Cannes AWARDS
First Edition
Best Narrative Feature:
TRAPPED / Y SI FUERAS TÚ
Director: HUGO CARRILLO BRUMBAUGH
Best Director:
All blood runs red
Director: Paul Mignot
Best Narrative Short:
Deathmate
Director: Luca Di Paolo
Best Script
Deathmate
Writer: Luca Di Paolo
Best Documentary Feature:
AULCIE
Director: DANI MENKIN
Best Documentary short:
Madan Sara Documentary
Director: Etant Dupain
Best Animation:
The Cat
Director: Mary Apick
Best Experimental:
Pause
Director: Narelle benjamin
Best Cinematography:
All blood runs red
Cinematographer: Eric Dumont
Best Editor:
All blood runs red
editor: Tao Delport
Best Actress:
Blu Yoshimi
(Deathmate)
Best Actor:
Rocco Fasano
(Deathmate)
Best Unproduced script:
Ghostapus
Writer: Lisa Hammer
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web:
doin' great Web Series
Director: Jake Diamond
Best Student Film:
Tribute to Arthur
Director: Usha Sharma
Best Horror:
Dreamer's Journey
Director: Mitchell Branget
Best trailer
Dreamer's Journey
Best Music Video:
Super Futur / Message
Director: Peregrine Mccaffert
Best First Time Filmmaker:
Climb
Director: Neil Myers
Best Female Filmmaker:
Mary Apick
(The Cat)
Best Thriller
Honorable Sins
Director: Susan Thomas
Best Producer
You can't (Kan't) always get what you want
Producers: Eduardo Arroyuelo.
Mate Zuniga.
Best Independent Film
Zu den Sternen
Director: Nicolai Tegeler
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Second Edition
Best Narrative Feature
Best Producer
The Ravine
Director: Keoni Waxman
Best Director
On a white horse
Director: Cezary HÅ‚adki
Best Narrative Short
On a white horse
Director: Cezary HÅ‚adki
Best Script
Unforgettable
Writer: Junki Tachibana
Best Documentary Feature
Postcard
Director: Asmae ELMOUDIR
Best Documentary short
They Call Me Dax
Director: Patrick Alcedo
Best Animation
SHIFT
Director: Zach Fenlon
Best Experimental
The Death of An Artist
Director: Songhuan Li
Best Cinematography
Pat Walsh The Life And Legacy Of An Irish Revolutionary
DOP: Michael Benson, Michael Duggan
Best Editor
The Ravine
editor: Trevor Mirosh
Best Actress
Anouck Stephan
(Tom's marbles)
Best Actor
Axel Bianchi
(Tom's marbles)
Best Unproduced script
Blue Daisy
Writer: Linda Wong
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
The Madams
Director: Meredith Yinger
Best Student Film
As if underwater
Director: ANTHI DAOUTAKI
Best Horror
The One
Director: Yu Liu
Best trailer
The Ravine
Best Music Video
Holler Down To Your Girl
Best First Time Filmmaker
Fib the truth
Director: OLGA AKATYEVA
Best Female Filmmaker
OLGA AKATYEVA
For: Fib the truth
Best Science Fiction
Just Another Dream
Director: Paul Schneider
Best Thriller
Chapter Two
Director: Claudia Bento
Glenn Smith
Best Comedy
Do It Yerself Dewey/Sweet on Dewey S1 E9
Directors: Bobby Adams, Bryan Ashford
Best Independent Film
The Ditch
Director: Kim Saarinen, P.J. Piippo
Best Composer
Evanthia Reboutsika
for: The Unlost Homeland
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Third Edition
Best Documentary Feature
THE DAKINI CODE-"Lotus-Born Master and the Event Horizon"
Dir: Laurence Brahm
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Best Documentary short
THE PEACERUNNER - Keep Clean and Run for Peace
Dir: Diego Zicchetti
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Best Narrative Short
Beautiful Moment
Dir: Berkan DörtkardeÅŸ
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Best Director
Roses are Blind
Dir: Gui Agustini
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Best Female Filmmaker
AMERICAN CHERRY
Dir: MARCELLA CYTRYNOWICZ
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Best Experimental
Switch
Dirs: Desiree Faust, Stefana D. Brancastle
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Best Science Fiction
Voices
Dir: Jake Hart
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Best Horror
BINDER
Dir: Rick Clifton
Best Producer
Second Story
Dir: Michael W. Dodge
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Best Actress
Christina Julie Breza
For: Roses are Blind
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Best Actor
Andy Barreca
for: TRIANGLE
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Best Cinematography:
THE DAKINI CODE-"Lotus-Born Master and the Event Horizon"
Cinematographer: Dou Yan
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Best Editor:
THE DAKINI CODE-"Lotus-Born Master and the Event Horizon"
Editor: Zhang Jian
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Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Stephie With A Why
Dir: Mirra Kardonne
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Best Comedy
Pic(k) me
Dir: Simone Edelmann
Best Student Film
The Netherworld
Dir: Yulin Dai
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Best Music Video
Pray for our planet
Dir: Robert Reed Altman
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Best Thriller
Roses are Blind
Dir: Gui Agustini
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Best script and Unproduced script
Little Things Mean a Lot
Writer: Michael Monteith
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Best First Time Filmmaker
Come Outside
Dir: Sheldon Woodson
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Best Independent Film
TRIANGLE
Dir: Cataldo De Palma
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Fourth Edition
Best Documentary Feature
Bringing Assad To Justice
Dir: RONAN TYNAN
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Honorable Mention Documentary Feature
Angels on Call
Dir: Roberta Anne Staley
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Best Narrative Short
Shut Up
Dir: Leonard Grobien
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Best Documentary short
Abel Cuerda - The Colour Painter
Dir: Juan Antonio Moreno
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Best Director
Best Student Film
Best Female Filmmaker
By the River
Dir: Agata Korycka
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Best Comedy
My Wacko Parents
Dir: Tina Adams
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Best Experimental
YELLOW
Dirs: Magali GAUDOU, José SALAZAR
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Best Animation
Ruby & Roach
Dir: Erentia Bedeker
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Best Science Fiction
Elemental
Dir: Bobby Brodney
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Best Cinematography
Shut Up
DOP: David Haas
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Best Editor
My Wacko Parents
Editor: Malcolm St-Pierre
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Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Look In My Eyes Feature
Dirs: Eddie Baca, Perry Dell'Aquila
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Best Independent Film
The tie that binds us
Dir: Pélagie Serge POYOTTE
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Best Actress
Anna Gorajska
For: By the River
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Honorable Mention Actress
Aleksandra Pisula
For: By the River
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Best Actor
Mark Field
For: On-Off Licence
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Best Music Video
Juliet
Dir: Rik Zak
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Best First Time Filmmaker
TRAPP/E.D
Dir: Therese Gotlib
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Best Thriller
Project Gemini
Dir: Isaiah Andrés Galarza
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Best Composer
Przemyslaw Ksiazek
For: By the River
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Best Trailer
The Brazilian Templars Mystery
Dirs: Next Anyextee, Neil Cabana
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Best Unproduced script
Perry
Writer: RJ Watson
Fifth Edition
Announced on November 7th, 2021
Best Narrative Feature
8:37 REBIRTH
Director: Juanita Peters
Best Documentary Feature
Confiné
Director: Jérôme Binette
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Best Narrative Short & Best Director & Best Script
Man Of The Harvest
Directors: Luther Clayton, Orion Eshel
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Best Documentary short
I'm Not an Indian
Director: RJ Maloney
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Best Experimental
Laterlands
Director: Benedikte Esperi
Best Horror
Death Link
Director: David Lipper
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Best Independent Film
LXI (61)
Director: Rodrigo Moreno del Valle
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Best Female Filmmaker
When will it happen
Director: Olga Amol
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Best First Time Filmmaker
You Can Kiss Me
Director: Jan Jalenak
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Best Producer
Nata Samrat
Producers: Sukumar Boreddy, Sindhu Reddy
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Best Cinematography
8:37 REBIRTH
DOP: Jeff Wheaton
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Best Actress
Brandi Nicole Wilson
For: You Can Kiss Me
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Best Actor
Donghyuk Sun
For: A Song For My Dear
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Best Student Film
Everything I Never Said
Director: Nahyr Galaz Ruiz
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Best Comedy
Frozen Stupid2:Open Water
Director: Rich Brauer
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Best Music Video
Vajra "Maya"
Directors: Annamaria Pinna, Dave Sussman
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Best Trailer
Man Of The Harvest
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Best Composer
Man Of The Harvest
Music: Maya Belsitzman, Matan Ephrat
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Best Unproduced script
Khalid - A Champion For All
Writer: Bo Svenson
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Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Lipstick Traces
Director: Mick Lexington
Sixth Edition
Best Narrative Feature
Paragon
Director: Michael Kumar
Best Narrative Short
Best Director
Best Script
10-56
Director: Jason Winn
Writer : Philip Tan
Best Documentary short
Overweight
Director: Alan J Chriest
Best Experimental
Avian Omens
Director: Susan June Felter
Best Independent Film
TRIP TO THE TAX PARADISE - RUMBO AL PARAISO FISCAL
Director: Antonio Bellido Marín
Best Female Filmmaker
DAHLIA WHITE
Director: Alison Moir
Best First Time Filmmaker
Maid
Director: Melanie V. Mendez Munden
Best Music Video
Erin Hill: Eleanor Rigby
Director: Erin Hill
Best Trailer
DAHLIA WHITE
Best Science Fiction
No Escape
Director: Randy Sage
Best Animation
Gaslight
Directors: Kristen Yuan, Mild Kamolluck Niamkongkit
Best Horror
Just a Prick
Directors: Michelle Nessk, Tonjia Atomic
Best Comedy
A Killer Secret
Director: Bettina Bresnan
Best Cinematography
10-56
DOP: Bradley Hayes
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
SLA
Director: William Korb
Best Actor
Trent Buxton
For: Paragon
Best Actress
Vickie Eng
For: 10-56
Best Unproduced script
Cold War Charlie
Writer: Cheryl Gallegos
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Seventh Edition
Feb, 2022
Best Narrative Feature & Best Script
Connecting Flights
Directed by Gilbert Allan
Written by Jesse Ardern
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Best Documentary Feature
Still Suffering
Directed by Diana Puzikova
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Best Narrative Short & Best Director
Almond Wood
Directed by James Frost
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Best Documentary short
Send Nudes
Directed by Jonny Kapps
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Best Experimental
rEvolve
Directed by Nancy Black
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Best Animation
I am the Warrior
Directed by Tara Audibert
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Best Cinematography
An Eye for An Eye
Director of Photography: Kun Wang
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Best Student Film
An Eye for An Eye
Directed by Phoenix Shi
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Best Actor
Deimon Slagg
For: Connecting Flights
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Best Actress
Shanti Harris
For: The First Dance
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Best Thriller
CAWDOR STREET THANES
Directed by Jermaine Foster
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Best First Time Filmmaker
Our Hearts Aren't Disabled
Directed by Josh Dunn, Orit Shimoni
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Best Independent Film
Open Ticket
Directed by Vivek Beergunnot
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Best Trailer
After Masks
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Best Comedy
Love Affair in the Afternoon
Directed by Katsuhide Yamago
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Best Composer
Connecting Flights
Music: Jared Evans
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Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Cray
Directed by Sonia Sawkar
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Best Music Video
Maybe in a Thousand Years
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Best Unproduced script
A SHOT FOR FREEDOM
Writer: GIUSEPPE DE VUONO
Best Female Filmmaker
Margins
Directed by Emanuela Boisbouvier
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8th Edition
March, 2022
Best Narrative Feature
Second Chances
Director: Rick Walker
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Best Documentary Feature
Cinema Beyond Borders
Director: Tania Raouf
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Best Narrative Short
Terms Of Engagement
Director: Phina Brooks
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Best Documentary short
High Flying Jade
Director: Katherine Sweetman
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Best Director
The Last Altruist
Director: Vance Crofoot
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Best Female Filmmaker
Left of Chopin
Director: Yoshino Takemoto
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Best First Time Filmmaker
Giri
Director: Petya Iossifova
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Best Independent Film
Third Act
Director: Doug Montoya
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Best Science Fiction
Las Parcas
Director: Ivan Mulero
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Best Comedy
Fowl Play
Director: Vance Allen Crofoot
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Best Script
Several of myself
Writers: Joaquim Haickel, Coi Belluzzo
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Best Experimental
Scenes, Overheard
Director: Parlour Collective
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Best Animation
ArtMinute1 – The perfect selfie
Directors: Asta Wellejus, Teddy Kristiansen
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Best Composer
Third Act
Music: Chris Walsh
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Best Cinematography
Second Chances
DOP: Justan Floyd
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Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Don't care to share
Director: Dekel Aizen
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Best Producer
Legends of Uzbek Dance
Producer: Sherzod Umarov
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Best Editor
OKAY! (The ASD Band Film)
Editor: Eva Dubovoy
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Best Actor
Basil Hoffmann
For: Third Act
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Best Actress
Allyson Cristofaro
For: Second Chances
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Best Unproduced script
WED THE DARK
Writer: Ken White
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Best Music Video
Dimitri & The Scarecrow x DJ Vadim - Posers
Directors: Dimitri D. Kwenda, Daniel Semulema
9th Edition
May, 2022
Best Narrative Feature - Best Director
The Psychology of Beauty
Directors: Savanna Crasto, Hayden Maher
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Best Narrative Short
The Shift
Director: Jade Tailor
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Best Documentary Feature
Brimming With Life
Director: Anthony Heffernan
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Best Documentary short
Kinship
Director: Alvin Mankuro
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Best Independent Film
I'LL GO TO HELL
Director: ISMAHANE LAHMAR
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Best Experimental
Hearts Survive
Director: Shawn Button
Best Animation
Teleportation
Director: susan Mey Lee Lim
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Best Science Fiction
69 houses
Director: Sam Herrai
Best Horror
Free Range
Director: Lindsei Barros
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Best Producer
STOYAN
Producers: Miguel Ángel Poveda Criado, Carlos Mestanza, Susana Hornos
Best Cinematography
Alder
DOP: NEIL OSEMAN
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Best Editor
Brimming With Life
Editor: Sasiporn Hunwong
Best Actress
Monique Rosario
For: Aamal
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Best Actor
John Savage
For: Eye for Eye
Best Script
Persuasion
Writer: Ruth Finnegan
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Best Unproduced script
JESSY
Writer: Sally Champlin
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Dog Moms
Director: Alyssa Poteet
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Best Comedy
F**K
Director: Joseph Rossi
Best Music Video
Chicago
Director: João Pombeiro
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Best Thriller
Bloody Romeo
Director: Mukesh Asopa
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Best First Time Filmmaker
Dangerous Creation
Director: Andrew Alden
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Best Composer
Aamal
Music: Etienne Bellon
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Best Female Filmmaker
The Daughter
Director: Sofia Novakova
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10th Edition
2022
Best Narrative Feature & Best Director
Harper
Director: Kate Bohan
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Best Documentary Feature & Best Cinematography
Precipice Herdsman
Director: Chen Xingchi
DOP: Chen Xingchi
Best Narrative Short
Club faust
Director: yoon-gi im
Best Documentary short
10 ROUNDS
Director: Jean-Christophe Gonon
Best First Time Filmmaker
REED
Director: Harrison Schaaf
Best Female Filmmaker
For You
Director: Samantha Burton
Best Experimental
Ancestral Land
Director: Gabriel Bissonnette
Best Animation
Me and My Winter Games-Perfect Holiday
Directors: Haoling Lee, Ming Zhong, Zhe Zhang, Liwen Wang
Best Horror
ALL
Director: Tony Wong
Best Science Fiction
SYSTEM
Director: Andre Whaley
Best Music Video
Dear Monster
Director: Karyn Lynn Bailey
Best Editor
For You
Editor: Josiah Sampson
Best Producer
Bully High
Producers: Therese Moncrief, Caroline Stella, Paul Hart-Wilden
Best Actress
Kayla Bohan
For: Harper
Best Actor
KC Deane
For: REED
Best Script
Duty
Writer: Anthony Ford
Best Unproduced script
THE SKIN OF A DOG
Writers: Linda Fejzaj Jaupaj, Spartak Pecani
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Angel Dust
Directors: Mark Hemstock, Chrystal Snow
Best Comedy
Indiana Baby
Director: Jennifer Martin Eliason
Best Composer
The Maestro
Director: Paul Spurrier
Best Independent Film
LUCA
Director: Gianluca Zoppa
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11th Edition
2022
Best Documentary Feature
Ice World
Director: Binying Qi
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Best Narrative Short
IL SABATO DEL VILLAGGIO
Director: GIUSEPPE CELESIA
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Best Director - Best Female Filmmaker
Candy Wrap
Director: Anastasia Mischenko
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Best Documentary short
Following the Thread
Director: Kathy Brew
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Best Animation
Ninety-five Senses
Directors: Jerusha Hess, Jared Hess
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Honorable Mention Animation
My Tiny Friends
Director: Jiyoung Park
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Best Producer
THE MANSION
Producer: Eric Ayala
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Best Cinematography
Candy Wrap
DOP: Alexey Morozov
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Best Composer
Ice World
Music: Tao Liu
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Best Script
MANO NERA (BLACK HAND)
Writers: Samantha Caprio-Negret, Richard Price Sorin
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Best Unproduced script
Dancing In The Rain
Writers: Ben Peters, Magalie Langrais
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Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Detangling The South Episode 1: New Orleans
Director: Damien D Smith
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Best Comedy
MAJOR FARTUNESCU AND THE MISADVENTURES OF DEPARTMENT 13
Director: Yuri Stytskovsky
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Best Student Film
Disgruntled
Director: Bryanna Vachon
Best Music Video
Fantasise
Director: susan mey lee Lim
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Best Independent Film
Portraits of Youth
Directors: Niya Aleksandrova, Dimitar Gochev
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12th Edition
2022
Best Producer & Best Documentary Feature
Our Triumphant Holy Day
Dir: Greg Di Roma
Best Narrative Short
Chrysalis
Dir: Kate Donnelly
Best Documentary short
Water Celery
Dir: Yu So-young
Best Experimental
LOTUS BORN MASTER: The Algorithm of Karma
Dir: Laurence Brahm
Best Music Video
In Love We Trust
Dir: Bruno Taniguchi
Best Animation
Brave Boys
Dir: Tony Hongtai
Best Composer
All
Music: Karen Homayoni
Best Director
Schrödinger's Box
Dir: Emir Gaunjie
Best First Time Filmmaker
11:11
Dir: Lisa Singletary
Best Female Filmmaker
The Gift
Dir: Zara Faraji
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
My neighbour
Dir: Alan Tanz
Best Script / Unproduced script
Unspeakable
Writers: Wayne Egon Christensen, Leroy Stringer, Jr.
Best Actress
Susannah Laing
For: Chrysalis
Best Cinematography
The Gift
DOP: Jamel Bones
Best Editor
Killing Poet
Editor: Ray Shaw
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13th Edition
2023
Best Narrative Feature & Best Debut Feature
The Lovers
Director: Adam Jones
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Best Documentary Feature
Partings And Landings
Director: Kardash Onnig
Best Narrative Short - Best Director
Lone Rider
Director: Robert J Morgalo
Best Female Filmmaker
Deep Tissue
Director: Manya Glassman
Best Cinematography
Lone Rider
DOP: Rhonny Tufino
Best Composer
The Long Hollywood Night
Music: Etienne Bellon
Best Experimental
VENICE - the things of a love
Director: mario roccato
Best Animation
Long Road
Director: Vel Mongroue
Best Thriller
Pros and Cons
Director: Robert Vassie
Best script/Unproduced script
Hell's End
Writer: Walter Hochbrueckner
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
My Crazy Neighbour
Director: Ferie Kohpayeh
Best Comedy
Nobody is here
Director: Miguel Lopez
Best Independent Film
The Magic City
Director: Corna Robert
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14th Edition
2023
Best Narrative Feature
Bare Foot in Cave
Dir: Vel Sanches
Best Narrative Short
Two Dancers One Love
Dir: Denise Blasor
Best Documentary short
Happy
Dir: Ivan Rodin
Best Documentary Feature
Zuri's Pride
Dir: Mark Hadley
Best First Time Filmmaker
"Abortion" My Body -My Choice
Dir: Shubhra Basu Aich
Best Actress
Katrina Syran
For: Ellida
Best Independent Film
Best Thriller
Dissociating Vulnerability
Dir: Nobuo Nakagawa
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Cerebrum: The Tulsa Murders (Pilot)
Dir: Katherine J. Espin
Best Cinematography
Ellida
DOP: James Ian Gray
Best Female Filmmaker
Ukraine War , the eyes of refugees
Dir: Olivia M. Pfaff
Best Experimental
WOMAN
Dir: Lillian Carter
Best Animation
Saudade
Dir: Alfredo Dias Gomes
Best Script
Best Director
The Red Ribbon
Dir: Andy Marrari
Writer: Edda Valentini
Best Unproduced script
I'm Sorry
Writer: Mark D Hadley
Best Composer
Deep Breath
Music: Karen Kirril
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15th Edition
2023
Best Documentary Feature
To all the man-babes out there
Directors: Edvin Nathanael Erixzon, Kim Vehmanen
Best Narrative Short
Wedding Cake
Director:Larissa Loeffler
Best Documentary short
Inventing The Helix
Director: Tom Dyer
Best Experimental
Drawing in the sky
Director: Shoko Ito
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Hunt
Dop & Director: Tommy H. Jackson
Best Music Video - Best Producer
Drømmen
Director & Producer: Joergen Erik Assentoft
Best Editor
Meaningful
Editor: Ray Shaw
Best Script
The Pickleball Killer
Writer: Jim Carroll
Best Unproduced script
Winnie & Clyde
Writer: Matthew Rafferty
Best Student Film
Forgetting Chloe
Director: Maiqi Zuo
Best First Time Filmmaker
RASHAD
Director: Dur Ahmed Jamjoom
Best Female Filmmaker
Ramona At Midlife
Director: Brooke Berman
Best Independent Film
You Should Have Killed Me
Director: Michael James Minard
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