Monthly Selection August – September 2021

CATEGORY: AMATEUR FILM

WINNER

THE CONSTANT

Directed by Victor Baltazar

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Ed and Rooster’s Great Adventure

Directed by Lucy Fazely

United States

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CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS

WINNER

THE END OF DAYS – the director’s cut

Directed by PATRICK CORMACK

Ireland

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Smithy

Directed by Xi Chen

China

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Mixi

Directed by JYOTSNA PUTHRAN

India

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CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR

WINNER

Echo

Acted by Marco Irrgang

France

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Alleyway of Dreams

Acted by Robert David Duncan

Canada

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BESTIE

Acted by Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan

India

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CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS

WINNER

Bard Words

Acted by Judith Roberts

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Puja Parikrama 2020

Acted by Nairita Banerjee

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

Alleyway of Dreams

Directed by Robert David Duncan

Canada

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Echo

Directed by Kamil Olejnik

France

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CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER

GUEST

Directed by chiara rapisarda

Italy

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Directing Remotely and Filmmaking During the Pandemic: The Making of #MyCorona

Directed by Kirk Zeller

United States

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Symphoria

Directed by Catherine Dao

United States

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Alleyway of Dreams

Directed by Robert David Duncan

Canada

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BESTIE

Directed by Ranga K

India

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CATEGORY: BEST EDITING

WINNER

Echo

Edited by Kamil Olejnik

France

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Road King

Edited by Randy Kent

India

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CATEGORY: BEST MUSIC SCORE

WINNER

Golden Lotus

Scored by George Chiang

Canada

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

S.A.ri.C.A

Scored by Bodhi Charitable Trust

India

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Echo

Scored by Kamil Olejnik

France

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Symphoria

Scored by Catherine Dao

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER

WINNER

Directing Remotely and Filmmaking During the Pandemic: The Making of #MyCorona

Produced by Kirk Zeller

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER

Puja Parikrama 2020

Acted by  Sankhadeep Choudhuri

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER

Puja Parikrama 2020

Acted by  Subhasree Bose

United States

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CATEGORY: COMEDY SHORT

WINNER

Santa’s Night Out

Directed by bobby obermite

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

I Could Uke All Week With You

Directed by Elizabeth Usher

Australia

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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER

WINNER

No dust

Directed by Shan Gui

China

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Directing Remotely and Filmmaking During the Pandemic: The Making of #MyCorona

Directed by Kirk Zeller

United States

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Giorgio!  A legacy of change.

Directed by David Glenn

United States

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Once Upon a Time in Tel Aviv

Directed by Rafi Perach

Not Specified

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Home in the bushfire

Directed by darren clark

Australia

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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS

WINNER

Devil in a Lawyers Suit – a rapist posthumous logos

Directed by Mark Tarrant, Otto Khoo

Australia

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Ballet at the Aggregate Plant

Directed by Nikolay Veligzhanin

Russian Federation

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Directing Remotely and Filmmaking During the Pandemic: The Making of #MyCorona

Directed by Kirk Zeller

United States

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Giorgio!  A legacy of change.

Directed by David Glenn

United States

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One year on – The Essex lorry tragedy

Directed by Paul Kennedy, Hoang Ho

Viet Nam

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Jikubali

Directed by Ashraf Mswaki, Eva Lundgren Stenbom

Sweden

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Puso Ng Pinoy Bboy

Directed by clifton abuan

United States

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Gaza Monologues; Ten years and the dream continues…

Directed by Iman Aoun, Yousef Nateel

Palestine, State of

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THE CONSTANT

Directed by Victor Baltazar

United States

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Padauk: Myanmar Spring

Directed by Jeanne Marie Hallacy, Rares Michael Ghilezan

United States

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Amsterdam Stories USA

Directed by Robert Rombout, Rogier van Eck

Belgium

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CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM

WINNER

History of the Olympic Games

Directed by Christian Hernández Sánchez

Mexico

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CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

WINNER

The cats of Chytilova

Directed by Eirini Tampasouli

Greece

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

This too, shall pass …

Directed by Parisa Zandbaf

Iran, Islamic Republic of

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ECHO

Directed by Laura Cappellesso

Italy

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SINGING TO LOVE

Directed by ANTONIO BELLIDO MARIN

Spain

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Recycled Verses

Directed by Randy Kelly

Canada

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Alleyway of Dreams

Directed by Robert David Duncan

Canada

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CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS

WINNER

Passion

Directed by Parisa Zandbaf

Iran, Islamic Republic of

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

OTRU

Directed by Mathivanan Sakthivel

India

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PIVOT Paying It Forward During COVID-19

Directed by Tom DiDonato, Robert Hunkele

United States

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CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE

WINNER

S.O.S. Sparrow (subtitled)

Directed by Enrique Amigo

Spain

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

ECHO

Directed by Laura Cappellesso

Italy

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A Kinder Shade of Green

Directed by Elizabeth Usher

Australia

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MicroKansas – Tribulation

Directed by Bobby Obermite

United States

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TARKINE TOGETHER

Directed by Rhys Shepherd

Australia

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CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION

WINNER

The Laws of the Universe – The Age of Elohim

Directed by Isamu Imakake

Japan

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Story of Tantra

Directed by Viliam Poltikovič

Czech Republic

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CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN

WINNER

Ninaithu Paar

Directed by Vijay Ravindran

India

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bard Words

Directed by Paul Kelly

United States

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CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE

WINNER

Jikubali

Directed by Ashraf Mswaki, Eva Lundgren Stenbom

Sweden

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CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION / GENRE FEATURE FILM

WINNER

FLORENCE IN BLACK – the murders of the Monster of Florence

Directed by Gianpaolo Saccomano

Italy

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Symphoria

Directed by Catherine Dao

United States

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CATEGORY: LGBT FILM

WINNER

Giorgio!  A legacy of change.

Directed by David Glenn

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Way I Exist

Directed by Yundi Zhang

China

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CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM

WINNER

Bigfoot!

Directed by jason F Iannarino

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Taxi – an uncertain conversation

Directed by Avijit Mitra

India

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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER

Graindelavoix: Saint Anthony’s Fire

Directed by Sebastian Pańczyk

Poland

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

A Kinder Shade of Green

Directed by Elizabeth Usher

Australia

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I Could Uke All Week With You

Directed by Elizabeth Usher

Australia

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The Case of the No Good Low-Down Creep, a LoFi Film Noir Classic

Directed by Jay Carney, Penny Towers

United States

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Time

Directed by Dimitar Drew

United States

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I would like to find you

Directed by Adriano Martorana

Italy

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Legal Lies

Directed by Peter Renzullo

Australia

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The Northern Rim

Directed by James Thornton

United States

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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES

WINNER

ITHU KATHAIYELLA NIJAM

Directed by KANNAN RAJAMANICKEM

India

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Road King

Directed by Randy Kent

India

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The Laws of the Universe – The Age of Elohim

Directed by Isamu Imakake

Japan

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Symphoria

Directed by Catherine Dao

United States

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BESTIE

Directed by Ranga K

India

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CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILM

WINNER

Dimension Robbers

Directed by Bruce Barker

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Playtime

 Directed by T.J. Barkwill

United States

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The Human Beast

Directed by Javier Campo, Lucio Cruces

Spain

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Jagruk ( Aware )

Directed by suchita vijay kale

India

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CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHY

WINNER

The Destruction Project–Photos

Photographed by Jojin Van Winkle

Not Specified

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CATEGORY: SCREENPLAY

WINNER

What the Prophets Last Say to Earth

Directed by Justin Schumann

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Tanked

Directed by Jojin Van Winkle

United States

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The Dance

Directed by Ross Joseph Elkon

United States

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They Took The Pigs!

Directed by Sean Taylor

United States

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Surviving the Rona pandemic

Directed by Jonathan Bowman, Daniel Noel

United States

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Black Gold

Directed by Jonathan Bowman, Daniel Noel

United States

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Deadly Luck Part -1

Directed by Jonathan Bowman, Daniel Noel

United States

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Cj and Claudia vs the world

Directed by jonathan james bowman, Daniel Noel

United States

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Fatal Ambition

Directed by Angel Connell

United States

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The Extraterrestrial Highway

Directed by Steve Sorenson

United States

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Union Station

Directed by Evaristo Scarsanela

United States

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Bo’s Life

Directed by Barry F Miller, Michael A Scalfaro

United States

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Steven

Directed by Barry F. Miller

United States

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The Legend of John Steel

Directed by Berry Landen, Hank Jones

United States

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The Lifeguard

Directed by  Joan Floyd

Not Specified

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A Deadly Conversation

Directed by  Vincent Edwards

United States

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BESTIE

Directed by  Ranga K

India

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Pleasure Girl

Directed by  Estelle Asmodelle

Australia

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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM

WINNER

MA TERRE (MY GROUND)

Directed by  Michaël Rué

Switzerland

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Tamouzi

Directed by  Ali Dekmak

Lebanon

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Dearborn

Directed by  Katherine Gotard

United States

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JUGNI

Directed by  HITESH DHAWAN

India

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Taxi – an uncertain conversation

Directed by  Avijit Mitra

India

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Echo

Directed by  Kamil Olejnik

France

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THE HEALING TOUCH

Directed by  SWETA KUMAR DASH

India

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MASK

Directed by  Dr.Sweta Kumar Dash

India

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The Student

Directed by  Vasileios Kalamakis

Greece

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Atithi 2

Directed by  Souvik Dutta

United States

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The Case of the No Good Low-Down Creep, a LoFi Film Noir Classic

Directed by  Jay Carney, Penny Towers

United States

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Casanova

Directed by  Daniel Carrera Pasternac , Danae Reynaud

Mexico

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The Bastards

Directed by  Martin P. NDONG EYEBE

San Marino

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Spirit Hand

Directed by  Jack Diehl

United States

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Missi – a Short Film

Directed by  Chetna Gola

United States

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In Limbo

Directed by  Xavier Baeyens, Norman Baert

Belgium

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Obsessed

Directed by  Robert Reinholdsson

Sweden

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Tukuhnikivatz

Directed by  Maida Withers

United States

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What Will You Remember in Fifty Thousand Years?

Directed by  Benjamin Kramme, Jennifer Sabel

Germany

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School of Idiots by Sheldon Mashugana

Directed by  Dean Morgan

United States

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Capolinea – The Last Stop

Directed by  Roberto Totola

Italy

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Hare Krishna

Directed by  Hindol Chakraborty

India

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Anxiety Dream

Directed by  Michael Dennis McGeehan

United States

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Baba

Directed by  Cooper Harrison Levy, Cole Harrison Walderman

Canada

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CATEGORY: SILENT FILM

WINNER

Folie D’ Amour

Directed by  John Heins

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Something Wicked Dwells

Directed by  Waide Riddle

United States

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CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS

WINNER

Whispers

Directed by  Paul-Corneliu Sichigea

Romania

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

BACK and FORTH

Directed by  Piotr Nowak

Poland

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Road Dogs

Directed by  Emma Thomason

Australia

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CATEGORY: TRAILER/TEASER

WINNER

Burger Royale-A Short Prologue

Directed by  Gary Francis Roche

United Kingdom

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

WINNER

PIANO UNDER THE STARS VR

Directed by  JUAN CARLOS VIDAL

Chile

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CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA

WINNER

I am Who I am

Directed by  Izaskun Arandia

Spain

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CATEGORY: YOUNG FILMMAKER

WINNER

Dementia

Directed by  Bella Merlino

Australia

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Chronophobia

Directed by  Coline Dubus

Belgium

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