All winners of the 25th ShorTS International Film Festival

MAREMETRAGGIO SECTION

EstEnergy – Gruppo Hera Award
Best short film
(Jury made up of Turkish director Ramazan Kılıç, Croatian producer Inja Korać and Italian director Luca Sorgato)

O Gün Bu Gündür, Uçuyorum/Ever Since, I Have Been Flying by Aylin Gökmen
(Switzerland 2023) 

Motivation:

«For those living under persecution, under the constant threat of erasure of their identity and culture, existence itself is a form of resistance. The director shows us a poetic portrait of a Kurdish man or any human being and his memories of love and trauma are a gorgeous, universal, and sensitive expression of that resistance that is human essence and the part of us that nobody could ever take from us. For that reason, we would like to give the Best Short Film award to Ever Since I Have Been Flying directed by Aylin Gökmen».

Special Mentions

Dnes Vsichko Ima Stranen Vkus/Everything Tastes Strange Today by Kristina Spassovska
(Bulgaria 2023) 

Motivation:

«A simple and authentic film, in which the sweetness of doing nothing and the air of a summer calmness emerge. A film that does not pretend anything, but captures something intangible and subtle, something that dwells in each of us. A brilliant idea to describe a love relationship between brother and sister, with a rare and delicate sensitivity. The construction of the thought of love passes through the people around us, and like a flower it grows and blossoms despite the weather».

Basri & Salma dalam Komedi yang Terus Berputar/Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy by Khozy Rizal
(Indonesia 2023)

Motivation:

«Special mention goes to a film that is touching upon a topic of social expectation of parenthood and pressure of machismo that is present not only in a traditional Indonesian family where the story is set but even all around western society. The director is skillfully and playfully portraying a story through surreal comedy elements, colourful cinematography and a great usage of music and sound at the same time taking us to Indonesia but also bringing us closer to trusting our own decisions».