The sixth edition of the Andaras Traveling Film Festival, entitled "per Andaras ad Astra", dedicated to travel and science fiction films, closed on Saturday 20 July.
Through a bold and visionary theme, the festival celebrated cinema as a means of exploration and discovery, showing the audience works of great artistic and narrative value.
“It was an incredible edition from every point of view. From the quality and originality of the competing works to the large audience that followed us for a whole week along this journey, to the humanity and beauty of the many guests and jurors who animated the talks, concerts and all the collateral events of the festival.
“Per Andaras ad Astra” was an edition that saw many young female directors, from all over the world, being awarded by our juries, and this makes me think that little by little we are setting foot into a new universe.” commented Joe Juanne Piras, the artistic director.
Eight films and many special prizes were awarded by the three juries during the closing ceremony.
The creator of the Andaras Traveling Film Festival, Marco Corrias, underlines the cultural role of the festival as a driving force for the local economy and as an effective tool to counter the risk of depopulation of the villages; while Maria Paola Piasanu, president of the Andaras Association, highlights the large public participation of the public, especially young people, who populated the evenings of the festival.
Three juries were responsible for choosing the best among the 50 finalists of the sixth edition.
Special Jury “Andaras”: Carolina Crescentini – Monica Nappo – Ado Hasanović
Special Jury “Ad Astra”: Rancore – Luna Gualano – Maurizio Temporin
Classical Jury: Selene Caramazza – Flavio Natalia – Francesca Maria Scanu
best Andaras Noas - New Paths 2024
“Things unheard of” by Ramazan Kılıç
This work's peculiarity is not only the plot, which makes us understand the power of human imagination, and therefore of cinema, but also of the heart.
In a place where repression prohibits almost everything, we talk about one culture, but unfortunately many others come to mind, imagination and survival also become a powerful human binding force, therefore a civil one. For the simple but expert, decisive and delicate direction.
best Gazes from the World 2024
“Sermersuaq, the great ice” by Patrizia Bruno
For taking us on a journey among hunters and researchers in the Arctic world.
For the cinematic power of the images and the incisiveness of the story.
For reminding us of nature's circularity and the strong sense of community that is necessary for them to coexistence. Because our actions have consequences and as one of the protagonists says, “what happens to one happens to everyone”.
best Ad Astra 2024
“Big Love” by Cristiano Gazzarrini
This work emotionally overwhelms the viewer and leaves them in suspense from the beginning to the end of the narrative. For the originality of its languages, the immersive imagery employed, the excellent direction and the technical quality.
best Strange World 2024
“Until we die” by Myriam Verreault, Brigitte Poupart
Can you say something by telling something else? Exchange languages, confuse memories with dreams or nightmares of the future? Convey an absence with a presence? In our opinion, someone has succeeded through a masterful set of skills, creating another world that is suspended between all this. A very concrete journey into the unconscious that speaks of violence and solitude with the delicacy of dance, where beauty is consolation.
best Narrative Short 2024
“The Skates” by Halima Ouardiri
It all starts with a skating lesson, a little girl at the centre and a strong family disagreement. A film that plays on emotional manipulation, and the protagonist becomes the object of contention between the two parents. The result is a sharp and conclusive film, a mature and well-structured work.
best Docu Short 2024
“Deserto Bianco” by Marta Massa
For telling a story using a stylistic key that alternates different languages in effectively and painfully portraying a reality in which defeat is visible on the land and on people's faces, in past photos and in the immobility of present faces and landscapes.
For bringing to the big screen a story that is little known beyond regional borders and is made up of the wounds that remain after the shattered dream of forced industrialization, specifically, in the Sant'Antioco area.
best Another Day 2024
“Making Babies” by Éric K. Boulianne
For the ability to outline, with irony and great empathy, the frustration of a couple that, being unable to have a child, ends up losing sight of their bond.
For the important performance of two extraordinary actors.
best Animation 2024
“Zoo” by Tariq Rimawi
With an essential and meaningful animation, in a black and white without shades, the film places the purity of childhood and nature at the centre of a terrible allegory - unfortunately very relevant today - of the war and the siege of a people.
Special Jury Prize 2024
“Titanic, versione adattata alle famiglie iraniane”
by Farnoosh Samadi
For the ability to describe the distance between the common people of that great country and its ruling class, which confine the population to a world of prohibitions and censorship. For managing to stage a mature work that starts from a brilliant intuition: a fixed camera and a dialogue between some television executives in charge of broadcasting a version of Titanic "suitable for the Iranian public".
Special Andaras Award
“Home”by Valerio Armati, Nina Baratta
For his extraordinary ability to document a complex and often ignored reality through a sensitive and engaging narrative. United by great sensitivity, a mother and a son become directors and manage to tell the difficulties and challenges of life in squatting without falling into rhetoric, but offering a direct and authentic perspective.
Four special mentions were awarded by the jury. One goes to Valentina Bellè for her role as Miranda in “Miranda’s Mind”, one to Marie-Magdalena Kochová for directing “3MWh”. Maddalena Crespi received a special mention for directing “Miranda’s Mind”, and Isabella Margara received one for directing “Nothing Holier Than A Dolphin”.
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