TIFF
Movie of the month
(March 2023)
CATEGORY: Amateur Film
WINNER
How Youth Flies
Directed by Gang Song, Fei Peng Lu
China
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CATEGORY: Animated Film
WINNER
FREEDUMB
Directed by John Johnson
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Banana Tree
Directed by Scott Kane
United States
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CATEGORY: Bengali Narrative feature
WINNER
AGNIMANTHAN (Bengali)
Directed by Prabir Roy
India
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CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
Broken Mirror
Acted by Aaditya Sharma
India
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Broken Mirror
Acted by Nikeet Dhillon
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Conficted
Acted by Ginita Sunaina
India
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Unearthly
Acted by Swastika Ganguly
New Zealand
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CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
On / Off
Cinematographed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
VILLAADI.
Directed by Elavarasan Shanmugam
India
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Broken Mirror
Directed by Ashwin Vijay Agrawal
India
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CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
There Is No Planet B
Edited by Gergo Elekes, Virág Horváth
Hungary
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Edited by Alessandro Squitti
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
On / Off
Film Scored by Michael Brennan
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Produced by Enzo Zelocchi , TJ Mancini & Vin Diesel
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Sound Designing
WINNER
On / Off
Sound Designed by Andrew Vernon
Argentina
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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
HELLO,MOM
Directed by Zhifan Zhang
China
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
How Youth Flies
Directed by Gang Song, Fei Peng Lu
China
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PARAKASHTHA
Directed by Vaishvi Prajapati
India
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FEAR LOSING
India
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Go Beyond
Directed by Yi Lin
China
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Decode the mystery – A youtuber turned filmmaker
Directed by Shihyun Wang
United State
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FISHING CAT THE PRIDE OF BENGAL
Directed by KAUSHIK MUKHOPADHYAY
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
the sky is the limit
Directed by Mirka Anderson
United Kingdom
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Mama: Norway’s Afghan Sons
Directed by Preethi Reddy Nallu
Norway
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Coming Home To Edison
Directed by Arunkumar Deivanayagam
India
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CATEGORY: Educational Film
WINNER
Ezhuthola (Saga of alphabets)
Directed by SURESH UNNIKRISHNAN
India
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CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
Alley Senses
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sunday at the Chelsea
Directed by zhifan Zhang
United States
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Tripped
Directed by Jaimil Joshi
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
C-Grade Waala
Directed by Amit Mathur
India
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
KanhaJi
Written by Prataya Saha, Mansi Dadhich Mahur
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
HELLO,MOM
Written by Zhifan Zhang
China
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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
With Friends Like These
Written by Neil Monaghan
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Flaming Taj
Written by Dominic Doull, George Wright
Canada
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CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
There Is No Planet B
Directed by Gergo Elekes, Virág Horváth
Hungary
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
Regional exchange center, IRISO
Directed by Mitsuo Kurihara
Japan
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CATEGORY: Film/Video Poster
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States
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CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film WINNER
Tales From the Narrow Bridge The Wyrmwood Devil
Directed by Joey Mosca, Sami Saad, Jayleen Perez, Jenna Kildosher, Sam Platizky, Isaac Platizky, Billy Farley
United States
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
Hoṭṭebāka
Directed by Vishnu Tenkayala
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ballet… ballet
Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
BAROTA BAJLEO BAJTE PARE (A dream in dark night)
Directed by Asim Sahu, Kuntan Pal
India
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CATEGORY: Music Video
WINNER
Beautiful Face
Directed by Levi Wise Kenneth Catoe Jr.
United States
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CATEGORY: Narrative Feature
WINNER
MUJINA Pass
Directed by Hiroshi Toda
Japan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Romance of Wu Ge
Directed by Ge Jin
China
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TRACKER
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Goodbye, White Guy
Directed by Milos Ajdinovic
United States
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CATEGORY: Perfoming Arts
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Hothat: Friendship Is Music
Directed by Ilajar Islam, Arafat Kazi
Bangladesh
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CATEGORY: Short Film
WINNER
Goodnight Giggles
Directed by Nirmal Joshi
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Broken Mirror
Directed by Ashwin Vijay Agrawal
India
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Conficted
Directed by Ginita Sunaina
India
CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
VILLAADI.
Directed by Elavarasan Shanmugam
India
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CATEGORY: Student Film
WINNER
《第三代的第三个孩子》
Directed by陈 一 赟
China
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CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States
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CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
Mama: Norway’s Afghan Sons
Directed by Preethi Reddy Nallu
Norway
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