BEST FICTION FEATURE FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Children of God. Spain
DIRECTOR: Joan Girbau Xalabarder Heart of Uganda. Mulajje, a town surrounded by jungle, receives the visit of some foreigners from European and Asian distant countries. The town community is exposed to the dangers of AIDS, malaria and poverty. The documentary explores the brotherhood between human beings, among any race, gender or social class differences.
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BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM
LOS PARALELOS. France
DIRECTOR: Benoit Maestre
DIRECTOR: Benoit Maestre
A wandering documentary. Images, lives and words in voiceover. Artists, workers, political prisoners, migrants, farmers, women and men wonder what they are doing with their lives.
Ask, contemplate. Facing the animal world, the power of nature. Dream.
Seek balance.
Ask, contemplate. Facing the animal world, the power of nature. Dream.
Seek balance.
BEST FICTION SHORT FILM
Our Males and Jordan Females. Jordan
DIRECTOR: Ahmad Alyaseer A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased transgender daughter. Shrouding is an Islamic religious practice that is deemed obligatory to carry out upon death. But when no one agrees to wash her and shame falls onto the family, how far is the father willing to go to make sure his "son" is washed?
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BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Help me help you. Belgium
DIRECTOR: Stéphanie Sassen Help me help you is about young people motivated to help in Namibia’s Kalahari Desert, a place that has attracted much outsider help for many decades. Armed with cameras and participatory video training given by an overseas NGO, a group of young Ju/’hoansi become activists. “It’s not good to sit without doing something”. As they are making a film on the roots of educational marginalisation, the film they are in weaves together joint challenges and contrasts good intentions with power dynamics.
The youngsters turn the camera on school children. The filmmaker turns the camera on the youngsters. Through a microphone, they are opening up a space to speak across generations and continents in their quest to help. But what does help mean? |
BEST ANIMATION FILM
Partner. Kazakhstan
DIRECTOR: Akezhan Daniyar The mystery of the missing necklace leads two detectives through the backstreets of the old city, constantly putting obstacles in their way and confusing their steps. Will the partners be able to overcome everything that stands in their path and uncover the main secret of their investigation? |
BEST SOCIAL SHORT FILM
At a Glance. Netherlands
DIRECTOR: Ruud Satijn During his evening shift, pizza delivery guy Izem suspects domestic violence is taking place behind the doors of a wealthy customer. Do the police believe his warning?
At a Glance is about a quest for connection by people from various social backgrounds, who are challenged to shake off their prejudices. For Izem and his customers, this is not without risk. |
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Farvæl/Goodbye. Faroe Islands
DIRECTOR: Dawn Florinda Wall Farvæl is a Faroese song about grief.
We have all felt grief and most of us have lost someone we care about. When it hits, we often get paralyzed and have a hard time functioning. The song “Farvæl” translates the words and the mood of grief into song and with that it communicates what can be so hard to say, when we are faced with a loss. The music video compliments the song and tells the tale of a person going on the journey from the paralyzed state to slowly returning to her everyday life, despite having lost a loved one. |