Awards

For "its masterful control of tone and pacing. Shot from the perspective of a young girl at a dinner party, Jerry Carlsson's short strikes a delicate balance of dread and intrigue, delightfully incorporating surreal, beautiful dance while exploring group mentality anxieties and the potential of one outsider."

We loved how uncomfortable this film made us feel. It stuck with us emotionally, intellectually and artistically, and left us with thoughts about the difficulties of inclusiveness, the fears of sexuality, the loss of innocence and how a child struggles with the dangers of assimilation. The filmmaker beautifully combines music, design, physical narrative and fantasy in an extraordinary way and therefore we are happy to present Shadow Animals directed by Jerry Carlsson with the top honor in the short programme.