Directors: Stefanie Wermeling, Romano Germany Best Music video Award

In “Ticks” (German for “quirk” and “tic”), Berlin rapper Romano deals with compulsive acts and obsessive thoughts of our daily life. From reflecting his own “Ticks” like sorting pens by colour or taking pictures of the turned off stove, up to illustrating and questioning social anxieties as the fear of 5G radiation, hoarding toilet paper and building your own nuclear bunker. 2020’s covid-pandemic brought those fears to a higher level for some – not only preppers. In our first music video filmed with a smartphone – and the first we ever directed – we tried to capture this Zeitgeist and connect it to the visuals of the 90’s Jungle sound that come along with the beat, produced by Siriusmo.

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Director:Niall Farrell Ireland Best Animation/Stop Motion

Follow Bud from seed to wildflower as he endures climate change in the hope of a better

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Director: Peter Majarich Australia Best Fiction award

A young woman recounts a visit by a mysterious entity.

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Director:Nico Piro Italy Best Documentary

The biggest lie about modern conflicts is that they are fought on battlefields. People who can’t flee live in the middle of wars. This story is about them.

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Director: Philip Bromwell Ireland Best Documentary

Ahead of the return to school, children living in a flat complex in Dublin articulate the change, stress and isolation they have experienced during five-and-a-half months away from the classroom.

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