DIFF
Movie of the month
(March 2022)
CATEGORY: Animated Film
WINNER
Spoon
Directed by Arthur Chays
France
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CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
Don’t Be Afraid
Acted by Ben Cable
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
North of the night
Acted by Aline LE BERRE
France
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
LONELY
Directed by Melvin Pattern
Japan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Descend
Directed by Mark A France
United States
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Ujjhyo – The Unsaid
Directed by Indranil Banerjee
India
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North of the night
Directed by Olivier SIMON
France
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Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar
India
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CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
Collision Escape
Edited by Wei “Will” Li
United States
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CATEGORY: Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
Jasmin’s Paintings From The Heart
Scored by Chin Fook On @ Robert
Malaysia
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CATEGORY: Supporting Actress
WINNER
North of the night
Acted by Valérie DE DIETRICH
France
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CATEGORY: Commercial / Advertisement
WINNER
The Origin Story of the DA50 RG
Directed by Chris Aronoff, Annmarie Aronoff
United States
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CATEGORY: Crime Short
WINNER
Era of Man
Directed by Matt Mirams
Australia
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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
OTOGINEMA
Directed by Nozomu Namba
Japan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Blue Pleated Skirt
Directed by LI Jie
China
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Thirst (close-captioned)
Directed by Patricia M Fox
United States
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Pratikshya
Directed by Anupam Patnaik
India
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Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar
India
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
WINNER
7 years art from Berlin “BrückenKunst” 2019
Directed by Gilbert Brüning
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
AHIMSA- Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless
Directed by Ramesh Sharma
India
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The price of conflict
Directed by Volodymyr Sydko
Ukraine
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Day after…
Directed by Kamar Ahmad Simon
Bangladesh
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JOGI ‘The God of Night’
Directed by Daya Ram Ghimire
Nepal
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Washing Well Wenches and Friends
Directed by Fred McFeeters
United States
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Lanna Style and Grace
Directed by Pierre Tetrault
Canada
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
LOCKSTEP
Directed by Peter Andrew Sacco
Canada
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Mira’s Minders
Directed by Tanni Chaudhuri
United States
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The Heart Within: The Seat of Sultans
Directed by Divyank Tyagi
India
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CATEGORY: Drone Film
WINNER
Tierra del Fuego
Directed by Oleksandr Lozytskyi
Ukraine
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CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman’s Chance
Directed by Aki Aleong
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Collision Escape
Directed by Wenqin Ni
United States
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
Ballesteros on My Mind – The Film
Directed by Karlo Garcia Gino
Philippines
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jasmin’s Paintings From The Heart
Directed by Chin Fook On @ Robert
Malaysia
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The way to a man’s heart
Directed by Jule Körperich, Karin Demuth
Germany
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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
In Jade Moonlight
Written by Craig Stewart
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Descend
Written by Mark A France
United States
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Thor-Bolt
Written by James Thornton
United States
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North of the night
Written by Olivier SIMON
France
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The High Frontier
Written by James Thornton
United States
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SOMETIMES IN DREAMS
Written by G. Lloyd Helm
United States
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GORDON’S MERCY
Written by Gary L. Helm
United States
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
The Shift
Written by James Thornton
United States
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OTHER DOORS
Written by G. Lloyd Helm
United States
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Review
Written by Jonathan Zarantonello
United States
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CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
Water Thrust Movie
Directed by Vincent Kojo Krah
Ghana
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Thirst (close-captioned)
Directed by Patricia M Fox
United States
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Tierra del Fuego
Directed by Oleksandr Lozytskyi
Ukraine
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Resurrecting Eden: The Coralfighters of Curacao
Directed by Florian Guthknecht
Germany
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Dukhu Majhi – Son of the barren land
Directed by Somnath Mondal
India
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
Nisabdham
Directed by Raghunath N B
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dark Classics – Monologue from Lady Macbeth
Directed by Craig Railsback
United States
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CATEGORY: Film/Video Poster
WINNER
Cold Tommy – Poster (jpg files)
Poster by Janice L Walker
United States
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CATEGORY: Films on Disability issue
WINNER
Thirst (close-captioned)
Directed by Patricia M Fox
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
We are the Lost Girls
Directed by Steve Downey
United Kingdom
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BOON
Directed by Rajat Talukdar
India
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CATEGORY: Free Speech
WINNER
Don’t Be Afraid
Directed by Ben Cable
United States
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CATEGORY: International Narrative Features
WINNER
Angels of Dust
Directed by Michael Lasoff
Netherlands
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Paper Man
Directed by Motae Ki
South Korea
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North of the night
Directed by Olivier SIMON
France
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Water Thrust Movie
Directed by Vincent Kojo Krah
Ghana
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Pratikshya
Directed by Anupam Patnaik
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Descend
Directed by Mark A France
United States
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CATEGORY: International Short Film
WINNER
cAtherinE
Directed by Hervine De Boodt
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jasmin’s Paintings From The Heart
Directed by Chin Fook On @ Robert
Malaysia
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House of Secrets
Directed by Hailong Wang
China
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Don’t Be Afraid
Directed by Ben Cable
United States
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Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Without You
Directed by Shailendra Kumar Jha
India
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“Covid Fire THKJ”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States
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CATEGORY: LGBT Film
WINNER
Onyx
Directed by Aguinaldo Flor
Brazil
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
The 2nd Wave
Directed by Shiraz Khan
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jasmin’s Paintings From The Heart
Directed by Chin Fook On @ Robert
Malaysia
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DANCING WITH THE WIND
Directed by Benny Lau
Hong Kong
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
High Time You Make Her Believe
Directed by Deepayan Purkait
India
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
WINNER
Nawaz
Directed by Laxmikant Sutar
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Music on your feet
Directed by Sophie DA COSTA
France
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The River
Directed by Suramya
India
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The Ungrateful Machine
Directed by Sandeep Khurana
United States
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Without You
Directed by Shailendra Kumar Jha
India
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Breakthrough
Directed by Manav Bhuddi, Vivek Sharma
India
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A New Beginning
Directed by Icarr Weeoui
India
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AAMRAS
Directed by Mayank Pushpam Singh
India
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Together one day
Directed by he wei
China
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Dilemma
Directed by Bud Patel
United States
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Lilly
Directed by Mariam Joseph
India
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My Old Pal
Directed by Yu Hei Yim
Hong Kong
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Main Bhi Social
Directed by Nitin Patil
United States
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The Evolution
Directed by INDRANIL CHAKRABARTI
India
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Charlie: The Chicken
Directed by Jeevan Dhaker
United States
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At The Therapist
Directed by Avirat Parekh
India
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Sequent Meet
Directed by Ajay Subramanian
India
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Everything I Could
Directed by Christopher Armienti
United States
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CATEGORY: Short Script
WINNER
Wildflower
Written by Andrew Marmara
Australia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Keyboard Warriors
Written by Daniel Franze
Australia
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Sorry
Written by Tas Malle
United Kingdom
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Who Killed Me？
Written by Qing Sun, Tingdong Zhang
China
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Cold Tommy
Written by Janice L Walker
United States
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CATEGORY: Silent Film
WINNER
Ancestral Land
Directed by Gabriel Bissonnette
Canada
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CATEGORY: Student Film
WINNER
Tumult
Directed by Yu Wang, Xiao Li
China
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Make a wish
Directed by Rishi Rajendra Manohar
India
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CATEGORY: Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360°
WINNER
360 ° Walking Grand Canyon/Red Rock Canyon/Watkins Glen Park
Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States
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CATEGORY: Web and New Media
WINNER
Film Talk With AJ Dean Rebekah Louisa Smith Episode 23 Film Festival
Directed by AJ Dean
United States
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CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
Esistenza x Gioia
Directed by Andrea Hackl
Netherlands
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