WINNERS 2020

Best Cinematographer Winner

Campesinos

A glimpse into the secluded lives of Patagonian cowboys (Gauchos) living at the end of the world in isolation. A stunning portrait of sacrifice, tradition and endurance in extreme conditions, uncovering what it truly means to be alone.

Matias Bolla

Best Director Winner

The Last Trip to the Seaside

Six passengers are traveling to the seaside in a train compartment. After a while, a suspicion makes some of them lose their composure and the remainder of the trip goes terribly wrong.

Adi Voicu

Best Editor Winner

The sound of the bell

A veteran boxer loses his hearing after an arranged fight. He struggles to overcome this situation while abandoned by his manager. The desperate effort to find him, the loneliness and the stabbing silence drag him to a hostile fight outside the ring.

Augusto Sinay

Best Experimental Winner

Person

An unidentified individual, dominated by his daily pounding routine, is pushed beyond the limits of his own identity.

Lorenzo Puntoni

Best Feature Documentary Winner

Cinema Pameer

"Cinema Pameer" uses a slice of everyday life in Kabul as a looking glass into Afghanistan today. The main focus is the cinema itself and the characters surrounding it| however the underlying reality surfaces time and again through everyday life. The war, a society in ruins and the pursuit and hope for something more. Something better.

Martin von Krogh

Best Feature Film Winner

Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive

A dark romantic comedy following the life of Ronen Matalon who starts conducting tours of famous terror attack sites along Jerusalem's Jaffa Street.

Yossi Atia , David Ofek

Best Foreign Documentary Winner

A Punk Daydream

Indonesia, the country I shed my blood to defend. Left to fend for themselves on the fringes of a society and family that have stigmatized them, Jakarta’s young punks speak up. The conflict of teen punk Eka with his parents is driven by an intense quest for individual freedom. Meanwhile, not so far away, at one with the land and embracing similar ideals are the local traditional tribes, who have found freedom in perfect tune with nature, but struggle to maintain their identity.

Jimmy Hendrickx

Best Producer Winner

Aquarium

Two human beings, far one from the other, meet: the first and carefree day at the swimming pool, the last and dramatic step of a massacre’s plan.

Lorenzo Puntoni

Best Screenplay Winner

Roulette

Five Strangers meet for a game of Russian Roulette, with a different set of rules.

Best Short Documentary Winner

Moving Libraries – with Antonio La Cava in Ferrandina

In southern Italy, we encounter Antonio La Cava, a former teacher who has been traveling across the country with his Bibliomotocarro for many years now and encouraging children to read books. When the small, sky-blue Ape – a mobile library with a tiled roof and a chimney – arrives in the remote villages of the Basilicata, it becomes clear time and again just how important books and reading are for children.

Michael Bernstein, Anja Schürenberg

Best Short Film Winner

Isa

Set in an abandoned mine in the countryside of Bosnia, a group of young boys get immersed in a game of war. As the game looses its innocence, the moral dilemmas of war-torn country resurface.

Christian Prener, Jens Langkjaer

Best Student Film Winner

The Jacket

After her son's favorite jacket gets stained in a fight, a Roma woman is determined to find a dry cleaner that will not turn her away.

Aleksandra Nestorov