TIFF
MOVIE OF THE MONTH
JANUARY 2022
CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILM
WINNER
Stellar Dunes – The Animated Movie
Directed by Philipe Desmarais
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
grydscaen: scout eve (Episode 3)
Directed by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States
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The Derelict
Directed by Dante D’Anthony
United States
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know how to love oneself human
Directed by GERALDINE Gée
United States
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR
WINNER
a LIV e
Acted by Jim Winton Porter
Australia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
grydscaen: scout eve (Episode 3)
Acted by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS
WINNER
PRISON CITY
Acted by Feiying Sun
China
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
a LIV e
Acted by Lucy Claire
Australia
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CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
Pullu – Rising
Cinematographyby Nismal Noushad
India
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CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER
Charging the Canopy
Directed by Olivia Csiky Trnka, Noé Cauderay
Switzerland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
grydscaen: scout eve (Episode 3)
Directed by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States
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“MANDARAGAT”
Directed by Roderick Ortañeza Alo
Philippines
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LONELY
Directed by Melvin Pattern
Japan
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Pullu – Rising
Directed by Amal Noushad
India
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CATEGORY: BEST FILM SCORE – SOUNDTRACK
WINNER
Onset
Scored by Ayush Gupta
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Charging the Canopy
Scored by Olivia Csiky Trnka, Noé Cauderay
Switzerland
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CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER
WINNER
Pullu – Rising
Produced by Thomas AjayAbraham
India
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CATEGORY: BEST SOUND DESIGNING
WINNER
Charging the Canopy
Sound designing by Olivia Csiky Trnka, Noé Cauderay
Switzerland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pullu – Rising
Sound designing by Athul Vijayan, Dilraj Gopi, Sanjay Prasannan
India
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CATEGORY: BEST VFX ARTIST
WINNER
Precursor
VFX by Marco Castiglione
Italy
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CATEGORY: COMEDY SHORT
WINNER
The Lucky One
Directed by Yichi Zhang
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Crossroads
Directed by Anna Nosatova
Russian Federation
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CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL / ADVERTISEMENT
WINNER
You’re My Person
Directed by Adam Christopher Dombeck
United States
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CATEGORY: CRIME SHORT
WINNER
secret lands
Directed by Pierre Renverseau
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Occult
Directed by Xiaorui Yu, Yixuan Cai
China
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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
The Pen
Directed by Amrutraj Bhamble
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Onset
Directed by Vivek Vijayakumaran
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Free Ticket.
Directed by Abhay Dalakoti
India
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Some Moments In Stagnancy
Directed by Ayan Adhikary
India
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Pullu – Rising
Directed by Amal Noushad
India
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Finding Inner Hero
Directed by Constance Elizabeth Brenneman, Brad Hammer
United States
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS
WINNER
True Believer
Directed by HIDEKI KOJITANI
Japan
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
2005 Nights and Days
Directed by Andrzej Dudziński
Poland
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Social Media Monster
Directed by Peter John Ross
United States
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the wanderer of the montagnette……..
Directed by Jacques MICKE
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Smiling with the World
Directed by Nathan Keith Williams
China
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Empty America
Directed Joel Bryant
United States
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Chip inside me
Directed by Julia Kiseleva
Russian Federation
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Latest Technology in Agriculture
Directed by Manan Subra
Malaysia
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Finding Inner Hero
Directed by Constance Elizabeth Brenneman, Brad Hammer
United States
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CATEGORY: DRONE FILMS
WINNER
Ιceland Cinematic Road Trip
Directed by IOANNIS GIANNELIS
Greece
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CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM
WINNER
DENNAA THE WINGS
Directed by SANTOSH PANDA
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Vote Or Note
Directed by HARJOT SINGH
India
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CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILM
WINNER
Memory Game
Directed by Florenta Nicoleta Vatavu
United Kingdom
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
The Last Padawan 2 – A Short Star Wars Story
Directed by Jesper Tønnes
Denmark
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Berlin Loop: Stresow Station
Directed by Jeffrey Moser
United States
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Charging the Canopy
Directed by Olivia Csiky Trnka, Noé Cauderay
Switzerland
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Bison Hill
Directed by Derek Ogbourne
United Kingdom
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“The Parking Lot of Dreams” – English subtitles
Directed by Alexis Krasilovsky
United States
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CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILM
WINNER
Bring on the Bollywood
Directed by Samir Bhamra
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
YangYang
Directed by Yuantai Wu
China
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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
Art
Written by Stefan Alexander Mannes
Germany
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
HEARTSTONE
Written by Michael Williams, Robert Biheller, Phillip Margolin
United States
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Reformation
Written by Stephen Morgan-MacKay, Stefan Alexander Mannes
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Trucker Uppers
Written by Baby Boy Monaghan, Coco Mault
United States
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The Devil Behind
Written by Dan Alex
United Kingdom
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Local-ized
Written by Leonidas Stanescu
Singapore
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A COUNTERFEIT PRIEST
Written by Paul Cross
United States
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CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE
WINNER
The Beautiful Animals Of Zoological Garden Alipore Kolkata Volume – 3
Directed by Debojyoti Kumar
India
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CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION
WINNER
The Resurrection of Jesus
Directed by Holger Klussmann
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pullu – Rising
Directed by Amal Noushad
India
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CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN
WINNER
Silent Love
Directed by Shihyun Wang
Taiwan
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CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILTY ISSUE
WINNER
Working Dogs
Directed by Elisabeth Ehrenhauser
Austria
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CATEGORY: FILMS ON FREE SPEECH
WINNER
grydscaen: scout eve (Episode 3)
Directed by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States
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CATEGORY: FILMS ON Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film
WINNER
The Last Padawan 2 – A Short Star Wars Story
Directed by Jesper Tønnes
Denmark
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CATEGORY: LGBT FILM
WINNER
Leave
Directed by Sioly Amundarain
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mukhosh ( the mask)
Direxcted by Paayel Chouudhury
India
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Window (Khidki)
Shoneel Yallattikar, Smriti Ramakrishnan
India
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In Nature
Directed by Marcel Barelli
Switzerland
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CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM
WINNER
I MET FELLINI!
Directed by Domenico Saverni
Italy
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
CROSSED
Directed by Jean-Charles Fritz
France
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Drops of Joy
Directed by Sajesh Mohan
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Nihil
Directed by Ridvan Yavuz
United States
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New Year,New Birth.
Directed by Yuantai Wu
China
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
Living In The West / G.Thomas & The Bellamy Brothers
Directed by Martin Michiels
Norway
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Bring on the Bollywood music video
Directed by Samir Bhamra
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Black City Nights
Directed by Nathan Castiel
United States
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Face Masks
Directed by Carlo Malacchini
Italy
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Glasgow Reel
Directed by Michael Sciotto, Ray DeTone
United States
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IT’s Over
Directed by Mahendran
India
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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES
WINNER
Pessoas
Directed by Arturo Dueñas Herrero
Spain
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pullu – Rising
Directed by Amal Noushad
India
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CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILM
WINNER
Afloat-1Min
Directed by HELIA BEHROOZ
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
1 HERO 4 SOME 1
Directed by Cyril André Delon
France
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CATEGORY: PERFORMING ARTS
WINNER
Showreel Henk Brugge 2021 (Festival Edit)
Performed by Henk Brugge
Netherlands
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CATEGORY: POSTMODERN FILM
WINNER
Spring Fish
Directed by Gabriel Xavier
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Charging the Canopy
Directed by Olivia Csiky Trnka, Noé Cauderay
Switzerland
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CATEGORY: ROMANTIC SHORT
WINNER
D After C
Directed by Sandra Williams
United States
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS
WINNER
Colour Lens
Directed by Marc Jarny Jure
Canada
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Appayya Clinic
Directed by Dinesh acharya, Rajesh kergal
India
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a LIV e
Directed by Jim Winton Porter, Hanni Witt
Australia
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EYERIS
Directed by Suvadip Sengupta
India
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Parking
Directed by Vishal Mahesh Lalwani
United Arab Emirates
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Billy Kills The Internet
Directed by Lon Strickland
United States
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Pratibimb
Directed by Monal Panchasara
Canada
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YOUR CALL
Directed by Afeez Ahammed
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sweet time
Directed by Jianwu Zeng
China
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grydscaen: scout eve (Episode 3)
Directed by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States
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Living Now
Directed by Natalia Nasinnik
Russian Federation
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Rising Lotus
Directed by Gurinder J Singh
United States
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Onset
Directed by Vivek Vijayakumaran
India
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MEMORIES
Directed by Sebastian Pink
Germany
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Destination – Thriller on U Turn
Directed by Nikhil Bharadwaj Vanamamalai
United States
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Shunyata
Directed by Hrishikesha Vijay
India
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together
Directed by shakhawan kakamam
Iraq
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AYUDA
Directed by Roderick Ortañeza Alo
Philippines
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BORME
Directed by Tapen Natam
India
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Frince
Directed by Ram
India
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Bhaskar Bechain
Directed by Shadwal
India
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CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT
WINNER
The Other Family
Written by Juan Pablo Daranas Molina
Cuba
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I don’t want to cry
Written by Pablo Fuentes Fernández
Spain
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CATEGORY: SILENT FILM
WINNER
eternal recurrence
Directed by Ajmal Hamsa
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
RAAKH – A silent Movie
Rajesh Dattatraya Chavan
India
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CATEGORY: STUDENT FILM
WINNER
Memory of the youth
Directed by Rui Ge
China
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
GREY
Directed by Kanishka Pal
India
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Next to God
Directed by Rahul Kumar
India
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Raghurajpur: The land of artisans
Directed by Ankit Kumar Sahoo, Omm Prakash Rautray
India
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CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series
WINNER
TUTOPIQUE #COMPANY
Directed by Maurice HUVELIN
France
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CATEGORY: TRAILER/TEASER
WINNER
The Winter’s Tale
Directed by Samir Bhamra
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Alienated
Direceted by Yedhu Krishna
India
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CATEGORY: TRAVEL FILM
WINNER
BONG with a SONG / Bengali Aunty’s Travels in Thailand
Directed by Sawan Dutta
India
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CATEGORY: Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video
WINNER
RETRO360
Directed by Thomas Kutschker
Germany
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CATEGORY: Web and New Media
WINNER
TOY SOLDIERS COMICS SHOW
Directed by Vittorio Adinolfi
Italy
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Eye on Entertainment
Directed by Dawna Lee Heising
United States
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grydscaen: scout eve (Episode 3)
Directed by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States
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CATEGORY: YOUNG FILMMAKER
WINNER
YangYang
Directed by Yuantai Wu
China
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