Awards

Tromsø International Film Festival awards eight film prizes every year at the closing ceremony. Seven separate juries are at work during the festival week, before making their verdicts. And the festival audience vote for their favourite for the Tromsø Audience Award.

From the closing ceremony in 2020
Photo: Mats Gangvik

The Aurora Prize

TIFF's main prize goes to the best film in the Competition Program.

FIPRESCI

The international critics' prize, awarded by Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique.

Don Quixote

The Don Quixote Prize is awarded by FICC (Federation internationale des cine-clubs).

Den norske fredsfilmprisen (NoPFA)

The prize is given to a film spotlighting direct, structural or cultural violence, and which in a creative way contributes to a deeper understanding of conflicts and violence.

The Tromsø Palm - Shorts

The Tromsø Palm - Shorts is awarded to the best short film (under 60 minutes) in the sidebar Films from the North.

The Tromsø Palm - Features

The prize is awarded to the best feature length film in the Films from the North competition.

The Tromsø Audience Award

TIFF is first and foremost an audience festival, and the Tromsø Audience Award is the festival audience's own award.

The Faith in Film Award

The award goes to a film which engages and stimulates to reflection and critical thinking about religion’s place in society and in people’s lives.