FILMS OF THE MONTH – SEPTEMBER 2021

TIFF

MOVIE OF THE MONTH

SEPTEMBER 2021

 

CATEGORY: AMATEUR FILM

WINNER

Bush Walk

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Transition

Directed by Sharique Sarfaraz Siddiqui

India

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CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS

WINNER

Trick or Treat, Alistair Gray

Directed by Lindy Ryan

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Gecko Echo

Directed by William J Thinnes

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR

WINNER

Apna Time Aayega

Acted by Anirudh Mohan

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Exchange

Acted by Marco Gosalvez

Not Specified

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Euthimmersia

Acted by Neil James

United Kingdom

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UNINTENTIONHELL

Acted by Rez Kabir

United Kingdom

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Between Mountains

Acted by Amit Sarin

United States

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Paper Plane

Acted by Rishabh Godsay

United States

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Assassin League

Acted by Brandon Stenger

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS

WINNER

Shoe Story

Acted by Dora Lo

Taiwan

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

I AM THE NEW ADJANI

Acted by PAULINE CHALAMET

France

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The Last Date

Acted by Richa Joshi

India

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The Taste of Blood

Acted by Erica Sherwood

Canada

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How to be

Acted by Isabel Bernal

Spain

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CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

How to be

Cinematography by  Isabel Bernal

Spain

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Afraid of the Dark

Cinematography by   Ray Brady

United Kingdom

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CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER

Finally Free

Directed by Giuseppe Ivan David Di Giorgio

Italy

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 LIKE YOU

Directed by Marco Gosalvez

Spain

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The Taste of Blood

Directed by Allen Kool

Canada

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Afraid of the Dark

Directed by Ray Brady

United Kingdom

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How to be

Directed by Isabel Bernal

Spain

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Paper Plane

Directed by Chaitanya Godsay

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST EDITING

WINNER

Paper Plane

Edited by Chaitanya Godsay

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

3A.M. Waitress

Edited by Kim Wildborne

United Kingdom

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Afraid of the Dark

Edited by Ray Brady

United Kingdom

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CATEGORY: BEST FILM SCORE – SOUNDTRACK

WINNER

Saltaamami (December Diaries)

Scored by Debajyoti Mitra

India

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Pink Umbrella

Scored by Linda Neil, Pete Haddock and Tarshito

Australia

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The Taste of Blood

Scored by Flora Cheng

Canada

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Between Mountains

Scored by Vineesha Arora Sarin

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST SOUND DESIGNING (FICTION & DOCUMENTARY)

WINNER

The Pink Umbrella

Sound Design by Claudia Taranto, Linda Neil, and Ramon Briant

Australia

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CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER

Apna Time Aayega

Acted by Danielle Lantin

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST VFX ARTIST

WINNER

Godwin

VFX by YOSHIMAX (Yoshimasa Higashi)

Japan

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CATEGORY: COMEDY SHORT

WINNER

Apna Time Aayega

Directed by Richa Garg

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Saltaamami (December Diaries)

Directed by Debajyoti Mitra

India

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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER

WINNER

Sorry, I Forgive You

Directed by Xiaofeng Long

China

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Broken Frame

Directed by Sannidh Raychaudhuri, Sayan Roychowdhury

India

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UNINTENTIONHELL

Directed by Balbeer Bahi

United Kingdom

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A Fairytale

Directed by Nikhil Soni

India

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Trick or Treat, Alistair Gray

Directed by Lindy Ryan

United States

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The Pink Umbrella

Directed by Linda Christine Neil

Australia

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Apna Time Aayega

Directed by Richa Garg

United States

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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS

WINNER

From Korea to Canada and back again: Sound vs. Noise

Directed by Finn Harvor

South Korea

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Price of Cheap

Directed by Barry Stevens

Canada

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It’s Not Me

Directed by Kooch

India

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UNSEEN

Directed by Kuldeep Cariappa

India

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EK RAJPUT KISAN The Real Story

Directed by Dr. Bhawani Singh Rathore, Rohit Guptaa

India

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CATEGORY: DRONE FILMS

WINNER

WAKE UP, PRINCESS

Directed by Daniel Lopez, Chloe Calderon, Camila De Paula

Spain

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CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

WINNER

Biological Loneliness

Directed by Karolis Jankus

Lithuania

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Zazongpari

Directed by Martin Helstáb

Hungary

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Potemkin Village

Directed by Prakhar Gautam

India

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Histoire d’Une Larme  (Ita-sub-Eng)

Directed by Giovanni Coda

Italy

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The Shadows of Magellan

Directed by Per Pegelow

Germany

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CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS

WINNER

the wanderer of the montagnette……..

Directed by Jacques MICKE

France

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Sorry, I Forgive You

Directed by Xiaofeng Long

China

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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT

WINNER

SILENCE  IS  GOLDEN

Directed by Thomas Louis Castiglione

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Greenwood – Screenplay

Directed by Nathaniel Baker

United States

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CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE

WINNER

Jing-im jylli, jong ki dkar (Life Cycle of Turtles)

Directed by Dr Satyakam Phukan

India

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Kuli Calling

Directed by Dr Satyakam Phukan

India

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CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION

WINNER

Legacy of King Narak

Directed by Dr Satyakam Phukan

India

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CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN

WINNER

I AM THE NEW ADJANI

Directed by KHADY N’DIAYE

France

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bush Walk

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

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SELFIE

Directed by Ayan Acharyya

India

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Sorry, I Forgive You

Directed by Xiaofeng Long

China

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CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE

WINNER

The Pink Umbrella

Directed by Linda Christine Neil

Australia

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CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION / GENRE FEATURE FILM

WINNER

Diamond Cobra vs the White Fox

Directed by Deuandra T Brown

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Taste of Blood

Directed by Allen Kool

Canada

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Afraid of the Dark

Directed by Ray Brady

United Kingdom

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CATEGORY: LGBT FILM

WINNER

Trilogy XYZ

Directed by Filtig

Greece

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CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM

WINNER

The Pink Umbrella

Directed by Linda Christine Neil

Australia

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bush Walk

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

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Un Chantier d’Amour – A Scaffolding of Love

Directed by Sachin Jain

India

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Between Mountains

Directed by Vineesha Arora Sarin

United States

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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER

Adiye

Directed by Bhagath Kumar

India

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

NANI – HOMELESS

Directed by Toby Wulff

Germany

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Et Incarnatus Est

Directed by Brooke deRosa

United States

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Il Dolce Suono

Directed by Brooke deRosa

Not Specified

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Good Fight

Directed by Dave Jimenez

Not Specified

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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES

WINNER

Fish-Imitator

Directed by Selina Leone

Bulgaria

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

A Father’s Diary

Directed by Golam Mustofa

Canada

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THE LADY

Directed by Fabrizio Guarducci

Italy

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The Taste of Blood

Directed by Allen Kool

Canada

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THE LEGEND OF COUGHING CUTHBERT’s TREASURE

Directed by Patrick Cormack

United Kingdom

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Who Else To Blame

Directed by Deuandra T Brown

United States

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Plum

Directed by Deuandra T Brown

United States

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CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILM

WINNER

The Maroon Jumper (One Minute Film)

Directed by Philip Pugh

United Kingdom

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Sole Mates

Directed by Brooke deRosa

United States

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Bush Walk

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

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BACK HOME

Directed by Luca Di Bartolo

Italy

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CATEGORY: PERFOMING ARTS 

WINNER

The Shadows of Magellan

Directed by Per Pegelow

Germany

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Divine Arabesque

Directed by John Michael Castagna

United States

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CATEGORY: ROMANTIC SHORT

WINNER

The Last Date

Directed by Ashwin Alok

India

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CATEGORY: SELFIE VIDEO

WINNER

Bush Walk

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

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CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS

WINNER

The Color of the Wind

Directed by Lionel RIGAL

France

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Shoe Story

Directed by A T Beaune 唐博訥

Taiwan

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The Square Circle

Directed by Usha Sharma

United Kingdom

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Anitya

Directed by Gourav Das

India

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A Poet’s  Childhood – Awakening to Consciousness – Elizabeth Martina Bishop

Directed by Vibhas P A Kendzia, Elizabeth Martina Bishop

United States

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KHATMAL KHILANE WALA

Directed by Picon Bhattacherjee

India

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Operation Ultra

Directed by Ben Heidrich, Lachlan Russell

Australia

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Transition

Directed by Sharique Sarfaraz Siddiqui

India

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Happy B’day, Amy.

Directed by Heaven Rains Forester

India

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All that is lost

Directed by Arijit Kundu

India

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The Lighthouse

Directed by Gauri Shrivastava Gupta

Singapore

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SELFIE

Directed by Ayan Acharyya

India

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Apna Time Aayega

Directed by Richa Garg

United States

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KASUTI

Directed by GOUTHAM U SORATOOR

India

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How to be

Directed by Isabel Bernal

Spain

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Ghostlove

Directed by Susanne Palm

Taiwan

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Paper Plane

Directed by Chaitanya Godsay

United States

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CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT

WINNER

The Gleam in Her Eyes

Written by Oscar Daniel Hernández

Colombia

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

WAKE UP, PRINCESS

Written by Daniel Lopez, Chloe Calderon, Camila De Paula

Spain

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A Poet’s  Childhood – Awakening to Consciousness – Elizabeth Martina Bishop

Written by Vibhas P A Kendzia, Elizabeth Martina Bishop

United States

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Stuck

Written by Adam Swimmer

Canada

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CATEGORY: SILENT FILM

WINNER

EL CANTANTE DE JAZZ

Directed by Antonio Bellido Bellido Marin

Spain

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Le Périlleux Voyage

Directed by Alice Hayden

United Kingdom

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CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS

WINNER

A Mother’s Choice

Directed by Yoav Biran

Israel

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Liberty Bell and The Assembly of Freedom

Directed by Carter Stoudt

United States

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Unfinished

Directed by Sudeep Mehta

India

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CATEGORY: TREATMENT / SYNOPSIS

WINNER

Nova

Directed by Alice Hayden

United Kingdom

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CATEGORY: VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) / AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) AND 360° VIDEO

WINNER

The world of hearing

Directed by Yan Shi

China

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CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILMS

WINNER

Daayen. The hunted.

Directed by Neha Srivastava

India

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

A Poet’s  Childhood – Awakening to Consciousness – Elizabeth Martina Bishop

Directed by Vibhas P A Kendzia, Elizabeth Martina Bishop

United States

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Bush Walk

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

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Between Mountains

Directed by Vineesha Arora Sarin

United States

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CATEGORY: YOUNG FILMMAKER (UNDER 18)

WINNER

The Liberty Bell and The Assembly of Freedom

Directed by Carter Stoudt

United States

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