At the closing ceremony of the festival, held last Sunday (February 3rd) at Teatro Rivoli, the winning films of the 3rd edition of the event were revealed.<\/p>\n
The Official Jury of the International Competition of the festival, composed of Wandson Lisboa, Ad\u00e9lia Carvalho and Jorge Prendas, awarded the great prize to the feature film In My Room<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, a documentary by Israeli Ayelet Albenda. The special mention was given to the short film Threads<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a Norwegian animation by Toril Kove.<\/p>\n The prize awarded by the Jury Schools, composed of students Ana Nogueira, Margarida Gaspar and Maria Jo\u00e3o Costa, went to the short film Fire in Cardboard City<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a stop motion film from New Zealand, directed by Phil Brough. A special mention was awarded to In My Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Finally, the big winner of the audience award, the result of the public voting at the festival, was the Japanese animation Mary and the Witch’s Flower<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a feature film by Hiromasa Yonebayashi.<\/p>\n Congratulations to all the filmmakers and thank you to all the judges, guests and the audience that attended the festival. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n