Best Directing
Morad Mostafa I promise you Paradise
Leart Rama Four Pills at Night
Marija Apcevska North Pole
Tan Ce Ding Please Hold the line
Winner
LEART RAMA
for
Four Pills at Night
By Leart Rama
Sponsored by
Teltec, Mainz-Kastel
Pomfort Silverstack Lab, Munich
Best Screenplay
Cormorant
48 hours
Land of Mountains
Split Ends
Winner
OLGA KOSANOVIĆ
for
Land of Mountains
By Olga Kosanović
Sponsored by
kolik.film, Vienna
Best Cinematography
Days Without
Tria
Will you Look at me
When the night meets dawn
Winner
ALINE BELFORT
for
Days Without
By Ívar Erik Yeoman
Sponsored by
Dedo Weigert Film, Munich
Best Editing
Destruction
I promise you Paradise
The Days without
Woman as Image, Man as Bearer of the Look
Winner
CARLOS VELANDIA
for
Woman as Image, Man as Bearer of the Look
By Carlos Velandia
Sponsored by
CLOSEfilm Film and Culture Association, Linz
Best Sound Design
Scale
Shape of Aether
Telsche
Woman as Image, Man as Bearer of the Look
Winner
NAMIGU: NATALIA CZEKALA & KRYSZTOF GUZEWICZ
for
Telsche
By Sophie Colfer & Ala Nunu
Sponsored by
CLOSEfilm Film and Culture Association, Linz
Best Acting
I promise you Paradise
North Pole
Visiting Johanna
Split Ends
Winner
THEA EHRE
for
Visiting Johanna
By Martin Weiss
Sponsored by
CLOSEfilm Film and Culture Association, Linz
ray film magazine, Vienna
Best Animation
All my Scars Vanish in the Wind
Telsche
Scale
Way Better
Winner
Telsche
By Sophie Colfer & Ala Nunu
Sponsored by
Ambient Recording, Munich
Best Documentary
Faces of Capgras
Game Over
Jina
Will You Look at me
Winner
Will You Look at me
By Shuli Huang
Sponsored by
VdFS – Austrian collecting society of filmmakers, Vienna
Best Fiction
I promise you Paradise
North Pole
Split Ends
Same Old
Winner
Split Ends
By Alireza Kazemipour
Sponsored by
VdFS – Austrian collecting society of filmmakers, Vienna
Best Austrian Film
Fixing Thing
Heavy Load
Land of Mountains
Winner
Land of Mountains
By Olga Kosanović
Sponsored by
ADA – Austrian Directors’ Association, Vienna
epd Film, Frankfurt/M.
Mahsa Jina Amini Award
Enchantment
Sin
Tria
Y
Winner
GIULIA GRANDINETTI
for
Tria
By Giulia Grandinetti
Sponsored by
CLOSEfilm Film and Culture Association, Linz
Women’s Office, Linz
Rainbow City Network, Linz
TALENT ACADEMY 2023
Best Pitching
2000 € Co-Production Fund
No One Will Ever Know
by Ruijing Bu
Sponsored by
Creative Media DESK Croatia
CLOSEfilm Film and Culture Association, Linz
Mentorship
Spaghetti Chair
by Lena Deisenberger
Sponsored by
Creative Media DESK Croatia
Split Workshop
Sponsored by
Creative Media DESK Croatia
The 10 Commandments Of The Line 18
by Alexander Marcel Havel