MOVIES OF THE MONTH: OCTOBER, 2019
CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS
WINNER
Colour Me Free
Directed by Gray Hodgkinson
Singapore
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR
WINNER
One Night Stand
Acted by Matthew Sauvé
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Circus Sam
Acted by Steve Marshall
Japan
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
The Game Changer
Acted by Thomas Kadman
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS
WINNER
Circus Sam
Acted by Ellery Sprayberry
Japan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Game Changer
Acted by Gina Laline
United Kingdom
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Jeena Mushkil Hai Yaar
Acted by Khushali Kumar
India
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CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
A Mind of Winter
Cinematography by Sean Kernan
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Circus Sam
Cinematography by Jitsu Toyoda
Japan
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CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER
Return of the Lotus-Born Master: Decrypting the Dakini Code
Directed by Laurence Brahm
Bhutan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Circus Sam
Directed by Rayner Wang
Japan
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The Alliance 2019
Directed by Robert L Butler Jr.
United States
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CATEGORY: BEST EDITING
WINNER
Shangri La
Edited by Carlo Christian Spano
China
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Circus Sam
Edited by Kaitlin Hollingsworth
Japan
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CATEGORY: BEST FILMSCORE
WINNER
The Spiral
Music by Peter Wong
Malaysia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Circus Sam
Music by Chris Anderson
Japan
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The Alliance 2019
Music by Alonzo Carrillo and Thaartist Kali
United States
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The Game Changer
Music by Marco Messina & Riccardo Nanni
United Kingdom
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Kingdom Anthem: The Kingdom Descends Upon the World
Music by – Not found
Republic of Korea
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Requiem
Music by Mathias Kofoed Mortensen
Denmark
The Other Half
Produced by Ven. Aludeniye Subodhi Thero
Sri Lanka
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CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER
WINNER
The Other Half
Produced by Ven. Aludeniye Subodhi Thero
Sri Lanka
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Alliance 2019
Produced by Robert L Butler Jr and Antonio Dileo
United States
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Circus Sam
Produced by Georgina Pope & Roy Finch
Japan
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CATEGORY: BEST SOUND DESIGNING
WINNER
Circus Sam
Sound Design by Andres De La Torre
Japan
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CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER
The Game Changer
Acted by Francesco Salvi
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Circus Sam
Acted by Edward Zo
Japan
CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
Lorik
Directed by Alexey Zlobin
Armenia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Circus Sam
Directed by Rayner Wang
Japan
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AGONY
Directed by Sohyun Han
Korea, Republic of
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Obsessed
Directed by Robert Reinholdsson
Sweden
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The Dance
Directed by Rino Arreaza
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
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Mother of Tibetans
Directed by Niklas Goslar
Germany
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Finding Tom Bombadil
Directed by Joost van de Loo
Netherlands
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The Spiral
Directed by Peter Wong
Malaysia
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
ADAVI
Directed by RAMESH G
India
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Gravity Well
Directed by Jadi Carboni
Germany
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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Doris’s flight
Directed by Gabriela Lima
United States
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Jeena Mushkil Hai Yaar
Directed by Mohan
India
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‘ 5 RUPYA ‘ ( 5 RUPEES )
Directed by Piyush Chandrakant Panjuani
India
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS
WINNER
DIE BURG
Directed by Hans Andreas Guttner
Austria
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock
Directed by Cody Lucich
United States
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LIGO
Directed by Les Guthman
United States
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TEAM TIBET – Home away from Home
Directed by Robin Greenberg
New Zealand
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Road to Paradise
Directed by Kevin Pison Piamonte, JR Macahilas
Philippines
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THE NORMANS
Directed by MAURICE MICALLEF
Malta
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Vladivostok Terminus
Directed by Canches
France
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Whispering Truth To Power
Directed by Shameela Seedat
South Africa
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LADYBUG, this is Ineke
Directed by Bo van Scheyen
Netherlands
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TIBET MOUNTAINS OF THE GODS
Directed by Jean-Pierre Coppens
Belgium
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PASS TO HEAVEN
Directed by Victor Terentev
Russian Federation
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Return of the Lotus-Born Master: Decrypting the Dakini Code
Laurence Brahm
Bhutan
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Shangri La
Directed by Carlo Christian Spano
China
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Calcutta Sonata
Directed by Subha Das Mollick
India
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like butter on toast
Directed by Dominik Junker, Norman Krüger, Christian Hyla
Germany
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Planet Fungi – north east India
Directed by Catherine Marciniak
Australia
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Scenes from a Dry City
Directed by Francois Verster, Simon Wood
United States
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Mother of Tibetans
Directed by Niklas Goslar
Germany
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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Perception: Seeing Is Not Believing
Directed by James Purpura
United States
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Inmanencia
Directed by Natasha Deganello Giraudie
United States
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CATEGORY: DRONE FILMS
WINNER
Human in The Forest
Directed by Wojciech Garus
Poland
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CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM
WINNER
THE NORMANS
Directed by MAURICE MICALLEF
Malta
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Social Class Stratification and Mobility in the World
Directed by Banning K Lary
United States
CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
WINNER
The Umbrella
Directed by Tsang Hing Weng Eric
Hong Kong
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Gravity Well
Directed by Jadi Carboni
Germany
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Uriel
Directed by Jing Wang, harvey goldman
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
The Burned Man
Directed by Frédéric Roussel
Belgium
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Secrets, Dreams, Faith and Wonder: A Visual Music Film by Stephen T. Pope and Friends
Directed by Stephen Travis Pope
United States
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TOUCHED
Directed by Kevin Marshall Chopson
United States
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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Unspittable
Directed by Michael B MacDonald
Canada
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CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT
WINNER
A Sweet-Smelling Skunk
Scripted By Claire Knopf
United States
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CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS
WINNER
Ties
Directed by Raj Pathie
Singapore
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Circus Sam
Directed by Rayner Wang
Japan
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” I’m Sinner ”
Directed by JAY DOGRA
United States
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‘ 5 RUPYA ‘ ( 5 RUPEES )
Directed by Piyush Chandrakant Panjuani
India
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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
Dancing Island
Written by William Holland
United States
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CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE
WINNER
Wetlands, the legacy of Luc Hoffmann
Directed by Stephan Rytz
Switzerland
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
THE SONGS of LOVE
Directed by Andrii Andreiev
Ukraine
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Planet Fungi – north east India
Directed by Catherine Marciniak
Australia
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ADAVI
Directed by RAMESH G
India
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Winter
Directed by Patricia Coates
Canada
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CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION
WINNER
The Spiral
Directed by Peter Wong
Malaysia
CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN
WINNER
ERGO SUM
Directed by Francesco LONGO
Italy
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
a suburban love story
Directed by Stephen Wallace
Australia
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CATEGORY: FILM/VIDEO POSTER
WINNER
The Alliance 2019
Directed by Sean Puno
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Erased
Written by Camille Huot
United States
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CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE
WINNER
Sing Love to Mother
Directed by Peter Hsui
Taiwan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
We Are Visible
Directed by Karina Sturm
United States
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Living with Spinal Cord Injury
Directed by Davey Jose
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: FREE SPEECH
WINNER
Toyota and Windbreaker
Written by Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen
Finland
CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION / GENRE FEATURE FILM
WINNER
The Spiral
Directed by Peter Wong
Malaysia
CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM
WINNER
Nature morte
Directed by Chantal Lorang
Luxembourg
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Donna On The Go: REALLY!
Directed by Vince Deadrick Jr.
United States
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Filtered
Directed by Paula Ner Dormiendo
Canada
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
Intoxicated
Directed by Claudio Zagarini
Italy
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Kingdom Anthem: The Kingdom Descends Upon the World
Directed by The Church of Almighty God
Korea, Republic of
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Food To Ate
Directed by Randy J. Huling
United States
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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES
WINNER
Heart of Africa
Directed by Tshoper Kabambi
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Closet
Directed by Takehiro
Japan
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The Alliance 2019
Directed by Robert L Butler Jr
United States
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Lost Transmissions
Directed by Katharine O’Brien
United States
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The Game Changer
Directed by Thomas Kadman
United Kingdom
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GAM CAM GRRL
Directed by Michael Paul Girard
United States
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The Radio
Directed by Akiyoshi Koba
Japan
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PEARL
Directed by Bobby Roth
United States
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CATEGORY: PERFOMING ARTS
WINNER
Two as One
Directed by Carlo Stoppa
Italy
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CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHY (PHOTOS FROM FILM SET INCLUDED)
WINNER
ERGO SUM
Directed by Francesco LONGO
Italy
CATEGORY: POSTMODERN FILMS
WINNER
The History of Everything Circa 1993 to the Present F/K/A Kissy Cousins Monster Babies and Morphing Elvis (The Feature)
Directed by Wayne Keeley
United States
CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS
WINNER
Short Calf Muscle
Directed by Victoria Warmerdam
Netherlands
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Goodbye my son
Directed by Yuichiro Nakada
Japan
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Circus Sam
Directed by Rayner Wang
Japan
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Looking for Mom
Directed by Peter Hsui
Taiwan
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Kagaraja-Lord of all Animals
Directed by Lenore Rinder
United States
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One Night Stand
Directed by Wojciech Zielinski
Canada
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Unbounded
Directed by Leslie Brockett
Mexico
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Lost Transmissions
Directed by Katharine O’Brien
United States
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COMET
Directed by Giorgio Messina, Stefania Simoni
Italy
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Obsessed
Directed by Robert Reinholdsson
Sweden
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Requiem
Directed by David Laumann Hansen
Denmark
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ERGO SUM
Directed by Francesco LONGO
Italy
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Worthless
Directed by Dave Fulton
United Kingdom
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The Golden Rockers!!
Directed by Yuko Hirata, Aung Thu Rein
Myanmar
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RUBY BABY
Directed by Lee Mcqueen
United Kingdom
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Level 13
Directed by Samir Tewari
India
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Victor!!
Directed by James Zeiss
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
“Rock & Roll”
Directed by Christopher Beech
United Kingdom
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THE MEMORY OF WATER
Directed by Mary Stephen
Hong Kong
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ERROR OF MINDS
Directed by Sairaj
India
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Trouble in the City
Directed by – Not Found
Not Specified
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Second Chances
Directed by Leo Senesi
United States
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The Peasant of the Danube by Jean de La Fontaine (eng. subtitles)
Directed by Jean-Arneau Filtness
France
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My Mother’s House
Directed by Belinda Lloyd
Australia
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Chintu
Anubhav Anand
India
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Always With You
Directed by Richard Anthony Dunford
United Kingdom
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Madame
Directed by Garth Jennings
Not Specified
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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Open House
Directed by Jack Fleischer
United States
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AMANDA (SheheitAlien)
Directed by MORENO FUENTES
Spain
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CATEGORY: SILENT FILM
WINNER
Alice, who enters her life
Directed by Adriano Devita
Italy
CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS
WINNER
PLAY
Directed by Piotr Sulkowski
Poland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
We Are Visible
Directed by Karina Sturm
United States
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Meow
Directed by Yu Shu Grace Wang
United States
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Taiwanese Cha Cha Cha
Directed by YuHui (Judie) Yang
Taiwan
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Three Quests
Directed by Zachary Silverstein
Canada
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The Banana Manifesto
Directed by Azalia Muchransyah
Indonesia
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Stalemate
Directed by Jess Paxton
United States
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Sudejo: The Middle Man
Directed by Jacinta Filiaci
United States
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CATEGORY: TELEVISION / PILOT PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER
Comic Oops Tonic
Directed by Grigoriy Mironov
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Area 52
Directed by Kenzo Babin
Canada
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The Serpent Queen
Directed by – Not Specified
Canada
CATEGORY: TRAILER/TEASER
WINNER
THE NORMANS
Directed by MAURICE MICALLEF
Malta
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Real Love (Teaser)
Directed by Robert L Butler Jr
United States
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Awakening – as told by Roman Toi
Directed by Kalli Paakspuu
Canada
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CATEGORY: TREATMENT / SYNOPSIS
WINNER
The Duplicate
Written by Victor Orel
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Real Love
Written by Robert L Butler Jr
United States
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Phaethon
Written by Victor Orel
United States
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CATEGORY: VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) / AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) AND 360° VIDEO
WINNER
Living with Spinal Cord Injury
Written by Davey Jose
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA (ANY LENGTH)
WINNER
Merce, Season 2
Directed by Tyne Firmin
United States
CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILM
WINNER
LADYBUG, this is Ineke
Directed by Bo van Scheyen
Netherlands
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Lucy Palustris: The Dinner Party
Directed by Patricia Coates
Canada
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Erased
Directed by-Not Specified
United States