2024
2023
2022
2021
WINNERS
of the Genesis International Film Festival (GIFF).
We are proud to announce the results.

April 22, 2024.
CONTESTS
GIFF'24
Grand prix
Allégresse
Gillie Cinneri
GIFF.SHORTS
Best Short Film
Patrimony
Stefan Tomić
GIFF.DEBUTS
Best Debut film
Bittersweetness
Bastien Achard
GIFF.RUSSIA
Best Short Film
Black Box
Nikolai Beliakov
GIFF.DOCU
Best Documentary
Postcards from the Verge
Natalia Koniarz
GIFF'24
People's Choice Award
Allégresse
Gillie Cinneri
Press release
We're excited to unfold the winners and nominees of the 2024 Genesis International Film Festival (GIFF). This unique journey welcomed over 850 entries from more than 70 countries. Showcasing a spectrum of international short films, documentaries, and debuts, the main winners of each competition will be honored with a statuette and offered promotional support at global stages. Other laureates will earn the Winner's Wreath and participation in our international screenings. Now, we proudly present the distinguished winners and nominees:
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GENESIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 WINNERS
Main Awards
  • Best Film – Grand Prix: Allégresse by Gillie Cinneri
  • People's Choice Award: Allégresse by Gillie Cinneri
GIFF.SHORTS - SHORT FILMS CONTEST
  • Best Short Film: Patrimony by Stefan Tomić
  • Best Short - Drama: On Her Behalf by Iraj Habashi
  • Best Short - Comedy: Meringue Club by Jean-Sebastien Zahm
  • Best Short - Animation: Dandelion by Ling Zhao and Zhengwu Gu
  • Best Short - Experimental: Scenes, Overheard by Parlour Collective (Jack Catling, Matthew Galpin, David Stearn, Pavana Reid)
  • Best Short - Arthouse / Indie: Cinders by Oskar Luko
  • Best Short - Fantasy: Comet 2060 Chiron by Yorgos Kakakios
  • Best Short - Sci-fi: Golden Shopping Arcade by Francesco "Skino" Ricci Lotteringi
  • Best Director: Jean-Claude Leblanc for Saint-Sacrifice
  • Best Actress: Rose Maryam Kazemi in On Her Behalf
  • Best Actor: Jason Grangier in Look What You Have Done!
  • Best Cinematographer: Yinghai Hu for Hourglass House
  • Best Editing: Ethan Go for Parasomniac
  • Best Music (OST): Wonhong Lee for Burn Out
  • Best Short Screenplay (Filmed): Maya Vitkova-Kosev for Lyubima
  • Best Short Screenplay (Script): Mike Ede for Jack'd
  • Best Music Video: Evil & Good by Guto Brant
  • Digital Art: Treta by Francesco Siro Brigiano
GIFF.DEBUTS - SHORT FILMS CONTEST
  • Best Debut Film: Bittersweetness by Bastien Achard
  • Best Debut - Drama: Find The Lost by Morris
  • Best Debut - Comedy: My Roommate, Death by Becca Isaias
  • Best Debut - Animation: Primogeniture by Savanna Menzel
  • Best Debut - Experimental: Peaupulaire by Ginevra Solaroli
  • Best Debut - Arthouse / Indie: The Liminal World by Klaudia Makowska
  • Best Debut - Fantasy: Shuck by Emerson New
  • Best Debut - Sci-fi: Pur Sang by Hugo Poisson
  • Best Director: Bastien Achard for Bittersweetness
  • Best Actress: Joanne Zimbler for Snapshot
  • Best Actor: Féodor Atkine for Rosalie & César
  • Best Cinematographer: Vincent Beck for Angelman
  • Best Editing: Elena Thomas for Angelman
  • Best Music (OST): Noé Guéguen for Bittersweetness
  • Best VFX: Hugo Poisson for Pur Sang
  • Best Short Screenplay (Filmed): Gillie Cinneri for Allégresse
GIFF.RUSSIA - SHORT FILMS CONTEST
  • Best Short Film: Black Box by Nikolai Beliakov
  • Nominee: Aglaia, Merry Christmas! by Elizabeth Dorozhkina
  • Nominee: Contactees by Anastasia Voronina
  • Nominee: Brief Instructions for Vaccination by Oksana Sinchugova
  • Nominee: Blackout by Olga Dobromyslova
GIFF.DOCU - DOCUMENTARY FILMS CONTEST
  • Best Documentary: Postcards from the Verge by Natalia Koniarz
  • Own Among Strangers: Postcards from the Verge by Natalia Koniarz
  • Day in Life: The Love Room by Suzana Dinevski
  • Mirror: Dear Daughter by Yuqi Tang
  • Camera Man: The Discoverer of the Discoverers by C. S. Nicholson
  • Hero of time: Yoko by Bruno Pulici
  • Honorable mention - Young Author: Alexandra Bree Carson for My Friend, David

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! We would like to thank all the participants for their hard work and dedication. We hope to see you all again next year.

Sincerely,
The GIFF Team
THIS SEASON'S JURY
  • Rod Sáez Chávez
    Co-founder of a film studio Cintámani Films
  • Eve Zhao
    Award winning actress, filmmaker
  • Alexey Derevyanko
    🎬GIFF.Docu headliner. Editing director and post-production producer

  • Björn Boström
    Award-winning screenwriter, playwright and script consultant
  • Vaccaro Abel ZarbeL
    Film Maker, producer
  • Alexandra Novokreshchina
    🎬 GIFF headliner. Executive producer
  • Andrei Litvinenko
    Director, DOP, Producer, FIlm Institute Senior Teacher
  • Timur Ramazanov
    🎬GIFF headliner. Director, entrepreneur
  • Lauren Ransan
    Filmmaker
  • Konstantin Sotskov
    Chief editor of a TV channel
  • Arina Vinogorodskaya
    🎬GIFF.Debuts headliner. Film critic, filmmaker, photographer
  • Alexander Laukhin
    Producer, owner of a digital agency, head of an IT company
  • Victoria Skorokhodova
    🎬GIFF headliner. Filmmaker, producer
  • Dmitry Romakhin
    Director, producer
  • Egor Chichkanov
    Director, screenwriter
  • Lex Rodnov
    Director, producer, virtual and augmented reality artist
  • Kirill Leonov
    Producer, co-owner & CEO of an IT-company
  • Zafer Yaşlı
    Director
  • Kasra Tirsahar
    Producer, Director
  • Nadezhda Popova
    Co-owner of an IT company
  • Valeriy Akimov
    Film critic
  • Viacheslav Alekseev
    Filmmaker
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