Bipolar (China) by Queena Li was awarded as best film in the Free Spirit Competition.

“For me, it's a dreams-come-true edition. For the opening, we had my favourite film of 2021, Captain Volkonogov Escaped by Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov. The closing film was Women Do Cry by two directors I love, Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova from Bulgaria. Among our guests we have Oleg Sentsov, who was released from prison in Russia after a long campaign we took part in.

We managed to invite some guests from Belarus. We gathered a couple dozen world and international and European premieres in our lineup. And, last but not least, it was a proper edition – in cinemas, with audiences and international filmmakers, who came to Warsaw not just from the EU, but also from Asia, Africa and both Americas”, Stefan Laudyn, Warsaw Film Festival's director, said in a statement.

WINNERS:

International Competition:

Grand Prix:
Miracle / Miracol (Romania, Czech Republic, Latvia)
Directed by Bogdan George Apetri
Produced by The East Company Productions
Coproduced by Cineart TV Prague, Tasse Film
Supported by the Czech Film Fund

Best Director:
Rodrigo Plá, Laura Santullo for The Other Tom / El otro Tom (Mexico)

Special Jury Award:
YT (Russia)
Directed by Dmitry Davydov, Steoan Burnashev

Special Mention:
The Albanian Virgin / Virgjëresha Shqiptare (Germany, Belgium, Albania, Kosovo)
Directed by Bujar Alimani

1-2 Competition:

Best Film:
Hive / Zgjoi (Kosovo, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania)
Directed by Blerta Basholli
Produced by Industria Film
Coproduced by Iköne Studio, Alva Film, Alb Sky Film Production, Black Cat Production
Supported by the Kosovan Cinematographic Center (KCC), the Switzerland Federal Office for Culture FOC and Cineforom, the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Albanian National Center of Cinematography

Special Mention:
Cinema Sabaya (Israel, Belgium)
Directed by Orit Fouks Rotem
 
Free Spirit Competition:

Best Film:
Bipolar / 只是一次偶然的旅行 (China)
Directed by Queena Li

Special Mention:
I'm an Electric Lampshade (USA)
Directed by John Clayton Doyle
 
The Crossing / La Traversée (France, Czech Republic, Germany)
Directed by Florence Miailhe
Produced by Les films de l’Arlequin
Coproduced by Balance Film, MAUR film, ARTE France

Documentary Competition:

Best Film:
When Flowers Are Not Silent / Gdy kwiaty nie milczą (Poland)
Directed by Andrei Kutsila

Special Mention:
Closing Words / Les mots de la fin (Belgium)
Directed by Gaëlle Hardy, Agnès Lejeune
 
The Return: Life after ISIS (Spain, UK)
Directed by Alba Sotorra Clua
 
Ecumenical Jury Award:

Best Film:
The Albanian Virgin / Virgjëresha Shqiptare (Germany, Belgium, Albania, Kosovo)
Directed by Bujar Alimani

Special Mention:
Ring Wandering / リング・ワンダリング  (Japan)
Directed by Masakazu Kaneko
 
FIPRESCI Award:
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar / Luaneshat e kodrës (Kosovo, France)
Directed by Luàna Bajrami

Young FIPRESCI Award:
In Limbo / Mezhsezon'e (Russia)
Directed by Alexander Hant
 
NETPAC:

NETPAC Award:
Cinema Sabaya (Israel, Belgium)
Directed by Orit Fokus Rotem
 
NETPAC Special Mention:
YT (Russia)
Directed by Dmitry Davydov, Steoan Burnashev
 
Short Film Competition:

Short Grand Prix:
Censor of Dreams (France)
Directed by Raphaël Rodriguez
 
Best Live Action Short:
Culling (UK)
Directed by Matty Crawford
 
Best Animated Short:
Seine's Tears / Les larmes de la Seine (France)
Directed by Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur
 
Best Documentary Short:
Limousine (Lithuania)
Directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė
 
Special Mention:
Yoruga (Colombia)
Directed by Federico Torrado