WINNERS
SUMMER EDITION 2023/24

Grand Prix: Best European Short
Winner
Three boys (Gianfranco Boattini, Italy)

Grand Prix: Best European Short Documentary
Winner
County lines: Grooming & Exploitation (Adam King, UK)
Honorable Mention
Deer Bell (Edit Jakab, Hungary)

Grand Prix: Best European Super Short Film (under 10 min.)
Honorable Mention
Padre (ML Post, Italy)

Grand Prix: Best American Short
Winner
The Last Embrace (Diego Contreras, USA)
Honorable Mention
The Catastrophe (Kendall Christianson, USA)
LA PIETRA (The Stone) (Nikita Hattangady, USA)

Grand Prix: Best Asian Short
Winner
Shadow under the Bed (Yu-Le CHANG, Taiwan)
Honorable Mention
Halves (Divyanshu Asopa, India)

Grand Prix: Best Short
Winner
Neven (Adrián Adamec, Slovakia)

Grand Prix: Best Short Documentary
Winner
The Curse Effect (Gregg Jaden, USA)

Best Indie Short Film
Winner
Bonding (Luke Rex, USA)
Honorable Mention
The Feast (Mariam Bitsadze, Georgia)
Routine (Roberto López Carneiro, Spain)

Best Student Film
Winner
GRAU (David Pohlus, Germany)
Honorable Mention
Guguto Memeto (Branislav Stosic Jeza, Bosnia and Hertzegovina)
GENTLEMAN SOFA RIDER (Atef Maslah, France)

Best Animation
Winner
Legacy (Tamás Ivády, Hungary)

Best Experimental
Winner
The Smugglers of Silence (A CONTRE-BANDE) (Olivier Simon, France)
Honorable Mention
Eicha: The Book of Lumenations (Adeena Michelle Karasick, ?)

Best Director Short
Winner
Karma is a Hitch (Oliver Kahl, Germany)

Best Female Director
Winner
Section 2 

Best First-Time Director (Short)
Winner
Ten Out of Ten (Imre Mazlo, Hungary)
Honorable Mention
The Sculptor's Wife: A Love Story in Documentation (Traci L Slatton, USA)

Best Director Student Film
Winner
Paloma (Loïc Viatte, Switzerland)

Best Music Video
Winner
They are watching you (Quentin Bernard, France)
Honorable Mention
Lunikk - Violet Hour (Todd Iliev, Bulgaria)

Best Director Music Video
Winner
Mom told you so (Cécile Cournelle, France)

Best Web/TV Series
Winner
CUT! (Marie Lazovic, France)
Honorable Mention
Mille (Arnaud de Grandry, Cédric Fleury, France)

Best Drama
Winner
Our Males and Females (Ahmad Alyaseer, Jordan)

Best Comedy
Winner
A Deadly Mistake (Dariusz Henka, Poland)

Best Horror
Winner
My Baby (John Dada, France)

Best Thriller
Winner
The white horse (Goran Mihailov, Romania)

Best Sci-Fi
Honorable Mention
Bisected (Danny Pineros, USA)

Best Fantasy
Winner
The Hourglass (Alexandre Bilardo, Switzerland)

Best LGBTQ
Winner
Our Males and Females (Ahmad Alyaseer, Jordan)

Best Inspirational
Winner
We Dance for Life (Ian Sciacaluga, UK)

Best Actor Short Film
Winner
Those Who Follow (Arton Bunjaku, Germany)

Best Actress Short Film
Winner
On the Brink (Noemi Krausz, Germany)
Honorable Mention
Conti (Julie Minichová United Kingdom)

Best Sound Design
Winner
Tuning In: A Sea of Sound (Jeroen van de Bovenkamp, Netherlands)

Best Cinematography
Winner
Guguto Memeto (Branislav Stosic Jeza, Bosnia and Hertzegovina)

Best Production
Winner
Volte Face (Cedrick Spinassou, France)

Best Drama Screenplay
Winner
Bell Tolls (Sebastian Davis, UK)
Honorable Mention
Becoming Chavela (Joyce Callo, USA)
Vincible ( Kat Rollinson, UK)

Best Comedy Screenplay
Winner
Steve's Law (Paul May, Canada)
Honorable Mention
Pétanque was never so much fun! (Zeff Lawless, Billy Lawless, Spain)

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Winner
Pur Sang (Hugo Poisson, France)

Best LGBTQ Screenplay
Winner
Windy City (Joseph Anthony Francis, USA)
Honorable Mention
Germans Don't Make Movies (Lucas Reinke, UK)

Best Tv Pilot Screenplay
Winner
Vinegar and Oil (Joseph Anthony Francis, USA)

Grand Prix: Best Short Screenplay
Winner
The Lightkeeper's Tale (Tim Walton, USA)

Grand Prix: Best Feature Screenplay
Winner
Alex* (Joachim H. Böttcher, Switzerland)