The festival was organised by Batumi Art-house ARGANI with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia, the Georgian National Film Center, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Ajara AR (Ministry of Culture of Ajara AR), the Tourism Department of Ajara AR, the National Tourism Agency of Georgia, the British Council, the Goethe Institute Georgia and the Embassy of Italy.
International Feature Film Competition Awards:
Grand Prix: Ray and Liz (UK)
Directed by Richard Billingham
Best Director: Alice Rohrwacher for Happy as Lazzaro (Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany)
Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Best Actress: Ella Smith for Ray and Liz
Directed by Richard Billingham
Best Actor: Adriano Tardiolo for Happy as Lazzaro
Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Jury Special Prize (ex-aequo):
Horizon / Horizonti (Georgia, Sweden)
Directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili
Produced by Gemini and Artizm
Coproduced by Momento Film
Supported by the Georgian National Film Center, the Swedish Film Institute
Styx (Germany, Austria)
Directed by Wolfgang Fischer
Documentary International Competition Awards:
Best Documentary: Of Fathers and Sons (Germany, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar)
Directed by Talal Derki
Special Mention: Bridges of Time (Latvia)
Directed by Audrius Stonys
Short Film International Competition Awards:
Best Short Film: Eraser (Georgia)
Directed by David Pirtskhalava
Special Mentions:
All These Creatures (Australia)
Directed by Charles Williams
Delivery (Jordan)
Directed by Yazan Al Ghazzawi
Georgia Film Critics Jury Awards:
Best Film: Donbass (Germany, France, Ukraine, the Netherlands. Romania)
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Produced by Ma.ja.de. Fiction
Coproduced by Arthouse Traffic, JBA Production, Graniet Film, Wild at Art, Digital Cube
Associate producer: Atoms & Void
Supported by Eurimages, the French CNC’s World Cinema Support
Special Mention: Happy as Lazzaro
Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Lifetime Achievement Awards:
Lomer Akhvlediani (Georgia)
Gela Kandelaki (Georgia)
Soso Bardanashvili (Georgia)
