AFIN 2022

Wrapped

106 recognised films. 21 countries. 24 awards. 33h 27m of cinema. The story of AFIN 2022.

See the 2022 results

By the numbers

The year, measured

24 awards presented across 24 categories

15 winning films took home a trophy

21 countries represented on screen

33h 27m of cinema 88 of 106 films timed

AFIN 2022 recorded its 106 recognised works - the winners and nominees. "Awards presented" counts the 24 categories judged, the figure that stays comparable across all seven editions.

Still from Anima Possession, AFIN 2022. — AFIN 2022 on screen

The standout

Anima Possession

Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Student Film
Best Supporting Actress
Best Director

A pair of lovers, one of whom is a humanoid, go to a robot repair shop hoping to have their relationship mended by the mechanic. On his advice, the human owner Jackie agrees to an irreversible upgrade for Tammy, her humanoid soulmate. However, the results are not as expected. Tammy meets Anima, a fellow humanoid, setting in motion a series of events in a tango between the intangible sense of love, the harsh reality of possession, and the price of independence. ANIMA POSSESSION is an intricate and delicate short which explores human-on-human, human-on-humanoid, and humanoid-on-humanoid love relationships and what it means to be soulmates.

From the Judges

A science fiction story about cyborgs and the tangled ways people love the things they make, this short builds its world almost entirely without dialogue. Its production design and editing carry the telling, and the pacing and sound draw you into another place from the opening moments. The panel found the performances mesmerising and the film's take on our relationship with artificial minds a genuinely novel one.

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