WINNERS
SBIFest - MAY 2025
Please note that among the winning films of the monthly competitions (not all), those selected to participate in the Grand Finale in Tangier will be chosen, with public screenings in November 2025, culminating in the Gala Finale. Films that win in a particular category in the monthly competitions will continue to compete in other categories they have entered if selected for the Grand Finale .
Best Short Film
"Ya Hanouni" directors Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib
While the Mom and the Dad try to put their baby to sleep, a competition arises between them: who will manage to get the baby to say the first word?
France, Runtime: 03:00
Best Italian Short Film
"Geryon" director Nicola Scamarcia
Giacomo Fanelli is a loan shark who suffered rejection of a kidney transplant he had. Because his doctor doesn’t approve a second transplant, he decides to send money to Giulia and Emma, two girls who want to get married, to solve the problem.
Italy, Runtime: 16:31
Best Short Documentary
"BEYOND THE SURFACE" director IVÁN FERNÁNDEZ GONZÁLEZ
A documentary that narrates the situation of those affected in different towns of Valencia, eleven days after the DANA disaster.
Spain, Runtime: 20:26
Best Feature Documentary
"In Ruins" director Bence Sípos
The ruin pub is a scrappy, cultural space where they couldn't afford furniture, the embodiment of freedom, the cause of terrible noise, a relic of the past...
At the turn of the century, a culturally vibrant capital was razed to the ground by the war. The people who lived there had to start all over again. Perseverance and will brought the city back to life, only to fall back into decline. It is in this circularity that Budapest exists, and to it the ruin pub is linked, embodying the permanence built out of the ruins of Eastern Europe.
Hungary, Runtime: 01:39:00