45 films from 17 countries participated in the 4th Film Olympiad Grand Prix.

The most successful film was “Skeleton of a Moth” (UK) by Emma Kay Smith, who won the Final against “Imaginary’s Eyes” (France) by Stéphane Parientitho.

“Skeleton of a Moth” won 6 Gold Medals, 1 Silver Medal and two more nominations. Emma Kay Smith is the first Female filmmaker after 4 Film Olympiad Grand Prix’s to win with her film in the categories of  Best Film, Best Documentary, Best Student Film and Best Screenplay.

“Skeleton of a Moth”, is also the first Animation film to win at the Best Film category, showing that the mixed competition of Short Fiction films, Documentary, Animation, Experimental and Music Videos promises huge excitements!

The films are initially divided in 9 groups of 5 films each, seeded according to the Jury’s initial evaluation ratings.

32 of them qualified to the knock – out stage. With only 5 knock-out wins, a film, becomes the Film Olympiad Grand Prix Gold Medalist.

Qualification to knock – out stage: 

a) Best three films from each group (27 films) b) Best rated 4th placed films (5 films)

Knock – out stage:

Films are seeded according to their group stage position and ratings to the knock – out bracket. There are 5 rounds (Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Finals) and in each round films are re-evaluated.