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MADFA - OFFICIAL SELECTION 2024
11th Edition
NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
(Cortometraje de Ficción)
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"Whippy" (United Kingdom)
by James Rooke
"MERA DADDU (My Grandpa)" (India)
by Sri Mirajkar
"You Are Not Crazy" (Spain)
by Maria Bestar
"Defect" (Netherlands)
by Guust Mulder
"Casa Paraíso" (USA)
by Mateo Sicilia
"A Sea Apart" (United Kingdom)
by Radu Rojas Oprean
"Alzheimer" (Ecuador)
by Bryan Recalde
"Matterhorn" (United Kingdom)
by Anne Madeleine Mancosu
"Deti Yeti" (Russian Federation)
by Aydar Sharipov
"ADDICTION" (Taiwan)
by Tzuhsuan Peng
"Lemon" (Australia)
by James Freemantle
"James Freemantle" (USA)
BY Sizhuo Li
"Direct Action" (United Kingdom)
by Tor Kristoffersen
"The cap" (Belgium)
by Claude Neuray
"ELI" (USA)
Colin Gerrard
"ONE MORE" (United Kingdom)
by J Taylor Brookes
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SHORT FILM DOCUMENTARY
(Cortometraje Documental)
"Wild Sea" (Germany)
by Tom Vetterl
"Quechua: The voices of Peru's Indigenous people" (United Kingdom)
by Sebastian George Wright
"Plural" (Brazil)
by Patricia Travassos
"RETURN TO KAWTHOOLEI: A Refugee Rapper's Journey to His Homeland in Burma" (USA)
by I am Knyaw, St. Paul Minnesota, "Hons Solo" Honey Moon,
"Wah Fish Paste" Shakerpaw Wah
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SHORT FILM ANIMATION
(Cortometraje de Animación)
"NAMI' DANCE WITH GOD" (Italy)
by ETTORE PASCULLI
"Tennis, Oranges" (USA)
by Sean Pecknold
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EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
(Cortometraje experimental)
"The Observer" (Nicaragua)
by Gabriel Traversari
"Questioning the Window" (Austria)
by Valentina Himmelbauer, Myriam Angela & Tess Hermann
"Infamia" (Czech Republic)
by Markéta Magidová
"One room life: before and after" (Ukraine)
by Antonina Tsurkan
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1-MINUTE SHORT FILM
(Cortometrajes de 1 minute)
"Red Frontier" (Poland)
by Dagmara Kucinska
"FIRST MEMORY" (USA)
by Chip Hackler
FEATURE FILM DOCUMENTARY
(Largometraje Documental)
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"PASOLINEIDE - the Roman adventure of Pier Paolo Pasolini (eng)" (Italy) by Mauro Paracini
"The Swimming Diaries" (Ireland)
by Susan Thomson
"ZOOMERS" (Myanmar)
by Dylan Chow
"SEMANA SANTA - SEVILLA" (USA)
by Marcos Ortega-Morales
"Chanting of the Dunes" (USA)
by Mokhless Al-Hariri
"The Bad Son" (Finland)
Ghatfan Ghanoom
"Tropical Utopia" (Brazil)
by João Amorim
"SEX FOR SURVIVAL" (USA)
by Jorge Antonio Gonzalez
"Invisibles México" (Mexico)
by Rafael Franco Gomez
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FEATURE FILM FICTION
(Largometraje de Ficción)
"Man with Shadow" (Slovenia)
by Ema Kugler
"The Safe" (Switzerland)
by Uwe Schwarzwalder
"ENESCU, skinned alive" (Romania)
by Toma Enache
"OPAL" (France)
by Alan Bidard
"Poyyamozhi" (India)
by Sudhi Anna
"BACKSTAGE" (Morocco)
by Afef Ben Mahmoud & Khalil Benkirane
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MUSIC VIDEOS
(Video Clips)
"We Are" (USA)
by Diego Salazar Cely
"COM ESTÀ EL PATI" (Spain)
by Pere Sala
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WEB SERIES
(Series Web)
"The Extractors" (Czech Republic)
by Roman Kašparovský
"The Markovič Method: Hojer" (Czech Repulic)
by Pavel Soukup
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BEST HALF-LENGTH FILMS
(Mediometraje)
"Asherah's Colors" - Film" (USA)
by Gary Mazeffa
"Man in the Mountain" USA)
by Dennis Trombly
"The things I miss" (Argentina)
by Julian Avella
"Ana Paula" (USA)
by Leigh Marling
"At the Canyon's Mouth" (USA)
by Nick Avila
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ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES
(Categorias Adicionales)
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Best Soundtrack
Lobke Sprenkeling for "COCITO" (Spain)
directed by Nuria Onetti
Best Soundtrack
Ed Hartman for "The Scalpel" (USA)
directed by Richard H Lyford
Best Soundtrack
"Hi Dad" (India)
directed by Shouryuv
Best Soundtrack
"THE FOREST OF THE HONEY BEES" (France)
directed by ERWAN LE GAL
Best Soundtrack
NIKOS VITTIS for "STAY" (Greece)
directed by NIKOS VITTIS
Best Soundtrack
Rhian Sheehan, Jim "Kimo" West & Tyaan Singh for "Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams" (New Zealand)
directed by Robin Greenberg
Best Screenplay
"Hi Dad" (India)
Written & directed by Shouryuv
Best Screenplay
"DeadEnd" (Austria)
Written & directed by Otwin Biernat
Best Screenplay and DIrector
"In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky" (Russian Federation)
Written by Anna Turchaninova & Sergey Krechetov
Directed by Anna Turchaninova
Best Cinematography
Gerardo Scaglia for "Unerasable" (Uruguay)
directed by Victoria Herrera
Best Cinematography
"Anyway" (France)
directed by Nicolas Maurin
Best Cinematography
"NO RELIGION" (Germany)
directed by Roman Muellegger
Best Cinematography
"While Fingernails Grow" (Brazil)
directed by Leandro Rial
Best Cinematography
"BACKSTAGE" (Morocco) - NOMINEE
directed by Afef Ben Mahmoud & Khalil Benkirane
Best Director
Victoria Herrera for "Unerasable" (Uruguay)
ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES
(Categorias Adicionales)
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Best Actress
Madalena Brandao in "Penélope" (Portugal)
directed by Margarida Vila-nova
Best Actress
Isabel Bernal in "Leave Behind" (Spain)
directed by Isabel Bernal
Best Actress
Victoria Richards in "Tricked and Treated" (USA)
directed by Victoria Monai Richards
Best Actress
Nicole Fantl in "Love Lockdown" (Australia)
directed by Nicole Catherine Fantl
Best Actress
Agathe Natanson Marielle in L'Hypermnésique (The Hypermnestic)" (United Kingdom) directed by Julien Mouquet
Best Actor
Peter James in "LOVE" (Ireland)
directed by John Moore
Best Actor
Michael Ridley in "Knee High" (USA)
directed by Marissa Vonn
Best Actor
Bernard Farcy in "L'Hypermnésique (The Hypermnestic)" (United Kingdom) directed by Julien Mouquet
Best Director
ETTORE PASCULLI for "NAMI' DANCE WITH GOD" (Italy)
Best Director
Delfine Paolini for "A Wonderful Way with Dragons" (USA)
Best Director and Screenplay
"Memory Lane" (Belgium)
Written & directed by Frederic Mosbeux
Best Director and Editing
"The Last Keeper" (USA)
directed by Tom Opre
Best Editing
Ilya Gavrilenkov for "Heavy Metal Dancers" (Germany)
directed by Gretta-Garoliina Sammalniemi
Best Editing
"August" (China)
directed by Zhang Zhe Han
Best Editing
Rachel Clara Reed for "All We Carry" (USA)
directed by Cady Voge
Best Editing
Alejandra Villegas Orozcofor "Ebony" (Germany)
directed by Filippo Parisi