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 Short Film

"She died. Not for the living" by Avi Ludmir


A woman who was sexually assaulted arrives to a graveyard in order to commit suicide, where she meets the one who assaulted her and intends to do the same thing.

Israel, 6 minutes

Best Feature Film

"LAUGH LAUGH DIE" by Takuya Matsumoto


A strange disease called "laughing death", in which people suddenly die while laughing, is spreading all over the world. The world is afraid of infection and forbids laughter. There were people who chose to live freely in a world where they took drugs that killed their emotions and lost their minds.

Japan, 1 hour 38 minutes 55 seconds

Best Italian Short Film

"DUST" by PAOLO Carboni


It is the end of 1985, Cagliari.

On the evening of December 23, two bandits, armed and with their faces covered by balaclavas, break into a liquor store, inside there is a man in his sixties, the robbers order the owner to hand over the proceeds. the man does not allow himself to be intimidated and reacts, a scuffle ensues, two shots are fired the owner remains on the ground lifeless.

Aldo is an out-of-course university student. One like many in Cagliari. A little undecided. That evening he has the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He lives in the neighborhood where the crime took place. He happens to be passing by while the robbery is taking place. In the following days he is stopped, arrested and placed in solitary confinement in which he will remain for 185 days.

Italy, 29 minutes

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