Award-winning Films 2024.
Olá filmmaker. If your film is here, it has been awarded in one or more categories at a festival that seeks, above all, artistic and creative excellence. When we award a film, we are directly saying to you: Congratulations, you are on the right track. If possible, try to learn more about the other award-winning films. We guarantee you will feel proud to know that you are among good company. And yes, your film has been selected to be screened at our festival. Our sincere thanks for trusting in our festival. Best regards.
Best Experimental Abstraction
Winner
-1:1 (Telemach Wiesinger)
Finalists
-Walkers (Philip Lüschen)
-O/S (Max Hattler )
Semi-Finalist
-Old New Age (Vasco Diogo)
Best Experimental Documentary
Winner
-Estirpe (Ana Maria Ferro Gómez / Daniela Ruiz Coconubo)
Finalist
-Mannvirki (Gústav Geir Bollason)
Semi-Finalist
-CONTRAFFORTE PLIOCENICO (Marco Mensa)
Best Experimental Music Video
Winner
-Study No. 294 (Robert Gordon Campbell)
Finalists
-When the Hawk Comes (Lilia Li-Mi-Yan / Katherina Sadovsky)
-In C, Too (Dean Winkler / John Sanborn)
Semi-Finalists
-Con Alas De Sal (Kian Barclay Gabaldoni)
-Keratin (Charlie Jimenez / Scarlett Wang / Catarina Dias Silva / Stella Rosenkvist / Isobel O Gorman)
Best Experimental A.I Film
Winner
-Of Youth (Fran Gas Huertas)
Finalist
-Deep Hallucination (Zhongding Cui / David Ruy)
Semi-Finalist
-Study No. 294 (Robert Gordon Campbell)
Best Experimental Short Film
Winner
-Raspberry Man (Sławomir Milewski)
-My body suddenly started shivering (Joëlle Wider)
Finalists
-Dva (Alexandra Karelina)
-Noora (Anna Kekkonen)
Semi-Finalists
-Unboxing (Danila Bim / Jimmy Slonina)
-The Passion of Hercules (Daniel Brody)
-Grateful Grapefruit (Sam Edward Handley)
- Incognitum (Sara Angius)
Best Script for an Experimental Short
Winner
-Grateful Grapefruit (Sam Edward Handley)
Finalists
-The Passion of Hercules (Daniel Brody)
-Paraphrasing our Dead Memories (Nicolás Camacho)
Semi-Finalist
-SAKURA (Eiichi Takahashi)
Best Art Direction in Experimental Short Film.
Winner
-Raspberry Man (Sławomir Milewski)
Finalists
-LESS OF A MAN (Arkus Arkus)
-Aluna (Elias Hill)
Semi-Finalists
-Grateful Grapefruit (Sam Edward Handley)
-Static (Tom Hadrill)
Best Editing in Experimental Short Film
Winner
-My body suddenly started shivering (Joëlle Wider)
Finalists
-Island of Multitude (Karl Kaisel)
-Grateful Grapefruit (Sam Edward Handley)
Semi-Finalists
-Raspberry Man (Sławomir Milewski)
-Static (Tom Hadrill)
Best Direction in Experimental Short Film.
Winner
-Raspberry Man (Sławomir Milewski)
Finalist
-Static (Tom Hadrill)
Semi-Finalists
-Sam Edward Handley (Grateful Grapefruit)
-Joëlle Wider (My body suddenly started shivering)
-Danila Bim / Jimmy Slonina (Unboxing)
Best Sound Design in Experimental Short Film
Winner
-Island of Multitude (Karl Kaisel)
Finalist
-Our Non-Understanding of Everything 08 (eteam Lamprecht Moderegger)
Semi-Finalist
-LESS OF A MAN (Arkus Arkus)
Best Cinematography in Experimental Short Film
Winner
-About to disappear (Stefan Otto Ruiz)
Finalists
-LESS OF A MAN (Arkus Arkus)
-Aluna (Elias Hill)
Semi-Finalists
-My body suddenly started shivering (Joëlle Wider)
-Raspberry Man (Sławomir Milewski)
-Untitled Trailcam Footage (2011) Scott Kelston
Best Actor in Experimental Short Film
Winner
-C'Cesirhe Lesley Sedney (Death of Logic)
Finalist
-Jake Philips Head (Static)
Semi-Finalist
-Shahar Marcus (The Baker)
Best Actress in Experimental Short Film
Winner
-Sara Angius (Incognitum)
Finalist
-Danila Bim (Unboxing)
Semi-Finalist
-Maja (My body suddenly started shivering)
Best Music (soundtrack) in Experimental Short Film
Winner
-My body suddenly started shivering (Joëlle Wider)
Finalists
-Incognitum
-Raspberry Man
Semi-Finalist
-SAKURA
Best Experimental Feature
Winner
-Memory of Water (Michael LASSERRE)
Finalist
-Wound (Sotiris Charizanis)
Semi-Finalist
-Nyctophobia (Seayoon Jeong)
Best Experimental Feature Cinematography
Winner
-Memory of Water (Michael LASSERRE)
Finalist
-Nyctophobia
Semi-Finalist
-Wound (Sotiris Charizanis)
Best Experimental Feature Soundtrack
-Memory of Water (Michael LASSERRE)
Best Experimental Feature Sound Design
Winner
-Memory of Water (Michael LASSERRE)
Finalist
-Wound (Sotiris Charizanis)
Best Experimental Feature Editing
Winner
-Memory of Water (Michael LASSERRE)
Finalist
-Wound (Sotiris Charizanis)
Best Experimental Feature Director
Winner
Michael LASSERRE (Memory of Water)
Finalist
Sotiris Charizanis (Wound)
Best Experimental Feature Screenplay
Winner
-Memory of Water (Michael LASSERRE)
Finalist
-Nyctophobia
Semi-Finalist
-Wound (Sotiris Charizanis)
Best Experimental Feature Art Direction
Winner
- Memory of Water
Finalist
-Nyctophobia
Semi-Finalist
-Wound
Honorable Mentions.
The Honorable Mention award goes to those films that, while not experimental enough to be screened at our festival (or simply due to the challenge of choosing among so many wonderful films), are still great works deserving of our full recognition.
-Evening star (FRANCISCO RIO OLIVEIRA)
-A juggler’s journey (Luciano Nunes Filho / Charly Andral)
-Anthology of video art (Kostiantyn Mishchenko)
-Fairy tale of Null 24 (Bene Malen)
-Butterfly Tears (Cris Solano Mata)
-AI Artist (Jessey James Nelson / Dani Barker)
-Farewell Dreams (Daniel Wolters)
-The Twin Emperors (Christopher Neels / Joe Ball / Simon Dawson)
-The path of noise (Rodrigo Jardón)
-Water Tower Symphony (Panu Johansson)