Awarded movies

THE WINNERS OF 4TH INTERNATIONAL A-FILMTEENS FESTIVAL

TEENS UNDER (up to 11 years old)

Jury: Kristina Dufková, Manolis Melissourgos, Hana Repše

• 1st place – Sanikiluaq Jason Masty / Simon Novalinga / Tamusi Sala, Canada
• Honorable Mention – The Big Change (Student collective), Portugal
• Honorable Mention – The Walnut Trees Behind Our School (Children's collective from ANIDĚTI), Czech republic

TEENS JUNIORS (12–15 years old)

Jury: Dan Farrell, Lito Theodosiou, Jaromír Nosek

• 1st place – Kouzelné brýle (Children's collective), Czech republic
• Honorable Mention – Metamorphosis (Bryn Wright), USA
• Honorable Mention – Speech of Txai Suruí (Students from Escola Parque, Rio de Janeiro), Brazil

TEENS SENIORS (16–20 years old)

Fiction Film

Jury: Josef Trojan, Eliška Kováříková, Jan Lengyel

• 1st place – Binary Singularities (Rohan Hassan), Sweden
• Honorable mention – Safety in Similarity (Ana Agelii), Sweden

Animated Film

Jury: Kristina Dufková, Manolis Melissourgos, Hana Repše

• 1st place – The Tell-Tale Heart (Max Hendrickson), Ireland
• Honorable Mention – Marginalization (Lilith Jörg), Germany
• Honorable Mention – Morana (Gabriela Čížková), Czech republic

Documentary Film

Jury: Kateřina Hager, Tariq Hager, Fredrick Ochieng

• 1st place (shared award) – First one thousand metres (Pavel Kopecký), Czech republic
• 1st place (shared award) – Yarigai (Mika Leeflang, Sembo Roeterink), The Netherlands
• Honorable Mention – Pink Ball (Maja Alander), Sweden
• Honorable Mention – In park - until you prove yourself (Rubie Wilma Sturm), Switzerland

Experimental Film

Jury: Kateřina Hager, Tariq Hager, Fredrick Ochieng

• 1st place – Fantasy (William Nicolas Fidler)
• 2nd place – Blooming (Daniel Tristan Křístek)
• Honorable Mention – You´ve seen me before (Emma Esbjörnsson, Vilmer Jendevi)

Main Award for Best International Film Across Genres

• Fragments (Andreas Dürr), Germany

Best School Film

• Unfamiliar Familiar (Jiří Toupal – ŠKOLA MICHAEL), Czech republic

SPECIAL AWARDS

Young Children's Jury Award (up to 10 years old): Karupoa, Valerie Skalická, Czech Republic
Younger Teen Jury Award (12–15 years old): The Tell-Tale Heart, Max Hendrickson, Ireland
Older Teen Jury Award (16–19 years old): Light at the End of the Tunnel, Max Butrón, Czech Republic
Audience Award: Under Eighteen, Ruadhán O´Suileabhain, Czech Republic

Awards for Films from Children's Homes

MAIN AWARD for a film created by children from the Children's Home in Nová Ves u Chotěboře as part of the Windows to the World project:

Ronald’s Journey to the Center of the Earth – for the systematic work of the children, reflected in every detail of the animation.

HONORABLE MENTION for a film created by children from the Children's Home in Lipová u Šluknova as part of the Windows to the World project:

The Big Jump – for an inspiring message about following one's dreams.

Special Recognitions

VOJTĚCH JASNÝ AWARD for outstanding and long-term contributions to practical film education in the Czech Republic is awarded to Kateřina Knappová, founder and lead instructor of the animation workshops ANIDĚTI.

BEN BARENHOLTZ AWARD for exceptional and long-term contributions to film education for the youngest generations on a global scale is awarded to the international youth film festival Camera Zizanio (for creators up to 19 years old).

Screened films: Don’t Be So Silly, Boy!, I Am a Woman, The Machine, Give Me a Goodnight Kiss, Champion and Vagelis, The Balloon Is Mine, All Around the World, What If, Get It?)

Congratulations to all the filmmakers!