Best Documentary (Narrative)
Storks is an intimate short documentary about a Ukrainian mother striving to keep her daughter’s roots alive after finding refuge in rural Northern Ireland. As they adapt to a new life far from home, the mother brings her daughter back to Ukraine during school holidays — at Easter and Christmas — to reconnect with their language, traditions, and the land that shaped them. Through tender family moments and symbolic imagery, the film reflects on belonging, memory, and the fragile thread that links generations — a thread that can easily break for immigrant children if not carefully nurtured.