SPECIAL PRIZES
Best of Fest Award
Shooom’s Odyssey
Julien Bisaro (France)
Milos Stehlik Global Impact Award
Veins of the World
Byambasuren Davaa (Germany, Mongolia)
Best Production for Young Children (ages 2-5)
The Kindergarten Show
Loïc Bruyère (France)
Programmer’s Choice Award
Make It Soul
Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo (France)
Teacher’s Choice Award
Ahlan Simsim: “Piece of the Past”
Tamer Naber (USA)
Parent’s Choice Award
Umbrellas
José Prats and Álvaro Robles (France)
Girl Empowerment Award
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Melissa R. Ellard (USA)
STEM Award
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Phillip Hunt (England)
CHILDREN’S JURY PRIZES
Children's Jury’s Prize – Best Animated Short Film
1st Prize, Kapaemahu
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu and Dean Hamer (USA)
2nd Prize, The Witch & the Baby
Evgenia Golubeva (Russian Federation)
Children's Jury’s Prize – Best Live-Action Short
1st Prize, Katapult
Balázs Szövényi-Lux (Hungary)
2nd Prize, Chips
Karen Kelly (Scotland)
Children's Jury’s Prize – Best Live-Action Feature Film
1st Prize, Sky Raiders
Lior Chefetz (Israel)
2nd Prize, Valhalla
Fenar Ahmad (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland)
Children’s Jury’s Prize – Best Animated Feature Film
1st Prize, The Elfkins – Baking a Difference
Ute von Münchow-Pohl (Germany)
2nd Prize, Ella Bella Bingo
Atle Blakseth and Frank Mosvold (Norway)
Children's Jury’s Prize – Best Animated TV
1st Prize, The Christmas Letter
Kealan O’Rourke (Ireland)
2nd Prize, The Snail and the Whale
Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon (England)
Children's Jury’s Prize – Best Live Action TV
1st Prize, Nine-and-a-Half: “Fridays for Future”
Milena Virchow (Germany)
2nd Prize, Invisible
Jakub Smid (Czech Republic)
Children’s Jury’s Prize – Best Documentary Feature Film
1st Prize, Kusasa
Shane Vermooten (South Africa)
2nd Prize, Seventh Grade
Anne Silje Bø and Sunniva Sundby (Norway)
Children’s Jury’s Prize – Best Documentary Short Film
1st Prize, I Am Skylar
Rachel Bower (Canada)
2nd Prize, Jovanna For Future
Mirjam Marks (Netherlands)
YOUTH JURY PRIZES
Youth Jury’s Prize – Best Animated Short Film
1st Prize, Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad
Camrus Johnson and Pedro Piccinini (USA)
2nd Prize, The Procession
Pascal Blanchet and Rodolphe Saint-Gelais (Canada)
Youth Jury’s Prize – Best Live-Action Short
1st Prize, Baradar
Beppe Tufarulo (Italy)
2nd Prize, Katapult
Balázs Szövényi-Lux (Hungary)
Youth Jury’s Prize – Best Documentary Feature Film
1st Prize, Ringside
André Hörmann (Germany)
Youth Jury’s Prize – Best Live-Action Feature Film
1st Prize, Our Lady of the Nile
Atiq Rahimi (France, Belgium, Rwanda)
PROFESSIONAL JURY PRIZES
Professional Jury’s Prize – Best Animated Short Film
1st Prize, Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad
Camrus Johnson and Pedro Piccinini (USA)
2nd Prize, Cinema Rex
Mayan Engelman and Eliran Peled (Israel)
Professional Jury’s Prize – Best Live-Action Short
1st Prize, The Kicksled Choir
Torfinn Iversen (Norway)
2nd Prize, Portraitist
Cyrus Neshvad (Luxembourg)
Professional Jury’s Prize – Best Live-Action Feature Film
1st Prize, Our Lady of the Nile
Atiq Rahimi (France, Belgium, and Rwanda)
2nd Prize, Veins of the World
Byambasuren Davaa (Germany and Mongolia)
Professional Jury’s Prize – Best Animated Feature Film
1st Prize, Dreambuilders
Kim Hagen Jensen and Tonni Zinck (Denmark)
2nd Prize, Ella Bella Bingo
Atle Blakseth and Frank Mosvold (Norway)
Professional Jury’s Prize – Best Documentary Feature Film
1st Prize, Ringside
André Hörmann (Germany)
2nd Prize, 2040
Damon Gameau (Australia)
Professional Jury’s Prize – Best Animated TV
1st Prize, Shooom’s Odyssey
Julien Bisaro (France)
2nd Prize, The Snail and the Whale
Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon (England)
Professional Jury’s Prize – Best Live Action TV
1st Prize, First Day: “Episode 2”
Julie Kalceff (Australia)
2nd Prize, Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors?: “Cameleers- The Original ‘Ghan’ Trains”
Brad Gustafson (Australia)
Professional Jury’s Prize – Best Documentary Short Film
1st Prize, Bertha and the Wolfram
Tijs Torfs (Belgium)
2nd Prize, I Am Skylar
Rachel Bower (Canada)