And the winners are...

After 10 uplifting days of magical movies that shook the city’s cinemas to the core, the juries have made their choice. The 18th edition of the Festival awards the following prizes:

FEATURE FILMS

The Golden Octopus for the best international feature film

Good Boy (USA) by Ben Leonberg

Special Jury Mention

New Group (Japan) by Yûta Shimotsu

Jury: Alexandre Aja, director and producer; Judith Berlanda-Beauvallet, youtuber and member of the Écran Large editorial team; Jean-Yves Roubin, producer and founder of Frakas Productions

Audience Award

The Holy Boy (Italy) by Paolo Strippoli

Silver Méliès for the Best European Fantastic Film

The Holy Boy (Italy) by Paolo Strippoli

Jury: Stéphan Castang, director; Gilles Vranckx, graphic designer, animater and comic-strip artist; Marine Bohin, film journalist, author and actor

Crossovers Grand Prix

Luger (Spain) by Bruno Martín

Special Jury Mention Crossovers

The Forbidden City (Italy) by Gabriele Mainetti

Jury: Stéphane Moïssakis, cultural journalist and author; Élise Girard, responsible for the promotion the film collections at the Cinematheque française; Florent-Emilio Siri, author and director

The Golden Stork for the Best Animated Film

Arco (France) by Ugo Bienvenu

Special Jury Mention Animated Film Competition

Heart of Darkness (Brazil) by Rogério Nunes

Jury: Marc Jousset, producer and founder of Je Suis Bien Content studio; Perrine Quennesson, freelance journalist and moderator; Anne-Gaëlle Jourdain, author, director and actor

SHORT FILMS

Golden Octopus for the Best International Short Film

Gynoid (Spain)

by Celia Galán

Best Short Film Made in France

Même la lune saignera

by Stef Meyer and Rémy Barbe

The Student Jury Prize for the Best Short Film

Don Quichotte contre les Forces du Mal (France)

by Guillaume Rieu

Silver Méliès for the Best European Short Film

Nervous Ellie (UK)

by David Yorke

Best Animated Short Film

Double or Nothing (Switzerland)

by Tokay Sirin

Short Film Audience Award

The Leader Will Come (Belgium)

by Michiel Geluykens and Manuel Janssens

Jury: Pauline Bugeon, author, and executive producer of short fiction films and documentaries for TV and cinema; Léa Laubacher, responsible for audiovisual and film production grants at the Directorate of Culture of the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg; Kinane Moualla, sound engineer, sound editor, sound designer and mixer