Camera Zizanio

1st Award

Reclaiming the Colour > E.B. Monsenhor Miguel de Oliveira / Portugal

For the impressive representation of historical events, for the promotion of humanitarian values, and for the emotionally charged use of songs that secured identification with the people of Portugal.

2nd Award

Palapasabra  > Escola Cooperativa Nou Patufet / Spain

For the unforeseen, entertaining, and playful presentation of serious issues of sexual identity, providing comprehensive information, awareness, and mobilization against hate rhetoric.

3rd Award 

Anxiety > First Primary School in Srebrenik / Bosnia Herzegovina

For the honesty and sensitivity with which the often turbulent inner world of children is depicted, through experiential narration that facilitates empathy and acceptance of proposals for addressing psychological difficulties.

1st Award

Tent Sculpture Memorial > Α.Ε.Ι Αudiovisual Forum, Lyceum of Livadion / Cyprus

For the emotion and respect with which the personal experience of the displacement of residents from a small village in Cyprus during the Turkish invasion is presented, highlighting the human side of history and contributing to the preservation of historical memory.

2nd Award

Game Over > Sanador Films, IES Rodanas/ Spain

For the dramatic depiction of the dangers of addiction to digital games, thanks to the ingenuity of direction, sound design, and visual effects.

Letterbox Enigma > Veluws College Walterbosch Apeldoorn (NFFS) / The Netherlands

For highlighting the youth’s need for communication and their fears of social isolation through distinct aesthetic and narrative choices.

3rd Award 

Dream > Lazar Jovanović / Serbia

For the opportunity the film provides us to realize that when reality doesn’t allow it, dreams, like cinema, give us the chance to share experiences and fulfill our desires.

1st Award

Deer> Kolkjjaer Hansen (Station next) / Denmark

For the moving and creatively inspired directorial approach through which the film addresses childhood traumas, abusive stereotypes, and the right of everyone to the sensitivity that heals and humanizes us.

2nd Award

An odd friendship > Alexandros Verroios / Greece 

For the courage with which it addresses and represents adolescent contemplations on death and life, thanks to a wealth of philosophical, literary, and cinematic references.

Rena > Alexandros Damianidis, John Akrivopoulos / Greece 

For the cry it sends against violence, combining poetic language, powerful images, expressive performances, and emotionally and psychologically fitting spaces and sounds.

3rd Award 

Call me sir > Esma Elif Ergul, Roos Van Gessek (IVKO Amsterdam-NFFS)  / The Netherlands

For the bold manner in which it calls for awareness against social discrimination and demonstrates that cinematic creation can be a journey of self-discovery.