FILMS OF THE MONTH – AUGUST 2020

CATEGORY: AMATEUR FILM

WINNER

THE LIFEBELT

Directed by Yiannis Panayiotarakos

Greece

CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS

WINNER

MAD MASK – FURY ROLL

Directed by Stéphane Berla

France

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

OUR BEST SOLDIERS – A Covid-19 Tutorial Video

Directed by Pablo Morales de los Rios

Spain

I am Ramdeen

Directed by Apoorva Mundoor, Jahnavi Misra

India

Destination of money

Directed by Akarik Ami(Surendra Parui)

India

 

 

CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR

WINNER

Unfaithful Love

Acted by JEK JUMAWAN

Philippines

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Deep Shock

Acted by Francesc Páges

United Kingdom

14TH DAY OF REALISATION

Acted by biju joseph

Bahrain

Hitlerin kadaisi ninaivugal (Hitler’s last memories)

Acted by Deepakraj Gunasekaran

 India

madamaikku anjel (Don’t be afraid of stupidity)

Acted by kathiresh Dixon

Malaysia

Suitcasing

Acted by ciro dapagio

United States

 

Brass knuckles

Acted by Antoni Corone

United States

Apagaman Neeti (অপগমন নীতি)(English Title: Departure Policy)

Acted by ANIRUDDHA ROY

India

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

“PALIMOS” (ALMS)

Acted by Roderick Alo

Philippines

Silent Partners

Acted by Jokes Yanes

United States

CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS

WINNER

Mom and Dad

Acted by Vivien Molnár

Hungary

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Deep Shock

Acted by Muireann Bird

United Kingdom

 

Close your eyes and look at me

Acted by Denise Tantucci

Italy

CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

madamaikku anjel (Don’t be afraid of stupidity)

Cinematography by Balamurugan

Malaysia

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

SHOCKING MARRIAGE

Cinematography by DEMETRIO CASILE

Italy

Mom and Dad

Cinematography by Gergő Elekes, József Gallai

Hungary

CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER

Mom and Dad

Directed by Gergő Elekes, József Gallai

Hungary

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Deep Shock

Directed by Davide Melini

United Kingdom

THE DEVIL’S TAIL

Directed by Gregory Terlecki

Canada

Apagaman Neeti (অপগমন নীতি)(English Title: Departure Policy)

Directed by Siddhartha Shankar Roy

India

CATEGORY: BEST EDITING

WINNER

Polymers

Edited by Peter Potseluev

Russian Federation

CATEGORY: BEST FILM SCORE – SOUNDTRACK

WINNER

Highest Point

Filmscore by Christina Hogarth

Australia

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Mom and Dad

Filmscore by Gergő Elekes, József Gallai

Hungary

 

 

CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER

Deep Shock

Acted by Francesc Páges

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER

Deep Shock

Acted by Lorna Larkin

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: COMEDY SHORT

WINNER

Suitcasing

Directed by Jokes Yanes

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Mother Earth

Directed by Aashi Pranjal

India

School of Idiots by Sheldon Mashugana

Directed by Dean Morgan

United States

CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL / ADVERTISEMENT

WINNER

 

Mask up with Oxford Youth Ambition Team

Directed by Sharon Woodward

United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Mistress of Puppets

Directed by Georgia Chioni

Greece

CATEGORY: CRIME SHORT

WINNER

THE PORTRAIT

Directed by Rosh Rasheed

India

CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER

WINNER

Your choice: to believe or not

Directed by Igor Dyachenko

Russian Federation

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Afterpast

Directed by Debraj Goswami

India

A DRIVER STORY

Directed by Vasanth K Karanam

India

 

Waterman

Directed by Matt Black

Canada

SHADOWS

Directed by Mette Holt

United States

E P KO 306

Directed by Ram Sai Aravind

India

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

The Mirage of Dragonfly

Directed by Rathesh Kowsalya

India

Death of a Journalist

Directed by Kunal Shukla, Bhavesh Surte

India

Directed by GURUCOOL (shifting mindsets)

Sangita Iyer

India

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS

WINNER

Dominica – Three Years After Hurricane Maria

Directed by Derek Galon

Dominica

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

My Brazilian Sundays

Directed by Anne-Sophie Mattéi

France

The Cruel Placer of Punishing

Directed by Gonzalo Collado

Argentina

Twilight of the river king

Directed by David Álvarez , Jorge Álvarez Chachero

Spain

Marcela

Directed by Dina Lobo

Canada

Moscow Elegy

Directed by ELINA MALYUTINA

Russian Federation

Polymers

Directed by Nikas Kotich

Russian Federation

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

I, Che Guevara.  My story. My words.

Directed by Slava KRASKO

Russian Federation

North for happiness

Directed by Alexander Porotov

Russian Federation

 

 

Last Call for Tomorrow

Directed by Gary Null,  Valerie Van Cleve_Co-director

United States

CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILMS

WINNER

The Golden Wing on Taiwan: A Visualization of Lin Yueh-hwa’s Study of Chinese Familism (1940s) in Pearl Mountain Village, Taiwan

Directed by Gary Seaman

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Indian Army in the First World War: An Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Perspective

Directed by Sharon Woodward

UNITED KINGDOM

GURUCOOL (shifting mindsets)

Directed by Sangita Iyer

India

E P KO 306

Directed by Ram Sai Aravind

India

CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

WINNER

FIREWALL

Directed by Mark Calderbank

United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Ash Flash Embers Remembers

Directed by Robert David Duncan

Canada

Battery Low, Sleep Now

Directed by Robert David Duncan

Canada

CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS

WINNER

Baby Over

Directed by Vrushab Maitri

India

CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT

WINNER

Unison Kismet: The Twin Samaritan

Written by Francesco Pio Capussela

Italy

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

CrossFyre: Chronicles of Gabriel

Written by Christan van Slyke, Dan E Scott, Devon Carey

United States

 

 

Pariah Chapter 2: The Prophecy

Written by Andrea Crow Gibson

United States

Pariah Chapter 3: Fire and Brimstone

Written by Andrea Gibson

United States

Backlash

Written by Charles Honeywood

 United States

Paradigm

Written by Stephen Wise, Eric Charles Kaplan (story)

United States

SHOCKING MARRIAGE

Written by DEMETRIO CASILE

Italy

FINDING SUPERMAN

Written by Jessi Thind

Canada

Wrongfully Convicted

Written by John Wolfe

United Kingdom

Mistresses of Sleep

Written by Dexter E. Williams

United States

Only My Sister

Written by Nikki Smallwood

United States

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

Ruby  Tuesday

Written by Thomas Louis Castiglione

United States

Finding Your True Self

Written by Gabriel Brown

United Kingdom

The Fish Husband

Written by Lourvey Bourdan

United States

Metronome

Written by Cory Rowe

United States

 

CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE

WINNER

Lake Kabula

Directed by Okeremute Ovuorho

Nigeria

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Afterpast

Directed by Debraj Goswami

India

CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION

WINNER

ANGELS ARE AMONG US

Directed by Gerry Manus

Canada

 

 

CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN

WINNER

The Closing Line

Directed by Ken Holmes

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Mother Earth

Directed by Aashi Pranjal

India

I RISE

Directed by Borun Thokchom

India

CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE

WINNER

Close your eyes and look at me

Directed by Andrea Castoldi

Italy

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

People like me

Directed by Sharon Woodward

United Kingdom

The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze (artist’s cut)

Directed by Nina Ross

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Free Speech

WINNER

Death of a Journalist

Directed by Kunal Shukla, Bhavesh Surte

India

CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION / GENRE FEATURE FILM

WINNER

Rules of the Dead

Directed by Isaac Rodriguez

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Deep Shock

Directed by Davide Melini

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: LGBT FILM

WINNER

Roadkill

Directed by Aliza Brugger

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

THE DEVIL’S TAIL

Directed by Gregory Terlecki

Canada

CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM

 

WINNER

A World Without You

Directed by Katsuhide Yamago

Japan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Afterpast

Directed by Debraj Goswami

India

walls

Directed by John Druzba

United States

The Closing Line

Directed by Ken Holmes

United States

Isolated

Directed by Jared Jacobsen

United States

Perfume

Directed by Arindam Roy

India

Aquariums

Directed by Sanjay Sinha

India

The Seeker’s Clue

Directed by Robert David Duncan

Canada

CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO

 

WINNER

Shout Down The Silence

Directed by Jeremy Harry Harris

Australia

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

365

Directed by Larry Jackson

United States

Mon Mojale Ore Baula Gaan Ek surey bondha

Directed by Music video Director:Birina Chakravarty , Music Director : Abhijit Barman

India

Afterpast

Directed by Debraj Goswami

India

Ave Maria

Directed by Jeremy Culver

United States

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

Everybody’s Beautiful

Directed by David Santo

United States

CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURE

 

WINNER

Pelícano

Directed by Gustavo Letelier

Chile

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Route 24

Directed by Rotimi  Akanbi

United States

THE LIFEBELT

Directed by Yiannis Panayiotarakos

Greece

Silent Partners

Directed by Jokes Yanes

United States

CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILM

 

WINNER

Waterman

Directed by Matt Black

Canada

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Broken Cake

Directed by Agniv Sengupta

India

The Seeker’s Proxy

Directed by Robert David Duncan

Canada

CATEGORY: ROMANTIC SHORT FILMS

 

WINNER

Your choice: to believe or not

Directed by Igor Dyachenko

Russian Federation

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

BACKBEAT

Directed by Martin Blank

United States

THE DEVIL’S TAIL

Directed by Gregory Terlecki

Canada

 

CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS

 

WINNER

 

 

The Last of the Ushers

Directed by Akos Dobos

Hungary

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Big Taj, Small Taj

Directed by Pankaj Thakur

India

Aabroo

Directed by Krishna Kanavillil

Sweden

Oh Shohagi

Directed by Jahangir Mohammad, Golam Mostafa

Bangladesh

Bouma ( daughter in law)

Directed by Jyoti Harlalka

India

MASTISHK (The Brain)

Directed by BIRINA Chakravarty

India

THE PORTRAIT

Directed by Rosh Rasheed

India

People Show 138: Last Day

Directed by Gareth Brierley

United Kingdom

Jump Scare

Directed by Sayan Mullick

India

HOLY COW

Directed by DR.JANET J

India

AZLAT

Directed by Anil KC

United Arab Emirates

Security Camera

Directed by Thorkell August Ottarsson

Norway

Guilt

Directed by Omkar Madhav Joshi

India

Mom and Dad

Directed by Gergő Elekes, József Gallai

Hungary

The Broken Wings

Directed by Ujjal Podder

India

PUTRAVATI BHAVA

Directed by Gajen Panging

India

“Cycle”

Directed by Mimi Garrard

United States

Here For You

Directed by Angel Hepburn

Panama

It could happen near you

Directed by Alexandra Kurkova

Russian Federation

THE AXE

Directed by Lanna (Svetlana) Rybakova

Russian Federation

KARMA – Fusing Harmony

Directed by Akash Manohar Fuke

India

U6LY

Directed by Lee Dae-in

Korea, Republic of

My Business

Directed by Boipelo Masilabele

South Africa

THE DEVIL’S TAIL

Directed by Gregory Terlecki

Canada

ОVERTIME

Directed by Leila Salakhatdinova

Russian Federation

ROBIBAR (The Last Day)

Directed by Suresh Sharma

India

People Show 138: Last Day

Directed by Gareth Brierley

United Kingdom

Haunting Day

Directed by Victor Mallo

Spain

Brass knuckles

Directed by Antoni Corone , Yokes Yanes

United States

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

madamaikku anjel (Don’t be afraid of stupidity)

Directed by Balamurugan

Malaysia

Hunar

Directed by Sarfaraz Khan, Lalita Kumar

India

CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT

 

WINNER

So Much I

Directed by AJ Maryn

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Something Like That

Directed by AJ Maryn

United States

Love of Silence

Directed by Marven Likness

Canada

 

 

 

In The Line

Directed by Stephen United Kingdom

 L Wright

Raised

Directed by Amélie Leclerc

Canada

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

Melancholy

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

Death Offers Life – last moments of Vincent Van Gogh

Directed by Madhu R

India

A Past To Forget

Directed by Jas Kaur

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS

 

WINNER

Wild Thing

Directed by Fiona Aryan

Ireland

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

A jag in the duplex system

Directed by Valerie Knill

Germany

Eclipse

Directed by Nikhil Khadse

India

Angel Dust

Directed by Brandon Brumm

United States

Mother Earth

Directed by Aashi Pranjal

India

Mannge Thapnee, A Prayer for the Crocodile

Directed by Olivia D’Cruz

India

Encounter with a Young Man

Directed by Levente Szutor

Hungary

One two home

Directed by Gili Shani

Israel

CATEGORY: TELEVISION / PILOT PROGRAM OR SERIES

 

WINNER

TORINAOSHI

Directed by Yusuke Kitaguchi

Japan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Closing Line

Directed by Ken Holmes

United States

Pandemic Prospering I

Directed by Travis D, Walker

United States

The Mobking 2.0

Directed by Ciro Dapagio

United States

CATEGORY: TRAILER / TEASER

 

WINNER

Larkin With Women (Trailer)

Directed by  Peter Gould

United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Euphorium: Genesis

Directed by  Cory Rowe

United States

The Mobking 2.0

Directed by  Ciro Dapagio

United States

Bound

Directed by  Jokes Yanes

United States

CATEGORY: VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) / AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) / 360° VIDEO

 

WINNER

Reservoir Broads

Directed by  Wes Evans

United States

CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA

 

WINNER

The Closing Line

Directed by  Ken Holmes

United States

CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILMS

 

WINNER

Birthday

Directed by  Atefeh Khademolreza

Iran, Islamic Republic of

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

HOLY COW

Directed by  DR.JANET J

India

 

Mother Earth

Directed by  Aashi Pranjal

India

Highest Point

Directed by  Christina Hogarth

Australia

——-