Below is the #21st Official Selection of the Paris Play Film Festival.
This edition shows 37 selected titles from 14 different countries.
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Best Feature
| DIVASWAPNA | feature | India | Satish Davara | WINNER |
Best Drama short
| A World Away | drama | US | Garland Scott | WINNER |
| NOBODY´S CROWD | drama | Brazil | Manoel Fernandes Neto | FINALIST |
| Get Ready. Off to the Feast | drama | Russian Fed | Lamara Sogomonian | SEMI FINALIST |
Best Feature Script
| Out of My Comfort Zone | Feature Script | US | Ivy Vale, Rick Reil | WINNER |
| Never Stop Running | Feature Script | US | Melissa Caudle | FINALIST |
| “SQUADRE” | Feature Script | US | Charles Petrilla | SEMI FINALIST |
| S.T.A.R. | Feature Script | US | Yael Deynes | QUARTER FINALIST |
Best Short Script
| The Real Spaghetti | Short Script | US | Richard Stirling | WINNER |
| Lab Partners | Short Script | US | Tommy Britt | FINALIST |
| Youth & Age Flower | Short Script | Hungary | András Attila Farkas | SEMI FINALIST |
Best Documentary
| The Cost of Denial | docu | US | Society of Independent Investigative Journalism | WINNER |
| The Greatest Blessing | docu | Italy | Emanuele Sesta | FINALIST |
| The Rail Yard – And the willingness to help | docu | Sweden | Martin Flink | SEMI FINALIST |
Best Experimental
| That Eyelash | experimental | US | Irene Pantelis | WINNER |
| Dancing is an Old Friend | experimental | US | Marta Renzi | FINALIST |
| What is the Difference? | experimental | US | Mandev Khalsa | SEMI FINALIST |
Best Animation
| Aurora | animation | US | Jo Meuris | WINNER |
Best Music Video
| The Ink of Your Eyes (L’ENCRE DE TES YEUX) | MV | US | Pedro Oberto | WINNER |
Best LGBTQIA+
| Fractal | LGBTQIA+ | US | Luis Marciliano | WINNER |
| They/Them | LGBTQIA+ | Canada | Goldbloom Micomonaco | FINALIST |
Best Dance Film
| Artemis Moves | dance | US | Patricia Jonas | WINNER |
| That Old Grudge | dance | Mexico | Derrick K.Man | FINALIST |
Best Score / Song
| The Breath of Life, Score | score / song | US | Anna Gerasimova | WINNER |
Best Comedy
| Charle’s Head | comedy | Netherlands | Pascal Borgensen | WINNER |
| Call(The)Girl-29 minutes | comedy | Korea | Hee chul Kwon | FINALIST |
Best Trailer
| Ori Tahiti Dancers | trailer | Italy | Nyko PK16, Hugues Damesin | WINNER |
| We are HUMANTHEM (Official Trailer) | trailer | US | Brian Gregory | FINALIST |
Best Commercial
| Fit for the future | commercial | Switzerland | Jonas Hofmann | WINNER |
Best Student Short
| INDÉSIRABLE | student | US | Olumide Olatawura | WINNER |
Best Thriller
| Maya | thriller | Canada | Jacquile Kambo | WINNER |
Best Drone
| Lebensspur Lech | drone | Germany | Alexander Draheim | WINNER |
Best Poster
| A World Away | poster | US | Garland Scott | WINNER |
| DIVASWAPNA | poster | India | Satish Davara | FINALIST |
| Otherworld – Operation Chaos (Poster) | poster | France | Carole Starcevic | FINALIST |
| They/Them | poster | Canada | Goldbloom Micomonaco | SEMI FINALIST |
Best Still Photography
| frozen chaos | still | Germany | Lukas Atzert | WINNER |
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