The 2025 edition of Cinanima international animated film festival came to a close on Sunday, culminating with the bestowal of this year’s awards national and international short films, student achievements and feature films. The Academy Award and Canadian Screen Award-qualifying fest was held November 7-16 in Espinho, Portugal. (cinanima.pt)
The winners are:
International Short Films Competition
Grand Prize Cinanima 2025 – Short Film
Dog Alone by Marta Reis Andrade (Portugal, France)
Jury Special Award
Bus by Sylwia Szkiłądź (Belgium, France)
Best Sound Design
Hurikán by Jan Saska (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia)
Best Screenwriting
Because Today Is Saturday by Alice Eça Guimarães (Portugal, France, Spain)
Best Art Direction
Society of Clothes by Dahee Jeong (Canada, France, South Korea)
Commendation for Short Film
Water Girl by Sandra Desmazières (France, Netherlands, Portugal)
Audience Award
Because Today Is Saturday by Alice Eça Guimarães (Portugal, France, Spain)
International Feature Film Competition
Grand Prize Cinanima 2025 – Feature Film
Memory Hotel by Heinrich Sabl (France, Germany)
Special Mention
Pelikan Blue by László Csáki (Hungary)
International Student Film Competition
Grand Prize Cinanima 2025 – Gaston Roch Award
Between the Gaps by Martin Bonnin (France)
Special Mentions
Winter in March by Natalia Mirzoyan (Armenia, Belgium, Estonia, France)
Swallow’s Tonada by Daniela Godel (France)
International Competition All Aboard
All Aboard Award
As If the Earth Had Swallowed Them Up by Natalia León (France)
National Competition
António Gaio Award
Wildflower by Carina Pierro Corso (Portugal)
Young Portuguese Director Award (Under 18 Years Old)
Joana’s Challenge by Associação de Ludotecas do Porto, Anilupa: 4th Year of EB Antas
Young Portuguese Director Award (18 to 30 Years Old)
Between Hairs by Feno Dias, Theo Quinhones, Lucas Serra
Special Mention
Saudade, perhaps by José-Manuel Xavier (Portugal)
