DIFF

MOVIE OF THE MONTH

June 2022

Category : Amateur Film

WINNER
Diagnoses
Directed by Bob Grando
United States

Category : Best Actor
WINNER
Coke Boys
Acted by Omar Cook, Adonis Armstrong
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I Am Mine Alone
Acted by Richard Douglas Jensen
United States

Maamanithan [The Great Man] Acted by Vijay Sethupathi
India

Category : Best Actress
WINNER
I Am Mine Alone
Acted by Zina Torab
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Rose Wagon
Acted by Dawna Lee Heising
United States

The Paradise Motel Movie
Acted by Mel Novak
United States

Category : Best Cinematography

WINNER

The Art of Living
Cinematographed by Jeetendra Pidikiti
United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Reanimation Team
Cinematographed by Paul Yang
United States

The Rose Wagon
Cinematographed by Christian Griffith
United States

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Hello Midnight
Cinematographed by OLGA ROSSA
United Kingdom

I Am Mine Alone
Cinematographed by Sterling Brown
United States

Category : Best Director
WINNER
Broken Circle
Directed by Demetrios (aka Dimitrios) Katis
Greece

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Vertigo
Directed by Haruo Inoue
Japan


The Art of Living
Directed by Jeetendra Pidikiti
United Kingdom

I Am Mine Alone
Directed by Richard Douglas Jensen
United States

Maamanithan [The Great Man] Directed by Seenu Ramasamy
India

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Reanimation Team
Directed by David Jon Foster
United States

A Haircut for the Hina Doll
Directed by Minoru MIZOGUCHI
Japan

Americans in Japan
Directed by Johnny Vonneumann
United States

Category : Best Editing
WINNER
Americans in Japan
Edited by Johnny Vonneumann
United States


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I Am Mine Alone
Edited by Richard Douglas Jensen
United States

Category : Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
I Saw Myself Dead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Scored by Jordan Paul Rousseau
Ireland

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Broken Circle
Film Scored by Demetrios Katis
Greece

Category : Best Sound Designing
WINNER
Reanimation Team
Sound Designed by David Jon Foster
United States

Category : Comedy Short
WINNER

CODA THE LAST CONFESSION
Directed by Katsuhide Yamago
Japan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Return of Bud Hawk
Directed by Matthew Evans
United States

The nurse’s whistle
Directed by Jacques MICKE
France

Bryn
Directed by Phil Howe
United Kingdom

Category : Crime Short
WINNER
The Chief
Directed by Aundra’ Michael Segrest
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Coke Boys
Directed by Omar Cook, Adonis Armstrong
United States

Category : Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
THE VOICE OF THE PAST
Directed by SETENAY URUÇ
Turkey

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Chief
Directed by Aundra’ Michael Segrest
United States

Aramudaitha kombu
Directed by Jackson raj
India


The Rose Wagon
Directed by Sandy Slaven, Christopher Gatrost
United States

Category : Documentary Film
WINNER
ORGAN
Directed by FRANC KOPIC
Slovenia

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Cameroon ma petite ville
Directed by Malka Shabtay
Israel

Vertigo
Directed by Haruo Inoue
Japan


Tyranny
Directed by David Adamko
Hungary

Never Ask Why
Directed by Saurabh Dubey
India

Blowing on the Embers
Directed by Chris Frieswijk
Netherlands

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD
IRON BODY
Directed by Jamie Pan
Australia

HISPANIA, LAND OF RABBITS
Directed by Jose Luis Rodriguez
Spain

Can’t Stop the Sun from Shining
Directed by Dr. Teresa Mular
United States

Category : Educational Film
WINNER
WHY MAKE A WILL?
Directed by DINESH SHUKLA
India

Category : Experimental Film
WINNER
The Seventh Seal
Directed by Jacek Krawczyk
Poland

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Certamente

Directed by Selina Leone
Bulgaria

Americans in Japan
Directed by Johnny Vonneumann
United States

Category : Family/Children Film
WINNER
Kakitham – Paper
Directed by Vinoth Veeramani
India


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The little things that fathers do
Directed by Ariesa Atul Patange
India

Maamanithan [The Great Man] Directed by Seenu Ramasamy
India

Category : Feature Script
WINNER
Mia
Written by Matthew Townsend
United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Famously Unknown
Written by Eric Wayne Jones
United States

Box of Hope
Written by Glenna L Goodman
United States

Buddha’s Shadow
Written by Pattana Thaivanich
United States

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
The Whole Zen Thing
Written by Mark N. Clemente
United States

False Start
Written by JK Jones
United States

Category : Film On Religion
WINNER

CREDO
Directed by Hans-Juergen Ramoth, Jana Entenmann
Germany

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Five Elements Movement
Directed by Wei Chin Ng
Singapore

Category : Film on Women
WINNER

I Am Mine Alone
Poster by Richard Douglas Jensen
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Muse
Directed by Thang Huy Nguyen
United States

THEM
Directed by Oscar Guzmán
Dominican Republic

Category : Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film
WINNER
Reanimation Team
Directed by David Jon Foster
United States

Category : International Narrative Feature
WINNER
Bless you
Directed by Sanjay Sure
India


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Art of Living
Directed by Jeetendra pidikiti
United Kingdom

Maamanithan [The Great Man] Directed by Seenu Ramasamy
India

Jalwayu Enclave
Directed by Deepak Thaparr
India

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
ANTIQUE CLOCK, COPPER BASIN AND CAT
Directed by Mingxuan WANG
China

Category : LGBT Film
WINNER
Hello Midnight
Directed by OLGA ROSSA
United Kingdom

Category : Music Video
WINNER
Vaishnav Jan To
Directed by Sumita Gokhale
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

STAR SPY A SPLEEN FIX   Film-Clip
Directed by Peppe de marco
Italy

Outbreak
Directed by Vitor Pazin, Daniel Torres
Brazil

Faith in the atom – The official music video
Directed by Yoshimitsu Awazu, Davide Perico
Japan

Americans in Japan
Directed by Johnny Vonneumann
United States

Category : One Minute Film
WINNER

In the tank
Directed by Arian Nowbahari
Italy

Category : Photography
WINNER

Life
Photographed by Robin Hunter Fowler

Category : Postmodern Film
WINNER

Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes
Directed by Pat Mitchell
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
You Don’t Deserve This
Directed by Shaun Rylee
United States

Category : Short Film
WINNER
Probaho (The flow of life)
Directed by Promita Bhowmik
India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pastiche
Directed by shivaan makker
United States

The Choice
Directed by Nikoloz Bezhuashvili
Georgia

bloom
Directed by Nick Hiratsuka
United States

Pattern
Directed by Sachin Karande
India

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
The Turban
Directed by Ravinder Siwach
India

Americans in Japan
Directed by Johnny Vonneumann
United States

Category : Short Script
WINNER
Dodge This!
Written by Rachel Lauren Bartel
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
S.A.L. (Serious About Love)
Written by Dean H. Huh, Chris Arocho
United States

Objects May Appear Closer
Written by Frank Beckwith
United States

Again, Mama
Written by Geqi Li
China

Category : Silent Film
WINNER

The little things that fathers do
Directed by Ariesa Atul Patange
India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Silent Battles
Directed by Zay Rodriguez
United States


I Can, I Will
Directed by Nitin Dattatray Bansod
India

Category : Student Film
WINNER
Guys
Directed by 锦城 张
China

Category : Supporting Actor
WINNER
Reanimation Team
Acted by David Jon Foster
United States

Category : Television / Pilot Program or Series
WINNER
Pastiche”
Directed by Shivaan Makker
United States

Category : Trailer / Teaser
WINNER
The Chief
Directed by Aundra’ Michael Segrest
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Rose Wagon

Directed by Sandy Slaven, Christopher Gatrost
United States

Category :
Women’s Film
WINNER
Nostradamus’ Doomsday Chapter (II)
Directed by Shihyun Wang
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Ghost of Everything
Directed by Anila Jaho
United States