After eleven days of independent cinema in Culturgest, Cinema São Jorge, Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema and Cinema Ideal, Indielisboa 2015’s juries have already chosen this year’s winners. The awards were announced in the festival’s Closing Ceremony at Culturgest’s Main Auditorium. Here they are:
Feature Film International Competition Jury: Jérôme Baron, João Mário Grilo, Lis Kogan
Feature Film Grand Prize “City of Lisbon”: Aferim!, Radu Jude (Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic)
Short Film International Competition Jury: Carloto Cotta, Dominga Sotomayor, Kathleen McInnis
Airbnb Short Film Grand Prize: End of Summer, Jóhann Jóhansson (Iceland, Denmark)
Animation Special Mention: Of a Forest, Katarzyna Melnyk (Poland)
Documentary Special Mention: Shipwreck, Morgan Knibbe (Netherlands, Italy)
Fiction Special Mention: Guy Moquet, Demis Herenger (France)
National Competition Jury: Gustavo Beck, Michael Pattison, Pascale Ramonda
Allianz – DigiMaster Award for Best Portuguese Feature Film: André’s Eyes, António Borges Correia (Portugal)
Nescafé Dolce Gusto – Pixel Bunker Award for Best Portuguese Short Film: On the Side, Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra (Portugal)
FNAC New Talent Award – Short Film: The Mesh and the Circle, Francisco Queimadela, Mariana Caló (Portugal)
Restart Award for Best Film Brand New section: The Girl from Berlin, Bruno de Freitas Leal (Portugal)
Film Blogs Jury: Carlos Natálio, Carlos Nogueira, João Miranda
Canais TVCine & Séries Award: Aferim!, Radu Jude (Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic)
TVCine & Séries Special Mention: Koza, Ivan Ostrochovský (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
FIPRESCI Jury: Klaus Eder, Carmen Gray, Manuel Halpern
FIPRESCI Award (Silvestre Features): Before We Go, Jorge León (Belgium)
Format Court Jury: Katia Bayer, Agathe Demanneville, Lola L’Hermite, Marie Bergeret, Zoé Libault
Format Court Award (Silvestre Shorts): The Mad Half Hour, Leonardo Brzezicki (Denmark, Argentina)
Árvore da Vida Jury: Inês Gil, João Amaro Correia, Maria João Costa
Árvore da Vida Award for a Portuguese Film: André’s Eyes, António Borges Correia (Portugal)
Special Mention: Beyond Marão, José Manuel Fernandes (Portugal)
IndieJúnior Jury: Francisco Aires Mateus, José Câmara, Rodrigo Rebello de Andrade
Árvore da Vida IndieJunior Award: Historia de un oso, Gabriel Osorio (Chile)
Amnesty International Jury: António Antunes, Sofia Lorena, Susana Gaspar
Amnesty International Award: The Lurking Fear, Marta Pessoa (Portugal)
Special Mention: Shipwreck, Morgan Knibbe (Netherlands, Italy)
TAP Jury: Antonieta Pezo
TAP Award for a Portuguese Feature Film: André’s Eyes, António Borges Correia (Portugal)
TAP Award for a Portuguese Documentary: Fish Tail – Director’s Cut, Joaquim Pinto, Nuno Leonel (Portugal)
Universities Jury: André Pereira, Frederico Mesquita, Inês Freitas, João Leitão, Vasco Ruivo
Universities SIC Award: Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in The Air, Phillip Warnell (United Kingdom, Belgium, USA)
Schools Jury: Gustavo Ferreira, Mafalda Rosa, Ricardo Guimarães
Schools Culturgest Award: The Mesh and the Circle, Francisco Queimadela, Mariana Caló (Portugal)
Audience Jury
Fox Movies Audience Award for a Feature Film: The Wolf’s Lair, Catarina Mourão (Portugal)
Merrell Audience Award for a Short Film: In Waking Hours, Katrien Vanagt, Sarah Vanagt (Belgium)
IndieJunior Audience Award: Lune et le loup, Patrick Delage, Toma Leroux (France)