Winners of Travel Fest Albania – 2023

Films Competition

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. We would like to express our gratitude to all the filmmakers who shared their passion for travel, nature, environment, and destinations through their films, the dedication and talent that continue to inspire us all.

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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

Photo Competition

Best Photo

Michael Stoeger – Wintery Skies


The winner of “Landscape” category:

OLEKSANDRA VINNICHUK – The place is the house of God


The winner of “Nature and Animals”:

Egzon Avdiaj – Love in many perspectives


The winner of “Sea and Ocean” category:

Eduart Gjino – Sunset in Divjaka


The winner of “Citylife” category:

Griseld Hoxha – Evolution


The winner of “People” category:

Andrea Gluckman – Guardian of the Bridge


The winner of “Albania” category:

Denaldo Hida – The Last Snow in Spring