WINNERS 2023
"The memorial journey through found family footage is always an exercise that challenges the person who performs it. Anahita, the director of this short film, makes this journey and appropriates her father's loving gaze to show us why it is so painful to walk with her grief and the shedding of their memories. This film is a powerful experiential poem captured with honesty and artillery in the art of the film poetry universe. Anahita Safarnejad's film is a painful declaration of love to her father. In a poetic sequence of childhood shots taken by him, accompanied by poems and reflections, Anahita succeeds in creating universal human feelings still in the context of her particular life and culture"
Delluc Avant-Garde Winner
"In her multi-award-winning animated film, Fernanda Caicedo transforms the painful memory of the death of her grandmother and aunt into a poetic sequence of images that makes us believe in the power of life. An artistically and technically masterful metamorphosis that also incorporates elements of the music video. The detail of each frame is astonishing. This film is a genius and generous interpretation of the mystery of life
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Epstein Special Mention
" The film combines historical archive material about workers and migrants with contemporary experiences from several continents. It thus illustrates the global dimension of the topic of migration. In its depiction, which seems to be indebted to the tradition of magical realism, it not only attempts to awaken sensitivity to the memories and experiences of migrants but also repeatedly explores the limits of cinematic narration. The director creates a film to emphasize the importance of history as a collective experience that transforms us into social and political beings"
Amero Revelación Award
FINALISTS 2023
