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October 2024

WINNERS Best International Short – Dear Departed (Lauren Sims, United Kingdom)Best International Feature – Water Lily (Julien Botzanowski, France)Best Animation Short – Cymebelle (Linn Htut Oo, Australia)Best Documentary Feature – Americans Smell Good (Emir Cakaroz, United States)Best Documentary Short – The Imagination of a Child (Cesare Catania, Italy)Best Drama Feature – Bespoke ART (Jingjing Chen, China)Best Drama Short – Lonely person are shameful (Ziyao Zhang, China)Best Experimental Short – TAGE IM WINTER (Carsten Fuhrmann, Mark Klotz – Germany)Best First-Time Filmmaker Movie – Opposite Direction (Kaveh Farhoudian – Iran, Islamic Republic of)Best Music Video – Lelee – Rane (Edin Suljić, Slovenia)Best …

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August 2024

WINNERS Best International Short – Airplane mode (Mohamed Amine El Ahmar, Morocco)Best International Feature – Four quarters (Evgenya Tirdatova, Russian Federation)Best Amateur Short – Road (ÖzgeZGE Midilli, Turkey)Best Animation Short – Fig Fever (Ka I Wong, Macao)Best Dance Short – Ballerina Boy (Marc Jure, Canada)Best Documentary Feature – Where the Heart Belongs (Xiaoran Du, China)Best Documentary Short – Topless (Octavia Carey, United Kingdom)Best Drama Feature – Bespoke ART (Jingjing Chen, China)Best Drama Short – Breaking Borders – The legacy of the Berlin Wall Jumper (Idris Aleshinloye, Germany)Best Experimental Feature – 115 (Dave Huynh Macon, Canada)Best Experimental Short – Whisper of …

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June 2024

WINNERS Best International Short – The Soul in My Head (Jung Jen Pao, Taiwan)Best International Feature – Nearest Distance (Tong Nian, China)Best Amateur Short – Cubosee – The Secret Garden (Marina Kozina, Croatia)Best Animation Short – Rock (Shania Zhou, Julia Edwards – United States)Best Comedy Feature – Hercules Recycled 2.0 (Don Moriarty, Greg Alt – United States)Best Comedy Short – Love Shack (Felix Williamson, Australia)Best Documentary Feature – Reclaiming Our Humanity (Robert Mossi Alexander, United States)Best Documentary Short – intermezzo: The Art of Danilo Fiorucci (Saverio Mannocci, Italy)Best Drama Feature – Life in the Old Cloth (Eveshka Ghost, United Kingdom)Best …

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2024 Annual Winners

WINNERS Best International Short – The Pageturner (Siubhan Ni Ghriofa, Ireland)Best International Feature – Romance of Wu Ge (Ge Jin, China)Best Amateur Short – Mug (Yegor Bugayenko, Ukraine)Best Animation Feature – With You (Evan Doll, United States)Best Animation Short – A Tree Once Grew Here (Johnnie Semerad, United States)Best Comedy Feature – Hanky Panky (Lindsey Haun, Nick Roth – United States)Best Comedy Short – The Coffeepot (Jared Groenewegen, Canada)Best Dance Short – Keep Moving (Colin Harabedian, United States)Best Documentary Feature – Beyond the Beach: The Hell and the Hope (Graeme Scott, Buddy Squires – United Kingdom)Best Documentary Short – Tales …

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April 2024

WINNERS Best International Short – Resurrection (Vahid Kordlou, Iran, Islamic Republic of)Best International Feature – Jackknife (Adam Jack, Canada)Best Amateur Short – In The Hood (Ani Valentinova Haralampieva, Bulgaria)Best Animation Short – Vita Nova (Dmytro Zavora, Ukraine)Best Comedy Short – Goodnight Irene (Matty Killen, Laura Mac – United Kingdom)Best Dance Short – Grief’s Embrace (Samuel Laubscher, United States)Best Documentary Feature – Beyond the Beach: The Hell and the Hope (Graeme Scott, Buddy Squires – United Kingdom)Best Documentary Short – Sounds in Bamboo Forest (Zhong Chenwei, China)Best Drama Feature – I want to live (Yunus Şevik, Turkey)Best Drama Short – Unlived …

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February 2024

WINNERS Best International Short – The Ugly Ball (Omar Ibrahim, United Arab Emirates)Best International Feature – William and Fred (Helga Landauer, United States)Best Amateur Short – NQBest Animation Feature – With You (Evan Doll, United States)Best Animation Short – From Our Side (Simone Massi, Italy)Best Comedy Feature – Hanky Panky (Lindsey Haun, Nick Roth – United States)Best Comedy Short – Badger! (Barry Wilkinson, United Kingdom)Best Dance Short – Experience (Matic Eržen, Slovenia)Best Documentary Feature – Miracle in the Heart of Bosnia (Dr Sam Osmanagich, Bosnia and Herzegovina)Best Documentary Short – Sandcastle – The Secret Life Of Potter Wasps (Roman Willi, …

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December 2023

WINNERS Best International Short – Guguto Memeto (Branislav Stosic Jeza, Bosnia and Herzegovina)Best Amateur Short – Mug (Yegor Bugayenko, Ukraine)Best Animation Short – Beacon 832 (John Semerad, United States)Best Comedy Short – Getting Hit On (Lilton Stewart III, United States)Best Dance Short – Death of Logic (C’Cesirhe Lesley Sedney, Netherlands)Best Documentary Feature – One Second at a Time: Battling the Monster of Addiction (Tim Searfoss, United States)Best Documentary Short – Roots of the Emperor / Truth about YAMATAIKOKU (Yusaku Okamoto, Japan)Best Drama Short – Je (Zane, France)Best Experimental Feature – Fallen: The Search of A Broken Angel (Alex Kruz, United …

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October 2023

WINNERS Best International Short – The Chamber of Memories (Mingxing Dong, China)Best Feature – The Sugar Experiment (John Tornblad, Sweden)Best Feature Script – Il Bel Tenore (The Beautiful Tenor) – (Peter Hurwitz, United States)Best Short Script – The incredibile adventure of a cloth (Renee Maria Urgert, Italy)Best TV Pilot Script – The Raven (Tobey Alexander, United Kingdom)Best Action Short – Dojo (Armin Alic, United States)Best Amateur Short – I Have Just (Ece Akalın Alagöz, Turkey)Best Animation Short – The (W)hole (Jiansu Wang, United States)Best Comedy Feature – The Switchblade Sisterhood (Davo Hardy, Australia)Best Comedy Short – The Countdown (Melanie Renfroe, …

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August 2023

WINNERS Best International Short – Dear Vanessa (Roku Jingwen Long, United States)Best Feature – Romance of Wu Ge (Ge Jin, China)Best Feature Script – Meteor (Line Rainville, Franco Pirrone – Canada)Best Short Script – The Light At The End (Lynda Simmons, Canada)Best TV Pilot Script – Twilight Kingdom (Gareth Meadows, United Kingdom)Best Amateur Short – Hangnail (Grace Connor, United Kingdom)Best Animation Short – A tree once grew here (Johnnie Semerad, United States)Best Comedy Short – The Coffeepot (Jared Groenewegen, Canada)Best Dance Short – Keep Moving (Colin Harabedian, United States)Best Documentary Short – Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart (Josh Aronson, …

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JUNE 2023

WINNERS Best International Short – The Pageturner (Siubhan Ni Ghriofa, Ireland)Best Feature – SINIOLCHU, the peak a man fell in love with (Indranil Ghosh, India)Best Documentary Feature – The American Good Samaritans (Ara Mnatsakanyan, Armenia)Best Feature Script – The Pickleball Killer (Jim Carroll, United States)Best Short Script – Life (Mariella Spagnolo, Sutinder Singh – United States)Best TV Pilot Script – Cargo – Alpha Centauri (Line Rainville, Canada)Best Amateur Short – Neighborhood Stranger (Andrew Santiago, United States)Best Animation Short – Project Ea (Becks Harborne, United Kingdom)Best Comedy Short – American Baby (Mohana Rajakumar, United States)Best Dance Short – NABest Documentary Short …

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