Award winners 2024 - Brussels Short Film Festival

International Competition

Jury: Mara Taquin, Younès Boucif, Érika Sainte, Basile Vuillemin, Florian Berutti

Grand Prix
€3,500 offered by the Brussels-Capital Region - Image de Bruxelles to the director

NA MAREI
by Léa-Jade Horlier
France - 2023 - 22’30’’

Jury Award
€1,000 donated by the City of Brussels Tourism Department to the director

MENTISTE AMANDA (AMANDA, YOU LIED)
by Éva Libertad, Nuria Munoz

Spain - 2023 - 17’00”

Best Actress Award
€1,000 donated by the Brussels Department of Culture to the actress

ELEANORE PIENTA
in RELATIONSHIP TO PATIENT by Caroline Creaghead
United States - 2023 - 13’20’’

Best Actor Award
€1,000 donated by the Brussels Department of Culture to the actor

MADS KOUDAL
in HANDYMAN by William Findinge
Denmark - 2024 - 17’00”

Audiance Award
The director will receive €1,500.

SOPA FRIA (COLD SOUP)
by Marta Monteiro
Portugal, France - 2022 - 9’51”

Grand Prix special mention

ICI EN SILENCE TOUT HURLE (IN SILENCE EVERYTHING ROARS)
by Akaki Popkhadze
France - 2023 - 23’30”

The winner of the Grand Prix of the International Competition is considered for pre-selection for the Oscars® in the Best Live Action/Animation Short Film category, provided the film complies with the Academy's rules.

National Competition

National jury: Jeanne Dantoine, Clémence Ducreux, Maria Poliviou

Grand Prix
€2,500 offered to the director by the SACD + €10.000 in services offered by Eye Lite, KGS and Chocolat Noisette

ZODIAC
by Hans Buyse, Titus de Voogdt
Belgium - 2024 - 14’55”

'Federation Wallonia-Bruxelles' Award
€2,500 offered by the Federation Wallonia-Brussels to the director of a French-speaking Belgian film

.PUPUCE (PUMKIN)
by Chloé Larrère
Belgium - 2023 - 18’56’’

Jury Award
€1,000 offered by the Loterie Nationale to the directors

CHEZ JOANNA
by Sandrine Collard
Belgium - 2024 - 15’57”

Best Actress Award
€1,000 offered to the actress by Playright

PIP CAMPBELL
in LET IT ALL GO WRONG by Dimitri Baronheid and Olivier Lambrechts
Belgium - 2023 - 13’03”
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Best Actor Award
€1,000 offerted to the actor by Playright

.WOUTER HENDRICKX
in PEDRO by Aline Boyen

Belgium, Spain - 2023 - 19’59’’

Audiance Award
€1,000 offered by Sabam to the director + €1,000 in services offered by the Belgian Short Film Agency on the distribution of the director's next film.

AMOUR À MORT (LOVE TO DEATH)
by Ingrid Heiderscheidt
Belgium - 2024 - 26’30”

The film will be part of the 2025-2026 ESFAA Tour

Special Mention of the jury

PARIS-BRUXELLES
by Marjorie Lhomme
Belgium, France - 2023 - 20’00”

Press Award (tie)

PORTRAIT OF A DISAPPEARING WOMAN
by Nelson Polfliet
Belgium - 2023 - 20’34”

Press Award (tie)

UNE NUIT D'AVANCE (A LONG NIGHT AHEAD)
by Julien Bernard-Simmonds
Belgium - 2024 - 27’00”

ARTE Award.

The acquisition of broadcasting rights by Arte (the films in the International Competition also competed for this prize).

UN INVINCIBLE ÉTÉ (INVINCIBLE SUMMER)
by Arnaud Dufeys
Belgium - 2024 - 19’08”

‘RTBF-La Trois’ Award
The acquisition of broadcasting rights by RTBF-La Trois (Belgian films in the Next Generation Competition also competed for this prize).

PORTRAIT OF A DISAPPEARING WOMAN
by Nelson Polfliet
Belgium - 2023 - 20’34”

Kortfilm.be Award

The acquisition of worldwide, non-exclusive broadcasting rights by Kortfilm (Belgian films in the Next Generation competition also competed for this prize).

CONTE SAUVAGE
by Aline Quertain
Belgium, France - 2023 - 15’30”

Be TV Award
Acquisition of broadcasting rights by Be TV

ZODIAC
by Hans Buyse, Titus de Voogdt
Belgium - 2024 - 14’55''

The winner of the Grand Prix of the National Competition is considered for pre-selection for the Oscars® in the category of best fiction/animated short film, provided that the film complies with the Academy's rules.

The winner of the National Audience Award will take part in the 2024-2025 ESFAA Tour.

Technical jury: Fabrice Osinski, Damien Keyeux, Quentin Devillers

Best Editing Award (in collaboration with Bemontage)
One-year licence for Media Composer (Avid) and an MBOX audio interface offered by Diginet + €500 offered by Boxon

LUCIE FLOC'H-LEVI
for GLUTE by Victor Ruprich-Robert
Belgium - 2024 - 25’00”

Best Sound Award
€500 donated by the Loterie Nationale to the sound department

SÉBASTIEN LHEUREUX

for GLUTE by Victor Ruprich-Robert
France, Belgium - 2024 - 25’00''

Best Photography Award (in collaboration with the Belgian Society of Cinematographers)
€500 donated by La Loterie Nationale to the Director of Photography + €2,500 worth of equipment donated by Eye-light

ÉDOUARD OUTTERS
for UNE NUIT D'AVANCE by Julien Bernard-Simmonds
Belgium- 2024 - 27’00’’.

Special mention for Sound

JAN HESSENS and JENNA TRESSIDER
for BEAUTIFUL MEN by Nicolas Keppens
Belgium, France, Netherlands - 2023 - 18’53”

Special mention for Photography

MAXIM HECTORS
for BEAUTIFUL MEN by Nicolas Keppens
Belgium, France, Netherlands - 2023 - 18’53’’.

Next Generation Competition

Jury: Ève-Laure Avigdor, François Marache, Nathan Duboutay, Géraldine Sprimont

'Grand Prix'
€1,500 offered to the director of a Belgian or international film

SENSIBELCHEN (BABY BROTHER)
by Berthold Wahjudi
Germany - 2022 - 20’40’’

'Federation Wallonia-Brussels' Award
€1,250 offered by the Federation Wallonia-Brussels to the director of a French-speaking Belgian film

LA FIN DES VACANCES
by Raphaël Venayre, Antoine Guerci
Belgium - 2023 - 24’48”

Special Mention of the jury

SYNCOPE
by Linus Von Stumberg
Switzerland - 2023 - 21’00”

International Audiance Award
€500 offered to the director of an international film

LA VOIX DES AUTRES (THE VOICE OF OTHERS)
by Fatima Kaci
France - 2023 - 29’00’’

National Audience Award
€1 000 offered by SABAM

ALLÉGRESSE (JOY)
by Gillie Cinneri
Belgium - 2023 - 19’00”

Young Jury Award
€500 offered to the director by the Youth Department of the Commune of Ixelles to the director of a Belgian or international film

LA VOIX DES AUTRES (THE VOICE OF OTHERS)
by Fatima Kaci
France - 2023 - 29’00’’