For the second time, partner prizes were announced in a dedicated ceremony today Thursday at the festival, which was taking place on site. Here is the first part of prize winners from this year’s official selection.
Prizes from the three official juries, student juries and audience prizes will be disclosed during the first closing ceremony, Saturday 10 February at 18:00 (CET).
CANAL+ / CINÉ+ AWARD
LA CASCADA (The Cascade)
directed by Pablo Delgado / Mexico
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
CANAL+ AWARD
QUEEN SIZE
directed by Avril Besson / France
NATIONAL COMPETITION
PROCIREP’S AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCER
NATIONAL COMPETITION
BEST QUEER SHORT AWARD
ENTRE LAS SOMBRAS ARDEN MUNDOS (Worlds Burning Amid the Shadows)
directed by Ismael García Ramírez / Colombia
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
SPECIAL MENTION
SAIGON KISS
directed by Hồng Anh Nguyễn / Vietnam, Australia
SPECIAL EFFECTS AWARD BY ADOBE
WILD SUMMON
directed by Karni & Saul / United Kindom
Yuli Freed et Karni Arieli
LAB COMPETITION
FESTIVALS CONNEXION AWARD
HITO
directed by Stephen Niels Lopez / Philippines
LAB COMPETITION
BEST VR FILM AWARD BY EVAVEO
EMPEREUR (Emperor)
directed by Marion Burger et Ilan J. Cohen / France, Germany
VR COMPETITION
SACD AWARD FOR BEST FRENCH-SPEAKING ANIMATION
LA SAISON POURPRE (The Purple Season)
directed by Clémence Bouchereau / France
NATIONAL COMPETITION
SACD AWARD FOR BEST FRENCH-SPEAKING ANIMATION
AVEC L’HUMANITÉ QUI CONVIENT (With All Due Humanity)
directed by Kacper Checinski / France
NATIONAL COMPETITION
AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
INCIDENT
directed by Bill Morrison / USA
LAB COMPETITION
LES MYSTÉRIEUSES AVENTURES DE CLAUDE CONSEIL
(The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil)
directed by Marie-Lola Terver et Paul Jousselin / France
NATIONAL COMPETITION
TÉLÉRAMA PRESS PRIZE
MONTRÉAL EN DEUX
directed by Angélique Daniel / France, Canada
NATIONAL COMPETITION
YOUTUBE AWARD FOR BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT & CNC TALENT GRANT
DRAGON COP
directed by Mathieu Caillière / France
AMOUR NOIR
directed by Victor Hérault / France
POP-UP SECTION
CANAL+ KIDS AWARD
HISTORIEN OM BODRI (Story of Bodri)
directed by Stina Wirsén / Sweden
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is the most important short film event in the world. Put together by the organization Sauve qui peut le court métrage, the 45th Festival (and its corresponding short film market) will be held from 27 January to 4 February 2023. Come and discover masterpieces of animation, comedies, films on contemporary reality, genre films, student projects from the best schools in the world, and documentaries from across the globe.
Short films will once again be shown in all their splendor and diversity in Auvergne in the dead of winter.