TIFF
Movie of the month
(April 2022)
CATEGORY: Animated Film
WINNER
Unconditional Love
Directed by Wallis Liu
Taiwan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
THANATOS
Directed by Atsuhiko Watanabe
France
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Audition in Hell
Directed by George Port
New Zealand
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CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
The Perfect Husband
Acted by Eddie Eniel
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
NAMASTEYJI, MAY I COME IN…
Acted by SHAKTI BRIJ PARASHAR
India
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PAANI (Water)
Acted by Bud Patel
United States
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Class Friend
Acted by Koushik Aich
India
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CRITICS CHOICE AWARD
Bandit
Acted by Adwait Dixit
India
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Nata Samrat
Acted by Shiva Kumar
India
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Bodhan – The Awakening
Acted by Shreya Pundir
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
EXTENDED WARRANTY
Acted by JAYASRI RACHAKONDA
India
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Nata Samrat
Acted by Sruthy Jayan
India
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Roached
Acted by Deeya Dey
India
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Dear Mama
Acted by ARIANE KRISTHIA ROSAURO /LINDA ROMABON
Philippines
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CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
Melissanthe
Cinematographed by GEORGIOS DIMITROPOULOS
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Bandit
Cinematographed by Arjun Thaper
India
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EXTENDED WARRANTY
Cinematographed by Dilip Varma
India
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
Chiù Funk Mo’
Directed by Davide Comelli
Italy
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dear Mama
Directed by GERALDO B. JUMAWAN /JEAN M. VILLAME
Philippines
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How Do You Live?
Directed by Afroz A Khan
India
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Roached
Directed by Kshitij Sharma
India
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Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Nata Samrat
Directed by Rishikeshwar Yogi
India
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BEDAAR
Directed by Vedanjay Harsh
India
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CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
Pastiche
Edited by Shivaan Makker
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BEDAAR
Edited by Vedanjay Harsh
India
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Make a wish
Edited by Rishi Rajendra Manohar
India
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Roached
Edited by Kshitij Sharma
India
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CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
Close to the Bone
Scored by Ian Foster
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Chiù Funk Mo’
Scored by Diego Bergamini
Italy
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Make a wish
Scored by Amogh Inamdar and Sanmet Waghmare
India
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EXTENDED WARRANTY
Scored by AMIT N DASANI
India
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CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
Nata Samrat
Produced by Sukumar Boreddy and Sindhu Reddy
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
LOCK
Produced by Lisa and Ran Geng
China
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Chiù Funk Mo’
Produced by Davide Comelli
Italy
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CATEGORY: Supporting Actor
WINNER
THE HIKE
Acted by Dave Fugett
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Nata Samrat
Nithin Prasanna
India
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CATEGORY: Commercial / Advertisement
WINNER
Driver Recruitment
Directed by Sharon Woodward
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Crime Short
WINNER
Pastiche
Directed by Shivaan Makker
United States
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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
Man with Shadow
Directed by Ema Kugler
Slovenia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Perfect Husband
Directed by Eddie Eniel
United States
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The Scar
Directed by Harichandra Jayashankar
Singapore
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Moha The Delusion
Directed by Rohit Das
India
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BEDAAR
Directed by Vedanjay Harsh
India
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Bandit
Directed by Shawn Divakar
India
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Pollute
Directed by Swapnil Prabhakar Tonde
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar
India
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
WINNER
Creators
Directed by Shamil Aliyev
Azerbaijan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Seven Seeds
Directed by N Ravindran
India
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Clowning with Shakespeare
Directed by Siddhartha More
India
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We Stay Here
Directed by Vinit Parmar
Germany
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Cradle of Modernity – History of CMS College, Kottayam
Directed by Joshy Mathew
India
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Hargila-The Greater Adjutant Stork
Directed by Partha Sarathi Mahanta
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Mira’s Minders
Tanni Chaudhuri
United States
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Dukhu Majhi – Son of the barren land
Somnath Mondal
India
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CATEGORY: Educational Film
WINNER
LOCKSTEP
Directed by Peter Andrew Sacco
Canada
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CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
Colors of life
Directed by Valerian Takashi Seethaler
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Weeping water
Directed by Hyonok Kim
United States
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FIRST AID – TEST SERIES 1
Directed by Myriam Thyes, Maria Anna Dewes
Germany
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Man with Shadow
Ema Kugler
Slovenia
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Stair
Directed by Kashyapeya Aich
India
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
Ballesteros on My Mind – The Film
Directed by Karlo Garcia Gino
Philippines
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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
Dark Cabin
Written by Gini Graham Scott
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Get Jude Married (Indian Version)
Written by Guy Quigley
United States
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Amp Studios
Written by Christan van Slyke, Laura Poindexter
United States
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The High Frontier
Written by James Thornton
United States
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Paranoia
Written by Gini Graham Scott
United States
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Suiciders Club
Written by Katarzyna Ewa Adamus
United Kingdom
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CARPET, THE
Written by Shamil Aliyev
Azerbaijan
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BLACK FOREST MYSTERY
Written by Jaroslaw Gogolin
United Kingdom
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CRITICS CHOICE AWARD
GORDON’S MERCY
Written by Gary L. Helm
United States
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Love Beyond The Grave
Written by James McDonald
United States
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Vested
Written by Jay Stamatis, Edmond Coisson
United States
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CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
Thirst (close-captioned)
Directed by Patricia M Fox
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Melissanthe
Directed by GEORGIOS DIMITROPOULOS
United Kingdom
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Water Thrust Movie
Written by Vincent Kojo Krah
Ghana
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A Different Kind of Trash Talk
Written by Patricia A Burke
United States
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
The Alliance 2 The Hunt for Breeze Trailer
Directed by Robert L Butler Jr
United States
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CATEGORY: Films on Disability issue
WINNER
The Gift / Director cut 2021
Directed by Alexander Genievsky
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Bodhan – The Awakening
Directed by Biplab Sanyal
India
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Thirst (close-captioned)
Directed by Patricia M Fox
United States
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CATEGORY: FREE SPEECH
WINNER
Don’t Be Afraid
Directed by Matthew Winters
United States
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CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film
WINNER
THE HIKE
Directed by David Fugett
United States
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CATEGORY: LGBT Film
WINNER
Gaze in silence
Directed by Hao-liang Huang
Taiwan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Fuggiro Tanto Amore
Directed by Raúl Lorite
India
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
The Break Up
Directed by Zay Rodriguez
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Theatre Ghost
Directed by Brooke deRosa
United States
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Circle
Directed by Rajat Dev Sharma
India
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
PAULINHO RIBEIRO ALL FOR ONE – POCKET SHOW
Directed by Paulinho Ribeiro
Brazil
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Summer Dream
Directed by Yuxin Zhu
United States
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Chiù Funk Mo’
Directed by Davide Comelli
Italy
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Colours of Love (Rangi Saari)
Directed by Indrajit Nattoji
India
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CATEGORY: Narrative Feature
WINNER
#Homecoming
Directed by Soumyajit Majumdar
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
THE MISADVENTURE OF UNLIKELY HEROES
Directed by Krusan Siva
Canada
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The Haunted Jizo of Shimo-Mizuno, Sayama City
Directed by Mitsuo Kurihara
Japan
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Angels of Dust
Directed by Michael Lasoff
Netherlands
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Policeman
Directed by Tamil Arasan
India
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CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
No Expectations
Directed by Bob Jones
United States
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Another Day
Directed by Mandisi David Sibanda, Sam Evans
United Kingdom
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Antha Naal
Directed by Vivy Kathiresan
India
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CATEGORY: One Minute Film
WINNER
SAUSAGE
Directed by Luis Ernesto Mejia
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIVEMENT AWARD
WINNER
Ang Kuwento Ni Agatha (The Story of Agatha)
Directed by Geraldo B. JUMAWAN
Philippines
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CATEGORY: Performing Arts
WINNER
LIMEN (atto I)
Directed by Francesco Caracciolo, Silvia Alfei, IN MAGMA
Italy
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CATEGORY: Photography
WINNER
Outta the Woods
Photographed by Lara Richardson
United States
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CATEGORY: Postmodern Film
WINNER
Pixie Preschool Promo Trailer
Directed by Pamela Price
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIVEMENT WINNBER
Roached
Directed by Kshitij Sharma
India
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TUTOPIQUE #GLAMOUR
Directed by Maurice HUVELIN
France
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CATEGORY: Short film
WINNER
Umendo
Directed by Mmathabo Bopape
South Africa
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Presence
Directed by Yun Lee
Taiwan
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The First Laugh
Directed by Raj Yogesh Desai
India
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Dear Mama
Directed by GERALDO B. JUMAWAN /JEAN M. VILLAME
Philippines
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Class Friend
Directed by Kashyapeya Aich
India
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Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar
India
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The Scar
Directed by Harichandra Jayashankar
Singapore
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The Vanquished
Directed by Anjanabha Roy
India
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Sound (Nadam)
Directed by Indrajit Nattoji
India
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The Final Doubt
Directed by Kirandeep Karnati
United States
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How Do You Live?
Directed by Afroz A Khan
India
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I LIKE YOUR FATHER
Directed by Isabel Bernal
Spain
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Fankaar
Dirtected by Daniyal Yousaf
Pakistan
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The first look
Directed by Jacopo Manzari
Italy
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Panic
Directed by Paraangad Shaw
India
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PAANI (Water)
Directed by Harsh Mahadeshwar
United States
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Aur Anuj
Directed by Gaurav Dilip Bal
India
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BEDAAR
Directed by Vedanjay Harsh
India
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Cinema Vs Prema
Directed by Goutham Kool Monk
India
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NO GOOD DEED
Directed by Sotiris Demba
United States
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Sin City Tales
Directed by Dale Melgaard
United States
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CATEGORY: Short Script
WINNER
Mera Daddu (My Grandpa)
Written by Sri Mirajkar
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FIFTY50
Written by Damon Abwon Clindinin
United States
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CATEGORY: Silent film
WINNER
I Can, I Will
Directed by Nitin Dattatray Bansod
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Stair
Directed by Kashyapeya Aich
India
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CATEGORY: Student Film
WINNER
The Last High
Directed by Vignesh Hariharan Nair
United Arab Emirates
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CATEGORY: Student Film
WINNER
Kat Killed My Cat
Directed by Javier Navarrete
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Man with Shadow
Directed by Ema Kugler
Slovenia
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Tic Tac Toe
Directed by Smriti Grover
India
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LOCK
Directed by Han Gao, Ruijin Xu
China
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“These Aren’t People”
Directed by Ben Rosales
United States
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Sequence
Directed by Taoyuan Jin
China
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CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
Bandit
Directed by Shawn Divakar
India
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BEDAAR
Directed by Vedanjay Harsh
India
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Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar
India
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Life Consists In Walking
Directed by Yuxin Lu
China
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CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series
The Next Assignment
Directed by Barrington Marson
United States
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CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser
The Gliwensbourg Chronicles – Trailer
Directed by Emilie TOMMASI
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
LIMEN (atto I)
Directed by Francesco Caracciolo, Silvia Alfei, IN MAGMA
Italy
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The Alliance 2 The Hunt for Breeze Trailer
Directed by Robert L Butler Jr
United States
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CATEGORY: Travel Film
Tierra del Fuego
Directed by Oleksandr Lozytskyi
Ukraine
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CATEGORY: Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality and 360° Video
The Raven
Directed by Benjamin Rudolf
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
360 ° Walking Grand Canyon/Red Rock Canyon/Watkins Glen Park
Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States
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CATEGORY: Women’s Film
A fable of cord
Directed by Pooja Jangid
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Perfect Step…
Directed by Naumi
India
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CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
Lilly
Directed by Mariam Joseph
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
END OF TWO ACT
Directed by Elena Martín
Spain
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