CANNES 7th ART AWARDS WINNERS
2023
FEATURE FILMS
International Grand Prize
"The Cafe of my memories"
Directed by Valto Baltzar (Finland)
International Prize
Best director Armando Ravelo
"Once upon a time in the Canaries" (Spain)
International Prize
Best actress Diarra Diouf
"Once upon a time in the Canaries"
directed by Armando Ravelo (Spain)
International Prize
Best Composer K – Syran
"Ellida"
Directed by Leon Mitchell (USA)
National Prize
Best Cinematography
"WAR TRAP" directed by David Aboucaya
SHORT FILMS
International Grand Prize
“Sawyer”
Directed by Marshall Leming (USA)
International Prize
Best Director Przemysław Kulikowski
"Queen" (Poland)
International Prize
Best Cinematography Dominick Sivilli "Resilient"
Directed by Claire Chubbuck (USA)
International Prize
Best Cinematography Chien-Ping Lin
"Little Yellow Flower"
Directed by Chien-Ping Lin (Taiwan)
International Prize
Best Actor Luke F Dejahang
"Confines"
Directed by Richard Bazley
(United Kingdom)
National Grand Prize
"Any Old Sunday"
Directed by Sebastien Duattis
National Prize
Best Cinematography Alexandre Jamin
"Kamakiri"
Directed by Masato Riesser
Silk Road Prize
Best Director Nicolo' Pozzali
"Judge"
(Italy)
Silk Road Student Grand Prize
"The Lost Love"
Directed by Congrong Huang
(China)
ANIMATION
International Grand Prize
"HOPE"
Directed by Pero Petrušić
(Bosnia and Herzegovina)
International Prize
Best Composer: Manu Martin, Joi Barua,
Ron J Danziger, Matthieu Eymard
"Fantasy of Companionship between
Human and Inanimate"
Directed by Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia,
Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)
Silk Road Prize
Best Director Sreemon Das
Chinho (The Mark) India
DOCUMENTAIRE
International Grand Prize
“Amazons of the XXI Century –
Dissident from the USSR
Directed by Mikhail Romanovskiy
(United States)
International Prize
Best Documentary Director Mikhail Romanovskiy
"Once upon a time in America –
Guns in the US: without a license and fear"
(United States)
Silk Road Grand Prize
"Sometimes even the shore drowns"
Directed by Mahera Omar"
(Pakistan)
Silk Road Prize
Best Director Susanna Wüstneck
"NO BREAD WITHOUT CIRCUSES"
(Germany)
MUSIC VIDEO
International Grand Prize
"Phoenix | Al Kimia"
Directed by Simon C. Vaillancourt
(Canada)
National Grand Prize
"Void Loop"
Directed by Prïncia Car, Matthieu Ponchel
EXPERIMENTAL
International Prize
Best Director Walther Neto,
Lisiane Berti
"Dreams" (Brazil)
National Grand Prize
"DEAD DREAMS FALLING"
Directed by Craig Murray
Silk Road Grand Prize
"Forever Bound"
Directed by Rob Bell (Italy)
SILK ROAD PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Documentary "Ukraine'22 Diaries of the War"
Directed by Andrii Zaiets
(Ukraine)
CANNES 7th ART AWARDS WINNERS
2022
FEATURE FILMS
International Award – Grand Prize:
«Dreams live in trees» by Marco Della Fonte / United Kingdom
International Award – Best Director:
Marco Della Fonte «Dreams live in trees» / United Kingdom
International Award – Best First Time Director:
Thibault Duler Entrelacs» / France - Canada
International Award – Best Actress in a Lead role:
Natalia Polovinka in «Mother of apostles» by Zaza Buadze / Ukraine
National French Award – Grand Prize:
«Près de moi» by Alex Guery / France
Silk Road Award – Grand Prize:
Mom, I’m alive by Aziz Zairov and Mukhamed Mamyrbekov / Kazakhstan
SHORT FILMS
International Award – Grand Prize:
«365 days later» by Riku Suokas / Finland
International Award – Best Composer:
Noise In Your Eye «Censure» directed by Richard Bazley / United Kingdom
National French Award -Young Audience Prize:
«52 metres later » by Frederic Rabaud and Clotilde Gourdon / New Caledonia
Audience Prize:
«Fight for Ukraine» by Andrii Zaiets / Ukraine
Silk Road Award - Grand Prize:
«Lonely Season» by Hamid Reza Mahmoudi Mehrizi/ Iran
ANIMATION
International Award – Grand Prize:
«Miracle» by Shaofu Zhang / United States - China
Silk Road Award – Grand Prize: «The sprayer» by Farnoosh Abeo / Iran
DOCUMENTAIRE
International Award – Grand Prize Full Length Documentary:
« I was not born for war » by Vladyslav Robski / Ukraine
International Award – Grand Prize Short Documentary:
«Being me at the current America» by Dmae Roberts / United States
MUSIC VIDEO
International Award – Grand Prize:
«The Open» by Kit Pilosof / Canada
Audience Prize:
«Far Away man» by William (Wil) Bryant Allen / Australia
Silk Road Award – Grand Prize:
«Run girl» by Aaron Dormer / Germany
EXPERIMENTAL
International Award – Best Composer:
Sebastian Kauderer «Timeless Love» directed by Breton Tyner-Bryan / United States
National French Award – Grand Prize:
«Dans l’ombre» (In the shadow) by Fabrice Mathieu / France
directed by Joseba Elorza / Spain
Grand Prize Experimental: "Eternal" directed by Nicolai Sagasser / Germany
Silk Road Production Association Special Prize: "They call me Dax" directed by Patrick Alcedo / Canada
SILK ROAD PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Best Director-Feature Film
Emmanuel Saez
“ROADS OF FEAR” / France
Best Cinematography-
Feature Film
Dimitri Borget, Alexandre Laurier
“ROADS OF FEAR” / France
Directed by Emmanuel Saez
Grand Prize-Documentary
«10 Rounds» / France
Directed by Jean-Christophe Gonon
Best Cinematography-Experimental Film
Marie-Pier Diamond
“Ancestral Land” directed by
Gabriel Bissonnette / Canada
CIIFF WINNERS
2021
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Best Director Short Film: Marcel Andre / "Bread and circuses" / USA
Best Feature Cinematography: "Broken Souls" directed by Juan Pablo Arroyo Abraham / Director of photography Anna Soler Ceprià / Mexico
Best Documentary Cinematography: "Ocean Souls" directed by Philip Hamilton / Director of photography Scott Wilson / United Kingdom
Best Composer Animated Film: Flavio Gargano / "Mila"/ USA
Best Actor in a Lead role: Hussein Eskandri / "Nargesi"directed by Payam Eskandari / Iran
Best Actress in a Secondary role: Shirin Aghakashi / "Nargesi" directed by Payam Eskandari / Iran
Grand Prize Feature Film: "Nargesi" directed by Payam Eskandari / Iran
Grand Prize Short Film: "The Autumn girl" directed by Kyle Misak / USA
Grand Prize Animation: "Mila" directed by Cinzia Angelini / USA
Grand Prize Documentary: "Ocean Souls" directed by Philip Hamilton / United Kingdom
Grand Prize Music Video: "Highland Home" directed by Dan Schaefer / USA
Audience Award Animated Film (ex aequo):
"Tomorrow" directed by Mohammad Shihab Uddin / Bangladesh
and "The Satchel" directed by Nissi Ogulu / Nigeria
Audience Award Documentary: "The Cathedral bells" directed by Kylie Tan / Singapore
Audience Award Music Video: "Boy scientist" directed by Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saika / USA
NATIONAL FRENCH AWARDS
Best Actress in a Lead role Feature Film: Jeanne Faucher in "La fin d’Aaron" directed by Florian Bardet
Grand Prize Short Film: "Champion" directed by Sylvain Begert
Grand Prize Documentary: "Armenia – Time for Artists" directed by Anahit Dasseux Ter Mesropian
and David Vital Durand
Grand Prize Music Video: "My bed of nails" directed by Michael Zaluski
SILK ROAD AWARDS (Silk Road's Countries):
Grand Prize Feature Film: "Nargesi" directed by Payam Eskandari / Iran
Grand Prize Short Film: "Solitude" directed by Fabio Grossi / Italy
Grand Prize Documentary: "White angels of Camargue – Europe last cowboys" directed by Dennis Schmelz / Germany
Grand Prize Music Video: "Searise" directed by Joseba Elorza / Spain
Grand Prize Experimental: "Eternal" directed by Nicolai Sagasser / Germany
Silk Road Production Association Special Prize: "They call me Dax" directed by Patrick Alcedo / Canada
CIIFF WINNERS
2020
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Best Director Short Film: Sirad Balducci / "Generation Lockdown" / USA
Best Cinematography: "Saving Jaws" / director of photography Keoni Tetawa Bowthorpe / USA
Best Composer: George Strezov/"Shibil"/ Bulgaria
Best Actress: Angela Lanza / "Cold Dark Hollow"/ USA
Best Actor: Wilmer Amando Suàrez / "The Errand Boy" / Colombia
Grand Prize Feature Film: "Shibil" / Directed by Nikola Bozadzhiev / Bulgaria
Grand Prize Short Film: "RESEMBLANCE" / Directed by Kevin J. O'Neill / USA
Grand Prize Animation: "RenaiDance" / Directed by Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang / USA
Grand Prize Documentary: "Boundless Life" / Directed by Stefan Rainer / Autriche
Grand Prize Experimental Film: "Spirits we dance" / Directed by Natalija Gormalova / Ghana
Grand Prize Music Video: "Gateway" / Namewee Studio Production / Taiwan
NATIONAL FRENCH AWARDS
Grand Prize Feature Film: "The end of the heroes" / Directed by Claude Saussereau
Grand Prize Short Film: "A girl and a gun" / Directed by Pierre Edouard Joubert
Grand Prize Animation: "The butterfly cage" / Directed by Héléna Serra, Maxime Sabisik
Grand Prize Documentary: "A contre courant"/ Directed by Maёl Charpentier
Grand Prize Experimental Film: "Ö" / Directed by Chloé Depeyrat
Audience Prize Documentary: "Face au vide" / Directed by Marc Brulard
Audience Prize Short Film: "Sarah" / directed by Sandrine Pouradier, Philippe Garcin
Silk Road AWARDS (Silk Road's Countries)
Grand Prize Short Film: "The other" / Directed by Ako Zandkarimi, Saman Hosseinpour / Iran
Grand Prize Animation: "Lea’s secret" / Directed by Rico Gutierrez / Philippines
Grand Prize Documentary: "B.L.I.N.D." / Directed by Sid Katragadda / India
Grand Prize Music Video: "A cat has four legs" / Directed by Alexey Belkin : Russian federation
Special Mention Prize: "Ander" / Directed by Alina Mustafina / Qatar