MONSTRA AWARDS 2019
With the ending of the 18th edition of MONSTRA, we are glad to announce the awarded films of the year. We thank the judges for their hard work, as well as the audience who tagged along, who were responsible for this superb selection.
Portuguese Competition
Jury: Wendy Tilby, Catarina Sobral, Olga Titova
Best Portuguese Short Film – SPA | Vasco Granja Award
PORQUE É ESTE O MEU OFÍCIO / BECAUSE THIS IS MY CRAFT | Paulo Monteiro | Portugal | 2018 | 10′
Special Mentions
À TONA / AFLOAT | Filipe Abranches | Portugal | 2018 | 11′
AGOURO / AUGUR | David Doutel e Vasco Sá | Portugal, France | 2018 | 15′
Audience Award
ENTRE SOMBRAS / BETWEEN THE SHADOWS | Alice Guimarães e Mónica Santos | Portugal, França | 2018 | 13′
Feature Film Competition
Jury: Olivier Calvert, Janet Perlman, Lara Pereira, Wilson Lazaretti, Alexandra Ramires
Grand-Prix RTP – Best Feature Film
THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE! | Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef | Belgium, France, The Netherlands | 2018 | 45’
Best Youth Film
MIRAI | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan | 2018 | 98’
Best Soundtrack
THE TOWER | Mats Grorud | Norway, France, Sweden | 2018 | 80’
Jury Special Award
THE TOWER | Mats Grorud | Norway, France, Sweden | 2018 | 80’
Audience Award
TITO E OS PÁSSAROS / TITO AND THE BIRDS | Gustavo Steinberg, André Catoto e Gabriel Bitar | Brazil | 2018 | 73′
Short Film Competition
Jury: Judith Gruber-Stitzer, Michele Bernardi, Martin Koscielniak, Paul Wenninger, Sandy Gageiro
RTP Grand-Prix – Best International Short Film
EGG | Martina Scarpelli | France, Denmark | 2018 | 12′
Special Mentions
MITYA’S LOVE | Svetlana Filippova | Russia |2018 |14′
Best Soundtrack
BLOEISTRAAT 11 | Nienke Deutz | Belgium, The Netherlands | 2018 |10′
Best Experimental Short Film
CONDUZ / RIDE | Paul Bush | Portugal, United Kingdom | 2018 | 6’
Best Portuguese Short Film
AGOURO / AUGUR | David Doutel, Vasco Sá | Portugal, France | 2018 |15′
Jury Special Award
BLOEISTRAAT 11 | Nienke Deutz | Belgium, The Netherlands | 2018 | 10′
Prémio do Público
ENTRE SOMBRAS / BETWEEN THE SHADOWS Alice Guimarães e Mónica Santos
Student Short Film Competition – Senior Jury
Senior Jury: Amanda Forbis, Chi-Sui Wang, Tânia Duarte
Best International Student Short Film
A GONG | Yen-Chen Liu, Ellis Kayin Chan, Zozo Jhen, Marine Varguy e Tena Galovic | France, Taiwan | 2018 | 6’
Best Portuguese Student Short Film
QUERIDO ALGARVE / SWEET ALGARVE | Catarina Gil | Portugal |2018 | 3’
Special Mentions
A BLINK OF AN EYE | Kiana Naghshineh | Germany |2018 | 4’
LAS DEL DIENTE | Ana Perez Lopez| USA, Spain | 2018 | 5’
Audience Award
SISTER | Siqi Song | China | 2018 | 8’
Student Short Film Competition – Junior Jury
Junior Jury: Ana Rodrigues, Catarina Hipólito, Matilde Reis
Best International Student Short Film
A BLINK OF AN EYE | Kiana Naghshineh | Germany | 2018 | 4’
Best Portuguese Student Short Film
SENTIR-ME / FEELING MYSELF | Débora Rodrigues, Joana Flauzino e Vanessa Santos | Portugal | 2018 | 6′
Special Mentions
SISTER | Siqi Song | China | 2018 |8’
ONESELF STORY | Géraldine Charpentier | Belgium | 2018 | 5’
Super Short Film Competition
Jury: Nadia Paschetto, Nuno Gervásio, Sílvia Namorado
Best International Super Short Film
CONFETTI | Àngel Estois, Mercè Sendino e Lucía Hernández | Spain
Special Mentions
CYCLE | Sophie Olga de Jong e Sytske Kok | The Netherlands | 2018 | 2’
I AM OK | Michel Digout | France | 2017 | 3’
KINKY KITCHEN | Bea Höller | Germany | 2018 | 2’
MONSTRINHA Competition
Jury: Arlete Cruz, Daniel Meira, Manuel Guerra
Monstrinha Grand-Prix
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF A BOTTLE CUP | Kathryn Jankowski | Canada | 2018 | 6’
Special Mentions
3-6 y.o – SWIM | Maike Mahira Koller | Germany | 2018 |3’
7-12 y.o – MATILDA | Irene Iborra e Eduard Puertas | Spain, Belgium, France | 2018 | 7’
+13 – CARLOTTA’S FACE | Valentin Riedl e Frédéric Schuld | Germany | 2018 | 5’
Family Program – THE MOSQUITO PIEKS | Maria Steinmetz | Germany | 2017 | 7’
Monstrinha Audience Award
3-6 y.o – THE BULF | Adam Witkoeski, Marcin Domitrz | Poland | 2018 |3’
7-12 y.o – MATILDA | Irene Iborra e Eduard Puertas | Spain, Belgium, France | 2018 |7’
+13 y.o– THE MESSENGER | Lowe Haak | Denmark, Sweden | 2018 |9’
Family Program Audience Award
CLOUDY | Zuzana Cupova, Filip Diviak | Czech Republic | 2018 | 5’