2025 Prefestival

Other events of the Babel Film Festival.

ITALYMBAS AWARD

awarded by popular juries of Italian linguistic minorities to films spoken in minority languages protected by Law 482/1999.

MARTIGNANO (LE): Palmieri Tourist Park, Conference Hall (Palmieri Square, 12)
In collaboration with the “Evo ce Esù Visioni” Festival, Open Social Cooperative
With the patronage of the Municipality of Martignano

UDINE: Headquarters of Informazione Friulana Soc. Coop., via Volturno, 29
In collaboration with SUNS and Radio Onde Furlane

NOTO (SR): Documentaria Festival
In collaboration with Frame Off

OSTANA (CN): Lou Pourtun Multipurpose Center (Sant’Antonio hamlet, Ostana)
In collaboration with Chambra d’Oc Association

The juries examined the following works:

Immer Verzeihen, by Gabriele Borghi and Davide Grotta, Italy, 2023, m. l.: german / south tyrolean dialect, 52’, doc
Si Vîf – Une Vite de Musicant, by Dorino Minigutti, Italy, 2023, m. l.: furlan, 58’, doc
Tilipirche – Grasshoppers, by Francesco Piras, Italy, 2023, m. l.: sardinian, 18′

DIARI DI CINECLUB AWARD

awarded by the jury of the online magazine “Diari di Cineclub” of Rome, which examined the following works:

Ar Yezh, by Aurélie Scouarnec, France, 2025, m. l.: breton, 42′, doc
Le pacha, ma mère et moi, by Nevine Gerits, Belgium, 2023, m. l.: kurdish, 83’, doc
Pax Avant: Europe’s Oldest Oath, by Domingo Moreno, Spain, 2023, m. l.: catalan, euskera, occitan, 84’, doc


FICC AUDIENCE AWARD

awarded by the jury composed of the FICC Film Clubs:

The jury examined the following works:

Ajò West!, by Sara Corbioli, Italy, 2023, m. l.: sardinian, 7′
James, by Andrés Rodriguez, Guatemala/Mexico, 2024, m. l.: k’iche, 20′
Knackered, by Django Pinter, UK, 2024, m. l.: welsh, 8′
Qaragh, by Suad Gara, Azerbaijan, 2023, m. l.: dialect of the Lezgin community (Caucasus), 19′
Val Po – Una lenga un pais, by Eliane Tourtet, France, 2023, m. l.: occitan, 22’, doc
Z.O. (Eastern Zone), by Loris G. Nese, Italy, 2023, m. l.: Salerno dialect, 14′


CINECLUB FEDIC CAGLIARI AWARD

awarded by a Jury made up of members of the Cineclub Fedic of Cagliari, which examined the following works:

La leggenda dell’oca misericordiosa, by Paolo Santangelo, Italy, 2024, m. l.: sicilian, 66′
Lingua Mater, by Massimo Garlatti-Costa, Italy, 2024, m. l.: catalan, furlan, guardiolo, guascon, occitan, swahili, 54’, doc
Tupamaros de l’Alguer, by Roger Cassany, Spain, 2024, m. l.: algherese, 32’, doc


UMANITARIA AWARD

awarded by the members and the public of the Società Umanitaria offices in Italy, in Milan, Rome, Naples, Cagliari, Alghero and Carbonia. The juries examined the following works:

Biais de Fraires – Alla maniera dei fratelli, by Greta Lösch, France, 2025, m. l.: occitan, 20’, doc
Canarì, by Tommaso Ferrero, Italy, 2023, m. l.: GAI (Bergamo slang), 15′
Hotz – Cold, by Lander Castro, Spain, 2024, m. l.: euskera, 10′
Il pescatore, by Ugo Garau, Italy, 2024, m. l.: sardinian, 18′
Konin, by Matilda Butler, UK, 2024, m. l.: kernewek, 11′
Pidgin Kaua’i Style, by Erica Byers, USA, 2023, m. l.: hawaii creole (o pidgin), 7’, doc
Puquio, by Samantha Avila, Peru, 2024, m. l.: quechua, 14′


AAMOD AWARD

In collaboration with Archivio Audiovisivo del Movimento Operaio e Democratico of Rome. The jury examined the following works:

Immer Verzeihen, by Gabriele Borghi and Davide Grotta, Italy, 2023, m. l.: german / south tyrolean dialect, 52’, doc
The Rootless, by August Joensalo, Finland, 2024, m. l.: karelian, 12’, doc
Si Vîf – Une Vite de Musicant, by Dorino Minigutti, Italy, 2023, m. l.: furlan, 58’, doc
Z.O. (Eastern Zone), by Loris G. Nese, Italy, 2023, m. l.: Salerno dialect, 14′


OSTANA AWARD

awarded by a jury of members chosen by the school itself. In collaboration with Premio Ostana – Scritture in Lingua madre / Chambra d’oc (Roccabruna). The jury examined the following works:

Falamus, by Paolo Lubinu, Italy, 2024, m. l.: sardinian, 20′
Isola, by Giulia Fo, Italy, 2024, m. l.: sardinian, 11′
S’orcu, by Antonio Congiu, Italy, 2023, m. l.: sardinian, 15′
Si seus accappiaus, by Simone Paderi, Italy, 2019, m. l.: sardinian, 3’, doc


MY CULTURE AWARD

Jury composed of the editorial board of the My Culture+ platform, which examined the following works:

A vouezh uhel, by Bleuenn Leborgne, France, 2024, m. l.: breton, 49’, doc
Femmenell – City of Mermaids, by Andrea Fortis, Italy, 2024, m. l.: Neapolitan dialect, 76′, doc
Hopes from the Tree, by Haydar Demirtas, Türkiye,  2023, m. l.: Kurdish, 77’, doc