FILMS OF THE MONTH – JANUARY 2020

CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS

WINNER

Division Series

Directed by HO KWON KIM

Korea, Republic of

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 WABI-SABI

Directed by Shan Xu

China

 

CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR

WINNER

 Rain Man Parody

Acted by Andy Magro

Germany

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Agent 11

Acted by David Jon Foster

United States

 

CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS

WINNER

 The Formerly Session

Acted by Cherry Fu

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Welcome On Board

Acted by Bandana Basnett

Singapore

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 TODAY ALL DAY

Acted by Dipanwita Sengupta

India

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Utal Dhara

Acted by Dipanwita Sengupta

India

 

CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

 the letter

Cinematography by jiyoung jung

Korea, Republic of

 

CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER

 No beginning, No end (Zero)

Directed by Fanis Topsachalidis

Greece

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Welcome On Board

Directed by Mohsin Abrar

Singapore

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WESTBOUND / EASTBOUND

Directed by Rohan Bader

Canada

 

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 WOLFSBANE 2 “HELL ON EARTH”

Directed by Jon Guerra

United States

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Max

Directed by mr. Bouhaïk

France

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

 “POET IN TWO WORLDS”

Directed by SWAPNIL VASANT LATA KAPURE

India

 

 

CATEGORY: BEST EDITING

WINNER

WESTBOUND / EASTBOUND

Edited by EARTHTONE

Canada

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Welcome On Board

Edited by Saumya Sobhan Nayek

Singapore

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Max

Edited by mr. Bouhaïk

France

 

CATEGORY: BEST FILM SCORE – SOUNDTRACK

WINNER

 THE GRAND OASIS

Film Score by GimEnez Bros.

Spain

 

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 UNTIL DAWN – Yin Chapitre

Film Score by mr. Bouhaïk & Jacques Guilbert

France

 

CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER

WINNER

 Welcome On Board

Produced by Bandana Basnett

Singapore

CATEGORY: BEST SOUND DESIGNING

WINNER

 WESTBOUND / EASTBOUND

Sound design by Rohan Bader

Canada

 

CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER

 Wonderland: the series| Pilot 

Acted by Thomas J. O’Brien

United States

 

CATEGORY: BEST VFX ARTIST

WINNER

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VFX by qDavid De Franca

Italy

 

CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL / ADVERTISEMENT

WINNER

 We give everything for you

Directed by Daniel Díaz, Gloria Tejero

Spain

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 8102 ARIM

Directed by Brice Blanloeil

France

 

 

CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER

WINNER

 Agent 11

Directed by David Jon Foster

United States

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Welcome On Board

Directed by Mohsin Abrar

Singapore

 

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 TODAY ALL DAY

Directed by Dipanwita Sengupta

India

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

My first day

Directed by mr. bouhaïk

France

 

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS

WINNER

 The Sako Tapes

Directed by  Machiel van den Heuvel

Netherlands 

 

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Nomads

Directed by  Emiliano Ruprah

Mexico

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Two as One

Directed by  Carlo Stoppa

Italy

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LOCO-MOTIONS: TAVARES BASTOS

Directed by  Johan Granberg

Qatar

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Enemy Within: Caught in the Crossfire

Directed by  Shehzad Hameed Ahmad

Singapore

 

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 CommuKnity

Directed by  Tyche Marie Nettingham

United States

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

 Wildlife- Our Lifeblood

Directed by  Naresh Glow

India

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Wolf & Duce

Directed by  Aswin Ramachandran

India 

 

CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM

WINNER

 ECSTASY (bury the drugs before they bury you)

Directed by  Phil Efe Bernard

Ghana

 

CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

WINNER

 THE ART OF LOVE

Directed by  Alejo Restrepo, Jaime Ackroyd

France

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Agent 11

Directed by  David Jon Foster

United States

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Fiction Nature

Directed by  Shan Xu

China

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WESTBOUND / EASTBOUND

Directed by  Rohan Bader

Canada

 

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 The Last of the Gandhians

Directed by  Meher Haque, Nitin Tiwari

India

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CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE

 WINNER

 ANTARCTICA. Slides of Life

Directed by ANDRII ANDREIEV

Ukraine

 

CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN

WINNER

 Fi and Me

Directed by Chris Leary

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Welcome On Board

Directed by Mohsin Abrar

Singapore

 

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 Devika

Directed by Jibin George James

India

 

CATEGORY: FILM/VIDEO POSTER 

WINNER

 Fiction Nature

Directed by Shan Xu

China

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Max

Directed by mr. Bouhaïk

France

 

CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION / GENRE FEATURE FILM

WINNER

 Fiction Nature

Directed by Shan Xu

China

CATEGORY: LGBT FILM

WINNER

 Me and Me

Directed by Shardul More

India

 

CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM

WINNER

 Room 19B Spinoza Hotel

Directed by Robert David Duncan

Canada

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

SWAPPING

Directed by Abhijit Sinha

India

CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO

 WINNER

 MARIBOR & SAXOPHONE

Directed by FRANC KOPIC

Slovenia

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Music for 2 Pianos and Tape Recorder

Directed by Lilita Grinberga

United Kingdom

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Friend Anxiety

Directed by Daniel Díaz, Gloria Tejero

Spain

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Something More

Directed by Sebastian Mayr

Austria

 

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 Utal Dhara

Directed by Not Specified

India

 

CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES

WINNER

 Welcome On Board

Directed by Mohsin Abrar

Singapore

 

CATEGORY: PERFOMING ARTS

WINNER

 Wonderland: the series| Pilot 

Directed by Romeo Ortiz

United States 

 

CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS

WINNER

 UPPALAM

Directed by ANIL K.C

United Arab Emirates

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 the letter

Directed by jiyoung jung

Korea, Republic of

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“TH SR” Second Version

Directed by Mimi Garrard

United States

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Requiem for the Living

Directed by JAROSLAW GOGOLIN

United Kingdom

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Rain Man Parody

Directed by Richard Ruisi

Germany

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Candy

Directed by J. Samuel Ryan

United States

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Pleeeease…Save resources, save your life

Directed by Krishna Kant Pandya

United States

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Kadal

Directed by Ramji

India

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THE ART OF LOVE

Directed by Alejo Restrepo, Jaime Ackroyd

France

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AMUNET

Directed by VIJENDRA BHAMBHANI

United Arab Emirates

 

 

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 Sorry

Directed by Amaan Asif

India

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11 Rupaye

Directed by Sanket K. Ghag

India

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zzz

Directed by Raj Desai

India

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The Round Trip

Directed by Priyam Chanda

India

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“POET IN TWO WORLDS”

Directed by SWAPNIL VASANT LATA KAPURE

India

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DEVELOPMENT

Directed by RAMESH MORE

India

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Cup of Tea makes a difference

Directed by Sumant Velankar

India

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

 Death Offers Life – last moments of Vincent Van Gogh

Directed by Saheer Abbas

India

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The Storyteller

Directed by Sabyasachi Banerji

India

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REALISATION

Directed by Bhausaheb Lokhande

India

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Mrugavadhe

Directed by Kiran Vaneil

India

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Painful Pride

Saumitra Singh

India

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Thirst

Directed by Arun Bhagath K

India

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Fi and Me

Directed by Chris Leary

United States

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Wolf & Duce

Directed by Aswin Ramachandran

India

FINALIST

 “Looking Back Part 4”

Mimi Garrard

United States

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The Bedroom Story

Karan Bhatt

India

 

CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT

WINNER

 Glove

Written by Marek Zalewski

Poland

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 MMA

Written by Marek Zalewski

Poland

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Cardboard Box

Written by Bernhard Riedhammer

Germany

 

CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS

WINNER

 While You Sleep

Directed by Kano Ikeda

Japan

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Gay as in Happy: A Queer Anti-Tragedy

Directed by Jordana Valerie Allen-Shim

Canada

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MOKSH

Directed by Ashwin Sapna Ramnath Karande

India

 

CATEGORY: TELEVISION / PILOT PROGRAM OR SERIES

WINNER

 Wonderland: the series| Pilot 

Romeo Ortiz, Lani Martinez,  Sid Spencer & Thomas J. O’Brien

United States

 

 

CATEGORY: TRAILER/TEASER

WINNER

 BadBoo: An Olfactory Offense

 Not Specified

India

  

 

CATEGORY: TREATMENT / SYNOPSIS

WINNER

 Ariel

Written by Camila Cohen

Brazil

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 In My Skin

Written by Priscila Martz

Brazil

 

CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA

WINNER

 Rudi

Directed by Lillo Venezia

Italy

 

CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILMS

WINNER

 I’m Sinner

Directed by JAY DOGRA

United States

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 TODAY ALL DAY

Directed by Dipanwita Sengupta

India

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Chitthiyaan – The Letters

Directed by Swati Chugh

India

 

CATEGORY: YOUNG FILMMAKER

 WINNER

 Connor’s Brick Wall

Directed by Ewan Pipe

Ireland