TIFF
MOVIE OF THE MONTH
MAY 2021
CATEGORY: AMATEUR FILMS
WINNER
Break-up
Directed by Katarzyna Adamus
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS
WINNER
Goodbye Fairyland
Directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski, Carsten Strauch
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina
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FreeBird
Directed by Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm
Canada
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Terrapoeisis
Directed by Andrea Garza
Canada
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moments in paradise
Directed by bellopropello
Switzerland
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Murder In 3 Axe
Directed by William Thinnes
United States
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR
WINNER
Donut
Acted by Avinash Bidar
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
AMIDST MY OWN
Acted by SHEKHAR RAHATE
United States
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Faasle….. So Close, Yet So Far…
Acted by Jeet Kapoor
India
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Long Distance Runaround
Acted by Ken Holmes
United States
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The Simile
Acted by Sasikanthan
India
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS
WINNER
AMIDST MY OWN
Acted by RUTURRAJ DHAALGADE
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Long Distance Runaround
Acted by Karima El Badaoui
United States
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CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
Rowdy Jackson, THE SCOUT & THE TRACKER
Cinematography by Larry Judkins
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Puppet
Cinematography by Dai Yilin
China
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A Winter’s Tale
Cinematography by Dean Sills , Steve Call
United Kingdom
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Crow Stories
Cinematography by Sean Kernan
United States
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Imaging the Unimaginable
Cinematography by Devansh Mathur
India
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CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER
Rebel Objects
Directed by Carolina Arias Ortiz
Costa Rica
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
AMIDST MY OWN
Directed by RUTURRAJ DHAALGADE
United States
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The Trigger’s Edge
Directed by Lucas Martins
Brazil
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LAST WISH
Directed by Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko
Bangladesh
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Exiled inland. Cassures II
Directed by Cassandre Thrasybule
Haiti
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CATEGORY: BEST EDITING
WINNER
I AM HERE
Edited by Adam Nowak
Poland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Me To Play
Edited by Jim Bernfield
United States
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Beetlejuice: The Online Musical
Edited by Adam Lucas
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
I AM HERE
Film Score by Alan Bucki
Poland
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CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
AMIDST MY OWN
Produced by RUTURRAJ DHAALGADE
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
DIVASWAPNA
Produced by Satish Davara
India
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Juliana & The Medicine Fish
Produced by Jeremy Torrie
Canada
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CATEGORY: Best VFX Artist
WINNER
Beetlejuice: The Online Musical
VFX by Adam Lucas
United States
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CATEGORY: Comedy Short
WINNER
Goodbye Fairyland
Directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski, Carsten Strauch
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Time
Directed by Mario Luis Telles
United States
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CATEGORY: Commercial / Advertisement
WINNER
Councillor Dr Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini with Refugee Week
Directed by Sharon Woodward
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Crime short
WINNER
MEERKATS
Directed by TANIA AMSEL
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Trigger’s Edge
Directed by Lucas Martins
Brazil
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CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
Minds of Darkness
Directed by Svanik Surve
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
RECUPERATION
Directed by DINESH SHUKLA
India
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Upside Brown
Directed by Yash Hatkar
United States
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THE ART OF LIFE
Directed by SANTOSH PANDA
India
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Juliana & The Medicine Fish
Directed by Jeremy Torrie
Canada
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CATEGORY: Documentary Films
WINNER
Exiled inland. Cassures II
Directed by Cassandre Thrasybule
Haiti
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Twelfth Night Backstage
Directed by Peter Gould
United Kingdom
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Bloodbath in God’s Own Country
Directed by pt chacko
India
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A PILGRIMAGE INTO TIBET
Directed by Mark Gould
Australia
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ALL IS WELL
Directed by BARNALI RAY SHUKLA
India
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Alaska Long Hunters
Directed by Mark Rose, Mark Rose
United States
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Me To Play
Directed by Jim Bernfield
United States
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The Hero’s Journey to the Third Pole – A Bipolar Musical Documentary with Elephants
Directed by Andri Snaer Magnason, Anni Ólafsdóttir
Iceland
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Crow Stories
Directed by Sean Kernan
United States
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Imaging the Unimaginable
Directed by Devansh Mathur
India
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Rebel Objects
Directed by Carolina Arias Ortiz
Costa Rica
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
The Women Weavers of Assam
Directed by Aparna Sharma
India
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Hard Livings
Directed by Jason Staggie
South Africa
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CATEGORY: Experimental Films
WINNER
Half of Everything
Margie Kelk
Toronto
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
SEE YOU
Directed by Caesar Nie
China
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Minds of Darkness
Directed by Svanik Surve
India
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Venus
Directed by Vivian Giourousis
United States
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Logorrhoea
Directed by Prakhar Gautam
India
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Phantasmagoria, 1945
Directed by Karl Nussbaum
United States
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Ghost Dance for America, 1890
Directed by Karl Nussbaum
United States
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Hobo Lens
Directed by Sagar Yvv
India
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Half of Everything
Directed by Margie Kelk
Toronto
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Kaleydoskop
Directed by Stefano Viali
Italy
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Les Dieux Changeants
Directed by Lucio Arese
Italy
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Abandoned?
Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States
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EVAPORATED FRAGMENTS
Directed by Benoit MAESTRE
France
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Films
WINNER
MASANADA HOOVU (Flower of a Graveyard)
Directed by Amar
India
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CATEGORY: Feature Script
WINNER
American Prom
Written by Dominic Giannetti
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Face Painters
Written by Giovanni Sanseviero
United States
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Homefront
Written by Dianna Renee
United States
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Sanitized!
Written by D.K. Renee
United States
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Something in Common
Written by Robert Leo Cox
United States
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SUPERIOR BEING: SHE-WHO-KNOWS
Written by JAROSLAW GOGOLIN
United Kingdom
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Suffer the Little Children
Written by Duncan Payne
United States
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An Island Apart
Written by Paul G. Andrews, Tasha Walton
United Kingdom
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Juliana & The Medicine Fish
Written by Jeremy Torrie
Canada
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The Visible And The Hidden
Written by shreejith nair
India
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CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
Signs of Life – Kangaroo Island after the bushfires
Directed by Ashley Starkey
Australia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Winter’s Tale
Directed by Dean Sills , Steve Call
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN
WINNER
Lunch Stories | The Date Story
Directed by Akash Goila
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Wet Dogs
Directed by Yves Matthey
Switzerland
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CATEGORY: FILM/VIDEO POSTER
WINNER
Exiled inland. Cassures II
Directed by Cassandre Thrasybule
Haiti
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Juliana & The Medicine Fish
Directed by Jeremy Torrie
Canada
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Legacy of Giants
Directed by tiago mesquita
Belgium
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Hell of a dream
Directed by tiago mesquita
Belgium
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Beetlejuice: The Online Musical
Directed by Federico Hradek , Delilah Jane Dunn
United States
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CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE
WINNER
Me To Play
Directed by Jim Bernfield
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FreeBird
Directed by Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm
Canada
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Drishtant
Directed by Abhijit Keshaorao Zanjal
India
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Disabled Warrors
Directed by Ernest Bow
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: LGBT FILM
WINNER
ASIDH
Directed by Puneet Pawar
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Worthy Experience
Directed by Larry Carter
United States
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CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM
WINNER
The Statues of Emo Court
Directed by Pat Boran
Ireland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Break-up
Directed by Katarzyna Adamus
United Kingdom
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Get Together
Directed by Ninad Wani
India
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Losses, Life in a Pandemic
Directed by Ana P Braunstein, Trevor B. Nagle
United States
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Bangla Bhasha Uchcharito Holey
Directed by Dr Tanumay Datta
India
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Faasle….. So Close, Yet So Far…
Directed by Jeet Kanani
India
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Chronicles of the Corona age
Directed by budhaditya bandyopadhyay
United States
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Spinoza Connections
Directed by Robert David Duncan, Mildred Achoch
Kenya
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
Can’t Get Enough
Directed by Chandler Bradley
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
APO – RELEASE ME (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
Directed by Toby Wulff
Germany
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FreeBird
Directed by Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm
Canada
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Nenjaan Kootula
Directed by NAWAZ
India
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Kovakkuyile
Directed by Reshman kumar
India
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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES
WINNER
Sarogeto
Directed by Nico Santucci
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Kaalachakra
Directed by Sumant Kranthi
India
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Juliana & The Medicine Fish
Directed by Jeremy Torrie
Canada
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THE ART OF LIFE
Directed by SANTOSH PANDA
India
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Cheraathukal
Directed by SHANOOB KARUVATH, SREEJITH CHANDRAN, ANU KURISINKAL, JAYESH MOHAN, FAWAZ MOHAMED, SHAJAN S KALLAI
India
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Wet Dogs
Directed by Yves Matthey
Switzerland
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Kuzhali Movie
Directed by Chera. Kalayarasan
India
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ENNIVAR (THE FOLLOWING PERSONS)
Directed by SIDHARTHA SIVA
India
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Loners (Beijing Diaries)
Directed by Hasan Qureshi
Canada
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CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILM
WINNER
Break-up
Directed by Katarzyna Adamus
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
If I Had Known
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada
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CATEGORY: PERFOMING ARTS
WINNER
Contradictions
Directed by Maj Rafferty, Barkosina Hanusova
Czech Republic
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Beetlejuice: The Online Musical
Directed by Federico Hradek , Delilah Jane Dunn
United States
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CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHY
WINNER
For old times sake
Photographed by Directed by tiago mesquita
Belgium
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Imprisoned by his thoughts
Photographed by Directed by tiago mesquita
Belgium
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Sharpening your skills
Photographed by Directed by tiago mesquita
Belgium
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Warzone for breakfast
Photographed by Directed by tiago mesquita
Belgium
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CATEGORY: ROMANTIC SHORT
WINNER
Long Distance Runaround
Directed by Karen Klami
United States
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CATEGORY: SELFIE VIDEO
WINNER
Break-up
Directed by Katarzyna Adamus
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT
WINNER
I AM HERE
Written by Hubert Bąk
Poland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Out On A Limb
Written by Antoinette Fernandez
United States
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Still Got The Juice “When I Knew You”
Written by Antoinette Fernandez
United States
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Just By Chance
Written by Antoinette Fernandez
United States
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Time
Written by Mario Luis Telles
United States
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Life Is a Game of Chess
Written by Jason Boyer
United States
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Hobo Lens
Written by Sagar Yvv
India
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MEERKATS
Written by TANIA AMSEL
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
WINNER
The one who had to die tomorrow
Directed by Céline Charlier
Belgium
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dhaai Peher
Directed by Amal Devasia,Danish Qazi,Jamshaid Ali,Kashif Shakeel,Pankaj Rawat
India
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“High Jinks at the Lobster Factory”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States
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Still Light
Directed by Aparna Sharma
India
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THE SOUND OF AGE
Directed by JIJO GEORGE
India
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Minds of Darkness
Directed by Svanik Surve
India
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One Meal
Directed by Mohammad Arif Alizada
Afghanistan
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THEY BREATHE
Directed by John Fuentes
United States
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THIS CASE & MY LIFE
Directed by ANA P. BRAUNSTEIN
United States
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Obbara Hindobbaru (Trammel)
Directed by Devaraj Chikanalli
India
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Get Together
Directed by Ninad Wani
India
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Keep your first purpose
Directed by Mai erdan
China
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LAST WISH
Directed by Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko
Bangladesh
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Bhool
Directed by Bodhisatta Sarkar
India
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Donut
Directed by Shreekara Bhat
India
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Faasle….. So Close, Yet So Far…
Directed by Jeet Kanani
India
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The Last Warning
Directed by Eryka Vasconcelos
Brazil
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Dad Son
Directed by Batyr Batyrov
Turkmenistan
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THE SMELL OF CHARRED FLESH
Directed by Mrinal Deka
India
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I..I..I…
Directed by Suresh Makkar and Ashish sharma
Australia
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Long Distance Runaround
Directed by Karen Klami
United States
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“Notes from the Underground Percussionist”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States
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“A Fire Inside (Part two)
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States
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Monks on Mission: A reality-based film on Why and How monks delivered food in deadly Covid 2nd wave
Directed by Rambhadra Das
India
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God I am sorry
Directed by Anamika Sharma
India
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Hobo Lens
Directed by Sagar Yvv
India
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Deception
Directed by David Jon Foster
United States
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Rowdy Jackson, THE SCOUT & THE TRACKER
Directed by Larry Judkins
United States
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Sacrifice
Directed by Sam Kumar
India
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“Going”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States
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Ezhaam Raavu
Directed by Nakul Naijo
India
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Yadhrishika Sambhavangal
Directed by Aswin Radhakrishnan
India
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“Jon and Michael-Journey 2021”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States
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Timber
Directed by Viktor Alsbjer
Sweden
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House No. 18
Directed by Ayush Bose
India
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CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
This Case & My Life
Directed by Ana A P Braunstein
United States
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Darkness Everyday
Directed by Shaeem Jahangir
Bangladesh
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Harjot’s Lotto Shop
Directed by Suresh Makkar and Harjot Singh
Australia
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CATEGORY: SILENT FILM
WINNER
KILLING TIME
Directed by Gregoire MANHES
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
SEE YOU
Directed by Caesar Nie
China
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Murder In 3 Axe
Directed by William Thinnes
United States
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CATEGORY: STUDENT FILM
WINNER
Minds of Darkness
Directed by Svanik Surve
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Get Together
Directed by Ninad Wani
India
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72 Hours
Directed by Shonnon Lee Marshall
United States
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Terrapoeisis
Directed by Andrea Garza
Canada
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CATEGORY: TELEVISION / PILOT PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER
Upside Brown
Directed by Yash Hatkar
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Darkness under the lamp
Directed by usha sharma
United Kingdom
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MR NOVAK: PART 1
Directed by Ian Davies
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: TRAILER/TEASER
WINNER
Measure for Measure
Directed by Peter Gould
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Powerplay
Directed by Peter Gould
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: TRAVEL FILM
WINNER
Long Distance Runaround
Directed by Karen Klami
United States
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CATEGORY: VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) / AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) AND 360° VIDEO
WINNER
Haunted by the Future
Directed by Christian Lollike
Denmark
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CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA
WINNER
Long Distance Runaround
Directed by Karen Klami
United States
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CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILM
WINNER
Half of Everything
Directed by Margie Kelk
Toronto
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
In God we trust
Directed by Sneha Menon
India
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About Jia
Directed by Haruka Motohashi
United States
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