Feature Film Grand Prize City of Lisbon / 15.000 Euros
TVCine Special Award (Rights acquisition for Portugal)
Charlotte Serrand directs La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival and is artistic advisor at Visions du Réel and NIFFF. She was an advisor for the Directors’ Fortnight and a frequent collaborator of Albert Serra, as well as a filmmaker herself.
Portuguese artist. Her practice, that lays between sculpture and architecture, involves an archaeological approach to the social, political, and aesthetic history of modernism through ongoing research with archival material, documents, and objects.
Kamal Aljafari (Ramla, Palestine, 1972. Lives in Berlin, Germany) works with moving images, interweaving fiction, non-fiction, and art. His films have been shown at Berlinale, Locarno, Rotterdam and Visions du Réel. IndieLisboa author in retrospective, 2024.
EMEL Short Film Grand Prize / 4.000 Euros
2 Special Jury Prizes / 500 Euros each
Carolina Celas works as an illustrator for various media. She has a degree in Design and a Masters in Visual Communication. Her illustration explores detail, humor and the surreal through natural and spatial elements.
Director of the FeKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival. He also established the festival of experimental AV practices V-F-X Ljubljana. He is the director of the Center for Contemporary Arts SCCA-Ljubljana. He directed several short films that received international recognition.
Roopa Gogineni is an Indian-American filmmaker and photographer whose work considers historical memory and modes of resistance. After a decade living in Nairobi she is now based in Paris.
Max Award for Best Portuguese Feature Film / 5.000 Euros
NOVA FCSH Award for Best Director in a Portuguese Feature Film / 1.000 Euros
Award for Best Portuguese Short Film / 2.000 Euros
The Yellow Color New Talent Award / 1.500 Euros convertible into image post-production services
She is a French director, editor, actress, producer and teacher. She edited Return to Seoul by Davy Chou (Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award) and Mariupolis 2 by Mantas Kvedaravicius (Prix du Jury – l’Oeil d’Or at Cannes 2022).
A journalist who works in the press, radio and television. He is currently programme director for Antena 1, RDP Internacional and RDP África. He has made documentaries for television and was programmer at Queer Lisboa festival.
He is a member of Fipresci and works as a film critic for various magazines, including Con los ojos abiertos, of which he is editor. He is also a programmer for important festivals such as Filmfest Hamburg and Viennale and director of Doc Buenos Aires and FICIC. He has moderated masterclasses with major filmmakers.
Brand New Award / 1.500 Euros + promotion and sales by Portugal Film
Director and Producer, he has collaborated on works by authors such as Miguel Gomes, Teresa Villaverde, Gabriel Abrantes, Marco Martins, Carlos Conceição, João Nicolau and Mónica Lima. In 2024 he founded his own production company, Seara Filmes.
Mário Ventura (1989) was born in Barreiro, graduated in Directing from ETIC and has worked in various roles in television, cinema, advertising, music videos and shows. He is currently a film programmer at Cine Clube do Barreiro and Entre Olhares.
Born in 1959 in Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo], Sabine belongs to the first generation of French female cinematographers. She has always supported and worked for independent films, actively defending a cinema of quality and originality.
Silvestre Award for Best Feature Film / 1.500 Euros
Director of programming of the Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival in France (FIFIB), and in charge of two residencies for the development of short and feature-length films, connected to the festival.
Director of the film museum Filmpodium in Zurich. Previously served as director of Stadtkino Basel, where she launched the film archive Kinemathek Le Bon Film and Bildrausch – Filmfest Basel; and a member of the managing and artistic team of the Int’l Short Film Festival in Winterthur.
Visual artist trained at Ar.Co, London Royal College of Arts, and NY School of Visual Arts. Exhibited at Venice, São Paulo, Berlin, and Rennes Biennales. Works showcased at Centre Georges Pompidou, Serralves Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Walhof Museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and more.
Escola das Artes Silvestre Award for Best Short Film / 1.000 Euros
Anika a.k.a Annika Henderson (D/GB), born 1987 in Woking, UK is a musician, poet, DJ, radio-host and video-director, most known for her 2010 breakthrough album ‘Anika’ (Stones Throw/Invada) with Bristol band Beak>, featuring the Kinks cover of ‘I Go To Sleep’.
Karel Spěšný is the co-founder of the Pragueshorts Film Festival, of which he has been the programme director since then. Currently, as a producer and showrunner, he focuses mainly on the development and production of films and series.
Director and visual artist, author of the films IN CASE OF FIRE (2019), BLINDMAN’S BUFF (2021) and DILDOTECTONICS (2023). Her work focuses on issues of gender and sexuality based on historical and sociological research, as well as personal experiences.
IndieMusic Award / 1.000 Euros
Known for his role as lead singer of the Lisbon pop trio D’ALVA and for his sonic adventures as ALGUMACENA. As a musician and composer with an eclectic musical taste, he feels at home in territories as diverse as Boiler Room and Emo Nite.
Born in Grande Porto in 1978 and studied Social Communication in Lisbon, where she lives. She has been a member of the BLITZ editorial team since 2006 and also writes for Expresso, whose magazine she coordinates. She also presents the interview podcast Posto Emissor on BLITZ.
Programme Director at SBSR Radio. Author of the programme “The Enchanted Forest” (SPA Award for Best Radio Programme 2023). He is also ACID ACID. He has two albums, including the record “JODOROWSKY”, considered by Blitz as one of the 50 best national records of 2020.
International Amnesty Award / 1.500 Euros
Árvore da Vida Award for Best Portuguese Film / 2.000 Euros
Poet and essayist.
Theologist.
MUTIM Award
Award to the short film from Novíssimos section that best contributes to a non-stereotypical cinematic imaginary in Portuguese cinema. / 250 Euros
Programmer.
Director.
Critic.
Queer Art Lab Award
This award honors the film, from MEDIA countries, that captures the essence of diversity and authenticity within the LGBTQI+ community, challenging stereotypes and promoting empathy and understanding. / 1.000 Euros
Artist, actor and musician
artistic worker, antifascist, transmasculine
Schools Award for Best Portuguese Short Film
CED D. Maria Pia – Casa Pia de Lisboa
Escola Artística António Arroio
Escola Secundária Gil Vicente
Universities Award for Best Portuguese Feature Film
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
ESEL – Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa
Audience Award for Best Feature Film / 1.000 Euros
Audience Award for Best Short Film / 750 Euros
IndieJúnior Audience Award / 500 Euros
International Competition, National Competition, Brand New, Smart7, Silvestre, IndieMusic, IndieJunior, Mouth of Madness, Rizhome
