MFW11 Award Winner

MFW11 BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT THEIR EYES [d] Nicolas Gourault France / 2025 / Documentary / 22:36 A screen-based investigation about the invisible workers who teach AI how to read the world. Filmography This Means More - student film - 2019 VO - student film - 2020 Their Eyes - 2025 https://youtu.be/xx9hsivqM-E?si=fOQPOphzbERgam49 Director's Statement Their ...
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MFW11 BEST ANIMATION SHORT S The Wolf [d] Sameh Alaa France, Egypt / 2025 / Animation / 10:30 A man recounts his capillary peregrinations from adolescence until now. “the way it connects the human body, time, identity and hair, reminded us of what it means to be human.” [ig] @samehalaa__ Filmography S The Wolf – 2025 – short film I am afraid to forget your face –...
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MFW11 BEST AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT DURIAN, DURIAN [d][w] Nelson Yeo Singapore / 2025 / Experimental / 06:43 While awaiting their deaths, two solitary souls find an unexpected connection beneath the shelter of a durian tree. [ig] @nelson.y_frames Director’s Statement Durian, Durian is an absurdist tale about two people meeting at an intersection of life, shaped by random ...
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MFW11 NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2025 - SPECIAL MENTION MY THERAPIST SAID, I AM FULL OF SADNESS [d] Monica Vanesa Tedja Indonesia / 2024 / Documentary / 22:25 A filmmaker finds the source of their sadness by combing through archival material of their biological and queer chosen families. [ig] @monictedja DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY How to Make a Perfect Xmas Eve (11’) - 2012 ...
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MFW11 BEST FICTION SHORT BLUE HEART (Coeur Bleu) [d] Samuel Suffren Haiti, France / 2025 / Fiction / 15:19 Marianne and Pétion, living in Haiti, await a call from their son who has left in pursuit of the American dream. https://youtu.be/A3Iyh9ZSNts?si=EGKPIn3tsc-hHkSr DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT In 1981, my father and 22 other Haitians aboard a makeshift boat risked the...
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BEGADANG9TAHUN FILMMAKING COMPETITION 2025 WINNER Imam and His 9 Friends Director & Writer: Deru Ibnu Ghifari Lampung / 2025 / Fiction / 03:20 jedaombak@gmail.com | Linkedin.com/in/ deru-ghifari-930375273 A little boy who is risking his life for his 9 imaginary friends.
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