April 12 – 20, 2024

Awards and Jury Motivations

The Glocal Images Best Film Award accompanied by the amount of €6,000 goes to the film Sole by Carlo Sironi.

Jury Motivation: For his sensitivity to develop an impossible love story between two lost souls, through an engaging and laconic visual narrative that enchants and captures the viewer, the Glocal Images Best Film Award accompanied by the amount of €6,000 goes to the film Sole by Carlo Sironi.

The Glocal Images Special Jury Award accompanied by the amount of €3,000, goes to the film Identifying Features by Fernanda Valadez.

Jury Motivation: For a brave film that poetically, yet realistically, portrays the desperate mother’s search of her son, confronted with a devastating truth, the Glocal Images Special Jury Award accompanied by the amount of €3,000, goes to the film Identifying Features by Fernanda Valadez.

 

The Glocal Images Best Director Award accompanied by the amount of €1,000, as well as by post-production services, worth of €4,000, offered by Authorwave goes to Zoe Wittock for her film Jumbo.

Jury Motivation: For flawlessly using absurd genre elements woving them into a most humane psychological coming-of-age story, the Glocal Images Best Director Award accompanied by the amount of €1,000, as well as by post-production services, worth of €4,000, offered by Authorwave goes to Zoe Wittock for her film Jumbo.

 

An honorary distinction goes to The Last Bath by David Bonneville.

Jury Motivation: For beautifully exploring intimacy, desire and faith, and for pushing human boundaries into unexpected paths, an honorary distinction goes to The Last Bath by David Bonneville.

 

The Audience Award goes to the film “Senior Citizen” by Marinos Kartikkis