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    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    • Winner
      • Winston Jose(CINEMATOGRAPHER)

    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Jiju Nair
      • Fall
    • Marcel Iures
      Winner
      • Marcel Iures
      • Octav
      Oblique Media Film
    • Michael Hamilton Jr.
      Winner
      • Michael Hamilton Jr.
      • Quintessential: The Movie
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Actress

    • Tal Chatterjee
      Winner
      • Tal Chatterjee
      • Stalk Her
    • Winner
      • Alex Retzer
      • Team Teenettes
    • Lioness TeLaine
      Winner
      • Lioness TeLaine
      • Quintessential: The Movie
      Empire Thang Films

    Best American Short Film

    • [object Object]
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      Revelationz

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
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      True Center

      Ashley Karp
    • [object Object]
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      Drawing Home

      6.3 (61)
      Patrick McLaughlin
      M.Y.R.A. Entertainment
    • [object Object]
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      Once More

      9.9 (19)
      Yang Shao(cinematographer)
    • [object Object]
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      Fall

      8.5 (14)
      Vigiel Bose(director of photography)
      Three Eye Visuals, a Simplaso Division

    Best Debut Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
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      Schlaflos

      Christian Ludwig(director)

    Best Director

    • Sammie Johnson
      Winner
      • Sammie Johnson
      • Quintessential: The Movie
      Empire Thang Films
    • David Tittone
      • David Tittone
      • Top Coat Cash
      Paradise Lost Films

    Best Director - June

    • Davide Melini
      Winner
      • Davide Melini
      • Lion

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
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      Word from a Gamer

      6.5 (252)
      Steve Wollett(Director)
      Nerd Rage News

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
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      Green Lake

      6.7 (13)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
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      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Editor

    • [object Object]
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      Fall

      8.5 (14)
      Vigiel Bose(director)
      Three Eye Visuals, a Simplaso Division

    Best Film / Video Poster

    • [object Object]
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      Schlaflos

      Lucas Scheppe(photography)
      Oliver Theurich(design)

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
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      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Matt Amadio
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
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      Caducea

      7.5 (28)
      Christophe Mavroudis(director)
    • [object Object]
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      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Brandon Watson
      Tjuan Paul Howard
      Timothy Rollings
      Adrian Harris
      Steven Williams
      Bryson McCollister
      Tracy Hurndon
      Empire Thang Films
    • [object Object]
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      Saved by Grace

      Mark Slater
      MLM Film Productions

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
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      Professor T and the East Side Shredders: Pangea

      Derek Frey
      Valery Richardson
      Trever Veilleux
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Katie Garibaldi: Unhappy Holiday

      Katie Garibaldi(Songwriter)

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]
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      Octav

      6.7 (725)
      Adela Vrinceanu Celebidachi
      Oblique Media Film
    • [object Object]
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      Nothing Behind

      Zhang Chunguang(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Schlaflos

      David Theurich(producer)
      Oliver Theurich(producer)
      David & Oliver Theurich Filmproduktion

    Best Short Film

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      Weerzienwekkend

      8.4 (12)
      Wim Bax(director)
      Wouter Springer(director)
    • [object Object]
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      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
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      Revelationz

      Lawrence Whitener(Director)
      DOG-e The Movie
    • [object Object]
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      The Present and the Passed

      Grace McAlister
      Marsha Hovey
      Teresa Langley
      David L. Schormann
      Ginni Son
      Vijay Mohan Babu
      Dave Snow
      Gabe Martinez
      Priyanka Singh
      Chuck McCarns
    • [object Object]
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      Raw Days

      8.3 (8)
      Shailendra Singh(Director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Le linceul

      Marie Vandelannoote(director)

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Keanna Robison
      • Quintessential: The Movie
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Travel Film - June

    • [object Object]
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      Namibia

      Matthieu Vinel(director)
      Crea Nostra

    Best Young Filmmaker

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      Stalk Her

      8.1 (13)
      Ben Carter

    Cinematography

    • [object Object]
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      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Debut Film

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      The Secret of Happiness

      7.6 (1.2K)
      Vlad Zamfirescu(director)
      Movie Production Entertainment

    Debut Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sergiu Celibidache's Garden

      8.8 (85)
      Serge Ioan Celebidachi(director)
    • [object Object]

      Saved by Grace

      Brandan Haskell
      Legion Films
      MLM Film Productions

    Direction

    • [object Object]
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      9.8 m/s²

      6.6 (19)
      Michael Vaynberg(director)
      New Stage Cinema
      Prema Productions

    Documentary Film

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      Destinies

      Cristina Dobritoiu(director)
      Titi Radoaie(director)
      Movie Production Entertainment
      Oblique Media Film

    Documentary Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Murder on the Reef

      8.6 (37)
      Allen Dobrovolsky(director)
    • Winner

      Devadasi_NOW

      Indrani Nayar-Gall(director)

    Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife

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      Winner

      Plant Codes, Unleashing Nature's Healing Power

      Gary Null(director)

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Turtle and the Sea

      6.2 (55)
      Marek Budzynski
      Turtle And The Sea

    Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sergiu Celibidache's Garden

      8.8 (85)
      Serge Ioan Celebidachi(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gab

      8.0 (7)
      Gazanfer Biricik(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Betty Williams: Contagious Courage

      7.8 (19)
      Dawn Gifford Engle(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Srijamyaham

      Ankit Anand
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Heartthrob

      8.9 (13)
      Gazanfer Biricik(director)
      La Vie Parigo
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Caducea

      7.5 (28)
      Christophe Mavroudis(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Saved by Grace

      Brandan Haskell
      Mattie Moore
      Colin Hohman
      MLM Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      9.8 m/s²

      6.6 (19)
      Michael Vaynberg(producer)
      New Stage Cinema
      Prema Productions

    Short film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dushchakra: Vicious Circle

      Ashutosh Jha(DIRECTOR)

    Student Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dumka

      Shijun Lin(director)

    Trailer/Teaser

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Last Breach

      7.8 (13)
      Christos Filippou(director)

    Travel Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Namibia

      Matthieu Vinel(director)

    Women's Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hushed

      Davina Hader
      Megan Macneil Hutton

    Best Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]

      Top Coat Cash

      3.9 (840)
      David Tittone
      Paradise Lost Films

    Best Short Script

    • [object Object]

      Breaking the Legacy

      Lea Ann Vandygriff

    Bronze Award

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    Best Actress

    • Valery Nuttall on the set of HERE WITH ME.
      Winner
      • Valery Richardson
      • Green Lake
      Lazer Film Productions
    • Winner
      • Alessia Tofan
      • Octav
      Oblique Media Film

    Best Actress - June

    • Winner
      • Tania Mercader
      • Lion

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Green Lake

      6.7 (13)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions

    Best Debut Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lost But Found

      Kartikay d Pawar(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Baokchambab

      Manish Sharma(director)
      Two Bro Productions.
      Baokchambab
    • [object Object]

      Baokchambab

      Manish Sharma(director)
      Two Bro Productions.
      Baokchambab

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Feel the rhythm

      Rahel T. Yohannes
      Fulllife7 Films Limited

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Octav

      6.7 (725)
      Vladimir Cosma
      Oblique Media Film

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pretty Little Bubbles

      10 (6)
      Mickey Cornwell

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fall

      8.5 (14)
      Vigiel Bose(producer)
      Three Eye Visuals, a Simplaso Division
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jack

      Lidia Napoli(producer)
      Daniele Nicolosi(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Schlaflos

      Christian Ludwig(director/writer)
      David Theurich(producer)
      Oliver Theurich(producer)
      David & Oliver Theurich Filmproduktion
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Definitely Soy

      9.6 (13)
      George Zouvelos(Executive Producer, actor, producer)
      Ruben Zaccaroni(Director, producer, writer)
      Bella Finn(Cinematoggrapher)
      Andrew Karpan(Producer, editor)
      Argo Studio
      Fiat Lux Studios NYC Genetheto Phos
      Fiat Lux Studios
      Winners
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Wolves

      Shane Morrisun
    • [object Object]

      Fall

      8.5 (14)
      Vigiel Bose(Director)
      Three Eye Visuals, a Simplaso Division
    • [object Object]

      310804

      Martin Jesus Kozlowski

    Best Silent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Adhura

      Abhijit Sinha(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Adhura

      Abhijit Sinha(director)

    Best actor

    • Lee Wakefield
      Winner
      • Lee Wakefield(#4637)
      • Pretty Little Bubbles

    Mobile Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Super Cut Free Way

      8.8 (6)
      Vasco Diogo

    Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Miscreant

      6.4 (284)
      Rocky Ramsey(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Trapped

      Mohamed Maged Abdalmeged(director)
      New York Film Academy at Universal Studios
    • [object Object]

      Before We Left

      9.0 (9)
      Arjun Sarabhai Verma(producer)

    Short film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Stay

      Yuntong Peng(Director)
      Norwood productions

    Student Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bike Path

      Tom Hartig(director)

    Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Vision

      Rick Wang(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wakey Wakey

      4.7 (125)
      Adrian Goodman

    February Monthly Edition

    • [object Object]

      Real Love

      Robert L. Butler Jr.(actor, writer, producer, director)
    • [object Object]

      Real Love

      Robert L. Butler Jr.(actor, writer, producer, director)

    Gold Award

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    Animated Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Expend

      7.2 (5)
      Bismark Fernandes(director)

    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tanguito Argentino

      8.2 (22)
      Joaquin Braga(director)

    BEST DIRECTOR

    • Winner
      • Ashutosh Jha(DIRECTOR)
      • A Bitter Pill

    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Zhang Chunguang(director)
      • Nothing Behind
    • David Tittone
      Winner
      • David Tittone
      • Top Coat Cash
      Paradise Lost Films
    • David Tittone
      Winner
      • David Tittone(director)
      • Top Coat Cash
    • Kshitij Sharma at an event for Kaalchakra (2016)
      Winner
      • Kshitij Sharma
      • Devil (Maupassant's Le Diable)
      Cineddiction Films
    • Winner
      • Alastair Osment
      • A Note to Self
    • Winner
      • Spencer Trinwith
      • Saved by Grace
      Legion Films
      MLM Film Productions
    • George Zouvelos
      Winner
      • George Zouvelos(actor)
      • Definitely Soy
      Argo Studio
      Fiat Lux Studios NYC Genetheto Phos
      Fiat Lux Studios
      Joint winners

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Akash Goila(director)
      • Dum Dum Dumroo
    • Sindhu Nair
      Winner
      • Sindhu Nair(actress)
      • Fall
    • Sanaya Irani
      Winner
      • Sanaya Irani
      • Dum Dum Dumroo
    • Winner
      • Olivia DiNino
      • Forever & Always
      Coffee Addict Productions
    • Winner
      • Deeya Dey
      • Devil (Maupassant's Le Diable)
      Cineddiction Films
    • Winner
      • Emily Gruhl
      • A Note to Self
    • Barbara Riethe
      Winner
      • Barbara Riethe(actress)
      • 2

    Best Amateur Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Upstate Story

      7.6 (420)
      Shaun Rose
      Charles Trainosky
      West Side Outsiders Film Group

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dystopia

      6.0 (9)
      Bellopropello(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cupid Is Not a Terrorist

      6.3 (7)
      Bellopropello(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Another Day in Paradise

      Bellopropello(director)

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love at the End of Earth

      8.4 (35)
      Evan Morton(cinematographer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Professor T and the East Side Shredders: Pangea

      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2

      5.5 (14)
      Guilherme Ribeiro(cinematographer)

    Best Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2

      5.5 (14)
      Marcelo Presotto(director)

    Best Director

    • Evan Morton at Dances with Films
      Winner
      • Evan Morton(director)
      • Love at the End of Earth
    • Winner
      • Uzair Merchant
      • Chasing Lines
      Bkreativ Productions
    • Serge Ioan Celebidachi
      Winner
      • Serge Ioan Celebidachi
      • Octav
      Oblique Media Film
    • Producer Derek Frey attends the Tokyo premiere of DUMBO.
      Winner
      • Derek Frey
      • Kill the Engine
      Lazer Film Productions
    • Firas Sameer
      Winner
      • Firas Sameer(director)
      • Masquerade
      Babylong Gate Films
    • Serge Ioan Celebidachi
      Winner
      • Serge Ioan Celebidachi(director)
      • Celibidache
    • Dawn Gifford Engle
      Winner
      • Dawn Gifford Engle(director)
      • Betty Williams: Contagious Courage
    • Winner
      • Zhang Chunguang(director)
      • Nothing Behind
    • Vigiel Bose
      Winner
      • Vigiel Bose(Director)
      • Fall
      Three Eye Visuals, a Simplaso Division
    • Winner
      • Ashutosh Jha(director)
      • A Bitter Pill
    • Winner
      • Shaun Rose
      • Upstate Story
      West Side Outsiders Film Group
    • Winner
      • Clay Fisher
      • A Note to Self

    Best Drone Film - June

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Namibia

      Matthieu Vinel(director)
      Crea Nostra

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Masquerade

      8.2 (6)
      Firas Sameer(editor)
      Babylong Gate Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Celibidache

      8.5 (33)
      Serge Ioan Celebidachi(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Professor T and the East Side Shredders: Pangea

      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2

      5.5 (14)
      Marcelo Presotto(director)

    Best Fiction Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Agnus Dei

      5.0 (211)
      Agim Sopi(Director and Producer)

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Nurses of Blackchapel

      7.5 (8)
      Richard Paraiso(Director)
      Linda Gegusch(Producer)
      Phantom Columbia
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Singular Garden

      6.6 (5)
      Monica Klemz(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Devil (Maupassant's Le Diable)

      6.1 (24)
      Kshitij Sharma
      Cineddiction Films

    Best Mobile Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hello Mamma

      Abhijit Sinha(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Lines

      8.1 (11)
      Uzair Merchant
      Bkreativ Productions

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nothing Behind

      Zhang Chunguang(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nothing Behind

      Zhang Chunguang(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Srijamyaham

      Soumitra Raut
      Dhruv Gandhi
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Upstate Story

      7.6 (420)
      Jacob W. Veitch
      West Side Outsiders Film Group

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      God Came 'Round

      6.5 (14)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Emoji Song

      Ben Rauch
      Adam Volerich
      Peter Paris
      Robert Taylor Jr.
      Christina Bianco
      Forward, Up and Away

    Best Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Octav

      6.7 (725)
      Adela Vrinceanu Celebidachi
      Oblique Media Film

    Best Performing Arts

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Professor T and the East Side Shredders: Pangea

      Derek Frey
      Valery Richardson
      Trever Veilleux
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Photography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Celibidache

      8.5 (33)
      Serge Ioan Celebidachi(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Top Coat Cash

      3.9 (840)
      David Tittone(producer)
      David Torre(producer)
      Staci Klinginsmith(producer)
      Larry Parrish(producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Josephus Sanders III
      Lioness TeLaine

    Best Production - June

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lion

      7.8 (38)
      Fabel Aguilera
      LV Hair

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Construct

      6.0 (27)
      Colin Aguiar
      Kevin Margo

    Best Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Askin' for It

      Kerry Gamberg(director)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love at the End of Earth

      8.4 (35)
      Evan Morton(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Lines

      8.1 (11)
      Uzair Merchant
      Bkreativ Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Green Lake

      6.7 (13)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Masquerade

      8.2 (6)
      Firas Sameer(producer)
      Babylong Gate Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tragic Consequence

      Joseph Villapaz
      Mantis Eagle Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Note to Self

      Clay Fisher(director)
      Gonzalo Cappielli(writer)
      Emily Gruhl(actor)
      Alastair Osment(actor)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Banoffee Pie

      9.0 (11)
      Inderjit Bansel(director/ producer)
      Dhruva Bansal(assistant director)
      Front Foot Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bitch, Popcorn & Blood

      6.9 (72)
      Fabio Soares(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Crush

      Kerry Gamberg(director)

    Best Short Film - June

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lion

      7.8 (38)
      Davide Melini
      Fabel Aguilera

    Best Short Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fifteen Year Proposal

      Lea Ann Vandygriff

    Best Silent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Masquerade

      8.2 (6)
      Firas Sameer(director)
      Babylong Gate Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Schlaflos

      Christian Ludwig(director/writer)
      Oliver Theurich(producer)
      David Theurich(producer)
      David & Oliver Theurich Filmproduktion

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Team Teenettes

      Evan Matthiesen

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Beautiful Dawn

      6.6 (13)
      Ahmed Ferchichi
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Hesitant Man

      Pierre Sabrou

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Jason Jessepe
      Winner
      • Jason Jessepe
      • Top Coat Cash
      Paradise Lost Films
    • Josephus Sanders III in After Quarentine (2023)
      Winner
      • Josephus Sanders III
      • Quintessential: The Movie
      Empire Thang Films
    • Winner
      • Praveen Kumar(actor)
      • Fall

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Headshot
      Winner
      • Rose Hough
      • Team Teenettes
    • Winner
      • Marie Cornwell
      • Pretty Little Bubbles

    Best Trailer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Lines

      8.1 (11)
      Uzair Merchant
      Bkreativ Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      MMA: Never Surrender

      7.8 (8)
      Gerald J. Godbout III(editor, director)
      Dennis E. Jusino(producer)
      Godbout Entertainment
      Jusino Production

    Best Treatment

    • Winner

      Shiva

      Neel Baker

    Best VFX

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Team Teenettes

      Brian Morelan
      Barry Jesse Smith

    Best VFX Artist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Video Poster

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Web Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grimoire Chapters

      7.4 (10)
      Michael Davis
      Scream1210 Productions

    Best Women's Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Crush

      Kerry Gamberg(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Askin' for It

      Kerry Gamberg(director)

    Debut Filmmake

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Dear Wife

      7.0 (10)
      Chandan Kumar(director)

    Debut Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marilyn Lights

      9.6 (5)
      Tanmay Singh(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      D.A.T.E

      Sai Deodhar(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Destinies

      Cristina Dobritoiu(director)
      Titi Radoaie(director)
      Movie Production Entertainment
      Oblique Media Film
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bunny

      Ruochen Zhao(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Swapnarajyam

      6.7 (33)
      Ranji Vijayan
      31 Woodside Road Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life, in a day!

      Aniket Rumde(director)

    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Urine Aid

      6.9 (36)
      Steven Williams(director)
      Tanzeal Rahim(producer)
      Media Collective

    Documentary Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Murder on the Reef

      8.6 (37)
      Allen Dobrovolsky
      Alex Fitzwater
      AESA Films

    Drone Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Namibia

      Matthieu Vinel(Matthieu Vinel)

    Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      9.8 m/s²

      6.6 (19)
      Michael Vaynberg(editor)
      New Stage Cinema
      Prema Productions

    Experimental Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La storia di Sonia

      8.3 (10)
      Lorenzo Guarnieri

    Feature Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Alliance

      5.5 (53)
      Robert L. Butler Jr.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Alliance

      5.5 (53)
      Robert L. Butler Jr.

    February Monthly Edition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      We Need to Talk

      8.4 (11)
      Robert L. Butler Jr.(actor, writer, producer, director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      We Need to Talk

      8.4 (11)
      Robert L. Butler Jr.(actor, writer, producer, director)

    Film On Religion

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Srijamyaham

      Ankit Anand

    Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife

    • Winner

      Saving the Planet; One Bite at a Time

      Gary Null(director)

    Film on Women

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Aakashee Pullover

      5.7 (10)
      Orpheus Mukhoty(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kharam

      Jose de Jesus(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life, in a day!

      Aniket Rumde(director)

    Horror/Science Fiction/Genre Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jasper

      7.2 (14)
      Julien Nicaud

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Drawing Home

      6.3 (61)
      Margarethe Baillou
      Allan Neuwirth
      M.Y.R.A. Entertainment

    Narrative Features

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Agnus Dei

      5.0 (211)
      Agim Sopi(director)

    One Minute Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cut Off

      Ryan Cauchi
      Photosynthesis Films

    Pilot

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning

      8.0 (18)
      Alain Bidard
      PAGOD Films

    Post-modern Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birthday Adjustment Disorder

      Jed Malone(director)

    Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ainhoa

      6.3 (52)
      Iván Sáinz-Pardo(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ageless

      Manthan Kanani(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      For It Is Written

      8.0 (17)
      Daniel Ståhl

    Short Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breathe

      Christian Pavlik

    Short film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Bitter Pill

      8.9 (10)
      Ashutosh Jha

    Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Coping Mechanism

      9.1 (11)
      Sean Leonard Roberts
      Winner in the March competition of 2018.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bunny

      Ruochen Zhao(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ça va sans dire

      7.2 (6)
      Pierre Sabrou

    Teaser/Trailer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Angels Never Cry

      5.4 (51)
      Lok Kwan Woo
      Error 404 Productions
      Seven Look Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      MANipulation (teaser)

      Lok Kwan Woo
      Error 404 Productions
      Seven Look Productions

    Trailer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Impuratus

      4.5 (845)
      Mike Yurinko
      Guy Quigley
      Screengage
      ThunderSmoke Media

    Trailer/Teaser

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Angels Never Cry

      5.4 (51)
      Lok Kwan Woo(director)

    Web and New Media

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      After The Revolution

      Lok Kwan Woo
      Seven Look Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Harmless

      Vishesh Mankal
      Short Film Category

    Honorable Mention

    Edit

    BEST ACTRESS

    • Puja Jha
      Winner
      • Puja Jha(ACTRESS)
      • A Bitter Pill

    Best Actor

    • Deep Roy
      Winner
      • Deep Roy
      • God Came 'Round
      Lazer Film Productions
    • JOdy Quigley: Impuratus
      • Jody Quigley
      • Impuratus
      Screengage
      ThunderSmoke Media

    Best Actor - June

    • Winner
      • Pedro Sánchez
      • Lion

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions

    Best Debut Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • James Garrett
      • Pretty Little Bubbles

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grimoire Chapters

      7.4 (10)
      Michael Davis
      Scream1210 Productions

    Best Feature Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shadow's Light

      Serge Ioan Celebidachi
      James Olivier
      Oblique Media Film

    Best Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grimoire Chapters

      7.4 (10)
      Brandon Boone
      Scream1210 Productions

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Green Lake

      6.7 (13)
      Matthew Reid
      Lazer Film Productions

    Best Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kissy Cousins Monster Babies (Director's Cut)

      Wayne Keeley(director)
      Stephanie Lyons-Keeley(producer)
      Craig Dobson(producer)
      Someday Productions.
      Siberian Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kissy Cousins Monster Babies (Director's Cut)

      Wayne Keeley(director)
      Stephanie Lyons-Keeley(producer)
      Craig Dobson(producer)
      Someday Productions.
      Siberian Films
    • [object Object]

      A Leg Up

      9.4 (7)
      Joe Jennings Jr.(director)

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Octav

      6.7 (725)
      Constantin Fleancu
      Oblique Media Film
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions

    Best Supporting Actor - June

    • Winner
      • Michael Segál
      • Lion

    Best Trailer/Teaser

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Real Love (Trailer/Teaser)

      Robert L. Butler Jr.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Films on Disability Issue

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dunham Deaf Boy

      8.4 (11)
      Ladan Sahraei(director)

    Photography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Miss Universe 2017

      6.8 (40)
      Ricardo Santiago Soto(photographer)
      MultiTalent Management

    Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kissy Cousins Monster Babies (Director's Cut)

      Wayne Keeley(director)

    Short film

    • Winner

      My Home

      Reiji Ooba(director)

    Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bike Path

      Tom Hartig(director)

    Student Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      After the Rayne

      Wasly Castillo(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Resilient

      Aloiz Krisak Soberanes(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kuch Der Aur

      8.7 (44)
      Anurag Kawatra
      Intriguing Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Trapped

      Mohamed Maged Abdalmeged(director)
      New York Film Academy at Universal Studios

    Trailer/Teaser

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Real Love (Trailer/Teaser)

      Robert L. Butler Jr.(director)

    Women's Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Maybe Someday

      5.6 (10)
      Sadie Duarte(director)

    Jury Prize

    Edit

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love at the End of Earth

      8.4 (35)
      Evan Morton
      Evanture Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Octav

      6.7 (725)
      Blasco Giurato
      Oblique Media Film
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2050

      3.8 (1.4K)
      Jared Roybal

    Best Director

    • Evan Morton at Dances with Films
      Winner
      • Evan Morton
      • Love at the End of Earth
      Evanture Films

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love at the End of Earth

      8.4 (35)
      Evan Morton
      Evanture Films

    Best experimental film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The God of Infinity

      Ravi Nimbalkar(director)

    Debut Filmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Octav

      6.7 (725)
      Serge Ioan Celebidachi
      Oblique Media Film

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Octav

      6.7 (725)
      Serge Ioan Celebidachi
      Oblique Media Film

    Golden Galaxy Award

    Edit

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Film/Video Poster

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Performing Arts

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Photography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films
    • [object Object]

      Miss Universe 2017

      6.8 (40)
      Ricardo Santiago Soto
      The Journal for Innovation Corporation

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Agrinoui

      8.9 (25)
      Alexis Chaviaras(Director)
      A. Chaviaras Productions
    • [object Object]

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Television series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning

      8.0 (18)
      Alain Bidard
      PAGOD Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning

      8.0 (18)
      Alain Bidard
      PAGOD Films

    Mobile Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Adhura

      Abhijit Sinha(DIRECTOR)

    Silent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Adhura

      Abhijit Sinha(DIRECTOR)

    Amateur Film

    • [object Object]

      We Need to Talk

      8.4 (11)
      Robert L. Butler Jr.

    Best Actor

      • Jiju Nair(actor)
      • Fall
    • Michael Hamilton Jr.
      • Michael Hamilton Jr.
      • Quintessential: The Movie
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Actress

    • Sindhu Nair
      • Sindhu Nair(actress)
      • Fall
    • Lioness TeLaine
      • Lioness TeLaine
      • Quintessential: The Movie
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Amateur Film

    • [object Object]

      Upstate Story

      7.6 (420)
      Shaun Rose
      Charles Trainosky
      West Side Outsiders Film Group

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]

      Fall

      8.5 (14)
      Vigiel Bose(director of photography)
      Three Eye Visuals, a Simplaso Division
    • [object Object]

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Debut Filmaker

    • [object Object]

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Debut Filmmaker

    • [object Object]

      Lost But Found

      Kartikay d Pawar
    • [object Object]

      We Need to Talk

      8.4 (11)
      Robert L. Butler Jr.

    Best Director

    • Vigiel Bose
      • Vigiel Bose(Director)
      • Fall
      Three Eye Visuals, a Simplaso Division
      • Shaun Rose
      • Upstate Story
      West Side Outsiders Film Group
    • Robert L. Butler Jr.
      • Robert L. Butler Jr.
      • We Need to Talk

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]

      Word from a Gamer

      6.5 (252)
      Steve Wollett(Director)
      Nerd Rage News

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]

      Fall

      8.5 (14)
      Vigiel Bose(editor)
      Three Eye Visuals, a Simplaso Division
    • [object Object]

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Feature Script

    • [object Object]

      The Alliance

      5.5 (53)
      Robert L. Butler Jr.

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]

      Upstate Story

      7.6 (420)
      Jacob W. Veitch
      West Side Outsiders Film Group

    Best Musical Score

    • [object Object]

      As the Earth Turns

      6.4 (207)
      Ed Hartman(composer)
      8th Sense Productions,

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Josephus Sanders III
      Lioness TeLaine
      DeNeidra Harris
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Score

    • [object Object]

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Myldred Lashondra Lee
      Tjuan Paul Howard
      Slim Thug
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Short

    • [object Object]

      Caducea

      7.5 (28)
      Christophe Mavroudis
      Mefamo

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Fall

      8.5 (14)
      Vigiel Bose(producer)
      Three Eye Visuals, a Simplaso Division
    • [object Object]

      Gab

      8.0 (7)
      Gazanfer Biricik(director)
      La Vie Parigo
    • [object Object]

      The Heartthrob

      8.9 (13)
      Gazanfer Biricik(director)
      La Vie Parigo
      Gazanfer BIRICIK From Le Tombeur / The Heartthrob
    • [object Object]

      Revelationz

      Lawrence Whitener(director)
      Kathy Patterson(producer)
      Dan Thorp(producer)
      DOG-e The Movie

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]

      A Beautiful Dawn

      6.6 (13)
      Ahmed Ferchichi
    • [object Object]

      Coping Mechanism

      9.1 (11)
      Sean Leonard Roberts
    • [object Object]

      Straw Man

      Joseph Ford(director)

    Best Supporting Actor

      • Praveen Kumar(actor)
      • Fall
    • Josephus Sanders III in After Quarentine (2023)
      • Josephus Sanders III
      • Quintessential: The Movie
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Supporting Actress

      • Keanna Robison
      • Quintessential: The Movie
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Trailer

    • [object Object]

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Trailer/Teaser

    • [object Object]

      Real Love (Trailer/Teaser)

      Robert L. Butler Jr.

    Best Treatment/Synopsis

    • [object Object]

      Real Love

      Robert L. Butler Jr.

    Best Vfx Artist

    • [object Object]

      Quintessential: The Movie

      6.7 (11)
      Sammie Johnson
      Empire Thang Films

    Best Women's Film

    • [object Object]

      Maybe Someday

      5.6 (10)
      Sadie Duarte(director)

    Best Young Filmmaker

    • [object Object]

      Stalk Her

      8.1 (13)
      Ben Carter

    Pilot

    • [object Object]

      Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning

      8.0 (18)
      Alain Bidard
      PAGOD Films

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