faces The 39th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) today announced the winners of the Special Jury and Jury Awards, as well as two new film programs, the award-winning short film program for ages 8-10 and 11-14 .
In selecting the jury members for the 2022 festival, the CICFF awarded 65 prizes out of 304 films representing 54 countries in several categories including live action, animation, documentary and television production.
Awards are presented by the children’s, youth, professional and special juries, while the categories Live Action by a professional jury and animated shorts are eligible for the Oscars. CICFF, one of only two international children’s film festivals eligible for the Oscars, will run through November 20 at FACETS with in-person and international online screenings.
a visit CICFF39.eventive.org To view all ticket options and purchase tickets.
The awards presented by the festival maintain the CICFF’s long-standing position as one of the top children’s film festivals in the world. The CICFF judging panel is made up of independent filmmakers, film professionals, educators, parents, children and adolescents who are graduates of the FACETS Film 101 summer camp.
The Miloš Stehlik Global Impact Award, now in its fourth edition, was also awarded to director Prasun Chatterjee for the feature film Dostojee (India) and to Amy Bench for the short film More Than I Want to Remember (USA). . FACETS established this award in 2019 to commemorate Miloš Stehlik, founder and CEO of FACETS, who passed away in July 2019.
The full list of awards can be found below here .
CICFF39 – Awarded short films:
At the age of 8-10:
A collection of the best awarded short films of CICFF39. This selection includes a range of animated, live-action and documentary films, and includes the winners of the children’s and professional juries, as well as the best children’s production and the best of the festival.
The films can be seen from around November 10 to 20 and can be viewed Live times here and below:
Saturday November 12, 12:30 Facet, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
Sunday, November 20 at 11:00 am at Facets, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
The winners of the program are:
- “Shut Up, Shut Up Bear”
- “Birth”
- “HEY DUGEE – Action Hero Badge”
- “Wind and Trees”
- “The World’s Most Boring News”
- “Home”
- “Charlie and the Hunt”
- “new moon”
- “Greetings to the Wind”
(11–14+)
A collection of the best awarded short films of CICFF39. This selection combines animation, live-action and documentary and includes the winners of the jury in the categories Youth, New Dimensions and Professionals, as well as the winner of the Miloš Stehlik Global Impact Award and Best of Fest.
The films can be seen from around November 10 to 20 and can be viewed Live times here and below:
Sunday 13 November, at 1.00pm
Facets, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
The winners of the program are:
Movie:
- “call and answer”
- “Slide away”
- “Freedom Swimmer”
- “Ice Merchants”
- “More Than I Care To Remember”
- “My father”
Special prizes awarded include:
The best award in 2022
“Buggy Girl” Amitabh Raza Chaudhry (Bangladesh)
Miloš Stehlik Award for Global Impact
Theme: “Dostojee” by Prasun Chatterjee (India)
In short: “More Than I Care To Remember” by Amy Bench (USA)
Best Children’s Productions (Ages 2-5)
“Shut up, shut up, teddy bear”, Māra Linja (Latvia)
Programmer’s Choice Award
New Moon, Jeff Le Bar, Jeremy Ballet (USA)
Empowerment Award for a girl
“Abby” John Urbano (USA)
STEM AWARD
Wind and Trees by Todd Alan Stewart (Canada)
Liva Ulmanes Peace Prize – feature
Article: “Apple Day” by Mahmoud Ghafari (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Liva Ulmanes Peace Prize – short
In brief: A Letter to a Pig, Tal Cantor (France)
Future director of the Montgomery Award
“White Berry”, Sia Hermanides (Netherlands)
the empress’s prize
“The Settlement” by Mehrdad Hassani (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Promise Award
“I. Eleven years. war.” Marusya Shuvalova (Ukraine)
Promise Award
“Yangtze”, Daniel Kim, Benjamin Kim (United States)
Children’s Jury Awards include:
Children’s Jury Prize – Animated Short Film
1st place, “Pete”, Brett Parker (USA)
2nd prize, “Birth”, Roberto Valle (Spain)
Children’s Jury Prize – Animated Feature Film
1st place, “Perlimps”, Alê Abreu (Brazil)
2nd prize, “My great friend – film”, Andrēss Lipāns (Brazil)
Children’s Jury Prize – Motion TV
1st Prize, HEY DUGEE – The Action Hero Badge, Grant Orchard, Sanders Jones (United Kingdom)
2nd prize, “Communication and response”, Morgan Dubrat-Peters, Daphne Kotnowska, Joan Bouabry, Selene Algie, Anthony Okoko, Laura Saadi Honibal (France)
Children’s Jury Prize – Documentary Short Film
1st place, Dipsas Speaks, Craig Daniel Leon (Ecuador)
2nd Prize, Wishes in the Wind Lisa Marie Diliberto (Canada)
Children’s Jury Prize – Feature Documentary
1st Prize, YUNG PUNX: A Punk Parable, Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger (USA)
2nd Prize, Rosie’s Theater Kids Stephen Kantor (USA)
Children’s Jury Prize – Live Short Film
1st prize, Charlie and the Hunt, Jane Shaw (USA)
2nd prize, “Eiger, 1552”, Attila Sassas (Hungary)
Children’s Jury Prize – live feature film
1st place, “Star of Laura”, Joy Tomei (Germany)
2nd place, “Franz Tales”, Johannes Schmidt (Austria)
Children’s Jury Prize – Live TV
1st prize, Theodosia, Matthias Heini, Matt Bloom, Alexandre James Jacobs (France)
2nd prize, Yard TV, Pablo Oranga (Brazil)
Youth jury awards
Youth Jury Award – Animated Short Film
1st place, “Ice Merchants”, Joao González (Portugal)
2nd prize in the film “Slipping Away” – Gabriel Henault-Lefevre (France)
Youth Jury Award – realistic short film
1st prize, “Invincible”, Vincent René Lorte (Canada)
2nd prize, Bleach Matthias Graham (Canada)
Youth Jury Award – Documentary Short Film
First prize (tied)
“Freedom Swimmer” Olivia Martin McGuire (Great Britain)
“More than I want to be remembered” by Aimee Bench (USA)
2. balva, “BYkids: FAITH’S WORLD”, Faith Gilbolt (ASV)
Youth Jury Award – Motion TV
1st prize, “Communication and response”, Morgan Dubrat-Peter, Daphne Kotnowska, Ioann Pobry, Celine Algee, Anthony Okoko and Laura Saadi Honibal (France)
Youth Jury Prize – Feature Documentary
1st prize, “Dreamers of Afghanistan”, David Greenwald (Afghanistan)
2nd Prize, This Is My Black, Stephen Adetumbi, Garrett Roseborough (USA)
Youth Jury Prize – Live Feature Film
1st place, White Berry, Sia Hermanides (Netherlands)
Second prize in the film “Queen of Comedy” Ismael Ferouki (Morocco, France)
Youth Jury Award – Live TV
1st prize, More than This, John Sheedy, Kate Gorman (Australia)
New Dimension Jury Awards include
Jury Prize New Dimensions – animated short film
First Prize, Animated Short Film (tie)
“Goodnight Mister Ted” Nicolas Sule Allenani (Argentina)
“Tears of the Wall” by Janis Belaid, Eliot Benard, Nicolas Mayer, Etienne Moulin, Hadrian Pino, Lisa Vicente, Filipino singer, Alice Letelior (France)
2nd prize, Ice Merchants, Joao González (Portugal)
New Dimensions Jury Prize – Feature Documentary
1st prize, “Dear children of the future”, Franz Bohm (Germany)
2nd prize, The last election and other love stories, Miguel Silvera (USA)
New Dimensions Jury Prize – Documentary Short Film
1st Prize, Freestyle Swimmer, Olivia Martin McGuire (Great Britain)
2nd Prize, Girl with a dialect, Nadia Douri (United Arab Emirates)
Jury’s New Dimensions Award – live action short film
1st prize, “Invincible”, Vincent René Lorte (Canada)
2. balva, “Sons of Toledo”, Monty Cole (ASV)
Professional judging awards include
Professional Jury Award – Animated Short Film
First Prize “Sliding Away” Gabriel Hainault-Lefere (France)
2nd prize, “The most boring grandmother in the world”, Damaris Zelke (Germany)
Professional Jury Prize – Animated Feature Film
1st prize, “Journey to your land”, Pēteris Budinskis (Slovakia)
2nd prize, The Websters Movie Katerina Kerikesova (Slovakia)
Professional Jury Award – Motion TV
1st prize, “Communication and response”, Morgan Dubrat-Peter, Daphne Kotnowska, Joan Boabry, Celine Algie, Anthony Okoko and Laura Saadi Honibal (France)
2nd prize (tied)
“Joseph”, Isabel Faves (Switzerland)
“Space Nova” Pablo de la Torre (Australia)
Professional Jury Award – Documentary Short Film
1st Prize, Freestyle Swimmer, Olivia Martin McGuire (Great Britain)
2nd prize (tied)
How are you Hani?, Deborah van Damme (Netherlands)
Maxim – The Greatest, Kaja Fedulova (Germany)
Professional Jury Award – Feature Documentary
1st prize, “Dreamers of Afghanistan”, David Greenwald (Afghanistan)
2nd prize, “Dear children of the future”, Franz Bohm (Germany)
Professional Jury Prize – Live Short Film
1st prize, “Invincible”, Vincent René Lorte (Canada)
2nd prize, “Margot’s sister”, Kristine Dojon (Canada)
Professional Jury Prize – Live Feature Film
1st Prize, Comedy Queen, Sana Linkin (Sweden)
2nd Prize, Rickshaw Girl, Amitabh Raza Chaudhry (Bangladesh)
Professional Jury Prize – Live TV
1st prize, More than This, John Sheedy, Kate Gorman (Australia)
Second prize “Kabam!” Elizabeth Hesman (Netherlands)
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