Are: Notes For Living on Planet Earth – Philip Hunt – United Kingdom
Home Office – Endre Lund Eriksen, Daniel Damm – Norway
Hot Sauce – Yacine Saadi – France
How it Goes – Ryan Espinosa – United States
I’m On Fire – Michael Spiccia – Australia, United States
Ice Merchants – João Gonzalez – France, Portugal
Ivalu – Anders Walter, Pipaluk Kreutzmann Jørgensen – Denmark
Klette – Michael Abay – Belgium
Know the Grass – Sophie Littman – United Kingdom
La Calesita – Augusto Schillaci – Canada, United States
Las Visitantes – Enrique Buleo – Spain
Lass Mörder Sein – Max Gleschinski – Germany
Last Call – Harry Holland – United Kingdom
Loop – Pablo Polledri – Argentina, Spain
Mirage – Arthur Fanget – France
Modern Life – Antoine Svolanek – France
Mona – Abdulrahman Alshowaiki – Belgium
Mort Diplomatique – João Papa – Brazil
My Style Is… – Matt Vega – United States
Nada De Todo Esto – Patricio Martínez, Francisco Cantón – Argentina
Of Kisses and Capes – Eléna Weiss – Germany
Olly Disappears – Oskar Brockbank – United Kingdom
On My Mind – Martin Strange-Hansen – Denmark
Orgasm – Edie Blanchard – France
Our Males and Females – Ahmad Alyaseer – Jordan
Paris Bruxelles – Marjorie Lhomme – France
Paso Doble – Heida Reed – United Kingdom
Portrait of a Disappearing Woman – Nelson Polfliet – Belgium
Process – Patrick Gather – United Kingdom
Quiet Water – Jules Hamdadou – France
Rip Tide – Luisa Dantas – United States
Road Home – Stepan Sokolov – Russian Federation
Second Round – Gábor Holtai – Hungary
Selection Process – Carla Pereira – Spain
Sèt Lam – Vincent Fontano – Réunion
She’s The Protagonist – Sarah Carlot Jaber – Belgium
Soulmate – Richard Fenwick – United Kingdom
Spaceboy – Veerle De Wilde – Belgium
Step Into The Light – Andrew Winghart – United States
Swallow Flying to the South – Mochi Lin – United States
Sweet Juices – Will Suen, Sejon Im – Australia
Tea funeral – Aleksandra Gavrilenko – Russian Federation
The Caddy – Gabriel Beristain – United States
The Clockwork of Sunflowers – Albane Bisleau,, Sarah El KarkouriI, Valentine Gaffinel, Rokiatou Konaté,, Marie Schnakenbourg – France
The Debutante – Elizabeth Hobbs – United Kingdom
The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg Was Born the Same Year I Was – Chella Man – United States
The Eastern Rain – Milly Yencken – Estonia
The Grand Mother – Julia Hazuka – Poland
The Never Ending Now – Damien Krisl – France
The One Note Man – George C. Siougas – United Kingdom
The Other End of the Street – Kálmán Nagy – Hungary
The Right Words – Adrian Moyse Dullin – France
The Thing With Feathers – Tianlin Xu – Germany
Tits – Eivind Landsvik – Norway
Torn – Michael Gene Conti – United States
250km – Hasmik Movsisyan – Armenia
4801 Nights – Laurence Michel – France, Norway
A Calling. From the Desert. To the Sea – Murad Abu Eisheh – Jordan
A Guerra Finita – Simone Massi – Italy
A Guitar in the Bucket – Boyoung Kim – Korea
A Wolf in the Dark – Naomi Grand – France
After We’re Gone – Ima Iduozee – Finland
Air – Martha Kenya Marquez Alkadef Cortes – Mexico
AirHostess-737 – Thanasis Neofotistos – Greece
All-Inclusive – Duván Duque Vargas – Colombia
Almost Home – Nils Keller – Germany
Any Old Sunday – Sebastien Duattis – France
Atonement – Kaveh Akaber – Sweden
Auxiliaire – Lucas Bacle – France
Banished Childhood – Alberto Arnaut, Diego Rabasa – Mexico
Bazigaga – Jo Ingabire Moys – Réunion
Big Girl’s Forever – Brandon Flynn – United States
Blue Monday – Fintan O’Connor – United Kingdom
Boo – Genevieve Aniello – United States
Breakthrough | The Story of Tina Guo – Auctus Productions – United States
Buffer Zone – Savvas Stavrou – Cyprus
Call Me Mommy – Haley Alea Erickson, Taylor Washington – United States
Children’s Time – Eve-Chems de Brouwer – France
Crooks – Heart Of Vengeance – Snorre Fuglsang Ruhe – Denmark
Darker – Frank van den Bogaart – Belgium
Dog Breath – James Westbrook – United States
Dreams – Samantha Scafiddi – United States
Drug Dealers – Caleb Joye – United States
El Último Torero – Katariina Lillqvist – Czech Republic, Finland, Spain, Sweden
Every Day After – Elisa Gambino – Philippines
Eye to Eye – Gari Kikoïne – France
Fairplay – Zoel Aeschbacher – France, Switzerland
Fár – Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter – Iceland
Free Men – Óskar Kristinn Vignisson – Denmark
Fuck You Mlungu – Mikal Hovland – Norway, Swaziland
Gnomes – Ruwan Heggelman – Netherlands
Granny’s Sexual Life – Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard – France, Slovenia
Harold & Mary – Stephen Gallacher – United Kingdom
Hello, Muscles – Marnie Baxter – United Kingdom
Held – Toby Wharton – United Kingdom
Here We Are: Notes For Living on Planet Earth – Philip Hunt – United Kingdom
Home Office – Endre Lund Eriksen, Daniel Damm – Norway
Hot Sauce – Yacine Saadi – France
How it Goes – Ryan Espinosa – United States
I’m On Fire – Michael Spiccia – Australia, United States
Ice Merchants – João Gonzalez – France, Portugal
Ivalu – Anders Walter, Pipaluk Kreutzmann Jørgensen – Denmark
Klette – Michael Abay – Belgium
Know the Grass – Sophie Littman – United Kingdom
La Calesita – Augusto Schillaci – Canada, United States
Las Visitantes – Enrique Buleo – Spain
Lass Mörder Sein – Max Gleschinski – Germany
Last Call – Harry Holland – United Kingdom
Loop – Pablo Polledri – Argentina, Spain
Mirage – Arthur Fanget – France
Modern Life – Antoine Svolanek – France
Mona – Abdulrahman Alshowaiki – Belgium
Mort Diplomatique – João Papa – Brazil
My Style Is… – Matt Vega – United States
Nada De Todo Esto – Patricio Martínez, Francisco Cantón – Argentina
Of Kisses and Capes – Eléna Weiss – Germany
Olly Disappears – Oskar Brockbank – United Kingdom
On My Mind – Martin Strange-Hansen – Denmark
Orgasm – Edie Blanchard – France
Our Males and Females – Ahmad Alyaseer – Jordan
Paris Bruxelles – Marjorie Lhomme – France
Paso Doble – Heida Reed – United Kingdom
Portrait of a Disappearing Woman – Nelson Polfliet – Belgium
Process – Patrick Gather – United Kingdom
Quiet Water – Jules Hamdadou – France
Rip Tide – Luisa Dantas – United States
Road Home – Stepan Sokolov – Russian Federation
Second Round – Gábor Holtai – Hungary
Selection Process – Carla Pereira – Spain
Sèt Lam – Vincent Fontano – Réunion
She’s The Protagonist – Sarah Carlot Jaber – Belgium
Soulmate – Richard Fenwick – United Kingdom
Spaceboy – Veerle De Wilde – Belgium
Step Into The Light – Andrew Winghart – United States
Swallow Flying to the South – Mochi Lin – United States
Sweet Juices – Will Suen, Sejon Im – Australia
Tea funeral – Aleksandra Gavrilenko – Russian Federation
The Caddy – Gabriel Beristain – United States
The Clockwork of Sunflowers – Albane Bisleau,, Sarah El KarkouriI, Valentine Gaffinel, Rokiatou Konaté,, Marie Schnakenbourg – France
The Debutante – Elizabeth Hobbs – United Kingdom
The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg Was Born the Same Year I Was – Chella Man – United States
The Eastern Rain – Milly Yencken – Estonia
The Grand Mother – Julia Hazuka – Poland
The Never Ending Now – Damien Krisl – France
The One Note Man – George C. Siougas – United Kingdom
The Other End of the Street – Kálmán Nagy – Hungary
The Right Words – Adrian Moyse Dullin – France
The Thing With Feathers – Tianlin Xu – Germany
Tits – Eivind Landsvik – Norway
Torn – Michael Gene Conti – United States
Winners
GRAND PRIX – USD 3000
THE ONE NOTE MAN | George C. Siougas | United Kingdom
PRIX DU JURY – USD 2000
I’M ON FIRE | Michael Spiccia | United States
PRIX DU MEILLEUR ESPOIR – USD 1000
THE OTHER END OF THE STREET | Kálmán Nagy | Hungary
AUDIENCE AWARD – USD 1000
THE ONE NOTE MAN | George C. Siougas | United Kingdom
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
FAIRPLAY by Zoel Aeschbacher | France
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
THE OTHER END OF THE STREET by Kálmán Nagy | Hungary
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
EVERY DAY AFTER by Elisa Gambino | United States
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE by Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard | Slovenia
LA CALESITA by Augusto Schillaci | Argentina
BEST NEW FILMMAKERS SHORT
THE CLOCKWORK OF SUNFLOWERS by Albane Bisleau, Sarah El Karkouri, Valentine Gaffinel, Rokiatou Konaté, Marie Schnakenbourg | France
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
AFTER WE’RE GONE by Ima Iduozee | Finland
BEST STUDENT SHORT
WETSUIT by João Salgado | Portugal
BEST HORROR SHORT
UNBORN BIRU by Inga Elin Marakatt | Norway
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
CROOKS – Heart Of Vengeance by Snorre Fuglsang Ruhe | Denmark
BEST COMEDY SHORT
CALL ME MOMMY by Haley Alea Erickson, Taylor Washington | United States
BEST PRODUCER
Jonas Lembeck | ALMOST HOME | Germany
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Marnie Baxter | HELLO, MUSCLES |United Kingdom
BEST MALE DIRECTOR
George C. Siougas | THE ONE NOTE MAN | United Kingdom
BEST FEMALE STUDENT DIRECTOR
Veerle De Wilde | SPACEBOY | Belgium
BEST MALE STUDENT DIRECTOR
Frank van den Bogaart | DARKER | Belgium
BEST ACTRESS
Lena Papaligoura | AIRHOSTESS-737 | Greece
Lindsay Duncan | LAST CALL | United Kingdom
BEST ACTOR
Dermot Crowley | HAROLD & MARY | United Kingdom
Leonard Grobien | OF KISSES AND CAPES | Germany
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
FAIRPLAY | France
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Vadim Alsayed | SET LAM | France
BEST EDITING
Shane Reid | I’M ON FIRE | United States
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Arielle Ness- Cohn | I’M ON FIRE | United States
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Lachlan Harris | I’M ON FIRE | United States
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Lorenzo Danesin | A GUERRA FINITA | Italy
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Stephen Warbeck | THE ONE NOTE MAN | United Kingdom
BEST SCREENWRITING
Kálmán Nagy | THE OTHER END OF THE STREET | Hungary
THE ONE NOTE MAN | George C. Siougas | United Kingdom
PRIX DU JURY – USD 2000
I’M ON FIRE | Michael Spiccia | United States
PRIX DU MEILLEUR ESPOIR – USD 1000
THE OTHER END OF THE STREET | Kálmán Nagy | Hungary
AUDIENCE AWARD – USD 1000
THE ONE NOTE MAN | George C. Siougas | United Kingdom
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
FAIRPLAY by Zoel Aeschbacher | France
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
THE OTHER END OF THE STREET by Kálmán Nagy | Hungary
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
EVERY DAY AFTER by Elisa Gambino | United States
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE by Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard | Slovenia
LA CALESITA by Augusto Schillaci | Argentina
BEST NEW FILMMAKERS SHORT
THE CLOCKWORK OF SUNFLOWERS by Albane Bisleau, Sarah El Karkouri, Valentine Gaffinel, Rokiatou Konaté, Marie Schnakenbourg | France
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
AFTER WE’RE GONE by Ima Iduozee | Finland
BEST STUDENT SHORT
WETSUIT by João Salgado | Portugal
BEST HORROR SHORT
UNBORN BIRU by Inga Elin Marakatt | Norway
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
CROOKS – Heart Of Vengeance by Snorre Fuglsang Ruhe | Denmark
BEST COMEDY SHORT
CALL ME MOMMY by Haley Alea Erickson, Taylor Washington | United States
BEST PRODUCER
Jonas Lembeck | ALMOST HOME | Germany
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Marnie Baxter | HELLO, MUSCLES |United Kingdom
BEST MALE DIRECTOR
George C. Siougas | THE ONE NOTE MAN | United Kingdom
BEST FEMALE STUDENT DIRECTOR
Veerle De Wilde | SPACEBOY | Belgium
BEST MALE STUDENT DIRECTOR
Frank van den Bogaart | DARKER | Belgium
BEST ACTRESS
Lena Papaligoura | AIRHOSTESS-737 | Greece
Lindsay Duncan | LAST CALL | United Kingdom
BEST ACTOR
Dermot Crowley | HAROLD & MARY | United Kingdom
Leonard Grobien | OF KISSES AND CAPES | Germany
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
FAIRPLAY | France
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Vadim Alsayed | SET LAM | France
BEST EDITING
Shane Reid | I’M ON FIRE | United States
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Arielle Ness- Cohn | I’M ON FIRE | United States
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Lachlan Harris | I’M ON FIRE | United States
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Lorenzo Danesin | A GUERRA FINITA | Italy
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Stephen Warbeck | THE ONE NOTE MAN | United Kingdom
BEST SCREENWRITING
Kálmán Nagy | THE OTHER END OF THE STREET | Hungary