Jury Statement

Remarkable in both its craft and imagination, “God Is Shy” creates a world that completely envelops the viewer. It achieves something truly rare, confronting us with questions that are ultimately unanswerable - questions that lie at the very core of our existence. Rather than attempting to explain them, the film gives cinematic form to the seemingly unknowable, using the power of image and animation to express what words cannot. Profoundly cinematic, deeply moving, haunting, and unsettling, the film lingers long after it ends. Like its characters, who come face to face with an ultimate truth, we too leave transformed, having experienced something profoundly special. "God Is Shy" is a reminder of the true power of cinema: its unique ability to make us feel, reflect, and believe.

Marija Fridinovaite
Tota Alves