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

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




