Along with 10 other emblematic European festivals, the Brussels Short Film Festival launched in 2019 the first European Short Film Audience Award (ESFAA): a selection of the very best European short films of last year awarded with a national audience award.
The first competition involved 10 short films that had already won a national audience award at the following festivals:
- Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium)
- Short Waves Festival (Poland)
- Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival (Portugal)
- Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz Art (Ukraine)
- Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival Bristol (United-Kingdom)
- ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
- Interfilm International Film Festival Berlin (Germany)
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France)
- Tampere Film Festival (Finland)
- Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Since then, the 7th European Short Film Audience Award Competition includes the following festivals:
- Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium)
- Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival (Portugal)
- FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival (Slovenia)
- Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz Art (Ukraine)
- Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival (Germany)
- ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France)
- Tampere Film Festival (Finland)
- Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Netherlands)
ESFAA WINNERS:
1st ESFAA:
NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB by Yves Piat – France – 2018 – 27′ – Fiction (Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Audience Award)
The film received €3500 offered by the Representation of the European Commission in Belgium.
2nd ESFAA:
UNE SOEUR by Delphine Girard – Belgium – 2018 – 16’29 » – Fiction (Brussels Short Film Festival Audience Award)
The film received €3500 offered by the Brussels Short Film Festival.
3rd ESFAA:
CONFINES DEHORS by Julien Goudichaud – France – 2020– 24′ – Fiction (Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Audience Award)
The film received €3500 offered by the Brussels Short Film Festival.
4th ESFAA:
SPRÖTCH by Xavier Seron – Belgium – 2020– 19′ – Fiction (Brussels Short Film Festival Audience Award)
The film received €3500 offered by the ESFAA Network supported by Creative Europe Media.
5th ESFAA:
TONDEX 2000 by Jean-Baptiste Leonetti – France – 2023 – 28′ – Fiction (Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Audience Award)
The film received €3500 offered by the ESFAA Network supported by Creative Europe Media.
6th ESFAA:
THE MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES OF CLAUDE CONSEIL by Marie-Lola Terver, Paul Jousselin – France – 2023 – 24′ – Fiction (Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Audience Award)
The film received €3500 offered by the ESFAA Network supported by Creative Europe Media.