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 Kids 2019

This year ForadCamp opens a new section: ForadCamp Kids, aimed at children and their families.

In this section, we will screen 16 short films produced in Europe, America and Asia. There will be one international premiere, one Spanish Premiere, and four Catalan premiere. The section will have a Children’s Jury composed of students from the Montmany School, who will be in charge of awarding the First Prize for the best work.

These are the 16 selected films:

      • Amintiri din copilărie, by Mathieu Le Lay (Francia, 2018, 11’)
      • Big Booom, by Marat Narimanov (Russia, 2017, 4’)
      • Catastrophe, by Jamille van Wijngaarden (Netherlands, 2017, 2)
      • City of memories, by Signe Tveitan (Denmark, 2018, 5’)
      • Crab story, by Tatiana Poliektova, Filippo Rivetti (Russia-Australia, 2017, 4’)
      • Den Første Fjer, by Sine Juhl (Denmark, 2017, 4’)
      • Florigami, by Iva Ćirić (Croatia-Serbia, 2019, 5’)
      • Fly away, by Isaac King (Canada, 2017, 4’)
      • La secta de insectos, by Pablo Calvillo (Mexic, 2016’, 10)
      • Our Wonderful Nature – The Common Chameleon, by Tomer Eshed (Germany, 2016, 4’)
      • Peix al forn, by Guillem Miró (Spain, 2018, 4)
      • Plantae, by Guilherme Gehr (Brazil, 2017, 10’)
      • Quma y las bestias, by Ivan Stur, Javier Luna Cook (Argentina, 2019, 10’)
      • Sun cream, by Aylin Gökmen (Switzerland–Hungary, 2017, 9’)
      • Thermostat 6, by Maya Avron, Mylène Cominotti, Marion Coudert, Sixtine Dano (France, 2018, 5’)
      • Tierra sin mal, by Katalin Egely (Hungary-Argentina, 2017, 4’)

The exhibition of the selected short films will take place in Figaró-Montmany, on October 19, 2019 during the morning. The whole program of the Exhibition will be available at the end of September on our website.