WINNERS
AUGUST 2022
Best Feature Film
Same But Different - 🇬🇧
By Denise C Francis
Best Drama Short
No War - 🇮🇹
by Enzo Zelocchi
Honorable Mention
The Secret Weapon: Yesterday IS Today - 🇺🇸
by Ken Sagoes
Best Comedy Short
Opala - 🇺🇸
by Mark Lupre
Best Animated Short
Water h2 - 🇺🇸
by Ernesto Laviola
Best Documentary
Awadagin Pratt: Black in America - 🇺🇸
by Michelle Bauer Carpenter
Best Horror Short
Don't Hesitate - 🇪🇸
By Phillip Hazman
Best Crime Short
Murder - 🇺🇸
By Jacob Mathias
Best Fantasy Short
Lost in Transition - 🇺🇸
By Cameron Osone
Best Thriller Short
Grey - 🇺🇸
By William Henberg
Best Sci-fi Short
Vietnamese Coffee - 🇺🇸
By Joseph Stanley Francis
Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ Short
Lola - 🇬🇧
By Morgan Marvect
Best Micro Short
TikTok - 🇺🇸
By Jack Savaratin
Best Experimental Short
Grab a Plate - 🇦🇹
by Christina Widrich
Best Western Short
Texas - 🇺🇸
by Greg Huston
Best Indie Short Film
Lost - 🇮🇪
by Jordan Michel
Best Trailer
New Era - 🇦🇺
By Jennifer Tatini
Best Web Series
Iron Nest of the Moon - 🇺🇸
By Kerr Lordygan, Brad C. Wilcox, Justin T. Bowler, Rachel Kanouse & Laura Lee Bahr
Best Series Pilot
USA 2021 - 🇺🇸
By Megan Fraislebem
Best Music Video
Life Support - 🇺🇸
Performed by F.A.W.N.
Directed by Erica Chan
Honorable Mention
Best Music Video
(Welcome to the) Marathon - 🇺🇸
by Anthony Reed & Kayla Key
Best Commercial / branded Film
Life - 🇺🇸
by Werner H. Lee
Best Original Content
Back Stabber - 🇺🇸
By Ryan Zamo & Jordan Fraser
Best Student Film
Another Planet - 🇺🇸
by Marjorie Lavinia
Best VR 360 Film
Nature VR - 🇺🇸
by Marcus Vinicius
⭐
Best Director
Ken Sagoes
The Secret Weapon: Yesterday IS Today - 🇺🇸
Best First Time Director
Kerr Lordygan, Brad C. Wilcox, Justin T. Bowler, Rachel Kanouse, Laura Lee Bahr
Iron Nest of the Moon - 🇺🇸
Best Indie Filmmaker
Jeremy Hamway-Bidgood
Sarong Song - 🇺🇸
Best Student Filmmaker
Scott Williams
Riviera - 🇨🇦
Best Actress
Nomala Kamala
Tree - 🇬🇧
Best Actor
Enzo Zelocchi
No War - 🇮🇹
Best Supporting Actress
Margaret Ladd
Just in Time - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actor
Lucas London
The Invention - 🇬🇧
Best Young Actor
Maka Koa
Make Believe - 🇺🇸
Best Ensemble Cast
Nia Trussler Jones & Catrin Jones
Same But Different - 🇬🇧
Honorable Mention
Best Ensemble Cast
Roy Williams, Jr., Phrederic Semaj, Melvin Ward, Havon Baraka, Paul Buxton, Victoria Ogbonna, Kennedy Porter, Francis C. Edemobi, Nicholas Heard, Andre Tucker Jr., Shea Boatswain, Coco Atama, Vincent Doud, Matthieu Jean-Pierre, Richard Whitney Gardenhire Jr., Blake Alexus, Jovon Henry, Geramy Dixon, Isaiah Harris, Jonathan Maduike, Tony Nevada, Ronan Barbour, Gregory Pekar, James Nevada, Christopher Ross Martin, Michael Polak, Todd Todd Anthony & Robert Maffia
The Secret Weapon: Yesterday IS Today - 🇺🇸
Best Producer
Lori Laitman & Dan Norman
Sarong Song - 🇺🇸
Best Screenplay (produced)
Edward Swarson
Lost Kid - 🇺🇸
Best Original Score
Hector Bilonde
Lost Kid - 🇺🇸
Best Original Song
Myles Eastwood & Katie Earl
Sarong Song - 🇺🇸
Best Cinematography
Lost Kid - 🇺🇸
By Digital Ninja®
Best Editing
Odilia Morson
Lost Kid - 🇺🇸
Best Make Up
Gabriella Chaga
Lost Kid - 🇺🇸
Best Costume Design
Maria Lindberg
Lost Kid - 🇺🇸
Best Sound Design
Awadagin Pratt: Black in America - 🇺🇸
by Michelle Bauer Carpenter
Best Screenplay
Exolatry - 🇺🇸
By Michael Kureth
"' In a world in self-worship through social media, an actress exalts to fame as thousands of women with her name have been found murdered in crime scenes over contaminated with false evidence leading some to believe she has sold her soul for fame. With hundreds of victims still missing, the prime suspect remains her idolizing ex-boyfriend while the name of the actress and victims is identical to the closest woman in the life of the viewer watching the film. As a grieving father sets out in an investigation to redeem his daughter's misclassified suicide, he unravels the ancient Satanic and Luciferian powers taking a new form of control through the sin of self-worship and manifestation in an upcoming startup app launch. "
