Medezfest

24/05/2026

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**Honourable Mention**

Film: Inside The Fear
Team:
Producer - Leah Borġ
Director - Alisa Orlova
Cinematographer - Kyrone Camilleri

Country: Malta

Medezfest 2026 with St. Catherine's High School this year hosted inside the Concert Hall of Palazzo De La Salle, Malta Society of Arts

Festival Director: David Micallef

24/05/2026

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**Best Screenplay**

Film: Nous-vois-tu? (Do you see us?)
Director / Writer / Producer: Hélène Matte
Country: Canada

Medezfest 2026 with St. Catherine's High School this year hosted inside the Concert Hall of Palazzo De La Salle, Malta Society of Arts

Festival Director: David Micallef

-Synopsis-
Portrait of a community of children in downtown Quebec

24/05/2026

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**Best Cinematography**

Film: Здесь было море - (Այստեղ ծով կար - A Sea Was Here)
Country: Armenia

Team: Hasmik Simonyan, Milena Bznuni, Sofia Martynova, Elena Mochalova, Davit Petrosyan, Danya Koshkin, Lilit Keryan, Ksenia Vorobey, Anna Chuikina, Lida Tut, Anush Gurgenyan, Harry Moskalevsky, Sasha Potapova

Edcuators: Yura Boguslavsky; Vasili Chirkov; Dasha Vyatkina

Invisible Friends Animation School and Studio

Medezfest 2026 with St. Catherine's High School this year hosted inside the Concert Hall of Palazzo De La Salle, Malta Society of Arts

Festival Director: David Micallef

-Synopsis-
"There Was a Sea" – A Collection of Memories from a "Past Life"
For some, a "past life" means childhood; for others, it is marked by moving out of an old apartment or relocating from Russia to Armenia. Sometimes, memory preserves strange and unremarkable moments: a cloudy day at a summer house, the setting sun reflecting off dusty shop windows, or a nighttime courtyard on the outskirts of a city. Animation helps blur the line between how we remember these places and how they really were.

24/05/2026

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**Best Micro Film produced by School Children**

[ AWARD II]

Film: Casa del Cine: El Spot (Casa del Cine: The Commercial)
Director: Roberto Anselmo
Country: Spain

La Casa del Cine y del Audiovisual de Ciudad Real

Medezfest 2026 with St. Catherine's High School this year hosted inside the Concert Hall of Palazzo De La Salle, Malta Society of Arts

Festival Director: David Micallef

Student Director: Roberto Anselmo's Description:
With "Casa del Cine: El Spot," we delve into the fascinating terrain of metafiction, breaking the fourth wall to merge reality and fiction. Inspired by works like The Office, this short film pays homage to its irreverent humour and self-awareness, with a special nod to its iconic "Parkour" joke. This narrative game allowed us to experiment with a light-hearted structure, where the actors play themselves as students and teachers of the Casa del Cine, blurring the lines between their real-life roles and their fictional characters.

The result is a piece that, through satire and humour, celebrates the creative process and collective learning. "Casa del Cine: El Spot" is not just an exercise in style but also a love letter to cinema, its backstage, and the shared moments that make it all possible. It is, in essence, an invitation to laugh at ourselves while exploring the endless possibilities of storytelling.

24/05/2026

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**Best Micro Film produced by School Children**

[ AWARD I]

Film: ¿Y si hablo? (What If I Speak)
Director: Noah Ellis
Country: Spain

Taller Telekids Jacqueline Sánchez Carrero

Medezfest 2026 with St. Catherine's High School this year hosted inside the Concert Hall of Palazzo De La Salle, Malta Society of Arts

Festival Director: David Micallef

-Synopsis-
Spot about bullying, which makes us think about how important the role of those who do not suffer bullying but see it and do nothing is. A single brave person can break the silence.

Article as published by Taller Telekids:
https://tallertelekids.com/festivales/y-si-hablo-gana-en-el-medezfest-malta/

24/05/2026

¿Y si hablo? (What If I Speak) - Best Micro Film produced by School Children

Taller Telekids Well Done once again 🤩🥳🤩🥳🎬🎥📽️

Hace un mes, aproximadamente, dábamos la noticia de que teníamos 3 cortos en el Medezfest International Children & Youth Short Film Festival 2026. Y esos cortos eran: «¿Y si hablo?«, «LoSINmóviles» y «John Logie Baird, el inventor de la televisión«. Después pusimos en nuestras historias ...

24/05/2026

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**Best Student Short**

Film: خارج المنهج (Outside The Curriculum)
Country: Saudi Arabia

Synopsis: “Outside the Curriculum” revolves around portraying the inner conflict experienced by a child named Ibrahim (12 years old), who has special needs (intellectual disability and visual impairment). Ibrahim is subjected to bullying in the school playground because of his glasses and his different appearance from his classmates. He escapes to the classroom during recess, where he begins a dialogue with a second character named Nebras, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) inside his tablet device, characterised by a calm voice and precise analytical logic.

24/05/2026

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**Best Stop Motion** (produced by school children)

Film: Dan U Muzeju Krapinskih Neandertalaca (Day in the Krapina Neanderthal Museum)
Country: Croatia

Bacaci Sjenki

FROOOM FILMSKA ŠKOLA

Directors: Petar Borovečki, Franka Ivanjko, Nadja Lončar Uvodić, Patrik Halužan, Toma Meštrović, Bartol Zagorec, Vita Bračić, Jana Herceg, Teo Lojić, Ivano Puljko, Matija Lojić, Vinka Novački

Mentors/Educators: Maša Udovičić, Dea Jagić, Boris Bakal

Medezfest 2026 with St. Catherine's High School this year hosted inside the Concert Hall of Palazzo De La Salle, Malta Society of Arts

Festival Director: David Micallef

23/05/2026

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**Best Actor**

Drama Group - St Luke's CE Primary School, Northampton
Film: Navigating The Net
Country: United Kingdom

Educator: Dale Forder

Medezfest 2026 with St. Catherine's High School this year hosted inside the Concert Hall of Palazzo De La Salle, Malta Society of Arts

Festival Director: David Micallef

Synopsis:
A student film exploring the impact of computers, social media and the internet on young people.

23/05/2026

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**Best Short (Kids' Audience)**

Film: Apri La Porta (Open The Door)
Directors: Chiara Catera
Country: Italy

Students: I.C. V***a Martoglio - Siracusa
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Medezfest 2026 with St. Catherine's High School this year hosted inside the Concert Hall of Palazzo De La Salle, Malta Society of Arts
Festival Director: David Micallef

Mio papà mi diceva sempre... “APRI LA PORTA del tuo cuore, a chi ne ha bisogno, al più debole, a chi è in difficoltà, a chi è solo, non voltargli mai le spalle, non lo ferire escludendolo come se fosse la persona più orribile al mondo, piuttosto fai squadra, giocate e divertitevi insieme. Riempiti la vita di amici figlio mio, saranno il tuo tesoro, come tu sarai il loro. E soprattutto... non fermarti mai alle apparenze, perché dietro ogni porta si possono scoprire infinite sorprese.”