WINNERS 2025

 

Best Student Film 
Soul – Directed By Mark Stent

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Best Music Video
I Don't Love My Mother – Directed By Gerard Cuq

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Best Tv & Web Series
Love is in the Air – By Monica Muller

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Best Short Screenplay
Parallel Life – Written By – John P. Brown

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Best Feature Screenplay
Text and Die – Written By Vanessa Silva

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Best Drama Screenplay
Trust Me – Written By  AEG Guaaker

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Best Documentary
Antarctica, Secrets Revealed – Directed By Natasha Kolanov

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Best Short Film in Portuguese Language
O Palhaço Que Há Em Nós – Directed By Eduardo Robalo

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Best Short Film 
Vieilles Gâchettes – Directed By Erwan Gobilliard

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Best Drama Short Film
Dreams That Come True – Directed By Neusa Maria Pinto De Castro

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Best Feature Film 
Aquarius – Directed By Gerard Bleau

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Honorable Mention

The Onion Seller – Written By Patrick Cormack
The Father – Directed By Doug Rollins

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WINNERS 2024

 

BEST STUDENT FILM 
The Red Hoods – Directed By Nicholas Brown

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BEST TV & WEB SERIES
The Silent Forest - Directed by Hiroshi Tanaka

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
The Fire Within - Directed by Alejandro García

 

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
The Eternal Night – Written By Lucas Moreau

 

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Silent Echoes – Written By Emma Blackwood

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Last Horizon - Directed by Naomi Sato

 

BEST SHORT FILM 
Whispers in the Wind - Directed by Sarah Kingsley

 

BEST FEATURE FILM 
Shattered Dreams - Directed by Alex Grayson

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
The Lost Symphony - Directed by Isabella Fontana
Beneath the Surface - Directed by Ethan Caldwell
Crimson Skies - Directed by Mia Henderson
The Shadow’s Edge - Directed by Nikolai Ivanov
Midnight Serenade - Directed by Clara Johansson

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WINNERS 2023

 

BEST ANIMATION
A Conclusion – By Sreemon Das

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BEST STUDENT FILM
The Gig – By Xander Turian

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Wildflower – Directed By Jerry Housen – Performed By Hannyta

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BEST TV & WEB SERIES
The Mechanic – By Linda Portland

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
The Vegetable Garden – By Maria Marinho Moreira

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BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
The Poster Girl Stewardess – By Peter Gartner 

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BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Sky Is The Limit – By Mirka Anderson

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BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY
Montreal, a city of light – By Manu Charlevoix

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BEST SHORT FILM
The Pamphlet – By Justin Heyl

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BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM
Follow me or die – By Marcos Torres

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BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM
For I Am Dead – By Patricia Delso Lucas

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BEST HORROR  SHORT FILM
Night of Silence – By Samantha Lewis

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BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
The Belt – By Greg Muller

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BEST ASIAN SHORT FILM
Pattern – By Sachin Karande

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BEST FEATURE FILM
Darkness – By James Carver

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BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM
Falling Stars – By Nico Resende

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BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILM
Happy Ending – By Akira Iwamatsu

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BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
The Future Of The Past – By Zoltan Boros

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SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Chronos – By João Pico
The Trumps – By Hoyt Hilsman
The Revolution – By Jonathan Verleysen
Like Someone in Love – By Alexandra Billington
The Game The Doubt – By Hamid Reza Mahmoudi Mehrizi
A Handkerchief's Tale – By Jessica Lau
cupid is not a terrorist – By Bellopropello
Legal Passion – By James K Jones
Enter the Room – By Harry Waldman
 

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WINNERS 2022

 

BEST ANIMATION
My Boy - By Lauren Fripont

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BEST STUDENT FILM
A Jag In The Duplex System – By Valerie Knill

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Straight Into The Ocean – By Carolyn Laws

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BEST TV & WEB SERIES
Incompleteness – By David Ash

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Death Offers Life – By Madhu Ramanathan

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BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
The Valley – By David J Keogh, Douglas G Thomson 

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BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dreaming An Island – By Andrea Pellerani

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BEST ASIAN SHORT FILM
Naan But You – By Paulo Reyes

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BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILM
A Song For My Dear – By Chang Yeoul Lee

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BEST SHORT FILM – GROUP #1
Nice Suicide – By Mike Baran

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BEST SHORT FILM – GROUP #2
Why do you hate your brother? - By Pedro Martins, Inês Marques

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BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM

Nothing to worry - By Ben Smith

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BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY

Homeless - By Felipe Leonard

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BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM

The Bastards - By Nelia Dejardins & Marcus Miller

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BEST FEATURE FILM
Full Circle – By Noel Brady

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BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Golden Era Glamour – By Tiago Mesquita

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SPECIAL JURY AWARD

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Shadowland – By Bellopropello
To Glory Land – By Fadi Awad
Face Painters – By Giovanni Sanseviero
Cuba The Diva – By Andre Gaumond
Getting The Boot - By James Jones
Lothar from Rascal to World Artist – By Dhiney Ramos
Pessoas – By Arturo Dueñas Herrero
Level 71 – By Peter Salapatas

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HONORABLE MENTION

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The Mountain - By Ruth Finnegan

Bandidos and Balentes " - By Fabio Manuel Mulas
Sushi and Bagels - By Virginia Mariposa

Dajla: cinema and oblivion - By Arturo Dueñas Herrero

BomPaPa - By Annika Maria Udo Winther
Tell Me Who I Am - By Luca Caserta

A Martyr of the Pen - By Alan Hamwan

Bloodline - Elisa's Story - By Michael Cooper

Arizona 1878 - By Manuel Olaya

Padre - By Ian Davies

Built Lands - By Arturo Dueñas Herrero
Family Tree - By Emmet O'Brien, Nathan Erasmus

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WINNERS 2019

 

BEST ANIMATION
ERASABLE: A VOYAGE THROUGH TIME – BY QUINN LAGUË

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BEST STUDENT FILM

MOTHER´S DAY – BY ALEXANDER DESOUZA

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

TWO – BY SLAVA MLADENOVA

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BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER SHORT FILM

THE LOCAL PEOPLE – BY PAULINE DEVESA

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BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER FEATURE FILM

SOLO! - BY NIC CORNWALL

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BEST TV & WEB SERIES

CHATEAU LAURIER – BY JAMES STEWART

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BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

THIS TIME TOMORROW – BY MATTHEW MARTINO

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BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE

BLACK GOOSE – BY JANET HETHERINGTON

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

COLOURS FROM OUTER SPACE – BY GEORGE KARKOUR

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BEST SHORT FILM

SEE NAPLES AND THEN (NOT) DIE – BY FERDINANDO MADDALONI

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BEST FEATURE FILM

A ROSE IN WINTER – BY JOSHUA SINCLAIR

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BEST CANADIAN STUDENT FILM

CULS-DE-SACS – BY MAXIME S. GIRARD

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BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY

10 KM / H – BY MIGUEL SORTO

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BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM

END OF THE NIGHT – BY TAVIT MELIKIAN

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BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM

ONLY PEOLPE – BY MARK WEEDEN

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SPECIAL JURY AWARDS

MEMORIES FOR SALE – BY MITCH GRASZAT

BLOOD BANK – BY ARTHUR BEAUCHET

DETAINEE X – BY MANEE OSMAN

LOVE, SYLVIA – BY LEE MARSHALL

INDIGOS – BY IAN POZZEBON

TO THE BRINK AND BACK – BY THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD

THE PAUL BEARERS – BY JONATHAN HALL

YOUR SECRET ADMIRER – BY PAOLA CETARES

I KILLED VINCENT – BY JEAN-LUC BLANCHET

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RISING STAR AWARDS

IMAGINARY FORCES – BY ROBERT POLICICCHIO

FUMUS ET UMBRA – BY CHRISTINA KATSIADAKIS

HOLY SPIRIT – BY MIKE BARAN

THE LAST WITNESS – BY PIOTR SZKOPIAK

EXPERIENCE MACHINE – BY IVANA BITTNEROVA

COUNTER // BALANCE – BY ANURADHA RANA

BALLAD OF A RIGHTEOUS MERCHANT – BY HEBERT GOLDER

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