Feature Film Grand Prize City of Lisbon / 15.000 Euros
Karel Och graduated in film history and theory at Prague’s Charles University. Since 2001, he has worked for the Karlovy Vary IFF as a member of the selection committee and in 2010 he was appointed KVIFF’s artistic director.
British Brazilian filmmaker and producer based in Recife, Brazil. She is co-founder of the company Desvia where she has produced/coproduced 18 films that have accrued more than 200 major awards worldwide.
Sara Bichão is a visual artist whose creative processes explore emotional channels such as healing, affection, and humor. She has presented solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Serralves Foundation.
EMEL Short Film Grand Prize / 4.000 Euros
2 Special Jury Prizes / 500 Euros each
Gonzalo E. Veloso is founder and Director of INTERSECCIÓN, A Coruña International Film Festival, and founder and head of TESTAFERRO. He is interested in independent, groundbreaking, vibrant films born out of risk and innovation.
Patrick Gamble is a London-based writer and critic specialising in experimental music and artists’ moving image. His writing has appeared in Sight & Sound, Hyperallergic and Talking Shorts and he is a regular contributor at The Skinny and Aesthetica.
Performer, creator, teacher, and researcher. PhD candidate at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities – UL, with a master’s degree in Performing Arts from UFRJ. Through encounters with people, she creates shows, performances, lectures, books, and exhibitions.
Canais TVCine Award for Best Portuguese Feature Film / 5.000 Euros
Award for Best Director in a Portuguese Feature Film / 1.000 Euros
Award for Best Portuguese Short Film / 2.000 Euros
McFly New Talent Award / Post-production services
Filmmaker and artist based in Lisbon, holding a degree in Painting from FBAUL and a Master’s in Cinema from Sorbonne Nouvelle, whose award-winning films have been screened at international festivals such as IFFR, Bildrausch, BAFICI, Viennale, and Doclisboa.
Feyrouz Serhal is a filmmaker and writer whose work traces personal and collective histories through documentary and fiction. Her films have premiered at international festivals including Locarno, Shanghai, and the Venice Biennale. She is currently in the financing stage of her debut narrative feature.
Jaume Claret Muxart is a filmmaker. His debut feature, ESTRANY RIU, premiered in Orizzonti at Venice and at San Sebastián. His shorts ELLA I JO, DIE DONAU and LA NOSTRA HABITACIÓ premiered at Rotterdam, IndieLisboa and FIDMarseille.
Brand New Award / 1.000 Euros + promotion and sales by Portugal Film + Scholarship by ULHT
Award-winning filmmaker with a PhD in Media Arts, he gained experience at production companies such as RT Features (Brazil), Savage Film (Belgium), BRO Cinema and SPi (Portugal) before dedicating himself fully to his own production company, Matiné, in 2023.
Anthropologist graduated from FCSH (NOVA University Lisbon); cineclub member and film programmer since the 1990s. Director of FICS – Santarém International Film Festival and president of the Santarém Cineclub. She has been involved in the creation and reactivation of several Portuguese cineclubs. Member of the Board of the FPCC (Portuguese Federation of Cineclubs) from 2020 to 2022.
Tobias Obermeier is programmer of the participatory section CineYou for teenagers and young adults at the Munich International Film Festival and FOFS – Festival of Future Storytellers. As a freelance author and critic, he writes about film, literature and theater for German newspapers.
Silvestre Award for Best Feature Film / 1.500 Euros
Escola das Artes Silvestre Award for Best Short Film / 1000
Eva Sangiorgi collaborated with different festivals in Latin America and founded FICUNAM in Mexico City, a festival she headed until 2018. She is currently the Artistic Director of the Viennale, the Vienna International Film Festival and co-editor of TEXTUR.
He holds a Master’s degree in Cinema. His films have received more than 50 awards and have been screened in Venice, Toronto, Berlin, Locarno, Sundance, San Sebastián, Jeonju, IDFA, the Pompidou Center, and the New York MoMA, among others. He lives between Alentejo, Brazil, and France.
Joana G. Sá is a researcher at NOVA and LIP. She holds a degree in Engineering Physics from IST and a PhD in Systems Biology from NOVA-ITQB (with her thesis developed at Harvard). She studies human and algorithmic bias using data analysis.
IndieMusic Award / 1.000 Euros
(1973, Lisbon). Works at the Bedeteca de Lisboa, founded Mesinha de Cabeceira, Chili Com Carne, MMMNNNRRRG, and the Invisual program. He is the co-author of Corta-e-Cola / Punk Comix, produced the comics reportage of the 15th Barroselas Metal Fest, and organized the book O Meu Sérgio.
Has been photographing music since 2006, inspired by the vibrant scene between Barreiro and Lisbon. Her work focuses on musicians and live concerts, captured in venues close to her heart as well as at festivals – in Lisbon, Barreiro, Leiria, and Ponta Delgada – that she has been connected to since their beginning.
Violeta Azevedo is a sound artist and composer from Lisbon. Her music unfolds within a dense and detailed universe, where the starting point is the transverse flute, voice, and synthesizers. She is also a designer and the creator of the brand Knob Knobs.
International Amnesty Award / 1.500 Euros
Member of the Board of Amnesty International.
Actor.
Journalist.
Árvore da Vida Award for National Competition Film / 500 Euros
Professor and Theologian. Director of the SNPC
Professor and Actor. SNPC Working Group
Professor and Researcher at the CECC. SNPC Working Group
MUTIM Award / 250 Euros
Award to the short film from Novíssimos section that best contributes to a non-stereotypical cinematic imaginary in Portuguese cinema.
Programmer, film critic and curator
Producer, programmer
Director.
Schools Award for Best Brand New Film
Escola Profissional de Comunicação e Imagem (EPCI).
António Arroio Artistic School.
Escola Básica e Secundária Passos Manuel.
Universities Award for Best Portuguese Feature Film
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa.
School of Social and Human Sciences of the NOVA University of Lisbon
Escola Superior de Enfermagem.
Audience Award for Best Feature Film / 1.000 Euros
Audience Award for Best Short Film / 750 Euros
IndieJúnior Audience Award / 500 Euros
