Zehra
Director Mustafa Emre Bayir
Documentary – Turkey
Runtime 18:30
The winner for the documentary category is the short film Zehra by Mustafa Emre Bayır. A touching documentary about a woman and her vision. Real, raw and charming. The interaction with her community to spread joy and moments of nativity during times of hardship have moved the viewer. The film is an extraordinary achievement of documentary art and magic in difficult times.

Echoes of Farid
Director Alberto Ortega
Fiction – Spain
Runtime 25:00
The winner for the fiction category is Echoes of Farid by Alberto Ortega for managing to tell with lightness and delicacy the condition of solitude that a migrant can find themselves in and for having fully represented one of the values of the Faro Convention, the spirit of welcome of a small community in a Spanish neighborhood that gathers around an old radio brought back to life. For the staging with warm colors that makes us feel a little less alone.

Lingua Eterna
Director Arno Thöni
Student film – Switzerland
Runtime 11:30
The winner for the student made category is the documentary film Lingua eterna by Arno Thöni for having represented the concept of native language, cited in the Faro Convention, through an original visual reworking of documentary. For having told two different youthful experiences of the use of the Romansh language through the musical production of two young artists. Music crosses luminous snowy landscapes and small venues, accompanying the journey of the fragile paper boat of the eternal language along the river of time.

Cultivation of Borshch
Director Mariia (Marie) Kishchuk
Art / Experimental / Animation – Ukraine
Runtime 1:45
The winner for the experimental/art/animation category is the short film Cultivation of Borshch by Marie Kishchuk, for its ability to tell the roots and history of Ukraine in an essential way through animated language. The short film fully embodies the values of the Faro Convention in representing a colorful tree of life fueled by a tradition passed down from generation to generation and a collective spirit that connects people, animals, and plants. The film is a small and powerfull manifesto of resistance.