2019 Award Winners

FORADCAMP 2019 AWARD LIST

These are the award winners of ForadCamp 2019, 8th Nature and Cinema Exhibition.

Lotus, by Mohammadreza Vatandoust (Iran, 2018, 14’)

«Lotus», by Mohammadreza Vatandoust, obtained the Best Documentary Jury Award 2019.

  • The Jury, composed of Ricardo Íscar, Núria Campabadal and Maria Alcázar, awarded the Jury Prize for Best Documentary, to «Lotus», by Mohammadreza Vatandoust. The Jury awarded it «for making a portrait of a person and a landscape, for the human and political dimensions of history, and for its great cinematic quality«.
  • Also, the Jury granted a Special Mention to «Floureja», by Pablo Heuson, «for the high quality of its formal and stylistic approach to the subject of the film«.
  • The Audience Award went to «All inclusive«, by Corina Schwingruber Ilić.
All Inclusive.

«All Inclusive», by Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Foradcamp 2019 Audience Award.

  • Distribution Prize sponsored by Festhome and awarded by INDOC, was for the short «Los rugidos que alejan la tormenta», by Santiago Reale, «for portraying with sincerity and simplicity the life of a boy who has decided to live in nature, finding there his place in the world, and as a plea for the absolute freedom of human beings to lead their lives«.
  • Granollers Cultural Association Mention was for «Lotus«, «for the excellent cinematic treatment, for the clarity of the message and for the emotiveness of his footage«.
    «Peix al forn», by Guillem Miró, obtained the Children’s Jury Price ForadCamp Kids 2019. 
  • Children’s Jury Prize, chosen by a Jury made up of five children under 12 years old, was awarded to «Peix al forn», by Guillem Miró because «the film teaches us that if we do not take care of nature, we will end up with the fishes of the sea and will have to eat plastic«.

We thank you all for your support, we’ll see each other next year!

Films selected for ForadCamp 2018

We already know the list of the 15 short films selected for the Official Section of ForadCamp 2018. There will be three Spanish films and shorts from Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, the United States, France, Latvia, Switzerland, and also two co-productions, Argentina-United Kingdom and United States-Spain.

These are the 15 films selected:

  • After/Life, by Puck Lo (USA, 2017, 15’)
  • Cerúlia i negra, by Macià Florit Campins (Spain, 2018, 5’)
  • Cucli, by Xavier Marrades (Spain, 2016, 16’)
  • El mar inmóvil, by Macu Machín (Spain, 2018, 11’)
  • Ins Holz (In the woods), by Corina Schwingruber Ilić & Thomas Horat (Switzerland, 2017, 13’)
  • La dernière meute, by Morgane Thibaut (Belgium, 2017, 19’)
  • La flor de la lengua de vaca, de Germán Reyes Ruiz (Colombia, 2018, 23’)
  • Ligne noire, by Mark Olexa & Francesca Scalisi (Switzerland, 2017, 11’)
  • Maregrave, by Justine Cappelle (Belgium, 2017, 25’)
  • The Mauritania railway: backbone of the Sahara, by MacGregor (USA, Spain, 2017, 12’)
  • Tierra del viento, by Laura Belinky (Argentina, United Kingdom, 2017, 18’)
  • Two°C – New-York City, by Maxime Contour (France, 2017, 4’)
  • White trash, by Sunčica Ana Veldić (Croatia, 2017, 11’)
  • Wind should be heard not seen, by Claire Sanford (Canada, 2018, 13’)
  • Zirdzin, hallo! (Hello, horse!), by Laila Pakalnina (Latvia, 2017, 24’)

The screening of the selected short films will be held in the village of Figaró-Montmany on October 20 and 21, 2018. The full program of the Exhibition will be available by the end of September on our website.