"With its unrestrained and fiercely original visual language, this film opens a realm that is at once intimate and limitless. It does not simply tell a story; it invites us to shed our certainty and enter a state of becoming, returning to an origin shaped by earth, flesh, water, and memories of a netherworld. Its radiant colors, tactile surfaces, and floating rhythm refuse realism in favor of something more mysterious. Childhood, imagination, grief, and human tenderness dissolve into one another. Nature is never decoration; it is a living force, breathing through bodies, gestures, hair, wind, and silence. What emerges is both an inward crossing and a journey through the world: light, wild, and deeply moving. Between grandmother and grandson, courage, language, memory, and an ancient form of knowledge are conveyed without explanation. The jury admires the force of cinema at work here: Its unconventional storytelling; its powerful pair of protagonists; and its ability to make a distinct way of seeing the world tangible through spellbinding images. The award goes to HAIR, PAPER, WATER... "
