CINEMATIC
EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL
Our Film Festival has been formed by teachers, students, film
directors, musicians, writers from the very love and passion for
filmmaking.
The festival is held in one of the most beautiful places from Eastern
Europe, known as "Bania", place located in the South of Transylvania.
The region is known through the well-known national theatre ''Marin
Sorescu'', which has got many awards internationally throughout the
years.
It encourages the artistic vision of everyone who is passionate about
film, without restrictions or borders. The Festival is desired to be the
bond between cultures, nations and people.
IMPORTANT: Due to the Covid-19 situation and restrictions, some delays might happen from time to time.
RULES:
- Every single submitter must have every right for every single thing that they have in the film.
- Every film that is in a foreign language must have English subtitles.
THE OFFICIAL CINEMATIC EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL TROPHY
WINNERS November 2023-February 2024
- Best Short Film –
WINNER – Farewell Dreams
Special Award – Beyond the Sea
Honorable Mention – Roaldies
Honorable Mention – The Girl Who Faded Away
Honorable Mention – No More Gravity At Night
-Best Feature Film-
WINNER –Group
Special Award –UNCLE EDOUARD
Honorable Mention –Vellakuthira [White Horse]
Honorable Mention –Gulag Eros of the Russian Mind: Sex in the Soviet Union
- Best Documentary –
WINNER – BLUE SKY WHITE CLOUDS
Special Award – The breath of Sarajevo
Honorable Mention – Golden Era
Honorable Mention – LUCY - A pioneer destiny
- Best Cinematography-
WINNER –"TWO CHAIRS"
Special Award –Impermanence
Honorable Mention –Daughter of Saint
Honorable Mention –Passing Through
- Best Director –
WINNER –The Katinas - Love God / Love People
Special Award –Sunrise Boulevard
Honorable Mention –Sadness of Absence
Honorable Mention – Yoron Island Your own life, your own voyage
- Best Editing –
WINNER –Sadness of Absence
- Best Screenplay –
WINNER –"THE ORDER OF THE KA"
Special Award –AFTERTASTE.
Honorable Mention –Yoron Island Your own life, your own voyage
- Best Animation –
WINNER –The Blanket
Special Award –The Body of the World
- Best Actor –
WINNER –"TWO CHAIRS"
Special Award –S for Submission
Honorable Mention –Wars Never End
Honorable Mention –Sadness of Absence
- Best Actress-
WINNER –Beyond You
- Best Original Score –
WINNER –Lucinda´s Pandora
Special Award –Garlic Parmesan
Honorable Mention –The immensity
- Best Student Filmmaker-
WINNER –Products of deception; human trials
Special Award –Sadness of Absence
- Best Movie Poster –
WINNER –Gulag Eros of the Russian Mind: Sex in the Soviet Union
Special Award –The Vision of the Shadows
- Best Costume Design –
WINNER – Quest
- Best VFX –
WINNER –"TWO CHAIRS"
- Best Sound Editing –
WINNER –The Katinas - Love God / Love People
- Best Sound Design –
WINNER –The Katinas - Love God / Love People
Special Award –Jealousy
WINNERS July-October 2023
- Best Short Film –
WINNER – The redemption from YU
Special Award –The list
Honorable Mention – A Dinner
Honorable Mention – Tak-Tak
-Best Feature Film-
WINNER – Subversion
- Best Documentary –
WINNER – Something Ain't Right
Special Award – Winter Camping
Honorable Mention – LET HER SING
Honorable Mention – Pvt. Ravel's Bolero
- Best Cinematography-
WINNER – The Mandatory Leave
Special Award – Cecily
- Best Director –
WINNER – GILA ISLAND
Special Award – The Mandatory Leave
Honorable Mention – Walk
- Best Editing –
WINNER – MIDNIGHT
Special Award – Mystique No. 4
Honorable Mention – Love in the Evening/Morning
- Best Screenplay –
WINNER – Lucky in Long Island
Special Award – The Teenage Bodyguard – With RM
Honorable Mention – The story of Kostas Puppetopoulos
- Best Animation –
WINNER – Wa Isjod Wa Iqtareb
Special Award – a tree once grew here
Honorable Mention – Element
Honorable Mention – STIGMA
-Best Production Design-
WINNER – Per Aspera…
Special Award – The vineyard
- Best Actor –
WINNER – Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!
Special Award – My Toy
Honorable Mention – Milite
Honorable Mention – The Mandatory Leave
- Best Actress-
WINNER – An Ever After Drama
Special Award – The Wedding Bandit
Honorable Mention – DRINK IN THE PAIN
Honorable Mention – The Mandatory Leave
- Best Supporting Actor –
WINNER –DRINK IN THE PAIN
- Best Supporting Actress-
WINNER – DRINK IN THE PAIN
- Best Original Score –
WINNER – Under Offer
Special Award – Wing Man
- Best Student Filmmaker-
WINNER – Until We Dance Again
Special Award –Cleveland
Honorable Mention – The Girl and The Great City
Honorable Mention – Vulture City, Wyoming
- Best Movie Poster –
WINNER – Culture Talk on the Radio
Special Award – FILMMAKERS ON HOLD
Honorable Mention – DRINK IN THE PAIN
- Best Costume Design –
WINNER – An Ever After Drama
WINNERS March-June 2023
- Best Short Film –
WINNER – Woman in the mirror
Special Award – Go to the woods
Honorable Mention – Manta Ray
Honorable Mention – One for the other
-Best Feature Film-
WINNER –Home Away
Special Award –SINIOLCHU, the peak a man fell in love with
Honorable Mention –ULTIMATE DESTINATIONS
- Best Documentary –
WINNER – Shirin Ebadi: Until We Are Free
Special Award – Victims 2006
Honorable Mention – Quest for Vinca
Honorable Mention – ARTIST'S VOICES
- Best Cinematography-
WINNER –San Francisco Cowboy
Special Award –Ithaka
Honorable Mention –The Ruin
Honorable Mention –Shine your light
- Best Director –
WINNER –All The Way Around
Special Award –The Rescue
Honorable Mention –Ghost (Spettri)
Honorable Mention –Black Box
- Best Editing –
WINNER – Welcome to Candy's
Special Award – Kallithea Springs Of Rhodes
- Best Screenplay –
WINNER – Home Away
Special Award – An Offer and A Dilemma
- Best Animation –
WINNER – The Waves of life
Special Award – Shumisen town
-Best Production Design-
WINNER – DUEL
- Best Actor –
WINNER –BREAKOUT
Special Award –Agony
Honorable Mention –R talks to D /or/ The Rabbits Hole
Honorable Mention –SINIOLCHU , the peak a man fell in love with
- Best Actress-
WINNER – Fatima
- Best Supporting Actor –
WINNER – Home Away
- Best Supporting Actress-
WINNER – Culture Talk on the Radio
Special Award – SINIOLCHU , the peak a man fell in love with
Honorable Mention –Home Away
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Best Original Score
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WINNER –Tesla's Medicine: The Universal Fluid
Special Award –The Rescue
Honorable Mention –Mariposas
Honorable Mention –Grimoire Vol. 1
- Best VFX –
WINNER – Tatty
-Best Makeup-
WINNER – The faun of healwood, the edge
Special Award – Zombie Resurrection
- Best Student Filmmaker-
WINNER –Above The Line
Special Award –Sónia
Honorable Mention –Hit Astray
Honorable Mention –F
Honorable Mention – Danzhou fisherwoman
- Best Movie Poster –
WINNER –Hunted 2: Lost Pursuit
Special Award –All The Way Around
Honorable Mention –Grimoire Vol. 1
Honorable
Mention – SINIOLCHU , the peak a man fell in love with
WINNERS November-February 2023
- Best Short Film –
WINNER –Good Evening
Special Award – Breath in a cage
Honorable Mention – Love Will Tear Us Apart
Honorable Mention – Red Lily
-Best
Feature Film-
WINNER – Somebody
Special Award – Running The Bases - Feature
Honorable Mention – Ruger the Rude Dog
Honorable Mention – I can look after you
- Best Documentary –
WINNER – The lost Keys
Special Award – Contactus
Honorable Mention – The Call We Carry: Confronting PTSD In The Fire Service
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Best Cinematography-
WINNER – A Letter to Amelia
Special Award – The Crossing
Honorable Mention – Once upon a time in the Canaries
Honorable Mention – Aquarium In The Fishbowl
- Best Director –
WINNER – GOOD GUY WITH A GUN
Special Award – Running The Bases - Feature
Honorable Mention – Once upon a time in the Canaries
Honorable Mention – Aquarium In The Fishbowl
- Best Editing –
WINNER – A Refugee's Guide to Rome
Special Award – Once upon a time in the Canaries
Honorable Mention – Ever So Slightly
- Best Screenplay –
WINNER – The Crossing
Special Award – The king of light the order of the dark gods
Honorable Mention – BOIZ KLUB
- Best Animation –
WINNER – The Gondolier
Special Award – Full Moon
Honorable Mention – Dreamcatcher
Honorable Mention – Just Bugs
-Best Production Design-
WINNER – Ever So Slightly
- Best Actor –
WINNER – WU WAY DAY
Special Award – ONCE UPON A KINGDOM - A fairy tale for hidden souls
Honorable Mention – Lady Luck
Honorable Mention – The Scary Clown News 100
- Best Actress-
WINNER – Running The Bases - Feature
Special Award – Lady Luck
Honorable Mention – Luna's Fear
Honorable Mention – Facing the Silence
- Best Supporting Actor –
WINNER – I brake for animals
- Best Supporting Actress-
WINNER – seascape
WINNER – Ever So Slightly
Special Award – LuoLan
-Best Sound Editing-
WINNER – Ever So Slightly
- Best Original Score –
WINNER – Christopher.
Special Award – Arrivederci Paris version sous-titree en anglais
Honorable Mention –Aquarium In The Fishbowl
Honorable Mention – A Maiden Made Not of Clay
-Best Costume Design-
WINNER – That Way
Special Award –A Good Cop
Honorable Mention – Heidee
Honorable Mention – Ever So Slightly
- Best Student Filmmaker-
WINNER – The Secret of A Butterfly
Special Award – The Breeze of Summer Night
Honorable Mention –A Matter of Luck
Honorable Mention – Lepas
- Best Movie Poster –
WINNER – Once upon a time in the Canaries
Special Award – GOOD GUY WITH A GUN
Honorable Mention – 3am 8°east - Bremerhaven at night
Honorable
Mention – LuoLan
WINNERS -July-October 2022
- Best Short Film -
WINNER - And Then, the Silence
Special Award - The Death, Burial, and Rise of Lilith
Honorable Mention - Bye Bye
Honorable Mention - A Fairy Tale
-Best Feature Film-
WINNER - Shades of Day - New Director's Cut - 2022
Special Award - The Happiness Theorem
Honorable Mention - ASHES AND BLOOD
Honorable Mention - The Quarantine Zone
- Best Documentary -
WINNER - Shepherds of the Earth
Special Award - CIRCLES IN THE STONES
Honorable Mention - Tempo Rubato Enigma - An Argentinian Mozart
Honorable Mention - Sammy | a Pine Marten Story
- Best Cinematography-
WINNER - ON MY WAY
Special Award - Midnight
Honorable Mention - FAKTORY 92
Honorable Mention - Adoptive Land
- Best Director -
WINNER - ID
Special Award - A Haircut for the Hina Doll
Honorable Mention - JOON
Honorable Mention - Sunshine In Winter
-Best Sreenplay-
WINNER - A Haircut for the Hina Doll
Special Award - Here Comes The Sun
Honorable Mention - Fairy Tale Country
Honorable Mention - Broken Circle
- Best Editing -
WINNER - Fairy Tale Country
- Best Animation -
WINNER - Music of Love
Special Award - D is for Drama
Honorable Mention - Observation
-Best Production Design-
WINNER - Broken Circle
Special Award - DARKNESS THIS IS MY REVENGE
Honorable Mention - Fairy Tale Country
- Best Actor -
WINNER - Lost in the City
WINNER - Ghosted
Special Award - Ellida
Honorable Mention - Here Comes The Sun
Honorable Mention - Remind Me (Gia thimise mou)
WINNER - Here Comes The Sun
Special Award - 21...
Honorable Mention - DOG - (2022)
- Best Original Score -
WINNER - Here Comes The Sun
Special Award - DOG - (2022)
Honorable Mention - Broken Circle
Honorable Mention - Swamp Dragon
- Best VFX -
WINNER - Greetings From Wormhole 61
Special Award - Kiwi's Dream
-Best Costume Design-
WINNER - Giulia e il Capoposto
Special Award - Fairy Tale Country
-Best Makeup-
WINNER - Zombie Resurrection
WINNER - Erden
Special Award - THE LADY IN RED
Honorable Mention - Felix
Honorable Mention - Sunshine In Winter
- Best Movie Poster -
WINNER - Fairy Tale Country
Special Award -
Jackpot (Poster)
WINNERS -March 2022-June 2022
- Best Short Film -
WINNER - THE FLYING VILLAGE
Special Award - POINTLESS: THE BOUNCE BACK TO LIFE
Honorable Mention - GIFTS FROM BABYLON
Honorable Mention - DELILAH
-Best Feature Film-
WINNER - THE LAST RACE
Special Award - DESTINATION MARFA
Honorable Mention - CHEHERA NAKAB (FACE MASK)
Honorable Mention - ESPERANZA
- Best Documentary -
WINNER - THE COST OF DENIAL
Special Award - CICERO - TWO LIVES, ONE STAGE
Honorable Mention - POLONINA, MY DREAM.
Honorable Mention - WE ARE ALITALIA - HISTORY OF A COUNTRY THAT NO LONGER KNOWS HOW TO FLY
- Best Animation -
WINNER - THE CASE
Special Award - SPOON
Honorable Mention - THE HUMAN BEAST
Honorable Mention - THREAD THREAT
- Best Director -
WINNER - TRIPLE TROUBLE
Special Award - DESTINATION MARFA
Honorable Mention - THE CHIEF
Honorable Mention - THE FLYING VILLAGE
-Best Sreenplay-
WINNER - SEVEN ARROWS "JUVY COWBOYS"
Special Award - THE CITY OF CHILDREN SERIES PILOT
Honorable Mention - BAD LOVE TIGERS
Honorable Mention - SUICIDERS CLUB
- Best Cinematography-
WINNER - THE FLYING VILLAGE
Special Award - GIFTS FROM BABYLON
Honorable Mention - NEOLITH
Honorable Mention - HALFDAN
-Best Production Design-
WINNER - HIGH SOCIETY
- Best Editing -
WINNER - DESTINATION MARFA
Special Award - 10 ROUNDS
Honorable Mention - WESTBOUND
- Best Actor -
WINNER - VÖLKERBALL 42
Special Award - HOLESTEPPER
Honorable Mention - WITHOUT A PROMISE
Honorable Mention - DESTINATION MARFA
- Best Actress-
WINNER - GETTING HIM BACK
Special Award - ROPED IN
Honorable Mention -THE CHIEF
Honorable Mention - WHAT LIES AHEAD
- Best Supporting Actress-
WINNER - GETTING HIM BACK
Special Award - WITHOUT A PROMISE
-Best Sound Design-
WINNER - DESTINATION MARFA
Special Award - WESTBOUND
Honorable Mention - MIASMA
Honorable Mention - MIND OVER MATTER
-Best Sound Editing-
WINNER - WESTBOUND
- Best Original Score -
WINNER - THE RUG
Special Award - KEEPING CHRISTMAS
Honorable Mention - THE CLAY AND THE GIRL
Honorable Mention - LET´S GO.
- Best VFX -
WINNER - THE FLYING VILLAGE
Special Award - SHIMMER
Honorable Mention - MIND OVER MATTER
-Best Costume Design-
WINNER - CORAL CLEAR
Special Award - HALFDAN
Honorable Mention - NEOLITH
-Best Makeup-
WINNER - THE FLYING VILLAGE
- Best Student Filmmaker-
WINNER - MIASMA
Special Award - MIND OVER MATTER
Honorable Mention - LET´S GO.
Honorable Mention - EXPLOSIVE LOVE
- Best Movie Poster -
WINNER - DESTINATION MARFA
Special Award - DOWNING THE ANCHORS
Honorable Mention - MASTERJAM
Honorable Mention - THE FLYING VILLAGE
WINNERS November 2021 - February 2022
-Best Short Film: Winner INCANTO, Honorable Mention ON THE STAGE
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Best Feature Film: Winner FOR UNTO US,
Honorable Mention I MARRIED MY MOTHER, Honorable Mention
DARKING WAY, Special Award BELINDA
- Best Screenplay: Winner YE AND GUOUO, Honorable Mention "GODS"
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Best Animation: Winner THE PILLAR OF STRENGTH, Honorable
Mention NANAKOROBI (SEVEN FALLS), Special Award ELTON
JOHN, DUA LIPA-COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX)
- Best Documentary: Winner
MUCO: CONTRADICTION WITHIN TRADITION,
Honorable Mention BELLA BIMBA, Honorable Mention SHARKS OF THE SEA OF
CORTES: A LOST TREASURE? , Special Award SEVEN THOUSAND SOULS
- Best Director: Winner YE AND GUOUO, Honorable Mention MOSAIC
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Best Cinematography: Winner KOLD,
Honorable Mention INCANTO, Special Award PRECIOUS BALANCE WALK
- Best Editing: Winner THE FAMILIES FEUD, Honorable Mention INCANTO
- Best Actor: Winner INCANTO, Honorable Mention MOSAIC
- Best Actress: Winner INCANTO, Honorable Mention CONSOLATION
- Best Supporting Actor: Winner YE AND GUOUO
- Best Supporting Actress: Winner TROUBADOURS CELESTES
- Best Original Score: Winner JIM BUTTON AND THE WILD 13, Honorable Mention SOMETHING INSIDE IS BROKEN
- Best Student Filmmaker: Winner BURNING MASKS, Honorable Mention AMORPHOUS, Special Award YALDA NIGHT,
- Best VFX: Winner BoxBots
- Best Sound Design: Winner THE RIGHTEOUS ONE
- Best Sound Editing: Winner THE RIGHTEOUS ONE
- Best Costume Design: Winner THE LADY OF THE HOUSE OF LOVE
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Best Production Design: Winner INCANTO,
Honorable Mention THE LADY OF THE HOUSE OF LOVE
- Best Makeup: Winner SEVEN THOUSAND SOULS
- Best Movie Poster: Winner MARIE-LUISE, Honorable Mention NO MORE
WINNERS AUGUST 2021 - NOVEMBER 2021 -
-Best Short Film-WINNER: THE KICKSLED CHOIR
Honorable Mentions-THE WET NURSE
- Best Animation-WINNER: THE BOY AND THE MOUNTAIN
Honorable Mentions-SKELETON OF A MOTH / ON/OFF
- Best Documentary- WINNER: A CENTURY OF DREAMS
Honorable Mentions-WHAT COLOUR IS THIS WORLD / ABOVE GROUND / SEARCHING FOR SKYLAB
- Best Director-WINNER: THE EVE
Honorable Mentions-CARNITAPU / UNDER THE ROOF
- Best Cinematography - WINNER: A CRY FOR HELP
Honorable Mentions-IT'S NOT SAFE OUTSIDE / C144
- Best Editing - WINNER: THE EVE
Honorable Mentions-LIEVE / SCRIPT
- Best Actor- WINNER: CLUB HABANA
Honorable Mentions-THE EVE
- Best Actress -WINNER: SOME ARE SILENT-A LOVECRAFTIAN STORY
Honorable Mentions-UNRAVELING LIFE / LIEVE
- Best Supporting Actor -WINNER: THE EVE
Honorable Mentions-MAGDA
- Best Supporting Actress -WINNER: CLUB HABANA
Honorable Mentions-THE EVE
- Best Original Score -WINNER: GOLDEN LOTUS
Honorable Mentions-SILENT MOVIE / THE EVE / WHO KILLED JAZZ
- Best Student Filmmaker -WINNER: WHEN THE MORNING DAWNS
Honorable Mentions-THE IMMORTAL / JACOB NIGHT RIDES A RAINBOW
- Best VFX -WINNER: JOE
- Best Movie Poster -WINNER: DRIFT
Honorable Mentions-SEARCHING FOR SKYLAB / WHO KILLED JAZZ
