The Verona International Film Festival concluded its 8th edition last night at the Multisala Rivoli, located right in the heart of the historical city center. The festival team would like to thank all guests for their enthusiasm. A big thank you also to all filmmakers for sending in their work. Out of over fifteen hundred submissions, 23 wonderful films from Italy and around the world made it to the final selection for 2023. Verona International Film Festival is pleased to share with you today the jury results for this year's awards:

 

Best Narrative Feature Film

Sleeping Close (Italy) by Giulio Pereno

 
Best Documentary Feature Film 

Supertempo (Switzerland) by Daniel Kemény

Best Narrative Short Film 

I Am Not The One I Am (Belgium) by Luna Brusselaers Srsen

Best Documentary Short Film 

Before Pandemic and War, There Were Bed Bugs and Love! (Lithuania) by Nuruzzaman Khan

Best Animated Film 

Inside You (Ukraine) by Erik Sémashkin

Best Experimental Film

Horizont (Switzerland) by Felix Scherer

 

Best LGBTQ+ Film

Slow Burn Summer (Italy) by Marco Maldera

 

Best Music Film

Where I'm From (Canada) by Sina Nazarian

 

Best Italian Film

Story of a Lunch Break (Italy) by Marco Del Mastro

 

Congratulations!

 

ABOUT VERONA IFF

A film festival focussing on the complexity of human relationships set in Shakespeare's city of love Verona, Italy. Does it get any better than this? The Verona International Film Festival welcomes films about “relationships” in its broadest, most relative sense of the word. The festival presents films which revolve around relationships in all their different forms whether spiritual, physical, interpersonal, familial, and humanitarian and can even touch upon relationships between nations and political parties. Films can tackle the complexity, ever-changing dynamics, adversity, and multi-faceted aspects pertaining to these different types of relationships.