FILMS OF THE MONTH – MAY 2022

TIFF

Movie of the month

(May 2022)

CATEGORY: Amateur Film

WINNER

Hector heat stroke

Directed by MICKE

France

CATEGORY: Animated Film

WINNER

Fabulous Hansel and Gretel

Directed by Arnaldo Galvão

Brazil

CATEGORY: Bengali Short Film

WINNER

Shiuli

Directed by Monojit Das

India

CATEGORY: Best Actor

WINNER

At The Edge

Acted by Mark Stas

Belgium

  OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

A Deadly Conversation

Acted by Dylan Hughes

United States

I’ll See You In Disneyland (2022)

Acted by Magnus Gudmundsson

Norway

Alone

Acted by Claudio Schwendener

Switzerland

Viral

Acted by Oliver Feaster

United States


CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Dvija
Acted by Savitha Sastry

India

 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Deadly Conversation
Acted by Lava Majesty

United States

Dark Classics – Monologue from Lady Macbeth

Acted by Dawna Lee Heising

United States

1888

Acted by Neethu Shetty

India

Viral

Acted by Amajae Hardy-Jones

United States

CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER

Viral
Cinematographed by Christopher McClean

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Love & Cocoa

Cinematographed by Joel George Thomas

India

CATEGORY: Best Director

WINNER
Beautiful Violence

Directed by Joey Medina

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Huspa Jhala Re

Directed by Nikhil Prakash Bhagat

India

Anbirkum Undo [Love Knows No Boundaries]

Directed by Arul Sankar S

India

1888

Directed by Sourabh Shukla

India

Dvija

Directed by AK Srikanth

India

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

A Deadly Conversation

Directed by David Pratt

United States


Newtrition
Directed by Ray Brady

United Kingdom

Chahat

Directed by Ashwin Alok

India

CATEGORY:  Best Editing

WINNER

Viral

Edited by Christopher McClean

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Newtrition

Edited by Ray Brady

United Kingdom

CATEGORY:  Best Film Score – Soundtrack

WINNER
WONDERFULLY ALONE
Scored by Dimitris Nitis

Greece

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
“Missing Children”
Scored by Dennis Walter Smith Sr

United States

Love & Cocoa

Scored by Sankalp Sachan

India

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Newtrition

Scored by Ray Brady

United Kingdom

CATEGORY:  Best Producer
WINNER

At The Edge

Produced by Mark Stas and Lorenzo Vanin
Belgium

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Love & Cocoa

Produced by Lavanya Agrawal
India

CATEGORY:  Best Supporting Actress
WINNER

A Deadly Conversation

Acted by Saxy Rachel

United States

CATEGORY: Comedy Short
WINNER

Diagnoses

Directed by Bob Grando

United States

CATEGORY: Crime Short
WINNER

Beautiful Violence

Directed by Joey Medina

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Powered Rage

Directed by Frederick Wayne McFeetersFrederick
United States

CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER

Aunt Eulalia

Directed by Chus Gómez

Spain

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Love & Cocoa
Directed by Praval Chhajed

India

WONDERFULLY ALONE

Directed by Maria Chelidoni

Greece

1888

Directed by Sourabh Shukla

India

A-typical Pennukanal Story

Directed by Priya E.M.Pattarette

New Zealand

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM

WINNER

Life in Loom

Directed by Edmond ranson

India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Washing Well Wenches and Friends

Directed by Fred McFeeters

United States

At The Edge

Directed by Lorenzo Vanin

Belgium

CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER

Foreigner’s Eye
Directed by Aram Voves

Austria

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Earthly Delights

Directed by David Huang

China

CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER

In Jade Moonlight

Written by Craig Stewart

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

BONE

Written by Ray Brady

United Kingdom

Someone Else

Written by Veronica R. Tabares

United States

Famously Unknown

Written by Eric Wayne Jones

United States

Reputation

Written by Jie Yu

United States

CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER

Our World is on Fire – Oratorio for our Future

Directed by Rainer Bartesch, Alexander Kleinrensing, Vincent Wild

Germany

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

FIRST LIGHT

Directed by John Woodman

United Kingdom

What I learned from cycling 6 times around the world.

Directed by Kenji Ogusu

Japan

Wild Orchid Man – Search for the Queen of Sheba

Directed by Sarasota Orchid Society, Mary Findling, Dr. Phil Nelson, Dr. Terry Root, Stig Dalström, Darryl Saffer

United States

CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER

Except for residents

Directed by Jacques Jack MICKE

France

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Dark Classics – Monologue from Lady Macbeth

Directed by Craig Railsback

United States

CATEGORY: Films on Disability Issue

WINNER

Listen With Your Heart

Directed by Meghna Damani

United States

CATEGORY: Free Speech

WINNER
Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein
Poster by Christian Kalnbach

Germany

CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film

WINNER

Newtrition
Directed by Ray Brady

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: LGBT Film

WINNER

A-typical Pennukanal Story

Directed by Priya E.M.Pattarette

New Zealand

CATEGORY: Mobile Film

WINNER

Reality TV
Directed by Zay Rodriguez

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

#BLUE_YELLOW

Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko

United States

My Sleep, My Grandma and My Bear Like Dog

Directed by Kabir Arora

India

CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER
Chetko
Directed by Pavel Hoodyakov, Zaur Zaseev

Russian Federation

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Safe in My Bed

Directed by Ken Newman

United States

DeFranzy – Die Verwandlung

Directed by Toby Wulff

Germany

Chahat

Directed by Ashwin Alok

India

CATEGORY: Narrative Feature

WINNER

Memories From Others

Directed by Olajide W Ajala

United States



OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

I’ll See You In Disneyland (2022)

Directed by Thorkell Agust Ottarsson

Norway

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman’s Chance

Directed by Aki Aleong
United States

The Paradise Motel Movie

Directed by Walter Hochbrueckner

United States


CATEGORY: One Minute Film

WINNER

Hindi Mama

Directed by Wei Yang Chen

Taiwan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

WETLAND

Directed by DINESH SHUKLA

India

CATEGORY: Postmodern Film
WINNER

Life is a two-way dream – Eallin lea guovttesuorat niehku

Directed by Gjert Rognli

Norway

CATEGORY: Romantic Short
WINNER

Love & Cocoa

Directed by Praval Chhajed

India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Pick Me

Directed by Janet Watson Kruse

Australia


CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
WINNER

Brother Troll
Directed by Gudmund Helmsdal

Faroe Islands

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

winter’s tale

Directed by jung hye jung hye jang

Korea, Republic of

BAIL OUT – I am Lorenzo Lamas

Directed by Dennis O’Neill

United States

Arlequin

Directed by Antonio Cesarini

France

Anbirkum Undo [Love Knows No Boundaries]

Directed by Arul Sankar S

India

The coaching Inn

Directed by Carlo Malacchini

Italy

The Other Woman
Directed by Gary Gananian

Brazil

Beautiful Violence

Directed by Joey Medina

United States


Kalsarpa

Directed by Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi

India

PASSOUT

Directed by Rahul Dilip Suryavanshi

Dvija

Directed by AK Srikanth

India

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

A Deadly Conversation
Directed by David Pratt

United States

The Family Drunk
Directed by Frederick Wayne mcfeeters

United States

ENJOY
Directed by ASOK BOSE

India

Naked Men in the Woods

Directed by Paul Ploberger, Benjamin Kornfeld

Austria

STILL

Directed by Lance J. Reha

United States

Viral

Directed by Etderick Bettie, Christopher McClean

United States

CATEGORY: Short Script
WINNER
Lavender
Written by Elizabeth (Martina) Bishop, Danielle Stritmatter

United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Newtrition (script/screenplay only)
Written by Ray Brady

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Silent Film

WINNER

Win – Win

Directed by Aram Voves

Austria

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Plato’s Cake
Directed by Weiyang Chen

United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Student Film

WINNER

Strong As Water

Directed by Jingheng Lin

United States


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Return Ticket

Directed by Kabir Arora

India

CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser

WINNER

Viral
Directed by Etderick Bettie, Christopher McClean

United States

CATEGORY: Travel Film

WINNER

Zaragoza. Spanish Debut
Directed by Iryna Melnyk Novak

Spain

CATEGORY: Web and New Media
WINNER

According to Marcus

Directed by Aniez Atlas

Spain


CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
A-typical Pennukanal Story
Directed by Priya E.M.Pattarette

New Zealand


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

WONDERFULLY ALONE

Directed by Maria Chelidoni

Greece