The festival presented a total of 18 films in and out of the competition, from 17 countries around the world. The festival also included the screening of two films for children and six late night screenings for adults only. The ten-day festival was attended by actors, directors, producers and other film professionals.
A highlight of the event was the screening of the film The Brand New Testament directed by Jaco Van Dormael and coproduced by Belgium, France and Luxembourg, followed by an after party with a performance by a local band.
The five members of the international jury gave the following awards:
The Glocal Images Best Film Award and a 6,000 EUR prize
The Gulls (Russia)
Directed by Ella Manzheeva
The Glocal Images Special Jury Award and a 3,000 EUR prize
Let Them Come (France, Algeria)
Directed by Salem Brahimi
The Glocal Images Best Director Award and a 1,000 EUR prize
Mellow Mud (Latvia)
Directed by Renārs Vimba
Produced by Tasse Film
Supported by the Latvian National Film Centre
Audience award:
SMAC (Greece)
Directed by Elias Demetriou
Special Mentions:
Interruption (Greece)
Directed by Giorgos Zois
Losers (Bulgaria)
Directed by Ivaylo Hristov
Produced by Pro Film
Supported by the National Film Center
Baba Joone (Israel)
Directed by Yuval Delshad