The 2nd MiWorld Young Film Festival ended with the official prizes awarded by the Students’ Jury and Teachers’ Juryand the Schools’ Audience Jury.

The jury experience allowed both pupils and teachers to analyse the films and to create opportunities for exchange and comparison, coming into contact with cultures and experiencing the festival as protagonists.

The awards ceremony was hosted by Marco Maccarini, and some of the directors and protagonists of the festival were also present.

ISMU Big Zebra Prize – Teaching Jury

Lunana: a Yak in the Classroom by Pawo Choyning Dorji

Lunana is a film that delights us for the story it tells of the small, remote and uncontaminated world in the Himalayas. For education without books, exercise books or a blackboard, but with its profound and deeply-rooted value reflected in the faces of the children and of the whole community, in a school that becomes life and body, joy and movement. It is a film that also shows us how the encounter with the unexpected, the unwanted and what is different, can become a journey of getting to know other humanities and above all the discovery of the self.

The prize consists in the acquisition of the film rights for the educational and non-theatrical distribution of the film in Italy.
It is awarded to the best feature film with a pedagogical and intercultural value by a Teachers’ Jury composed of 21 teachers from different schools in Milan who participated in a training course together with the Mentor Teachers and watched the 4 feature films in competition.
The film will be included in the COEmedia Distribuzione Cinema Catalogue, with films available for rental and educational reviews managed by the COE Foundation.

Little Zebra Award – Student Jury

Da Yie by Anthony Nti

For the thrilling story, full of pathos, that involves viewers of all ages, making them reflect on the topics dealt with and on the complexity of the human soul. For the soundtrack, with its modern style and ambient tones which are a perfect accompaniment to every situation in the story. For the technical skills of the director and his crew, but also for the incredibly good acting and credibility of the young cast. For the educational and cultural aspects it has introduced to us.

The prize consists in the acquisition of the film rights for the educational and non-theatrical distribution of the film in Italy. It was awarded to the best short film for intercultural dialogue by a jury of 78 students from various secondary schools in Milan, Lecco, Lodi, Biella and Forlì who took part in a training course and watched the 8 short films in competition.
The film will be included in the COEmedia Distribuzione Cinema Catalogue, with films available for rental and educational reviews managed by the COE Foundation.

Audience Awards

All students and teachers present at the online screenings voted to award a prize of €1,000 for the Best Feature Film and €500 for the Best Short Film by expressing a preference at the end of each screening.

Best Feature Film – Audience Award

Los Lobos by Samuel Kishi Leopo

Best Short Film –Audience Award

Da Yie by Anthony Nti