July 7, 2023
Travel Fest Albania has been privileged to receive numerous outstanding films this year, each capturing the beauty and essence of different stories and destinations from various perspectives.
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Best Film
Quest for silence | Director Julien Guéraud | France
NATURE & WILDLIFE Category
The Land of the Bear | Director Constantinos Christou | Italy
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Category
Paved Paradise | Director Karsten de Vreugd | Netherlands
DESTINATIONS Category
Cuvée Royale | Director Leo Ginailhac | France
HISTORY & HERITAGE Category
Carraco | Director Carlos Cazurro | Spain
ADVENTURE Category
Don´t scratch | Director Jakob Carlsen | Denmark
EXPEDITIONS & ROUTES Category
Namaste Himalaya – How a village in Nepal opened the world to us | Directors Anna Baranowski, Michael Moritz | Germany |
FOOD & DRINK Category
10 Icons. Michoacan | Director Alejandro García Magaña | Mexico
TV & WEB SERIES Category
5 Villages. Spanish Debut | Director Iryna Melnyk Novak | Spain
DRONE Category
The Beach of Dreams | Director Fotios Begklis | United Kingdom
ANIMATION Category
The Artist | Director Nazar Germanov | Czech Republic
STUDENT Category
Quandary | Director Ebubekir Sefa Akbulut | Turkey
IN ALBANIAN Category
New era old dilemma | Director Sabidin Aliu | North Macedonia
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Best Director
Catalina Ibañez
Bodies that fight | Chile
Best Script
Fabien Bastide, Coralie Vongsouthi
Noria, 35 000km from France to Laos in a Citroen | France
Best Editing
Tom Chapman
Directed by Cornelia Volk “Animals at the Borders” | Germany
Best Cinematography
Tiago Cerveira
Caretos of Lagoa | Portugal
Best Sound / Music
Sandy Blanco
Tearless Knight | France
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Friendship Award
The Kyster Family in Albania | Directors Mikael Kyster, Mia Kyster | Denmark
Honorable Mention
Gulab Gul | Director Semih Sağman | Turkey
Honorable Mention
Jiwa Jagad Jawi | Director Ivan Handoyo | Indonesia
Honorable Mention
By my cow dung | Directors Patrick Luneau, Manon Luneau | France
Honorable Mention
Untold Thailand | Director Kevin Clerc | France
Honorable Mention
Hope | Director Pero Petrušić | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Honorable Mention
Visit Verona | Director Matteo Archondis | Italy
Honorable Mention
Please! | Aliaksandra Markava | Belarus | 1:14
Honorable Mention
Wawel Dragon | Director Cameron Carr | United Kingdom
Honorable Mention
Life in Supercell | Director Kirill Neiezhmakov | Ukraine
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