Established as one of the boldest film festivals in Romania, BIEFF screened 28 films in five competition programmes this year: The Politics of the Body: The Performative Self, Searching for Transcendence: Spirituality in the Digital Age, You Are another Me: On Exile and Shifting Borderscapes, The Alchemy of the Frame: Deconstructing the Image, and Cutting the Cord: Family Love and Its Discontents.

The 7th edition of BIEFF was organised by Manekino Cultural Association in partnership with PRINTOR COM and Film Monitor Association. The event was co-financed by Administrația Fondului Cultural Național (AFCN), the Romanian Film Centre and the Ministry of Cultural and National Identity.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

Main Award for Experimental Film:
489 Years (France)
Directed by Hayoun Kwon

Best Filmmaker Award:

Diogo Costa Amarante for Small Town (Portugal)

Best Visual Concept Award:

Summer (France, Belgium)
Directed by Ronny Trocker

Best Romanian Filmmaker Award:

Luiza Pârvu &Toma Peiu for Sisyphus 2.0 (Romania, USA)

Special Mention:

A Brief History of Princess X (Portugal, France, UK)
Directed by Gabriel Abrantes

BIEFF 2017 Audience Award ex-aequo:

Peep Show (Italy)
Directed by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro

and

I Made You, I Kill You (Romania)
Directed by Alexandru Petru Bădeliță