The main prizes were decided by the student jury, and the special prizes by the professional jury. Among the adult competitors, Eszter Szoboszlay’s Meetings won the main prize, and Léna Kárpáti’s design Liminalibre was the best in the youth pitch forum.

WINNERS OF THE IVth CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH FILM PITCH FORUM

The student jury awarded the Golden Squirrel Award for the best film project and the  300,000 HUF development grant to Eszter Szoboszlay’s work Találkozások, as they consider the project “outstanding” and “high impact”. In the animated short film, a semi-illegible message without a sender brings together the lonely residents of an apartment building, who are represented by animal figures.

The special prize of the professional jury was also won by Eszter Szoboszlay’s project.

DIGIC’s award for the most innovative film project went to Domos Benedek‘s animated film  entitled Varázspék, and the Sparks special award was won by Regina Zágoni’s Vaníliás Vodka.

The audience award went to Mikul Mácsai’s Álomfogók. The animated series is about two teenagers, Gergő and Zsófi, who are transported by a common dream to the World Tree, to the world of ancient Hungarian fairy tales. The series is based on a youth novel by Gyula Böszörményi.

WINNERS OF THE 3rd JUNIOR FILM PITCH FORUM

At the Junior Film Pitch Forum, teenagers could present their film projects for the third time, who developed their ideas into film plans with professional mentoring at the joint Junior ScriptLab of the National Film Institute Fast Forward Program and Cinemira.

The prize for the best film project of the Junior Film Pitch Forum was awarded by the student jury to Léna Kárpáti’s project Liminalibre. The protagonist of the short experimental horror film is a retired journalist who works as a librarian, but the library falls in love with her and drives her to madness.

Based on the votes, the audience award went to Sára Gergely Zazi’s Milicia. The animated short film takes place in the 14th century and is about a serf girl named Milena who surrenders to her dead brother to study a code of code at university.

All young participants of the Junior Film Pitch Forum receive DIGIC’s special award, an exclusive studio visit.