Per Fikse (Norway)
Mikel Garrido Linares (Spain)
Tomasz Jurkiewicz (Poland)
after watching 25 films and having a long and fascinating discussion on October 17th, 2025, decided to award the following prizes:
Directed by: Gerardo Del Razo, Screenplay: Gerardo Del Razo, Heriberto Mojica, School: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Country: Mexico, Year: 2025, Running time: 18'04''
Justification:
Shot in one masterpiece longshot, this journey, full of tension, shows us that when government is weak and useless, only revolution can be the solution for ordinary people. One of those rare and marvelous occasions when the film form fits the contents perfectly.
Directed by: Ido Gotlib, Screenplay: Ido Gotlib, School: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Country: Germany, Year: 2024, Running time: 30'00''
Justification:
For creating a suggestive vision, full of loneliness of the world, where Narcissus is god and the truth is never really known. Like in any opera, the storytelling is enhanced by an all-knowing choir.
Directed by: Lena Jaworska, Screenplay: Lena Jaworska, School: Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Country: Poland, Year: 2025, Running time: 29'59''
Justification:
For precise directing, which without any sentiments convinced us that meeting with a foreigner could make us better person.
Directed by: Simon Schneckenburger, Screenplay: Simon Schneckenburger, Marie Wagner, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Country: Germany, Year: 2025, Running time: 29'59''
Justification:
for its inexorable capacity to shape a cinematic, visceral and human experience.
Directed by: Klaudia Fortuniak, Screenplay: Klaudia Fortuniak, School: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. L. Schillera w Łodzi, Country: Poland, Year: 2025, Running time: 19'46''
Justification:
To a film that invites us into a world where playfulness, longing and absurdity converge.
Magdalena Nowaczyk (Poland)
Aitor Fernández (Spain)
Decided to award
Directed by: Lena Jaworska, Screenplay: Lena Jaworska, School: Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Country: Poland, Year: 2025, Running time: 29'59''
Justification:
A story about how we are human — and must remain so. For the sensitivity in combining themes of moral dilemmas, empathy, and loneliness in the face of suffering. For a poignant story about humanity that can endure despite fear and borders.
Directed by: Agata Kapuścińska, Screenplay: Agata Kapuścińska, School: Warsaw Film School, Country: Poland, Year: 2025, Running time: 23'00''
Justification:
For a brave and moving portrayal of how, in life, love can lead to limitations. For a subtle and humorous depiction of how good intentions do not always bring freedom, and how closeness can become a trap. The color that lingers makes viewers reflect on the boundaries of human boundaries. For playing with form and an unconventional journey.
Oskar Kowalski
Daniel Kopeć
Piotr Szewczyk
decided to
Directed by: Simon Schneckenburger, Screenplay: Simon Schneckenburger, Marie Wagner, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Country: Germany, Year: 2025, Running time: 29'59''
Justification:
After intense deliberations and having watched many memorable productions, we, the Student Jury of the ETIUDA Competition, have decided to award the film Skin on Skin, directed by Simon Schneckenburger.
The audience of 32nd IFF Etiuda&Anima
Directed by: Jonathan Brunner, Laura Hornberger, Screenplay: Jonathan Brunner, Laura Hornberger, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Country: Germany, Year: 2025, Running time: 24'00''
The jury consisted of:
Oskar Kowalski
Daniel Kopeć
Piotr Szewczyk
Justification:
Film School in Lodz stood out for its bold and thoughtful shortfilms, combining narrative originality, historical awareness, and a strong sense of artistic identity
Peter Lord (Great Britain)
Marcin Podolec (Poland)
Lea Vidakovic (Serbia)
at the meeting on October 17th, 2025, after watching 55 films, decided to award the following prizes:
Directed by: Sylwia Szkiłądź, Screenplay: Sylwia Szkiłądź, Production: Ozù Productions, Amopix, Vivi Film & Novanima, Country: Belgium, France, Year: 2025, Running time: 17'27''
Justification:
For it’s unique and gentle blending of fairytale with the rough edges of imigrant life. The jury writes this statement with a blue pen with googly eyes.
Directed by: Péter Vácz, Screenplay: Péter Vácz, Production: Gábor Osváth (Filmfabriq / Boddah), Country: Hungary, Year: 2025, Running time: 20'44''
Directed by: Jan Saska , Screenplay: Jan Saska, Václav Hašek, Production: Last Films, MAUR film, Laïdak Films, Artichoke, AEON Production, Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Year: 2024, Running time: 13'07''
Directed by: Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Screenplay: Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg), Saskia Stirn, Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Country: Germany, Year: 2024, Running time: 12'50''
Directed by: Daria Kopiec, Screenplay: Daria Kopiec, Production: Marmolada Films, Country: Poland, Year: 2025, Running time: 13'48''
Directed by: Suresh Eriyat, Screenplay: Suresh Eriyat, Production: Nilima Eriyat, Country: India, Year: 2025, Running time: 8'02''
Directed by: Ruihan Yang, Screenplay: Ruihan Yang, Production: Tama Art University (Tokyo), Country: China, Japan, Year: 2025, Running time: 8'30''
Directed by: Tereza Kovandová, Screenplay: Tereza Kovandová, Lukáš Hrdý, Production: FAMU (Prague), Cinepoint, Country: Czech Republic, Year: 2024, Running time: 7'44''
Maria Michalska
Barbara Szczerbanowska
Karolina Zdunek
decided to:
Directed by: Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Screenplay: Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg), Saskia Stirn, Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Country: Germany, Year: 2024, Running time: 12'50''
Justification:
For creating an ode to the microwave, treating frozen masculinity with tenderness and for humorously addressing the subject of depression among manual laborers.
The audience of 32nd IFF Etiuda&Anima awarded the film:
Directed by: Péter Vácz, Screenplay: Péter Vácz, Production: Gábor Osváth (Filmfabriq / Boddah), Country: Hungary, Year: 2025, Running time: 20'44''
Nuno Beato (Portugal)
Radostina Neykova (Bulgaria)
Stefano Sasso (Italy)
at the meeting on October 17th, 2025, after watching 5 films, decided to award the prize:
Directed by: Jean-François Laguionie, Screenplay: Anik Le Ray, Jean-François Laguionie, Country: Luxembourg, France, Year: 2024, Running time: 75'00''
Justification:
A poetic film with a consistent narrative that involves us in a familiar ambiance. A temporal universe that lets us be carried away by an ocean of emotions in the face of the construction of a strong relationship in the shape of a ship.
Szymon Białobrzeski
Julia Wiereńko
Anna Zielińska
decided to:
Directed by: Gints Zilbalodis, Screenplay: Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Country: France, Latvia, Belgium, Year: 2024, Running time: 84'00''
Justification:
For a true flood — both the one pouring from the screen and the one streaming from our eyes. Flow, using biblical archetypes, draws the viewer into a world where ecological disaster intertwines with a visual sensitivity to beauty.
And all this was achieved on a laughably small budget and with a few brilliantly animated animals that gently remind us of our own furry friends — the ones scratching our couches while we sink comfortably into a cinema seat.
“Flowing” smoothly into our conclusion — this award is not only our choice, but also a sheer joy and a hopeful sign of a new wave in mainstream cinema. To quote a classic: “Saturday is cat day,” so let’s celebrate!
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