BEST FILM
THE PEOPLE ARE THE BRAND | Switzerland | 2019 | 22’
Director: Adrian Perez
Writer: Adrian Perez
Producer: Adrian Perez
Cast: Anna-Katharina Müller, Philippe Schuler
Synopsis: A doubtful photo project about fugitives makes doubtful headlines. About a journalist and a photographer lost in opportunities.
BEST DIRECTOR
Yasmina | France | 2018 | 20’
Directors: Ali Esmili, Claire Cahen
Writer: Ali Esmili
Producer: Nelson Ghrénassia
Cast: Hana Mekacher, Capucine Valmary, Kenza Noah Aiche
Synopsis: Yasmina is a 15-years-old teenager who is passionate about soccer and practices with the team FC SAINT ETIENNE. Originally from Morocco, she is in an irregular situation in France, with her father and his French partner. One evening when she returns from a training, she sees her father being arrested before her own eyes.
BEST SCREENPLAY
A fine stew | Belgium | 2018 | 20’
Director: Marie Glichitch
Writer: Marie Glichitch
Producer: Mediadiffusion
Cast: Réal Siellez, Laetitia Reva, Fanny Estève, Joffrey Verbruggen, Chloé Von Arx Synopsis: Easter Sunday. Catherine has cooked her stew, Manon is hungover, Jacques is late. Dad is getting married and Pierre is the one who has to announce it. It would be just a normal family meal … if there wasn’t a dead cat in the freezer …
BEST LEADING ACTOR
BUG | Poland | 2019 | 17’
Leading Actor: Michał Meyer
Director: Krzysztof Wróbel
Writer: Krzysztof Wróbel
Producers: Krzysztof Wróbel, Samira Baddour
Cast: Michał Meyer, Sebastina Stankiewicz
Synopsis: An ordinary day by the river turns into a hilarious, testosterone fueled quest through which two best friends learn more about their friendship then ever before.
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Daily Bread | Australia | 2018 | 15’
Director: Ruby Challenger
Leading Actress: Ruby Challenger
Writers: Ruby Challenger, Jonathan Wald, Ella Carey
Producer: Ruby Challenger
Cast: Ruby Challenger, Street Smart Films Pty Ltd
Synopsis: In a WWII internment camp in Indonesia, Jan and a group of Dutch women and children face a daily struggle against abuse, disease and starvation. The Japanese Camp Commandant and his beloved, fluffy white cat, oversee the gruelling camp regime. Jan is a brave but impulsive young woman, and when she acts out of desperation to save a little girl’s life, her actions bring consequences upon the whole camp. What is the price for a meal when women and children are starving? Daily Bread is based on an excerpt from the autobiography Fifty Years of Silence by Jan Ruff O’Herne, which was published by Random House and has been translated into five languages.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blue Peter | Croatia | 2017 | 15’
Cinematographer: Marko Kocevar
Director: Marko Šantić
Writer: Marko Šantić
Producer: Jure Bušić
Cast: Hrvoje Vladisavljević, Dražen Mikulić, Olivera Baljak, Alan Katić Synopsis: Petar is a young police officer who has just begun his carrer, he lives with his parents in a small maisonette. Officer Goran, who comes to pick up Petar, suddenly arrives at their place. They have to deal with another distraint. Petar doesn’t want to be a part of it. His unemployed father tries to convince him to go since their family is dealing with money problems and soon they’ll have to face an eviction. In the field during the distraint, Petar reacts in a human way, brakes the police powers and tries to protect distrainees who happen to be an older married couple.
BEST EDITING
Yasmina | France | 2018 | 20’
Editor: Baptiste Petit-Gats
Directors: Ali Esmili, Claire Cahen
Writer: Ali Esmili
Producer: Nelson Ghrénassia
Cast: Hana Mekacher, Capucine Valmary, Kenza Noah Aiche
Synopsis: Yasmina is a 15-years-old teenager who is passionate about soccer and practices with the team FC SAINT ETIENNE. Originally from Morocco, she is in an irregular situation in France, with her father and his French partner. One evening when she returns from a training, she sees her father being arrested before her own eyes.
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE PEOPLE ARE THE BRAND | Switzerland | 2019 | 22’
Production Design: Rafael Buess, Vicente Pilongo
Director: Adrian Perez
Writer: Adrian Perez
Producer: Adrian Perez
Cast: Anna-Katharina Müller, Philippe Schuler
Synopsis: A doubtful photo project about fugitives makes doubtful headlines. About a journalist and a photographer lost in opportunities.
BEST COMEDY
A fine stew | Belgium | 2018 | 20’
Director: Marie Glichitch
Writer: Marie Glichitch
Producer: Mediadiffusion
Cast: Réal Siellez, Laetitia Reva, Fanny Estève, Joffrey Verbruggen, Chloé Von Arx
Synopsis: Easter Sunday. Catherine has cooked her stew, Manon is hungover, Jacques is late. Dad is getting married and Pierre is the one who has to announce it. It would be just a normal family meal … if there wasn’t a dead cat in the freezer …
BEST DRAMA
Flowers | France | 2018 | 19’
Director: Baptiste Petit-Gats
Writer: Baptiste Petit-Gats
Producer: Nelson Ghrénassia
Cast: Catherine Salée, Victor Rivière
Synopsis: It is All Saints’ Day. Bérénice wanders through the city. She must find flowers for the grave. Sacha, her son, has other plans. Too bad. She must find flowers for the grave.
BEST FANTASY/SCI-FI
ROBOT WILL PROTECT YOU | Estonia | 2018 | 10’
Director: Nicola Piovesan
Writer: Matt Willis-Jones
Producer: Nicola Piovesan
Cast: Lizzie Freeman, Richard Epcar
Synopsis: A sci-fi animation about a little girl’s search for meaning in a world without emotions.
BEST NARRATIVE
Burqa City | France | 2019 | 20’
Director: Bracq Fabrice
Writer: Bracq Fabrice
Producer: Preel Cleach Fabrice
Cast: Omar mebrouk
Synopsis: Souleymane and Leila just got married, for better or for worse. The better is that they love each other very much. The worse is that they live in an absurd and kafkaesque country.
BEST STUDENT
Simelibärg | Switzerland | 2018 | 14’
Director: Seraina Scherini
Writer: Seraina Scherini
Cast: Severin Mauchle, Evelyne Gugolz, Beat Brunner, Alrette Wahlen
Synopsis: A couple stands before the difficult task of leading their mentally challenged son Jonas into adulthood. Due to the marital conflicts between the parents, Jonas looses track of what is right or wrong.
BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR
A Place in Between | United States | 2019 | 14’
Director: Selin Bonfil
Writer: Selin Bonfil
Producer: Louise De Nexon
Cast: Holly Heiser, Jenna Sander, Dexter Buell, Jackie Krim, Tom Staggs
Synopsis: Maya, a woman in her early 40s, has to host a dinner for her husband’s friends and convince her teenage to help her through the evening. When she realizes that the dinner is turning into a complete disaster, and pushed to an edge by her daughter’s behavior, she has a nervous breakdown, questioning the necessity of the ideals and tradition not only she but all women are pushed to live by.
BEST CHILDREN SHORT FILM
MIRACULOUS SPORT HR | Croatia | 2018 | 11’
Director: Emir Mulalic
Writers: Linda Poscic Borovac/Natasa Tepsa Budija/Nino Peric
Producer: Linda Poscic Borovac
Synopsis: Short film , actors are 13 children ages 11-17. The movie depicts belly-aching as the most popular sport in Croatia. Nobody in the world has ever beaten the Croatian national team at complaining. Croatia’s team shows urban and rural belly-aching and gives advice how to belly-ache with passion. This ancient “sport” Croats have perfected and thourghly developed in several strong disciplines so that today, why deny, they can without question be called “VIRTUOSES OF COMPLAINING”. The film supports positivity and those that think and influence others positevely.
BEST ANIMATION
FOR THE SAKE OF YOUSEF | Kuwait | 2019 | 05’
Director: Yousef albaqshi
Writer: FAHAD AL Qaoud
Producer: Yousef albaqshi
Cast: riyath aldosiry, brittany gneiting
Synopsis: In the living room , yousef’s mother turn the channel to watch a horror movie while the five years old kid (yousef) was playing there !
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Humanitarian | United States | 2018 | 30’
Director: Erick Fix
Producers: Justin Wright, Hassan Hijazi, Glorianne Cody, Will Clark
Cast: Hassan Hijazi, Julia Al-Zoubi, Nasser Rawashdeh
Synopsis: We follow Julia and Hassan, Jordanian aid workers who have been working with Syrian refugees since the beginning of the crisis. They’ve pushed themselves to the edge of their sanity as they try to make a difference in the lives of children growing up without a country to call their own.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
White Male | United States | 2019 | 04’
Director: Jared Hogan
Writers: Parrish Stikeleather, Jared Hogan
Producer: Elisha Gustafson
Cast: Tyler Chase
Synopsis: A brief, detached portrait of the interior a young, white man spiraling toward violence.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Bubbles of Time | Switzerland | 2018 | 06’
Director: Bastien Bron
Writers: Bastien Bron, Raphaël Weber
Producer: Bastien Bron
Cast: Alizée Droux
Synopsis: The sensory trip of a girl in a swimming pool, under the eye of her naked cat.
BEST MINI SHORT
FREI_RAUM | Germany | 2019 | 03’
Director: Charlot van Heeswijk
Cast: Patrizia Bieri, Francesco Rondina, Jannis Tiedemann, Nataša Pivec
Synopsis: FREI_RAUM is an observation on everyday acts of male dominance, more so than about public transport etiquette. Because the phenomenon of “Manspreading” is a symptom of a much larger problem and not just a minuscule thing – it is an act of dominance that is the result of deep-rooted societal privilege borne of our patriarchal society. For all my sisters out there. “You deserve to take up space.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
BEST MOBILE PHONE SHORT
Blame yourselves if no one comes | Sweden | 2019 | 12’
Director: Gustav Egerstedt
Writer: Gustav Egerstedt
Producer: Gustav Egerstedt
Cast: Gustav Egerstedt, Andreas Putz, Nicola Jones, Henrik Hallgren, Rickard Edholm, Maria Fredriksson, Kristina Petrushina, Christina Nylander
Synopsis: We follow a man with an idea to create a film. He is convinced that his idea is so brilliant. This sends him on a journey of hope and despair. This is that film.
BEST AMATEUR
Taking a Piss | 10’
Director: Josh Romyn
Writer: Kyle Strauts
Producers: Kyle Strauts, Rebecca Steele
Cast: Kyle Strauts, Brea Schneider
Synopsis: On a seemingly regular morning, two lovers immersed in a clandestine life are at a crossroads.
BEST SERIES
Pine High | 2019 | 08’
Director: Rob Bohn
Writer: Rob Bohn and Nate Milton
Producers: Jon Huggins, Nate Milton
Synopsis: ‘Pine High’ is a colorful and visceral portrayal of what suburban teenage life looks like from the other side of normal.
BEST FASHION SHORT
Olympia | Italy | 2018 | 15’
Director: Giulia Achenza
Producer: Basement
Cast: Aomi Muyock, Silvia Degrandi, Valerio Maccario
Synopsis: “Existential states that go beyond the most incredible conjectures” Inspired by Don De Lilllo’s novella Body Art, Olympia tells the story of a body artist and her director husband. Starting their life together as a married couple in their new home, everything carries on as normal until the day Olympia receives tragic news about her husband. This leads her to an unexpected journey into herself, which will result in the creation of her greatest work as an artist, but also in losing part of herself.
BEST COMMERCIAL/AD/TVC
What do mothers want | Russian Federation | 2018 | 03’
Director: Denis Gulyar
Writer: Denis Gulyar
Producers: Alexey Stasyuk, Drya Feoctistova, Gleb Burganov
BEST TRAILER
AWAKENING OF THE VILLAGE ASIRI | Sri Lanka | 2018 | 03’
Synopsis: Awakening the village ASIRI is an advertisement showing how to eliminate poverty by donating a cow to poor families in Sri Lanka.