The Small Wave Award for short film went to Playground directed by Elisa Possenti, while A Ton of Ice Cream by Sandra Gjorgieva received a Special Mention.

A total of 42 films were screened at four locations in Ohrid. The festival opened with Macedonian/Serbian Things Unsaid / Preeksponirano by Eleonora Veninova, produced by Dnf Films in coproduction withLilit, and closed with Slovenian comedy drama Something Sweet directed by the Slovenian stand-up comedian Tin Vodopivec and produced by Sparks&Juice in coproduction with Kaos, Trikstr, Invida, MB Grip, NuFrame and SoundArt.

The festival was supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of North Macedonia and the Municipality of Ohrid

FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

Official Competition:

Best Film:
Have You Seen This Woman? / Da li ste videli ovu ženu? (Serbia, Croatia)
Directed by Dušan Zorić, Matija Gluscevic
Produced by Non-Aligned Films
Coproduced by the Radio and Television of Serbia, the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, Dinaridi Film
Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Short Film Competition:

Best Film:
Playground (Italy)
Directed by Elisa Possenti

Special Mention for Short Film:
A Ton of Ice Cream (North Macedonia)
Directed  by Sandra Gjorgieva

Other Awards:

Audience Award for Best Student Film:
Nur (North Macedonia)
Directed by Marija Perchinkovska

Stefan Sifovski Sido Award for Best Actor / Actress:
Iulian Postelnicu in Men of Deeds / Oameni de treabă (Romania, Bulgaria)
Directed by Paul Negoescu
Produced by Tangaj Production, Papillon Film
Coproduced by Screening Emotions, Avanpost Production
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Bulgarian National Film Center, Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA Slate Funding, Eurimages, the Romanian National Television