Jelena Mila’s Iron Warrioresses, a coproduction between Sweden and Serbia, received the 50/50 Award, while the Czech film Daughter directed by Daria Kashcheeva received the Animation Award.
The festival was held from 22 to 30 November 2019.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
GOLDEN APHRODITE FIRST FEATURE FILM COMPETITION:
Golden Aphrodite for Best Film:
Effigy – Poison and the City (Germany)
Directed by Udo Flohr
Best Director:
Monica Lairana for La Cama (Argentina)
Directed by Monica Lairana
Best Script:
Monica Lairana for La Cama (Argentina)
Directed by Monica Lairana
Best Cinematography:
Alejandro Montero Hernandez-Barahona for Phoenix Romance (China)
Directed by Youxue-Thomas Chen & Yuan-Ann Chen
Best Actress:
Sandra Sandrini for La Cama (Argentina)
Directed by Monica Lairana
Best Actor:
Michel Poghosyan for Lorik (Armenia)
Directed by Alexey Zlobin
Best Editing:
Sven Pape for Effigy – Poison and the City (Germany)
Directed by Udo Flohr
Best Production Design:
Thomas Chan for Phoenix Romance (China)
Directed by Youxue-Thomas Chen & Yuan-Ann Chen, China
Best Sets/Costumes:
Melanie Ullrich and Katja Pilgrim for Effigy – Poison and the City (Germany)
Directed by Udo Flohr
Best Music:
Limei You for Phoenix Romance (China)
Directed by Youxue-Thomas Chen & Yuan-Ann Chen
VETERANS COMPETITION:
Best Film:
Snu (Portugal)
Directed by Patrícia Sequeira
Best Director:
The Shepherd (Hungary)
Directed by Illés László
Best Cinematography:
Snu (Portugal)
Directed by Patrícia Sequeira
Script Honourary Mention:
The Tale of a Corporate Slave (USA)
Directed by Molly Jacobs
SCRIPT CONTEST:
First Place:
74
Written by Paul Lambis
Second Place:
A Gift of the Heart
Written by Andrew Heller
Third Place:
The Lease of Nature
Written by Anderson Boyd
Best Mobile Film:
Alter (Mexico)
Directed by Marcos Obregón
Best Art-Dance Award for a Short Film:
Blank Canvas (USA)
Directed by Alisa Traskunov
Animation Award:
Daughter (Czech Republic)
Directed by Daria Kashcheeva
Aphrodite Cinematic Award:
Alex’s Strip (Spain)
Directed by Irene Zoe Alameda
50/50 Award:
Iron Warrioresses (Sweden, Serbia)
Directed by Jelena Mila
Got Talent In Cinematography Award:
Unicorn In Tel Aviv (Israel)
Directed by Zohar Ballas
Got Talent in Direction Award:
Fishing with Father (Japan)
Directed by Shigeru Hirai
Got Talent Award:
The Buzz (Hungary)
Directed by Dániel Füzes
Best Cinematography in a Veteran Short Film (ex-aequo):
Gregueria (Canada)
Directed by Leonid Karnitsky
The Tram (Russia)
Directed by Yulia Trofimova
Best Director in Veterans Short Film Competition:
Taniel (Armenia, UK)
Directed by Garo Berberian
Best Film in Veterans Short Film Competition:
The Night the Wind Blew (UK)
Directed by David Alamouti
Best Greek Short Film:
Later Aphrodites
Directed by Demeter Stavropoulos
Best Proof of Concept:
Fifty (Spain)
Directed by Javier Dampierre
Best Short Documentary:
Unknown Ravens (UK)
Directed by Sema Basharan
Best Cinematography in a Long Documentary:
Back to Berlin (UK)
Directed by Catherine Lurie-Alt
Best Director in Long Documentary Competition:
The Creepy Line (USA)
Directed by Matthew A. Taylor
Best Long Documentary:
Remembering: The Maurits Kiek Story (USA)
Directed by Cheryl Halpern, Mitchell Stuart & Alex Dolginko
Nostimon Imar Award:
Greece Year Zero (Canada)
Directed by Dannis Koromilas
Best Leading Young Artist:
Shang Wingyee for the short documentary Raise Me Up (China)
Directed by Huaqing Jin
Best Foreign Language Film in the Short Film Competition:
Original Intention (China)
Directed by Han Dong
Best Foreign Language and Popular Feature Film:
Dance and Love (China)
Directed by Cui Daihong
FOTOMESSAGE COMPETITION:
First Place:
Marios Ioannides
Second Place:
Andriana Malekidou
Third Place:
Sandra Constantinou
