MOVIES OF THE MONTH
April 2023
CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
Fractured Sanity
Acted by Nathan Wakefield
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
To Father
Acted by Jae-Feel Hwang
Korea, Republic of
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In the Backseat
Acted by Seamus McMahon
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Regional exchange center, IRISO
Acted by Maki Kuwabara
Japan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Comedy Demo Reel 2022
Acted by Dawna Lee Heising
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
Roti Canai (A famous flatbread dish in Malaysia)
Directed by Deepak Fain
Malaysia
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CATEGORY: Comedy short
WINNER
Bali Frodo
Directed by Felix Benjamin Schaefer
Russian Federation
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CATEGORY: Commercial / Advertisement
WINNER
HN 30 second spec commercial
Directed by Lukasz Wdowicz
Poland
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CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
Anney
Directed by Anandha Rajan Yavana Rajan
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Bali Frodo
Directed by Felix Benjamin Schaefer
Russian Federation
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CATEGORY: Documentary Films
WINNER
Masked Fighter. Mixed martial arts was born in Japan. 1985
Directed by Kenji Ogusu
Japan
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CATEGORY: Experimental Films
WINNER
CHIAROSCURO
Directed by Philip Wan
Hong Kong
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
“2020: A Pandemic Odyssey” (Or, How I Got Stanley Kubrick Out of My {Solar} System Once and For All)
Directed by Roger F. Copeland
United States
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CATEGORY: Fantasy Film
WINNER
Psychomanteum
Directed by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Horror Film
WINNER
Fractured Sanity
Directed by Keith Martens
United States
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CATEGORY: Micro Shorts
WINNER
Bali Frodo
Directed by Felix Benjamin Schaefer
Russian Federation
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CATEGORY: Music Video
WINNER
In a Tamasic World
Directed by Camilla Martini
Italy
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CATEGORY: Narrative Features
WINNER
A Zebra-Riding Boy
Directed by Xiaotian Fan & Juzhi Chen
China
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Psychomanteum
Directed by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Screenplay
WINNER
Richard Spong
Written by Terry Luke Podnar
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sargeant Classified
Written by JK Jones
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Short Film
WINNER
The Ballerina’s Curse
Directed by Juming Delmas
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
PARDON
Directed by SAHDEV GHOLAP
India
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Paths
Directed by Olof Thiel
Sweden
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YUNHI KHAMAKHAN
Directed by SHEKHAR UJJAINWAL
India
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CATEGORY: Silent Film
WINNER
FootAge
Directed by Bil Richardson
United States
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CATEGORY: Student Films
WINNER
Supression
Directed by Bryan Kristhoporus Gondo
Indonesia
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CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series
WINNER
METEOR
Written by Line Rainville & Franco Pirrone
Canada
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CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser
WINNER
Cassandra Venice – The BLUE Teaser/Trailer
Directed by Hugo Teugels
Belgium
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CATEGORY: Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video
WINNER
EXIT-INTO A LAPSE IN TIME
Directed by Larry Sanborn
United States
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