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 from November 22nd to 24th, 2024, 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 in Tangier.
Best Italian Short Film
ADDHUMARE (THE BRIGHT LIGHT ON THE SEA) by Hermes Mangialardo
The short film is the story of a secret love in Gallipoli (south of italy), in the early 1900s: he is a humble fisherman, she is the daughter of the local baron. Their meeting place is in the vegetation of the Purità beach, under the ramparts of the Ionian city.
Italy, 5 minutes 14 seconds
Best Short Films
"Give Way To The Right" by Mikhail Shklofsky
In an effort to end the abusive relationship, Sasha leaves her husband, taking her daughter and mother with her. When the car gets stuck in a dead traffic jam, Sasha starts having a panic attack. When her mother tries to intervene in the situation, it only gets worse.
Russian Federation, 14 minutes
"Patellidae" by Elpida Koumpoura
Patellidae is a seventeen-minute fantasy drama about a homeless girl -Annie- who collects seashells on Cramond Island. Following her father's disappearance during a sea tide, Annie returns to the island every day in order to find him. While walking along the island, Annie discovers a sea creature. A creature that can only be found in myths about the sea.
United Kingdom, 17 minutes 22 seconds
"Goodnight" by Tommy Tan
A young man makes the decision to depart from his home, bidding his farewells as he goes.
Singapore, 5 minutes 50 seconds
"WIZARD" by Arsen Aristakesyan
The young man decided to propose to his beloved girl. He wants this day to be magical for her. But, suddenly... Will he be able to give his beloved a holiday if everything immediately went wrong?
Russian Federation, 5 minutes
"September Requiem" by Igor Fyodorov
On 28 September 1941, the night before the events of Babi Yar, a neighbour comes to a Jewish family - the parents of two twins - and offers to take one of them out of the city. The story of the most difficult human choice.
Russian Federation, 30 minutes
"ILSE" by Claudia Engl, Judith Hoersch
1945 in a German war hospital. Only one more day
until the nurse Ilse is allowed to start her
long-desired home vacation. If only there wasn‘t
this one event that, despite the unexpected end
of the war, suddenly changed her whole life.
Germany, 18 minutes 52 seconds
"Flower of the Partisan" by Charles Badenhorst
During the assassin Tsafendas’ years of solitary, it becomes clear that he is suffering for a futile act. Killing the "Architect" of apartheid did not lead to its end but its affirmation. But then a difficult maths problem distracts him. He remembers stories and music. He starts to live for the imaginary.
South Africa, 10 minutes 23 seconds
Best Feature-Length Films
"Commander " by Timur Khvan, Alexander Guryanov
Gennady Zaytsev is an ordinary teenager from a remote Ural village. He was raised in a large family without a father yet he managed to survive war time childhood hardships and post-war devastation, and he was at the origin of Alpha Group anti-terrorist unit. On December 1, 1998, in Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz), terrorists took 32 children, a teacher and a bus driver hostage. Zaytsev led the most difficult rescue operation which resulted in the release of all hostages and the arrest of terrorists.
Russian Federation, 2 hours 24 minutes
Best Spanish Short Film
"Sincopat " by Pol Diggler
Ona, a creative executive of a large company, is about to launch the latest technological revolution into the market: a device that allows listening to music directly inside the brain.
Spain, 13 minutes 30 seconds
Best Fiction Short Film Director
"Survivor " by Karim Azimi
Some immigrants by the sea are waiting for them to cross the sea.. A young couple with other immigrants are going to the light of the world, but they have problems when their baby is born.
Iran, 13 minutes 30 seconds
Best Horror Feature Film
"Berenice" by Pablo Suárez Martínez
England. Victorian Era.
An artist devastated by the loss of his wife and two daughters plans to take his own life and reunite with them when he accidentally discovers the eldest's doll: however, remembering his extreme evil and that the doll was buried with the girl, he doubts what do with her. He will soon discover that the doll is cursed and that it is his responsibility to get rid of she, from which point events will accelerate dramatically.
Spain, 1 hour 8 minutes 44 seconds