TIFF
Movie of the month
(MARCH 2022)
CATEGORY: Amateur Film
WINNER
Beyond
Directed by Oleg Loparev
United States
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CATEGORY: Animated Film
WINNER
Spoon
Directed by Arthur Chays
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A World of Sphericals
Directed by William J Thinnes
United States
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The Case
Directed by Maurizio Forestieri
Italy
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CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
AYUDA (AID)
Acted by JEK JUMAWAN
Philippines
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Evolution
Acted by INDRANIL CHAKRABARTI
India
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The Virus
Acted by Surjo
United States
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AAMRAS
Acted by Arjan Aujla
India
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Broken Blooms
Acted by Jeric Gonzales
Philippines
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HOLY FATHER
Acted by RAJU THOTTAM
India
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Lilly
Acted by Mariam Joseph
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Main Bhi Social
Acted by Kusum Sharma
United States
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The Virus
Acted by Sanjukta
United States
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AAMRAS
Acted by Alka Amin
India
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Broken Blooms
Acted by Jaclyn Jose
Philippines
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HOLY FATHER
Acted by MAREENA MICHAEL
India
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CATEGORY: Cinematographer
WINNER
Broken Blooms
Cinematographed by T.M. MALONES
Philippines
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Evolution
Cinematographed by Ankit Sengupta
India
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AAMRAS
Cinematographed by Nikhil Gulhane
India
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At The Therapist
Cinematographed by Austin D’Souza
India
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
Circle
Directed by Wenqin Ni
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Virus
Directed by Nairita Banerjee
United States
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Charlie: The Chicken
Directed by Jeevan Dhaker
United States
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AAMRAS
Directed by Mayank Pushpam Singh
India
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Four Corners
Directed by Harold Jay Silla
Philippines
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Main Bhi Social
Directed by Nitin Patil
United States
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Broken Blooms
Directed by Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio
Philippines
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CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
At The Therapist
Edited by Austin D’Souza
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
AAMRAS
Edited by Rahul Bhatankar
India
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Circle
Edited by Wei (Will) Li
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
The Sunshine Brothers
Scored by Burnham Holmes
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
Charlie: The Chicken
Produced by Jeevan Dhaker
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Sound Designing
WINNER
AAMRAS
Sound Designed by Shrey Anjania
India
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CATEGORY: Supporting Actor
WINNER
AAMRAS
Acted by Akshay Sharma
India
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CATEGORY: Supporting Actress
WINNER
AAMRAS
Acted by Shruthy Menon
India
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CATEGORY: Comedy Short
WINNER
Pori Urundai
Directed by Viveka Rajagopal
India
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CATEGORY: Commercial / Advertisement
WINNER
Plant A Tree for Jubilee
Directed by Sharon Woodward
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ebern – A new life begins
Directed by Christian Schu
United Arab Emirates
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CATEGORY: Crime Short
WINNER
Asleep in the sound of waves
Directed by Dishank Joshi
India
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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
Before A Painting
Directed by Nathan Tosoni
Switzerland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Charlie: The Chicken
Directed by Jeevan Dhaker
United States
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A New Beginning
Directed by Icarr Weeoui
India
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NAMASTEYJI, MAY I COME IN…
Directed by Fatema Zahra Zen
India
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Lilly
Directed by Mariam Joseph
India
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Escape
Directed by Leonardo Malinowski
Brazil
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Beyond
Directed by Oleg Loparev
United States
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Without You
Directed by Shailendra Kumar Jha
India
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Four Corners
Directed by Harold Jay Silla
Philippines
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Blue Ticks
Directed by Sohini Basak
India
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HOLY FATHER
Directed by BRIGHT SAM ROBINS
India
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
WINNER
La Motera (The Biker)
Directed by Luis Galán
Spain
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Taqi
Directed by Aleen Shoufani
Israel
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Home is…
Directed by Gavin Jones
United Kingdom
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EARL BISS, The Spirit Who Walks Among His People
Directed by Lisa Gerstner
United States
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Get’ Em Addicted
Directed by Chandler Blake Bradley
United States
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CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
Wild Symphony
Directed by Diego Samper
Colombia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dust
Directed by Li Ban
China
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
Forest Dancers
Directed by Wei Feng
China
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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
The Shift
Written by James Thornton
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
THE CHESTNUT TREE
Written by Mathew Tekulsky
United States
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Thor-Bolt
Written by James Thornton
United States
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Birthday Boy
Written by Michael Jonathan Gellis
United States
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CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
Man and an old mill
Directed by Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen
Finland
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
Beyond
Directed by Oleg Loparev
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mom’s war time stories
Directed by James Chen
Taiwan
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Draupadi
Directed by Kanupriya Gupta
India
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EXTENDED WARRANTY
Directed by GOUTAM RACHIRAJU
India
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CATEGORY: Films on Disability issue
WINNER
Everything I Could
Directed by Christopher Armienti
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
HOLY FATHER
Directed by BRIGHT SAM ROBINS
India
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
DANCING WITH THE WIND
Directed by Benny Lau
Hong Kong
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Sunshine Brothers
Directed by Burnham Holmes
United States
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Beyond
Directed by Oleg Loparev
United States
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
CPYist – My Thoughts to Be
Directed by Toby Wulff
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Black Book
Directed by Steven Pierce
United States
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Chal Do Naa
Directed by Anurag Abhijit Pote
India
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High Time You Make Her Believe
Directed by Deepayan Purkait
India
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CATEGORY: Narrative Feature
WINNER
Love Rules!
Directed by Shihyun Wang
Taiwan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
INDRANIL
Directed by Deba Kr Borah
India
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Broken Blooms
Directed by Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio
Philippines
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Royaye Kaghazi
Directed by Ali Atshani
United States
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CATEGORY: Performing Arts
WINNER
Love and the plague
Directed by Marcela Lordy
Brazil
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
AAMRAS
Directed by Mayank Pushpam Singh
India
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CATEGORY: Selfie Video
WINNER
The Truth
Directed by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
United States
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
WINNER
Nawaz
Directed by Laxmikant Sutar
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Music on your feet
Directed by Sophie DA COSTA
France
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The River
Directed by Suramya
India
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The Ungrateful Machine
Directed by Sandeep Khurana
United States
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Without You
Directed by Shailendra Kumar Jha
India
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Breakthrough
Directed by Manav Bhuddi, Vivek Sharma
India
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A New Beginning
Directed by Icarr Weeoui
India
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AAMRAS
Directed by Mayank Pushpam Singh
India
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Together one day
Directed by he wei
China
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Dilemma
Directed by Bud Patel
United States
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Lilly
Directed by Mariam Joseph
India
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My Old Pal
Directed by Yu Hei Yim
Hong Kong
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Main Bhi Social
Directed by Nitin Patil
United States
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The Evolution
Directed by INDRANIL CHAKRABARTI
India
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Charlie: The Chicken
Directed by Jeevan Dhaker
United States
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At The Therapist
Directed by Avirat Parekh
India
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Sequent Meet
Directed by Ajay Subramanian
India
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Everything I Could
Directed by Christopher Armienti
United States
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CATEGORY: Short Script
WINNER
Something for the Weekend
Written by Nicola Morris, Rupert Bogarde
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I’m Not Crazy
Written by MrzJerzy Productionz
United States
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CATEGORY: Student Film
WINNER
Door-Darshan
Directed by Anurag Pote
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Taqi
Directed by Aleen Shoufani
Israel
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Heavenly meeting
Directed by Zhouxu Zhang
China
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Tumult
Directed by Yu Wang, Xiao Li
China
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CATEGORY: Television/Pilot Program or Series
WINNER
Kat Killed My Cat
Written by Javier Navarrete
United States
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CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
Lilly
Directed by Mariam Joseph
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
END OF TWO ACT
Directed by Elena Martín
Spain
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