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Presenting the winners of European film festivals!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ALCINE \u2013 Alcal\u00e1 de Henares Film Festival in the Community of Madrid \u2013 Audience Award 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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THE PRICE<\/strong> \/\/ 29\u2019, \u00c1lex Sard\u00e1, Spain, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is the premiere day, and Artur, son of a bourgeois family and dancer in a contemporary dance company, acts like the prince in a kingdom tailored to his own image. Everything changes when his father is arrested for corruption in a real estate scandal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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FEKK \u2013 Ljubljana Short Film Festival \u2013 Audience Award 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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THE NINTH VILLAGE <\/strong>\/\/ 4\u2019, Gregor Kocjan\u010di\u010d, Slovenia, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Street View on Google Maps, the author takes a virtual stroll through Slovenia and, along the way, encounters a series of places with exceptionally picturesque and semantically distinctive names. This witty experimental documentary functions both as a curious postcard and as an insight into the diverse traditions of local place-naming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festival \u2013 Audience Award 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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BECAUSE TODAY IS SATURDAY<\/strong> \/\/ 12\u2019, Alice E\u00e7a Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal, France, Spain, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is Saturday, a day of rest. A woman wakes up early so that she can give herself a birthday present: some time to write. But whenever an inspirational moment occurs, it is interrupted by domestic situations that claim her attention: the children, laundry, the meals. The mental load of those tasks ends up being unbearable and she reaches a breaking point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Go Short \u2013 International Short Film Festival Nijmegen \u2013 Audience Award 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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SIGN AND SEE THE WORLD<\/strong> \/\/ 11\u2019, Safi Graauw, Netherlands, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sign and See the World sheds light on the journey of three young Surinamese men who, far from home, travel from Suriname via Canada to Europe during World War II to join the Princess Irene Brigade. Driven by a determination to help liberate the Netherlands, the film reveals the challenges and hardships of their journey, as well as the personal motivations, courage, and sacrifice that drove them to play a crucial role in the liberation of the Netherlands and Europe \u2013 one that never made it to the history books.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tampere Film Festival Audience Award 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PUOLANKA PUSSY RALLY<\/strong> \/\/ 5\u2019, Inka Acht\u00e9, Einari Paakkanen, Finland, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puolanka, a small village in Northern Finland, is known for its shrinking population and dark humor. Boys circle the streets with new licences, elders gather at the caf\u00e9, and traditions thrive, yet one mystery remains: where are the women?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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UNDER THE RADAR<\/strong> \/\/ 20\u2019, Frederique de Montblanc, Belgium, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mentally overburdened, Vonvon (40), a magazine editor and mother of two, struggles when forced to work from home under a swarm of airplanes. Determined to manage without her laid-back husband Diamantis, sleep-deprived Vonvon grows obsessed with air traffic nuisance. With her sanity hanging by a thread, Vonvon embarks on a wacky journey to find peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wiz-Art \u2013 Lviv International Film Festival Wiz-Art \u2013 Audience Award 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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CURFEW<\/strong> \/\/ 23\u2019, Yelyzaveta Toptyhina, Ukraine, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During an expedition, a young photographer miscalculates the time and misses her ride back to the city. At a bus stop, she meets a young man celebrating his birthday. With curfew approaching, the two strangers are forced to spend the night together at a roadside hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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DANCE WITH ME DAD<\/strong> \/\/ 28\u2019, Ma\u0142gorzata Go\u017adzik, Poland, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a need to change a distant relationship with a grumpy father, the adult daughter (director of the film) tries to persuade him to have a deeper conversation and seeks a path of understanding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I AM A FLOWER<\/strong> \/\/ 13\u2019, Ariel Victor Arthanto, Germany, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam, a deviant artist and proud flower-person, prepares for their final-act \u2013 a transformative declaration of their identity. Their mother, however struggles to accept\u2019s Sam\u2019s decision. Spending one last day before the performance in a flower spa, in between over-the-top treatment and relaxation, tensions rise between the two, until a heart-to-heart brings understanding. As Sam embraces their true nature on stage, the culmination of their journey is a poignant celebration of self-acceptance and familial love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PLEASE HOLD <\/strong>\/\/ 23\u2019, Solal Bouloudnine, France, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurent and Sophie called on Gagu, the home furniture assembly specialist, to assemble the crib for little Lea, who is due in a few weeks. The installation is due to take just one hour, but Laurent and Sophie didn\u2019t opt \u200b\u200bfor the automatic departure option, and their \u201cGaguMan\u201d ends up spending more than an hour at their home\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The project is supported by Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festival partners: ZMIN Foundation, Ukrainian State Film Agency, M-Rental, Morshynska, America House Lviv, Lviv City Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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