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BEST NATIONAL SHORT FILM
L’uomo materasso by Fulvio Risuleo
Closed to the light by Nicola Piovesan – MENZIONE SPECIALE
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
The Seine's tears by Y. Belaid & E. Benard & N. Mayeur & E. Moulin & H. Pinot & L. Vicente & P. Singer & A. Letailleur
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The sentence of Michael Thompson by Kyle Thrash & Haley Elizabeth Anderson
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL SHORT FILM
Haulout by Evgenia Arbugaeva & Maxim Arbugaev
BEST ABRUZZO SHORT FILM
I giorni delle arance by Matteo De Liberato
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Hold on by Angelo Cerisara
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Lucia Alessi & Pier Sante Falconi for Tria
BEST EDITING
Sanabel Cherqaoui for Lucienne in a world without solitude
BEST SCREENPLAY
Lucienne in a world without solitude by Geordy Couturiau
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Amirhossein Khoshbin for Deer
Alberto Balazs for Mulaqat - SPECIAL MENTION
BEST ACTOR
Ehsan Bakhshizadeh for Deer
BEST ACTRESS
Daphne Peel for Memoir of a Veering Storm
BEST DIRECTOR
Hlynur Pálmason for Nest
Sofia Georgovassili for Memoir of a Veering Storm - SPECIAL MENTION
SNCCI AWARD
Camerieri by Adriano Giotti
SIFF KIDS AWARD
Footprints In The Forest by Juhaidah Joemin & Sandra Khoo
SIFF STUDENTI AWARD
L’uomo materasso by Fulvio Risuleo




























The SULMONA International Film Festival (SIFF) is a short films festival taking place in Sulmona (Italy) in autumn.
The Festival celebrates young cinema from all around the world with a selection of new works from emerging directors and passionate storytellers with unique visions.
The SIFF, originally, 'Sulmonacinema Film Festival', has reached its 40th edition in 2022. Throughout the last years Sulmonacinema supported the young Italian filmmakers, some of whom have become the most representative directors of Italy such as the Academy Award winning Paolo Sorrentino, Matteo Garrone, Emanuele Crialese, Luca Guadagnino, Saverio Costanzo, Michelangelo Frammartino.
Lately Festival have welcomed guests and judges like Mario Monicelli, Claudia Cardinale, Claudio Santamaria, Stefano Accorsi, Maya Sansa, Enrico Ghezzi, Pippo Del Bono, Luigi Lo Cascio, Antonietta De Lillo, David Riondino, Sonia Bergamasco, Antonio Rezza e Flavia Mastrella, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Montanari, Marianne Leone and Chris Cooper.
The event also presents a range of special initiatives included film workshop, retrospectives, non-competitive feature films screening, concerts, exhibitions.