FILMS OF THE MONTH – DECEMBER 2021

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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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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

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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