The Castello d’oro to Hola Frida and the Tre Castelli Award to Friedas Fall

The Castello d’oro to Hola Frida and the Tre Castelli Award to Friedas Fall

The winners of the 38th edition of the Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane were announced on the evening of Saturday, November 22, during the awards ceremony. The Castello d’oro from the Kids Jury was awarded to Hola Frida by André Kadi and Karine Vézina, while the Tre Castelli Award from the Young Jury went to Friedas Fall by Marie Brendle.

Here is the full list of this year’s awards:

Kids Jury:

• Castello d’oro, offered by laRegione, to Hola Frida, by André Kadi, Karine Vézina, Canada, France, 2024
  
  

• Castello d’argento, offered by laRegione, to Samia, by Yasemin Şamdereli, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, 2024
  
  

• Castello di bronzo, offered by laRegione, to Honey, by Natasha Arthy, Denmark, 2024
  
  

• Arturo Award, offered by the Fondazione della Svizzera italiana per l’Aiuto, il Sostegno e la Protezione dell’infanzia (ASPI), to Samia, by Yasemin Şamdereli, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, 2024
  
  

• UNICEF Kids Award, offered by UNICEF, to Fantastique, by Marjolijn Prins, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, 2024
  
  

Fuori le Mura Jury:

• Fuori le Mura Award, offered by CIIP Conférence Intercantonale de l’instruction Publique de la Suisse Romande et du Tessin, to Samia, by Yasemin Şamdereli, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, 2024
  
  

ECFA Jury:

• ECFA Award to Samia, by Yasemin Şamdereli, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, 2024
  
  

Young Jury:

• Tre Castelli Award, offered by the City of Bellinzona, to Friedas Fall, by Marie Brendle, Switzerland, 2024
  
  

• Ambiente è Qualità di Vita Award, offered by the Department of Territory, to L'intérêt d'Adam, by Laura Wandel, Belgium, France, 2025
  
  

• Utopia Award, offered by the Monte Verità Foundation, to Cherien Dabis for All That's Left of You, Germany, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, 2025
  
  

• Crescere Insieme Award, offered by the Service for the Integration of Foreigners and the Department of Institutions, to L'été de Jahia, by Olivier Meys, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2025
  
  

Castellincorto Jury:

• Daniel Award, offered by EFSoggiorni Linguistici, to Qui part à la chasse, by Lea Favre, Switzerland, 2025
  
  

Oltre le Sbarre Jury:

• Oltre le Sbarre Mention to Razaa, by Pooja Tolani, India, 2025
  
  

Audience Awards:

• Audience Award to the director for the Castellincorto Competition, offered by Raiffeisen, to Katja Stirnemann for Abseits - ein ungleiches Spiel, Switzerland, 2024
  
  

• Audience Mention for fiction feature films to Jeunes Mères, by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium, France, 2025
  
  

• Audience Mention for documentary feature films (Castellindoc) to Piero Pelù – Rumore dentro, by Francesco Fei, Italy, 2025
  
  

This concludes an edition in which the festival offered meetings, conferences and screenings, also hosting personalities and professionals from the film world and beyond: nine days entirely dedicated to cinema for young audiences as well as for the general public, with touching and entertaining stories that addressed highly relevant issues and successfully filled the Mercato Coperto and the Cinema Forum.

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Castellinaria will return next November, once again at the Mercato Coperto in Giubiasco!