RESULT
GIFF RESULTS (JULY-AUGUST - 2023)
Category: Amateur Film
WINNER
The Death Ox
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktas
Turkey
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Category: Animated Film
WINNER
The Ribbon
Accreditee(s): Polla-Ilariya Kozino
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Banana Tree
Accreditee(s): Scott Kane
United States
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Category: Best Actor
WINNER
Sonata For A Calendar
Accreditee(s): Oswaldo Salas
Iran
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ISOLASYON
Accreditee(s): Dan Sy Lopez
Philippines
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Accreditee(s): Armin Shimerman
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Visualization
Accreditee(s): Mojo Mona
Iraq
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
CLENCHING OF RELATIONS
Accreditee(s): Surya Jayraj
India
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Onyx
Accreditee(s): Carlos Bruno
Brazil
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Alice, my father!
Accreditee(s): Carlos Arruza
Brazil
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
D After C
Accreditee(s): Eric-Lee Olsen as Dan
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Dreams of the Past
Accreditee(s): Dimitri Frolov
Russia
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
The Insert Artist
Accreditee(s): Karen Klami
United States
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Category: Best Actress
WINNER
ISOLASYON
Accreditee(s): Jolaica Amiana
Philippines
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
First Kiss
Accreditee(s): Karen Klami
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Reshma Jasoos
Accreditee(s): Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Accreditee(s): Tarah Paige
United States
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Alice, my father!
Accreditee(s): Mariana Bridi
Brazil
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
D After C
Accreditee(s): Sandra Williams as Chrissy
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
CLENCHING OF RELATIONS
Accreditee(s): Omaima Ansari
India
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Dreams of the Past
Accreditee(s): Lyudmila Konyaeva
Russia
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Metropolis and Labannya
Accreditee(s): Sudakshina Rakshit & Ritiya Roy
India
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Category: Best Cinematography
WINNER
The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Accreditee(s): Scotty Baker
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Onyx
Accreditee(s): Leonardo Martins & Aguinaldo Flor
Brazil
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
A Bohemian Soiree
Accreditee(s): Jesse Rojas
United States
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Alice, my father!
Accreditee(s): Aguinaldo Flor & Fernando Cunha Jr
Brazil
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
The Death Ox
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktaş
Turkey
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Metropolis and Labannya
Accreditee(s): Nilesh Bhattacharya
India
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Money Matters
Accreditee(s): Money Matters
India
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Sonata For A Calendar
Accreditee(s): Marco Alvarado
Iran
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Category: Best Director
WINNER
PISO
Accreditee(s): Direk Bee
Philippines
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
CLENCHING OF RELATIONS
Accreditee(s):
India
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Dreams of the Past
Accreditee(s):
Russia
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Janaina
Accreditee(s): Aguinaldo Flor
Brazil
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Evil Madame An
Accreditee(s): Dawna Lee Heising
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Metropolis and Labannya
Accreditee(s) : Sudeshna Rakshit
India
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
A Trillion Times: Save our Earth
Accreditee(s): Sandra Tingalay
United States
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Onyx
Accreditee(s): Aguinaldo Flor
Brazil
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Visualization
Accreditee(s): Abdolrahman Sarraei
Iraq
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Category: Best Editing
WINNER
Sonata For A Calendar
Accreditee(s): Carlos Andrés Vargas
Iran
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Death Ox
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktaş
Turkey
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Insert Artist
Accreditee(s): Karen Klami
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Accreditee(s): Trevor Mayes & Emile Haris
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Visualization
Accreditee(s): Abdolrahman Sarraei
Iraq
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Category: Best Film Score - Soundtrack
WINNER
The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Accreditee(s): Vasilis Milesis
United States
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WINNER
Visualization
Accreditee(s): Abdolrahman Sarraei
Iraq
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Alice, my father!
Accreditee(s): João Crahim & Lito Figueroa
Brazil
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Ribbon
Accreditee(s): Jonathan Galland
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Money Matters
Accreditee(s): Ashh K
India
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Category: Best Producer
WINNER
Sonata For A Calendar
Accreditee(s): José Vargas & Mario Taglione
Iran
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Alice, my father!
Accreditee(s): Fernando Cunha Jr & Aguinaldo Flor
Brazil
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
A Trillion Times: Save our Earth
Accreditee(s): Sandra Tingalay
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
The Death Ox
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktaş
Turkey
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Category: Best Supporting Actor
WINNER
I HAVE A STORY BUT I AM NOT MY STORY
Accreditee(s): KRYSTALLIA MADAROU
Greece
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Trillion Times: Save our Earth
Accreditee(s): Shann Oliver
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
ISOLASYON
Accreditee(s): Zaldz Ibarz
Philippines
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Category: Best Supporting Actress
WINNER
The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Accreditee(s): Katherine Munroe
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I HAVE A STORY BUT I AM NOT MY STORY
Accreditee(s): ANNA NIKOLAIDIS
Greece
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Category: Best Vfx Artist
WINNER
Visualization
Accreditee(s): Payam Arabzadeh
Iraq
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Death Ox
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktaş
Turkey
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Category: Comedy Short
WINNER
The Insert Artist
Accreditee(s): Karen Klami
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Bohemian Soiree
Accreditee(s): Christan van Slyke
United States
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Category: Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
Reshma Jasoos
Accreditee(s); Mayur Bansiwal
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Banana Tree
Accreditee(s): Scott Kane
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ISOLASYON
Accreditee(s): Direk Bee
Philippines
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Money Matters
Accreditee(s): Muzaffer Butt
India
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Category: Documentary Film
WINNER
WHO AM I
Accreditee(s): Sanjay Raina
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
How do I show the ocean space you carried inside you?
Accreditee(s): Bharati Kapadia
India
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Category: Drone Film
WINNER
The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Accreditee(s) : Russ Emanuel
United States
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Category: Educational Film
WINNER
PISO
Accreditee(s): Direk Bee
Philippines
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Category: Experimental Film
WINNER
Image Dance
Accreditee(s): John Dawson
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
CLENCHING OF RELATIONS
Accreditee(s):
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Soup Mix
Accreditee(s): John Dawson
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Insert Artist
Accreditee(s):
United States
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Category: Family/children Film
WINNER
Phone Call
Accreditee(s): Direk Bee
Philippines
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
CLENCHING OF RELATIONS
Accreditee(s): Shrivas Nydu
India
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
PISO
Accreditee(s): Direk Bee
Philippines
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Category: Feature Script
WINNER
Stranded
Accreditee(s): Gini Graham Scott
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Silent Sentinel
Accreditee(s): Christan van Slyke
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Under No Circumstances
Accreditee(s): Christan van Slyke
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
A Trillion Times: Save our Earth
Accreditee(s):
United States
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
A Summer Surprise
Accreditee(s): james jones
United States
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Category: Film On Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
A Trillion Times: Save our Earth
Accreditee(s): Sandra Tingalay
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
D'AMGO (Dreams and Awakening)
Accreditee(s): Direk Bee
Philippines
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Category: Film On Religion
WINNER
Resurrection under the Ocean
Accreditee(s):
Turkey
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Category: Film On Women
WINNER
The Ribbon
Accreditee(s) : Polla-Ilariya KozinoGalland
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Alice, my father!
Accreditee(s): Fernando Cunha Jr
Brazil
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
First Kiss
Accreditee(s): Karen Klami
United States
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Evil Madame An
Accreditee(s): Dawna Lee Heising
United States
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Metropolis and Labannya
Accreditee(s): Sudakshina Rakshit
India
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Category: Film/video Poster
WINNER
Alice, my father!
Accreditee(s): Fernando Cunha Jr
Brazil
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Banana Tree
Accreditee(s):
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Janaina
Accreditee(s): Aguinaldo Flor
Brazil
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
D After C
Accreditee(s): Sandra Williams
United States
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Category: LGBT Film
WINNER
Thodi Si Khushi (A Bit of Happiness)
Accreditee(s): Ashish Madurwar
India
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Alice, my father!
Accreditee(s): Fernando Cunha Jr
Brazil
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Category: Mobile Film
WINNER
Reshma Jasoos
Accreditee(s): mayur bansiwal
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
D'AMGO (Dreams and Awakening)
Accreditee(s): Direk Bee
Philippines
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Category: Music Video
WINNER
Pamela Hopkins "Givin' A Damn (Don't Go With My Outfit)"
Accreditee(s): Michael Stover
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Janaina
Accreditee(s): Aguinaldo Flor
Brazil
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Category: Narrative Feature
WINNER
Chotoder Golpo Boroder Kotha
Accreditee(s): Satyajit Dasgupta
India
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Category: One Minute Film
WINNER
The Death Ox
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktaş
Turkey
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Category: Perfoming Arts
WINNER
Evil Madame An
Accreditee(s): Dawna Lee Heising
United States
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Category: Photography
WINNER
The Death Ox
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktaş
Turkey
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Category: Romantic Short
WINNER
Onyx
Accreditee(s): Aguinaldo Flor
Brazil
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Category: Short Film
WINNER
Cab Driver
Accreditee(s): Varun Garg
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
STOP MONKEYING AROUND!
Accreditee(s): Peter Sacco
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
THE WAIT
Accreditee(s): Prosenjit Mallick
India
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
ISOLASYON
Accreditee(s): Direk Bee
Philippines
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
D After C
Accreditee(s): Sandra Williams
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Reshma Jasoos
Accreditee(s):
India
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
The Insert Artist
Accreditee(s): Karen Klami
United States
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Category: Silent Film
WINNER
Phone Call
Accreditee(s): Direk Bee
Philippines
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Category: Student Film
WINNER
The game of future
Accreditee(s): Ankan Aditya Acharjee
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Trillion Times: Save our Earth
Accreditee(s): Sandra Tingalay
United States
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Resurrection under the Ocean
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktas
Turkey
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Category: Television / Pilot Program Or Series
WINNER
Insomnia Theater
Accreditee(s): Mark Starks
United States
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Category: Trailer/teaser
WINNER
The Death Ox
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktas
Turkey
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Resurrection under the Ocean
Accreditee(s): Serkan Aktas
Turkey
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Category: Treatment / Synopsis
WINNER
Alice, my father!
Accreditee(s): Fernando Cunha Jr
Brazil
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Category: Web And New Media
WINNER
The Insert Artist
Accreditee(s): Karen Klami
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Evil Madame An
Accreditee(s): Dawna Lee Heising
United States
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Category: Women's Film
WINNER
First Kiss
Accreditee(s): Karen Klami
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sonata For A Calendar
Accreditee(s): Carmen Rosa Vargas
Iran
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Ribbon
Accreditee(s): Polla-Ilariya Kozino
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
A Bohemian Soiree
Accreditee(s):
United States
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CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD
Metropolis and Labannya
Accreditee(s): Sudakshina Rakshit
India
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HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM CARNIVAL
WINNERS
(JULY-AUG 2023)
CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILM
WINNER
What a Match
Directed by Björn Granberg Ahlmark
Sweden
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CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
DOCTOR HYPOTHESES
Acted by VICENTINI GOMEZ
Brazil
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture
Acted by Tatsuya Abe
Japan
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Graduation
Acted by YIWEN CAO
Hong Kong
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Girl on the beach
Acted by Prithvi Hatte
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Regional exchange center, IRISO
Acted by Maki Kuwabara
Japan
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CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
No Boundaries
Cinematographed by Jaeun(Jay) Chin
Korea, Republic of
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Girl on the beach
Cinematographed by Anil Singh
India
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
The Night before the Wedding
Directed by 阿齊
China
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
No Boundaries
Directed by jaeun(Jay) Chin
Korea, Republic of
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When Death Comes Knocking
Directed by Danny Lopez
United States
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
TARA-The Journey of Love & Passion
Directed by Kumar Raj ( Rajendrakumar M. R. )
India
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UMOYA
Directed by JASON STERLING
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
DAY9
Scored by Michael Beliveau
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Michael Malott's Bed of Nails
Scored by Michael Malott
United States
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Girl on the beach
Scored by Ajay Singha
India
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CATEGORY: Comedy Short
WINNER
Death by King Cake
Directed by Janssen Swent, David Luck
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The AC is too high?
Directed by Masashi Yamashita
Japan
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CATEGORY: Crime Short
WINNER
The Night before the Wedding
Directed by 阿齊
China
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CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
Enter the Room
Directed by Harry Waldman
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
UMOYA
Directed by JASON STERLING
United States
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
WINNER
Sowers of the Soul
Directed by Malgorzata Szyszka
Poland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Creators
Directed by Shamil Aliyev
Azerbaijan
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Alaska Long Hunters
Directed by Mark Rose, Mark Rose
United States
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
No Boundaries
Directed by jaeun(Jay) Chin
Korea, Republic of
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Louie (KR.ONE) Gasparro 5POINTZ
Directed by Eirini Alligiannis
United States
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CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
Al Hayat
Directed by Shemej Kumar
Kuwait
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
you feeling this?!?
Directed by Yan Hui Chew
United Kingdom
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
The Bytes Dreams are Made of
Directed by Alessandro Amaducci
Italy
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Secrets, Dreams, Faith and Wonder: A Visual Music Film by Stephen T. Pope and Friends
Directed by Stephen Travis Pope
United States
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
THE ZOO (Chidiakhana)
Directed by MANISH Tiwary
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Hector heat stroke
Directed by MICKE
France
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CATEGORY: Feature Script
WINNER
Box of Hope
Written by Glenna Goodman
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
South of Main Street (125 pg feature)
Written by Robert Gately
United States
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The Pickleball Killer
Written by Jim Carroll
United States
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Review
Written by Jonathan Zarantonello
United States
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Templin Highway
Written by William Prosser
United States
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CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
No Boundaries
Directed by jaeun(Jay) Chin
Korea, Republic of
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Down to Earth
Directed by Eric Roger Williams
Norway
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Invader and Defender
Directed by YIWEN CAO
Hong Kong
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CATEGORY: Film on Religion
WINNER
A Church in Chelsea
Directed by Tassos Rigopoulos
United States
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
VYARTH
Directed by VIJAY PANDURANG CHAUGULE
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
LACRIME DI VENTO .
Directed by DAMIANO ROSSI
Italy
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Girl on the beach
Directed by Monjoy Joy Mukerji
India
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Regional exchange center, IRISO
Directed by Mitsuo Kurihara
Japan
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CATEGORY: Film on Disability Issue
WINNER
Appropriate Social Response Number 3
Directed by Steve Downey
United Kingdom
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Unconquered
Directed by John Parr
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film
WINNER
Michael Malott's Bed of Nails
Directed by Michael Malott
United States
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
Emerging from the Shadows
Directed by Mark Stas
Belgium
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
FUTUREMAN
Directed by Adam Wade
Australia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Omnipotent Resolution
Directed by Uniqueness
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CATEGORY: Narrative Feature
WINNER
Pierre & Jeanne
Directed by Clémentine Célarié
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FOSSIL of JUNE
Directed by Hiroshi Toda
Japan
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LA TOMATINA 111 min/feature/India
Directed by SAJEEVAN ANTHIKAD
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Midnight Montage Book of Consequences
Directed by Michael McLaren
United States
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RED FAUST
Directed by Zsolt Pozsgai
Hungary
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When Death Comes Knocking
Directed by Danny Lopez
United States
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
WINNER
I'M HERE
Directed by Vilma Kartalska
Bulgaria
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Resolve
Directed by Jay Richards
Australia
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Little me, Egotrip
Directed by Tyana Rendič
Slovenia
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
ESSENCE ON TIME FRAMES
Directed by Luis Dias
Portugal
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METEMPSYCHOSIS 2021
Directed by Sam Iwata aka Liu, Michael Shih
China
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The Night before the Wedding
阿齊
China
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CATEGORY: Short Script
WINNER
Bad Day
Written by Glenna Goodman
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Once Upon a Pool
Written by Adam Swimmer
Canada
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CATEGORY: Silent Film
WINNER
Picture Me This
Directed by DEAN MORGAN
United States
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CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series
WINNER
METEOR
Written by Line Rainville, Franco Pirrone
Canada
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CATEGORY: Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video
WINNER
EXIT-INTO THE MASQUERADIUM
Directed by LARRY SANBORN
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
360° Walking Miami Beach, Florida
Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
COSMIC CAVERNS (Piano Under the Stars)
Directed by Juan Carlos Vidal, Claudio recabarren
Chile
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