Award Winners
Thank you so much for an incredibly memorable first edition at the end of the world!
We had the most wonderful time celebrating independent cinema and reflecting on global scale challenges with our talented filmmakers and engaging audience.
Congratulations once again to all the hard work of the winning teams and we look forward to seeing your work again in the near future!
You can re-visit the festival on our Facebook page.
Official Selection
A Big Round of Applause to all the filmmakers who submitted their amazing projects for our inaugural edition - you've made our curating work that much harder!
We feel incredibly humbled by the amount of talent and commitment in the indie filmmaking community, and we look forward to growing this event together with your work.
For our first edition, we are excited to showcase a diverse slate of documentaries, animations and fiction in Longyearbyen, all touching upon some of the essential questions we are faced with as humans.
Join us on this cinematic journey on Sept 14th 2019 (18:00 - 21:00):
Award Nominations
In addition to our Official Screening Selection, we are also thrilled to Nominate the following projects in their respective categories. The winners in each category will be announced publicly at the event, and online the following day.
BEST FEATURE
Julia Blue
YONLU
TO TOKYO
BEST SHORT
Ellinikon
Shoes and Signpost
ICE
NightShift_طعمي السمكات
BEST DRAMA
Sea at Night
MEAL
Amaro
BEST FEATURE DOC
The Seer and the Unseen
Salvage
Rush Hour
67 49 32 North
BEST SHORT DOC
Floating Justice
Rear View Mirror
Diomede
Just Another Memory
Eskimo Inc.
BEST STUDENT PRODUCTION
Arctic Greens
The Cowfoot Prince
NEW MARS
Now Or Never
Games of Survival: A Culture Preserved in Ice
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Backbone
Bardo:
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Beyond Us - A Last Story after the Collapse
Beyond Orange
ROBOT WILL PROTECT YOU
The Penguin Who Couldn't Swim
Furnace of the Birds
BEST MUSIC SCORE
Jetty
Boneyard Alaska
BEST DIRECTING
Summa
Dancing with Monica
A Life from Death
The Phantom 52
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Realms
Welcome to Gwichyaa Zhee
THE BIRD CATCHER
BEST SCREENPLAY
The Venusian Chronicles
The Last Execution
BEST SDG PRODUCTION
ZAN
WOMEN ARE THE ANSWER
Vitamin Sea
Antarctica: a message from another planet