FILMS OF THE MONTH – JULY 2017
CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Cold Breath
Directed by Abbas Raziji
Iran
CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
The Love Commandos
Directed by Miriam Lyons
UK
FINALIST
Rojo Paraíso (Red Paradise)
Directed By Alberto Amador Salas
Mexico
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Positive Hell
Directed By Andi Reiss
UK
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Naharkhoran (Nooning)
Directed By Mehrdad Afsari
Iran
CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS
BEST SHORT FILM
Mum
Directed by Akash Mihani
India
FINALIST
Blindspot
Directed by Josh Seven
India
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Whale 52
Directed by Thanasis Trouboukis
Greece
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Birpurush – The Hero Within
Directed by Saurabh Chatterjee
India
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Irupuram (Two Sides)
Directed by Vipin Pv
India
CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tooth Fairy
Directed By Owyn Stephens
UK
CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Anamnesis
Cinematographer Sourabh Waghmare
India
CATEGORY: BEST EDITING
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tight Embrace
Editor June Yuting Jin
USA
CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
All Through The Night
Actor Stewart Mulligan
Australia
CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tooth Fairy
Actress Kim Allan
UK
CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILMS
BEST WOMEN’S FILM
Golden Time
Directed by Atefeh Rahmani
Iran
FINALIST
Project Papa
Directed By Kanika Batra
India
CATEGORY: FILMS ON WOMEN
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TARA – The Journey of Love & Passion
Directed by Kumar Raj
India
CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Birpurush – The Hero Within
Directed by Saurabh Chatterjee
India
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Tooth Fairy
Directed By Owyn Stephens
UK
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Prova Sun Game N.1
Directed By Zaynab W. Ali
Syria
CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
Glory
Directed by Assaf Hayut
Israel
FINALIST
Lucia
Directed By Emil Kahr
USA
CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Final Call
Diirected by Sara Barbas
Portugal
CATEGORY: FAMILY / CHILDREN FILMS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Simple Notes
Directed by Arijit Singh
India
CATEGORY: FILMS ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
It Ain’t Easy Being Green
Directed by Crystal Fortwangler
USA
CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION GENRE FEATURE FILMS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dead Again
Directedby Dave Silberman
South Korea
CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILMS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Share Of Share
Directed by Kaveh Jahed
Iran
CATEGORY: POSTMODERN FILMS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Venus Obscura
Directed by Christophe Karabache
France
CATEGORY: SILENT FILMS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
DADA on Vacation
Directed by Errkaa
Germany
CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS
BEST STUDENT FILM
The God of Small Things
Directed by Saud Jubaer
USA
FINALIST
Limit
Directed By Javad Daraei
Iran
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Arrival
Directed By Justyna Pelc
Poland
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sanyog
Directed By Aly Rana
India
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Oymok
Directed By Kasiet Kubanychbek kyzy
Kyrgyzstan
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Do not come to Europe
Directed By
Minna Lundberg, Hanna Pousette and Pontus Joneström
Sweden
CATEGORY: YOUNG FILMMAKER (UNDER 18)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Father of Art
Directed by Freddy Macdonald
Switzerland
FINALIST
The Cake Pioneer
Directed By Linus Rickett
UK
CATEGORY: VR / AR AND 360º VIDEOS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Magical Pajamas
Directed by Allah El Henson
USA
CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA FILMS
BEST WEB AND NEW MEDIA FILM
Not Acceptable
Directed by Saman Haghighivand
Iran
FINALIST
Three Trembling Cities
Directed By Arthur Vincie
USA
CATEGORY: TRAILER / TEASER
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Project Papa
Directed by Kanika Batra
India
CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEOS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
See My Breath (from “Apparition” feature film)
Directed by Jody Quigley
USA
FINALIST
Never Stop (Live Version)
Directed By Josephine Halbert
UK
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Peace Prayer (Seeing All The World As Divine)
Directed By Ragani Buegel
USA
CATEGORY: FILM SCORE / SOUNDTRACK
90BPM
Composed by Alexander Cimini
Italy
CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPTS
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Lost For Words
Written by Helen Watson
UK
FINALIST
The Children of Lir
Written By Ian Robinson
UK
CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPTS
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
Farewell Cinema
Written by Reinhard J. Steiner
Germany
FINALIST
Space Man
Written By Taiyo Yoshida
UK
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Fighting Demons
Written By Ted DeMarsh
Canda
CATEGORY: TREATMENT / SYNOPSIS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Goodbye World, I’ve Gone To Bodie
Written by Kirby Wright
USA
CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Journey
Directed By Jegen John Peter
Malaysia
CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
AxioMA
Directed By Elisa Possenti
Italy
CATEGORY: FREE SPEECH
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China – The Church of Almighty God
Directed By Jason Jia
South Korea
CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Hive
Photographer Gursharan Singh Syan
India
CATEGORY: WEDDIND & PRE WEDDING VIDEOS
1000 cranes for Sebastian & Eleni
Video By Kostas Petsas
Greece
FINALIST
Our Story: Wedding Showreel 2016
Video By Kostas Petsas
Greece