"For its rich and intricate investigation of the recent colonial past and its interaction with earlier times and traditions in the Canary Islands, through expertly chosen and edited archive footage, audio interviews and a completely immersive soundscape, the jury unanimously awards the Feature Film Grand Prize of the City of Lisbon to the Spanish documentary On the Names of the Goats, directed by Miguel G. Morales and Silvia Navarro."

"The best film we have seen among the features of National Competition is the film that provoked our strongest emotions. As a portrait of a life lived it generously shares an approach to a close person as much as it is a journey into the past and across continents. The film employs many different formal strategies, all of them a veracious indication of empathy and love. We give the award for Best Portuguese Feature to A Minha Avó Trelotótó by Catarina Ruivo."

"Skilfully condensed and cleverly staged, this film lets you simply indulge in a strong world of images. The film talks about nostalgia and emotion, asking whether feelings were more immediate and authentic in the past. Formally cleverly layered and with always surprising moments, partly with humour, partly biting but often very emotional, this film left strong traces on us."

"The same award goes to a film of intense seductive power and boldness. Within an unconventional visual concept, video-game aesthetics and heavy metal, sci-fi genre tropes and medieval initiation rituals, magic realism and poetry alchemically blend together to create an unexpected hyper-reality. An unsettling vision of a possible future, existing in the realm of the uncanny (in the psychoanalytical sense). A possible comment on today's increasing phenomenon of radicalized youth and a post-modern rite of passage into manhood, this shape-shifting film is essentially a meditation on the transformative and healing power of human connection."

"For the empathy and the artistic integrity displayed by the director on her unsettling journey through the dark secrets of a community the award goes Ex aequo to M. by Yolande Zauberman."

"And for the inventive mise en scene and the satirical approach with which the director boldly confronts the bad historical conscience of his country the award goes Ex aequo to "I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS", by Radu Jude."

"From the beginning we were fascinated by the strong cinematographic handwriting. The film captivates with a great rhythm and it's visual approach. We are very close to the protagonist as she defines her view on femininity finding her place as a woman in society."