TIFF
Movie of the month
(May 2022)
CATEGORY: Amateur Film
WINNER
Hector heat stroke
Directed by MICKE
France
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CATEGORY: Animated Film
WINNER
Fabulous Hansel and Gretel
Directed by Arnaldo Galvão
Brazil
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CATEGORY: Bengali Short Film
WINNER
Shiuli
Directed by Monojit Das
India
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CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
At The Edge
Acted by Mark Stas
Belgium
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Deadly Conversation
Acted by Dylan Hughes
United States
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I’ll See You In Disneyland (2022)
Acted by Magnus Gudmundsson
Norway
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Alone
Acted by Claudio Schwendener
Switzerland
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Viral
Acted by Oliver Feaster
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Dvija
Acted by Savitha Sastry
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Deadly Conversation
Acted by Lava Majesty
United States
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Dark Classics – Monologue from Lady Macbeth
Acted by Dawna Lee Heising
United States
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1888
Acted by Neethu Shetty
India
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Viral
Acted by Amajae Hardy-Jones
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
Viral
Cinematographed by Christopher McClean
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Love & Cocoa
Cinematographed by Joel George Thomas
India
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
Beautiful Violence
Directed by Joey Medina
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Huspa Jhala Re
Directed by Nikhil Prakash Bhagat
India
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Anbirkum Undo [Love Knows No Boundaries]
Directed by Arul Sankar S
India
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1888
Directed by Sourabh Shukla
India
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Dvija
Directed by AK Srikanth
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
A Deadly Conversation
Directed by David Pratt
United States
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Newtrition
Directed by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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Chahat
Directed by Ashwin Alok
India
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CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
Viral
Edited by Christopher McClean
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Newtrition
Edited by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
WONDERFULLY ALONE
Scored by Dimitris Nitis
Greece
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
“Missing Children”
Scored by Dennis Walter Smith Sr
United States
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Love & Cocoa
Scored by Sankalp Sachan
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Newtrition
Scored by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
At The Edge
Produced by Mark Stas and Lorenzo Vanin
Belgium
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Love & Cocoa
Produced by Lavanya Agrawal
India
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CATEGORY: Best Supporting Actress
WINNER
A Deadly Conversation
Acted by Saxy Rachel
United States
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CATEGORY: Comedy Short
WINNER
Diagnoses
Directed by Bob Grando
United States
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CATEGORY: Crime Short
WINNER
Beautiful Violence
Directed by Joey Medina
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Powered Rage
Directed by Frederick Wayne McFeetersFrederick
United States
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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
Aunt Eulalia
Directed by Chus Gómez
Spain
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Love & Cocoa
Directed by Praval Chhajed
India
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WONDERFULLY ALONE
Directed by Maria Chelidoni
Greece
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1888
Directed by Sourabh Shukla
India
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A-typical Pennukanal Story
Directed by Priya E.M.Pattarette
New Zealand
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
WINNER
Life in Loom
Directed by Edmond ranson
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Washing Well Wenches and Friends
Directed by Fred McFeeters
United States
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At The Edge
Directed by Lorenzo Vanin
Belgium
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CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
Foreigner’s Eye
Directed by Aram Voves
Austria
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Earthly Delights
Directed by David Huang
China
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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
In Jade Moonlight
Written by Craig Stewart
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BONE
Written by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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Someone Else
Written by Veronica R. Tabares
United States
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Famously Unknown
Written by Eric Wayne Jones
United States
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Reputation
Written by Jie Yu
United States
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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
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FIRST LIGHT
Directed by John Woodman
United Kingdom
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What I learned from cycling 6 times around the world.
Directed by Kenji Ogusu
Japan
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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
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
Except for residents
Directed by Jacques Jack MICKE
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dark Classics – Monologue from Lady Macbeth
Directed by Craig Railsback
United States
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CATEGORY: Films on Disability Issue
WINNER
Listen With Your Heart
Directed by Meghna Damani
United States
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CATEGORY: Free Speech
WINNER
Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein
Poster by Christian Kalnbach
Germany
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CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film
WINNER
Newtrition
Directed by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: LGBT Film
WINNER
A-typical Pennukanal Story
Directed by Priya E.M.Pattarette
New Zealand
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
Reality TV
Directed by Zay Rodriguez
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
#BLUE_YELLOW
Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States
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My Sleep, My Grandma and My Bear Like Dog
Directed by Kabir Arora
India
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
Chetko
Directed by Pavel Hoodyakov, Zaur Zaseev
Russian Federation
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Safe in My Bed
Directed by Ken Newman
United States
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DeFranzy – Die Verwandlung
Directed by Toby Wulff
Germany
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Chahat
Directed by Ashwin Alok
India
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CATEGORY: Narrative Feature
WINNER
Memories From Others
Directed by Olajide W Ajala
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I’ll See You In Disneyland (2022)
Directed by Thorkell Agust Ottarsson
Norway
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Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman’s Chance
Directed by Aki Aleong
United States
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The Paradise Motel Movie
Directed by Walter Hochbrueckner
United States
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CATEGORY: One Minute Film
WINNER
Hindi Mama
Directed by Wei Yang Chen
Taiwan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WETLAND
Directed by DINESH SHUKLA
India
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CATEGORY: Postmodern Film
WINNER
Life is a two-way dream – Eallin lea guovttesuorat niehku
Directed by Gjert Rognli
Norway
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CATEGORY: Romantic Short
WINNER
Love & Cocoa
Directed by Praval Chhajed
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pick Me
Directed by Janet Watson Kruse
Australia
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
WINNER
Brother Troll
Directed by Gudmund Helmsdal
Faroe Islands
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
winter’s tale
Directed by jung hye jung hye jang
Korea, Republic of
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BAIL OUT – I am Lorenzo Lamas
Directed by Dennis O’Neill
United States
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Arlequin
Directed by Antonio Cesarini
France
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Anbirkum Undo [Love Knows No Boundaries]
Directed by Arul Sankar S
India
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The coaching Inn
Directed by Carlo Malacchini
Italy
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The Other Woman
Directed by Gary Gananian
Brazil
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Beautiful Violence
Directed by Joey Medina
United States
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Kalsarpa
Directed by Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi
India
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PASSOUT
Directed by Rahul Dilip Suryavanshi
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Dvija
Directed by AK Srikanth
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
A Deadly Conversation
Directed by David Pratt
United States
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The Family Drunk
Directed by Frederick Wayne mcfeeters
United States
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ENJOY
Directed by ASOK BOSE
India
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Naked Men in the Woods
Directed by Paul Ploberger, Benjamin Kornfeld
Austria
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STILL
Directed by Lance J. Reha
United States
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Viral
Directed by Etderick Bettie, Christopher McClean
United States
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CATEGORY: Short Script
WINNER
Lavender
Written by Elizabeth (Martina) Bishop, Danielle Stritmatter
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Newtrition (script/screenplay only)
Written by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Silent Film
WINNER
Win – Win
Directed by Aram Voves
Austria
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Plato’s Cake
Directed by Weiyang Chen
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Student Film
WINNER
Strong As Water
Directed by Jingheng Lin
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Return Ticket
Directed by Kabir Arora
India
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CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser
WINNER
Viral
Directed by Etderick Bettie, Christopher McClean
United States
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CATEGORY: Travel Film
WINNER
Zaragoza. Spanish Debut
Directed by Iryna Melnyk Novak
Spain
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CATEGORY: Web and New Media
WINNER
According to Marcus
Directed by Aniez Atlas
Spain
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CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
A-typical Pennukanal Story
Directed by Priya E.M.Pattarette
New Zealand
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WONDERFULLY ALONE
Directed by Maria Chelidoni
Greece
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