WINNERS

MONTH OF NOVEMBER

The Last Witness

"The Last Witness" is a political thriller based on the harrowing true events of the Katyn Massacre in Spring 1940. In post-WW2 England, ambitious journalist Stephen Underwood (Alex Pettyfer) comes across a disturbing spate of suicides by Polish soldiers. Sensing a story, his first port of call is Colonel Janusz Pietrowski, a Liaison Officer for the re- settlement of Polish troops under British command, but the meeting with Pietrowski leaves Stephen unsettled, and from here his investigation escalates as he finds himself embroiled in a dangerous, multi-layered conspiracy concerning the execution of 22,000 Polish military and civilians by Stalin's secret police.

Best Film (Above 40min) - Directed by Piotr Szkopiak

Best Producer - Carol Harding

A guerra finita

A world without war is another utopia that we cannot wait any longer

It Could Be You

Two brothers encounter a homeless man, the youngest of the two shows his disdain for the man until a story is shared that changes his life forever.

Best Film on African Americans, natives & visible minorities ( Under 40min) - Directed by Abdul T. Sesay, Darren C. Murray

Best Cinematography - Charlie Knott

Nanakorobi

Based on the Japanese saying Nanakorobi-Ya Oki, or fall seven times, but get back up the eighth. A little girl faces seven challenges to save an orphan who is lost in the snowy woods of Hokkaido.

Best Director (Under 40 min) - Glenna Burmer, Gaby Breiter

Full Moon

Full Moon tells a story about a little girl and her big sister celebrating Halloween. The little girl wonders about the man who she believes lives on the moon, who she also believes might need her help. Her big sister helps the little girl carry out her well-intentioned deed.

Logline: Love and imagination come together to make for a most memorable Halloween.

Feedback from a Little Free Library recipient of the published story, Full Moon: "Just in time for Halloween, we were gifted a copy of ”Full Moon” from Facepaint Nonprofit! This adorable tale is Junior Steward approved so swing by today for a beautiful story about a little girl, the man in the moon, and how one act of love and kindness can inspire others."

Special jury award - John Vo, Ken Yoffe, Ellen Weisberg & Abby Vo

The untold struggle for civil rights

A Documentary film about the life and activism of LGBTQ Scot Kath Duncan The most important Uk Civil rights leader past 100 years but almost forgotten in time until my Highly acclaimed stage play #liberty and my biography of Kath The Last Queen Of Scotland stage play Liberty

Best Documentary(Over 40min) Directed by Ray Barron Woolford

Holestepper

Angel, an enthusiastic high school teacher, discovers a website where his students make fun of him and his disability through some strange videos. Mixing the reality and the digital universe adolescent, Angel will be involved in a world hitherto unknown.

Best Producer (under 40min) - Andrea Alva & Sergio Fernández Muñoz

Best Lead (Under 40min) - Oswaldo Salas

Anjela

Anjela Pencheva has suffered from Cerebral Palsy since birth, but the difficult diagnosis has never broken her spirit and has turned her into a writer, an actress and a dancer. Through her work and with her computer generated voice, she participates in various initiatives for the rights of the people with disabilities and inspires everyone who has met her.

Best documentary Film (Under 40) - Directed by Vilma Kartalska

AnorMal

What has worried us today? What could we care about if we were a child without even shoes on the streets of Saint Louis? AnorMal is a sample of a journey to poverty, contained in lights and sounds, that makes possible to feel a bit of a reality that has very little to do with ours.

Best Director (Under 40min / Documentary) - Luis Galán

The Forgotten Soldier

Why would someone vandalise a war memorial? When veteran Aatma Singh witnesses The Lions of the Great War monument being vandalised, his family jump to their own conclusions and seek revenge. Their actions end in terrible consequences.

Best film (Under40min) - Directed by Neil Paul

Rose-Tinted

Dameon is one of the first to be able to test out new augmented reality glasses which make his dreary world into a bright one. His perfect augmented world has become an addiction but things slowly change as the system malfunctions and not everything is exactly what it seems.

Best Emerging Filmmaker (Under 40min) - Emily Hampson

Francesca

A girl trapped in the city dreams of climbing the highest peaks

Best Film on Nature & Wildlife (Under 40min) - Directed by Johnathan Browall Nordstr

Umoya

Wanted in 28 countries and 6 continents. From the FBI, CIA, all the way to Interpol, this mysterious assassin, is referred to only as UMOYA (Meaning GHOST in Zulu), because his face is the last seen by his victims, just before, or when they realize that they are about to be killed. Starring, World Martial Arts Champion, Jason Sterling

Best Emerging Filmmaker (Under 40min) - Jason Sterling

Waiting For Nicko

Nicko is late. Is he too late?

Best Emerging(Under 40min) FilmmakerHoward Perry

In Your Dreams

In the future, a sentient robot finds that his dreams intrude on his waking life.

Best screenplay (Under 40min) - Mike Krohn