JUNE 2022

FINALISTS

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Aller Simple by Jan Amor and Jeanne Lorne
Buffalo by the Sea by Kaichen Cai
Exhausted by Chenguang Xie
Fright Shift by Tim Dane Reid
Guan C·X8129 by Yizhi Lin
Hole by Siligeng
Homo Ignarus by Joshua Scattergood
Life Agreement by Lu Li
Minutiae: The Details Of Life by Tiemo Weidemann
Monster Heart by Priyanga Burford
Napoleon by Holly Joyce
Pay Iy by Yifeng Florian Ling
Somnus by Owen David Solomon
South Bridge by Darko Silajdzic
The Boots Unworn by Anna Kishko
The Madness Store by Alex Guéry
This Is Not a Coming Out Story by Mark Felix Ebreo
Time is Time by Xiangjing Li
We Are by Gregory Sankara
Witness by Ali Asgari



BEST FEATURE FILM

 

7 7 by Johnny Kalangis
Fading Away by Tian Lan
Paper Man by Motae Ki
Portrait of a Woman in a Landscape by Andrea Laquidara
Void by Vaibhav Gattani
When Time Got Louder by Connie Cocchia



BEST SHORT DOC

 

30 Years of Decadence: The Defeat of Falun Gong and the Undercurrents of the Remaining Forces by Tony Robert
Bloody Tradition: Agree to Disagree by Jitse de Graaf and Martijn Kramer
Happy Independence Day by Ville Ilmari Seppänen
My Right to Sex by Angela Tullio Cataldo
The Story of Mama Butterfly by Yuqian Cao



BEST FEATURE DOC

 

100 Cans by Mazen Al Khayrat
Bella Ciao, Song of Rebellion by Andrea Karena Vogt
Girls! GO! by Xiaolan Xu
Wilde Zeiten: No mask no party by Patrick Protz and Dennis Groß



BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Alessandro D’Alessandro feat. Elio & David Riondino – Tiritera Delle Canzoni Che Volano by Gianluca Abbate and Alessandro D’Alessandro
Archie Brown – Reality by Tom Fuller
Besties by Ada Napiorkowski and Kaido Strange
Bolero Station by Rolf Brönnimann
Of the Waiting by Adriano Vessichelli



BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Cycle Of Violence: ERIK by Austin Koncerak and Chris Herrera
Ripple in the Mirror by Oren Kaya Dayan
Rudolf Duala Manga Bell: A German Story by Henrik Langsdorf
Saint-Désir l’Exil by Natacha Nisic
Tunnel Vision by Lara Marlies Rabitsch



BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Alessandro D’Alessandro feat. Elio & David Riondino – Tiritera Delle Canzoni Che Volano by Gianluca Abbate and Alessandro D’Alessandro
Archie Brown – Reality by Tom Fuller
Neontenic – 6000 Levels by Simone Grazzi
Palindrome – First Time by Fabio Giavara and Samir Fennane
The Duo – What is Love? by Ari Takahashi



BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

A Night In by Eduardo Olmos, Connor Tyler Gray
High Surge by Rick Shepherd 
La Giostra by Eleonora Puglia 
Roadside by Alessandro Russo

BEST FEATURE/TV SCREENPLAY

 

Blood and Salt by Justin Moodie
Fifteen Times a Killer by Steve Crawshaw
Hello Cello by Felicity Bolitho 
The Cavaliere by Matthew Habibeh 
The Comedian by Matthew C. Clark
 
The Ideal Traits of a Hunting Dog by Loren A. Armstrong 
This Is Love by Justin Jerreau
 
The Silent Act by Isaac Ballesteros Barba

BEST WEB-SERIE / TV PILOT

 

Lizzy’s Plan: 3 Peas in a Podcast by Jeremy Mowery
Off Guard by Emile Rizk
The Chambers: In God We Trust by Sura Khan