Calcutta International Cult Film Festival

MONTHLY SELECTION August – September 2022

CICFF

Movie of the month

(September 2022)


CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
Ashes to Ashes
Acted by GEORGE ZOUVELOS
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Women and Elephants
Acted by Scott Thomas
United States

All Jokes aside!
Acted by GEORGE ZOUVELOS
United States

CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Women and Elephants
Acted by Marlowe Holden
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Day asks night
Acted by Jaeeun Kwon
Korea, Republic of

Duplicitous Minds
Acted by Catalina Yue
United States

Ghosted
Acted  by Jade Asha
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
Day asks night
Cinematographed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of

CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
Seven Thousand Souls
Directed by Sanjin Miric
Czech Republic

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ashes to Ashes
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS, Deanna Doyle
United States

The Blue Demon
Directed by Edward Jayaraj
United States

Women and Elephants
Directed by Barbara Stepansky
United States

Day asks night
Directed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of

CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
Flakkus
Edited by J.Lee Vertz
United States

CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
The Riot (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Scored by Ivan Sintsov
Russian Federation

CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
Duplicitous Minds
Produced by Catalina Yue
United States

CATEGORY: Comedy short
WINNER
MOTEL PROVIDENCE
Directed by Derek Frey
United States

CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
Day asks night
Directed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of

CATEGORY: Documentary Film
WINNER
Step by Step
Directed by Felix Starck
Germany

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
YAANAM
Directed by VINOD MANKARA
India

Mama Flow
Directed by Kathrin Ganser
Germany

Seven Thousand Souls
Directed by Sanjin Miric
Czech Republic

Walking Through the Valley of Death
Directed by Thuat Thien Nguyen, Kim Anh Ngo, Trung Huu Nguyen

Viet Nam

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
A fight I did not pick on
Directed by Shihyun Wang
United States

Solo
Directed by Robert Jones
United States

OFFICIAL SELECTION
TAP OUT: The Elusive trade of toddy tapping in India
Directed by Saujas Sunil Shetye
India

CATEGORY: Drone Film
WINNER
Hypnotic
Directed by Carlos Virgili
Spain

CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
PRESS(ED)
Directed by Senne Driesen
Belgium

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
DEVOUR
Directed by Corentin Schieb, Mathias Averty
France

21…
Directed by Liya Hitesh
India

My mother’s last dance
Directed by ivan knyazev
Russian Federation

The dark box
Directed by Selina Leone David Valverde
Argentina

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Era
Directed by Gabe Imlay
United States

CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
Sam and Duke’s Incredible Adventure in the Sky
Directed by Tom S Taylor
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Brotherhood
Directed by Shihyun Wang
United States

CATEGORY: Feature Script
WINNER
Golf Balls
Written by Gini Graham Scott
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Tale of Two Cities in 4 Episodes
Written by Michael O’Rourke
United States

CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
Meri Chidiya (Ray of hope)
Directed by Deepak Satya Prakash Garg
India

CATEGORY: Film on Religion
WINNER
The Divine Protector – Master Salt Begins
Directed by Hiroshi Akabane
Japan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Supreme Motherhood: The Journey of Mata Sahib Kaur
Directed by Karandeep Singh
India

CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
Ghosted
Directed by Daniel Pacquette
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film
WINNER
RAVAGE NATION
Directed by Michael Moutsatsos
United States

CATEGORY: Indian Narrative Feature
WINNER
LABOUR PAIN – an unending saga …
Directed by Abhijeet Choudhary
India

CATEGORY: Indian Short Film
WINNER
The List
Directed by Gaurav Dave
India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
3 AM
Directed by Chintan Prabuddh
India

Junoon
Directed by Vidyabhushan A Panchamukhi
India

Sandhya
Directed by Utkarsh Rajesh Aherkar
India

CATEGORY: International Narrative Feature
WINNER
MOON FACE SHATTERED HEARTS
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Little Johnny Jewel
Directed by Jude Rawlins
United States

The Divine Protector – Master Salt Begins
Directed by Hiroshi Akabane
Japan

Universe Memory
Directed by Mu-Ming Tsai
Taiwan

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
Possum Kingdom
Directed by Virginia K Yearick
United States

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Homeless
Directed by Geng Lai Rui
China

CATEGORY: International Short Film
WINNER
A Warm Spring’s Night
Directed by Domenico Saverni
Italy

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
NEMESIS
Directed by Prateek Sengupta
India

Day asks night
Directed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of

All Jokes aside!
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS
United States

Sunflower
Directed by Philip Van
Belgium

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
Flakkus
Directed by J.Lee Vertz
United States

CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
Mama Flow
Directed by Kathrin Ganser
Germany

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TAP OUT: The Elusive trade of toddy tapping in India
Directed by Saujas Sunil Shetye”
India

CATEGORY: Music Video
WINNER
“Push Comes to Shove”
Directed by David Doobinin
United States

CATEGORY: One Minute Film
WINNER
WETLAND
Directed by DINESH SHUKLA
India

CATEGORY: Postmodern Film
WINNER
Arshinagar (Reflection)
Directed by Ahmed Tahsin Shams
Bangladesh

CATEGORY: Romantic short
WINNER
All Jokes aside!
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ashes to Ashes
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS, Deanna Doyle
United States

CATEGORY: Travel Film
WINNER
Why Bosnia and Herzegovina can be NUMBER 1 travel destination in the world
Directed by Robert Dacesin
Bosnia and Herzegovina

CATEGORY: Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video
WINNER
EXIT-INTO THE MASQUERADIUM
Directed by LARRY SANBORN
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Curious Mime
Directed by Sparsh Batra
India

CATEGORY: Web and New Media
WINNER
The Curious Mime
Directed by The Curious Mime
India
CATEGORY: Women’s Film

 WINNER
Women and Elephants
Directed by Barbara Stepansky
United States

CATEGORY: Young Filmmaker
WINNER
Natok
Directed by Shubhanshi Chakraborty
India

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