In the short film competition, which features 38 movies, the jury, represented by Stephanie Görtz, Ana Hušman and Rasmus Merivoo has awarded the Grand Prix to Jan van IJken for Facing Animals.

From the Jury’s verdict: “People love them and pamper them. Simultaneously they torture them, kill them, eat them: Animals. The Dutch photographer and filmmaker Jan van Ijken transferred this fundamental schizophrenia of contemporary life in an absorbing and convincing way into film”.

Awards Split International festival of  new film 2012