Winners

2nd edition

2022

 

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Best US Documentary Feature

Unearthing Ogawa

Dir: Steve Meixell

 

Best International Narrative Feature

Paper Man 

Dir: Motae Ki

 

Best US Short

Rassisme

Dir: Jason Flakes

 

Best US Documentary Short

Louie (KR.ONE) Gasparro 5POINTZ

Dir: Eirini Alligiannis

 

Best International Narrative Short

The Girlfriend Project

Dir: Ayeshah Rose

 

Best International Documentary Short

The Story of Mama Butterfly

Dir: Yuqian Cao

 

Best Indépendant Film

STOYAN

Dir: Roberto Ruiz Céspedes

 

Best Director

13th Stepping

Dir: Emily Ruhl

 

Best Actress

Ema Sheikh 

For: Dancing Star

 

Best Actor

Al Nazemian

For: I am Dead

 

Best Cinématography

13th Stepping

DOP: Matthew Tompkins

 

Best Script

Friendship, Honor, and Murder

Writer: Giacomo Giammatteo

 

Best Producer

The Eve 

Producer: Film Aggujaro

 

Best Animation

Fantasy of Companionship Between Human and Inanimate 

Dir: Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan

 

Best Experimental

HOTEP-Know Thy Self

Dir: Petri Salo

 

Best Composer

Darling Way

Dir: Zsolt Pozsgai

 

Best Horror

The Eve

Dir: Luca Machnich

 

Best Comedy

Taser

Writer: David M Hinds

 

Best Science Fiction

Planet K

Dir: Ivan Jackson

 

Music Video

Don’t You Know Me

Dir: James Alvin

 

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Burt & Mildred Go West

Writer: Randy Zobel

 

Best First Time Filmmaker

The Good Skates

Dir: Chris Coffman

 

Best Student Filmmaker

They Called Him God

Dir: Drew Hartley