2022 WINNERS

SEASON 1


Best Short Film Video

I'm Phil

Director Bill Thibeault (United States)

Best Feature film

D|S°DANCE film

Director Karen Bößer, Dirk Dietrich Hennig (Germany)

Best Animation Short Film

Bright Future Film

Director Darko Antic (Serbia)

Best Art Short Film

My Mom Wants to Kill Me

shuojia chen (United States)

Best Documentary Short

The Game

Andreas Haubjerg (Denmark)

Best Drama Short Film

We are Champions

Danjin Malinovic, Rex Brådhe, Michaela Hennig (Sweden)

Best Experimental film

Frames of July

Goutam Rachiraju (India)

Best Horror Short Film

My Mom Wants to Kill Me

Director shuojia chen (United States)

Best Indie Short Film

Serge

Director Tristan Guignard (France)

Best Low Budget Short Film

JUST A LITTLE

Director Hanna Gruber (Austria)

Best Make Up

My Mom Wants to Kill Me

shuojia chen (United States)

Best Music Video

Gravity

Director Tone Davies (United States)

Best Sound Design

The Fruit of an Autumn Tree

Director Divya Sachdeva (India)

Best Student Short Film

My Mom Wants to Kill Me

shuojia chen (United States)

Best Cinematography

Birthday

Mojtaba Mirshekari (United States)

Best Trailer

The Golden Acorn

Maciej Osuch (United Kingdom)

Best VFX

Michael Vodden

March of the Potguins (United Kingdom)

BEST DIRECTOR

One Night in Flanders

Paul Darroch

HONORABLE MENTION

dystopia - by bellopropello (Switzerland)

HAVENS - RIFUGI - by ELENA GRIGGIO (Italy)

Hold In - by Lee Fitzjames (United States)

My Today’s Noose - by Anna Gabriel (Russian Federation)

Surviving LA - by Armen Pogosyan (United States)

 

SEASON 2


BEST SHORT FILM VIDEO

Menarche

Directed by: Pruthvi Kunigal (India)

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

The Cost of Denial

Directed by: Huw Christi (United States)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Wanna Taste You Tonight

Directed by: Daniel Prypchan (Australia)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

Tierra del Fuego

Directed by: Oleksandr Lozytskyi (Ukraine)

BEST LOW BUDGET

THE FERRYMAN

Directed by: Emma Fraser (United Kingdom)

BEST TRAILER

The Seeker

Directed by: Rassoul Edji (United Kingdom)

BEST ACTION FILM

Liability

Directed by: Laura Jean Bransky (United States)

BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM

The Author

Directed by: Luiz Máximo (Brazil)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

The locked door

Directed by: Dmitry Badera (Ukraine)

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM

Worth Fighting For

Directed by: Mike Sarcinelli (United States)

BEST ACTOR

Worth Fighting For

Directed by: Mike Sarcinelli (United States)

BEST PRODUCTION

Hat Shop

Directed by: Stevie Stedman (United Kingdom)

BEST VFX

Sweet Heart

Directed by: Liam Mann, Shenaaz Suliman (United Kingdom) 

HONORABLE MENTION

I Bet, Director Bill Thibeault (United States)

I Loved Her First, Director Braydon langford (Canada)

Mysteries of the World of Worlds, Director Andrzej Dudziński (Poland)

Argent Glass (feat. Char), Director Katsuyuki Nakanishi

Russell, Director Scott Middleton (United Kingdom)

 

SEASON 3


BEST SHORT FILM VIDEO

On the red carpet of our end

Directed by: Mina Petrović (Serbia)

BEST FEATURET FILM

Beloved son

Directed by: Yekaterina Rogova (Czech Republic)

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

The Dutch Heart

Directed by: Mayer Béla (Hungary)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

SABATON - Christmas Truce

Directed by: David Kocar (Czech Republic)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

Nan Wu

Directed by: Dai Shi (China)

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

The Balloon Girl

Directed by: Ruben ` Joseph Scott (Canada)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

On the red carpet of our end

Directed by: Mina Petrović (Serbia)

BEST TRAILER

Hannibelle

Directed by: Alexander Maynard (United Kingdom)

BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM

cupid is not a terrorist

Directed by: bellopropello (Switzerland)

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM

Hector heat stroke

Dierected by: MICKE (France)

BEST ACTOR *

The One You cannot Escape from

Directed by: Mariia Ivanova (Russian Federation)

BEST PRODUCTION

The Wanderer

Directed by: Chiyoko Coyte (United Kingdom)

BEST MAKE UP

STOKER

Directed by: Alessandro Onorato (Italy) 

HONORABLE MENTION

The Long Cold Winter, Directed by: Peter Sterling (United States)

Today I wrote nothing, Directed by: Keith Sargent (United Kingdom)

We Stay Here Directed by: Vinit Parmar (Germany)

A Broken Man, Directed by: Leonidas Gioldasis (Australia)

Far Away Man, Directed by: William (Wil) Bryant Allen (Australia)

 

SEASON 4


BEST SHORT FILM

Ukraine on Fire

Director: Harald Franklin (Ukraine)

BEST STUDENT FILM

Desolation

Director: Tom Clancy, Zaid Sater

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

The Eyebrow is the Mustache of the Eye

Director: Alexandre Dacosta (Brazil)

BEST LOW BUDGET

Coffee

Director: Rick Shepherd (United States)

BEST ACTOR

The Victim

Director: Daniel Astrab, Actor: Dávid Popovič (Slovakia)

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM

Zombie Resurrection

Director: Brad Prime (United States)

BEST DANCE SHORT FILM

Genesis

Director: Dariusz Mrowiec

BEST DOCUMENTARY

BULLY

Director: Alejandro Mendoza Llopis (United States)

BEST PRODUCTION

Stellar Rescue

Director: Anthony Sarmiento

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

tell me

Director ivan savino

BEST ACTION FILM

The Hit

Director: Shant Zadouri (United States)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL

Change of Course

Director: Andreas Ortner (Austria)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

In the Dark

Director: Roman Duneshenko (Russian Federation)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

Fairy Tale Country

Director: Cem Arslan (Germany)

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM

the first 8 weeks after the last 8 years

Director: Marion Brogyanyi (Austria)

BEST DIRECTOR

The last goodbye

Director: Juan Antonio Chavero Briones (Spain)

BEST ACTRESS

Poison

By: Corey Davis (United States)

BEST TRAILER

The Leaching

Director: Lee Caller (United Kingdom)

BEST VFX

Gnaughty Gnomes

Director: Antonia Palmer (United Kingdom)

BEST TEASER

The Cavern

Director: Victor Mallo (Spain)

BEST POSTER

Hope poster

by: Roxanne Wright (Canada)

HONORABLE MENTION

Cod'ine, Director: Sasha Travis (United States)

Emerging from the Shadows, Director: Mark Stas (Belgium)

Terms of Service, Director: Christopher Rivers (United States)

Völkerball 42, Director: Samuel Heigl, (Germany)

Midnight, Director: Daniel Lewis Wilson (United Kingdom)

Poison, Director: Corey Davis (United States)

 

SEASON 5


BEST SHORT FILM VIDEO

Man and an old mill

Directed by: Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen, (Finland)

BEST SHOCK AWARD

And then, the silence

Directed by: Lucas Trochet, (France)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

1939

Directed by: Zsolt Magyari, Claudia Benkő, (Hungary)

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

The Exile of the Sea

Directed by: Mauricio Brunetti, (Colombia)

BEST FEATURE FILM

Deja Vu

Directed by: Anna Morawska, Astrid Davtian, (Netherlands)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Showbiz

Directed by: Brian Johnson, (United Kingdom)

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

I'm The Man

Directed by: Clarence Williams IV, (United States)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The people's House

Directed by: Libby Roberts, Autumn Afton, Ella Rowland, (United States)

BEST MOBILE PHONE SHORT FILM

Lockdown

Directed by: Alex Dridger, (Germany)

BEST LOW BUDGET

A Warm Spring's Night

Directed by: Domenico Saverni, (Italy)

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM

ESSENCE ON TIME FRAMES

Directed by: Luis Dias, (Portugal)

BEST ENVIROMENTAL SHORT FILM

The Soul of Sicily

Directed by: Margie Raimondo, (United States)

BEST EDITING

Ariane

Directed by: Emeric Gallego, (France)

BEST PRODUCTION

Threaded Together

Directed by: Shauna Ludgate, (United Kingdom)

BEST ACTION SHORT FILM

Emerging from the Shadows

Directed by: Mark Stas, (Belgium)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Silent

Directed by: Ariana Graph, Ana Roza Cimperman, (Slovenia)

BEST ART SHORT FILM

OVERLOAD

Directed by: Demmi, (United Kingdom)

BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM

Orange

Directed by: Vinicius Bellemo, (Italy)

BEST LGBT SHORT FILM

WAITING FOR NOTHINGNESS

Directed by: LINKUN LI, (China)

BEST SCIFY SHORT FILM

I, Plinius

Directed by: Paul Darroch, (United Kingdom)

BEST DANCE SHORT FILM

Behind the Face of a Rock, Throwing Stones

Directed by: Surface Area Dance Theatre, Bim Ajadi (unspeced)

BEST ACTOR

SHIVA

Submitted by: Rex Dane, (United States)

BEST ACTRESS

DONNE SENZA UOMINI (Women Without Man)

Directed by: Luca Grazioli, (Italy)

BEST COSTUME

Nothing To It

Directed by: Barbara Spevack, (United Kingdom)

BEST VFX

BoxBots

Directed by: Jordan Coles, Ross Green, (United Kingdom)

BEST MAKE UP

Nothing To It

Directed by: Barbara Spevack, (United Kingdom)

BEST TRAILER

Giles & Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament

Directed by: Toby Haslam (United Kingdom)

BEST TEASER

SHIVA

Submitted by: Rex Dane, (United States)

BEST POSTER

WHITE CROW

Submitted by: Stanislav Domanský, (Czech Republic)

 

HONORABLE MENTION

Now What?, Directed by: Liam MacDonald, (Canada)

The Magician, Directed by: Sarah-jane Potts, (United Kingdom)

Deluge Day, Directed by: Marc Linnhoff, (Columbia)

Seven Thousand Souls, Directed by: Sanjin Miric, (Czech Republic)

T3-Wrt (Taweret), Directed by: Mina Soliman (Canada)

CARE, Directed by: Joseph Millson, (United Kingdom)

13 Amsterdam Street, Directed by: Olivier Lopes Barros (France)

 

SEASON 6


BEST SHORT FILM

Departure

Directed by: Tanguy Pochoy (France)

BEST LOW BUDGET

Cardio

Directed by: Petr Cerny (Czech Republic)

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Expedition On 3 Rivers

Directed by Irfan Alijagić, Ervin Duratović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Sentient

Directed by: Natasha Beste (United States)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

What is Dance

Directed by: Jerry Monty Wilson (United States)

BEST STUDENT VIDEO

First Snow

Directed by: Anton Sytnik (Ukraine)

BEST MOBILE PHONE SHORT FILM

STEVEN

Directed by: Jakub Varinský (Slovakia)

BEST ART SHORT FILM

Spiral Shifting

Directed by: Cihan Abdal (Turkey)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

Julia

Directed by: Víctor Muñoz (Spain)

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM

INTERNO 5

Directed by: Siddhartha Prestinari (Italy)

BEST DANCE SHORT FILM

once upon a common ground

Directed by: Anja Neukomm, Laetitia Kohler, Naomi Kamihigashi (Switzerland)

BEST ACTOR

Milan

Directed by: Jakub Raček (Canada)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Blind Turn

Directed by: Isabel Dickson (Australia)

BEST EDITING

Blind Turn

Directed by: Isabel Dickson (Australia)

BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM

Papercut

Directed by: Giorgos Konstantinou (United Kingdom)

BEST VFX

Precursor

Directed by: Marco Castiglione (Italy)

BEST PRODUCTION

Over Under

Directed by: Lucy Harris (United Kingdom)

BEST DRONE SHOTS

Borderlands | A visual ode to Southern New Mexico

Directed by: Kevin Mannens (United States)

BEST FEATURE FILM

Doors

Directed by: Abhineet Gogne (India)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Doing is everything

Directed by: Petr Cerny (Czech Republic)

BEST LGBT FILM

Communication

Directed by: JIAQI Liu (China)

BEST HORROR FILM

Enter the Room

Directed by: Harry Waldman (United States)

BEST SCI-FI

V

Directed by: Silvano Perozic (Croatia)
BEST DIRECTOR

Julia

Directed by: Víctor Muñoz (Spain)

BEST ACTRESS

Julia

Directed by: Víctor Muñoz (Spain)

BEST TEASER

I Know A Stranger

Directed by: Carlos Leos (United States)

BEST TRAILER

Street Ratz

Directed by: Austin Hill (United Kingdom) 

SPECIAL AWARD

Square of Miracles and Leaning Tower of Pisa

Directed by: Daniele Dini (Italy)

Wednesday's Child

Directed by Katreeva Phillips (United States)

Rybár (The Fisher)

Directed by Marek Tomajka (Slovakia) 

HONORABLE MENTION

A Carousel in the Rain, Directed by: Jaro Jääskeläinen (Finland)

A Solitude Quartet, Submitted by: Kuo-Hao Li

Acquaintance, Directed by: Vitalii Ermakov (Russian Federation)

In A Box, Directed by: Liam MacDonald (Canada)

Giù le mani da Paperino - don't touch Donald Duck, Directed by: Alessandro Bonolis, Pier Francesco Bonolis (Italy)

Omnipotent Resolution, Directed by: Uniqueness,

A Refugee's Guide to Rome, Directed by: Ted Efremoff (United States)

Contract, Directed by: Draško Prašnički (Croathia)

Handkerchief Hero, Directed by Bas van der Ham (Netherlands)

iCare, Directed by Bruno Urzi (United Kingdom)

Some like it silence, Directed by Shufan Li, (China)

After The Death, Directed by Issara Maneewat (Thailand)