A total of 35 film projects were screened within the festival's programmes (Works in Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch and First Cut+). The Odesa IFF Works in Progress selection was held this year in Karlovy Vary as a gesture of support towards the Ukrainian film industry impacted by Russian aggression.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

Works in Progress Awards:

Works in Progress Post-production Development Award:
The Burdened (Yemen, Sudan)
Directed by Amr Gamal

Works in Progress TRT Award:
Windless (Bulgaria, Italy)
Directed by Pavel G. Vesnakov
Produced by Red Carpet
Coproduced by dispàrte

Works in Progress Karlovy Vary IFF Award:
Endless Summer Syndrome (Turkey, France)
Directed by Kaveh Daneshmand

Works in Progress Karlovy Vary IFF Special Mention:
The Visitors / Návštěvníci (Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia)
Directed by Veronika Lišková
Produced by Cinémotif Films
Coproduced by The Thousand Images, Peter Kerekes Film

Works in Development – Feature Launch Awards:

KVIFF & MIDPOINT Development Award:
My Best Friend's Baby (Sweden)
Directed by Sophia Vuković

Connecting Cottbus Award:
Dolphin / Delfin (Poland)
Directed by Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska
Produced by Before My Eyes

Rotterdam Lab Award:
Magdalena Sztorc, producer of the film Dolphin (Poland)

First Cut+:
TRT First Cut+ Award:
The Maiden (Canada, USA)
Directed by Graham Foy

Odesa International Film Festival WIP Selection Award:
U Are the Universe (Ukraine)
Directed by Pavlo Ostrikov

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