Winners of the 16th Baku International Film Festival

International Debut Feature Film Competition
Best Film - Lesson Learned - Director: Balint Szimler - Country: Hungary
Best Director - Karst - Director: Suiyi Yang - Country: China
Best Screenplay - Bonds, Roots and Passions - Screenwriter: Fatih Karahan. Director: Sunay Terzioglu - Country: Turkey
Best Cinematography – Guardian of the Field - Director: Seyed Mohamad Reza Kheradmandan - Country: Iran
Special Jury Mention - The Kiss of the Grasshopper - Director: Elmar Imanov - Country: Germany, Italy, Luxembourg
International Competition – Short Film
Best Film - Baadarane - Director: Samah El Kadi - Country: Lebanon
Best Director - The Spectacle - Director: Balint Kenyeres - Country: Hungary, France
Best Documentary Film - When the land runs away – Director: Frederico Lobo - Country: Portugal
Best Animated - Profitable place - Director: Alex Maximov - Country: Belarus
Special Jury Mention - The Last Sunday in May - Director: Alejandro Bordier Country: Luxembourg
Special Jury Mention - The Village of Ballet Dancers – Director: Fatih Diren- Country: Turkey
Asian Talents Competition
Best Film - The Mould - Director: Mohammad Reza Nourmandipour - Country: Iran
Special Jury Prize - The Deer's Tooth - Director: Saif Hammash - Country: Palestine
Special Jury Mention - A Day In The Life - Director: Ye Ouyang - Country: China
National Competition
Best Film - Early Feelings – Director: Nurlan Hasanli
Best Director - In the valley / Director: Abulfaz Iskandarov
Best Documentary Film - Director: Matlab Mukhtarov
Best Student Film - Court Rejissor: Orkhan Babayev
Jury Diploma – “Loca Tacentia” / Director: Rena Ahmadova
Special Jury Mention - Vusala Gasimova, director of photography of the film "I Returned" / Director: Mahammad Mammadov
Special Jury Mention - Nigar Suleyman "For her original music and fruitful work in the field of cinema"



