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VIRIUM

Winner Best LGBT Film Marcelo, is a 12-year-old boy who seeks to achieve his only dream, free himself and free his mother from a punishment imposed by a sexist society, but his only executioner, HIS FATHER, he (Marcelo) with the support of a strange stranger fills himself with courage and raises his voice before his

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Uwijja

Winner Best Cinematography John, a Maltese student with big dreams and a serious lack of sleep has had a busy and exhausting last couple of days. It all takes a toll on him one night whilst driving home from work. His going missing affects a series of coincidental events on the night of the tragedy.

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KATAGMAN

Winner My short documentary It is a rich colorful film showcasing the history of Oton thru music, dance, Arts, and theatre performance. …from the death of Datu Paiburong and the golden mask, pagan beliefs and rituals, the Advent of Christianity and Babaylan resistance, and various folk dances to modern dance. Katagman the movie has everything

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California Pie

Winner Best Animated Film Three intimate slice-of-life moments depict aspects of California life, across generations and geography. In “The Suburbs,” after a disastrous party, a teenager reconciles with his father; in “The City,” a young woman in San Francisco struggles to keep up appearances; and, in “The Coast,” a writer, at midlife, reflects on love,

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ANWAR

Winner My 1st Documentary Alex Txikon’s winter ascension on Manaslu, Nepal, is the seed of a story that will bring sustainable light to two very different places: Newton, Sierra Leone, and a special school in Diamer, Pakistan. Alpinism, solidarity, and renewable energy are key to this story. Producer Juan San Martín Director Rosa García Loire

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Morrya

Winner Best Actor Feature Film Morya – the titular character is a scavenger in Pimpalner – a small town. Though his actual name is Sitaram Jedhe, he is called Morya because in Marathi “Mohri” means toilet. Belonging to the lowest strata in society, his work is to clean toilets, carry sewage and keep the environment

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Valkyrie

Winner Best Animated Film A Norse Valkyrie comes to collect the souls of dead soldiers after a battle, before she can complete her mission, a soul leaves and the valkyrie must make a decision between duty and heart. Can the supreme authority restore peace? Producer Maeve E Andrews Director Maeve E Andrews

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Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story

Winner Best Feature Documentary Film The Sally Dixon Story is a documentary that delves into the life of experimental film curator Sally Dixon. Her story began in the 1960s when she received a small hand-held movie camera from her father-in-law and started making films, that she later called “Film Poems.” Sally is known as a

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Relic

Winner Best Web/TV Series A no-nonsense medical student finds her life upended when she’s bonded to the soul of a long-dead dragon. Producer Idunn Marthinsen, Henry Webb, Craig Selbrede, William Stephenson, Caitlin Faulkner, Georgia Harris. Director Georgia Harris, Henry Webb Writer Craig Selbrede, Megan Berman, Henry Webb, Will Tiley Main Casting Bex Goulding, Matt Squance,

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Sally Leapt Out Of A Window Last Night

Winner Best Actress Short Film, Best LGBT Film Ireland 1778. Two women flout convention and scandalize society to escape the fate their families plan for them. They elope. Based upon the true story of the legendary “Ladies of Llangollen.” Producer Kathy Speirs, Stella Nwimo Director Tracy Spottiswoode Writer Tracy Spottiswoode Main Casting Tara Lee, Niamh

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Hasn’t Been Grounded

Winner Best Drama A missile engineer for the U.S. government becomes convinced he’s being followed by the U.S. government. Producer, Director, Writer Nicky Otis Smit Main Casting Nicky Otis Smith, Melissa Marloth, Mimi Owaske, Ralston Finney, Jason Willett, Cam Alvarez, Madison Krcnavy, Connor Kizer, Aaron Estes, Mickey Lusk, Julia Celtnieks, Austin Redwood, Joe Galarraga, M.C.

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Embers

Winner Best Cinematography On a camping trip, two sisters deal with the death of their mother. Producer Bogdan Darev Director Benjamin Ross Johnson Writer Benjamin Ross Johnson Main Casting Bianca Raso, Adara Toop, Amanda Yeoman Brooke, Piper Saunders, Makenna Nabholz

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TERATOMA

Winner Best Experimental Film At 32, a tormented and incomplete woman learns that to mourn her brother, she must let the mystery of her own existence unfold. Producer Pauline Beauchamps, Théo Delarche Director Pauline Beauchamps, Théo Delarche Writer Pauline Beauchamps Main Casting Caroline Tillette, Maximilien Seweryn

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Inertia

Winner Best Animated Film Inertia is the story of a young woman who refuses to accept change in her life. Instead of facing facts, she chooses to look the other way and continue her life as it were. However, the change itself won’t let her. Producer Julie Verstraten Director Julie Verstraten Writer Julie Verstraten Main

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Kinguio

Winner Best Super Short Film The feeling of being alone with everybody written by Charles Bukowski was the main inspiration for this project. That’s when we came across this aquarium in a marginal motel in downtown São Paulo. The fishes swimming in circles while all the people come and go in the hotel have a

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Akuten

Winner My 1st Short film A short film about what it’s like to work in an emergency department at a large hospital in Stockholm. When workload is against one’s own values. Producer, Director Marléne Alpglöd Writer Marléne Alpglöd, Michele Caroline Vollmer Main Casting Michele Caroline Vollmer, Nils Westman, Sabina Khamoshi, Erik Dahlin

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Blue Moon

Winner Best Actor Feature Film A mostly-true story of a man who travels to rural eastern Kentucky to deal with the unexpected death of his estranged father. Producer Matthew Alson Thornbury, Ryan Gully Director, Writer Matthew Alson Thornbury Main Casting TA Taylor, John Orr, Lynette Elliott, Ryan Gully, Terry Sikes, Natalie Williams, Lauryn McCoy, Billy

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T

Winner Best LGBT Film The Indian film industry has mostly portrayed the transgender community in a cliché comic & negative light. In international movies & documentaries, “the world of the Hijras was described as a trans-utopia, where gender differences are celebrated & even revered. What we need to gauge in the depiction is the fact

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10 ROUNDS

Winner My 1st Documentary 10 Rounds is a Documentary about the training of boxer Mike Esteves before his fight for a belt and a national title. For 2 months we followed the physical preparation as well as the daily life of this young boxer, for a French championship title super-bantamweight category. The subject of the

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Musher

Winner Best Feature Documentary Musher peels back the veil behind the bond that four women have between their dogs and the world of sled-dog racing. As each woman prepares for the Copperdog annual race, we reveal intimate insight into the mushing community, devotion to that lifestyle, and how women influence the sport. Producer Anuradha Rana,

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The Jar

Winner Best Short Film Since the family broke in, Emilia has been living alone with her mom. Behind their loving mother-daughter relationship, unspoken darkness is now growing inside the mother. She uses an unorthodox method of dealing with her darkness, which Emilia later discovers. What happens when the unspoken darkness takes over? Will the mother’s

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Locked Inside

Winner COVID-19 FILM Two college students tell their stories about how they have dealt with mental health before and during the pandemic. Along with hearing from a psychologist and a psychiatrist, these four individuals will talk about how Covid-19 has affected mental health using personal experience and professional knowledge. Producer, Director, Writer Munro McLaren Main

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R.O.I.

Winner Best Short Film Faced with a power vacuum, the prodigal daughter of a crime syndicate must stake her moral compass in a bid to seize the throne. Producer ActionCAN Films Executive Producers, Benjamin Blais, John Fleming, Jeff Hanson, Tennille Read Director Benjamin Blais Writer John Fleming Main Casting Tennille Read, Matthew Gouveia, John Fleming, 

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SHASHTHI

Winner Best Drama Shashthi is a short fiction about the struggles of an economically weaker woman to save her son from a medical emergency and about how knowledge under different circumstances changes perceptions. Producer, Director, Writer Jude Peter Damian Main Casting Semmalar Annam

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Malta Calling

Winner Best Short Documentary Film Malta, a tiny island-state in the Mediterranean Sea, has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 2004, and a member of the Schengen area since 21st December 2007. Since then Malta has shifted to become a country of immigration and has seemingly provided a golden gateway for

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Ticketyboo

Winner Best Feature Documentary Film After losing her artist-father to Alzheimer’s, journalist Renée Brack confronts her own fears by undergoing medical experiments as a human lab rat, risking her career & dignity to find out if she too has early signs of the disease. While on this precarious journey with devastating revelations, she discovers wonderful

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Burning

Winner Best Music Video Tackling heavy yet substantive subject matter, the video addresses the issue of domestic abuse faced by many men and women around the world. The video’s protagonist struggles to manage an abusive relationship while trying to maintain her normal life and happiness… Producer, Writer, Director Oscar de Leon Main Casting Tylar Frame

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Empath

Winner Best Cinematography The disappearance of one of her animals leads the young cattle farmer named Sonja to meet a highly intelligent creature from an alien world. Producer Hyung-Guhn “Hugo” Yi Writer, Director Franziska Ida Müller Main Casting Kara Edenberg, Hannah Ruthel

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Mortem

Winner Best Actor Short Film Mortem tells the story of James, a young man in the throes of deep depression. Our story begins as James teeters on the edge, attempting to take his own life. At this point, his perception of reality collapses and we join James on an odyssey through his own psyche en

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The MICRO

Winner Best Feature Film The MICRO is a character-driven, hard-hitting film that examines police misconduct, urban crime, personal responsibility, and race relations. The MICRO looks into the complex worlds of policing, family values (or lack thereof), and civil indifference, examining how they impact our society. Producer, Writer, Director Brian K. Burns Main Casting Curtis Von,

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For I Am Dead

Winner Best LGBT Film In late-1800s Europe, Oscar, a wealthy but lonely middle-aged man who has lived a decadent, extravagant life in a chateau filled with wine, courtesans and opium, confesses love to his gardener Jude before he dies of his excesses. Producer Patricia Delso Lucas, Al Nazemian Director, Writer Patricia Delso Lucas Main Casting

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Taqi

Winner Best Short Documentary The film discusses the story of a known Palestinian graffiti artist, Taqi sateen, a painter from the West Bank, that expresses his frustration towards the occupation, the checkpoints, and the Separation Wall through his paintings and personal life stories. Producer Aleen Shoufani, Elias shoufani. Writer, Director Aleen Shoufani

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CoronaFAUST

Winner COVID-19 FILM Germany in the first lockdown winter. Clubs and theaters are closed. Social and cultural life has dropped below the freezing point.  Warming up for better times, an independent theater group goes on with rehearsals despite strict restrictions. Turning for solace to Goethe’s “Faust” all those involved are bringing their anger, fears, and

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Days and Nights

Winner Best Experimental Short Film Sheena Tang decides to shoot a behind-the-scenes documentary about her husband, a first-time feature film director who is about to storyboard his entire film with storyboard artist, Lawrence. What begins as a documentary gradually shifts into something unexpected… Producer, Writer, Director Sheena Tang Main Casting Sheena Tang, Linq Yim, Lawrence

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Christmas Truce

Winner Best Music Video December 24th, 1914: Late On Christmas Eve, British Expeditionary Force heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing Christmas carols and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Messages began to be shouted between the trenches… Producer Viktor Kristof, Writer David Kocar, Par Sundstrom, Director David Kocar Main

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literature, music, and films are my absolute passion. Øivind Klungseth Zahlsen

Would you like to share your profile details with our readers? such as your educational background, birth city, and country, etc? I’m a Norwegian, born in Narvik. After living for 10 years abroad, I’m presently back in Norway finishing a Ph.D. I’m also enrolled at the institute for film science and art history at NTNU

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