Awards and Jury 2023
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AWARDS
Peace and Justice
The festival's honorary award recognises the work of those who are committed to human rights and justice through audiovisuals. This year it goes to:
Isabel Coixet
The most prolific and international filmmaker in Spain. With a career spanning 35 years, she has stood out for her particular sensitivity and her gender perspective that deconstructs the traditional female representation in film, as well as for her commitment to promoting the work of women in the audiovisual sector through associations and film production.
Official Sections
Best Fiction Feature Film
JURY:
Avelina Prat
Laura Herrero Garvín
Elvira Cámara López
WINNING FILM:
A room of my own, by Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze
Best Documentary Feature
JURY:
Sara Mansanet
Ricardo Macián
Laura Martínez
WINNING DOCUMENTARY:
Kenya, by Gisela Delgadillo
Best Fiction Short Film
JURY:
Pilar Martínez
Fran Fernandez
Isabelle Mamadou
WINNING SHORT:
Children's stuffof Bernabé Rico
Special mention for Over Mij, from Ali Asgari
Best Documentary Short Film
JURY:
Lucy Polo
Sixto Garcia
Eva Garcia
WINNING SHORT:
Hondarrakof Paula Iglesias
Best Valencian Short Film
JURY:
Elena Belenguer
Gloria March
Senia Mulayali
WINNING SHORT:
Hàbitatof Elena Escura
Best Valencian Short Screenplay
JURY:
Jordi Juan Martínez Sánchez
Anna Juesas García
Óscar Valle García
WINNING SHORT:
The way I welcome youof Amparo Fortuny
JURY
Delegate for Peace and Development in the Valencia Region. Member of the board of directors of the Coordinadora Valenciana de ONGD.
Valencian director who has won numerous awards at meetings such as the Fest Pitching Forum of the New Films New Directos Festival in Portugal and at Berlinale Talents Script Station 2018. She has also participated in the V Laboratorio de escritura de guiones de la Fundación SGAE.
Documentary film director and photographer. She started in Mexico as a documentary filmmaker and in 2011 she worked as co-founder of the film production company The Digital Watermelon.
Head of the Cultural Activities Department at the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).
Director of The Cabin of the Valencia International Medium-length Film Festival. She is also a member of the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA).
Director, producer and scriptwriter of documentary films.
Journalist, feminist writer and author of From the trenches: feminist micro-battles.
With more than 20 years of experience in the world of theatre, he has participated in series such as Crematorium, Pulsations o Gran Reserva. Throughout his professional career he has won awards such as Cinema Jove's Un Futuro de Cine and the Berlanga Award.
Training teacher and Lambda volunteer for more than 20 years. Director of the professional team that trains teachers and intervenes in the classroom.
Activist and human rights defender. Since 2013 she has been leading the strategies of the Spanish NGO Movimiento por la Paz (MPDL) in the Valencian Community. She currently coordinates the Implementation Team of the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent in Spain.
Founder of the Por Ti Mujer Association, where she combines the presidency with prevention, care and intervention work with immigrant women in the Valencian Community. She is currently president of the Red de Apoyo a la Mujer Inmigrante Víctima de la Violencia de Género (Red AMINVI).
He is a member of the Valencian Audiovisual Academy and a member in sustainability. He has participated in works such as The bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) by Mary McGukian; in the fiction feature film La Benvingudaby Pablo Peris, or the documentary The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo by Javier Polo, as co-screenwriter.
Director of film, radio and television production at Silence Production y Audiovisual Distribution SL.
Valencian actress who has won awards such as Best Dubbing Actress at the Valencian Professional Actors and Actresses Association Awards in 2022.
Reporter in TàpZàpingon À punt, booktuber for sustainability and sustainable organiser of poetry and music events.
Valencian author of numerous works such as On This Side of Silence, A Master of Bribery and Bizarro World, among others. In addition, he has also participated in the writing of numerous television series such as The Secret of Puenteviejo, Acacias 38 y Serve and Protect.
Coordinator of the Animation and Videogames department at Barreira A+D.
Scriptwriter of EDAV.