Estonian majority coproduction Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints received a Special Mention in the Feature Film Competition, which is open to fiction films as well as documentaries.
Polish film Such Miracles Do Happen by Barbara Rupik won the Short Film International Competition.
Estonian project Yummy by Martinus Klemet received the SHORT RIGA Test Screenings Award at the RIGA IFF FORUM, the industry component of the festival.
A total of 84 films competed for awards. For the first time in the festival's history, audience members were able to join the nominated filmmakers, jury members and industry professionals at the in-person awards ceremony at the festival's main venue, Splendid Palace cinema.
Riga IFF’s main partner is the media and technology company Tet. The festival is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation, Creative Europe MEDIA, the Riga City Council and the National Film Centre of Latvia.
LIST OF WINNERS:
Feature Film Competition:
Golden Rooster Award:
Family Time / Mummola (Finland)
Directed by Tia Kouvo
Special Mention:
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Estonia, France, Iceland)
Directed by Anna Hints
Produced by Alexandra Film
Coproduced by Kepler 22 Productions, Ursus Parvus
Supported by the Estonian Film Institute, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the Tartu Film Fund, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Sacem, the Icelandic Film Centre, the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
Short Film International Competition:
Main Award:
Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland)
Directed by Barbara Rupik
Special Mention:
The Despair of Monkeys (Argentina)
Directed by Julian Garcia Long
Short Film National Competition:
Debris / Gruzis
Directed by Ilze Ance Kazak
European Film Academy’s European Short Film Award Shortlisted Film:
In the Midst of Chaos there Was Shape (Finland)
Directed by Saarlotta Virri
Baltic Music Video Competition:
Imposer by Carlos Lesmes for the group The Lou Lous
RIGA IFF FORUM Winners:
SHORT RIGA Test Screenings Award:
Yummy (Estonia)
Directed by Martinus Klemet
RIGA IFF SHOWCASE Award:
Europa (Czech Republic)
Directed by Jan Gebert
Jury Special Mention:
Freeride / Brīvais nobrauciens (Latvia)
Directed by Edmund Jansons
