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Winners & Official Selection

Official Selection

January - 2024

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SPECIAL AWARDS:

Special Award: Short Film Of The Month

Cancer, By Yunnian Han. China                                                               

Special Award: Feature Film Of The Month

The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe, By Zhang Xiaohe. China     

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--- SHORT FILM AWARDS ---

Best Drama Short Film

Cancer, By Yunnian Han. China                                                               

                       

Best Comedy Short Film

Would You Gimme A Bit Of Your Love For Sale For Free? Carlo Mô's Lousy Hook-Up Tactics, By Isaac Pradel Leal. Spain

           

Best Experimental Short Film

Bill Murray Lost In Berlinale , By Ana Trkulja. Serbia

 

Best Thriller Short Film

L+T, By Nevena Nikolova. Bulgaria

 

Best Sci-Fi Short Film

Retrogress: Lazy Sunday, By Brandon Delgado. United States

 

Best Western Short Film

Union House Hotel - Episode 1: Pride, By Freddy Moyano. United States

 

Best Horror Short Film

Under The Bed, By Inigo Hare. United States

 

Best Terror Short Film

Vampire, By Feifan Han. China

 

Best Fantastic Short Film

Don Scroogioni Part II, By Derek Bailey. United States

 

Best Fantasy Short Film

Revelation Of Ai Painting, By Xavier Guo. China                                  

 

Best Musical Short Film

Bubbles, By Ramachandran A P. India

 

Best Romance Short Film

Your Name: Sequel, By Shui Hu. United States

 

Best Indie Short Film

Nowhere To Go, By Aaron Murray Vazquez. United States

 

           

Best Student Short Film

Stranger, By Chuchu Xiong. China

 

Best Animation Short Film

The Kidnapping, By Yang Gu, Kuang Liu, Liaoyu Chen. China

 

Best Documentary Short Film

Not Alone, By Tommy Duncan. United States

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--- Short Films: Cast & Crew Awards  ---

Best Director In A Short Film

Inigo Hare / Under The Bed

 

Best Director In A Documentary Short Film

Tommy Duncan / Not Alone

 

Best Female Director In A Short Film

Nevena Nikolova / L+T

Female Director Honorable Mention In A Short Film

Yang Gu /The Kidnapping 

Female Director Honorable Mention In A Short Film

Chuchu Xiong / Stranger

 

Best Young Director In A Short Film

Shui Hu / Your Name: Sequel

Young Director Honorable Mention In A Short Film

Feifan Han /Vampire

 

Best Screenplay In A Short Film

Kuang Liu, Yang Gu /The Kidnapping 

 

Best Lead Actor In A Short Film

Xiangxuan Li / Vampire

 

Lead Actor Honorable Mention In A Short Film

Freddy Moyano / Union House Hotel – Episode: 1 Pride

 

Best Lead Actress In A Short Film

Alexandra Lashkova / L+T

Lead Actress Honorable Mention In A Short Film

Chuchu Xiong / Stranger

 

Best Supporting Actor In A Short Film   

Ro James / Nowhere To Go

 

Best Supporting Actress In A Short Film

Koryn Todd / Don Scroogioni Part Ii

 

Best Cinematography In A Short Film

Mincho Minchev / L+T

Cinematography Honorable Mention In A Short Film

Cyrus Roberts / A Boring Dystopia

Cinematography Honorable Mention In A Short Film

Shui Hu / Your Name: Sequel

 

Best Art Direction In A Short Film

Freddy Moyano / Union House Hotel - Episode 1 Pride

 

Best Editing In A Short Film

Aaron Murray Vazquez / Nowhere To Go

Editing Honorable Mention In A Short Film

Yanxuan Liu, Luwen Lian / Stranger

 

Best Original Score In A Short Film

Dobromir Kissyov / L+T

 

Best Sound Design In A Short Film

Inigo Hare / Under The Bed

Sound Design Honorable Mention In A Short Film 

The Kidnapping 

 

Best Costume Design In A Short Film

Freddy Moyano, Cindy Lemke, Jennifer Schlei / Union House Hotel – Episode: 1 Pride

Costume Design Honorable Mention In A Short Film

Aaron Murray Vazquez / Nowhere To Go

 

Best Make Up In A Short Film

Vampire

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--- AUDIENCE AWARDS ---

First Audience Award: The Kidnapping, By Yang Gu, Kuang Liu, Liaoyu Chen. China

Second Audience Award: Under The Bed, By Inigo Hare. United States

Third Audience Award: Revelation Of Ai Painting, By Xavier Guo. China                                   

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---OTHERS---

Best Trailer Or Teaser

Remi Milligan: Lost Director, By Samuel Lodato. United Kingdom

 

Best Music Video

I Know A Place In The World, By María Moes María Del Carmen Hernández Montesinos. Spain

           

Best Web Serie

Dear Forgiveness, By Lawrence Dumas Jr. United States

 

Best Short Screenplay 

Still Ill, By Polina Rubis. Ukraine

 

Best Poster 

Revelation Of Ai Painting, By Xavier Guo

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--- FEATURE FILM AWARDS ---

Best Comedy Feature

The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe, By Zhang Xiaohe. China     

 

Best Social Feature

One Second At A Time: Battling The Monster Of Addiction,  By Tim Searfoss. United States

 

Best First Feature Film By The Director

Leaf Of Tree, By Geraldo Borongan Jumawan. Philippines

 

Best Feature Film Made In Quarantine

Segundas Oportunidades, By Tamara Nemirovsky. United States

 

Best Documentary Feature

The Kindness Within, By Steven Tati. United States

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--- FEATURE FILMS: CAST & CREW AWARDS  ---

Best Director In A Feature Film

Zhang Xiaohe / The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe

 

Best Director In A Documentary Feature

Tim Searfoss / One Second At A Time Battling The Monster Of Addiction

 

Best Female Director A Feature Film

Tamara Nemirovsky / Segundas Oportunidades

 

Best Screenplay In A Feature Film

Fu Jiayi,Jia Zhihai, Zhang Xiaohe / The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe

 

Best Screenplay In A Documentary Feature

Alfa Pagidas / The Kindness Within

 

Best Lead Actor In A Feature Film

Zhang Xiaohe / The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe

 

Lead Actor Honorable Mention In A Feature Film 

Jek Jumawan / Leaf Of Tree

 

Best Supporting Actor In A Feature Film

Zhao Ping 'An / The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe

 

Best Cinematography In A Feature Film

Ma Youtai / The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe

 

Best Cinematography In A Documentary Feature

Tim Searfoss  / One Second At A Time Battling The Monster Of Addiction

 

Best Art Direction In A Feature Film

Zhang Xiaohe / The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe

 

Best Original Score In A Feature Film

The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe

 

Best Production In A Feature Film

Lida Suazo Catulay / Leaf Of Tree

Production Honorable Mention In A Feature Film 

Guo Mo / The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe

 

Best Production In A Documentary Feature

Erick Torres, Betsy Chasse / The Kindness Within

 

Best Sound Design In A Feature Film

Tim Searfoss / One Second At A Time Battling The Monster Of Addiction

 

Best Team Performance In A Feature Film

The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe

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LIVE SCREENING

Cancer, By Yunnian Han. China                                                               

The Kidnapping, By Yang Gu, Kuang Liu, Liaoyu Chen. China

Under The Bed, By Inigo Hare. United States

Revelation Of Ai Painting, By Xavier Guo. China                                  

L+T, By Nevena Nikolova. Bulgaria

Nowhere To Go, By Aaron Murray Vazquez. United States

Vampire, By Feifan Han. China

Stranger, By Chuchu Xiong. China

Union House Hotel - Episode 1: Pride, By Freddy Moyano. United States

Your Name: Sequel, By Shui Hu. United States

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OFFICIAL SELECTION

 

Short Films

A Boring Dystopia, By Matte Kranz. United States

Bill Murray Lost In Berlinale , By Ana Trkulja. Serbia

Bubbles, By Ramachandran A P. India

Cancer, By Yunnian Han. China                                                                

Complicates, By Arán Vital. Spain

Dear Forgiveness, By Lawrence Dumas Jr. United States

Don Scroogioni Part II, By Derek Bailey. United States

Dropped - History In The Breaking, By Zan Barberton, Syann Van Niftrik. United Kingdom

Event Horizon, By Carlox Cadena. Mexico

I Know A Place In The World, By María Moes María Del Carmen Hernández Montesinos. Spain

L+T, By Nevena Nikolova. Bulgaria

Laid To Rest, By Jay William Robinson. United Kingdom

Luis And Lei, By Izan Butler. United States

Multicolored Girl, By Demian Nelson

My Son: Nazarene, By Åžehmus Özek. Turkey

Not Alone, By Tommy Duncan. United States

Nowhere To Go, By Aaron Murray Vazquez. United States

Outdoor Wedding, By Ignacio Evans. United States

Remi Milligan: Lost Director, By Samuel Lodato. United Kingdom

Retrogress: Lazy Sunday, By Brandon Delgado. United States

Revelation Of Ai Painting, By Xavier Guo. China                                  

Road, By Eritz Ortiz. Puerto Rico

Sava Cassava Doctor/Family Testimonials, By Paul Efron. United States

Still ill, By Polina Rubis. Ukraine

Stranger, By Chuchu Xiong. China

The Kidnapping, By Yang Gu, Kuang Liu, Liaoyu Chen. China

Under The Bed, By Inigo Hare. United States

Union House Hotel - Episode 1: Pride, By Freddy Moyano. United States

Vacation, By Zuriel Allen. United States

Vampire, By Feifan Han. China

Video Games, By Xena Lee. China

Where Are You?, By Valerio Sorní. Argentina

Would You Gimme A Bit Of Your Love For Sale For Free? Carlo Mô's Lousy Hook-Up Tactics, By Isaac Pradel Leal. Spain

Your Name: Sequel, By Shui Hu. United States

 

Feature Films

Floor 8, By Doug Hayes. United States

Homeless Not Hopeless In America Ft. Brook , By Gregory Wayne Walton Ii. United States

Leaf Of Tree, By Geraldo Borongan Jumawan. Philippines

Look At Me Again, By Piero Torres. Spain

Ondjelua - The Rain Festival, By Eurico "Gigio" Pereira. Angola

One Second At A Time: Battling The Monster Of Addiction,  By Tim Searfoss. United States

Player Number 13, By Danira King. Colombia

Segundas Oportunidades, By Tamara Nemirovsky. United States

The Kindness Within, By Leon Logothetis, Erick Torres. United States

The Season When Bayberries Are Ripe, By Zhang Xiaohe. China     

Trick Or Prank, By Carter Kelly. United States

 

Poster

One Second At A Time: Battling The Monster Of Addiction,  By Tim Searfoss. United States

Revelation Of Ai Painting, By Xavier Guo. China                                  

Segundas Oportunidades, By Tamara Nemirovsky. United States

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