ETIUDA COMPETITION VERDICT

Jury consisted of:

Sophie Linnenbaum
Maria Rivera Bolańos
Mateusz Głowacki

at the meeting on November 24, 2023, after watching 25 films in the competition, ETIUDA decided to award the following films:

Grand Prix
Golden Dinosaur

THE VISIT / WIZYTA

dir. Alexandra Roberta Serban, prod. school: Universitatea Nationala de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica I.L. Caragiale, country: Romania

Justification:
“With an almost casual ordinariness, this film gives us an insight into a dark chapter of Romanian history. Masterfully realized, Roberta Serban and her team touched us unobtrusively with a deep story between conversations about poems, weapons and salami. May the curse of the falling dinosaur be with her”

Silver Dinosaur

CHIN UP, DUDE / GŁOWA DO GÓRY, ZIOMEK

dir. Florian Moses Bayer , prod. School: Filmakademie Wien, country: Austria

Justification:
“To florian Moses Bayer for daring to question traditional masculinity in such a lovely and funny way with such charming characters.”

Bronze Dinosaur

A CAPELLA IN D MINOR / A CAPELLA W D MOLL

dir. Malu Janssen, prod. school: Nederlandse Filmacademie, country: Holland

Justification:
“The director Malu Janssen succeeds in creating a light-footed social comedy about the absurd, tragicomic and serious abysses of sexuality - and the hurdles of parenthood in dealing with them”

And awarded special mentions:

3 DAYS, 3 YEARS / 3 DNI, 3 LATA

dir. Florencia Gómez Sántiz, school: Escuela de Cine Documental de San Cristóbal de las Casas, country: Mexico

Justification:
“For achieving a sensible portrait of an urgent subject about tsotsil women and how finally they started to be heard and seen, and thereby telling a universal story”

NON-REGULATION PRIZES

Jury FICC Verdict

Jury consisted of:

Iva Hejlickova (Czech)
Karolina Żuk (Poland)
Joaquin Pavao (Portugal)

after watching 25 films in the ETIUDA competition on November 24

awarded the film

TASTE OF HOME / JAK W DOMU

dir. Ani Vo, prod. school: Hochschule fur Fernsehen Munchen, country: Germany

And awarded a special mention:

DEJA VU / DEJA VU

dir. Gal Cohen, prod. school: Kibbutzim College, country: Israel

Justification:
“The winner is Taste of home. But we wanted to give the honorable mention to Deja vu. Ivana said something really important that the Taste of home is a movie and Deja vu is like a minature. Its really great, the acting, the pictures and we really apriciate that but Taste of home got our hearts, the topic of this movie was really important but for us more important was the story that was just really good written.  ”

Verdict of the student jury

Student jury consisted of:

Lilianna Skut 
Edyta Kubiak 
Florentyna Cieślak

at the meeting on November 24 2023, after watching 25 films in the competition, ETIUDA decided to:

award the film

FRACTURE / PĘKNIĘCIE

dir. Dimana Pastrakowv, Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Bulgaria

Peoples Award

The viewers of the 30th Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival decided to:

award a mention:

APNEA | BEZDECH

dir.: Natalia Bermúdez, Meksyk/Mexico

ANIMA COMPETITION VERDICT

The jury consisted of:

Ivana Šebestová (Slovakia)
Marc Roels (Holland)
Paulina Ziółkowska (Poland)

at the meeting on November 24, 2023, after watching 44 animations, decided to award the following prizes:

Grand Prix Golden Jabberwocky and PLN 10,000

WINTER

dir. Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki,Poland 2023

Justification:
„A harsh yet mesmerising film depicting a community seemingly on the brink of apocalypse. The film resembles a cold, beautiful kaleidoscope turning and shifting effortlessly between cruelty and longing, between the sacred and vulgar. An absolute masterclass in technique, writing and direction!”

Silver Jabberwocky

AAAAH!

dir. Osman Cerfon, France 2023

Justification:
„Surprisingly inventive and thrillingly simple. This film manages to convey with affection and humor the simple, primal fact that we are all just animals screaming into the abyss. And its hilarious!”

Bronze Jabberwocky

MISALIGNED

dir. Marta Magnuska, Poland 2022

Justification:
„This film features a strong, confident visual style in its compositions, character designs and animation. Underpinned by deft and elegant editing, it playfully reveals its themes with subtlety, emotion and humour.”

Special Golden Jabberwocky
for the best animated student etude:

IN THE UPPER ROOM

dir. Alexander Gratzer, Hungary 2022

Justification:
„This deceptively simple film evokes a rich, surreal world that is surprisingly moving and emotional. The characters are as bizarre as they are relatable and are rendered with warmth and a very effective lightness of touch. We also loved all the hairiness.”

The jury also decided to award Special Mentions

from Ivana Šebestova to:

49 385

dir. Helena Stańczyk, Poland 2023

Justification:
„For the light yet powerful commemoration of events that are not to be forgotten.”

from Paulina Ziółkowska to:

TOTO

dir. Klaudia Bochniak, Poland 2023

from Marc Roels to:

ANTIPOLIS

dir. Kaspar Jancis, Estonia 2023

Verdict of the student jury

Student jury consisted of:

Jan Bryg
Karolina Walas
Bartek Miechowicz

at the meeting on November 24 2023, after watching 44 films in the competition, ANIMA decided to:

award the film

CRAB

dir. Piotr Chmielewski, WJTeam, Poland

Peoples Award

The viewers of the 30th Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival decided to:

award a mention:

ICE MERCHANTS

dir. João Gonzalez

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners and honorable mentions!!!