FILMS OF THE MONTH – MARCH 2021

TIFF

MOVIE OF THE MONTH

MARCH 2021

 

CATEGORY: AMATEUR FILM

WINNER

Daddy

Directed by Richard Sergeant

Papua New Guinea

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Golden Age

Directed by Seyfican Bilgiç

Turkey

Moving On

Directed by Philip Brocklehurst

United Kingdom

 

CATEGORY: Animated Films

WINNER

WAQT

Directed by Shailesh Acharekar

India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Elvis the Cartoon

Directed by Dean Sills

United Kingdom

Elvis the Cartoon

Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal

Argentina

The Longest Voyage

Directed by Manuel H.Martín

Spain

Pray

Directed by Joe Chang

Canada

 

CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR

WINNER

The Great Artist (Academy Award® Qualified)

Acted by matthew postlethwaite

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Veyil Vizhave

Acted by Mathew Mampra

India

Sunset in Winter

Acted by Kelley Lockman

United States

STAND UP! Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

Acted by Timo Jacobs

Germany

Wolves

Acted by Abe Alford

United States

THE SKEPTICAL MAN

Acted by shamba sankha Das

India

Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice

Acted by manuel alejandro vargas

United States

Hope In Hollywood

Acted by Shifran khan

India

Adam An Artist

Acted by Ginu Vaikath

Kuwait

Marupadi (The Reply)

Acted by Mohammed Salih

Kuwait

“Mixed Up”

Acted by sanjay kumar

United States

SINGULARITY

Acted by Siddhaarth Raghavan

India

Mr.White

Acted by Raghavendran

India

The Confined

Acted by Thomas J. O’Brien

United States

Under the Sun

Acted by Sam Puskas

United States

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

AMANDA (SheheitAlien)

Acted by Paco Maldonado

Spain

 

CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS

WINNER

Boring Shmoring

Acted by Sara Gacia

Spain

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

MIST

Acted by Audrey

Bahrain

Sunset in Winter

Acted by Kimberly Hamilton

United States

The Accomplice

Acted by Elisabeth Genillard

Singapore

Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte

Acted by Sai Godbole

India

 

CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

Sunset in Winter

Cinematography by Brady Holcomb

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

STAND UP! Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

Cinematography by Frank Schwaiger

Germany

Wolves

Cinematography by Abe Alford

United States

Mission Dulhan

Cinematography by Kush Dudeja

India

The Accomplice

Cinematography by Shawn Quek

Singapore

SINGULARITY

Cinematography by Goutham George

India

Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte

Cinematography by Janak Panchal

India

 

CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER

Crocodile

Directed by Caroline Wloka

Switzerland

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

SURRENDER

Directed by Shashidhar. BR

India

Sunset in Winter

Directed by Kelley Lockman

United States

Wolves

Directed by Abe Alford

United States

Manuel Alejandro Vargas

Directed by Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops

United States

Nisanga (Alone)

Directed by Koushik Datta

Singapore

Take The Chocolate

Directed by Dr Shahid Kamal

United Kingdom

The Accomplice

Directed by Shawn Quek

Singapore

Fill The Space (‘Sthalipooranam’)

Directed by Noushad Mohamed Kunju

India

SINGULARITY

Directed by Manish Balakrishnan

India

The Protocol

Directed by Avatâra Ayuso

United Kingdom

HOCUS FOCUS

Directed by Pravin Dodeja

India

TEBHAGA- THE SANGUINEOUS HARVEST

Directed by swarnayu Maitra

India

FIRASTYA (English meaning: The Peripatetic)

Directed by VITTHAL MACHINDRA BHOSALE

India

The Great Artist (Academy Award® Qualified)

Directed by Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri

United States

 CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

AMANDA (SheheitAlien)

Directed by MORENO FUENTES

Spain

Comical death

Directed by Andrew Parker

United Kingdom

 

CATEGORY: BEST EDITING

WINNER

Wolves

Edited by Abe Alford

United States

Route 4

Edited by Martina Chamrad

Germany

 

CATEGORY: BEST FILM SCORE

WINNER

The Accomplice

Film score by Shawn Quek

Singapore

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

STAND UP! Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

Film score by Timo Jacobs

Germany

SINGULARITY

Film score by Ron Ethan Yohann

India

Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte

Film score by Vikhyat Srivastava

India

HOCUS FOCUS

Film score by Aashish Rego

India

Under the Sun

Film score by Sam Puskas, David Puskas

United States

 

CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER

WINNER

Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops

Produced by Manuel Alejandro Vargas

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Sunset in Winter

Produced by Clayton Nix

United States

Create NYC

Produced by Sim Sagiroglu

United States

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

The Inside Talk

Produced by Parker Brothers

Not Specified

 

CATEGORY: BEST SOUND DESIGNING

WINNER

TEBHAGA- THE SANGUINEOUS HARVEST

Directed by Subhankar Chowdhury  Debashis Chakraborty palash Mondol

India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

HOCUS FOCUS

Directed by Pravin Dodeja

India

 

CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER

Sunset in Winter

Acted by Kelley Lockman

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Wolves

Acted by Abe Alford

United States

THE SKEPTICAL MAN

Acted by Debashis Chakraborty and Jagannath Biswas

India

 

CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER

Sunset in Winter

Acted by Kimberly Hamilton

United States

 

CATEGORY: COMEDY SHORT

WINNER

Millennial Jenny

Directed by Emmett Skilton

New Zealand

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Transgender Kenbie

Directed by Konrad Arnold

United States

Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops

Directed by Manuel Alejandro Vargas

United States

The Break Fast Track

Directed by Alex Gust

United States

 

CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL / ADVERTISEMENT

WINNER

Oxford Needs Homes with Oxford City Council and OCHL

Directed by Sharon Woodward

United Kingdom

 

CATEGORY: CRIME SHORT

WINNER

Mission Dulhan

Directed by Kush Dudeja

India

 

CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER

WINNER

United States

Directed by Masoud Ghotbi

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Wings of Butterfly

Directed by Ahsan Muzid

India

Sunset in Winter

Directed by Kelley Lockman

United States

Angels.

Directed by Keith Miller

United States

Memory

Directed by Maxim Chisnicean

Not Specified

Wolves

Directed by Abe Alford

United States

Take The Chocolate

Directed by Dr Shahid Kamal

United Kingdom

gong batu

Directed by Shouichi Iwamoto

Japan

The Miracle Storm

Directed by Amy Jacobson

United States

Scarlet

Directed by Lisa Ranran Hu

China

Daddy

Directed by Richard Sergeant

Papua New Guinea

SEMKHOR

Directed by AIMEE BARUAH

India


Under the Sun

Directed by Sam Puskas, David Puskas

United States

 

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS

WINNER

Mar

Directed by olaf crato

Portugal

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Twin Falls

Directed by Masoud Ghotbi

United States

Mohejo Daro – The Cradle of Civilization

Directed by Razaq Baloch, Adil Bizinjo

Pakistan

Harsukh

Directed by Alejandro Matrán

Spain

The Cost of Denial

Directed by Huw Christie

United States

SOCIAL BUSINESS

Directed by Amirul Arham

France

Traditional Indigenous Ways of Being

Directed by Ed Breeding

United States

Antemanha

Directed by Amirul Arham

France

The Miracle Storm

Directed by Amy Jacobson

United States

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Black Sand

Directed by Dr. Sohan Roy

India

Aney maqin

Directed by Daodang Duoji

China

Dwell In Possibility

Directed by Feng Li & Niffler Studios

China

 

CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM

WINNER

DZEMAKOU (LORDS OF THE FOREST )

Directed by NJUH LOUIS

Cameroon

 

CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

WINNER

The Accomplice

Directed by Shawn Quek

Singapore

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Angels.

Directed by Keith Miller

United States

Night Life

Directed by Matthew Garrison

United States

CUBAN QUEENS

Directed by Warren Bass

United States

When We Are Familiar Stranger, Close But Untouchable

Directed by Dong Jun

China

WHAT IF

Directed by Hao Zhenjia

China

Exchanging

Directed by Hiroshi Atobe

Japan

Never Die

Directed by Xue Song

China

… Lucid dreams

Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko

United States

HOCUS FOCUS

Directed by Pravin Dodeja

India

Visual Symphonies

Directed by Gabriel Olivares Pascual

Spain

PROSNO

Directed by Saikat Das

India

CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS

WINNER

Daddy

Directed by Richard Sergeant

Papua New Guinea

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Mom and Dad

Directed by Chen Peng

China

VELLAM KERATHA ARAKAL

Directed by S.N SUNIL KUMAR

United Arab Emirates

Take The Chocolate

Directed by Dr Shahid Kamal

United Kingdom

 

CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT

WINNER

The Way Home

Written by Ewa Stankiewicz

Poland

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Evergreen

Written by Walter Ignacio Mokriski

United States

Twin Curse: The Rise of Percupus

Written by Ranelle Golden

United States

Monarch

Written by Dbeorah Kelly

United States

In the Sack

Written by Arthur Tiersky

United States

FIRASTYA (English meaning: The Peripatetic)

Written by VITTHAL MACHINDRA BHOSALE

India

 

CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION

WINNER

Wolves

Directed by Abe Alford

United States

 

CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN

WINNER

Wings of Butterfly

Directed by Ahsan Muzid

India

 

CATEGORY: FILM/VIDEO POSTER

WINNER

Elvis the Cartoon

Directed by Dean Sills

United Kingdom

Sunset in Winter

Directed by Kelley Lockman

United States

 

CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE

WINNER

The Great Artist (Academy Award® Qualified)

Directed by Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri

United States

 

CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION / GENRE FEATURE FILM

WINNER

Tom and his Zombie Wife

Directed by Kevin Shorts

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: LGBT Film

WINNER

Lost for Words

Directed by         Elcid Asaei

United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

AMANDA (SheheitAlien)

Directed by MORENO FUENTES

Spain

Scarlet

Directed by Lisa Ranran Hu

China

Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte

Directed by Vikhyat Srivastava

India

Organic

Directed by Birina Chakravarty

India

CATEGORY: Mobile Film

WINNER

Adam An Artist

Directed by Anil Kizhakkadath

Kuwait

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Twin Falls

Directed by Masoud Ghotbi

United States

Dawn of Spectral Darkness

Directed by Leonidas Stanescu

Singapore

You Don’t Own Me

Directed by Jenell Diegor

Canada

Marupadi (The Reply)

Directed by Mohammed Salih

Kuwait

STASH

Directed by Mikhail Gavrysh

Russian Federation

The Beautiful Cosmos

Directed by Aranyak Chakrabarty

India

CATEGORY: Music Video

WINNER

HAPPINESS MAKES ME WORRY

Directed by Sabela Llerena

Palestine, State of

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Immortan Joe Memorial Highway

Directed by Nathan Leigh

United States

“WAKE UP”

Directed by Aashish Rego, K. C. Loy

India

 

CATEGORY: Narrative Features

WINNER

진흙 플랫

Directed by이혁

Korea, Republic of

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

STAND UP! Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

Directed by Timo Jacobs

Germany

To Be You

Directed by Chad Eddy

United States

TUMI RABE NIRABE

Directed by SANKHADEEP CHAKRABORTY

India

CHINNAJIRU KILIYE

Directed by SABARINATHAN  MUTHUPANDIAN

India

SEMKHOR

Directed by AIMEE BARUAH

India

FIRASTYA (English meaning: The Peripatetic)

Directed by VITTHAL MACHINDRA BHOSALE

India

 

CATEGORY: One Minute Film

WINNER

STORY

Directed by Anthony Carey

Ireland

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Uniform

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Perfoming Arts

WINNER

The Protocol

Directed by Avatâra Ayuso

United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Kitchen

Directed by Vishwakiran Nambi

India

Never Die

Directed by Xue Song

China

 

CATEGORY: Postmodern Films

WINNER

UNSKIN

Directed by Elcid Asaei

United Kingdom

 

CATEGORY: Selfie Video

WINNER

Uniform

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

 

CATEGORY: Short Films

WINNER

FOOTPRINTS

Directed by Imran Hamdulay

South Africa

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Story of a Night

Directed by sukanta chakraborty

India

Soundtrapped

Directed by Gaurav Nigam

India

MIST

Directed by Ajith nair

Bahrain

Sunset in Winter

Directed by Kelley Lockman

United States

DIE-OUT

Directed by Benny Paul (benro)

India

Wolves

Directed by Abe Alford

United States

Airgun

Directed by Avijit Mitra

India

Ochena – The Unknown

Directed by Sandipan Dey

India

Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops

Directed by Manuel Alejandro Vargas

United States

Crocodile

Directed by Caroline Wloka

Switzerland

Sazaa – The Punishment

Directed by Maahirii Bose

India

IRUT

Directed by SAIRAJ N

India

Nisanga (Alone)

Directed by Koushik Datta

Singapore

Mission Dulhan

Directed by Kush Dudeja

India

Angela

Directed by Chris Bucher, Severin Gmünder

Switzerland

Accidental Lead

Directed by Thorkell August Ottarsson

Norway

It’s an Ill Wind

Directed by Tom Sullivan

Ireland

With love from your daughter, Ammu

Directed by Anupam

India

The Accomplice

Directed by Shawn Quek

Singapore

Lunch

Directed by Junbum, Ha

Korea, Republic of

SINGULARITY

Directed by Manish Balakrishnan

India

Alone

Directed by Mayank M Gupta

India

The Self-Seers

Directed by Matthew David Ridley

Korea, Republic of

Britain Injustice

Directed by Andrew Parker

United Kingdom

Last Light

Directed by Jovan Sarkanjac

Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

The Great Artist (Academy Award® Qualified)

Directed by Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri

United States

Under the Sun

Directed by Sam Puskas, David Puskas

United States

 

CATEGORY: Short Script

WINNER

Knitting Out

Directed by C. S. César

Portugal

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Trinity: The Deception

Directed by EMMANUEL MERTIS, Michelle Greaves

United States

Still There

Directed by Chris Bucher, Severin Gmünder

Switzerland

THE CHANGES

Directed by Anastasiia Shystovska

United States

The Protocol

Directed by Avatâra Ayuso

United Kingdom

Muted

Directed by Alexandra Talavera, Sim Sagiroglu

United States

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

AMANDA (SheheitAlien)

Directed by MORENO FUENTES

Spain

The Dying Lesson – Script

Directed by Stephen Miles

United States

Betrayal

Directed by Jas kaur United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Too Poor To Die

Directed by Robert Cox

United States

 

CATEGORY: Silent Film

WINNER

Vestige

Directed by Nick Solorzano

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

THE LONGING

Directed by Krishna Sawant, Ashna Ranade

India

 

CATEGORY: STUDENT FILM

WINNER

Lost In The Moment

Directed by Felix Schaaf

Luxembourg

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

La Madone

Directed by Achille Bocquier

France

BENCHI

Directed by Shreyas Chennamadhauni

India

Scarlet

Directed by Lisa Ranran Hu

China

WHAT IF

Directed by Hao Zhenjia

China

Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte

Directed by Vikhyat Srivastava

India

Accidental Lead

Directed by Thorkell August Ottarsson

Norway

 

CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series

WINNER

Hubble – Pilot

Directed by Perry Wyatt

United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Great Danes

Directed by james Gaffney

United States

 

CATEGORY: Treatment / Synopsis

WINNER

Single Page Treatment

Directed by Anastasiia Shystovska

United States

 

CATEGORY: Women’s Films

WINNER

Route 4

Directed by Martina Chamrad

Germany

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Chakli , circle of life .

Directed by Shristi Rangaswamy

India

Never Die

Directed by Xue Song

China

The Lonely Migrator

Directed by Arunima Malik

India

SEMKHOR

Directed by AIMEE BARUAH

India

 

CATEGORY: Young Filmmaker

WINNER

The Accomplice

Directed by Shawn Quek

Singapore

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Wolves

Directed by Abe Alford

United States