AWARDS WINNERS APRIL 2023
JURY PRIZE
The Blizzard of Souls, feature, director Dzintars Dreibergs, Latvia
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
A Soldier, short, director Nikesh Limbu, United Kingdom
BEST ANIMATION
Shooom’s Odyssey, animation, director Julien Bisaro, France
This Side – Other Side, animation, director Lida Fazil, Iran*
Life on the Move, animation, Osbert Parker, United Kingdom
BEST DEBUT DOCUMENTARY
Education and Nationalism, documentary, director Hisayo Saika, Japan
BEST DEBUT SHORT
Open Call, short, director Katia Crivellari, France
Flight, short, director Hakim Traida, Franc Hartman, Netherlands
First Snow, short, director Anton Sytnik, Ukraine
BEST DOCUMENTARY ECO
Down River Jordan, documentary, director Addie Navarro, USA
Tabula Rasa, documentary, directors: Marc Décostered nd Bernard Garo, Switzerland
BEST DOCUMENTARY ETHNO
Uncivilized, documentary, director Michael Lees, Dominica
Temazcal Tochi, documentary, Laetita Guerin, Mexico
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Third and Fourth Generation, documentary, director Lukas Zund, Switzerland
BEST SHORT
Irèn, short, director Paul Tandonnet, France
Speaker, short, director Alan Hamwan, United Kingdom
Cornelia, Short, director Sander Blom, Netherlands
BEST FEATURE
The Blizzard of Souls, feature, director Dzintars Dreibergs, Latvia
Reveille, feature, director Michael Akkerman, USA
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Beyond The Border – Beksisa, feature, director Alessandro Valenti, Italy
The Field of Forgotten, feature, director Kimla Roger Gbekou, Togo
BEST FILM FOR CHILDREN
Snatched, short, director Anne Stafford Murrey, United Kingdom
Life Hut, short, director Erdal Kara, Turkey
Suitcase, short, director Iann Alekseevna Mazzolina, Russia
BEST CREATED BY CHILDREN
REZ, animation, Atelier Soudé, France
PEACE, director Nikolaos Galanis and students Agios Dimitrios Primary School, Greece
SPECIAL MENTION FOR BEST CAMERA
Krystof, feature, director Zsenek Jirasky, Slovakia
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
Aurore (Dawn), Côte d’Ivoire
Battles Beyond the Horizon, USA
Calling Hearts, United Arab Emirates
Far Away Man, Australia
Intimidation, France
Luke and Emma and a Gas Station, USA
Spanish Debut, Spain
Superheroes, Brazil
The Bottles, Russia
The Horrible « Charm » of a nuclear explosion, USA
The Eaglets. Grodno’39, Poland
Through The Visual Lens, UK
The Wooden Wedding, Ukraine
Those Who Don’t Want to See, Argentina
100 of Us, Nigeria
Forgotten Song, Poland
Ali and His Miracle Sheep, Iraq
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