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.