WINNERS

MONTH OF JANUARY

OPAL

Once upon a time a magic kingdom where summer lasted forever and where the animals and the inhabitants were immortal. The source of all magic was a young princess called Opal. Legends said that her joy would bring wonders and prosperity to the kingdom. But her sadness would only bring chaos and darkness.

Best Animated Film - Directed by Alan Bidard

Xaviar Mendosa

Xaviar mendosa's the trial at redemption bar sheds light on the struggles faced by the elderly, who are often overlooked and neglected in our society. As people age, they face a host of challenges, including loneliness, isolation, and discrimination. Unfortunately, these issues are not always recognized or addressed by younger generations, and as a result, the elderly may feel invisible and forgotten.

Best Short Film on African Americans, natives & visible minorities (under 40min) -Directed by Daryl Sledge

Solitary

With minutes left before U.S. forces level a Mujahideen camp, a Sikh prisoner trapped in solitary confinement turns to his faith to make a daring escape.

Best Film (under 40 min) - Directed by Maninder Chana

The Birds Have Left Beirut

August 4, 2020. A date that shook a country, changed a city and destroyed lives... Zeina was one of them.

Best Documentary(Under 40 min) Directed by Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour

April Skies

Three stories based in three countries in Europe. Three languages with three sets of peoples, all intertwine to the same tragedy.

Best Film(Over 40min) - Directed by pascal payant

The Graduates

The war in Ukraine revealed a deep crisis of Serbia's identity: although a candidate for EU membership, Serbia is unable to see things as the rest of the continent. The documentary was filmed before the war, but it sheds light on the roots of this ambivalent attitude

Serbian high school graduates get together, 30 years later, in their former Belgrade classroom.
They finished school in 1989. It was the year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and their horizons seemed wide open towards Europe and the world. But instead, the Yugoslav wars broke out.

Best Emerging Film Maker( Over 40min/ Documentary) - Dusan Gajic

Michiko

The main story of the movie "Michiko", which won nearly 100 awards at film festivals around the world, and the main movie and documentary footage that collects the making videos and comments of the actors. Visualize how the director, Kagawa, created Michiko. In particular, the acting guidance of the director of Michiko's rampaging scene brought a real performance to the movie by the acting guidance of Kagawa who is an experiencer. The whole story is covered

Special Jury Award - Ryo Kagawa

Chinese Speaking Vampires

A desperate actor becomes a vampire and uses his newfound powers to land a movie role and the girl but then must choose between life and the undead.

Best Screenplay(Over 40min) - Davy Williams

Best Editing - Enyi Zhu, Randy Kent

Bite the Bullet

"Bite The Bullet" is a short film of a couple's night dream and real life. the moment that they realize the colour never describe their personality.

Special Jury Award - Experimental Work of Mousa Ghodratifard

Sweety

Story of a girl who turns tragedy into action by promoting vaccines.

Best Animated Short Film - Directed by Ranjit Koka, Aaron Koka

Can't Stop the Sun from Shining

A documentary about four centenarian and almost centenarian women living in New York who unravel their courage, strength and zest for life in unique and inspiring ways. An homage to aging without regrets.

Best Director (Documentary Over 40min ) - Dr. Teresa Mular

Autonomous

When Neaimé, a mega popstar with the world as her stage, arrives for yet another concert, she is forced into a slow self-driving electric bus in order to reduce her carbon footprint. She immediately clashes with the war veteran Carl and their incompatible personae turn the bus into an emotional pressure cooker, ready to explode. When the doors finally open, nothing will ever be the same.

Best Director(Under 40min) - Birgitta Liljedahl, Therése Neaimé, Henrik Norman, Anna Brixter

Camellia Flowers

Using historical texts and real life accounts of victims of the tragedy, “Camellia Flowers” is a short documentary about the Jeju Uprising or the Jeju 4.3 Incident that took place from March 1st, 1947 to September 21st, 1954. Over the course of those 7 years, thousands of lives were lost and even more were impacted. With resilience and perseverance, the people of Jeju heal their community together while asking for apologies from those who were in power at the time of the incident.

Best Director (Documentary Under 40min ) - Changhee Chun

Beaten

Bruise and Redd are an unlikely duo brought together by a tragic twist of fate. With the death of Bruise's fiancée, a vengeful thirst for justice is awoken in both men. They must work together to take down a corrupt mayor and seek retribution for the wrongs done to them. As they fight for vengeance, their lives will irrevocably change forever.

Best Producer(Over 40min) - Robert Izquierdo, Jerry Walker, Frank Powers

Best Emerging Film maker - Arturo Portillo

Alaska Long Hunters

This award winning story follows the life of a young pilot who flew in Alaska’s frontier arctic. Experience the front-seat thrills of bush planes and helicopters operating in the most dangerous conditions on earth, airborne among the magnificent mountains, glaciers and rivers that only Alaska has to offer. Includes true-life experiences of accidents, comradeship, humor and heartbreak of life in early Alaska, gone forever when dismantled into parks in the 1980’s. Based on the book Last of the Long Hunters by Mark Rose, the scene opens with an early history of the Great Land and those that lived in it through interviews with several life-long Alaskans, including Hilda Lidner, Ray Atkins and Gale Ranney to name a few. Leading up to the introduction of the authors use of a new tool of transport – the single engine airplane, but not without extracting a terrible price. Experience what it was like to growing up among the dangerous game, hunting the massive caribou herds and absorbing the greatness of the county. Pilots will gain from the flying experiences related, and every boy, man and aviator will be compelled to grapple with its final truth, concluding with a crisis encounter that forever changed the pilot's life forever.

Best Film on Nature & Wildlife (Over 40min) - Mark Rose, Mark Rose

Monsters Are Real

After isolating himself in the wilderness a man reemerges to reunite with his family.

Best Screenplay (Under 40min) - Ron Huffstutter

Best Lead Male - Marc Natoli

Attest

Two sisters are under harsh investigation as they get their story straight about a fateful encounter at a party the night before.

Best cinematography (Under 40min) - Roger Chingarian

Best Producer - Andi Behring
Best Editor - Vivian Zingleman

The Reinventor

A woman with with a severe form of muscular dystrophy is forced to reinvent herself while helping others live with the disease.

Special Jury Award - Amy Bekier