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Winners 2024
BEST ANIMATION
On / Off – Directed By Nicolas P. Villarreal
BEST STUDENT FILM
Little by little – Directed By Hongju KANG
BEST TV & WEB SERIES
The Coffee Shop – Directed By Marcos Camargo
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Turn On – Directed By Ioannis Marcus
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
The Good Son – Written By Catherine Stanley
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Steve's Law – Written By Paul May
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dog’s Life – Directed By Nuno Pereira
BEST SHORT FILM
Real Thing – Directed By Shaw Peters
BEST FEATURE FILM
Gangs of Berlin – Directed By Andreas Krugger
BEST DOCUMENTARY IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
Anos Vermelhos – A ditadura no Brasil – Directed By Carlos Costa
BEST SHORT FILM IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
Lady or not Lady – Directed By Martha Camargo
BEST FEATURE FILM IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
The Badge – Directed By Alexandre Moraes
BEST ASIAN SHORT FILM
Korean Love Story – By Jong Park
BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILM
Nothing else Left – Directed By Alice Lee
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY - NATURE
Falling Sleep – By Carlos Marado
HONORABLE MENTION
Ancient Lands and Lives – Directed By Carol J. Amore
Ave Gradiva – Directed By Yuri Riklis
A Most Annoying Man – Directed By Lee Steinbeck
Enter the Room – Directed By Harry Waldman
Your move, my lady – Directed By Tereza Hirsch
Foolproof – Directed By Sean Swaby
Winners 2023
BEST ANIMATION
Me and My Winter Games-Perfect Holiday – By Haoling Lee, Ming Zhong, Zhe Zhang, Liwen Wang
BEST STUDENT FILM
Last Seen Along The Verde River – By Grant Seat
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Pra Melhorar – By Mariana Jorge
BEST TV & WEB SERIES
Chateau Laurier -Season 2 – By James Stewart
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Deadline To Death – By Elliot Stanton
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
The Beauty Hunter – By Flávia Bastos de Carvalho
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Love Letters for New Bedford – By Ethan de Aguiar
BEST DOCUMENTARY IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
Phoenix: David’s dream – By Vinicius Donola, Roberta Salomone, João Rocha
BEST SHORT FILM
I Need You – By Kilian Seavers
BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM
A Christmas Gift – By Lou Di Giorgio
BEST ASIAN SHORT FILM
Is this the start of WW3? As predicted in prophecies? – By Shihyun Wang
BEST FEATURE FILM
Not To Forget – By Valerio Zanoli
BEST FEATURE FILM IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
Captain Wits – By Filipe Gontijo
BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILM
Itlu Amma – By Umamaheswara Rao C
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Dream´s Morning – By Luís Damas
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Tigerlilly – By Kati Rausch
Perfect – By Luis Almeida
Adoptive Land – By Carlos Pires Silveira
Inspiration – By Alberto Martín-Aragón
Anacleto Said No – By Hugo Bastias
The Divide – By Ioannis Koutroubis
Winners 2021 / 2022
BEST ANIMATION
In the House of Paper Flowers – Director: Anita George
BEST STUDENT FILM
Life Appointment - Director: Amr Elbehidy
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Lovemaking – Director: Tereza Hirsch
BEST TV & WEB SERIES
Brazzy Jazzy – Director: Steve Becker
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Legal Passion – Writer: James Jones
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Face Painters – Writer: Giovanni Sanseviero
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Alaska Long Hunters – Director: Mark D. Rose
BEST DOCUMENTARY IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
The Last Horse Traders – Director: Michael Zomer
BEST ASIAN SHORT FILM
Lake Children – Director: Carlos Silveira
BEST SHORT FILM IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
Do You Like Poetry? - Director: Eduardo Mattos
BEST SHORT FILM – GROUP #1
A Martyr of the Pen – Director: Alan Hamwan
BEST SHORT FILM – GROUP #2
Daddy's Note – Director: Gavin Irvine
BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILMS
Talking to the Starry Sky – Director: Yurugu Matsumoto
BEST FEATURE FILM
By Those Hands That Lead Me – Director: João Côrtes
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Mamma – Photographer: Marco Cucurnia
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Straight Into The Ocean – Director: Carolyn Laws
Audio Of Apologies : Directors: Yuri+Ana
Fadi Awad - We Are Here – Director: Fadi Awad
The Canvas – Director: Salvatore Garau
Father Of A Broken Angel – Director: Dhiney Ramos
Starry Path – Director: Carlos Silveira
Define Delphine – Director: Fábio Brandão
Lefaucheux – Director: Pedro Jorge
Story.Telling – Director: Fábio Brandão
SIN – Director: Alberto Martín-Aragón
Tell Me Who I Am – Director: Luca Caserta
Dog Day Morning – Director: Emiliano d'Avila
Darking Way – Director: Zsolt Pozsgai
Three The Movie – Directors: Yassine Marco Marroccu, Elisabetta Minen
The Lonely Sailor – Director: Dan Albuk
Full Circle – Director: Noel Brady
Level 71 – Director: Peter Salapatas
Mith & Music – Director: Rama De Oliveira
HONORABLE MENTION
A Journey to the Moon – Director: Jack Getschman
On / Off – Director: Nicolas P. Villarreal
The Boy and The Mountain – Directors: Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal
Aquamation – Director: Chen, Ho-Yueh
Crush On – Director: Chu, Shu-Yu
Love Of Silence – Directors: Tsai, Han-Yun, Chen, Zhi-Ling
George Floyd: Say Their Names - Directors Christopher R. Owens, Alyssa Dann
Shepherds: Dance Boogie Wonderland – Director: Lauren Fash
Umoya – Director: Jason Sterling
Lower East Asides – Director: Steve Becker
End Of Days – Writer: Danny Alex
The letter that never arrived – Writer: Andrés Felipe Ruiz Vargas
Padre – Writer: Ian Davies
As Time Goes By – Writer: John Martins III
Preludium – Writer: Fernando André
Legends – Writer: Danny Alex
Dancing In The White Room – Writer: David Sabbath
Blurred Vision – Writer: Ivan Elmer & Morten Hammershøy Kølln
Get Paid, Get Laid & Get Lucky – Writer: Goran Pavisic
An Encounter With Banting – Director: Isabelle Depelteau
Shakespeare: The Truth Behind The Name – Director: Robin Phillips
The Romans – Director: Maurice Micallef
Mith & Music – Director: Rama De Oliveira
Michiko - Director: Ryo Kagawa
Recuperation - Director: Dinesh Shukla
Rain Dogs – Director: Donglin Liu
Exchange Offer – Director: Saunak Mitra
Death Offers Life – Director: Saheer Abbas
Her Call – Director: Ewa Bielska
Wolves – Director: Antonis Morgan Konstantoudakis
Alder – Director: Vanda Ladeira
Golden Lotus – Director: Emily Chan
Make-Believers – Director: Kenjo McCurtain
Jwlwi - The Seed – Director: Rajni Basumatary
Golden Era Glamour – Photographer: Tiago Mesquita
Frozen Chaos – Photographer: Lukas Van Loon
Michael And The Book Of Psalms – Photographer: Paul Gatto
Winners 2019
BEST ANIMATION
BIRTHDAY – BY CATARINA RODRIGUES
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
DEFORMER – BY DAVID VAN
BEST STUDENT FILM
ICO – BY PATRICIA DELGADO
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
DISCONNECTIONS – BY ALBERTO MARTÍN-ARAGÓN
BEST TV & WEB SERIES
DE FELIPE – BY JUAN RODRIGO
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
LUNCH – BY GAVIN IRVINE
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
TWENTY MOONS – BY RODIGO TAVARES & ELDER TORRES
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
CREATION – PERF. BY LUMEN CRAFT - DIR BY LUIZA DE ANDRADE & BIA VILELA
BEST DOCUMENTARY
ANNA POLITKOVSKAJA. CONCERT FOR SINGLE VOICE- BY FERDINANDO MADDALONI
BEST DOCUMENTARY IN PORTUGUESE
FLOATING JUSTICE – BY LEILA LAK
BEST SHORT FILM
BITCH, POPCORN & BLOOD – BY FABIO SOARES
BEST SHORT FILM IN PORTUGUESE
DESERTER – BY RODRIGO TAVARES
BEST FEATURE FILM
THE LAST WITNESS – BY PIOTR SZKOPIAK
SPECIAL JURY AWARD:
BEYOND HER LENS – BY TEREZA HIRSCH
LOCOMOTION – BY EDOARDO PASQUINI
WITHOUT YOU – BY ALEXANDRE POWELZ
MODULATION NOWHERE – BY TODD BOGIN
BEFORE I FORGET – BY TIAGO ARAKILIAN
WHERE IS MY HOME – BY THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD
SNAPSHOTS – BY MIGUEL ANGEL MENGÓ
A ROSE IN WINTER – BY JOSHUA SINCLAIR
HOLY SPIRIT – BY MIKE BARAN
BACK TO BERLIN – BY CATHERINE LURIE
RISING STAR AWARDS:
PLUS QUE DE RAISON – PERF. BY PREMIER DEGRÉ – DIR. VIKY DE WITTE
ANIMAL – PERF. BY DOMINIQUE DE WITTE – DIR VIKY DE WITTE
EMIGRANTS – BY NUNO MARQUES
THE FANTASTIC HIDALGO OF THE PONTIC STEPPE – BY JAVIER ALCAINE
ORBITAL INN – BY PIERRE ALAIN M´BARGA
CHILDREN4CHILDREN – BY JOHN BANOVICH
A LONG WALK OFF A SHORT PERE – BY ANITA GEORGE
RATTLING MY CHAINS – BY GAVIN IRVINE
JESUS GOD – JESUS MAN – BY GOLDIE SMITLENER
UNCOMMON – BY JOÃO MARQUES
MELODIES OF A MUTE LIFE – BY ANDRÉ MONIZ VIEIRA
THE RESULT ACHIEVED BY KNOWING GOD - THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD
NO BILL - BY SCOTT SIMPSON
Winners 2018
BEST ANIMATION
KCLOC - BY NINAAD KULKARNI
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
THE ONE WHO HOLDS SOVEREIGNTY OVER EVERYTHING – BY THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER SHORT
DNA OF WILD BEASTS - BY DELPHINE MONTAIGNE
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER FEATURE
THE LIMIT OF - BY ALAN MULLIGAN
BEST TV-WEB SERIES
TUSCAN DIRTY FABLE - BY GIOVANNI GUIDELLI
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
HAUS PANDORA - BY STEVE VASILIOU
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
CALLIE EARLENE - BY SCOTT SIMPSON
BEST DOCUMENTARY
UM CONTO DE DUAS CIDADES - BY STEPHEN HARRISON AND MORAG BRENNAN
BEST SHORT FILM (GROUP 01)
THE GUILT LIST – BY TEREZA HIRSCH
BEST SHORT FILM (GROUP 02)
SEE NAPLES AND THEN (NOT) DIE – BY FERDINANDO MADDALONI
BEST SHORT FILM IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
VIAGENS DE UM SER SENCIENTE - BY PEDRO MELO
BEST FEATURE FILM
EL DERECHO DE JESUS - THE RIGHT OF JESUS - BY JESUS GALINDO
SPECIAL JURY AWARDS:
MISS – BY ANASTASIA RAYKOVA
PATCH – BY KRISTJAN KNIGGE
FREEDON NET – BY PABLO MORENO
STOLEN PATCH – BY JOHN BANOVICH
TIMBÓ – BY PEIMAN ZEKAVAT
RESITE BA-61 – BY PAULO FAJARDO
RISING STAR AWARDS:
FLAMES OF FURY – BY GLORIA YAZDANI
A TIMELY GIFT - BY PAIREAC KEANE
SPRINGDALE – BY TOM EVRARD
THE HERITAGE -BY FELIPE VIANNA
THE COFFIN - BY EMANUELE PESOLI
UPSTAIRS – BY JOSEPH SPADARO
Winners 2017
BEST ANIMATION
DON'T THINK OF A PINK ELEPHANT – BY SURAYA RAJA (ENGLAND)
BEST STUDENT FILM
NOTURNO – BY EDUARDO MATTOS (GERMANY)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
OUTRA VOZ – BY FILIPE FREDERICO LEITE (PORTUGAL)
NOS MARES DA MEMÓRIA – BY RUI ALBERTO RIBEIRO BELA (PORTUGAL)
NEVER LOOK FOR LOGIC IF IT IS NOT YOUR LOGIC - BY FERDINANDO MADDALONI (ITALY)
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
SEXUAL INNUENDO – BY RICARDO MACHADO (PORTUGAL)
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
THE MACKENZIE BREAKOUT – BY SCOTT SIMPSON ( USA)
BEST TV & WEB SERIES
LET ME TELL YOU A STORY – BY LAURENCE GUENOUN (FRANCE)
BEST SHORT FILMS IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
TU – BY HUGO PINTO (PORTUGAL)
BEST SHORT FILM
2:40 TO LONDON – BY GAVIN IRVINE (ENGLAND)
BEST SHORT FILM - BLUE STAR AWARDS
CITY OF MY HEART – BY KONSTANTINOS PETSAS (GREECE)
BEST FEATURE FILMS
I WANT TO BACK HOME – BY MIGUEL ÁNGEL MENGÓ (SPAIN)
BEST FEATURE FILM - BLUE STAR AWARDS
AGNUS DEI – BY AGIM SOPI (KOSOVO)
TECHNICAL AWARDS:
BEST ACTOR
JOHN FREEMAN - ONE BUCK
BEST ACTRESS
HOLLY SHERVEY – AUCKWARD LOVE
BEST EDITING
MICGUEL ÁNGEL MENGÓ - I WANT TO BACK HOME
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ASHWIN KADAMBOOR - COLORS
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
MARCELO FERRARINI - A HORA
BEST DIRECTOR
GAVIN IRVINE - 2:40 TO LONDON
SPECIAL JURY AWARDS:
A HORA – BY LEANDRO CORINTO (BRAZIL)
AN AFTERLIFE – BY JEREMY RIGBY (AUSTRALIA)
REWAKENED – BY ALBERTO HERNANDEZ (USA)
ATÉ AO CANTAR DO GALO - BY RAMÓN DE LOS SANTOS (PORTUGAL)
SHAKESPEARE REPUBLIC - BY SALLY MCLEAN (AUSTRALIA)