Cittador International Film Festival - Winners 2022 3i2h68
Winners 2022 3e154
Jury Awarded Films 224h2s
Best Narrative Short – Jury Award 69v58
“The Pencil“ by Alexandre Mahutte, Canada g5922
Jury´s Statement
The world from the perspective of a pencil points out the incomprehensibility, crudeness, and exploitation of the world in a funny and ambiguous way. Vivid presence of the off-voice.
Best Arthouse Short – Jury Award 6c4n6i
“The Case“ by David Norman, Switzerland 1t671t
Jury´s Statement
A simple way to show the complex theme of time looping, very well underscored by the sound design, which occasionally becomes music. The remarkable acting of Quinn Butterfield.
Best Feminist Short – Jury Gold Award 6z6i2a
“Woman´s Work“ by Annemijn Hélène Rijk, Netherlands h2e4y
Jury´s Statement
A clear image on the theme of woman as a timeless continuum. A strong performance with the excellent pace that keeps the interest of the audience incessantly.
Best Feminist Short – Jury Silver Award 6745l
“Doxxed“ by Otto Logan, USA 2e125t
Jury´s Statement
The film got right to the heart of the feminist issue – a powerful message about the state of affairs today. Remarkable performance by the cast.
Best Feminist Short – Jury Bronze Award 3lk1c
"Child Psychology” by Duru Yildiz, Turkey 5t534j
Jury´s Statement
Impressive and touching images on the subject of abuse. A strong story concept that consists of circles and thus has no end and no beginning.
Best Animated Short – Jury Award 483i26
“MIDAS” by Ben Meyer, Mav Vitale, Lisa Qingyi Liu, USA 13b6a
Jury´s Statement
The saying “Watch what you wish for.” is told in a very humorous anti-didactic way with a brisk pace and a funny twist.
Best Sci-Fi Short – Jury Award k2351
“First Time” by Scotty Baker, USA 3s2h
Jury´s Statement
A successful absurdist yet human philosophical debate in a distant future, told with fine dry humor in the style of Douglas Adams and his “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.
Best Experimental Short – Jury Gold Award 86564
“Measured in Echoes” by Jonathan Joy, USA 1c473v
Jury´s Statement
Impressive x-ray of a stopped time: impressionistic and hypnotic. Beautiful interactive play of the camera, the light, and the music.
Best Experimental Short – Jury Silver Award 6hk64
[ technopoetics ] by Alexandre Dacosta, Brasil 1bjy
Jury´s Statement
Unconventional and inventive graphic poems told in a charming, funny, and educational way. A new poetic gaze at reality.
Best LGBTQ+ Short – Jury Award 5jg4a
“I Hate You and Everything You Represent” by Sebastián Porteiro, Uruguay 4i2e4l
Jury´s Statement
Very poetic symbolism of love in all its facets: romantic beginning, rough disappointment, new beginning. The beautiful off-voices.
Honorable Mentions 3j2u64
Honorable Mention – Storytelling 582f5w
„Backpack” by Afsaneh Azizmohammadi, Iran m4o1z
Jury´s Statement – Exciting storytelling.
Honorable Mention – Camera 2x4t3z
“April at the End of the Month” by Tim Disbrow, USA 1x21n
Jury´s Statement – Successfully shown suppressed emotions by the camera.
Honorable Mention – Film Images 6v5c56
“Bilateral Symmetry“ by William Alan McNeice, Kate Novak, Spain 1f3071
Jury´s Statement – Fine photographic film images.
Honorable Mention – Film Quotes 5j3on
“Child Psychology“ by Duru Yildiz, Turkey y3o4k
Jury´s Statement – Interesting film quotes in a strong low-key.
Honorable Mention – Non-Budget Spirit 3p363z
“Doing is everything” by Petr Cerny, Czech Republic 584f3o
Jury´s Statement – A nice example of the non-budget spirit.
Audience Awards 50q
"The Pencil" by Alexandre Mahutte, Canada 4n6c1t
"April at the End of the Month" by Tim Disbrow, USA 4m2c14
"Doxxed" by Otto Logan, USA 482r3z
"Reyn: I´ll Find a Way" by Shelly Gertan, Austria b58
"Disparate Fragments Form Patterns" by Paul Edmund Fletcher, Australia 141y1h