CICFF
MOVIE OF THE MONTH
SEPTEMBER 2021
CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS
WINNER
Global Warming – Penguins
Directed by David Joseph Fleshman
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Thanksgiving Day
Directed by David Joseph Fleshman
United States
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CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER
WINNER
Rescue Story – Saving Companion Animals
Produced by Kimberly Resch
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Water We Doing! The Global Mission to Clean Water
Produced by Joshua Murphy
United States
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CATEGORY: COMEDY SHORT
WINNER
Say What Now?
Directed by Chris Bacchus
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Damage and Shame
Directed by William Anthony Stancik
United States
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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
The Lockdown
Directed by Ziyaad Jina
South Africa
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
From end to end
Directed by Soohack Lee
South Korea
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Home in the bushfire
Directed by darren clark
Australia
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Assassin League
Directed by Matthew Michael Wasiewicz
United States
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS
WINNER
ORGAN
Directed by FRANC KOPIC
Slovenia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TETHERED, ARE WE THE EXPERIMENT?
Directed by Daniel Gartzke
United States
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Water We Doing! The Global Mission to Clean Water
Directed by Daniel Gartzke
United States
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Rescue Story – Saving Companion Animals
Directed by Daniel Gartzke
United States
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Ian Cognito: A Life And A Death Onstage
Directed by Joe Bor, Danny Ward
United Kingdom
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Boneyard Alaska
Directed by Paul Andrew Lawrence
United States
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CATEGORY: DRONE FILMS
WINNER
BALIDISE
Directed by Chris Grewe
Germany
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CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM
WINNER
TETHERED, ARE WE THE EXPERIMENT?
Directed by Daniel Gartzke
United States
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CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
WINNER
The 4000 Blows
Directed by Frédéric Liver
Belgium
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
IJAAD (JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY)
Directed by PIYUSH RAMAKANT KULKARNI
India
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SINGING TO LOVE
Directed by ANTONIO BELLIDO MARIN
Spain
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Aphorisms for a Wounded World
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada
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CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
From end to end
Cinematography by Seunghyun Ryu
South Korea
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CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER
From end to end
Directed by Soohack Lee
South Korea
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mad As Hell
Directed by Robert Parham
United States
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Colors: Saffron
Directed by AK Srikanth
India
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Alice Memorial Park
Directed by Ritendra Datta
United States
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Makhom
Directed by Leila Rastyamovna Salakhatdinova
Russian Federation
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Warm Breeze – Body, Soul, Spirit
Directed by Andrea Toy Bonvicini
Italy
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CATEGORY: BEST SOUND DESIGNING
WINNER
Boneyard Alaska
Designed by Paul Andrew Lawrence
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
From end to end
Designed by Jaehun Sim
South Korea
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CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS
WINNER
The Gift
Directed by Suman Bhattacharya
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Madappally United – a feature film
Directed by Ajay Govind
India
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CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
Room Mate
Written by Torin Penwell
United States
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CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION
WINNER
Makhom
Directed by Leila Rastyamovna Salakhatdinova
Russian Federation
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CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE
WINNER
LIKE YOU
Directed by Marco Gosalvez
Spain
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CATEGORY: HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION / GENRE FEATURE FILM
WINNER
Sister
Directed by Colin Denhart
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Induction to Purgatory
Directed by Ray Brady
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: LGBT FILM
WINNER
The Washroom
Directed by Ruchir Kulkarni
India
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
Mountain Bear
Directed by Jeremy Northcote
Australia
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Case of the No Good Low-Down Creep, a LoFi Film Noir Classic
Directed by Jay Carney, Penny Towers
United States
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Drumtalk
Directed by Magic Steven
Australia
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Kiana Rogers: Track Practice
Directed by Sammie Johnson
United States
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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES
WINNER
Forbidden Love
Directed by jb brown
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mad As Hell
Directed by Robert Parham
United States
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The Taste of Blood
Directed by Allen Kool
Canada
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A Father’s Diary
Directed by Golam Mustofa
Canada
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Makhom
Directed by Leila Rastyamovna Salakhatdinova
Russian Federation
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CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILM
WINNER
Swan In Spring
Directed by Bruce Petschek
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
EL JINETE PRESUMIDO
Directed by Antonio Bellido MarÃn
Spain
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Sole Mates
Directed by Brooke deRosa
United States
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Say What Now?
Directed by Chris Bacchus
Canada
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CATEGORY: PERFOMING ARTS
WINNER
Chainmail
Directed by Brandon Urrutia
United States
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS
WINNER
Edgar Palm in Otrabanda
Directed by Harrie Verstappen
Curaçao
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Colors: Saffron
Directed by AK Srikanth
India
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Invidious
Directed by Deuandra T Brown
United States
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From end to end
Directed by Soohack Lee
South Korea
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The Only Beautiful Woman in Denver
Directed by mick cusimano
United States
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Journey from beginning to end
Directed by ABHIJIT ROY
India
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Say What Now?
Directed by Chris Bacchus
Canada
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KHATMAL KHILANE WALA
Directed by Picon Bhattacherjee
India
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FEED
Directed by Damon Clindinin, Jennifer Dominguez
United States
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Masters of Illusion 2: After Party
Directed by Jordan Tofalo
United States
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Alice Memorial Park
Directed by Ritendra Datta
United States
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Boy in His Thoughts
Directed by David Joseph Fleshman
United States
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Warm Breeze – Body, Soul, Spirit
Directed by Andrea Toy Bonvicini
Italy
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NACHIKETA
Directed by Bobby vats
India
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CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT
WINNER
Stuck
Written by Adam Swimmer
Canada
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CATEGORY: SILENT FILM
WINNER
Warm Breeze – Body, Soul, Spirit
Directed by Andrea Toy Bonvicini
Italy
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CATEGORY: STUDENT FILMS
WINNER
Good Feng Shui
Directed by Yurong Xu
China
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
My Grandmother Is an Egg
Directed by Wu-Ching Chang
Taiwan
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CATEGORY: TELEVISION / PILOT PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER
Combat Nuns “All Or Nothing”
Directed by Rick Williamson
United States
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CATEGORY: WEB AND NEW MEDIA
WINNER
VIK.
Directed by Vignesh Nagabushanam
India
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CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILMS
WINNER
Seeking New Paths
Directed by Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen
Finland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TETHERED, ARE WE THE EXPERIMENT?
Directed by Daniel Gartzke
United States
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Makhom
Directed by Leila Rastyamovna Salakhatdinova
Russian Federation
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR (Fiction) (Any Length)
WINNER
Mad As Hell
Acted by The Original G-Man of Hip Hop
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Say What Now?
Acted by Chris Bacchus
Canada
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CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS (Fiction) (Any Length)
WINNER
The Taste of Blood
Acted by Amelia Phillips
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
From end to end
Acted by Soojeong Juh
South Korea
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Mad As Hell
Acted by Cynda Williams
United States
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Thank you so much Dear Jury members.
Abhijit Roy
Director
Journey from beginning to end