Below is the #36th Official Selection of the Paris Play Film Festival.
This edition shows 17 selected titles from 15 different countries.
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Best Drama short
Deadline | Jacob Løgstrup | Denmark | WINNER |
Happy Birthday, Loser! | Alex Hosu | Romania | SELECTED |
Minus 35 | Nisarg Lakhmani | India / Canada | SELECTED |
Best Feature Script
Nights of magic | Marina Bertnal | Sweden | WINNER |
Best Short Script
just five minutes | Scotty McQuinland | Ireland | WINNER |
Best Student Short Film
You know it’s true | Benjamin Duresceau | France | WINNER |
Best Thriller
Carnage | Elena Iconokova | Russia | WINNER |
Best Fantasy / Action / Science Fiction
House of the Unholy | Daniel Merlot | US | WINNER |
Best Dance Film
Fear – A Dance Short Film | Naveen Tan | US | WINNER |
Best Comedy
Michael of Rome | Reggie Piazzato | Italy | WINNER |
Best Feature
CON LOS AÑOS QUE ME QUEDAN | LUISA PERZABAL | Spain | WINNER |
Best Lead performance
Alll things considered | Bernard Taveres | Canada | WINNER |
Best LGBTQIA+
Alll things considered | Bernard Taveres | Canada | WINNER |
Best Best Costumes, Make Up
You know it’s true | Benjamin Duresceau | France | WINNER |
Best Music Video
Låpsley – Dial Two Seven | Kyla Philander | UK | WINNER |
Best DOP
DOP | Quiet Planet | Bjorn Swendzveksy | Switzerland |
Best Documentary, long form
Quiet Planet | Bjorn Swendzveksy | Switzerland | WINNER |
Best Documentary, short form
The Water Wall | Andrea Sambuccetti | US | WINNER |
Best Trailer
Carnage | Elena Iconokova | Russia | WINNER |
Best Experimental
New York Conversations | Alvin Kean Wong, Nick Sgaglione | US | WINNER |
Best Commercial
Air Fryer | Mike Rogers | USA | WINNER |
Best Editor
Alll things considered | Bernard Taveres | Canada | WINNER |
Best Still
Human Nature | Sami Turunen | Finland | WINNER |
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