Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovsky won the award in the Free Spirit competition for the Slovak/Czech coproduction Koza. A Croatian coproduction with Iceland and Denmark, Sparrows directed by Runar Runnarsson, won the competition of first and second films.
The awards were announced on 17 October 2015 and the festival concluded on 18 October.
The complete list of winners follows:
International Competition
Warsaw Grand Prix
Neon Bull (Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands)
Directed by Gabriel Mascaro
Best Director
Rodrigo Pla
A Monster with a Thousand Heads (Mexico)
Special Jury Award
Jana Ruly
A Monster with a Thousand Heads (Mexico)
1-2 Competition
Best Film
Sparrows (Iceland, Denmark, Croatia)
Directed by Runar Runarsson
Produced by MP Film Production
Supported by HAVC.
Special Mention
Keeper (Belgium, Switzerland, France)
Directed by Guillaume Senez
Free Spirit Competition Award
Koza (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Ivan Ostrochovsky
Produced by sentimentalfilm and endorfilm
Coproduced by Czech Television, RTVS and Punkchart Films
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the Czech Film Fund
Best Documentary
A Flickering Truth (New Zealand)
Directed by Pietra Brettkelly
Short Grand Prix
The Tennants (Poland)
Directed by Klara Kochanska
Best Animated Short
Go to City Ele (China)
Directed by Wenyu Li
Best Live Action Short
Goodbye (Bulgaria)
Directed by Yordan Petkov, Eddy Schwartz
Best Documentary Short
Lebanon Wins the World Cup (Lebanon/USA)
Directed by Tony ElKhoury, Anthony Lappe
FIPRESCI Award
Motherland (Turkey, Greece)
Directed by Senem Tuzen
Ecumenical Jury Award
The Idol (UK, Palestine, Qatar, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates)
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad
NETPAC Award
Motherland (Turkey, Greece)
Directed by Senem Tuzen
