- Best Animation
Footsteps on the Wind, Maya Sanbar, Gustavo Leal, Faga Melo, Brasil&UK&USA
A colorful animation about a painful and very contemporary subject, with a happy ending.
- Best Documentary
MADA or the story of the first man, Laurent Pantaléon, France
For a very well made documentary, that presents a possible alternative to the origin of man, combining several theories of its origin.
- Best cinematography
Branka, directed by Ákos K. Kovács, DOP-Levente Toth, Hungary, Drama
For a disturbing movie about troubled times, with an equally disturbing action.
An exclamation point that cannot be ignored and must not be repeated.
- Best script
Empiric, directed and written by Ioana Turcan, Romania, Drama
For the way it tells a story that we want forgotten, but which history proves that can be repeated at any time.
- Best student short
Old Born, regia Jordan De Deken, Belgium, Fantasy
For perfect mastery of cinematic language, beyond words.
- Best sound editing
Tranvía, directed by Carlos Baena, sound Oriol Tarrago, Spain&USA, Horror
The sound completes the image, creating the tension specific to the horror films, and here the overlap of the two elements is perfect.
- Best editing
Cristiano/Christian, directed by Adán Pichardo, editing by Marta Barrios, Spain, Comedy
The editing of this short film manages to link together sequences with different rhythms, in a fluid and attractive cinematic composition, making a comedy with a less than amusing subject.
- Jury Award
Monsters, directed by Frank Tremblay, Canada, Drama
For a movie that shows how overprotecting parents can ruin lives
- Persona Association Award
Point d’orgue, directed by Benoît Ouellet, Canada, Action
For a film that proves with certainty that art transforms hatred into love, anger into joy and has the power to unite people.
- Best actor
Luca Massaro from Holy Son, regia Aliosha Massine, Italy, Drama
A certain type of character suits better each actor; but here we’ve met a wonderful actor, who covers with a fantastic talent sadness, worry, anger and then joy and ecstasy, managing to cover the whole range of emotions, with cohesive and credible acting.
- Best Director
Sergueï, directed by Lucas Fabiani, France, Drama
For the realism, on the screen, of a situation as true as it is incredible… And unfortunately, very contemporary. For the invitation it sends to the viewers for a moment of reflection on hatred, regardless of the reasons for it: nationality, social affiliation, religious beliefs, political class, sexual inclination.
- Audience Award
The Inheritance, directed by Marian Fărcuț, Romania, 2021.
13. Press Award
The Press Award ClujShorts 2022 is awarded ex aequo to two short films that discuss about suicide using humor.
The movies are Fine particles, director Grégory Robin, France and My friend, director Michaël Bier and Hervé Piron, Belgium.
Fine particles has a wise, full of sense view over life and it tells us that it becomes precious when we are about to loose it. The short film is edgy and full of mistry, we don’t know the characters and their motivations, very similar to real life. Another great quality of the film is its length: it’s a very short and condensed film with an excellent soundtrack.
We liked My friend for the way it treats the alienation of modern people, the way it shows us people need to look for friends in the metavers and the way it teaches us that in life, when we fake certain feelings, even if we pretend, we start feeling those feelings.
- ClujShorts Trophy 2022
On my way, directed by Bertrand Basset, France, Drama
For a film that deals with a subject on the verge of morality. For the sensitive way in which it approaches family relationships and especially the passing into non-existence… or into the eternity.
- Best of 10 ClujShorts Trophy
Campion/Champion, directed by Mans Berthas, Sweden
It was the audience vote.