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WINNERS

 GLOBAL FILM OF THE MONTH

DEAD END

🇬🇧/🇭🇰/🇺🇸

by Carter Ferguson

 

Best Narrative Feature

AMBER - 🇬🇧

by David Newton

 

Best Documentary Feature

A TALE OF WATER, PALM TREES & FAMILY - 🇦🇪

Nasser Aldhaheri

 

Best Drama

THE HOURGLASS - 🇦🇹

 Dieter Michael Grohmann

 

Honorable Mention:

Drama

MY TWO O'CLOCK - 🇺🇸

Camila Rizzo

 

Best Comedy

HIGH CALORIE - 🇹🇷

by Mehmet Tigli

 

Honorable Mention: Comedy

MISS MANNERS - 🇺🇸

by Delphino Huang

 

Best Romantic Comedy

HIS GOOD WIFE - 🇺🇸

by Sage Drake

 

Best Indie Film

TORRENT - 🇺🇸

by D.J. Rivera

 

Honorable Mention:

Indie Film

THE GIRL WITH THE FLUTE

🇦🇹

by Dieter Grohmann

 

Best Thriller

DEAD END - 🇬🇧/🇭🇰/🇺🇸

by Carter Ferguson

 

Honorable Mention:

Thriller

BLUE LINES - 🇺🇸

by Terrell J. Pinckney

 

Best Horror

ONE O’CLOCK - 🇺🇸

by Vibol S. Sungkriem 

 

Best Documentary

THE ROAD TO NICKELSVILLE

🇺🇸

by Derek Armstrong McNeill

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary

RELEASED - 🇺🇸

by Forrest Tuff

 

Best Animated Short

PENSIONERS CHIPS - 🇩🇪

by Joachim Weber

 

Honorable Mention:

Animated Short

BREAKFAST - 🇺🇸

by Sijia Huang

 

Best Fantasy

HOT - HELL OF A TRIP - 🇮🇳

by Noufer Vettikat Aboobacker

 

Honorable Mention:

Fantasy

THE STORY OF AN APPLE

🇮🇷

by Yasaman Arshla

 

Best Sci-fi Short

THE DREAMWAVER - 🇺🇸

by Delphino Huang

 

Best LGBTQ Short

LUCKY - 🇨🇦

by Alessandra DiSimon

 

Best Virtual reality 360

ALL IN - 🇺🇸

by Kevin M. Kurtler

 

Best Web Series

THE HUNTED: ENCORE! - 🇺🇸

by Crystal Arnette

 

Honorable Mention:

Web Series

RECKLESS JULIETS - 🇺🇸

by Skyler Barrett

 

Best Series Pilot

SILENT LOVE STORIES - 🇺🇸

by Amr Al-Hariri 

 

Best Music Video

SOLA - 🇦🇺

by Jonathan Nix

 

Honorable Mention:

Music Video

MOON BLUES - 🇦🇺

 Performed by:

Vanessa Delaine

Director: Brock Daubert

 

Best Inspirational Short Film

TWENTY YEARS AFTER - 🇺🇸

by Catharine Lin

 

Honorable Mention:

Inspirational Short Film

UPS & DOWNS - 🇺🇸

by Laura Bretscher

 

Best Student Film

NOTHING LIKE THE SUN - 🇺🇸

by Jonas Banks

 

Honorable Mention:

Student Film

THE BURDEN OF CHOICE - 🇺🇸

by Richard Dillon Glass

 

Best Experimental Short Film

FOLLOW ME - 🇦🇹

by Dieter Michael Grohmann

 

Honorable Mention:

Experimental Short Film

NIRVANA OF SODOM° - 🇨🇳 

by B.R.Sky

 

Best Director

DAVID NEWTON

Amber - 🇬🇧

 

Honorable Mention: Director

YIQING CATHARINE LIN

Twenty Years After - 🇺🇸

 

Best First Time Director

James Meyer 

The Kingdom - 🇩🇪

 

Honorable Mention:

First Time Director

PAUL CARRICO

Two Wheels - One Love - 🇺🇸

 

Best Young Filmmaker

NICHOLAS ZAKRAJCEK

Fallen - 🇦🇺

 

Honorable Mention:

Young Filmmaker

SARA EUSTÁQUIO

Creation - 🇺🇸

 

Best Actor

BRYAN LARKIN

DEAD END - 🇬🇧/🇭🇰/🇺🇸

 

Honorable Mention: Actor

LABINOT RACI

The Kingdom - 🇩🇪

 

Best Actress

ANNA EASTEDEN

Nothing Like The Sun - 🇺🇸

 

Honorable Mention: Actress

GEETANJALI MISHRA

Living Idle - 🇮🇳

 

Best Supporting Actor

ART HINDLE

Happenstance - 🇺🇸

 

Best Supporting Actress

GINGER LEE McDERMOTT

Miss Manners - 🇺🇸

 

Best Child Actor

JORDAN CASSEL 

Pluto - 🇺🇸

 

Best Child Actress

CHIARA KLEIN 

The Hourglass - 🇦🇹

 

Best Young Actress

EMMA DODICI 

Ups & Downs - 🇺🇸

 

Best Ensemble Cast

Zeke Hindle, Beau Berglund, Jessica Miano Kruel & Tamar Pelzig.

Happenstance - 🇺🇸

 

Best Screenplay

I, Timon - 🇦🇺

Bramwell Noah

 

Best Cinematography

Thomas Sandfield

DEAD END - 🇬🇧/🇭🇰/🇺🇸

 

Honorable Mention:

Cinematography

Amr Al-Hariri 

Silent Love Stories - 🇺🇸

 

Honorable Mention:

Cinematography

Aaron Bevill & 

Terrell J. Pinckney

Blue Lines - 🇬🇧

 

Best Editing

KEELAN GUMBLEY

Amber - 🇬🇧

 

Best Visual Effects

THE DREAMWAVER - 🇺🇸

by Delphino Huang

 

Best Original Score

DEANA DELOR

Silent Love Stories - 🇺🇸

 

Honorable Mention:

Original Score

Michael Frankenberger

Jerkwater Town - 🇩🇪

 

Best Sound Design

Paul Wilson

Dead End - 🇬🇧 / 🇭🇰 / 🇺🇸

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

DIETER MICHAEL GROHMANN

Follow Me - 🇦🇹

 

Honorable Mention:

Indie Filmmaker

D.J. RIVERA

Torrent - 🇺🇸

 

Best Producer

ELOISE CARROW

Amber - 🇬🇧

 

Honorable Mention:

Producer

SARA MEYER

 The Kingdom - 🇩🇪

 

Best Trailer

APPLESEEDS - 🇺🇸

by Derek Armstrong McNeill

 

Honorable Mention:

Trailer

IMPURATUS - 🇺🇸

by Michael Yurinko

 

Best Original Content

LIVING IDLE - 🇮🇳

by Mrs. Satyaramana & Mr. Ramana

 

Best Drone Video

SUMMER IN SØGNE - 🇳🇴

by André Hope

 

Best Feature Film Screenplay  

THE VENUS SYNDROME - 🇺🇸

by Lynn Vincentnathan

 

"'A Special Ops. soldier from the future in which the earth is on the brink of the Venus syndrome -- life-annihilating global warming -- travels back in time to assassinate the American president whose policies started the unstoppable devastation."

 

Honorable Mention:

Feature Film  Screenplay

1000 The Sword in the Stone

🇮🇹

by Guido Maria Giordano

 

"Jack, a teen visiting Tuscany to see the genuine sword in the stone, sucked into a wormhole tackles a journey in the Middle Ages. The narrative begins with elderly Alferius, sent to Bavaria by Guaimario Prince of Salerno."

DECEMBER 2017

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