Kinofilm Festival 18th Edition decided to allow the people to decide the winner of our categories this year by allowing them to name their top three films from each programme after they had viewed it in its entirety.
The results are as follows:
LGBTQ
Winner: Nicki
Dir: Saman Haghighivand, Wri: Saman Haghighivand, Fatemeh Pourhashemi, Prod: Sahameddin Bahrami, Niloufar Keshavarz Motamed
Runner Up: Adjustment
Dir/Wri: Mehrdad Hassani
Animation
Winner: Something Borrowed
Dir: Micky Wozny; Prod: Andrew St Maur
Runner Up: Just for the Record
Dir/Wri:Vojin Vasovic, Prod: Vojin Vasovic, Senka Radivojevic, Senka Radivojevic
Special Mention: The Mandrake
Dir: Quincy William Baltes; Prod: Kate Jansen
International
Winner: Just for the Record
Dir/Wri:Vojin Vasovic, Prod: Vojin Vasovic, Senka Radivojevic, Senka Radivojevic
Runner Up: The Ephemeral Orphanage
Dir/Wri/Prod: Lisa Barcy
Special Mention: The Stamp
Dir: Lovro Mrdjen, Wri: Mario Pragic, Prod: Dalia Alic
Kino Tales
Winner: Exit
Dir/Wri: Ivan Basov, Prod: Elena Kuznetsova
Runner Up: Scrum
Dir/Wri: Kate Graham
Special Mention: The Recycling Man
Dir: Carlo Ballauri, Wri: Carlo Ballauri, Giovanni Gualdoni, Prod: Llaria Caiazzo, Maria Costa, Cavalieri della Notte S.r.l.
Iranian Shorts
Winner: Cylinder
Dir/Wri: Amir Pazirofteh
Runner Up: Deer
Dir/Wri: Hadi Babaeifar
Eurocine Shorts
Winner: Bills Included
Dir: Javier Macipe, Wri: Javier Macipe, David Manjón, Prod: El Pez Amarillo S.L.
Runner Up: Masha
Dir/Wri: Krzysztof Chodorowski, Prod: Maciej Ślesicki
Polish Student Shorts
Winner: Stagnant
Dir: Sara Szymańska
Runner Up: Five Minutes Older
Dir: Konrad Kultys
New Voices
Winner: Mush
Dir/Wri: Milo Blake, Alexander Denning
Runner Up: A Film About Nice Guys
Dir/Wri: Cecilia Säverman, Julia Boström
Women in Film
Winner: ‘Limbo’
Dir/Wri: Lotje Sodderland Prod: Margo Mars, Anthony Austin, Charlie Falconer
Runner Up: Day to Day
Dir: Freya Chappell, Prod: Freya Chappell, Ramiro Munoz
Special Mention: Song Sparrow
Dir/Wri/Prod: Farzaneh Omidvarnia
Documentary
Winner: Oluwale
Dir/Wri: Jeremiah Quinn, Ed: Aarif Laljee, DOP Steven Wyatt, Score: Pocholo, Sound: Jordan Laughlin
Runner Up: Day to Day
Dir: Freya Chappell, Prod: Freya Chappell, Ramiro Munoz
Salford Student Shorts
Winner: Sinister Sales
Dir: Ben Robertson
Runner Up: The Dane
Dir: Adam Harrison
Special Mention: Astray
Dir: Criostai Newhall
British New Wave
Winner: Boy in the Back Seat
Dir/Wri/Prod: Scott Pickup, Prod: Jonny Ross, James Owen, Simon Marriott
Runner Up: The Pangolin Man
Dir/Wri/Prod: Ellie Stones
Special Mention: Beth
Dir/Wri:Ava Bounds, Prod: Bryan Bounds
BAME
Winner: Hell and Forward
Dir: Has San
Runner Up: Good Girl Rose
Dir: June Cheung
Special Mention: The Promise
Dir: Chi Thai
Made Up North
Winner: Forget Me Not
Dir/Wri: Simone Walsh, Prod: Gabriella Callea
Runner Up: Sacrifice
Dir: Charlie Carter
Special Mention: Cost of Living
Dir: Graham Relton
Special Mention: Ineffable
Dir/Wri/Prod: Christopher Deakin
Made in Manchester
Winner: BOTC
Dir/Wri: Jason Wingard, Prod: Hannah Stevenson
Runner Up: Oluwale
Dir/Wri: Jeremiah Quinn, Ed: Aarif Laljee, DOP Steven Wyatt, Score: Pocholo, Sound: Jordan Laughlin
Special Mention: Dance
Dir/Pro/Wri: Rosie Adamson-Clark
Special Mention: Men Only
Dir/Wri/Prod: Keir Black