FILMS OF THE MONTH – April 2022

TIFF

Movie of the month

(April 2022)

CATEGORY: Animated Film

WINNER

Unconditional Love

Directed by Wallis Liu

Taiwan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

THANATOS
Directed by Atsuhiko Watanabe

France

Audition in Hell

Directed by George Port

New Zealand

CATEGORY: Best Actor

WINNER

The Perfect Husband

Acted by Eddie Eniel

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

NAMASTEYJI, MAY I COME IN…

Acted by SHAKTI BRIJ PARASHAR

India

PAANI (Water)

Acted by Bud Patel

United States

Class Friend

Acted by Koushik Aich
India

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD

Bandit
Acted by Adwait Dixit
India

Nata Samrat
Acted by Shiva Kumar
India

CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Bodhan – The Awakening
Acted by Shreya Pundir

India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
EXTENDED WARRANTY

Acted by JAYASRI RACHAKONDA

India

Nata Samrat

Acted by Sruthy Jayan

India

Roached

Acted by Deeya Dey

India

Dear Mama
Acted by ARIANE KRISTHIA ROSAURO /LINDA ROMABON

Philippines

CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER

Melissanthe
Cinematographed by GEORGIOS DIMITROPOULOS

United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bandit
Cinematographed by Arjun Thaper

India

EXTENDED WARRANTY
Cinematographed by Dilip Varma

India


CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER

Chiù Funk Mo’

Directed by Davide Comelli

Italy

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Dear Mama
Directed by GERALDO B. JUMAWAN /JEAN M. VILLAME

Philippines

How Do You Live?
Directed by Afroz A Khan

India

Roached
Directed by Kshitij Sharma

India

Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar

India

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Nata Samrat
Directed by Rishikeshwar Yogi

India

BEDAAR
Directed by Vedanjay Harsh

India

CATEGORY:  Best Editing

WINNER

Pastiche

Edited by Shivaan Makker

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

BEDAAR
Edited by Vedanjay Harsh

India

Make a wish
Edited by Rishi Rajendra Manohar

India

Roached
Edited by Kshitij Sharma

India

CATEGORY:  Best Film Score – Soundtrack

WINNER
Close to the Bone

Scored by Ian Foster

Canada

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Chiù Funk Mo’

Scored by Diego Bergamini

Italy

Make a wish

Scored by Amogh Inamdar and Sanmet Waghmare

India

EXTENDED WARRANTY

Scored by AMIT N DASANI

India

CATEGORY: Best Producer

WINNER

Nata Samrat
Produced by Sukumar Boreddy and Sindhu Reddy

India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

LOCK
Produced by Lisa and Ran Geng

China

Chiù Funk Mo’
Produced by Davide Comelli

Italy

CATEGORY: Supporting Actor
WINNER

THE HIKE
Acted by Dave Fugett

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Nata Samrat
Nithin Prasanna

India

CATEGORY: Commercial / Advertisement
WINNER

Driver Recruitment
Directed by Sharon Woodward

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Crime Short
WINNER
Pastiche

Directed by Shivaan Makker

United States



CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER

Man with Shadow

Directed by Ema Kugler

Slovenia

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Perfect Husband

Directed by Eddie Eniel

United States

The Scar

Directed by Harichandra Jayashankar

Singapore

Moha The Delusion

Directed by Rohit Das

India

BEDAAR

Directed by Vedanjay Harsh

India

Bandit

Directed by Shawn Divakar

India

Pollute

Directed by Swapnil Prabhakar Tonde

India

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Make a wish

Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar

India


CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM

WINNER

Creators

Directed by Shamil Aliyev

Azerbaijan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Seven Seeds

Directed by N Ravindran

India

Clowning with Shakespeare

Directed by Siddhartha More

India

We Stay Here

Directed by Vinit Parmar

Germany

Cradle of Modernity – History of CMS College, Kottayam

Directed by Joshy Mathew

India

Hargila-The Greater Adjutant Stork

Directed by Partha Sarathi Mahanta

India

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Mira’s Minders

Tanni Chaudhuri

United States

Dukhu Majhi – Son of the barren land

Somnath Mondal

India

CATEGORY: Educational Film
WINNER

LOCKSTEP

Directed by Peter Andrew Sacco

Canada


CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER

Colors of life

Directed by Valerian Takashi Seethaler

Germany

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Weeping water

Directed by Hyonok Kim

United States

FIRST AID – TEST SERIES 1

Directed by Myriam Thyes, Maria Anna Dewes

Germany

Man with Shadow
Ema Kugler

Slovenia


Stair

Directed by Kashyapeya Aich

India

CATEGORY: Family/Children Film

WINNER

Ballesteros on My Mind – The Film

Directed by Karlo Garcia Gino

Philippines

CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT

WINNER

Dark Cabin

Written by Gini Graham Scott

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Get Jude Married (Indian Version)

Written by Guy Quigley

United States

Amp Studios

Written by Christan van Slyke, Laura Poindexter

United States

The High Frontier

Written by James Thornton

United States

Paranoia

Written by Gini Graham Scott

United States


Suiciders Club

Written by Katarzyna Ewa Adamus

United Kingdom

CARPET, THE

Written by Shamil Aliyev

Azerbaijan

BLACK FOREST MYSTERY

Written by Jaroslaw Gogolin

United Kingdom

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD

GORDON’S MERCY

Written by Gary L. Helm

United States

Love Beyond The Grave

Written by James McDonald

United States

Vested

Written by Jay Stamatis, Edmond Coisson

United States

CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER

Thirst (close-captioned)
Directed by Patricia M Fox
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Melissanthe

Directed by GEORGIOS DIMITROPOULOS

United Kingdom

Water Thrust Movie
Written by Vincent Kojo Krah

Ghana

A Different Kind of Trash Talk
Written by Patricia A Burke

United States

CATEGORY: Film on Women

WINNER
The Alliance 2 The Hunt for Breeze Trailer

Directed by Robert L Butler Jr

United States

CATEGORY: Films on Disability issue

WINNER

The Gift / Director cut 2021

Directed by Alexander Genievsky

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bodhan – The Awakening

Directed by Biplab Sanyal

India

Thirst (close-captioned)

Directed by Patricia M Fox

United States

CATEGORY: FREE SPEECH
  WINNER

Don’t Be Afraid
Directed by Matthew Winters
United States

CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film

WINNER

THE HIKE

Directed by David Fugett

United States

CATEGORY: LGBT Film

WINNER

Gaze in silence
Directed by Hao-liang Huang

Taiwan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Fuggiro Tanto Amore
Directed by Raúl Lorite
India

CATEGORY: Mobile Film

WINNER

The Break Up
Directed by Zay Rodriguez

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Theatre Ghost
Directed by Brooke deRosa

United States

Circle
Directed by Rajat Dev Sharma

India

CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER
PAULINHO RIBEIRO ALL FOR ONE – POCKET SHOW

Directed by Paulinho Ribeiro

Brazil

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Summer Dream
Directed by Yuxin Zhu

United States

Chiù Funk Mo’
Directed by Davide Comelli

Italy

Colours of Love (Rangi Saari)
Directed by Indrajit Nattoji

India

CATEGORY: Narrative Feature
WINNER

#Homecoming
Directed by Soumyajit Majumdar

India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

THE MISADVENTURE OF UNLIKELY HEROES
Directed by Krusan Siva

Canada

The Haunted Jizo of Shimo-Mizuno, Sayama City
Directed by Mitsuo Kurihara

Japan

Angels of Dust

Directed by Michael Lasoff

Netherlands

Policeman
Directed by Tamil Arasan

India

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

No Expectations

Directed by Bob Jones

United States


Another Day

Directed by Mandisi David Sibanda, Sam Evans

United Kingdom

Antha Naal

Directed by Vivy Kathiresan

India

CATEGORY: One Minute Film
WINNER

SAUSAGE

Directed by Luis Ernesto Mejia

Germany

OUTSTANDING ACHIVEMENT AWARD

WINNER

Ang Kuwento Ni Agatha (The Story of Agatha)
Directed by Geraldo B. JUMAWAN

Philippines

CATEGORY: Performing Arts
WINNER
LIMEN (atto I)

Directed by Francesco Caracciolo, Silvia Alfei, IN MAGMA

Italy

CATEGORY: Photography
    WINNER

Outta the Woods
Photographed by Lara Richardson
United States

CATEGORY: Postmodern Film

WINNER

Pixie Preschool Promo Trailer
Directed by Pamela Price
Canada


OUTSTANDING ACHIVEMENT WINNBER

Roached
Directed by Kshitij Sharma

India

TUTOPIQUE #GLAMOUR
Directed by Maurice HUVELIN

France

CATEGORY: Short film
WINNER

Umendo
Directed by Mmathabo Bopape

South Africa

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Presence
Directed by Yun Lee

Taiwan

The First Laugh
Directed by Raj Yogesh Desai

India

Dear Mama
Directed by GERALDO B. JUMAWAN /JEAN M. VILLAME

Philippines

Class Friend
Directed by Kashyapeya Aich

India

Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar

India

The Scar
Directed by Harichandra Jayashankar

Singapore

The Vanquished
Directed by Anjanabha Roy

India

Sound (Nadam)
Directed by Indrajit Nattoji

India

The Final Doubt
Directed by Kirandeep Karnati

United States

How Do You Live?

Directed by Afroz A Khan

India

I LIKE YOUR FATHER
Directed by Isabel Bernal

Spain

Fankaar

Dirtected by Daniyal Yousaf

Pakistan

The first look
Directed by Jacopo Manzari

Italy

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Panic
Directed by Paraangad Shaw

India

PAANI (Water)

Directed by Harsh Mahadeshwar

United States

Aur Anuj
Directed by Gaurav Dilip Bal

India

BEDAAR
Directed by Vedanjay Harsh

India

Cinema Vs Prema
Directed by Goutham Kool Monk

India

NO GOOD DEED
Directed by Sotiris Demba

United States

Sin City Tales

Directed by Dale Melgaard
United States

CATEGORY: Short Script
WINNER

Mera Daddu (My Grandpa)

Written by Sri Mirajkar

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FIFTY50

Written by Damon Abwon Clindinin

United States

CATEGORY: Silent film
WINNER
I Can, I Will
Directed by Nitin Dattatray Bansod

India


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Stair
Directed by Kashyapeya Aich

India

CATEGORY: Student Film

WINNER
The Last High

Directed by Vignesh Hariharan Nair

United Arab Emirates

CATEGORY: Student Film

WINNER

Kat Killed My Cat
Directed by Javier Navarrete

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Man with Shadow
Directed by Ema Kugler
Slovenia

Tic Tac Toe

Directed by Smriti Grover

India

LOCK
Directed by Han Gao, Ruijin Xu

China

“These Aren’t People”
Directed by Ben Rosales

United States

Sequence

Directed by Taoyuan Jin

China

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

Bandit

Directed by Shawn Divakar

India

BEDAAR
Directed by Vedanjay Harsh

India

Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar

India

Life Consists In Walking
Directed by Yuxin Lu
China

CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series

The Next Assignment
Directed by Barrington Marson

United States

CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser

The Gliwensbourg Chronicles – Trailer
Directed by Emilie TOMMASI

France

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

LIMEN (atto I)

Directed by Francesco Caracciolo, Silvia Alfei, IN MAGMA

Italy

The Alliance 2 The Hunt for Breeze Trailer

Directed by Robert L Butler Jr

United States

CATEGORY: Travel Film
Tierra del Fuego

Directed by Oleksandr Lozytskyi
Ukraine

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

CATEGORY: Women’s Film
A fable of cord
Directed by Pooja Jangid

India


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Perfect Step…
Directed by Naumi

India

CATEGORY: Women’s Film

WINNER
Lilly
Directed by Mariam Joseph

India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

END OF TWO ACT

Directed by Elena Martín

Spain