Award Winners 2024

  • The Lord Is My Shepherd - short film ALEXANDAR TOMOV - JUNIOR Best Bulgarian Student Short Film

  • Good Night, Lily PETER VULCHEV Best Bulgarian Compositor

  • Millions of cats PETYA ANDREEVA Best Cinematographer of a Bulgarian Feature Film

  • Burden of debt LUKE FAULKNER Contribution to the Development of Bulgarian Cinema

  • Eternity LARA SALSA Best Foreign Student Animated Film

  • Kurumba ELIAS GEORGE PONODATHU Best Student Film

  • AuterSight BERNADETT NADIN CSÉPKE Best Film on the Triumph of the Human Spirit among People with Disabilities

  • Beyond a day of rain JACOPO PARELLA Best Student Feature Film

  • The Boy And Apple Tree JALAL PANAHI Best Kids Animation

  • WONDERMOM FRANCOIS HEISER Best Animated Short Film

  • Nyiragitwa: Daughter of Sacyega FISTON MUDACUMURA Best Director of a Foreign Animated Film

  • Departure TAKAYUKI YOSHIKAWA Best Composer (Animated Film)

  • 3 Little Kungpoo Goats KIANOUSH DALVAND, FARZAD DALVAND Best 3D Animated Film

  • Out of the loop SEUNG HUI Best 2D Animated Film

  • Love Languages AMGAD ABD ELMOHSEN Best Family Animation

  • A hundred years thinking about you / Cien años pienso en ti DYANA CASTELLÓN Best Foreign Student Short Film

  • VERTICAL HEALING YUNQING GUAN, HUIBO HU, XINTONG LI Best Virtual Reality Film

  • Let me... AIBEK NIGMET Best Actor in a Student Film

  • On the Hill GEORGE STAGAKIS Best Visual Storytelling Short Film

  • Innocent SACHA PINET, MALO ROINSON Best Adolescent Actor

  • Embrace Unkonwn PENGJIE ZHAO Best Social Drama Student Film

  • Bedbound ANDREA MUDBIDRI Best Student Editing

  • For Them That Prey MMAKGOSI ANITA TAU Best Psychological Thriller

  • Antología AMARY FIGUEROA Best American Student Film

  • Adelfas ADRIÀ FERNÁNDEZ CODINA Best Screenplay (Student Film)

  • BUTTS AUGUSTO GÓMEZ LIMA, CAROLINA SEMRAU Excellence in Environmental Advocacy Documentary

  • Ant|Arctic Women KUBA WITEK Outstanding Achievement in Gender Equality in Science Documentary

  • AYNI LUCIANO MEDINA LOZANO Award for Outstanding Contribution in Documentary Filmmaking to Christina Prieto

  • Majesty of Zagros BEHNAM REZAEI Best Film Music and Sound Design in a Foreign Documentary Film

  • 340M/S PIERRE ALABERNIA Kaleidoscope Award

  • Maria Casares, The woman who lived thousand lives XAVIER VILLAVERDE Best European Documentary

  • I Am Somebody JAMILLAH VAN DER HULST, DINA AMIN Most Inspiring Children's Documentary

  • Only Where Nobody Can See Us MAREK VAJDULIAK Best Film for Positive Example for People with Disabilities

  • It's time to Rise up-I am a Rickshaw puller KM TAJ BIUL HASAN Journalism on Films Addressing the Theme of Prevention against Violence towards Women

  • Darkness and Silence DAVID ALEJANDRO CUETO Best Latin- American Documentary

  • Plastic Age - Forever? SEBASTIAN POSTL, SEBASTIAN PICHELHOFER Best Investigative Documentary

  • FERTILE ALESSANDRO QUADRETTI Best Producer of a Documentary Film

  • Cat Got Your Tongue IYORE EDEGBE Best Documentary on Cultural Diveristy

  • JOURNEY INTO THE TWILIGHT AUGUSTO CONTENTO Best Experimental Documentary

  • SOL ZAHRA ALBOUDI Best Documentary on Disability and the Arts

  • WE, WOMEN SURVIVORS ITXASO DÍAZ Best Documentary Addressing Women's Issues

  • THE LORD OF THE TREES AGUSTINA TOIA, SEVERO MIGUEL CALLACI Best Documentary on Environmental Preservation

  • Look from Below YAN NAKAMURA, CAMILA CARDOSO, MARIA ANGÉLICA, OTAVIO CORREA SILVA Best Short Form Documentary

  • Invisible DANIEL LANDA Best Documentary on Social Issues

  • The Ballet of The Nations - A Morality Play For Our Times ARTURO CACIOTTI Best Documentary of Arts and Culture

  • The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan RIONNE MCAVOY Best Asian Documentary Film

  • Femicide. One case, many struggles. MARA AVILA Best Social Impact Documentary

  • BAYT AL HEJBA (with English subtitles) JAMILA ANNAB Best Documentary - Africa

  • Daughters of Maguey FRANCISCA SIZA Best Director (Documentary)

  • CIBERNÉTICAS GRAZIELA MANTOANELLI Best Editing (Feature Film)

  • Bake It Till You Make It JASON TAGLIERI Best Inspirational Documentary

  • Queen: checkmate for the King LUCA DE GIORGI, SERGIO VESPERTINO Journalism on Films Addressing the Theme of Prevention against Violence towards Women

  • shadows MOHADESEH ASADI ZADEH Best Actress in a Short Film

  • Curettage MATIN BABAEI Best Feature Film Addressing Gender and Social Justice Issues

  • Ramad SULAIMAN ALKHALILI Best Screenwriter of a Feature Film

  • Blue Code SHIMA EHSANI Courage in True Storytelling Award

  • Son of Sun RAD POURJABBAR Best Cinematographer of a Foreign Feature Film

  • Motherless SEYYED MORTEZA FATEMI Best Picture

  • Killing a Traitor MASOUD KIMIAI Historical Excellence in Storytelling Award

  • Human NATALIIA KRYCHEVSKA Best Director of a Foreign Feature Film

  • GRAY CLOUDS BLOW OVER THE GREEN FIELD CARLOS ROBERTO LÓPEZ Best Actor in a Foreign Feature Film

  • Her EDO TAGLIAVINI Best Foreign Short Film

  • JOON BARNALI RAY SHUKLA Best Actress Feature Film

  • THE DARK AHEAD (Il Buio Davanti) TOBIA BERTI Best Mistery Film

  • Chaukhat ASIF MUNAF KHAN The Lens of Change Award

  • The last dance SABRY JAROD Best Music in North American Film

  • Furugh ODINA MAHMAD Best Performance by a Child Actor

  • Dustland KAZEM DANESHI Best Original Screenplay (Features)

  • Fuori Scuola MARIO SPINOCCHIO Best Social Drama Feature

  • The Scentless SAZZAD KHAN Best Producer of a Feature Film - Asia

  • Butterfly Man MITRA ROUHIMANESH Best Female Director

  • Pair of shoes JUAN ANTONIO MARTÍNEZ AGUILAR Best Original Screenplay (Short Film)

  • The Silence of August ADRIAN CONTRERAS Best Drama Feature

  • Tu Itni Daring Kaise ANNABELLE DCOSTA Best Documentary on Women's Empowerment

  • The pianists DIEGO MANDELMAN Best Emotional Short Film

  • I AM A FATHER RAJU CHANDRA Best Production Design (Feature Film)

  • Eva's Mirror FRAN CAMILO Best Actress in a Foreign Feature Film

  • The Girl on the Beach CARLOS CARIDAD MONTERO Best Romantic Comedy

  • The Cardenio Project — a Quixote’s story— JESUS EGUIA ARMENTEROS Best Original Concept

  • Raahein Aur Bhi Hain SHAMIM RAYEEN Best Family Drama

  • Dancing for whom? ZONGQI SHIJIA TIAN Best Music in Film (Feature)

  • Revenge from the East VINCENZO D'APUZZO Best Thriller

  • I HAVE A SOUL KYRIAKI KOFINI Best Dance Film

  • First Award for the Best Producer of a Feature Film expressing the struggle for women's rights   - Fatema, the Unforgettable Sultana  for Mohammed Abderrahman Tazi-Kingdom of Morocco

  • Award for outstanding contribution to European cinema - director Yana Americanou for the feature film ".dog" - Cyprus

  •  Award for the next ecology film - "The Lord of the Trees" with directors Augustina Toya and Severo Miguel Calachi - Argentina

  • Award for Exceptional Accomplishment in Women’s Directing - the movie “The theater, Sky” by director Densmaa Tsevelmaa - Mongolia

  • Best Screenplay Award to the creators of the film "Dahlia" - Francesca Maria Scanu and Joe Juan Piras - Italy

  • “Europe” Award for Women Directors for "Innovative Female Expression in European Cinema" Journey to a Mother's Room Director and screenwriter Celia Rico - Spain.

  • The award for creative Bulgarian producer, category "Family Memory", for the short documentaries: "Following Peyo Yavorov in Sofia" - "Following Ivan Vazov" - Ioana Bukovska - Bulgaria

  • The award "For the strength of the human spirit" for the best Bulgarian producer for the films: "I'll be on my feet again", "Helping my peers", "Music is life", "From tragedy to triumph" - producer - Union of the Disabled in Bulgaria

  • Award for the best director, cameraman and editor of films for people with special needs - Daniel Nenov - Bulgaria

  • Аward for the best Bulgarian documentary "A Borrowed Life" - for the authors of the film: Juris Gulbis, Elizabeth Kretz, Smilena Marinova - Bulgaria

  • Award for the best composer of a documentary film: Luke Faulkner - "A Borrowed Life" - with authors Juris Gulbis, Elizabeth Kretz - Bulgaria.

  • Lifetime Achievement Award - the award goes to the director and screenwriter - Korina Avramidou - Cyprus.

    • Награда за цялостно творчество - наградата получава режисьорката и сценарист -  Корина Аврамиду – Кипър.

    1. Award for the author's television program - Diana Spasova - author of the series "Weapons in the cinema" - BNT 100 PROCENTA BUDNI - Bulgaria.

    2. Award for the best Bulgarian actor, for the participation of Stefan Shterev in the clip - "Autism Today".

    3. Award for the best Bulgarian actress for the participation of Elena Petrova in the clip "Autism today".

    4. Award for journalism for the social messages in the documentary series "Stories ON AIR" - Miglena Georgieva from Bulgaria ON AIR.

    5. Award for Best Director and Best Screenwriter of a European Series - Nastasia Christodoulou and Christiana Artemiou - Cyprus.

    6. The award for the best director of a Bulgarian short film for "Bogaria" by screenwriter and director: Alina Milusheva - Bulgaria.

    7. Award for the best director of a short student film "Grieved" - Simona Yordanova. Producer - Luke Osborne; Screenwriter - Harry Buchan; Montage - Marcus Darivas Sanchez – Great Britain.

    8. Award for creating publications with strong social messages for the journalist Anelia Popova - information "BLITZ".

    9. Award for author's music of the trailer for the film "Gundy - legend of love" - ​​Tihomir Hristozov - Bulgaria.

    10. Award for the best Bulgarian animation - Ivan Tsonov - director and artist of the film "In the Name of Love" - ​​Bulgaria.

    11. Award for Bulgarian short film by director Petya Andreeva - "Millions of Cats".

    12. Award to Alexandra Vateva for short documentary film dedicated to women in sports - "Alex and her dream"

    13. Award for directing a short feature film with inspiring and meaningful social messages - Graziella Carletta Lunetta for the film "The Picture" -Switzerland.

    14. Award for the best student short film "The Lord is my Shepherd" by Alexander Tomov-junior - Bulgaria.

    15. Award for the best thriller and for creative approach and innovative vision in the world of cinema, for the short feature film "Revenge from the East" by the director - Vincenzo D’Apuzzo - Switzerland

    16. Award for the best Bulgarian short feature film "You’re strong!" directed by Daniel Ahmakov Bulgaria.

    17. Award for the short feature film "Her" for the artistic presentation of a socially significant topic and for stimulating active dialogue and reflection in society. Director Edo Tagliavini – Italy.

    18. Award for the best television documentary "Around Ukraine" directed by Karim Kaukab "Al Aan Television" - Dubai.

    19. Award for Best Screenwriter of a Documentary Feature Film "Ayni" Cristina Prieto - Spain.

    20. Award for the best musical animated short film "For the love between the flower and the sun" - Nadezhda Slavova - Bulgaria.

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