AWARDS

WINNERS AND SPECIAL MENTIONS OF SHORT OF THE YEAR – SPRING 2025

• BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR SPRING: COAL, by Saman Lotfian (Iran, 2024, Narrative, 19’)

• BEST FICTION SHORT FILM: ADELAIDE, by Farhad Gharibi (Iran, 2024, Narrative, 16’)

• BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM: BACK HOME, by Elizabeth Rocha (Netherlands, 2023, Documentary, 13’)

• BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM: CHICKEN, by Anna Benner (Germany, 2023, Animation, 8’)

• BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM: 6000 MENSONGES (6000 LIES), by Simon Rieth (France, 2024, Experimental, 5’)

• BEST MUSIC VIDEO: GOOD TRACK, by Marco Pellegrino (Italy, 2024, Experimental & Music Video, 4’)

• AUDIENCE AWARD: TBA

SPECIAL MENTIONS PROMOFEST:

261, by Juliette Henry (France, 2024, Narrative, 5’)
A DISTANT COUNTRY, by Edin Hurem (Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2024, Animation, 4’)
A THIEF CAME TO OUR HOUSE, by Mohamadnabi Talebi (Iran, 2024, Narrative, 11’)
AMIDST THE CHAOS, by Esther Zhou (Japan, 2024, Documentary & Experimental, 5’)
BREATHING PRACTICE, by Ting-Wei Chang (Taiwan, 2024, Narrative, 28’)
CACHIRRE (A SHADOW UPON THE PLAIN), by Juan Miguel Gelacio (Colombia, 2024, Narrative, 19’)
CANTO, by Guilherme Daniel (Portugal, 2024, Narrative, 15’)
CARTAS PARA EL FUTURO (LETTERS FOR THE FUTURE), by Fran Kapilla (Spain, 2024, Narrative, 4’)
CHASING THE SUN: EL SHATT, by Ana Bilankov (Croatia, 2023, Documentary, 19’)
CHRONOS, by Filip Gasiorowski (Poland, 2024, Narrative, 13’)
COLLAGE, by Màrius Conrotto (Spain, 2024, Narrative, 10’)
CUERPO DE ESTA SOMBRA (BODY OF A SHADOW), by Andrea Muñoz (Colombia, 2024, Animation & Experimental, 12’)
CUERPOS EN TRÁNSITO (BODIES IN TRANSIT), by Mario Moreno (Spain, 2024, Documentary, 27’)
EARTH DAY 2024, by Oriol Puig (Spain, 2024, Animation & Experimental, 3’)
EMPEZAR DE NUEVO (START OVER), by Coré Ruiz (Spain, 2024, Narrative, 3’)
ESTE ES EL DIARIO NO TAN SECRETO DE RAQUEL (THIS IS RAQUEL'S NOT-SO-SECRET DIARY), by Raquel Agea (Spain, 2023, Documentary, 18’)
FAREWELL, by Soham Kundu (United Kingdom, 2024, Narrative, 15’)
FATIH LE CONQUÉRANT (FATIH THE CONQUEROR), by Onur Yagiz (France, 2023, Narrative, 15’)
GUÉRISONS (HEALING JOURNEYS), by Mounir Slama (France, 2024, Narrative, 15’)
HAMDARDI, by Ashley Tabatabai (United Kingdom, 2023, Narrative, 27’)
HEART OF THE OCEAN, by Natalya Kharina & Alena Rubinshtein (Russia, 2024, Animation, 9’)
HEREDARÁN LA TIERRA (THEY WILL INHERIT THE EARTH), by Borja Echeverría (Spain, 2024, Narrative, 12’)
IF YOU FORGIVE ME, by Nawoo Baek (France, 2023, Narrative, 18’)
INTERMITENCIA (INTERMITTENCE), by Ana Sofía Navia (Colombia & USA, 2023, Animation & Experimental, 2’)
INTERWOVEN DREAMS: A JOURNEY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND CREATIVE AWAKENING, by Frank Wang (Taiwan, 2024, Animation, Documentary & Experimental , 3’)
IKARI, by Isaac Farré (Andorra & France, 2023, Animation & Narrative, 5’)
LA BOUTEILLE (THE BOTTLE), by Xavier Mesme (France, 2024, Narrative, 6’)
LA CHASSE AU SANGLIER (WILD BOAR HUNTING), by Jonathan Caron (France, 2024, Narrative, 13’)
LA COMPRA (THE GROCERIES), by Javier Marchante (Spain, 2024, Narrative, 6’)
LA RABIOSA, by Pablo Cueto (Spain, 2023, Narrative, 10’)
LATEX KID, by Fran Gas (Spain, 2024, Animation & Experimental, 9’)
LES PENDULES NOIRES (BLACK PENDULUMS), by Mathilde Algans & Théo Michel (France, 2024, Narrative, 15’)
LES SEINS DE LA HONTE (HAMED BREASTS), by Henriette Hangnanmey (Togo, 2023, Documentary, 10’)
MALA FACHA (LOOKS BAD), by Ilén Juambeltz (Brazil & Uruguay, 2023, Narrative, 20’)
MINOO, by Mohamad Bagheri (Iran, 2024, Narrative, 16’)
OLIVIA, by Fran Expósito (Spain, 2023, Narrative, 10’)
SOULLESS, by Radda Novikova (Russia, 2024, Experimental & Narrative, 8’)
SWIMMING THE SONG OF SEAS, by Reggie Davis (USA, 2023, Experimental & Narrative, 27’)
THE PREMIERE, by Toma Waszarow (Bulgaria, 2024, Narrative, 19’)
THE SOUND OF CLOUDS, by Mohammad Lotfali (Iran, 2024, Animation, 3’)
TWO-SYLLABLE NAME, by Giovanna Castellari (Brazil, 2023, Narrative, 19’)
UNA HISTORIA DE FUEGOS ARTIFICIALES (A FIREWORKS STORY), by Adrián Tienda (Spain, 2023, Narrative, 11’)
VERTIGO, by Raul Monge (Spain, 2024, Animation & Music Video, 4’)
WARMTH, by Klaudia Fortuniak (Poland, 2023, Narrative, 15’)