Monthly Selection May – June 2021



MOVIES OF THE MONTH MAY – JUNE

CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS

WINNER

Les Locataires stuff the ballots

Directed by Adrien Fournier

France

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Storybook Man

Directed by Lanessa Miller

United States

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Elvis the Cartoon

Directed by Dean Sills

United Kingdom

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FRUITVILLE

Directed by Lallan Samaroo, Larry Horrell

Trinidad and Tobago

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On / Off

Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal

Argentina

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The Breath of Life

Directed by Anna Gerasimova

United States

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Ants

Directed by Ji Seon Lee

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR

WINNER

Atomic Kingdom [Season Two]

Acted by Craig Walker

Australia

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Destiny Deferred

Acted by Elvery Peters

United States

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The Magic Balloon

Acted by Jayden Singh

Canada

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Mr. & Mrs. Charlie

Acted by Amar Jeet

India

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FIRASTYA (English meaning: The Peripatetic)

Acted by SAMARTH JADHAV

 

India

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CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS

WINNER

ARIA (air)

Acted by Barbara Sirotti

Italy

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Destiny Deferred

Acted by Ilyssa Pettigrew

United States

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Melania’s Divorce

Acted by Romina Caruana

United States

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Atomic Kingdom [Season Two]

Acted by Jessica Arapi Krstic

Australia

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Mr. & Mrs. Charlie

Acted by Raushni Srivastav

India

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CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

Seven Thousand Souls

Directed by Sanjin Miric, MA

Czech Republic

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

STILL IN LOVE

Directed by Karan Dhillon

Canada

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FIVE EYES BUG

Directed by Karan Dhillon

Canada

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FIRASTYA (English meaning: The Peripatetic)

Directed by VITTHAL MACHINDRA BHOSALE

India

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Don’t tell your mom

Directed by

Russian Federation

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CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER

It Gets In Your Blood

Directed by Ed Hartman

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Arizona 1878

Directed by MANUEL OLAYA

Spain

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THE FINAL CODE

Directed by carlo fusco

Italy

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Seven Thousand Souls

Directed by Sanjin Miric, MA

Czech Republic

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Atomic Kingdom [Season Two]

Directed by James Peniata

Australia

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FIRASTYA (English meaning: The Peripatetic)

Directed by VITTHAL MACHINDRA BHOSALE

India

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On The Seesaw

Directed by Suveer Bhambhani

India

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CATEGORY: BEST EDITING

WINNER

ENGA OORU KAATTILAE

Edited by Deepak L.P

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

It Gets In Your Blood

Edited by Ed Hartman

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST MUSIC SCORE

WINNER

The Breath of Life

Directed by Anna Gerasimova

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Melania’s Divorce

Directed by Maxwell Bahamon

United States

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It Gets In Your Blood

Directed by Ed Hartman

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER

WINNER

The Magic Balloon

Produced by Jessi Thind

Canada

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

It Gets In Your Blood

Produced by Ed Hartman

United States

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CATEGORY: BEST SOUND DESIGN

WINNER

An Evening’s Trail

Directed by Pranav Kumar Radharkrishnan

Czech Republic

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CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER

Destiny Deferred

Acted by David Eaton

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Atomic Kingdom [Season Two]

Acted by  Mark Zimmerman

Australia

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CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER

The Light Touch

Acted by Skyrah Archer.

Canada

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Destiny Deferred

Acted by  Sunny Love

United States

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Atomic Kingdom [Season Two]

Acted by Olga Olshansky

Australia

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CATEGORY: BEST VFX ARTIST

WINNER

Atomic Kingdom [Season Two]

Directed by James Peniata

Australia

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CATEGORY: COMEDY SHORT

WINNER

Mertin Beaver Interview – Cows, Mars, Chinese, Global Warming

Directed by  Russell Geary

United States

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CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL / ADVERTISEMENT

WINNER

Stuck on the Phone

Directed by  Jacob Alan Clark

United States

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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER

 

WINNER

The Magic Balloon

Directed by  Jessi Thind

Canada

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

FRUITVILLE

Directed by  Lallan Samaroo, Larry Horrell

Trinidad and Tobago

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RECUPERATION

Directed by  DINESH SHUKLA

India

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Jaago

Directed by  Parushi Gupta

India

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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS

 

WINNER

Feast: A Ballet

Directed by  Todd Volkmer

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

SOCIAL BUSINESS

Directed by  Amirul Arham

France

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It Gets In Your Blood

Directed by  Ed Hartman

United States

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Film-Wen

Directed by  Lee, Chien-Cheng, Yang, Chi-Sheng

Taiwan

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The Legendary Huo-Yun

Directed by  Lee, Chine-Cheng

Taiwan

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Thanks For Watching

Directed by

Taiwan

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My Nieces Big Fat Delhi Wedding

Directed by  Haresh Sood

United Kingdom

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Seven Thousand Souls

Directed by  Sanjin Miric, MA

Czech Republic

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Alaska Long Hunters

Directed by  Mark Rose, Mark Rose

United States

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In God we trust

Directed by  Sneha Menon

India

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A PILGRIMAGE INTO TIBET

Directed by  Mark Gould

Australia

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CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM

 

WINNER

FIVE EYES BUG

Directed by  Karan Dhillon

Karan Dhillon

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

An Artist’s Journey from China to America

Directed by  BiLan Liao

United States

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CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

 

WINNER

FRUITVILLE

Directed by  Lallan Samaroo, Larry Horrell

Trinidad and Tobago

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Abandoned?

Directed by  Kostiantyn Mishchenko

United States

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I am the Wanderer

Directed by  Philip Brocklehurst

United States

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EVAPORATED FRAGMENTS

I am the Wanderer

Directed by  Benoit MAESTRE

France

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Half of Everything

Directed by Margie Kelk and Lynne Slater

Canada

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Logorrhoea

Directed by  Prakhar Gautam

India

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Half of Everything

Directed by  Lynne Slater

Not Specified

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Hobo Lens

Directed by  Sagar Yvv

India

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CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS

 

WINNER

Cool The Climate!

Directed by  Denis Thomopoulos

United States

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CATEGORY: FILM / VIDEO POSTER

 

WINNER

Storybook Man

Directed by  Lanessa Miller

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

STILL IN LOVE

Directed by Karan Dhillon

Canada

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CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE

WINNER

FIVE EYES BUG

Directed by Karan Dhillon

Canada

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CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN

 

WINNER

UpDown

Directed by John Castagna

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

ON MY WAY

Directed by Vishal Puri

India

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ARIA (air)

Directed by Brace Beltempo e Barbara Sirotti

Italy

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CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM

 

WINNER

The Beautiful Cosmos

Directed by Aranyak Chakrabarty

India

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

3rd party (unscripted )

Directed by Tina bridges

Not Specified

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The empathy

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER

2020 – Pandemic Isolation (“Bastion” Official Video – Darvaza Wave)

Directed by Luca Zaniboni

Italy

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Storybook Man

Directed by Lanessa Miller

United States

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Locked Up

Directed by Paul Cozens, Peter Renzullo

Australia

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Eve-Yasmine: The Healer

Directed by Sebastian Krolak

United Kingdom

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STILL IN LOVE

Directed by Karan Dhillon

Canada

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Mad Symphony – The Next Door Music Video

Directed by Kevin Moore

Canada

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Johnny O’Neil – Comin’ For You Music Video

Directed by Kurt and Brianna Jorgensen

United States

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Can’t Get Enough

Directed by Chandler Bradley

United States

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Don’t tell your mom

Directed by

Russian Federation

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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES

WINNER

THE FINAL CODE

Directed by carlo fusco

Italy

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

DADA LAKHMI

Directed by Yashpal sharma

India

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FIRASTYA (English meaning: The Peripatetic)

Directed by VITTHAL MACHINDRA BHOSALE

India

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CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILM

WINNER

PAINT: A 1 Minute Short Film

Directed by Lucas Bergmann

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The empathy

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

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Powerplay

Directed by Peter Gould

United Kingdom

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Her Dark Materials (Trailer)

Directed by Gavin Jones & Peter Gould

United Kingdom

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CATEGORY: PERFOMING ARTS

WINNER

As Within, So Without

Directed by Mary Schnepf

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Alone

Directed by Mary Schnepf

United States

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CATEGORY: SCREENPLAY

WINNER

Time

Written by Mario Luis Telles

United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Lucky Phil

Written by Christopher Swider

United States

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Legal Passion

Written by JK Jones

United States

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Face Painters

Written by Giovanni Sanseviero

United States

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The Handstand Heard ‘Round the World

Written by Leland Thomas Faegre

United States

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SUPERIOR BEING: SHE-WHO-KNOWS

Written by JAROSLAW GOGOLIN

United Kingdom

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LIGHT YEARS

Written by JAROSLAW GOGOLIN

United Kingdom

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Superior Being: Stardust

Written by JAROSLAW GOGOLIN

United Kingdom

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Superior Being: Smokeless Fire

Written by JAROSLAW GOGOLIN

United Kingdom

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The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

Written by Uwe Schwarzwalder

Switzerland

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Never Stop Running

Written by Dr. Melissa Caudle

United States

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The Creek Dweller in the Bayou

Written by Dr. Melissa Caudle

United States

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FIRASTYA (English meaning: The Peripatetic)

Written by VITTHAL MACHINDRA BHOSALE

India

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CATEGORY: SELFIE VIDEO

WINNER

The empathy

Directed by Katarzyna Adamus

United Kingdom

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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM

WINNER

The one who had to die tomorrow

Directed by Celine Charlier

Belgium

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

“Hidden View”

Directed by Mimi Garrard

United States

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Destiny Deferred

Directed by Edwin L. Williams II

United States

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DIE-OUT

Directed by Benny Paul (benro)

India

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“Spectra SR”

Directed by Mimi Garrard

United States

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“Flux of Life”

Directed by Mimi Garrard

United States

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Melania’s Divorce

Directed by Maxwell Bahamon

United States

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“The Money Game”

Directed by Mimi Garrard

United States

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We could start all over from the beginning

Directed by Dagmara Wyskiel

Chile

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“I Celebrate Myself”

Directed by Mimi Garrard

United States

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FORWARD

Directed by Sajir Valiyedath

United Arab Emirates

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THE DIRECTOR

Directed by Sajir Valiyedath

United Arab Emirates

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Logorrhoea

Directed by Prakhar Gautam

India

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The Girl at Number 42

Directed by Sarane McDougall

United Kingdom

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Bare Bare Ashi Phire

Directed by Soumya Sen

India

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I..I..I…

Directed by Suresh Makkar and Ashish sharma

Australia

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Harjot’s Lotto Shop

Directed by Suresh Makkar and Harjot Singh

Australia

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Ouj

Directed by Vikrant Pandit

India

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Ci Credo

Directed by Massimiliano Tedeschi

Italy

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On The Seesaw

Directed by Suveer Bhambhani

India

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Said,Unsaid

Directed by Animesh Maity

India

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CATEGORY: SILENT FILM

WINNER

The Magic Balloon

Directed by Jessi Thind

Canada

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Mr. & Mrs. Charlie

Directed by Amar Jeet

India

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CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS

WINNER

An Evening’s Trail

Directed by Pranav Kumar Radharkrishnan

Czech Republic

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Heart’s Manifesto

Directed by Ember Crowley

United States

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CATEGORY: TELEVISION / PILOT PROGRAM OR SERIES

WINNER

SWAP – 43 min

Directed by Andre Gaumond

Canada

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CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA

WINNER

Atomic Kingdom [Season Two]

Directed by James Peniata

Australia

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CATEGORY: YOUNG FILMMAKER

WINNER

Distortion (Verzerrung)

Directed by Samuel J Punto

Germany

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Magic Balloon

Directed by Jessi Thind

Canada

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