FILMS OF THE MONTH – MAY 2019
CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
BEST DEBUT FILMMAKER
THE MAN ON THE OTHER SIDE
Directed by Marcus Lim
United Kingdom
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Main Yahudi Hoon
Directed by Sasha Alahm
India
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A Gift of Love : Sifar (Emptiness)
Directed by Dhruv Sachdev
India
FINALIST
SIRI
Directed by YOGESHWARA GOPAL
India
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SPACE
Directed by Sonia Mackwani
India
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Trapped
Directed by Shan Tong
United States
CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
SOCIAL BUSINESS
Directed by Amirul Arham
France
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Qassem Haddad .. The Last Door’S Hour
Directed by Khalid Alrowaie
Bahrain
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Serendip
Directed by Marco Napoli
Italy
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Unraveling Athena
Directed by Francis Amat
United States
FINALIST
NIDHI
Directed by PRASANTH KOYILANDY, SARATH KATTOOR
Kuwait
CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILM
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
La Soga Del Muerto (The Rope of Death)
Directed by Dakota Nanton
United States
CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE/ ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE
BEST FILM ON NATURE/ ENVIRONMENT/ WILDLIFE
Queen without Land (Theatrical)
Directed by Asgeir
Norway
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BOZKIR LOOK AT THE BIRDS
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION
BEST FILM ON RELIGION
FREE SLAVE
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Main Yahudi Hoon
Directed by Sasha Alahm
India
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BOZKIR LOOK AT THE BIRDS
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
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White Rope
Directed by Mriidu Khosla
India
CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN
BEST FILM ON WOMEN
OdeToSay
Directed by Aleksandra Zdziech
Poland
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Hypocrisy
Directed by Sohaib Zaman
India
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Unraveling Athena
Directed by Francis Amat
United States
FINALIST
Lacchavva
Directed by Jai Shankar
India
CATEGORY: FREE SPEECH
BEST FREE SPEECH
FREE SLAVE
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM
BEST MOBILE FILM
Conversation(s)
Directed by Franky D Gonzalez
United States
CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Everybody
Directed by Joseph Villapaz
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Her Rebirth
Directed by Adarsh N Krishna, Dr. Shani Hafees
India
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Know You
Directed by Omri Malka
Israel
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Doing That (Time. Love. Happiness)
Directed by Oliver Sean
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURE
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
CLINGING WITH HATE
Directed by AWW RATHA
Myanmar
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FREE SLAVE
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
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BOZKIR LOOK AT THE BIRDS
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
BEST SHORT FILM
The Void In Joy
Directed by Si Berg
Australia
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
DYSCONNECTED
Directed by Tom Schlagkamp
United States
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idLi
Directed by Aditya Shah
Canada
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25 Years After the Last Poem
Directed by Ananjan Majumdar
India
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Glenda
Directed by Davide Como
Italy
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beauty
Directed by Dicle Tiryaki
France
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“Time 2019”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States
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Female Of Flame
Directed by Takuya Matsumoto
Japan
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METAMORPHOSIS
Directed by SHUBHAM DUBEY
India
FINALIST
WANDERBOY
Directed by Thomas Bernos
United States
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Never Again
Directed by Preetie Bijlani
India
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Trapped
Directed by Shan Tong
United States
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A Requiem for Jenny
Directed by Soumadeep Sen
India
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Flow
Directed by Mansi Bhajanka
India
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SILENT SCISSOR
Directed by AZAM KHAN
India
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SPACE
Directed by Sonia Mackwani
India
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SIRI
Directed by YOGESHWARA GOPAL
India
CATEGORY: SILENT FILM
BEST SILENT FILM
The Yellow Balloon
Directed by Jessi Thind
Canada
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Glenda
Directed by Davide Como
Italy
CATEGORY: STUDENT FILM
BEST STUDENT FILM
And Again, Her
Directed by Sinclair Suhood
Australia
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Matinée
Directed by Alejandro Ortega Zaldívar
Mexico
FINALIST
We´re Still Here
Directed by Alejandro Ortega Zaldívar
Mexico
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Just A Coincidence
Directed by Oleksandr Herasymenko
Poland
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Disseminare
Directed by Jools Beardon
Spain
CATEGORY: TRAILER/ TEASER
BEST TRAILER/ TEASER
WOLFSBANE “HELL ON EARTH”
Directed by Jon Guerra
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
GOT CANCER !
Directed by Kankana Chakraborty
United States
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BLUE FUNK
Directed by ASHUTOSH JHA
India
CATEGORY: WOMEN FILM’S
BEST WOMEN FILM’S
Icarus Stops For Breakfast
Directed by Abigail Zealey Bess
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Menu
Directed by Zuzanna Lis
United Kingdom
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32 White
Directed by Mriidu Khosla
India
CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
MY RIDE’S HERE
Written by Malcolm Holt
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: FILMSCORE – SOUNDTRACK
BEST FILMSCORE – SOUNDTRACK
The Ribbon (Score Only)
Scored by Jonathan Galland
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dream On
Scored by Nancy Stafford
United States
CATEGORY: PRODUCER
BEST PRODUCER
FREE SLAVE
Produced by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BOZKIR LOOK AT THE BIRDS
Produced by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
CATEGORY: ACTRESS
BEST ACTRESS
SURVIVE
Actress Ingrid Hubert
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Yellow Balloon
Actress Hailey Kaur
Canada
CATEGORY: CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birth of a Pride
Cinematography by Dereck Joubert
South Africa
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
SIRI
Cinematography by YOGESHWARA GOPAL
India
CATEGORY: DIRECTION
BEST DIRECTOR
FREE SLAVE
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BOZKIR LOOK AT THE BIRDS
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
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SIRI
Directed by YOGESHWARA GOPAL
India
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CLINGING WITH HATE
Directed by AWW RATHA
Myanmar
FINALIST
Trapped
Directed by Shan Tong
United States
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Glenda
Directed by Davide Como
Italy
CATEGORY: EDITING
BEST EDITOR
Birth of a Pride
Edited by Melissa Parry
South Africa
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FREE SLAVE
Edited by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
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BOZKIR LOOK AT THE BIRDS
Edited by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
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Unraveling Athena
Edited by Pepe Plaza
United States
CATEGORY: SOUND DESIGNING
BEST SOUND DESIGNING
Birth of a Pride
Sound Designed by Francis Amat
South Africa
CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Gandfather’s Address
Written by U.D. Abdulkareem
Nigeria
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
All-American
Written by Jessi Thind
Canada
FINALIST
You Will Never Walk Alone
Written by Amrith Singh Purewal
India
CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL / ADVERTISEMENT
BEST COMMERCIAL / ADVERTISEMENT
Pianocide
Directed by Brice Blanloeil
France