Västerås Filmfestival

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NOTICE Sept 17th, 2020:
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Due to the Corona situation, we have decided to change the festival days from March to June. The Coronavirus is still not under control and there might be a second wave now, with the uncertainty surrounding it, we have decided to push the festival forward to June 5-19th. The hope is that things will have changed sufficiently so that we can arrange our film festival then.
We will extend the deadline for submissions to March 31st, but we will not raise the submission fee, it will remain what it is for the old deadline.

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Next Event: 15 days, 6-20 th MARCH 2021
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Västerås Film Festival is an international film festival held in autumn every year since 2015. The festival will be moved to the spring and march month permanently. 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.

2015-2019 International and National prizes
2021- International and Nordic prizes (new prize category)
2021- Short film award, 10 new award and category (International and Nordic)
2021- Web/ New media category and award (International)
2021- Artistic new award and category (two prizes International and Nordic)

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Winners 2019

NATIONAL AWARDS
Best National Short Film
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Best National Documentary
Kindertransports to Sweden

Best National Female Actor
Susanna Helldén

Best National Male Actor
Peter Sjöquist, Lantisar

Best National Photo
Iga Mikler, Finding Alice

Best National Screenplay
Göran Parkrud, Bunden

Best National Directing
Malin Dahl, Lantisar

Best Nordic Feature Film
Lantisar

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Best International Short Film
Amaro (Germany)

Best International Animation
The Tree of Poison (Russia)

Best International Documentary
Servais (Belgium)

Best Music Video
Imagination (USA)

Best International 1-Minute Film
I Just Need Love (UK)

Best International Female Actor
Silvia Espigado, No News (Spain)

Best International Male Actor
Karim Theilgaard, Dream State (Denmark)

Best International Photo
Beto Casillas, Two Times You (Mexico)

Best International Screenplay
Dimitar Stoyanovich, A Picture with Yuki (Bulgaria)

Best International Directing
Lachezar Avramov, A Picture with Yuki (Bulgaria)

Best International Feature Film
A Picture with Yuki (Bulgaria)

SPECIAL PRIZES
Årets Barnskådespelare: Miranda Grassman
Årets Talang: Sune Eskelinen
Årets Regionpris: Robert Reinholdsson
Årets Stjärnskott: Therese Eriksson
Filmmaker Of The Year: Melissa Skirboll
Årets Hederspris: Helena Bergström, Colin Nutley