WINNERS PIFF 2017 1st edition
Best Narrative Feature : Figurine by Hans Olson
Best Narrative Short / Best Director : Adaptation by Bartosz Kruhlik
Best Doc Feature : Nourhane, a child’s dream by May Kassem
Best Doc Short : Pjesma sela Rude by Riccardo Jurkovic and Leonhard Hofmann
Best Animation : Agrinoui by Alexis Chaviaras
Best Experimental : Now Appearing in Bucharest by Ro Lawrence
Best Cinematography : Adrien Botnariu, Batiste Lefebre, Louise Vandeginste for Eva by Florent Médina
Best Actor : Shidong Liu (THE SCOPE OF SEPARATION by Chen Yue)
Best Actress : Huichi Chiu (Espaces by Mercedes Gaspar)
Honorable Mention Camera d’or : The Weekend by Dennis Cahlo
Finalists :
Only the rewarded films will be screened.
| Beneath the wide wide Heaven | Hisham | Bizri |
| Adaptation | Bartosz | Kruhlik |
| The Weekend | Dennis | Cahlo |
| Agrinoui (in 2D and Stereo 3D) | Alexis | Chaviaras |
| Eva | Florent | Médina |
| THE ENDLESS RIVER | Mohammad | Mohammadian |
| Nourhane, a child’s dream (1080 file) | May | Kassem |
| A VISIT | JJ | Lin |
| Never Forget | Jon | Bling |
| ESCAPES | mercedes | gaspar |
| Figurine | Hans | Olson |
| Now Appearing in Bucharest | Ro | Lawrence |
| Pjesma sela Rude – The song of the village Ruda | Riccardo | Jurkovic |
| Eat me! | Ilina | Perianova |
| THE SCOPE OF SEPARATION | Weilin | Wang |
Thank you all for your submissions in our 1st edition festival, 65 films are now in our judges hands, hope all of you win, soon the winners will be on the spot.
Selected Fims:
| First Name | Last Name | Project Title | Country of Origin |
| Alexey | Tsitsilin | The Snow Queen 3 | Russian Federation |
| Alexis | Chaviaras | Agrinoui (in 2D and Stereo 3D) | Cyprus |
| Alisa | Berger | Island Story | Not Specified |
| Andreea | Dobre | Insectarium | Romania |
| Snjezana | Tribuson | All the Best | Croatia |
| Bartosz | Kruhlik | Adaptation | Poland |
| bellopropello | – | another day in paradise | Switzerland |
| burkay | doğan | Choke | Turkey |
| Campbell | Dalglish | “Road Kill” | United States |
| ChanHee | Choi | Eating Myself | Not Specified |
| David | Maire | Chateau Sauvignon: terroir | United States |
| Dennis | Cahlo | The Weekend | United States |
| Fadi | El-Samra | Tesseract | Lebanon |
| Fatma Racha | Shehadeh | Zikra – In loving memory | Lebanon |
| Florent | Médina | Eva | France |
| Gopal | Shivakoti | Save Gangamaya | Nepal |
| Guy | Bonclerc | Village Voice | United Kingdom |
| Hannah | Gautrey | Brainwash | United Kingdom |
| Hans | Olson | Figurine | Canada |
| Hisham | Bizri | “Beneath the wide wide Heaven” | United States |
| Ilina | Perianova | Eat me! | Bulgaria |
| Isa | Roche | Mononykus crest | Japan |
| isabelle | Truc | rebellious girl | Morocco |
| JJ | Lin | A VISIT | China |
| Jon | Bling | Never Forget | Australia |
| Kai | Staats | I am Palestine | Palestine, State of |
| Kimberly | Burleigh | Cannot Predict Now | United States |
| Luisa | Ehrich | Ideas of Home | United States |
| mahmoud | yossry | the story of the friends | Egypt |
| May | Kassem | Nourhane, a child’s dream (1080 file) | Lebanon |
| mercedes | gaspar | ESCAPES | Spain |
| Mian Adnan | Ahmad | The Journey Within | Pakistan |
| Mohammad | Mohammadian | THE ENDLESS RIVER | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Publivision | Media House | Epistemic Space | Lebanon |
| Rebecca Ruige | Xu | When Leaving Becomes Arriving | United States |
| Riccardo | Jurkovic | Pjesma sela Rude – The song of the village Ruda | Germany |
| Ro | Lawrence | Now Appearing in Bucharest | United States |
| Robert | Lyons | Cellular Memories | United States |
| Robert | Lyons | Microstrobis | Not Specified |
| Ronnie | Cramer | September Sketch Book | United States |
| Satellite | Pictures | I’m Here | United Kingdom |
| Shannon | Collis | Atlas | United States |
| Tanin | Torabi | Invisible Point. | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Teruma | Kato | Journey to Mt. Fuji | Japan |
| Tim | Drabandt | LEAVE | Germany |
| Weilin | Wang | THE SCOPE OF SEPARATION | China |
| Yaser | Talebi | Road to Perdition | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Yotam | Ben-David | Long Distance | France |
| Yuri | Muraoka | Schizophrenia | Japan |
The list of all the films:
| another day in paradise |
| “Beneath the wide wide Heaven” |
| The Journey Within |
| the story of the friends |
| I am Palestine |
| Cellular Memories |
| Microstrobis |
| Adaptation |
| Bigiano – Tonight |
| LEAVE |
| Loki Rothman – Under the Stars |
| [jürg] |
| Schizophrenia |
| Road to Perdition |
| THE DESCENDANTS |
| The Weekend |
| Agrinoui |
| Eva |
| “Reverse Psychology” |
| THE ENDLESS RIVER |
| September Sketch Book |
| we are in it |
| THE ARCHIPELAGO |
| Village Voice |
| Cannot Predict Now |
| Chateau Sauvignon: terroir |
| Mononykus crest |
| Ideas of Home |
| Nourhane, a child’s dream |
| Epistemic Space |
| A VISIT |
| When Leaving Becomes Arriving |
| Never Forget |
| Brainwash |
| All the Best |
| Island Story |
| Long Distance |
| Save Gangamaya |
| Journey to Mt. Fuji |
| Pinch Of Salt |
| Zikra – In loving memory |
| Double Seats |
| ESCAPES |
| Choke |
| Trailhead |
| Figurine |
| Now Appearing in Bucharest |
| A Girl’s Best Friend |
| Tesseract |
| I’m Here |
| Invisible Point. |
| rebellious girl |
| Lost in Transit |
| I don’t like her |
| Insectarium |
| Gonna Be a Soldier |
| Eating Myself |
| Pjesma sela Rude – The song of the village Ruda |
| Eat me! |
| A BOUNCY BEAN |
| Atlas |
| “Road Kill” |
| Born To Fly |
| The Snow Queen 3 |
| Kayla’s World |
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