MOVIES OF THE MONTH
January 2023
CATEGORY: Amateur Film
WINNER
LEGOIST
Directed by Peter Landry
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Phasmophobia
Directed By Alvin Roy Sutanto
Indonesia
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Chat Room
Directed By Sabrina Monno
Italy
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CATEGORY: Animated Films
WINNER
Out of control
Directed by bellopropello
Switzerland
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CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
Vidwan
Acted by VISHVEK PECHIMUTHOO
Malaysia
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
When Death Comes Knocking
Directed by Danny Lopez
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Vidwan
Directed By Yuvan Raj Ganesan
Malaysia
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Phasmophobia
Directed By Alvin Roy SutantoItaly
Indonesia
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CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
Vidwan
Edited by Dineshwaran
Malaysia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Phasmophobia
Edited By Alvin Roy Sutanto
Indonesia
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CATEGORY: Best Music Score
WINNER
Vidwan
Scored by Ajay Sarvess
Malaysia
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CATEGORY: Best Supporting Actor
WINNER
Vidwan
Acted by VISHVEK PECHIMUT HOO
Malaysia
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CATEGORY: Best Supporting Actress
WINNER
Vidwan
Acted by KARTHIGA RAMAH
Malaysia
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CATEGORY: Comedy short
WINNER
BreakAway
Directed by John Couper-Smartt
Australia
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CATEGORY: Commercial / Advertisement
WINNER
Real Estate Habitat
Directed by Rossano Bagialemani
Italy
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CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
Enter the Room
Directed by Harry Waldman
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
‘ 5 RUPYA ‘ ( 5 RUPEES )
Directed By Piyush Chandrakant Panjuani
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The naked story
Directed By PAAYEL CHOUUDHURY
India
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Judge
Directed By Nicolo’ Pozzali
Italy
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CATEGORY: Documentary Films
WINNER
THE BOMB
Directed by Bob Jones
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Unplugged In Mumbai – Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Shailendra Singh
Directed By SHAILENDRA SINGH
India
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SERGEI
Directed By SHAILENDRA SINGH
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Celebrating Chinese New Year
Directed By Shihyun Wang
Taiwan
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Robert Stewart
Directed By Shihyun Wang
United States
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Films
WINNER
‘ 5 RUPYA ‘ ( 5 RUPEES )
Directed by Piyush Chandrakant Panjuani
India
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
THE FURTHEST DISTANCE IN THE WORLD
Directed by Wang Qiang
China
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CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film
WINNER
Phasmophobia
Directed by Alvin Roy Sutanto
Indonesia
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
After The Death
Directed by Issara Maneewat
Thailand
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Once upon a time in Watkins Glen Park
Directed By Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States
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CATEGORY: Music Video
WINNER
The Alliance 2 the Hunt for Breeze Music Video
Directed by Robert L Butler Jr
United States
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CATEGORY: Narrative Features
WINNER
The Seeker
Directed by Kipp Howard
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
When Death Comes Knocking
Directed By Danny Lopez
United States
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IMPENDING CATASTROPHE
Directed By Yoram Marcus
Israel
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Regional exchange center, IRISO
Directed By Mitsuo Kurihara
Japan
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Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture
Directed By Mitsuo Kuribara
Japan
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Agaman [The Rebel]
Directed By Nandan Subbrayan
India
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CATEGORY: Screenplay
WINNER
Rumble Rumble
Written by Kipp Howard
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
I had, HAVE …a Dream
Written by Lawrence Whitener
United States
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LOVEBEATS
Written by Chris Ross Leong
United States
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MOKSHA
Written by Saurin D Lakhia
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Last Humans (script)
Written by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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TWINKS
Written by Keith Soforic
United Kingdom
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The Transcript
Written by Kenneth J Kokin, Samantha Gonzalez
United States
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RITUAL
Written by Amanda Nitsa Oz
Israel
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Vidwan
Written by Yuvan Raj Ganesan
Malaysia
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CATEGORY: Short Film
WINNER
Naptime, Dearie
Directed by DAVID BOYER
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Judge
Directed by Nicolo’ Pozzali
Italy
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Gods
Directed by Kipp Howard
United States
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Phasmophobia
Directed by Alvin Roy Sutanto
Indonesia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
“White Nuke spiraling toward transcension”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States
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ACTOR
Directed by Viachaslau Sikora
Ukraine
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Arrivederci Paris version sous-titrée en anglaise
Directed by Louis Salvatore Bellanti
France
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Ginny’s Enterprise
Directed by Suzanne Marie Moreau
Canada
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A meeting between two. The secret. A short film by Yoram Marcus, the original long version.
Directed by Yoram Marcus, Eyal Kantor
Israel
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CATEGORY: Student Films
WINNER
Cras
Directed by Jack Crawford
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Aspirations
Directed by Pragati Gupta
India
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Phasmophobia
Directed by Alvin Roy Sutanto
Indonesia
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CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series
WINNER
ParaRescue – TV Pilot
Written by Lawrence Whitener
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Vengeance, Justice, Death
Written by Mark Sawyer
United States
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Los Aspirantes -The Applicants
Written by María Yolanda Brown Melián
Spain
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CATEGORY: Travel Film
WINNER
Enfield Is Prayer – Mystery of the Palm Leaf Library
Directed by Pavi Lustig
Austria
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CATEGORY: Web and New Media
WINNER
You Tube Channel Membership
Directed by Shihyun Wang
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CATEGORY: Women’s Films
WINNER
Aspirations
Directed by Pragati Gupta
India
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