German/Japanese short film Oh, Butterfly! from director Sylvia Schedelbauer won the Grand Prix at the 41st Uppsala Short Film Festival on Saturday. Philippino director Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan picked up the Uppsala Award in Memory of Ingmar Bergman for his film The Headhunter’s Daughter.
Below is the full list of winners:
International Competition
Jury: Skadi Loist (Germany), Ren Scateni (UK), Inès Girihirwe (Rwanda)
Uppsala Grand Prix Uppsala Film Jackdaw and 50 000 SEK: Oh, Butterfly! by Sylvia Schedelbauer (Germany/Japan)
Uppsala Award in Memory of Ingmar Bergman and 50 000 SEK from the Cultural Affairs Board in the city of Uppsala and artwork by Jin Jiang: The Headhunter’s Daughter by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan (The Philippines)
Uppsala Candidate for the European Film Awards: Un corps brûlant by Lauriane Lagarde (France)
Special Mention: From Here to There by Remy Ryumugabe (Rwanda)
Audience Award: Neighbour Abdi by Douwe Dijkstra (The Netherlands)
National Competition
Jury: Simone Bardoni (Italy), Simon Young (UK), Anne Gaschütz (Germany)
Uppsala Film Jackdaw for Best Swedish Short Film and 50 000 SEK from the Swedish Film Institute: Ovan Gruvan – Au dessus de la mine by Lova Karlsson, Théo Audoire (Sweden/France)
Uppsala Early Bird in 10 000 SEK and the film is offered distribution via the VOD-platform Draken Film: Tjejtoan by Angelika Abramovitch
Special Mention: En Cirkel På Två by Victor Nyåker
Audience Award: Toasnack by Mona Abbasnejad
Children’s Film Competition
Jury: Students at Gluntens Montessoriskola
Uppsala Film Jackdaw for Best Children’s Film and 15 000 SEK: Historien Om Bodri by Stina Wirsén (Sweden)
Uppsala Short Film Pitch
Jury: Valentina Chamorro Westergårdh (SVT), Ida Thorén (Tempo Documentary Festival), Maximilien van Aertryck (Plattform Produktion)
25 000 SEK from the Swedish Film Institute: ARG_GUBBE.MOV by Daniel Aguirre
