Debut Competition Winner

G - 21 scenes from Gottsunda

Dir. Loran Batti | Sweden, Denmark | 2024

debut

80 min.

Documentary

A poetic and existential look from the inside at the Swedish gang wars—by a director who grew up among them

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G - 21 scenes from Gottsunda

Dir. Loran Batti | Sweden, Denmark | 2024

debut

80 min.

Documentary

A poetic and existential look from the inside at the Swedish gang wars—by a director who grew up among them

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Jury's comment

Leaving behind the place that shaped you as a person is never easy. The director captures this journey with profound emotion, inviting us into an otherwise inaccessible world. He seeks out friends from the past, portraying them in a way few others could—with an honesty that reveals that their choices are driven by a complex blend of emotions and coincidences, depicting brotherhood in all its raw beauty and complexity.

Jury's comment

Leaving behind the place that shaped you as a person is never easy. The director captures this journey with profound emotion, inviting us into an otherwise inaccessible world. He seeks out friends from the past, portraying them in a way few others could—with an honesty that reveals that their choices are driven by a complex blend of emotions and coincidences, depicting brotherhood in all its raw beauty and complexity.

Special Mentions

Balomania

Dir. Sissel Morell Dargis | Denmark, Spain | 2024

debut

93 min.

Documentary

A wild dive into the secret subculture of Brazilian balloon builders—a documentary action film about the quest for freedom of expression

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Balomania

Dir. Sissel Morell Dargis | Denmark, Spain | 2024

debut

93 min.

Documentary

A wild dive into the secret subculture of Brazilian balloon builders—a documentary action film about the quest for freedom of expression

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Jury's comment

For the talent of finding incredible characters, who inspire others, people who are busy creating that extra layer of life. This film shows an unknown world, where the importance of art and collective creations seems more valid than the sometimes brutal reality of everyday life.

Jury's comment

For the talent of finding incredible characters, who inspire others, people who are busy creating that extra layer of life. This film shows an unknown world, where the importance of art and collective creations seems more valid than the sometimes brutal reality of everyday life.

Paradise Is Burning

Dir. Mika Gustafson | Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy | 2023

The winner of the Best Director award in the "Orizzonti" section of the Venice International Film Festival—an adventurous and elegiac ode to sisterhood in all its forms

108 min.

Fiction

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new gaze

debut

Paradise Is Burning

Dir. Mika Gustafson | Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy | 2023

The winner of the Best Director award in the "Orizzonti" section of the Venice International Film Festival—an adventurous and elegiac ode to sisterhood in all its forms

108 min.

Fiction

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new gaze

debut

Jury's comment

For creating remarkable characters with whom we laugh, cry, and whom we fear for as they navigate between moments of euphoric freedom and the challenges of everyday life. Thrown into a situation no child should ever have to endure, the heroines teach us invaluable lessons about the strength of resilience and sisterhood.

Jury's comment

For creating remarkable characters with whom we laugh, cry, and whom we fear for as they navigate between moments of euphoric freedom and the challenges of everyday life. Thrown into a situation no child should ever have to endure, the heroines teach us invaluable lessons about the strength of resilience and sisterhood.