Västerås Film Festival
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Location | Västerås, Sweden |
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Founded | 2015 |
Website | www |
Västerås Film Festival is an international film festival held annually since 2015, in autumn. Västerås Film Festival screens films in different genres from around the world. Det delas också ut priser i olika kategorier på filmgalan. The festival has since 2017 expanded with more activities, such as workshops, lectures, debates, filmcafé and exhibitions.
In 2018, Västerås Film Festival had an exhibition about Ingmar Bergman. The awards ceremony took place at Aros Congress Center in Västerås. There were more workshops and lectures. One new award was introduced; The Audience Award.
The festival has as its mission to strengthen the interest in quality film and production on regional, national and international levels.
Västerås Film Festival was founded in 2015 by Carlos Morén.[1]
Annual events[edit]
Event | Year | Date | Cinema | Award ceremony | City | Presenter | Festivalgeneral | Notes |
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1st Film Festivalen | 2015 | Nov. 5-11, 2015 | Culturen, Ozone | Blue Moon Bar | Västerås | Anna Wallentin | Carlos Morén | VFF event |
2nd Film Festivalen | 2016 | Sep. 15-24 | Culturen, Ozone | Elite Hotels | Västerås | Anna Wallentin | Carlos Morén | VFF event |
3rd Film Festivalen | 2017 | Sep. 16-24 | Culturen, Ozone | Elite Hotels | Västerås | Anna Wallentin | Carlos Morén | VFF event |
4th Film Festivalen | 2018 | Oct . 5-14, 2018 | Culturen, Ozone | Aros Congress Center | Västerås | Jenny Hutton, Bob Yothers | Carlos Morén | VFF event |
5th Film Festivalen | 2019 | Oct 4-13, 2019 | Culturen, Ozone | Aros Congress Center | Västerås | Jenny Hutton, Bob Yothers | Carlos Morén | VFF event |
Awards 2018[edit]
Category | Year | Date | Title | Prize recipient | Country | Notes |
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Best International Feature Film | 2018 | Oct | Goliath | Dominik Locher | VFF event | |
Best International Short Film | 2018 | Oct | The Nine Billion Names of God | Dominique Filhol | VFF event | |
Best International Documentary | 2018 | Oct | Claudio Fasoli's Innersounds | Angelo Poli | VFF event | |
Best International 1 Minute Film | 2018 | Oct | Memory of our Peers | Brice Veneziano | VFF event | |
Best International Animation | 2018 | Oct | The Robot Butler | Jens Broström | VFF event | |
Best International Screenplay | 2018 | Oct | Goliath | Dominik Locher | VFF event | |
Best International Directing | 2018 | Oct | Goliath | Dominik Locher | VFF event | |
Best International Photography | 2018 | Oct | The Nine Billion Names of God | Athys de Galzain | VFF event | |
Best International Female Actor | 2018 | Oct | The Forest | Natalya Rychkova | VFF event | |
Best International Male Actor | 2018 | Oct | Goliath | Sven Schelker | VFF event | |
Best Nordic Feature Film | 2018 | Oct | Bride Price VS Democracy | Reza Rahimi | VFF event | |
Best National Documentary | 2018 | Oct | The Rocking Barber of Hisingen | Tomas Haglund | VFF event | |
Best National Short Film | 2018 | Sep | Dreamlife | Anna Mercedes Bergion | VFF event | |
Best National Directing | 2018 | Oct | Bride Price VS Democracy | Reza Rahimi | VFF event | |
Best National Screenplay | 2018 | Oct | Bride Price VS Democracy | Reza Rahimi, Amir Abbas Payam | VFF event | |
Best National Photography | 2018 | Oct | Eisodus | Axel Adolfsson, Troels Rosenkrantz Andersen | VFF event | |
Best National Female Actor | 2018 | Oct | Dreamlife | Michaela Berner | VFF event | |
Best National Male Actor | 2018 | Oct | Bride Price VS Democracy | Ashkan Ghods | VFF event | |
Jury Honorary Award 2018 | 2018 | Oct | Special prize | Rolf Lassgård[2] | VFF event | |
Regional Prize 2018 | 2018 | Oct | Special prize | Jamshed Khan | VFF event | |
The New Star Award 2018 | 2018 | Oct | Special prize | Emil Algpeus | VFF event | |
Miniroom.se children and youth talent prize 2018 | 2018 | Oct | Special prize | Nike Ringqvist | VFF event | |
Jury Talent Award 2018 | 2018 | Oct | Special prize | Erik Kammerland | VFF event | |
Årets Publikpris 2018 | 2018 | Oct | Special prize | Trädgårdsgatan | Nystiftat pris 2018 |
Awards 2017[edit]
Category | Year | Date | Title | Prize recipient | Country | Notes |
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Best International Feature Film | 2017 | Sep | Wilderness | Neil Fox, Justin Doherty | VFF event | |
Best International Short Film | 2017 | Sep | Margherita | Lorenzo Iannello | VFF event | |
Best International Documentary | 2017 | Sep | Standing with Standing Rock | Bob Yothers | VFF event | |
Best International 1 Minute Film | 2017 | Sep | Decay | Matilda Wikingson | VFF event | |
Best International Animation | 2017 | Sep | Below 0° | Itai Hagage | Åter Instituted prize 2017 | |
Best International Screenplay | 2017 | Sep | Wilderness | Neil Fox | VFF event | |
Best International Directing | 2017 | Sep | Wilderness | Justin Doherty | VFF event | |
Best International Photography | 2017 | Sep | The Albino's Trees | Masakazu Kaneko | VFF event | |
Best International Female Actor | 2017 | Sep | I did her wrong | Catalina Lavalle[3] | VFF event | |
Best International Male Actor | 2017 | Sep | In the Desert | Tony Plana | VFF event | |
Best Nordic Feature Film | 2017 | Sep | Vykort Från Petrokemin | Simon Borka Gunnarsson | Nystiftat pris 2017 | |
Best National Documentary | 2017 | Sep | A Farmer’s Poetry | Roland Persson | VFF event | |
Best National Short Film | 2017 | Sep | Allting Föreställer, Ingenting Är | Johan Skantze | VFF event | |
Best National Directing | 2017 | Sep | Vykort Från Petrokemi | Simon Borka Gunnarsson | VFF event | |
Best National Screenplay | 2017 | Sep | En Flickas Hämnd | Max Marklund | VFF event | |
Best National Photography | 2017 | Sep | En Flickas Hämnd | Anders Jacobsson | VFF event | |
Best National Female Actor | 2017 | Sep | Allting Föreställer, Ingenting Är | Amy Mattsson | VFF event | |
Best National Male Actor | 2017 | Sep | Vykort Från Petrokemin | Lars Väringer | VFF event | |
Jury Honorary Award 2017 | 2017 | Sep | Special prize | Maria Lundqvist[4] | VFF event | |
Regional Prize 2017 | 2017 | Sep | Special prize | Robin Widell | VFF event | |
The New Star Award 2017 | 2017 | Sep | Special prize | Malte Myrenberg Gårdinger | VFF event | |
Miniroom.se children and youth talent prize 2017 | 2017 | Sep | Special prize | Thea Karmgård, Linnéa Lundström | VFF event | |
Jury Talent Award 2017 | 2017 | Sep | Special prize | Fredrik Hellqvist | VFF event |
Awards 2016[edit]
Category | Year | Date | Title | Prize recipient | Country | Notes |
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Best International Feature Film | 2016 | Sep | Blockbuster – A Life in Moving Pictures | Vlado Priborsky | Instituted prize 2016 | |
Best International Short Film | 2016 | Sep | 90 Degrees North | Detsky Graffam | VFF event | |
Best International Documentary | 2016 | Sep | Along the Ice | Joris Favraud | VFF event | |
Best International 1 Minute Film | 2016 | Sep | Se upp för tåg | Markus Helmersson | VFF event | |
Best International Screenplay | 2016 | Sep | Show Business | Alexander Tovar | VFF event | |
Best International Directing | 2016 | Sep | Autumn Fall | Jan Vardoen | VFF event | |
Best International Photography | 2016 | Sep | Lurking in the Shadows | Tristan Tortuyaux | VFF event | |
Best International Female Actor | 2016 | Sep | Sisters-Share Everything | Winnie Böwe | VFF event | |
Best International Male Actor | 2016 | Sep | Mother | Jakub Kotynski | VFF event | |
Best National Documentary | 2016 | Sep | De Blev Våra Mödrar | Roland Persson | Instituted prize 2016 | |
Best National Short Film | 2016 | Sep | Bröder i midnattssol | Lars Persson | Instituted prize 2016 | |
Best National Directing | 2016 | Sep | Svart Kung | Ronnie Brolin | Instituted prize 2016 | |
Best National Female Actor | 2016 | Sep | Höstmåne | Åsa Älmeby Thorne | Instituted prize 2016 | |
Best National Male Actor | 2016 | Sep | Höstmåne | Thomas Hedengran | Instituted prize 2016 | |
Jury Honorary Award 2016 | 2016 | Sep | Special prize | Lennart Jähkel | Instituted prize 2016 | |
Regional Prize 2016 | 2016 | Sep | Special prize | Marcus Holmqvist, David Billström | VFF event | |
The New Star Award 2016 | 2016 | Sep | Special prize | Matilda Tjerneld[5] | Instituted prize 2016 | |
Årets Actor 2016 | 2016 | Sep | Special prize | André Persson Gintner | Instituted prize 2016 | |
Jury Talent Award 2016 | 2016 | Sep | Special prize | Charlie Filmberg | VFF event |
Awards 2015[edit]
Category | Year | Date | Title | Prize recipient | Country | Notes |
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Best International Documentary | 2015 | Nov | Mr. Joe Lives Alone | Daneeta Jackson, Patrick Jackson | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Best International Short Film | 2015 | Nov | Game of Life (French 2015 short film) | Agnès Vialleton | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Best International Animation | 2015 | Nov | Golden Shot | Gökalp Gönen | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Best International 1 Minute Film | 2015 | Nov | Water Cycle | Ciril Mlinar Cic | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Best International Directing | 2015 | Nov | Zero | David Victori | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Best International Female Actor | 2015 | Nov | Airgirl | Arielle Thomas | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Best International Male Actor | 2015 | Nov | The Anklet | Benoit Thiebault | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Best International Photography | 2015 | Nov | Good Year | Yuichi Nagata | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Best International Screenplay | 2015 | Nov | En Route | Xu Zhang | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Best International Sound | 2015 | Nov | The Red Thunder | Guillermo Marin | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Regional Prize | 2015 | Nov | Kryssningsmannen | Linn Tinnerholm, Mary Atim, Simon Fältsjö | Instituted prize 2015 | |
Jury Talent Award | 2015 | Nov | The Egoist | Emil Torneryd,Oscar Bergman | Instituted prize 2015 |
References[edit]
- ↑ Forsman, Åza. "Lokal Film Festival tillbaka i höst". VLT (in svenska). Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ "Rolf Lassgård prisas". Sveriges Radio P4 (in svenska). Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ↑ Loria, Michael. "DMV Film Wins Big at Västerås Film Festival in Sweden". On Tap Online. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ↑ Björkman, Maria. "Film Västerås Film Festival prisar Maria Lundqvist". VLT (in svenska). Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ "Matilda är Årets stjärnskott". VLT (in svenska). Retrieved 2019-05-14.
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