ANNOUNCING
CICFF39 Awards
Browse all awards from FACETS’ 39th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF39), one of only two Oscar-qualifying children’s film festivals in the world.
Want to watch the award-winning films? You have until Nov 20 to watch CICFF39 award-winning films in-person and virtually. Select the “Get More Info & Watch” button on the award listing to buy available tickets.
2022 Best of Fest Award
Rickshaw Girl
Directed By
Amitabh Reza Chowdhury
Feature Film | Bangladesh | 2020
Milos Stehlik Global Impact Award
Dostojee
Directed By
Prasun Chatterjee
Feature Film | India | 2022
Milos Stehlik Global Impact Award
More Than I Want to Remember
Directed By
Amy Bench
Short Film | United States | 2022
Best Production for Young Children
Hush Hush Little Bear
Directed By
Māra Liniņa
Short Film | Latvia | 2022
Programmer’s Choice Award
New Moon
Directed By
Jeff Le Bars, Jérémie Balais
Short Film | United States | 2022
Girl Empowerment Award
Abby
Directed By
John Urbano
Short Film | United States | 2022
STEM Discovery Award
The Wind and the Trees
Directed By
Todd Allan Stewart
Short Film | Canada | 2022
Liv Ullmann Peace Prize – Feature Film
The Apple Day
Directed By
Mahmoud Ghaffari
Feature Film | Islamic Republic of Iran | 2022
Liv Ullmann Peace Prize - Short Film
Letter to a Pig
Directed By
Tal Kantor
Short Film | France | 2022
Emerging Director Prize
White Berry
Directed By
Sia Hermanides
Feature Film | Netherlands | 2022
Embrace Award
Adjustment
Directed By
Mehrdad Hassani
Short Film | Islamic Republic of Iran | 2022
Promise Award
Me. My eleven years. WAR.
Directed By
Marusya Shuvalova
Short Film | Ukraine | 2022
Promise Award
Yangtze
Directed By
Daniel Kim, Benjamin Kim
Short Film | United States | 2022
Best Animated Short Film - 1st Prize
Pete
Directed By
Bret Parker
Short Film | United States | 2022
Best Animated Short Film - 2nd Prize
Birth
Directed By
Roberto Valle
Short Film | Spain | 2021
Best Animated Feature Film - 1st Prize
Perlimps
Directed By
Alê Abreu
Feature Film | Brazil | 2022
Best Animated Feature Film - 2nd Prize
My Big Big Friend – The Movie
Directed By
Andres Lieban
Feature Film | Brazil | 2022
Best Animated Television - 1st Prize
HEY DUGGEE - The Action Hero Badge
Directed By
Grant Orchard, Sander Jones
Short Film | United Kingdom | 2021
Best Animated Television - 2nd Prize
Call and Response
Directed By
Morgane Duprat–Peter, Daphné Kutnowski, Yoann Bouabré, Sélena Aledji, Anthony Okoko, Laura Sadi Honniball
Short Film | France | 2021
Best Documentary Short Film - 1st Prize
Dipsas Speaks
Directed By
Craig Daniel Leon
Short Film | Eduador | 2022
Best Documentary Short Film - 2nd Prize
Wishes in the Wind
Directed By
Lisa Marie DiLiberto
Short Film | Canada | 2021
Best Documentary Feature Film - 1st Prize
YUNG PUNX: A Punk Parable
Directed By
Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger
Feature Film | United States | 2021
Best Documentary Feature Short - 2nd Prize
Rosie's Theater Kids
Directed By
Steven Cantor
Feature Film | United States | 2022
Best Live-Action Short - 1st Prize
Charlie and the Hunt
Directed By
Jenn Shaw
Short Film | United States | 2021
Best Live-Action Short - 2nd Prize
Eger, 1552
Directed By
Attila Szász
Short Film | Hungary | 2021
Best Live-Action Feature Film - 1st Prize
Laura's Star
Directed By
Joya Thome
Feature Film | Germany | 2021
Best Live-Action Feature Film - 2nd Prize
Tales of Franz
Directed By
Johannes Schmidt
Feature Film | Austria | 2022
Best Live-Action Television - 1st Prize
Theodosia
Directed By
Matthias Hoene, Matt Bloom, Alexander James Jacob
Short Film | France | 2021
Best Live-Action Television - 2nd Prize
Yard TV
Directed By
Pablo Uranga
Short Film | Brazil | 2021
Best Animated Short Film - 1st Prize
Ice Merchants
Directed By
João Gonzalez
Short Film | Portugal | 2022
Best Animated Short Film - 2nd Prize
Slipping Away
Directed By
Gabriel Hénot Lefèvre
Short Film | France | 2022
Best Documentary Short Film - 1st Prize (tie)
Freedom Swimmer
Directed By
Olivia Martin-McGuire
Short Film | United Kingdom | 2021
Best Documentary Short Film - 1st Prize (tie)
More Than I Want to Remember
Directed By
Amy Bench
Short Film | United States | 2022
Best Documentary Short Film - 2nd Prize
BYkids: FAITH'S WORLD
Directed By
Faith Guilbault
Short Film | United States | 2021
Best Animated Television - 1st Prize
Call and Response
Directed By
Morgane Duprat–Peter, Daphné Kutnowski, Yoann Bouabré, Sélena Aledji, Anthony Okoko, Laura Sadi Honniball
Short Film | France | 2021
Best Documentary Feature Film - 1st Prize
Afghan Dreamers
Directed By
David Greenwald
Short Film | Afghanistan | 2021
Best Documentary Feature Film - 2nd Prize
This is My Black
Directed By
Stephen Adetumbi, Jarrett Roseborough
Feature Film | United States | 2022
Best Live-Action Short Film - 1st Prize
Invincible
Directed By
Vincent René-Lortie
Short Film | Canada | 2022
Best Live-Action Short Film - 2nd Prize
Bleach
Directed By
Mattias Graham
Short Film | Canada | 2021
Best Live-Action Feature Film - 1st Prize
White Berry
Directed By
Sia Hermanides
Feature Film | Netherlands | 2022
Best Live-Action Feature Film - 2nd Prize
Comedy Queen
Directed By
Sanna Lenken
Feature Film | Sweden | 2022
Best Live-Action Television - 1st Prize
More Than This
Directed By
John Sheedy, Kate Gorman
Short Film | Australia | 2021
Best Animated Short Film - 1st Prize (tie)
Good Night Mr. Ted
Directed By
Nicolás Sole Allignani
Short Film | Argentina | 2021
Best Animated Short Film - 1st Prize (tie)
The Seine's Tears
Directed By
Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur
Short Film | France | 2021
Best Animated Short Film - 2nd Prize
Ice Merchants
Directed By
João Gonzalez
Short Film | Portugal | 2022
Best Documentary Feature Film - 1st Prize
Dear Future Children
Directed By
Franz Böhm
Feature Film | Germany | 2021
Best Documentary Feature Film - 2nd Prize
The Last Election and other Love Stories
Directed By
Miguel Silveira
Feature Film | United States | 2021
Best Documentary Short Film - 1st Prize
Freedom Swimmer
Directed By
Olivia Martin-McGuire
Short Film | United Kington | 2021
Best Documentary Short Film - 2nd Prize
The Girl with the Accent
Directed By
Nadia Durry
Short Film | United Arab Emirates | 2021
Best Live-Action Short - 1st Prize
Invincible
Directed By
Vincent René-Lortie
Short Film | Canada | 2022
Best Live-Action Short Film - 2nd Prize
Sons of Toledo
Directed By
Monty Cole
Short Film | United States | 2021
Best Animated Short Film - 1st Prize
Slipping Away
Directed By
Gabriel Hénot Lefèvre
Short Film | France | 2022
Best Animated Short Film - 2nd Prize
The Most Boring Granny in the Whole World
Directed By
Damaris Zielke
Short Film | Germany | 2022
Best Animated Feature Film - 1st Prize
Journey to Yourland
Directed By
Peter Budinský
Feature Film | Slovakia | 2022
Best Animated Feature Film - 2nd Prize
The Websters Movie
Directed By
Katarína Kerekesová
Feature Film | Slovakia | 2022
Best Animated Television - 1st Prize
Call and Response
Directed By
Morgane Duprat–Peter, Daphné Kutnowski, Yoann Bouabré, Sélena Aledji, Anthony Okoko, Laura Sadi Honniball
Short Film | France | 2021
Best Animated Television - 2nd Prize (tie)
Giuseppe
Directed By
Isabelle Favez
Short Film | Switzerland | 2021
Best Animated Television- 2nd Prize (tie)
Space Nova
Directed By
Pablo De La Torre
Short Film | Australia | 2021
Best Documentary Short Film - 1st Prize
Freedom Swimmer
Directed By
Olivia Martin-McGuire
Short Film | United Kingdom | 2021
Best Documentary Short Film - 2nd Prize (tie)
How Hannie are You?
Directed By
Deborah van Dam
Short Film | Netherlands | 2021
Best Documentary Short Film - 2nd Prize (tie)
Maxim – The Greatest
Directed By
Kaja Fedulova
Short Film | Germany | 2020
Best Documentary Feature Film - 1st Prize
Afghan Dreamers
Directed By
David Greenwald
Feature Film | Afghanistan | 2021
Best Documentary Feature Film - 2nd Prize
Dear Future Children
Directed By
Franz Böhm
Feature Film | Germany | 2021
Best Live-Action Short Film - 1st Prize
Invincible
Directed By
Vincent René-Lortie
Short Film | Canada | 2021
Best Live-Action Short Film - 2nd Prize
Margot's Sister
Directed By
Christine Doyon
Short Film | Canada | 2021
Best Live-Action Feature Film - 1st Prize
Comedy Queen
Directed By
Sanna Lenken
Feature Film | Sweden | 2022
Best Live-Action Feature Film - 2nd Prize
Rickshaw Girl
Directed By
Amitabh Reza Chowdhury
Feature Film | Bangladesh | 2020
Best Live-Action Television - 1st Prize
More Than This
Directed By
John Sheedy, Kate Gorman
Short Film | Australia | 2021
Best Live-Action Television - 2nd Prize
Kabam!
Directed By
Elisabeth Hesemans
Short Film | Netherlands | 2021
Audience Favorite – Feature Film
A Butterfly's Heart
Directed By
Inesa Kurklietyte
Feature Film | Lithuania | 2021
Audience Favorite – Feature Film (New Dimensions)
The Last Election and Other Love Stories
Directed By
Miguel Silveira
Feature Film | USA | 2021
Audience Favorite – Feature Film (New Dimensions)
This is My Black
Directed By
Stephen Adetumbi, Jarrett Roseborough
Feature Film | USA | 2022
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 6-8)
Franzy's Soup Kitchen
Directed By
Ana Chubinidze
Short Film | France | 2021
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 6-8)
Lucy and the Bear
Directed By
Michael Bahnmiller, Scott Wiser
Short Film | USA | 2021
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 6-8)
Bellysaurus
Directed By
Philip Watts
Short Film | Australia | 2021
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 6-8)
HEY DUGGEE - The Action Hero Badge
Directed By
Grant Orchard, Sander Jones
Short Film | UK | 2021
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 6-8)
With a Wool Ball
Directed By
Belén Ricardes
Short Film | Argentina | 2022
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 6-8)
Luce and the Rock
Directed By
Britt Raes
Short Film | Belgium | 2022
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 6-8)
Mironins: The New Mironin
Directed By
Mikel Mas Bilbao, Txesco Montalt
Short Film | Spain | 2021
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 6-8)
Kayak
Directed By
Solène BOSSEBOEUF, Flore DECHORGNAT, Tiphaine KLEIN, Auguste LEFORT, Antoine ROSSI
Short Film | France | 2021
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 11-14)
The Queen of the Foxes
Directed By
Marina Rosset
Short Film | Switzerland | 2022
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 11-14)
The Girl Who Stood Still
Directed By
Joana Toste
Short Film | Portugal | 2021
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 11-14)
Pete
Directed By
Bret Parker
Short Film | USA | 2022
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 11-14)
El Baile
Directed By
Pedro Pablo Vega Reyes
Short Film | Colombia | 2021
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 11-14)
Abby
Directed By
John Urbano
Short Film | USA | 2022
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 11-14)
Slipping Away
Directed By
Gabriel Hénot Lefèvre
Short Film | France | 2022
Audience Favorite – Short Film (Ages 11-14)
Ice Merchants
Directed By
João Gonzalez
Short Film | Portugal | 2022
CICFF38 Awards & Prizes
Awards presented maintian CICFF’s longtime standing as one of the top children’s film festivals in the world.
Awards are determined by a Professional Jury consisting of filmmakers, critics, teachers, community leaders, and parents, who award prizes in all categories including the Oscar®-qualifying Best Animated and Best Live-Action Short Film categories.
The CICFF also hosts a Youth Jury (ages 14-19) and Children’s Jury (ages 7-14) led by a team of media educators who meet separately from the Professional Jury and award their own respective awards in all categories.
Special awards are determined by separate jury groups.
AWARDS
Award categories include: Live-action Feature, Animated Feature, Live-action Short, Animated Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Live-action Television Production, and Animated Television Production. Prizes may not be awarded in all categories each year.
Special Prizes that may be awarded include: Best of the Fest Prize, Milos Stehlik Global Impact Award, Best Production for Early Childhood (Ages 2 to 5), Programmer’s Choice Award, Teacher’s Choice Award, Parent’s Choice Award, Girl Empowerment Award, and the STEM Award.
Awards are announced at the conclusion of each Festival. Please note that awards are given to the director of the film, unless otherwise specified on the entry form.
ACADEMY (OSCAR©) QUALIFICATION
Films that win first prize from the Professional Jury in the category of Live-action Short Film or Animated Short Film are eligible for Academy Awards consideration.
CICFF39 Jury
Meet the Jury
CICFF hosts the Children's Jury, Youth Jury, and Professional Jury, who issue awards to CICFF39 films, including the Academy Award-Qualifying Best Animated and Best Live-Action Short Film categories.