Nordic Star Festival

Welcome to Nordic Star Festival.
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Nordic Star Festival takes over the direction of the film industry and the future perspective from Västerås Film Festival, which founded the festival and has run it for 9 years.

Västerås Film Festival transitions into a genre festival that can be found here at film freeway. This festival is only available in Västerås.

The coming edition will take place in autumn of 2024 Oct. 5-13 in Mälardalen region and Stockholm.

We have open the submissions for Nordic Star Festival the 2024 edition.

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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 summer and August 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.

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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 (Germany)