FILMS OF THE MONTH – FEBRUARY 2023 – MARCH 2023

TIFF

Movie of the month

(March 2023)


CATEGORY: Amateur Film
WINNER
How Youth Flies
Directed by Gang Song, Fei Peng Lu
China

CATEGORY: Animated Film
WINNER
FREEDUMB
Directed by John Johnson
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

Banana Tree
Directed by Scott Kane
United States

CATEGORY: Bengali Narrative feature

WINNER
AGNIMANTHAN (Bengali)
Directed by Prabir Roy
India


CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
Broken Mirror
Acted by Aaditya Sharma
India

CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Broken Mirror
Acted by Nikeet Dhillon
India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Conficted
Acted by Ginita Sunaina
India

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

Unearthly
Acted by Swastika Ganguly
New Zealand

CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
On / Off
Cinematographed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina

CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
VILLAADI.
Directed by Elavarasan Shanmugam
India

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

Broken Mirror
Directed by Ashwin Vijay Agrawal
India

CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
There Is No Planet B
Edited by Gergo Elekes, Virág Horváth
Hungary

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Edited by Alessandro Squitti
Argentina

CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
On / Off
Film Scored by Michael Brennan
Argentina

CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Produced by Enzo Zelocchi , TJ Mancini & Vin Diesel
United States

CATEGORY: Best Sound Designing
WINNER
On / Off
Sound Designed by Andrew Vernon
Argentina

CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
HELLO,MOM
Directed by Zhifan Zhang
China

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
How Youth Flies
Directed by Gang Song, Fei Peng Lu
China

PARAKASHTHA
Directed by Vaishvi Prajapati
India

FEAR LOSING

India

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Go Beyond
Directed by Yi Lin
China

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
WINNER

A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States

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

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

the sky is the limit
Directed by Mirka Anderson
United Kingdom

Mama: Norway’s Afghan Sons
Directed by Preethi Reddy Nallu
Norway

Coming Home To Edison
Directed by Arunkumar Deivanayagam
India

CATEGORY: Educational Film
WINNER
Ezhuthola (Saga of alphabets)
Directed by SURESH UNNIKRISHNAN
India

CATEGORY: Experimental Film

WINNER
Alley Senses
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sunday at the Chelsea
Directed by zhifan Zhang
United States

Tripped

Directed by Jaimil Joshi

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

C-Grade Waala
Directed by Amit Mathur
India

CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
KanhaJi
Written by Prataya Saha, Mansi Dadhich Mahur
India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
HELLO,MOM
Written by Zhifan Zhang
China

CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
With Friends Like These
Written by Neil Monaghan
United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Flaming Taj
Written by Dominic Doull, George Wright
Canada

CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
There Is No Planet B
Directed by Gergo Elekes, Virág Horváth
Hungary

CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
Regional exchange center, IRISO
Directed by Mitsuo Kurihara
Japan

CATEGORY: Film/Video Poster
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States

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

CATEGORY: Mobile Film

WINNER
Hoṭṭebāka
Directed by Vishnu Tenkayala
India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ballet… ballet
Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

BAROTA BAJLEO BAJTE PARE (A dream in dark night)
Directed by Asim Sahu, Kuntan Pal
India


CATEGORY: Music Video
WINNER
Beautiful Face
Directed by Levi Wise Kenneth Catoe Jr.
United States

CATEGORY: Narrative Feature
WINNER
MUJINA Pass
Directed by Hiroshi Toda
Japan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Romance of Wu Ge
Directed by Ge Jin
China

TRACKER
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey


CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Goodbye, White Guy
Directed by Milos Ajdinovic
United States

CATEGORY: Perfoming Arts

WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Hothat: Friendship Is Music
Directed by Ilajar Islam, Arafat Kazi
Bangladesh

CATEGORY: Short Film
WINNER
Goodnight Giggles
Directed by Nirmal Joshi
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Broken Mirror
Directed by Ashwin Vijay Agrawal
India

Conficted
Directed by Ginita Sunaina
India

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
VILLAADI.
Directed by Elavarasan Shanmugam
India

CATEGORY: Student Film
WINNER
《第三代的第三个孩子》
Directed by陈 一 赟
China

CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States

CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
Mama: Norway’s Afghan Sons
Directed by Preethi Reddy Nallu
Norway