WINNERS
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Rivage(The Shore)
"Best Short Film", "Best Director", "Best Actress", "Best Scenography", "Best Producer", "Best Drama", "Best Poster"
Synopsis
Eva’s body merges with a seashore landscape where David is walking. A tacit dialogue is created beyond the space. David died at sea and she’s expecting his child. At the end of her mourning process, Eva chooses life, subliming her sorrow through dance.
Directed by:
Lisa Fuchs
THE DEVOTED
"Best Feature Film"
Synopsis
1536 – Europe is in flames. The Roman Catholic Church and the followers of Reformation started by Luther are fighting with each other: the Roman Catholic Church, which has descended to unprecedented ethical and moral depths and the new type of messages of the Reformation. The pyres are on fire: the high priests of the Roman Catholic Church are burning the followers of the Reformation, and the monarchs who have converted to the Reformed faith are craving for revenge, and are persecuting the Catholics.
Directed by:
Zsolt Pozsgai
Nanakorobi (Seven Falls)
"Best Animation"
Synopsis
A story by Glenna Burmer based on the Japanese saying Nanakorobi-Ya Oki, or fall seven times, but get back up the eighth. A little girl faces seven challenges to save an orphan who is lost in the snowy woods of Hokkaido.
Directed by:
Glenna Burmer, Gaby Breiter
Zenerù
"Best Short Documentary"
Synopsis
The poetic relationship, between the ancient ritual of Zenerù and the life of the hermit shepherd Flaminio, makes us reflect on the border between domestic and wild, between known and unknown.
Directed by:
Andrea Grasselli
Zé Pedro Rock n Roll
"Best Feature Documentary"
Synopsis
Zé Pedro, the legendary guitar player of Xutos e Pontapés, is the greatest name in Portuguese rock ‘n’ roll. He was its main driving force, not only as the founding guitar player of the greatest Portuguese band ever, but also by promoting the genre as a music critic, radio broadcaster and owner of Johnny Guitar, a mythic club and concert hall in Lisbon where so many bands took their first steps.tic and wild, between known and unknown.
Directed by:
Diogo Varela Silva
ELYAZ - Remember Home (Official Video)
"Best Music Video"
Synopsis
A traveler finds a mysterious radio in an abandoned garage. A story is hiding, memories of a forgotten journey are revealed. Distant lives await to be told on a never ending ride. The connection between space and time flashes by among the city lights. We are all travelers, keepers of our past, fighting the night playing rock ‘n’ roll, dancing the night in a disco show, we will explore the world.
Directed by:
Mauro Elias Morone
INVaaDERS
"Best Dance Video"
Synopsis
INVaaDERS
" They came from far, far away, bringing their lights, sounds and vibrations. They came in peace. Let's be friends ! "
Directed by:
Didier MULLERAS
Blue Light
"Best Student Film"
Synopsis
A routine day for a seagull turns into the end of humanity, but he'll never know it.
Directed by:
Rachael Greenfield
Man with Shadow
"Best Experimental Film", "Best Original Soundtrack"
Synopsis
Genetic code forces people to reproduce. Infants have no choice: they become a part of this world without any will of their own, and as completely helpless beings they are subjected to training in the civilizational norms… Is anything else possible at all?
Directed by:
Ema Kugler
The Ditch
"Best No-Dialogue Film", "Best Original Score", "Best Color Editing"
Synopsis
Every day of his life he digs a ditch. In the end, life is
ready in all its unfinished.
The life cycle of a little boy to old age runs side by side
with a digging ditch. - A metaphorical story of life
and labor, the meaning and the folly of all.
ready in all its unfinished.
The life cycle of a little boy to old age runs side by side
with a digging ditch. - A metaphorical story of life
and labor, the meaning and the folly of all.
Directed by:
Kim Saarinen, P.J. Piippo
The Last Letter
"Best Young Director"
Synopsis
A film that combines live-action and animated elements where the protagonist is writing the last letter to Miriam. His letter is a poetic story revealing the main character’s love and memories about the time he spent with Miriam. He decides to pass on this letter to her so that his purity, love, and sincerity will not remain unrevealed.l.
Directred By
Benjamín Haverla
APPLE TREE
"Best Director Debur"
Synopsis
Kolya gives a sudden and unusual birthday present to his son, which turns out a momentous one for the kid.
Directed By
Olya Azhnakina
Into Temptation
"Best Actor", "Best Cinematography", "Best Supporting Actor"
Synopsis
Twenty years after being abused by his priest, a fateful reunion reverses roles and reveals love can be just as twisted and destructive as abuse.
Directed By
Quinn da Matta
Die Pelsloper/ The Skin Walker
"Best Opening Credits", "Best Closing Credits"
Synopsis
A paranormal investigator, George Coetzee, gets a tip from a bar fly about a very scarce frog species in the Tankwa Karoo, a very desolate area in South Africa. He decides to investigate. After a narrow escape with a Cape cobra, he wakes up in a dilapidated dwelling with only one occupant. A beautiful and very mysterious girl that lives there all by herself. After saving his life and despite her best efforts to get rid of him, George insists on digging deeper into her life and opens up a Pandora's Box he can't close again...
Directed By
Martyn le Roux
METEMPSYCHOSIS
"Best Thriller"
Synopsis
An actress who continuously suffers from the same nightmare of a former homicide case, turning out to be the victim in real life.
Directed By
Sam Iwata
The Last Warning
"Best Horror"
Synopsis
Laura is a 19-year-old, upper class, from Caruaru / PE. Since she was a child, she has suffered from constant nightmares because of terrifying voices and visions, and she feels death is coming soon.
Directed By
Eryka Vasconcelos
Detective MJ : Shadow of a Hero
"Best Comedy", "Best Detective"
Synopsis
Detective Mason Jones aka Detective MJ, is a Washington DC homicide detective, who is caught in between a homicide case and a war between two gangsters that run the Washington DC underground scene.
Directed By
Morris D. Small
The Invitation (Die Einladung)
"Best Dark Comedy"
Synopsis
The world-renowned Adam Birkenholz AG invites the young project developer Thomas Renner to an interview. The meeting in a noble property is developing promisingly. Renner imagines the goal of his dreams. But nothing is as it seems to be. And the hope of a little glamor and glory will become Renner's nightmare ...
Directed By
Thorsten Schade
A New Vision
"Best 360 Film"
Synopsis
An Immersive Dome Film by Michael Strauss
Words & Music by Darpan + Temple Step Project
In these unprecendented times we are faced with an opportunity to help bring us back to a point of balance. This invocation has been created to help facilitate what is being called for - A New Vision.
This film is available in VR and 360 dome formats on request.
Words & Music by Darpan + Temple Step Project
In these unprecendented times we are faced with an opportunity to help bring us back to a point of balance. This invocation has been created to help facilitate what is being called for - A New Vision.
This film is available in VR and 360 dome formats on request.
Directed By
Michael Strauss
Downing The Anchors
"Best Sport Film"
Synopsis
A short documentary telling the story of the David of Middle Tennessee State University taking on the Goliath that is SEC Champions Vanderbilt University.
Directed By
Nathanial D. House
The Beast Of Love
"Best Black & White Film"
Synopsis
Stephen, a man whom can't seem to find love; must find the darkness that has cursed him but to do that he must solve the riddle of bag catch the beast of love.
The story for the film is based on locker room chatter between Lincoln, Stephen and Terry. This story has been going on for almost ten years now and still continues with no sign of ever ending.
The story for the film is based on locker room chatter between Lincoln, Stephen and Terry. This story has been going on for almost ten years now and still continues with no sign of ever ending.
Directed By
Terry Mills
Bone Breaker
"Best Mobile Film"
Synopsis
A mob hitman borrows money from the mob to lend it to a guy that can’t pay. The mob hitman does what he has to do to get the money so that he and his partner don’t get whacked from the people he works for.
Directed By
Stephen Sorrentino
Imoceanation
"Best COVID-19 Film"
Synopsis
A journey of imagination revealing a world of possibilities.
Directed By
Kimber Leigh
And The Crab Turned Out Not To Be Immortal
"Best LGBTQ+ Film"
Synopsis
It is the story of Ale, a writer who tells through her poetry the story of the love of her life, in a journey through time "A story with a beginning and end" starring Patrici
Directed By
Digcy Mejias
BLOCKED (Pilot Episode 1)
"Best TV Show"
Synopsis
This series surrounds a young lady named April who is abandoned by her mother at a very young age. Left in darkness and she grew in darkness. Her mind has now been molded by hate and a strong repugnance towards God. Her so call friends and new found family have a difficult time getting her to see the light of day. While hiding their own secrets will ultimately leave a bad stain on life that no one will be able to erase, not even God. Only Death will win this series victoriously leaving a sting the world will feel.
Directed By
Anntreece Jones
A SHOT FOR FREEDOM
"Best Feature Screenplay"
Synopsis
João Mendes, a Cape Verdean black guy, is the rebellious son of a fishing family. His father (Gabriel) wants him to take care of the family business, but João dreams to become a great fencer. He falls in love with a creole girl (Cesária) and will have to contend with a cruel man (Tyago), obsessed with her. João creates his masked alter ego by risking his life every night, fighting to defend the freedom and human rights of people in danger. One night Gabriel is murdered. João, destroyed by grief, is determined to find his father's killer who, before dying, gives him a scarf that hides an incredible secret.
Directed By
Giuseppe De Vuono
A Package of Dreams
"Best Short Screenplay"
Synopsis
A boy longs to be a television horror host when he grows up. But that dream gets derailed as adulthood pressures him into work with his father at a parcel service. Fate steps in connecting him with a hero from childhood in a supernatural way, proving that even dreams need a little help.
Directed By
Brad Look
The Farm
"Best Short Screenplay"
Synopsis
A man with a terminal illness is given a second chance at life when he slips into a coma and finds himself at a mysterious waystation.
Directed By
Christian Nielsen
The Ominous Project Universe Presents: CARNAGE
"Best Makeup"
Synopsis
Season 2 - Episode 201 in the found footage anthology horror series “The Ominous Project Universe Presents”
1 year after the horrific events of “The Ominous Project Universe Presents: ISOLATION”, the American Disease Center & The Health & Safety Department of of America, announces that quarantine and all previous safety precautions have been lifted which causes 3 young adults to take a risky vacation to Florida. However, on their way for fun in the sun; what they encoutered on the countryside of southern Georgia is something only found in nightmares.
1 year after the horrific events of “The Ominous Project Universe Presents: ISOLATION”, the American Disease Center & The Health & Safety Department of of America, announces that quarantine and all previous safety precautions have been lifted which causes 3 young adults to take a risky vacation to Florida. However, on their way for fun in the sun; what they encoutered on the countryside of southern Georgia is something only found in nightmares.
Directed By
Shreco Bakari, Eryn Murphy
Growing Up Guide Pup
"Best Web-series"
Synopsis
Growing Up Guide Pup is a unscripted web series about two service dog maniacs named Amie and Matt. They started the first service dog organization in the world with a mission focused on education. Tax #ID 47-2288228. They produce films that promote community giving, edutainment, and lots of puppies. I mean who doesn't like puppies? A unique social agenda will help drive more people to want to raise puppies, get people interested in service dog etiquette and law, and bring the level of awareness about service dogs to a higher level of consciousness.
Directed By
Matthew Thomas Chapman