Senegalese-French short film Astel from director Ramata-Toulaye Sy won the H.C. Andersen Award for Best Short Film in the International Competition at the Academy Award® qualifying Odense Film Festival over the weekend. Three other winners qualified for Oscar consideration: Nest by Hlynur Pàlmason won the Best Danish Short Film Award, France’s The Seine’s Tears (Les Larmes De La Seine) by Yanis Belaid, Eliot Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer and Alice Letailleur won the Børge Ring Award for Best Animation and Denmark’s The Game by Andreas Haubjerg won the Best Short Documentary Award.
With its launch in 1975, the Odense Film Festival is also Denmark’s oldest film festival. It is an alternative film festival, born with passion and creativity; a spirit that the festival has maintained and nurtured ever since. Moreover, the Odense Film Festival supports and celebrates the short film genre without compromise, but at the same time it is a festival for the audience, thus experiencing massive support from the locals in the town of Odense year after year.
See below for the full list of short film winners:
International Competition
H.C. ANDERSEN AWARD
This award goes to the Best Short Film in the International Competition and is Oscar-qualifying. The winner receives a statuette and 35.000 DKK.
Astel by Ramata-Toulaye Sy (Senegal/France)
Storyteller Award
This award goes to the International short film with the best storytelling abilities. The prize comes with 15.000 DKK.
Lili Alone by Zou Jing (China)
Artist Award
The award goes to the International short film with the strongest artistic expression. It comes with 15.000 DKK.
The Shift by Chiara Marotta and Loris Giuseppe Nese (Italy)
Short Film Candidate for The European Film Awards 2022
One candidate among the EFA-marked short films is selected by the International Jury.
Nest by Hlynur Pàlmason (Denmark)
Danish Competition
BEST DANISH SHORT FILM
The award is Oscar-qualifying and goes to the best Danish Short Film. The winner receives 20.000 DKK.
Nest by Hlynur Pàlmason
Filmfyn Talent Award
The award goes to the Danish short film that shows vision and talent. The prize comes with 15.000 DKK.
The Dinner by Marco Lawson
Best Danish Actor
Boy Ewald for Katastrofer by Tone Ottilie
Nominees for the Robert Award: Best Short Film Fiction/Animation
Katastrofer by Tone Ottilie
Nest by Hlynur Pàlmason
Shegod by Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
The Dinner by Marco Lawson
The Last Sacrament by Jahfar Muataz
Animation Competition
BØRGE RING AWARD
The Børge Ring Award goes to the Best Animated Short Film and the award is Oscar-qualifying. The winner receives 15.000 DKK.
The Seine’s Tears (Les Larmes De La Seine) by Yanis Belaid, Eliot Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur (France)
Animation Talent Award
This award goes to the Danish animator with an extraordinary animation short. The award comes with 10.000 DKK.
I’ll Be Your Kettle by Tobias Rud (Denmark)
Documentary Competition
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The award goes to the Best Documentary Short and the award is Oscar-qualifying. It comes with 15.000 DKK.
The Game by Andreas Haubjerg (Denmark)
The Soapbox Award
The award goes to the documentary that uses the format best and has a meaningful influence on society. The winner receives 10.000 DKK.
How I Like It by Nida Mehboob (Pakistan)
Youth Competition
YOUTH JURY AWARD
The award goes to the Best Youth Film in Competition selected among the films chosen from the full selection. The winner receives 10.000 DKK.
The Stupid Boy by Phil Dunn (England)
Audience Award
The Stupid Boy by Phil Dunn(England)
