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Jury 2025 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Toni Bestard, Filmmaker

 

BEST DEBUT FILM

Anna Smith, Journalist

Patricia Perez, Senior Distribution MUBI

Michael Angelo Messina, Founder & Artistic Director Ischia Film Festival

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT & FEATURE FILM

Roser Amills, Journalist & Writer

Hedda Archbold, Producer

 

BEST MADE IN BALEARES DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

Xavier Lezcano, Director Americana Film Fest 

Margalida Mateu, Journalist

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Lily Hopkins Raeder, Producer

Paolo da Sousa, Actor

 

BEST SPANISH SHORTS

Rita Capucho, Co-Director at Porto Femme Film Festival

Marine Auclair, Director


BEST MADE IN BALEARES SHORT FILM

Pau Pascual, Actor

Maria del Mar Coll, Actress & Filmmaker

 

BEST MADE IN BALEARES DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

Zubi Mohammed, Filmmaker

Lina Schutze, Producer

 

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC VIDEO

Laura de la Isla, Actress & Filmmaker

Simon Gülstrom, Filmmaker

 

SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

Joe Eddy, Filmmaker

Sharon Appleton, Writer

 

GOLDFINCH INNOVATION AWARD

Kirsty Bell, Director & Producer

Ben Charles-Edwards, Producer

 

BRIDGING BORDERS AWARD

Bijan Tehrani

Rodrigo Garcia

Keely Badger

Saeed Roustaee

Marcy Garriot

Farah Nabulsi

Alkan Sadat

 

NEW TALENT 

Tatjana Green, Filmmaker

Jamie Neumann

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Award Winners 2025

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

JURY: Toni Bestard & Alex Burunova

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen DFF for The Summer Book 

DIRECTOR: Isabel Coixet for Tres Adioses

FILM: Time We Lost (Und dann Passiert das Leben) by director Neele Leana Vollmar

 

 

DEBUT FEATURE FILM

JURY: Anna Smith & Patricia Pérez & Michel Angelo Messina
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nahuel Varela for Where the River Ends 

DIRECTOR: Evan Matthews, director of Motherland 

FILM: Satisfaction by Alex Burunova

 

 

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

JURY: Roser Amills & Hedda Archbold
FILM: 21000 palabras by Maxi Campo

  

 

GOLDFINCH INNOVATION AWARD

JURY: Kirsty Bell & Ben-Charles

FILM: Satisfaction by Alex Burunova

 

 

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM 

JURY: Lily Raeder & Paulo da Sousa

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Natascha Vavrina for Under the Ice 

DIRECTOR: Alexander Saul director of Snipped 

FILM: I Gaze at the Sky by Alexandra Strunin

  

 

SPANISH SHORT FILM 

JURY: Marine Auclair & Rita Capucho
FILM: Eixam by Eugenia Sampedro

 

 

MADE IN BALEARES - SHORT FILM

JURY: Mar Coll & Pau Pascual

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pasqual Marí for Eixam 

FILM: Si l'amor no és això by Àlex Arroyo

 

 

MADE IN BALEARES - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

JURY: Margalida Mateu & Xavier Lezcano

FILM: Refugis de Paper by Miguel Eek

 

 

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

JURY: Roser Amills & Hedda Archbold
FILM: The Last Puestero by Belle Casares

 

 

MADE IN BALEARES DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

JURY: Lina Schutze & Zubi Mohammed
FILM: Casa Diversa by Carmen Vidal

 

 

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC VÍDEO

JURY: Laura de la Isla & Simon Gülstrom

MUSIC VIDEO: Openhearted by Jenny Brough

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM: Spoken Movement Family Honour by Daniel Gurton

 

 

NEW TALENT

JURY: Tatjana Green & Jamie Neumann 

BEST SHORT: Ragamuffin by Kaitlyn Mikayla

 

 

STUDENT FILM (Made in Baleares & International)

Jury: Festival Team 

BEST STUDENT SHORT: ¡Quiero Saber De La Vida! by Beatričė Sofija Piesliakaitė

 

 

BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD by Cinema without Borders

JURY: Bijan Tehrani, Rodrigo García, Keely Badger, Saeed Router, Marcy Garriot, Farah Nabulsi & Alkan Sadat

BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD: Majini by Joshua Neubert & Victor Muhagachi

 

 

SCREENPLAY AWARD

JURY: Joe Eddy, Marina Wagner y Ferrán Bex

BEST Feature Script: Rock on by Juanjo Durán

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT: Bitxo by Lau Maquedano

BEST BALEARES SHORT SCRIPT: Roomies by Alfonso Morillas

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