CICFF
Movie of the month
(March 2023)
CATEGORY: Amateur Film
WINNER
The Adventures of Capt Sanchez: Dr. Who?
Directed by Jeff Davies
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Animated Film
WINNER
FREEDUMB
Directed by John Johnson
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
Peace this Christmas
Directed by Lizzy Emma Standbrook
United Kingdom
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HONORABLE MENTION
Sound of the Shadow
Directed by Gairah Praskovia
Spain
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CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
Reboot
Acted by Aaron Long
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Conficted
Acted by Ginita Sunaina
India
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CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
The American Good Samaritans
Cinematographed by Ashot Mkrtchyan
Armenia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Live To Farm
Cinematographed by Jared Gagnon-Palick
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
Ezhuthola (Saga of alphabets)
Cinematographed by SURESH UNNIKRISHNAN
India
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
VILLAADI.
Directed by Elavarasan Shanmugam
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
Live To Farm
Edited by Drew McCarter, Jordan Rasmussen, Jess Littman, Ben Fox, Danny Wagner & Jared Gagnon-Palick
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Edited by Alessandro Sqitti
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
Live To Farm
Soundtrack by THE GOLDSMITH
Italy
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CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
The American Good Samaritans
Produced by Manvel Saribekyan
Armenia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A War Hero 3.0
Produced by Enzo Zelocchi
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
Dead & Alive!
Produced by Vamsi Krishna Surya Gollanapalli
India
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CATEGORY: Best Sound Designing
WINNER
On / Off
Sound designed by Andrew Vernon
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Commercial / Advertisement
WINNER
The Birth
Directed by Søren Grau, Lasse Jensen
Denmark
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CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
Arjun’s Bicycle
Directed by Prashant Goyal
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Merchant Of Vinashna
Directed by Kunal Shrivastava
India
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The Patang Guy
Directed by Inderjit Kaur
India
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
CINNAMON
Directed by Shahid Kamal
United Kingdom
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HONORABLE MENTION
Tear of Ixora
Directed by Jeremy Afu Mbu
Nigeria
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CATEGORY: Documentary Film
WINNER
Time for caring
Directed by Stephanie Brewster Ramírez
Mexico
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The American Good Samaritans
Directed by Ara Mnatsakanyan
Armenia
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Jhanklai—The Mystery
Directed by ANIRBAN CHAKRABORTY
India
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
Live To Farm
Directed by Jared Gagnon-Palick
United States
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CATEGORY: Educational film
WINNER
Live To Farm
Directed by Jared Gagnon-Palick
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The American Good Samaritans
Directed by Ara Mnatsakanyan
Armenia
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CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
DHWANI
Directed by Harsh Gupta
United States
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
Take The Chocolate
Directed by Dr Shahid Kamal
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Feature Script
WINNER
The Pickleball Killer
Written by Jim Carroll
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Morituriosis
Written by Jesse Dorian
United States
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
DHWANI
Directed by Harsh Gupta
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BootSpace
Directed by Harjit Singh
India
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CATEGORY: Horror/Science Fiction/Genre Feature Film
WINNER
Dead & Alive!
Directed by Vamshi Kakustam
India
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CATEGORY: Indian Narrative Feature
WINNER
Territory
Directed by Sachin Shriram Mullemwar
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ezhuthola (Saga of alphabets)
Directed by SURESH UNNIKRISHNAN
India
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
Arjun’s Bicycle
Directed by Prashant Goyal
India
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HONORABLE MENTION
Naayaadi
Directed by Aadharsh Madhikaandham
India
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CATEGORY: Indian Short Film
WINNER
Ira
Directed by Varun Shivnani
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Abandoned
Directed by Salil Jason Fernandez
India
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Canvas
Directed by Sanjai Chandrasekaran
India
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Goodbye, Hello
Directed by Omkar Phatak
India
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
The Merchant Of Vinashna
Directed by Kunal Shrivastava
India
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CATEGORY: International Narrative Feature
WINNER
TRACKER
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Reboot
Directed by John Wheeler
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: International Short Film
WINNER
Conficted
Directed by Ginita Sunaina
India
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HONORABLE MENTION
Live To Farm
Directed by Jared Gagnon-Palick
United States
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Love, Raddi
Directed by Adeeb Rais
India
CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
PALUDARIUM
Directed by Woong Bae JI
Korea, Republic of
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Creating Nosferatu again
Directed by David Valverde Martínez, Valentina Valverde, Tomás García
Spain
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CATEGORY: Music Video
WINNER
Wait for Me
Directed by Gordon Delacroix
Belgium
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Imprint of My Presence
Directed by Akanksha Bhattacharyya
India
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CATEGORY: Postmodern Film
WINNER
Tear of Ixora
Directed by Jeremy Afu Mbu
Nigeria
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Coding With Craft
Directed by Upasana Nattoji Roy
India
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CATEGORY: Romantic short
WINNER
Tell me we’re for real
Directed by Maksim Ilkovski
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
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CATEGORY: Selfie video
WINNER
Pivot During CoVid
Directed by Tom DiDonato
United States
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CATEGORY: Silent Film
WINNER
The Old Guitarist
Directed by Will Nunziata
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Home
Directed by JULIO DE LA FUENTE SANTOS
Spain
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CATEGORY: Silent Film
WINNER
Imprint of My Presence
Directed by Akanksha Bhattacharyya
India
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CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series
WINNER
Live To Farm
Directed by Jared Gagnon-Palick
United States
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CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser
WINNER
A War Hero 3.0
Directed by Enzo Zelocchi
United States
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CATEGORY: Travel Film
WINNER
WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOME
Directed by Koraljka Maricic
Croatia
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CATEGORY: Web and New Media
WINNER
Kuch-Kuch-Film-Jaisi
Directed by Anindgita Dasgupta
India
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CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
«The Road to nowhere»
Directed by Kamara Kamalova
Uzbekistan
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