Västerås Film Festival

Västerås Film Festival is an international film festival held in autumn every year since 2015. The festival will be moved to May (8-12) 2024. Västerås film festival shows films in different genres from around the world. We have prizes in different categories. The festival also contains workshops, lectures, debates, film cafés and exhibitions. Västerås Film Festival is one of the most interesting festivals in northern Europe.

As Västerås Film Festival 2024 becomes a genre film festival, there will be changes in awards.

Two types of Award : Nordic and international films
The awards in Short Film are: Best Short Film Drama, Best Short Film Thriller, Best Comedy Film, Best Romantic Film, Best Horror Film, Best Art film, Best Animation film, Best Music Video, New Media, Best Action film, Best War Film, Best One Minute Film, Best Documentary, Best Crime film, Best Dance Film, Best Fantasy film, Best Adventure film, Best Feature Film only Drama the tema of the year 2024
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Special Award:
The Lokal Award: The film ”Repris”
The Region Award : Säg det med ett leende
Talent Award/individually: Pontus Beckman ”A young mind”
Talang Award/Team: The team in the Film ”Fragment”.

International Short film drama
Six Years Three Months And Twelve Days
Director Ilja Baumeier Kathrin Wüscher
Drama Short Film
Switzerland

Nordic short film drama
Amidst
Director Pia Andell
Drama Short Film
Finland

Short Film Comedy International
Au revoir Belmondo
Director Lisa Kohn
Short Comedy Film
France

Short Nordic Film Comedy
FILMMAKING IS HARD
Director Christofer Nilsson
Short Comedy Film
Sweden

Short film Horror International
Mirror Lake
Director Agnes Persson
Short Horror Film
Sweden

Short Art Film Nordic
Blankness
Director Fredrik Carlsson
Short Art film
Sweden

Short Dance Film International
METAI
Director Laura Dičiūnaitė Winner/folk dance
Short Dance Film
Lithuania

Experience Winner/Modern Dans
Director Matic Eržen
Short Dance Film
Slovenia

Short Animation Film International
Often Wonder How A Silent World Would Be.
Director Miguel López
Spain

Short Animation Film Nordic
Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins
Director Essmat Sophie
Short Animation film
Norway

Short Film Romantic International
La Mia Italia
Director Jay Manari
Short Romantic Film
United Kingdom

Music Video Nordic
Canon – Knocked Out
Director Michael S.U. Hudson
Music Video
Sweden

Music Video International
John DeMena – Eternal Eyes
Director Ishan Shukla
Music Video
United States

Short Shool Film Intrenational
JUST WATER
Director Joel Engberg
Short School Film
Sweden

One-Minutes film International
KINOKARENINA
Director Andrii Makarchenko
One Minute Film
Ukraine

One-Minutes film Nordic
The Day he became God
Director Mathias Kartveit Mikalsen
One Minute Film
Norway

Short documentary film International
UNCLE ALİ
Director ÖMÜR GÜRGEN
Short Documentary Film
Turkey

Short documentary film Nordic
There is something about the forest
Director Karim Golestaneh
Short Documentary Film
Sweden

Short film international
Waking Up
Director Mattias Olsson
Short Film Thriller
Sweden

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Winners 2023
Best 1-Minute Film
Call of Nature, Donal O’Dea (Ireland)

Best Animation
The Sprayer, Farnoosh Abedi (Iran)

Best Music Video
Krokodiltårar – Mäki, Rikard Westman (Sweden)

Best International Short Film
Alex’s Machine, Claire Bonnefoy, Vincent Metzinger, Beata Saboova (France)

Best International Short Film Actor
Der Bruder, Roman Blumenschein – “Heinrich” (Austria)

Best International Short Film Actress
Suicide Club, Lubna Azabal – “Anita” (France)

Best International Short Film Director
Alex’s Machine, Mael Le Mée (France)

Best International Short Film Cinematography
Opulence, Denis Louis (France)

Best International Short Film Screenplay
Alex’s Machine, Mael Le Mée (France)

Best International Short Documentary
Black Wagon, Adilet Karzhoev (Kyrgyzstan)

Best International Feature Documentary
Glimpse of My Soul, Yuri Shapochka, David Brower (United States)

Best International Feature Film
High on Life, Sabina Kresic (Croatia)

Best International Feature Film Director
High on Life, Radislav Jovanov (Croatia)

Best International Feature Film Actor
When the Seedlings Grow, Ehmed Arif Hecano – “Hüseyin” (Syria)

Best International Feature Film Actress
Malos Aires, Luz Cipriota – “Camila” (Spain)

Best International Feature Film Cinematography
The Meaning Of A Ritual, Tom O’Keefe (UK)

Best International Feature Film Screenplay
High on Life, Radislav Jovanov (Croatia)

Best Nordic Short Film
Daisy, Matilda Höög, Daniel Hargot (Sweden)

Best Nordic Short Film Actor
The Car Spotter, Mats Qviström — ”Peo” (Sweden)

Best Nordic Short Film Actress
Stand By, Kimmie Falstrøm — ”Stine” (Denmark)

Best Nordic Short Film Director
Daisy, Torbjörn Edwall (Sweden)

Best Nordic Short Film Cinematography
The Wake Up Chirp, Kaan Orgunmat & Simon Pedersen (Sweden)

Best Nordic Short Film Screenplay
Daisy, Torbjörn Edwall (Sweden)

Best Nordic Short Film Editing
Shards from the Glass Ceiling, Karl Dalum (Denmark)

Best Nordic Short Documentary
Asbjørn Høglund – A gatekeeper in the shadows, Elin Eriksen, Søgnhild Østvold, Lasse Dørumsgaard Stensrud (Norway)

Best Nordic Feature Documentary
I’ll come home, Björn Rallare (Sweden)

Creative Prize
The Magic Scissors, Henric Hammarslätt (Sweden)
Call of the Unseen, Henrik Pilerud (Sweden)
Shards from the Glass Ceiling, Sabrina Aranguiz, Arjuna Alexander (Denmark)
Brothers, Rasmus Sandager (Denmark)

Best School Film Award
Stadtmusik, Hamburg Media School (Germany)

Social Vulnerability Prize
The Man Who Couldn’t Die, Julius Telmer (Denmark)

Visual Prize
Summit, Magnus Hertzberg (Sweden)

Audiovisual Prize
If You Knew, Filip Slotte (Sweden)

Talent Prize
If You Knew, Filip Slotte (Sweden)
Stand By, Rebecca Schønberg (Denmark)
The Meaning Of A Ritual, Elli Treptow (Ger