The European Independent Film Festival

2021 WINNERS

Best European Independent Film – Quatre Mains – Landover Haverals

Best European Independent Dramatic Short – Sticker – Georgi M. Unkovski

Best European Independent Dramatic Feature – Jiyan – Süheyla Schwenk

Best European Independent Documentary – The Beyond – Daniel Maurer

Best European Independent Experimental Film – Walls of Limerick – Arturo Bandinelli

Best European Independent Music Video – Parachute – Taisia Deeva

Best European Independent Animated Film – Evangeline – Nadine Schwenk

Best European Independent Comedy – Among Humans – Caren Wuhrer

Best Non-European Independent Dramatic Short – Weekend – Ario Motevaghr

Best Non-European Independent Dramatic Feature – Isolated People – Jun Wang

Best Non-European Independent Documentary – Sun of the Soil – Joe Penney

Best Student Film – Sinking Ships – Andreas Kessler

Best Short Script – False Alarm – Martynas Puzas

Best Feature Script – Visceral Fatherland – LeLe Park

Best Actor – Blue – Priit Võigemast

Best Actress – Security Health Work – Wendy Nieto

Best Editing – The Ephemeral – Bernardo Moll Otto

Best Cinematography – Letters to God – Daniella Nowitz 

Best Director – Before Boys – Florence Faure

Special Jury Mention – Vagabonds – Philippe Dajoux

Special Jury Mention – Ferrotipos – Nüll García

Special Jury Mention – Submission – Leonardo Antonio

Audience Awards – Da Yie – Anthony Nti

The Ahmed Khedr Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking – Let My Body Speak – Madonna Adib

Excellence in Women’s Filmmaking – Al-Sit – Suzannah Mirghani

2020 WINNERS

Best European Independent Film – THE MANCHADOR – Kaveh Tehrani (Norway)

Best European Independent Dramatic Short – GEORGE THE DOG, REFUGEE – Tomasz Wiński (Czech Republic) 

Best European Independent Dramatic Feature – SHIBIL – Nikola Bozadzhiev (Bulgaria)

Best European Independent Documentary – SHADOWS OF LIGHT – Walter Fanninger (Austria)

Best European Independent Animated Film 2020 MIND MY MIND – Floor Adams (Netherlands)

Best European Independent Comedy – KOEKOEK! – Jörgen Scholtens (Netherlands)

Best European Experimental Film – THEM – Robin Lochmann (Germany)

Best European Independent Music Video – ADAGIO FOR STRINGS AND STORM – Ivan Yudin (Russian Federation)

Best Non-European Independent Dramatic Short – FUNFAIR – Kaveh Mazaheri (Iran)

Best Non-European Independent Dramatic Feature – The Journey of a Murder – Jun Wang (China)

Best Non-European Independent Documentary – AMAZING GRACE – Lynn Montgomery (USA)

Best Student Film – MY CAT AS SOCRATES – Villő Krisztics (Hungary)

Best Feature Script  BRIDGE BY THE EARTHEN HOUSE – Paul Hunt (UK)

Best Short Script – TIME MUSEUM – Gahee Lee (USA)

Best Actor – Chis Schultz in DORRIS 85 by Grace Philips (USA)

Best Actress – Fatou Mbemgue in LA GITA by Salvatore Allocca (Italy)

Best Editing – Liu Kai Qi – BATHHOUSE DRUMMER; directed by Treey Liu (China)

Best Cinematography – Daniel Lindholm – ELECTRIC LITANY – SEALIGHT; directed by Sakari Lerkkanen (UK)

Best Director – Raúl Koler and Emiliano Sette – ANACRONTE (Argentina) 

Special Jury Mention – THE SOUND OF A WILD SNAIL EATING – Elisabeth Tova Bailey (USA)

Special Jury Mention – CALIFORNIA ON FIRE – Jeff Frost (USA)

Special Jury Mention – NO, I DON’T WANT TO DANCE – Andrea Vinciguerra (UK) 

Audience Award – THE CALL CENTRE – Louisa Connolly Burnham (UK)

The Ahmed Khedr Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking – MANARA – Zayn Alexander (Lebanon)

Excellence in Women’s Filmmaking  –THE WALKING FISH – Thessa Meijer (Netherlands) 

2019 WINNERS

Best European Independent Film – PIGGY – Carlota Martínez Pereda (Spain)

Best European Independent Dramatic Short – SYDNEY – Paul Wyett (UK)

Best European Independent Dramatic Feature – RWANDA – Riccardo Salvetti (Italy)

Best European Independent Documentary – THE QUIET REBEL – Carole Cassier (France)

Best European Independent Animated Film – AUGENBLICKE – A BLINK OF AN EYE – Kiana Naghshineh (Germany)

Best European Independent Comedy – PATER FAMILIAS – Giacomo Boeri (Italy)

Best European Experimental Film – EL HOR – Diane Lucille Campbell (UK)

Best European Independent Music Video – BIRTHPLACE – Jorik Dozy, Sil van der Woerd (Netherlands, Indonesia)

Best Non-European Independent Dramatic Short – THE MOUSE – Liat Akta (Israel)

Best Non-European Independent Dramatic Feature – IN GOD I TRUST – Maja Zdanowski (Canada) 

Best Non-European Independent Documentary – WOMEN OF THE GULAG – Marianna Yarovskaya (USA)

Best Student Film – REVERIE – Philip Louis Piaget Rodriguez (Denmark)

Best Feature Script – COURTESY OF THE KAISER – Mark Larson (USA)

Best Short Script – CLEMENT – German Perugorria Pans (Uruguay)

Best Actor – Mark Weinman in SEX ED by Alice Seabright (UK)

Best Actress – Sylvie Le Clanche in LE MAL BLEU (SICK BIRDS) by Anaïs Tellenne and Zoran Boukherma (France)

Best Editing – SUBMISSIO] – by Gary Coogan (Director: Savvas Stavrou) (UK)

Best Cinematography –THIRD KIN] – Yannis Kanakis (Director: Yorgos Zois) (Croatia, Greece)

Best Director – PIG HEAR] – Artjom Baranov (Germany)

Special Jury Mention – SKIN – Guy Nattiv (USA)

Special Jury Mention – SALA] – Claire Fowler (UK)

Special Jury Mention – I LOVE MY MU] – Alberto Sciamma (UK)

Audience Award – EVERYTHING YOU DIDN’T SA] – Charlie Reader (UK)

The Ahmed Khedr Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking – FACES IN THE SU] – Farah Shaer (Lebanon, USA)

Excellence in Women’s Filmmaking JOC – Andreea Valean (Romania)