Every year, we hand out several Awards to celebrate the best director, the best feature film, the best short film, and the best student film. We also give out a special award to a personality whose accomplishments stand out in our genres. This year, we have new awards designed by Marc Heijmans.

BUTtest Feature Award

Awarded by the jury. Nominated films: 

13 Notes En Rouge (2022)

François Gaillard, France

2551.01 (2021)

Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Austria

Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes (2021)

Kevin Kopacka, Germany

Deer House, The (2022)

Kasper Juhl, Denmark

Dog - Apocalypse (2022)

Federico Alotto, Italy

Jacinto (2021)

Javi Camino, Spain

Pandemonic (2021)

Reinert Kiil, Norway

BUTtest Short Award

Awarded by the jury. Nominated films: 

Hard Times

Ibba Almanacs, USA

Mondo Domino

Suki, France

Part Forever

Alan Chung-An Ou, Taiwan

Welcome to Candy’s

Sabine Crossen, France

Bloody Beginner Award

Awarded by the BUTFF 2022 veteran organizers. Celebrating the upcoming BUT talent.

BUTtiful Acting Award

Awarded by the BUTFF 2022 veteran organizers. Formerly known as ‘the lifetime achievement award’ and ‘groundbreaker award’, this is our prize to honor the cinematographic achievements of our main guests.

BUTest Performance Award

Awarded by BUT’s poets & performance programmers Marijke Hooghwinkel and Nick J. Swarth.

BUT JURY 2022

Jury members to be announced.