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
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Women and Elephants
Acted by Scott Thomas
United States
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All Jokes aside!
Acted by GEORGE ZOUVELOS
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Women and Elephants
Acted by Marlowe Holden
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Day asks night
Acted by Jaeeun Kwon
Korea, Republic of
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Duplicitous Minds
Acted by Catalina Yue
United States
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Ghosted
Acted  by Jade Asha
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
Day asks night
Cinematographed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
Seven Thousand Souls
Directed by Sanjin Miric
Czech Republic
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ashes to Ashes
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS, Deanna Doyle
United States
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The Blue Demon
Directed by Edward Jayaraj
United States
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Women and Elephants
Directed by Barbara Stepansky
United States
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Day asks night
Directed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of
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CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
Flakkus
Edited by J.Lee Vertz
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Film Score - Soundtrack
WINNER
The Riot (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Scored by Ivan Sintsov
Russian Federation
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CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
Duplicitous Minds
Produced by Catalina Yue
United States
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CATEGORY: Comedy short
WINNER
MOTEL PROVIDENCE
Directed by Derek Frey
United States
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CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
Day asks night
Directed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of
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CATEGORY: Documentary Film
WINNER
Step by Step
Directed by Felix Starck
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
YAANAM
Directed by VINOD MANKARA
India
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Mama Flow
Directed by Kathrin Ganser
Germany
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Seven Thousand Souls
Directed by Sanjin Miric
Czech Republic
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Walking Through the Valley of Death
Directed by Thuat Thien Nguyen, Kim Anh Ngo, Trung Huu Nguyen

Viet Nam
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
A fight I did not pick on
Directed by Shihyun Wang
United States
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Solo
Directed by Robert Jones
United States
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
TAP OUT: The Elusive trade of toddy tapping in India
Directed by Saujas Sunil Shetye
India
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CATEGORY: Drone Film
WINNER
Hypnotic
Directed by Carlos Virgili
Spain
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CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
PRESS(ED)
Directed by Senne Driesen
Belgium
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
DEVOUR
Directed by Corentin Schieb, Mathias Averty
France
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21...
Directed by Liya Hitesh
India
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My mother's last dance
Directed by ivan knyazev
Russian Federation
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The dark box
Directed by Selina Leone David Valverde
Argentina
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Era
Directed by Gabe Imlay
United States
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
Sam and Duke's Incredible Adventure in the Sky
Directed by Tom S Taylor
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Brotherhood
Directed by Shihyun Wang
United States
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CATEGORY: Feature Script
WINNER
Golf Balls
Written by Gini Graham Scott
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Tale of Two Cities in 4 Episodes
Written by Michael O'Rourke
United States
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CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife
WINNER
Meri Chidiya (Ray of hope)
Directed by Deepak Satya Prakash Garg
India
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CATEGORY: Film on Religion
WINNER
The Divine Protector - Master Salt Begins
Directed by Hiroshi Akabane
Japan
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Supreme Motherhood: The Journey of Mata Sahib Kaur
Directed by Karandeep Singh
India
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
Ghosted
Directed by Daniel Pacquette
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film
WINNER
RAVAGE NATION
Directed by Michael Moutsatsos
United States
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CATEGORY: Indian Narrative Feature
WINNER
LABOUR PAIN - an unending saga ...
Directed by Abhijeet Choudhary
India
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CATEGORY: Indian Short Film
WINNER
The List
Directed by Gaurav Dave
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
3 AM
Directed by Chintan Prabuddh
India
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Junoon
Directed by Vidyabhushan A Panchamukhi
India
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Sandhya
Directed by Utkarsh Rajesh Aherkar
India
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CATEGORY: International Narrative Feature
WINNER
MOON FACE SHATTERED HEARTS
Directed by MEHMET TANRISEVER
Turkey
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Little Johnny Jewel
Directed by Jude Rawlins
United States
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The Divine Protector - Master Salt Begins
Directed by Hiroshi Akabane
Japan
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Universe Memory
Directed by Mu-Ming Tsai
Taiwan
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
Possum Kingdom
Directed by Virginia K Yearick
United States
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Homeless
Directed by Geng Lai Rui
China
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CATEGORY: International Short Film
WINNER
A Warm Spring's Night
Directed by Domenico Saverni
Italy
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
NEMESIS
Directed by Prateek Sengupta
India
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Day asks night
Directed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of
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All Jokes aside!
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS
United States
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Sunflower
Directed by Philip Van
Belgium
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS
Flakkus
Directed by J.Lee Vertz
United States
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
Mama Flow
Directed by Kathrin Ganser
Germany
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TAP OUT: The Elusive trade of toddy tapping in India
Directed by Saujas Sunil Shetye”
India
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CATEGORY: Music Video
WINNER
"Push Comes to Shove"
Directed by David Doobinin
United States
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CATEGORY: One Minute Film
WINNER
WETLAND
Directed by DINESH SHUKLA
India
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CATEGORY: Postmodern Film
WINNER
Arshinagar (Reflection)
Directed by Ahmed Tahsin Shams
Bangladesh
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CATEGORY: Romantic short
WINNER
All Jokes aside!
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ashes to Ashes
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS, Deanna Doyle
United States
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CATEGORY: Travel Film
WINNER
Why Bosnia and Herzegovina can be NUMBER 1 travel destination in the world
Directed by Robert Dacesin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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CATEGORY: Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video
WINNER
EXIT-INTO THE MASQUERADIUM
Directed by LARRY SANBORN
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Curious Mime
Directed by Sparsh Batra
India
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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
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CATEGORY: Young Filmmaker
WINNER
Natok
Directed by Shubhanshi Chakraborty
India
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