Monthly Selection – June 2018
FILMS OF THE SEASON : APRIL – JUNE 2018
CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURE
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Central Bloc
Directed by Michel Finazzi
Switzerland
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Call Me Brother
Directed by David Howe
USA
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NAWAL THE JEWEL
Directed by RENJILAL DAMODARAN
India
FINALIST
Quintessential The Movie
Directed by Sammie Johnson
United States
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PORNOMOCHI
Directed by KOUSHIK KAR
India
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BIRTHDAY ADJUSTMENT DISORDER
Directed by Jed Malone
Australia
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The Broken Key
Directed by Louis Nero
Italy
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Little Rose
Directed by Charles Stanley
USA
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Melody of Ceylon
Directed by Arvind Appadourai
France
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Famous Pandey
Directed by Ekant
India
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Andh: Let's Play Blind
Directed by Vijay Shankar Sharma
India
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VIVEKANANDA-1
Directed by YOGESH MEHTA
India
CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
BEST SHORT FILM
Indian Salmon
Directed by Prateek Prajosh
India
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Alone
Directed by Antoine Laurens
France
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Memories of a Saint in August
Directed by Samuele Portera
Italy
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Torment
Directed by Luciana Caplan
United States
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ROSHAM
Directed by Vishnu Dev
India
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THE SUICIDE COMPANY PVT LTD
Directed by JEHANGIR IRRONI
India
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Number Two
Directed by Devvrat Mishra
United States
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Expectations
Directed by Manish Kumar Pran
India
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Until we meet again
Directed by Tetsuya Okabe
Japan
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The Camel Boy
Directed by Chabname Zariab
France
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Ankahee(The Unspoken)
Directed by Farhan Khan
India
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MUKTI the wrong way
Directed by MANISH GHOSH
India
FINALIST
Notes
Directed by Aashish D'Mello
India
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Famous Little Girls
Directed by Luciana Caplan, Sophano Van
United States
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Left Behind
Directed by Anusha Rao
United States
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Savaari (The Ride)
Directed by Balaji SBR
India
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In Loving Memory...
Directed by Chandradeep Das
India
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Touch me not
Directed by Harri prakash.M
India
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Studio
Directed by Jer Sklar
United States
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No Wonder!
Directed by Anjani K Pandey
United States
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THE REHABILITATION
Directed by NAVARAJ R S
India
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The blood
Directed by Sergi Rubia
Spain
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Silence
Directed by Sergi Rubio
Spain
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A Shadow on my Path
Directed by Sergi Rubio
Spain
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RETUKIRI TUKIRI
Directed by DANIEL MARTIN & GERMAN RODRIGUEZ & TEJADA
France
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Troubles
Directed by Yassin Bouhaïk
France
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Is That All There Is?
Directed by Eiman Mirghani
Sudan
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The Teacher
Directed by Mitchell Gibson MD
United States
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Mohamed
Directed by Sergi Rubio
Spain
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Dead Drop Love
Directed by Jeff Doyle
Norway
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Outside In
Directed by Sapan Taneja
India
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Worthy is the Lamb
Directed by Toby Matthews
United Kingdom
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Strangers In Love
Directed by Mark Stolzenberg
USA
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Snowfall Time
Directed by Cevahir Cokbilir
Turkey
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Agony
Directed by Hammad Sheikh
United Arab Emirates
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Lil Mouse (What Are You Looking At?)
Directed by Harrison Witt
USA
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Daehantharam
Directed by Ashad SIVARAMAN N
India
CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
The Big Picture
Directed by Diego Errazuriz
Chile
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sergiu Celibidache's Garden
Directed by Serge Ioan Celebidachi
United Kingdom
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Uri In The Sky
Directed by Amir Har-Gil Israel
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طريق الهروب
Directed by tommaso cotronei
Italy
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A RAY of Light
Directed by Anirban Mitra, Tirtha Dasgupta
India
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The Jazz Ambassadors
Directed by Hugo Berkeley
United Kingdom
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THE MULES
Directed by MARTYNAS STARKUS
Lithuania
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The Kampala Boxing Club
Directed by Sean Kernan
USA
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Sirocco: Winds of Resistance
Directed by Josh Campbell
Canada
FINALIST
The Silent Glow - Recovering the Present
Directed by Anja Krug-Metzinger
Germany
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LIKE DOLLS, I'LL RISE
Directed by Nora PHILIPPE
France
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Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy
Directed by R. Todd Stevens
United States
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Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists
Directed by John L Potash
United States
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Singfest: The Literacy of Music
Directed by Amel Tresnjic
Australia
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Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze
Directed by Sergi Rubió
Spain
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Ancestral Repatriation 85 years later The human remains of Ainu return to Kineusu Kotan.
Directed by Tomoaki FUJINO
Japan
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The Colour of My Home
Directed by Sanjay Barnela & Farah Naqvi
India
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Qalandar Code 'Rise of the Divine Feminine'
Directed by Atiya Khan
Pakistan
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Wolves Unleashed - Against All Odds
Directed by Andrew Simpson
Canada
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Reinventing Rosalee
Directed by Lillian Glass
USA
CATEGORY: ANIMATION FILM
BEST ANIMATION FILM
Lemon & Elderflower
Directed by Ilenia Cotardo
United Kingdom
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The One-8 Project
Directed by Andrea Aviles, Tim Collins
Mexico
CATEGORY: DEBUT FILM
BEST DEBUT FILM
Amudhan
Directed by Ranjith Joseph
Canada
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Torment
Directed by Luciana Caplan
United States
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Sergiu Celibidache's Garden
Directed by Serge Ioan Celebidachi
United Kingdom
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Famous Little Girls
Directed by Luciana Caplan, Sophano Van
United States
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BIRTHDAY ADJUSTMENT DISORDER
Directed by Jed Malone
Australia
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Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists
Directed by John L Potash
United States
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A Wish Filled Summer
Directed by Bas Goossens
Netherlands
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Barking Bruno
Directed by Sanket Verma
India
FINALIST
The Forest
Directed by Viktor Gasic
Germany
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The Opaque
Directed by Anish Kunnath
Singapore
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Ascetical
Directed by Ansar Shaiju
India
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Touttay (Parrots)
Directed by Shashank Singh
USA
CATEGORY: BEST PRODUCER
BEST PRODUCER
Famous Little Girls
Directed by Luciana Caplan, Sophano Van
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sergiu Celibidache's Garden
Directed by Serge Ioan Celebidachi
United Kingdom
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PLANCHETTE
Directed by SUMITRO BANERJEE
India
CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL FILM
BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM
Sergiu Celibidache's Garden
Directed by Serge Ioan Celebidachi
United Kingdom
OFFICIAL SELECTION
MALATI KATHA (Malati's Tale)
Directed by MANISH GHOSH
India
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Quantum Earth
Directed by FREDERIC EGER
Israel
CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILM
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
FELICITY OF A RICE GRAIN
Directed by Margreet Kramer
Netherlands
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Intelligence
Directed by MITCHELL GIBSON
United States
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Lean On Me
Directed by David Fowler
United States
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A P E X
Directed by Stuart T Birchall
United Kingdom
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The Blue Redemption
Directed by Shivdeep Shinde, Prabandh Bhise
India
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UNUSUAL
Directed by Srinu Pandranki
India
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Trippy Trip
Directed by Sanket Verma
India
CATEGORY: FAMILY/CHILDREN FILM
BEST FAMILY/CHILDREN FILM
Lemon & Elderflower
Directed by Ilenia Cotardo
United Kingdom
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Famous Little Girls
Directed by Luciana Caplan, Sophano Van
United States
CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE
BEST FILM ON NATURE
WHITE WOLVES - GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC
Directed by Oliver Goetzl
Germany
FINALIST
Muthalidam Nokki ( Towards No. 1)
Directed by Arudra
India
CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION
BEST FILM ON RELIGION
The Christ in the Village
Directed by Shao Jiajia
China
CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN
BEST FILM ON WOMEN
BIRTHDAY ADJUSTMENT DISORDER
Directed by Jed Malone
Australia
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Torment
Directed by Luciana Caplan
United States
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LIKE DOLLS, I'LL RISE
Directed by Nora PHILIPPE
France
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Endless?
Directed by Maryam Zahirimehr
Iran
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Famous Little Girls
Directed by Luciana Caplan, Sophano Van
United States
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What happened to Evie
Directed by Kate Cheeseman
United Kingdom
FINALIST
SHE
Directed by Philip Rachid
United Arab Emirates
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Mehndi & Me
Directed by Laura P. Valtorta
United States
OFFICIAL SELECTION
TRUSHART
Directed by Arun Mavnoor
India
CATEGORY: FILM ON DISABILITY ISSUE
BEST FILM ON DISABILITY ISSUE
Torment
Directed by Luciana Caplan
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dunham Deaf Boy
Directed by Ladan Sahraei
Canada
CATEGORY: FREE SPEECH
BEST FREE SPEECH
The History of Everything Circa 1993 to the Present Formerly Known as Kissy Cousins Monster Babies and Morphing Elvis
Directed by Wayne J. Keeley
United States
CATEGORY: HORROR/ SCIENCE FICTION FILM
BEST HORROR FILM
Jasper
Directed by Julien Nicaud
Switzerland
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Aliens With Knives
Directed by Struan Sutherland, Nicole Steeves
Canada
CATEGORY: LGBT FILM
BEST LGBT FILM
Menage A Trois
Directed by Feather Zhong
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sadoum
Directed by Christophe Karabache
France
FINALIST
Loop
Directed by Texas Black
Germany
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The Opaque
Directed by Anish Kunnath
Singapore
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Several conversations about a very tall girl
Directed by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu
Romania
CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM
BEST MOBILE FILM
A Country In Moving Pictures
Directed by Arjanmar Rebeta
Philippines
CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
The Heart and The Void - A House by the sea
Directed by Daniele De Muro
Italy
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I Can Make You Disappear
Directed by Yuval Semo
United States
FINALIST
OUT by Matthew Wood
Directed by Michael Knofler, Laura N. Junghanns
Germany
OFFICIAL SELECTION
PSYRUS - Hitcher
Directed by Sergei Filatov / Andrew Komarov
Russia
CATEGORY: ONE MINUTE FILM
BEST ONE MINUTE FILM
A believer
Directed by Kenta CrisÃ
Italy
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Cut Off
Directed by Ryan Cauchi
Australia
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Wake Up Call
Directed by Harshal Alurkar
India
CATEGORY: POSTMODERN FILM
BEST POSTMODERN FILM
The Forest
Directed by Viktor Gasic
Germany
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
IN THE FURY! (If a Peacock Screams)
Directed by John Fireman
USA
OFFICIAL SELECTION
A P E X
Directed by Stuart T Birchall
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: SILENT FILM
BEST SILENT FILM
Help Wanted
Directed by Mac Estelle (Michael Madden)
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ADAVI
Directed by VELMURUGAN PERIAVAN
India
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Who ordered love ?!
Directed by Anban Govindarajan
United Arab Emirates
CATEGORY: STUDENT FILM
BEST STUDENT FILM
The Girl In The Blue Bra
Directed by Ayesha Abouelazm
USA
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Palayan
Directed by Manvi Duggal
India
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A Lucky Man
Directed by Anna Gutto
United States
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NO ACCENT
Directed by Llanit Shlosberg Moreno
Israel
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The Bunny
Directed by Ruochen Zhao
United Kingdom
FINALIST
BINODINI
Directed by Mallika Subramanian
India
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The Shadows Await
Directed by Tomas Stark
Sweden
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Benazir
Directed by Hardik Aswani
United States
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Shraddha
Directed by Jasraj Padhye
India
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The Projection
Directed by Oleksandr Herasymenko
Ukraine
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Form
Directed by Donguk Yim
United States
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RIGOR MORTIS
Directed by Chandrika Abhang
United States
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Lemon & Elderflower
Directed by Ilenia Cotardo
United Kingdom
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Red Crown
Directed by Mert Amasyalı
Turkey
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Bachpan Se Pare
Directed by Himanshu Lambra & Varesh Chaudhary
India
CATEGORY: TV PILOT PROGRAM OR SERIES
BEST TV PILOT PROGRAM
Some When
Directed by Neil Enock
Canada
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Breakfast in Bangalore
Directed by Mike Fontana and Ashwin Koushan
India
FINALIST
You Feel Me?
Directed by Laura P. Valtorta
United States
CATEGORY: TRAILER/ TEASER
BEST TRAILER
Torment
Directed by Luciana Caplan
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Famous Little Girls
Directed by Luciana Caplan, Sophano Van
United States
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The flying of Leaves ( IL VOLO DELLE FOGLIE)
Directed by FABIO TERIACA
Italy
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Real Love (Teaser)
Directed by Robert L Butler Jr
United States
CATEGORY: TRAVEL FILM
BEST TRAVEL FILM
Namibia
Directed by Matthieu Vinel
France
CATEGORY: VIRTUAL REALITY (VR)/ AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) FILM
BEST VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) FILM
The Green Line
Directed by Loannis Bekiaris, Alexis Mavros
Cyprus
CATEGORY: WEB & NEW MEDIA
BEST WEB & NEW MEDIA
Nemausus
Directed by Quentin Uriel
France
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Good Cop Black Cop
Directed by Ashley Karp, Alejandro Etcheagaray
United States
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Quantum Earth
Directed by FREDERIC EGER
Israel
OFFICIAL SELECTION
De Felipe, episode 2
Directed by Juan Rodrigo
Spain
CATEGORY: WOMEN’S FILM
BEST WOMEN’S FILM
Famous Little Girls
Directed by Luciana Caplan, Sophano Van
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
LIKE DOLLS, I'LL RISE
Directed by Nora PHILIPPE
France
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Torment
Directed by Luciana Caplan
United States
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Ana
Directed by Manuela Berlanga
Brazil
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BIRTHDAY ADJUSTMENT DISORDER
Directed by Jed Malone
Australia
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Tashi
Directed by Shilpa Krishnan Shukla
Singapore
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Belong to Us
Directed by Patrick Rea
USA
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Eighty and Counting
Directed by Lina Chaplin
Israel
CATEGORY: YOUNG FILMMAKER (UNDER18)
BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER (UNDER 18)
The Water Bottle's Adventure
Directed by Robert Macartney
Canada
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Milky Way
Directed by Adam Onishi
Sweden
CATEGORY: TREATMENT/ SYNOPSIS
BEST TREATMENT/ SYNOPSIS
The Tournament
Written by Andrew Delannoy
Australia
CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
The House
Written by Varunn Pandya
United States
CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHY
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Mudra of Strength
Photographer Ed Benkowski
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
City Lights
Photographer Daniel Chan
Australia
CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Where do the Clouds go?
Written by Serge loan Celebidachi & James Olivier
Romania
CATEGORY: FILMSCORE - SOUNDTRACK
BEST FILMSCORE
Santia Starlight
Scored by Nancy Stafford
United States
CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTOR
A World of Contradictions
Actor Bobby Coyne
United States
CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Famous Little Girls
Actor Michael Joseph
United States
CATEGORY: BEST ACTRESS
BEST ACTRESS
Famous Little Girls
Actress Kate Bolshakova
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Torment
Actress Melinda DeKay
United States
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Dum Dum Dumroo
Actress Sanaya Irani
India
FINALIST
Aakashee Pullover
Actress Aloknanda Roy
India
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Aliens With Knives
Actress Holly Stevens
Canada
CATEGORY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
A World of Contradictions
Actress Kate Bolshakova
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Famous Little Girls
Actress Sofia Koemfie
United States
CATEGORY: CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WHITE WOLVES - GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC
Cinematographer IVO NORENBERG
Germany
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Torment
Cinematographer Sophano Van
United States
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Famous Little Girls
Cinematographer Sophano Van
United States
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Benazir
Cinematographer Sathish Shankutty
United States
CATEGORY: DIRECTION
BEST DIRECTOR
Torment
Directed by Luciana Caplan
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WHITE WOLVES - GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC
Directed by Oliver Goetzl
Germany
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Sergiu Celibidache's Garden
Directed by Serge Ioan Celebidachi
United Kingdom
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Famous Little Girls
Directed by Luciana Caplan, Sophano Van
United States
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Left Behind
Directed by Anusha Rao
United States
FINALIST
A World of Contradictions
Directed by Chaaritha Dheerasinghe
United States
CATEGORY: EDITING
BEST EDITOR
WHITE WOLVES - GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC
Edited by Oliver Goetzl
Germany
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Notes
Edited by Aashish D’Mello
India
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Torment
Edited by Sophano Van
United States
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Sergiu Celibidache's Garden
Edited by Serge Ioan Celebidachi
United Kingdom
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Famous Little Girls
Edited by Sophano Van
United States
FINALIST
A World of Contradictions
Edited by Kiyanoush Jahaandideh & Roberto H. Roquer
United States
CATEGORY: SOUND DESIGNING
BEST SOUND DESIGNING
Torment
Sound Designed by Max Herve
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sergiu Celibidache's Garden
Sound Designed by Herve Poissonnier
United Kingdom
CATEGORY: DRONE FILM
BEST DRONE FILM
Namibia
Directed by Matthieu Vinel
France
