TIFF
MOVIE OF THE MONTH
SEP 2020
CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS
WINNER
GON, THE LITTLE FOX
Directed by Takeshi Yashiro
Japan
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Spring Sky and Fall Sky
Directed by Takashi Muramatsu
Japan
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Afloat
Directed by Urmi Banerjee
India
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Monkey & Cat
Directed by Artie Romero
United States
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Another day in paradise
Directed by Bellopropello
Switzerland
CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR
WINNER
Hulagway (The Picture)
Acted by JEK JUMAWAN
Philippines
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Charming Men: Part 1 – Julie
Acted by Magnus Gudmundsson
Norway
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Manasanamaha
Acted by Viraj Ashwin
India
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SUPPORT (Akay)
Acted by Ailla Nolasco
Philippines
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SOME DAY
Acted by Viddharth
India
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The Milk Ogre (နို့ဘီလူး)
Acted by Lu Min
Myanmar
CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS
WINNER
Charming Men: Part 1 – Julie
Acted by Mia Maria Hauge Wadsworth
Norway
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Eternal Canvas
Acted by Papia Adhikary
India
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THE LOVE CHILD (Long Version)
Acted by Clarissa Milne
Philippines
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SOME DAY
Acted by Remya Nambeesan
India
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The Milk Ogre (နို့ဘီလူး)
Acted by THAIN GI TUN
Myanmar
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Queer Isolation
Acted by Emery Nguyen
Canada
CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
Dominica – Three Years After Hurricane Maria
Cinematography by Derek Galon
Dominica
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Manasanamaha
Cinematography by Edurolu Raju
India
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Two to Two to Two Two
Cinematography by Vasanth
Australia
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New Zealand. Slides of Life
Cinematography by Andrii Andreiev, Olga Andreieva
Ukraine
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Adam In Aeternum
Cinematography by Pedro Jaen R.
Spain
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The Vision of the Shadows (2020) – Cinematography Award-Winning Film
Cinematography by ILIE Razvan
Romania
CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER
Excluded
Directed by Hiwa Abbasi
Sweden
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Charming Men: Part 1 – Julie
Directed by Thorkell Agust Ottarsson
Norway
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Two to Two to Two Two
Directed by Vasanth P
Australia
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The Yellow Fish
Directed by Shivam Hora
India
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SUPPORT (Akay)
Directed by Romm Burlat
Philippines
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THE LOVE CHILD (Long Version)
Directed by Romm Burlat
Philippines
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INFINITY OF THE UNIVERSE
Directed by EVREN ÖZGÜR
Turkey
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SOME DAY
Directed by VETRI DURAISAMI
India
–
The Milk Ogre (နို့ဘီလူး)
Directed by Lu Min
Myanmar
–
Used and Borrowed Time
Directed by Sophia Romma
United States
CATEGORY: BEST EDITING
WINNER
Two to Two to Two Two
Edited by Vasanth
Australia
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Manasanamaha
Edited by Deepak Reddy
India
–
Qatisa
Edited by Arshad Sayed
India
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Coffee
Edited by Ayush Bose
India
CATEGORY: BEST FILM SCORE – SOUNDTRACK
WINNER
Queer Isolation
Scored by Daniel Rock
Canada
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Leonidas Oxford with Black History Month 2020
Scored by Leonidas Oxford (Nightmares in Nike Airs)
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER
WINNER
The Milk Ogre (နို့ဘီလူး)
Produced by Kyaw Kyaw Oo (Aung Thiri Film Production)
Myanmar
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Manasanamaha
Produced by Shilpa Gajjala, Harikanth Gunamagari
India
CATEGORY: BEST SOUND DESIGNING
WINNER
Manasanamaha
Directed by Deepak Reddy
India
CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER
The Milk Ogre (နို့ဘီလူး)
Acted by Zay Ye Htet
Myanmar
CATEGORY: BEST BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER
The Milk Ogre (နို့ဘီလူး)
Acted by SHWE HMONE YA TI
Myanmar
CATEGORY: BEST VFX ARTIST
WINNER
Manasanamaha
VFX by Sri Hari
India
CATEGORY: COMEDY SHORT
WINNER
Room Temperature
Directed by Brandy Seymour
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Full Service
Directed by Brandy Seymour
United States
CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL / ADVERTISEMENT
WINNER
CITY OF ILAGAN HOTEL COMMERCIAL
Directed by Romm Burlat
Philippines
CATEGORY: CRIME SHORT
WINNER
UMOYA
Directed by Jason Sterling
United States
CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
Erased
Directed by Xue Liming
China
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Voice of the glaciers
Directed by Sindre Kolbjørnsgard
Norway
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Phantasm: The Side Effect
Directed by Param Walia
Australia
–
UMOYA
Directed by Jason Sterling
United States
–
The Painter
Directed by Brandy Seymour
United States
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Water Be Dammed…
Directed by Dr. Romila Verma, Ms. Vanita Khanna
Canada
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I Can’t Sleep
Directed by Gina Rose
United States
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My Marina
Directed by Anjeli Jana
United States
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Place du Trocadéro
Directed by PIERRE LEON LUNEAU, MATHIEU CAYROU
France
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SOME DAY
Directed by VETRI DURAISAMI
India
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EK APOORNA KATHA (An Incomplete Story)
Directed by KADAMBINI MISHRA
India
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Used and Borrowed Time
Directed by Sophia Romma
United States
CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Titli
Directed by Bishikh Talukdar
India
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The Bearded Man
Directed by ROHIT SEN
India
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Bioscope Zindagi
Directed by Balendu D Kaushik
India
CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS
WINNER
Annapakta – One who can digest food. Yoga and Ayurveda – Science of Life
Directed by Rajele Jain
Portugal
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Conversations with an Invisible Man
Directed by Ajmal Muhammad A
India
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Mountain Medicines: The Cultural Context of Chinese Wild Animal and Herbal Healing Materia Medica
Directed by Juanyao Zheng
United States
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Arabic Secret
Directed by Julia Groszek
Poland
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Decrescendo
Directed by Marta Minorowicz
Poland
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THEYYATTAM
Directed by Jayan Mangad
India
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Thambalam
Directed by Irvi Saras
India
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A Burst of Song
Directed by Lia Beltrami
Italy
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Pinnacle
Directed by Vikram Jeet Singh Parmar
India
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Water Be Dammed…
Directed by Dr. Romila Verma, Ms. Vanita Khanna
Canada
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Togather We Can
Directed by Rao Devender Singh
India
CATEGORY: DRONE FILM
WINNER
New Zealand. Slides of Life
Directed by Andrii Andreiev
Ukraine
CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM
WINNER
History of The Covered Market with Malcolm Graham
Directed by Sharon Woodward
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
WINNER
INFINITY OF THE UNIVERSE
Directed by EVREN ÖZGÜR
Turkey
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Manasanamaha
Directed by Deepak Reddy
India
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Art of Death is Lessness
Directed by Monica Jeler
Romania
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In
Directed by Kseniia I
Russian Federation
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Qatisa
Directed by Arshad Sayed
India
–
Kawthopokothon (The Conversation)
Directed by Saurav Mookherji
India
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UMOYA
Directed by Jason Sterling
United States
–
Used and Borrowed Time
Directed by Sophia Romma
United States
–
The Spacewalker’s Resolve
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada
CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS
WINNER
Plaits
Directed by Livia Sampaio
Brazil
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tub Soup
Directed by Artie Romero
United States
CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
When the Wolves Come Calling
Written by Peter Kane
United Kingdom
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
SUPERIOR BEING (PART 1)
Written by JAROSLAW GOGOLIN
United Kingdom
–
Paper Tiger
Written by BRAD PORTER
United States
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Bioscope Zindagi
Written by Balendu D Kaushik
India
–
Junket
Written by Anghus Houvouras
United States
–
I Quit
Written by George Massimillo
United States
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The Undying
Written by Ian Sterchi, Keith Suta, Andrew Wiest
United States
CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE
WINNER
Saving Saffron
Directed by Tammy Khajotia
India
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Trap Grounds with Catherine Robinson
Directed by Sharon Woodward
United Kingdom
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SOME DAY
Directed by VETRI DURAISAMI
India
CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION
WINNER
OfGod: Miracles
Directed by Artie Romero
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Grey
Directed by Anuraj Rajadhyaksha
India
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Veer Gomtesha
Directed by Shashank Jain
India
CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN
WINNER
THE WALK: CANADA’S GREATEST HEROINE
Directed by Peter Sacco
Canada
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Feed Or Bleed India
Directed by Susheel Jangira
India
CATEGORY: FILM/VIDEO POSTER
WINNER
Beautiful Sunshine Poster
Directed by JW Richardson
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Manasanamaha
Directed by Deepak Reddy
India
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Kawthopokothon (The Conversation)
Directed by Saurav Mookherji
India
CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE
WINNER
I live
Directed by Rok Matić
Slovenia
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Incredible Insight – The Story of His Ability
Directed by Dr. Kushal Dasgupta
India
CATEGORY: FREE SPEECH
WINNER
Used and Borrowed Time
Directed by Sophia Romma
United States
CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION / GENRE FEATURE FILM
WINNER
The Turn of the Screw
Directed by Alex Galvin
New Zealand
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Lady
Directed by Vandana Giri, Aswin Kr
India
CATEGORY: LGBT FILM
WINNER
Saucy Toinha
Directed by Sérgio Bloch
Brazil
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I Was Born For You, Before There Was A World
Directed by Lucas Marques
Brazil
–
NO LOSS HERE
Directed by Nathan Brewer
United States
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Queer Isolation
Directed by Jordana Valerie Allen-Shim
Canada
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Yesterday, My Dead Boyfriend Messaged Me on Grindr
Directed by Curtis Lee
Australia
CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM
WINNER
Disappointed…
Directed by Rhyme Rubayet
Bangladesh
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Uttaran – The Ascent
Directed by Arindam Roy, Sandipan Dey
India
–
Washashores
Directed by Nicole Orabona, Nathan Leigh
United States
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The House by the Sea
Directed by Francesco Alino Guerra
Italy
–
Everyday A Second Chance
Directed by Abhishek Tarafder, Aritra Biswas
India
–
Splendid Isolation
Directed by Liam Grahame Olsen
United Kingdom
–
The reward
Directed by Nikhil Vinay
India
–
Passerine’s Call
Directed by Devansh Pawan
India
–
Phantasm: The Side Effect
Directed by Param Walia
Australia
–
The Craving
Directed by Russell Hopkins
United States
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A Pinch of Blue (2020)
Directed by Linda Ward
United Kingdom
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The Artist’s Decline
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada
CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
Utopia
Directed by Ajuni None
India
CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES
WINNER
Grandfather and Grandson
Directed by Ilija Piperkoski
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Charming Men: Part 1 – Julie
Directed by Thorkell Agust Ottarsson
Norway
–
Crazy Pursuer
Directed by Wang Xiang
China
–
Excluded
Directed by Hiwa Abbasi
Sweden
–
Like A Friend
Directed by Yi Han
China
–
THE NEXT HEARING
Directed by MAHIVARMAN.CS
India
–
Origin Bound
Directed by David Li
Canada
–
The Milk Ogre (နို့ဘီလူး)
Directed by Lu Min
Myanmar
–
Life in a Puppet
Directed by Rajen Das
India
–
Used and Borrowed Time
Directed by Sophia Romma
United States
CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Mera Paitrk Gaon
Directed by Gajen Panging
India
CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILM
WINNER
Luna
Directed by Leopoldo Rivera
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Artist’s Flight
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada
CATEGORY: PERFORMING ARTS
WINNER
The Milk Ogre (နို့ဘီလူး)
Directed by Lu Min
Myanmar
CATEGORY: POSTMODERN FILMS
WINNER
Used and Borrowed Time
Directed by Sophia Romma
United States
CATEGORY: ROMANTIC SHORT
WINNER
As You Are
Directed by Mahima Saigal
United States
CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS
WINNER
Gabriël
Directed by Paul Haans
Netherlands
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Girl and The Egg
Directed by Thorkell August Ottarsson
Norway
–
The Dig
Directed by Mansoor Ahmed
United States
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The Fart
Directed by Vishnu Rajan
Canada
–
The Neighbor
Directed by Swaminathan Venkatraman
United States
–
Terahvin (Thirteenth)
Directed by Swaminathan Venkatraman
United States
–
Super-Unit
Directed by Teresa Czepiec
Poland
–
Sick Minded
Directed by LeVar Leo
United States
–
Two to Two to Two Two
Directed by Vasanth P
Australia
–
Attic Boys
Directed by Fokiya Akhtar
United Arab Emirates
–
Deal or No Deal
Directed by Irvi Saras
India
–
UNDER A DARK SKY
Directed by Rahula Jayasekara
Sri Lanka
–
The Neighbour (Eng)
Directed by Swaminathan Venkatraman
United States
–
“Goddess of Light”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States
–
SUPPORT (Akay)
Directed by Romm Burlat
Philippines
–
Lessons from my Ma
Directed by Arindam Ghosh
United States
–
Bad Blood
Directed by Peter Renzullo
Australia
–
S E C R E T S
Directed by Souradeep Datta
India
–
Narak
Directed by Gopal Sarkar and Debjyoti Basak
India
–
UMOYA
Directed by Jason Sterling
United States
–
Eternal Canvas
Directed by Abhishek Basu
India
–
THE LOVE CHILD (Long Version)
Directed by Romm Burlat
Philippines
–
Game
Directed by Komalankutty Methil
United Arab Emirates
–
Manasanamaha
Directed by Deepak Reddy
India
–
My Marina
Directed by Anjeli Jana
United States
–
Karimba Gate
Directed by Rohit Sukumaran
India
–
NO LOSS HERE
Directed by Nathan Brewer
United States
–
Place du Trocadéro
Directed by PIERRE LEON LUNEAU, MATHIEU CAYROU
France
–
Mallan and Madhevan
Directed by Shyam Krishnan
India
–
Coffee
Directed by Ayush Bose
India
–
2020 Presidential Election according to Nostradamus
Directed by Shihyun Wang
United States
–
Project Bau
Directed by Sajan Jose
United States
–
FICKLE
Directed by LATIKA KAUSHIK
India
–
ARDHVIRAAM
Directed by ABHISHEK GOWDA
India
–
MECHANICAL MAN
Directed by Diana Taylo
United Kingdom
CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
The Frightened President
Directed by Zé Kielwagen, Marcos Serafim
United States
–
Reboot – The Final Detox
Directed by Soumya Sen
United States
CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT
WINNER
Eye for eye
Directed by Katarzyna Adamus
Poland
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Manasanamaha
Directed by Deepak Reddy
India
–
Everyday A Second Chance
Directed by Abhishek Tarafder, Aritra Biswas
India
–
Castle
Directed by Rachel Doman
United States
–
Beautiful Sunshine Script
Directed by JW Richardson
United States
–
Chinese Theater
Directed by Alberto Scisco
Italy
–
Fatal Ambition
Directed by Angel Connell
United States
–
DID DID DO IT?
Directed by C.J. CARTER-STEPHENSON
United Kingdom
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Obsession
Directed by Jas Kaur
United Kingdom
CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
You, Me & The Ex
Directed by Rhys Freeman
United Kingdom
–
His Wonderland
Directed by Rachel Doman
United States
–
Finding Bella
Directed by Rachel Doman
United States
–
The Seller
Directed by Katarzyna Adamus
United Kingdom
–
Yazmin & Malik
Directed by Mel L. Nieves
United States
CATEGORY: SILENT FILM
WINNER
A Piglet’s Tale
Directed by FABRIZIO GAMMARDELLA
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS
WINNER
Silver Cord
Directed by Suha Toraman
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Erased
Directed by Xue Liming
China
–
Tank Fish
Directed by Vaigaraiyazhan
India
–
Life is a drama
Directed by Raju Bhandari Rajavartha
India
CATEGORY: TELEVISION / PILOT PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER
UMOYA
Directed by Jason Sterling
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pain.kil.lers
Directed by Bernadette Chapman
United States
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On The Boulevard
Directed by Mel Nieves
United States
CATEGORY: TRAILER/TEASER
WINNER
Sick Minded Tv Movie Trailer
Directed by LeVar Leo
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Leonidas Oxford with Black History Month 2020
Directed by Sharon Woodward
United Kingdom
–
Super Cai
Directed by Artie Romero
United States
–
UMOYA
Directed by Jason Sterling
United States
–
Manasanamaha
Directed by Deepak Reddy
India
–
The Milk Ogre (နို့ဘီလူး)
Directed by Lu Min
Myanmar
CATEGORY: TRAVEL FILM
WINNER
PADDLE PULLERS VIDEO DIARIES: CANOE TRIP ON THE VÕHANDU RIVER (IN ESTONIA)
Directed by Rivo Laasi
Estonia
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pinnacle
Directed by Vikram Jeet Singh Parmar
India
CATEGORY: TREATMENT / SYNOPSIS
WINNER
Anti Social
Directed by Brad Porter
United States
CATEGORY: VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) / AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) AND 360° VIDEO
WINNER
The Bird I Made
Directed by Seo Kim(Minkyung Kim), Youngho Myung
Korea, Republic of
CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA
WINNER
Hagai
Directed by Gev Elmaleh, Nir Freund
Israel
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Who Needs Help?
Directed by Ashna Sharan
United States
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Oxford City Council with Black History Month 2020
Directed by Sharon Woodward
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILMS
WINNER
Fujiyama
Directed by Brandy Seymour
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pain.kil.lers
Directed by Bernadette Chapman
United States
–
I Can’t Sleep
Directed by Gina Rose
United States
–
Used and Borrowed Time
Directed by Sophia Romma
United States