Our Story – Montelupo Fiorentino International Independent Film Festival

MIIFF WINNERS

2021

Best Feature Film: “L’Afide e la Formica” by Mario Vitale.

Best Foreign Feature Film: “The Perfect David” by Felipe Gómez Aparicio.

Best Documentary: “In prima linea” by Matteo Balsamo, Francesco Del Grosso.

Best Short Film: “Essence” by Baptiste Chabot.

Best Music Video: “Libertà” – Peppe Lana by Gianni Cannizzo.

Best Web Series: “Resistance” by Maxime Chefdeville.

Best Commerical: “Non so dove, ma insieme” by Luca Finotti.

Best Original Script: “Il prezzo di un’emozione” by Giuseppe De Vuono; “Youth & Age Flower” by András Attila.

Frida Award: “It’s Me, Sarah” by Fabiola Andrade; “The Vow” by Charles Sweeney.

Best Director (Feature Film): Christian Monnier for “A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon”.

Best Director (Documentary): Dario Butelli for “Blind Vision”.

Best Director (Short Film): Albin Wildner for “Dogwatch”.

Best actors: Giuseppe Fiorello (L’Afide e la Formica), Michelle Girolami (Implanted), Mahmoud Abu Jazi (A dead sea), Laura Bayston (Hollow).

Best Cinematography: “I work at the cemetery” by Oleksii Taranenko; “Ferry Ticket” by Jiawei Shen.

Best Editing: “Bone Cage” by Taylor Olson; “La pescatora” by Lucia Lorè.

Best Animation: “On / Off” by Nicolas P. Villarrea.

Best Horror: “Tekenchu” by Carlos Matienzo Serment.

Best Experimental Film: “Haiku” by Martin Gerigk.

2020

Best Feature Film: “Toprak” by Sevgi Hirschhäuser

Best Documentary: “Se ti abbraccio non aver paura” by Niccolò Maria Pagani

Best Short Film: “L’oro di famiglia” by Emanuele Pisano

Best Short Documentary: “Chi di voi non è nato qui” by Mario Blaconà

Best Music Video: “Dermot Kennedy/Giants” by Oriol Puig

Best Web Series: “Qui Pro Quo” by Alessandro Bardani

Frida Award: “Leaving to live“ by David Rodrigues

Best Director (Feature Film): Xuan Liu for “Bloom”

Best Director (Documentary): Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell for “Kiss the Ground”.

Best Director (Short Film): Alessandra Gonnella for “A Cup Of Coffee With Marilyn”

Best Director (Short Documentary): Marco Riva for “Boschi, cavar carbone”

Best actors: Jiang Xu (Bloom), Rachel Nasschaert (Le Cygne des hèros), Danilo Arena (L’oro di famiglia), Francesco Paolanton (Qui Pro Quo)

Special Mention for cultural Value (Documentary): “Flash: la storia di Giovanni Parisi” by Marco Rosson

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Short Film): “Lo schiacciapensieri” by Domenico Modafferi

2019

Best Feature Film: “Il domani di Laura” by Costantino Maiani

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Feature Film): “Il domani di Laura” by Costantino Maiani

Best Short Film: “The Wind Phone” by Kristen Gerweck

Best Music Video: “May this city explode” by Giacomo Spaconi

Audience Award: “Irgendwer” by Marco Gadge

Best Director (Feature Film): Simona de Simone for “Forse era solo mal di mare”

Best Director (Short Film): Marco Gadge for “Irgendwer”

Special Mention for cultural Value (Documentary): “Sembra quasi di volare” by Alessandro Manieri

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Short Film): “9 su 10” by Andrea Baroni

Special Jury Award: “Brodo di carne” by Vittorio Antonacci

2018

Best Documentary: “Waves: l’altro volto della musica italiana” by Marco D’Almo, Francesco Ferraris

Best Short Film: “Pipinara” di Ludovico di Martino

Audience Award: “Insetti” by Gianluca Manzetti

Best Music Video: “Brodinski – Split” by Pavel Brenner

Special Jury Award: “Rise of a star” by James Bort

Best Director (Short Film): Gianluca Manzetti for “Insetti”

Best Director (Documentary): Francesco D’Ascenzo for “Allafinfirinfine”

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Documentary): “Waves: l’altro volto della musica italiana” by Marco D’Almo, Francesco Ferraris

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Short Film): “Guardami ora” by Alessandro Manieri

2017

Best Documentary: “Food Revolution” by Thomas Torelli

Best Music Video: “Ghost” by Zuzanna Plisz

Best Web Serie: “Nella sabbia di Brandeburgo” by Katalin Ambrus, Nina Mair, Matthias Neumann

Best Short Film: “The peculiar abilities of Mr. Mahler” by Paul Philipp

Best Actor (Short Film): André Hennicke for “The peculiar abilities of Mr. Mahler”

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Documentary): “La guerra dimenticata” by Ulrich Waller, Eduard Erne

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Short Film): “Listen” by Niko Mikazde

Best Director (Short Film): Paul Philipp for “The peculiar abilities of Mr. Mahler”

Best Director (Documentary): Thomas Torelli for “Food Revolution”.

2016

Best Actor (Feature Film): Yannis Stankoglu for “Invisible”

Best Actor (Short Film): Francesco Pannofino for “Djinn Tonic”

Best Actress (Feature Film): Park Sarank for “Boy meets girl”

Best Actress (Short Film): Gloria Vonn for “Evelyn”

Best director (Feature Film): Hideyuki Tokigawa for “Cinema Angel”

Best Director (Documentary): Niu Zi for “Mind landscape”

Best Director (Short Film): Michael Binz for “Herman the German”

Best Documentary: “Unlearning” by Anna Pollio, Lucio e Gaia Basadonne

Best Feature Film: “Cinema Angel” by Hideyuki Tokigawa

Best Short Film: “The apology” by Yu Nakajima

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Documentary): “88 giorni nelle farm australiane” by Matteo Maffesanti

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Feature Film): “Invisible” by Dimitris Athantis

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Short Film): “Beyond the line” by Paolo Geremei

Special Jury Award (Documentary): “The winners” by Paolo Casarolli

Special Jury Award (Feature Film): “Il nostro ultimo” by Ludovico di Martino

Special Jury Award (Short Film): “Empire” by Kristof Hoornaert

2015

Best Feature Film: “Cornea” by Jochem de Vries, Holland

Best Documentary: “Waiting for the (t)rain” by Simon Panay, France

Best Short Film: “The fantastic love of Beeboy and Flowergirl” by Clemens Roth – Germany

Best Director (Feature Film): Maria Hengge for “Sin e Illy still alive”, Germany

Best Director (Documentary): Alessio Praticò for “Sradicati”, Italy

Best Director (Short Film): Javi Navarro for “I’ve just a dream”

Best Actor (Feature Film): Juda Goslinga for “Cornea”

Best Actor (Short Film): Salvatore Esposito for “The bookmakers”

Special Jury Award (Short Film): “Pan Ruo Yun Ni” by Acheng Dong, China

Special Jury Award (Feature Film): “Angel of Nanjing” by Jordan Horovitz e Frank Ferendo, USA

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Feature Film): “Noi siamo Francesco” by Guendalina Zampagni, Italy

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Documentary): “Bola Cà, Bola Là” Luis Sousa, Portugal

Special Mention for Cultural Value (Short Film): “In god we trust” by Elefterios Zacharopoulos, France