Best Fiction
A Promise To The Sea
by Hend Sohail
Sponsored by
VdFS – Austrian collecting society of filmmakers, Vienna
Best Documentary
Can I Hug You?
by Elahe Esmaili
Sponsored by
VdFS – Austrian collecting society of filmmakers, Vienna
Best Documentary Honorable Mention
Little Boy
by Sophie Horry
Best Animation
Wait For Me In A Dream
by Natalia Durszewicz
Sponsored by
Teltec, Mainz-Kastel
Best Acting
Igor van Dessel – A Good Boy
By Paul Vincent de Lestrade
Sponsored by
CLOSEfilm Film and Culture Association, Linz
Best Directing
Wait For Me In A Dream
by Natalia Durszewicz
Sponsored by
Teltec, Mainz-Kastel
Best Screenplay
Michelle Keserwany – Les Chenille
by Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany
Sponsored by
CLOSEfilm Film and Culture Association, Linz
Best Editing
Leyla Jaff – Into the Wild Land
by Emil Kaschka
Sponsored by
epd Film, Frankfurt/M.
ray film magazine, Vienna
kolik.film, Vienna
Best Cinematography
Tamás A. Méder – Praeis
by Dovydas Drakšas
Sponsored by
Teltec, Mainz-Kastel
Best Sound Design
Simo Pitkänen – Bright White Light
by Henna Välkky & Eesu Lehtola
Sponsored by
Ambient Recording, Munich
Best Austrian Film
In Their Dreams All Jellyfish Are Wet
by Marie Luise Lehner
Sponsored by
ADA – Austrian Directors’ Association, Vienna
epd Film, Frankfurt/M.
kolik.film, Mainz-Kastel
Best Queer-Feminist Film (Mahsa Jina Amini Award)
The Robbers
by Isa Schieche
Sponsored by
CLOSEfilm Film and Culture Association, Linz
Women’s Office, Linz
Rainbow City Network, Linz
epd Film, Frankfurt/M.
kolik.film, Vienna
Best Queer-Feminist Film Honorable Mention
Manity
by Hussen Ibraheem
TALENT ACADEMY 2024
Best Pitching
2000 € Co-production Fund
Frescoes of Memory
by Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
Sponsored by
Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Croatia
CLOSEfilm Film and Culture Association, Linz
Festival and distribution strategy – mentorship
SOS
by Anita Morina
Sponsored by
Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Croatia
Participation at the workshop event “Let’s Pitch Some Shorts!“
Chuí Thermal
by Larissa Murai
Sponsored by
Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Croatia