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AWARD WINNERS
There's Someone In The Garden
Written & Directed by Nicholas Cole
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Synopsis:
Tonight, The Great Amazo is going to raise the dead. As Amazo streams his latest trick online, and with the world watching... what could possibly go wrong?
Country: UK
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT FILM
I Love Eve
Written by Kristina Manzhula & Marina Glushkina
Directed by Kristina Manzhula
Synopsis:
Nastya has only one friend called Eve. A dark creature living in a tunnel at an abandoned hydroelectric station. One day, the girl decides to escape from her mother and her new lover, but Eve comes to their house.
Country: Russia
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
BELLE-ILE IN ACADIE
Written & Directed by Phil Comeau
Synopsis:
Acadians from Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France, visit Canada to meet their "cousins" with whom they share a common culture and history.
Country: Canada
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Mixed Signals
Written by Alice Halstead & Guillaume Sanchez
Directed by Guillaume Sanchez
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Synopsis:
In an isolated caravan deep in the Yorkshire countryside, middle aged extraterrestrial believers Glenn and Michael turn their attentions to the sky.
Country: UK
BEST SCREENPLAY
Walking Rebel
Written by Albert Rudnitsky & Oleg Blinov
Directed by Albert Rudnitsky
Synopsis:
This is the story about one day in the life of a young writer, Fedor Bogdanovich who doesn’t want to stay inside.
Country: USA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
I Love Eve
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Cinematography: Boris Kostomarov
Synopsis:
Nastya has only one friend called Eve. A dark creature living in a tunnel at an abandoned hydroelectric station. One day, the girl decides to escape from her mother and her new lover, but Eve comes to their house.
Country: Russia
BEST EDITING
THEYYATTAM
Written & Directed by Jayan Mangad
Edited by Vipin Ravi A R
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Synopsis:
Theyyam is a specific ritualistic practice of North Kerala. It is a unique form of performance where art, culture and worship come together.
Country: India
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Acaiaca
Written by Wagner Cinelli
Directed by Axel Sande
Synopsis:
Acaiaca is based on a legend about a sacred cedar that was chopped down by the Portuguese, which caused the destruction of the nearby Puri Indian tribe in just one night.
Country: Brazil
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Body
Written by Matthew McGuinness
Directed by Brandon Wade & Matthew McGuinness
Sound Design: Matthew McGuinness
Synopsis:
A young man with autism learns to love himself.
Country: UK
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
I Will Crush You & Go To Hell
Written & Directed by
Fabio Soares & Célia Paysan
Production Design: Elsa Kouchnir
Synopsis:
At their father’s funeral, Colorado and Louise Fox discover the existence of an exclusive and mysterious heiress: Apple Pie.
Country: France
BEST VISUAL FX
*Additional win - Best Poster*
Blindsight
Directed by Danil Krivoruchko
VFX: Danil Krivoruchko
Synopsis:
While a cryo capsule resurrects the body of a surviving crew member on his long way back to Earth, his wakening mind unwinds memories of the first contact mission.
Country: USA
BEST HAIR, MAKEUP & COSTUME
The Orthodox
Written & Directed by John Perivolaris
Synopsis:
A mourning priest faces a possessed girl who offers him his ultimate wish; but at what cost?
Country: UK
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
Used and Borrowed Time
Written & Directed by Sophia Romma
Synopsis:
Set during the turbulent 1960’s, in segregated Alabama and based on a lamentably sadistic racist incident in American history--an aging eccentric actress is phantasmagorically transported to her past as she relives the tyranny unleashed by a perverted, merciless white supremacist family...
Country: USA
BEST ACTOR
Haunting Day
Written & Directed by Victor Mallo
Actor: Christian Márquez as Jonah
Synopsis:
A loving couple decides to break into the house of a lonely old man to rob him.
Country: Spain
BEST ACTRESS
Awakening
Written by Valentina Angelova
Directed by Nikolay Urumov
Actress: Yana Titova as Inga
Synopsis:
The independent and successful Inga keeps hearing cryptic voices and dreaming of a strange woman.
Country: Bulgaria
BEST CHILD ACTRESS
Charlie & Xiochi
Written & Directed by Luke Romo Hodges
Actress: Margot Koenig as Charlie
Synopsis:
Left alone in a deserted city a girl searches for fresh water. Time seems relentless, bringing back the past and haunting the future.
Country: United Arab Emirates
BEST DRAMA FILM
Sam & Emma
Written & Directed by Vanessa Leigh
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Synopsis:
When their love wanes after a miscarriage, two heartbroken women try to piece together their relationship, highlighting the hardship and dysfunction that can arise from trauma and grief.
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Country: USA
BEST COMEDY FILM
The Original
Written by Giacomo Capra & Serena Amarotto
Directed by Giacomo Capra
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Synopsis:
Two guys from southern Italy are in custody in a police station in Monferrato, Piedmont. To get out of trouble, they will be forced to explain how they have been involved in a dirty business concerning famous artist Tobias Daskalakis.
Country: Italy
BEST HORROR FILM
Deep Shock
Written & Directed by Davide Melini
Synopsis:
Sarah can't completely overcome the deaths of her grandfather and her older sister. The trauma and lack of sleep cause her to embark on a strange journey of apparitions and murders, apparently caused by her mind...
Country: UK
BEST SCI-FI FILM
Dominion Evolucion
Written & Directed by Lucas Zoppi
Synopsis:
Argentina, 2050. Infected scientist Victor Bertaum, isolated in his laboratory, tries to find a cure for the Sedga virus that devastated two thirds of the world population, while remaining in a cryogenesis state to survive.
Country: Argentina
BEST HISTORICAL FILM
Alexander the Macedonian
Written & Directed by Takis Vogopoulos
Synopsis:
356 BC. A letter received by Queen Olympias from her son Alexander, becomes an occasion for unfolding meetings, memories and visions of the great mercenary shortly before he leaves his last breath.
Country: Greece
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Kekere
Written by Lucas Chewie & Wagner Cinelli
Directed by Axel Sande
Synopsis:
Kekere deals with the sad theme of slavery focusing on social memory.
Country: Brazil
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Monkey Enters Lanka
Written & Directed by Saie S Surendra
Synopsis:
The ancient city of Lanka suffers under a tyrant. Concubines are being abducted from all over the world. One special princess disappears and that’s when a legendary folk hero is called for once again, his name, feared throughout the heavens and hells.. the Monkey King.
Country: Hong Kong/UK
GRAND JURY AWARD
Charlie & Xiochi
Written & Directed by Luke Romo Hodges
Synopsis:
Left alone in a deserted city a girl searches for fresh water. Time seems relentless, bringing back the past and haunting the future.
Country: United Arab Emirates
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
Pas de Deux
Written by Mary Siroky
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Country: USA
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Finalists:
The Other Parts of Him Written by Alexandra Christodoulaki
A Glass House Written by Charles Strider
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Ocean Drifters
Written by T.J. Barkwill
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Country: USA
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Finalists:
REGALIA Written by Katy Jordan
The Fallout Written by Dominic Flanagan
BEST TV SCRIPT
Breakfast In Saigon
Written by DMI Macdonald
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Country: UK
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Finalists:
Mad Dog Written by T.J. Barkwill
Dodging Her Bullet Written by
Richard M Meiman & Johnny JJ Wachter