We would like to announce the winners, runners up and honourable mentions in all award winner categories in this year’s festival. Congratulations to all the filmmakers and their teams in some excellent films this year. Off course we want to thank everyone that submitted and had their films shown in this year’s festival. Please see the list of winners below.
Best EU Short Film:
Winner: L’Acquario
Director, Writer, Producer: Gianluca Zonta, Co-Writer: Alessandro Salentino, Producer: Camillo Esposito & Andrea Guidot & Serena Marconi
Country: Italy
Runner up:
Juste Avant
Director, Writer, Producer: Sylvain Bressollette
Country: France
Honourable Mention:
Lisianthus
Director: Michele Cardano & Francesco Bolognesi, Writer: Andrea Brusa, Producer: Andrea Italia
Country: Italy
Best UK Short Film
Winner: Soulmate
Director & Writer: Richard Fenwick
Country: UK
Runner up:
Making Up
Director, Writer, Producer: Ryan Paige
Producer: Daniel Pemberton/Amy Ajeto/Poppy O’Hagan
Country: UK
Honourable Mentions:
Big Cat
Director & Writer: Mike Gilbert
Producer: Freddie Hall
Country: UK
Vulnerable
Director, Writer, Producer: Adam Bellamy
Country: UK
Best NW Short Film
Winner: Chicken Girl
Director & Writer: Em Humble
Producer: Milda Baginskaite
Country: UK
Runner up:
Crossbar Challenge
Director, Writer, Producer: James Oliver
Co-Producer & Co-Writer: Tom Ryder
Country: UK
Honourable Mention:
Reservoir
Director, Writer, Producer: Nicholas Cole
Country: UK
Best Animation Short Film
Winner: Caline
Director & Writer: Margot Reumont
Producer: Zorobabel
Country: Belgium
Runner up:
Song of Flying Leaves
Director, Writer, Producer: Armine Anda
Writer: Roman Balayan
Country: Armenia
Honourabe Mention:
Cod & Chips
Director & Writer: Matt Pidgeon
Producer: Deirdre Griffin
Country: Ireland
Grand Prize
Winner: Live
Director & Writer: Mara Tamkovich
Producer: Filip Marczewski
Country: Poland
Runner up:
Panic Attack
Director, Writer, Producer: Anthony Assad
Country: Ireland
Honourable Mention:
Cultes
Director & Writer: David Padilla
Country: France
Best Cinematography in Short Film
Winner: Game, Interrupted
Director & Writer: Ilayda Iseri
Producer: Tolga Karacelik Fehmi Ozturk
Country: Turkey
Runner up:
Red Sky at Night
Director & Writer: Kieran Stringfellow
Producer: Tasha Williams
Country: UK
Honourable Mentions:
La Pillirina
Director: Fausto Cavaleri
Writer: Livia Alcalde
Producer: Tony Pellegrino
Country: Italy / Sicilly
Paris 70
Director: Dani Feixas Roca
Writer: Nach Solís
Producer: Dani Roca & Alba Bernaus
Country: Spain
Best Actor in Short Film
Winner: Ayisha Siddiqi (Honeycomb)
Director & Writer: Haider Hussain
Producer: Haider Hussain & Genny van T‘Veer
Country: Netherlands
Runner up:
Gwyneth Evans (Lyrids)
Director & Producer: Jack Berry
Writer: Nina Berry
Producer: Gwyneth Evans
Country: UK
Honourable Mention:
Evie Hilyer-Ziegler for Fionamonium
Director, Writer, Producer: Angus Gannagé
Producer: Julian Roberts
Country: UK
Best Women In Film
Winner: Firefly
Director & Writer: Anne-Marie Scragg
Writer: Mathew Bayliss
Producer: Jim Page
Country: UK
Runner up:
Does Your Hand Shake Vladimir
Director, Writer, Producer: Odveig Klyve
Country: Norway
Honourable Mentions:
Grim
Director& Writer: Grace Alwyn Ashworth
Producer: Håkan Carlsson
Country: UK
True Lies
Director: Roni Levkowitz
Country: France
Best Student Short Film Award
Winner: Marla
Director & Writer: Eleanor O’Donoghue
Producer: Jessica Ainsworth
Country: UK
Runner Up:
The Dangerous Business of Cheese Toasties
Director & Writer: Fin Heff
Producer: Lucas Teal
Country: UK
Special Mentions:
That’s My Biscuit
Director, Writer: Juliana Andrade Venturini & Amal Ghamlooch & Jonathan Webb & John O’Connor
Country: UK
Coeden Meinir
Director: Josie Harris
Writer: Kayleigh Gardikioti-Griva
Producer: Holly Bellack
Country: UK
Street Art
Director, Writer, Producer: Millie Hine
Country: UK
Festival Choice Award
Winner: 2K5
Director: Nicole Pott
Writer: Nicole Pott & Maia Kipping
Producer: Tuli Litvak
Country: UK
Runner Up:
True Lies
Director: Roni Levkowitz
Country: France
Honourable Mention:
Paradise Lost Show
Director, Writer, Producer: Silvia De Gennaro
Country: Italy
Documentary
Honourable Mention
Showing Around Lapland Mushroom
Director, Writer, Producer: Richard Howe
Country: UK
That’s it for 2024. Congratulations to all the wonderful filmmakers that won or were nominated. Thanks also to all the others whose films we showed in this years KINOFILM festival.