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.
Award for the author's television program - Diana Spasova - author of the series "Weapons in the cinema" - BNT 100 PROCENTA BUDNI - Bulgaria.
Award for the best Bulgarian actor, for the participation of Stefan Shterev in the clip - "Autism Today".
Award for the best Bulgarian actress for the participation of Elena Petrova in the clip "Autism today".
Award for journalism for the social messages in the documentary series "Stories ON AIR" - Miglena Georgieva from Bulgaria ON AIR.
Award for Best Director and Best Screenwriter of a European Series - Nastasia Christodoulou and Christiana Artemiou - Cyprus.
The award for the best director of a Bulgarian short film for "Bogaria" by screenwriter and director: Alina Milusheva - Bulgaria.
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.
Award for creating publications with strong social messages for the journalist Anelia Popova - information "BLITZ".
Award for author's music of the trailer for the film "Gundy - legend of love" - Tihomir Hristozov - Bulgaria.
Award for the best Bulgarian animation - Ivan Tsonov - director and artist of the film "In the Name of Love" - Bulgaria.
Award for Bulgarian short film by director Petya Andreeva - "Millions of Cats".
Award to Alexandra Vateva for short documentary film dedicated to women in sports - "Alex and her dream"
Award for directing a short feature film with inspiring and meaningful social messages - Graziella Carletta Lunetta for the film "The Picture" -Switzerland.
Award for the best student short film "The Lord is my Shepherd" by Alexander Tomov-junior - Bulgaria.
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
Award for the best Bulgarian short feature film "You’re strong!" directed by Daniel Ahmakov Bulgaria.
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.
Award for the best television documentary "Around Ukraine" directed by Karim Kaukab "Al Aan Television" - Dubai.
Award for Best Screenwriter of a Documentary Feature Film "Ayni" Cristina Prieto - Spain.
Award for the best musical animated short film "For the love between the flower and the sun" - Nadezhda Slavova - Bulgaria.