TIFF
MOVIE OF THE MONTH
DECEMBER 2021
CATEGORY: AMATEUR FILM
WINNER
Chapters
Directed by Pinaki Mondal
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The escape of the century
Directed by Jacques MICKE
France
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CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS
WINNER
know how to love oneself human
Directed by GERALDINE Gée
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
16 Cherubs
Directed by William J Thinnes
United States
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A Conclusion
Directed by Sreemon Das
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
BomPaPa (text)
Directed by annika Maria Udo Winther
Norway
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR
WINNER
The Omnipresent Goddess
Acted by Budhaditya Bandyopadhyay
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Naradhama
Acted by Ajay Nenasam
India
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Tricksters
Acted by Nag Vishal
United Kingdom
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Available Position
Acted by UMUT ULAS ER
Turkey
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS
WINNER
Boxes
Acted by Kat Kemmet
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Omnipresent Goddess
Acted by Subhasree Bose
India
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The Puzzle
Acted by Cachito Noguera
Italy
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CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
Naradhama
Cinematography by Nitin Anjanappa
India
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CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER
The Puzzle
Directed by Davide Melini
Italy
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Before or After
Directed by Surender Singh
United States
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Available Position
Directed by UMUT ULAS ER
Turkey
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Not To Forget
Directed by Valerio Zanoli
United States
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GENOCIDIUM
Directed by Alexandre David Lejuez
France
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Tricksters
Directed by Ashwin Mohan
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: BEST EDITING
WINNER
Naradhama
Edited by Srikanth
India
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CATEGORY: BEST FILM SCORE – SOUNDTRACK
WINNER
Daughter of the wind
Scored by Dongmyeong KIM
South Korea
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Naradhama
Scored by Rithvik Murlidhar
India
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CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER
WINNER
Not all answers are found in Google
Produced by Ananth Tharmalingam
Canada
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Tricksters
Produced by Rochna Kumar
United Kingdom
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The Puzzle
Produced by Davide Melini & Ezekiel Montes
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CATEGORY: BEST SOUND DESIGNING
WINNER
Naradhama
Sound designing by Naveen Kumar
India
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CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER
The Puzzle
Acted by Alessandro Fornari
Italy
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Omnipresent Goddess
Acted by Boidurjo Bandyopadhyay
India
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CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER
The Omnipresent Goddess
Acted by Mrinalini Mukherjee
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Boxes
Acted by Megan Raitano
United States
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CATEGORY: COMEDY SHORT
WINNER
Love Affair in the Afternoon
Directed by Katsuhide Yamago
Japan
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CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL / ADVERTISEMENT
WINNER
Subscribe
Directed by kenny hotz
Canada
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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
BADSHAHAT KA KHATMA
Directed by Anurag Baban Singh, Shivam Surendra Singh
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Naradhama
Directed by Lohith Jayanna
India
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Deadly Thoughts
Directed by Omar Cook, Adonis Armstrong
United States
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Prarombho – The Beginning
Directed by Amitava Datta
India
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Say It Thrice
Directed by Kautuk Saksena
India
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS
WINNER
My language is my identity
Directed by Süleyman Özdemir
Belgium
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Too Much Future
Directed by Jaron Kühmstedt.
Germany
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The Avatar Tribune Issue One
Directed by Hinano Reia, Nicolas Servais
United Kingdom
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Manipuri Dance and Creation – experiences
Directed by Hinano Reia, Nicolas Servais
United Kingdom
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Manipuri Dance and Creation – experiences
Directed by Siegfried Forster, Angela Sofia Sterzer
France
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Aceh does not believe in tears…
Directed by Mansor bin Puteh
Malaysia
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A Communist, the Scam
Directed by BIRAT ROY CHOUDHURY
India
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Future in prophecies
Directed by Shihyun Wang
United States
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Zenerù
Directed by Andrea Grasselli
Italy
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The Knife Maker
Directed by olaf Crato
Not Specified
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Something Ain’t Right
Directed by Susan Ruth Downs, MD, Alex Voss
United States
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The Covid Lessons
Directed by Shihyun Wang
United States
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Ma
Directed by Nirmalya Majumder
India
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Songs of Beggar Folk Artist
Directed by Dhananjoy Mandal
India
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CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM
WINNER
Something Ain’t Right
Directed by Susan Ruth Downs, MD, Alex Voss
United States
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CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
WINNER
Josef is in the Stable
Directed by Sonja Toepfer
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Humanoid
Directed by Adnan Taque
India
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THE DAY HAROLD TURNED LEFT
Directed by Joshua W Scott
United States
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Say It Thrice
Directed by Kautuk Saksena
India
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NEW MOON
Directed by José Julián Vacas
Spain
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Particle magic
Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States
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95 Days
Directed by Leslie Streit
United States
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Lady Of Light
Directed by Adam Scarborough
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“All Work, All Play”
Directed by Dan Libman
Canada
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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
Violent Delights
Written by Christan van Slyke
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Apple Fritter
Written by Vincent Edwards, Serenity Speaks
United States
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Efa
Written by Ian Davies
United Kingdom
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Forever Young
Written by Michael Thomas Holliday
United States
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Cochise Emergency
Written by Leonard Jack Meenach
Australia
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Forget New York
Written by andrea Careri
United States
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Wild Game
Written by Max Sparber, Coco Mault
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The English Priest
Written by Amin Karim
Canada
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Bernard
Written by Raven Angeline Whisnant
United States
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CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE
WINNER
Ersis
Directed by GEORGIOS DIMITROPOULOS
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pond Life
Directed by Dean Sills, Rebecca Sills
United Kingdom
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the thirsty bird
Directed by onkar dattatray dhage
India
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Neighbird: A Documentary on Urban Wildlife
Directed by Manon Verchot, Sanshey Biswas
India
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95 Days
Directed by Leslie Streit
United States
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CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN
WINNER
Daughter of the wind
Directed by Dongmyeong KIM
South Korea
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Omnipresent Goddess
Directed by Budhaditya Bandyopadhyay
India
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Boxes
Directed by Kat Kemmet
United States
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Horse Heroes
Directed by John Badalamenti
United States
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CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION / GENRE FEATURE FILM
WINNER
The Puzzle
Directed by Davide Melini
Italy
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Inside
Directed by John Couper-Smartt
Australia
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CATEGORY: LGBT FILM
WINNER
Lefty
Directed by Nirav Brahmbhatt
India
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CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM
WINNER
RIVALS – THE ENEMY WITHIN ME
Directed by P KRISHNAKANTH
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Wanderer – The Short Film
Directed by Joseph N/A Antony
India
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Little Old
Directed by Basil Joseph
United States
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#meet_BelmontMansion_Tennessee
Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
We Should Do This Again
Directed by Glen Dunzweiler, Ken Newman
United States
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SONGS4U – JiDEO
Directed by John Du
Canada
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Aparna:Title Song
Directed by INDRANIL CHAKRABARTI
India
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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES
WINNER
Not To Forget
Directed by Valerio Zanoli
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Early Spring, Kyoto
Directed by Hiroshi Toda
Japan
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Shades of Day – New Director’s Cut
Directed by Vitaly Sumin
United States
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VEIL
Directed by RUPAM MALLICK, SHRAMANA CHAKRABORTY
India
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Regional exchange center, IRISO
Directed by Mitsuo Kurihara
Japan
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Say It Thrice
Directed by Kautuk Saksena
India
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A Song For My Dear
Directed by Chang Yeoul Lee
South Korea
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Daughter of the wind
Directed by Dongmyeong KIM
South Korea
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Adrift in Time
Directed by Alexander Hugo
United States
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The restless soul
Directed by Shihyun Wang
Taiwan
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CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHY
WINNER
Map of the World
Photograph by Daniel Corey
United States
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS
WINNER
Another Door Opens
Directed by Mariano Mattei, Fabian Farina, Elena Wilby
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TWICE IN A BLUE MOON (After Nokomis)
Directed by John Woodman
United Kingdom
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Everything is possible
Directed by Myratgeldi Mollayev
Turkmenistan
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Nobody is perfect
Directed by andrea Careri
United States
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Aphonia of Santo Domingo City
Directed by Juan José Namnún
Dominican Republic
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Parnetarr from Saurashtra ni Rasdhar
Directed by Bhrugesh Amin
India
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Hey Doll!
Directed by Saara Lamberg
Australia
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Available Position
Directed by UMUT ULAS ER
Turkey
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Naradhama
Directed by Lohith Jayanna
India
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The Neighbor
Directed by Michael Ringdal
Spain
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Sachin Live From Pune
Directed by Ganesh Devidas Kadam
India
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Akale (Far Away)
Directed by RAJESHKUMAR Gopalakrishnan
Singapore
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Un-Mirrored
Directed by Leonidas Stanescu
Singapore
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poker revenge
Directed by Didier METHIVIER
Spain
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So much to see – Lake Porovesi – Around the year
Directed by Pekka Juhani Honkakoski
Finland
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Dipa Is In Love With Everything Today
Directed by Shuvashis Sinha
Bangladesh
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SANKRAMAN
Directed by Rohit Vijay Bapat
India
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BADSHAHAT KA KHATMA
Directed by Anurag Baban Singh, Shivam Surendra Singh
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
RS750
Directed by Manthan Mese
India
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Before or After
Directed by Surender Singh
United States
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Songs Of The Day After
Directed by Barbara Glas
France
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Boxes
Directed by Kat Kemmet
United States
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SAINTS
Directed by Eslam Hozayen
United States
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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Lachhi- Dream Gives Strength to Live
Directed by Satish Baburao Dhutadmal
India
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My Town, My Rules Our Money
Directed by martin Michiels
Spain
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Tricksters
Directed by Ashwin Mohan
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT
WINNER
Karma
Written by Michael Ringdal
Norway
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Meeting You…
Written by Michael Ringdal
Norway
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Available Position
Written by UMUT ULAS ER
Turkey
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CATEGORY: SILENT FILM
WINNER
The Pawnshop – A Charlie Chaplin Tribute
Directed by John Fericano
United States
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CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS
WINNER
Tomorrow’s in a few hours
Directed by Jan Daniel
Czech Republic
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
<Isolation>
Directed by Junjie Hou
China
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CATEGORY: TELEVISION / PILOT PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER
Beyond The Lines
Directed by Rahul Chakraborty
United States
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CATEGORY: TRAILER/TEASER
WINNER
Max : Shadow of apocalypse
Directed by mr. Bouhaïk
France
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CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA
WINNER
Subscribe
Directed by kenny hotz
Canada
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CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILMS
WINNER
10 1/2 dates
Directed by Alexander Hugo Alvarez
United States
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Boxes
Directed by Kat Kemmet
United States
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CATEGORY: YOUNG FILMMAKER
WINNER
The Interrogation.
Directed by Carter Stoudt, Bryce Solly, Mirr
United States
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