TILBURG – On May 16 and 17, a successful and well-attended anniversary edition of the Southern Film Festival took place at the Cinecitta cinema in Tilburg. This year, the festival celebrated its fifth edition with a special program full of short films by filmmakers from Brabant, Limburg, Zeeland, and Flanders. The festival concluded with the announcement of the winners of the Southern Film Awards.

FILM AWARDS WINNERS
The big winner at the film awards ceremony was the Flemish film Résumé d'un divorce by director Paul Ghesquière. The film had its Dutch premiere at the festival and went home with no fewer than two awards: the Talent Award and the Audience Award. The award for Best Film went to the animated film Fiego and the Magic Fish by director Joe Murray. The Youth Award, which was presented by a special youth jury, went this year to the fiction film Onderdak by directors Maarten Sleegers and Anna Sherstiuk.

SOUTHERN FILM PITCH
During the festival, a pitch competition also took place on Friday, May 16, organized in collaboration with CineSud and CineZee. The winner was Lore Loyens with her film project Tussen Dag en Dauw. As the winner, the project receives a €2,000 production budget to help make the film possible.

SOUTHERN FILM FESTIVAL ON TOUR
Those who missed the festival need not despair, as the Zuidelijk Film Festival On Tour follows in the autumn. This is a traveling film program through the Tilburg region featuring a selection of the best films screened at the festival this year. More information will follow in the autumn on the festival's website.



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