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Pure Magic International Film Festival

20242023202220212020

November Award

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BEST MICRO SHORT FILM

  • Winner

    Pasion de Manos

    Desi Jevon

Best Action Feature

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    Winner

    Itlu Amma

    8.3 (78)
    C. Umamaheshwara Rao
    Bommaku Creations
    Awarded to Umamaheswara rao C

Best Comedic Short

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Retirement

    9.4 (18)
    Matt Mirams
    Breeding Ground Productions
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    Winner

    The Witch Hunters are Coming

    8.0 (5)
    James Atkins

Best Documentary Feature

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    Winner

    Nation's Promise

    Paul Zagaris
    Justin Dailey
    Luis Alcazar
    VideoVets
    Cinematic Adventure Club

Best Feature Film

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Grand kankan

    6.7 (16)
    Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov
    M-Film

Best Leading Actor in a Dramatic Short Film

  • Robert T. Bogue
    Winner
    • Robert T. Bogue
    • En Suite
    SkyTown Entertainment

Best Original Song

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    Winner

    Sounds of the South

    7.9 (21)
    Ruben Hein
    HTN Films

Best Producer

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    Winner

    Nation's Promise

    Paul Zagaris
    Luis Alcazar
    VideoVets
    Cinematic Adventure Club

Best Short Film

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    Winner

    An East Side Story: Last Call

    Desi Jevon

December Award

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Best Adventure Short Film

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    Winner

    Rise of the Last Intern

    Timo Discher(director)
    Tim Dagott(producer)
    Alexander Rumpf(VFX Supervisor)
    Saberproject

Best Director

  • Winner
    • Joe Schufreider
    • 15 Roses
    AMOE Productions
  • Winner
    • Kevin North Ruiz
    • The 7 Lives of Sara Blanchard

Best Director of a Dramatic Film

  • Matt Mirams
    Winner
    • Matt Mirams
    • Era of Man
    Breeding Ground Productions

Best Dramatic Short

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    Winner

    Era of Man

    9.5 (17)
    Matt Mirams
    Breeding Ground Productions

Best Feature Film

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    Winner

    DeMonD the movie

    8.8 (32)
    Antonio Hutton
    DeMonD CoMiCs

Best Leading Actor In A Romantic Short Film

  • Mike Provenzano
    Winner
    • Mike Provenzano
    • 15 Roses
    AMOE Productions

Best Leading Actress

  • Rhiannon Langeberg
    Winner
    • Rhiannon Langeberg
    • The Devil and I

Best Romantic Short

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    Winner

    15 Roses

    Mike Provenzano
    Joe Schufreider
    AMOE Productions

Best Score

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    Winner

    Rise of the Last Intern

    Felix Bachlinger(composer)
    Paul Stähr(composer)
    Saberproject

Best Short Film

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    Winner

    The Devil and I

    Charles Williams
    Williams Film Productions
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Clark and Bourne: The Christmas Special

    Jamie Bourne(producer)
    Anthony Michael Roman Hersey(producer)
    Ben Clark(actor)

Best Thriller

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    Winner

    When you are gone

    6.2 (48)
    Rafael Altamira
    Guerrilla Video

Best VFX

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    Winner

    Rise of the Last Intern

    Alexander Rumpf(VFX Supervisor)
    Saberproject

Best documentary

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    Winner

    Learning the Covid Way

    Liliane Chretien
    David Mende

January Award

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Best Acting Duo

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    Winner

    Saved Rounds

    Doc Farrow
    Deborah Leonhardt
    DOC's Office Productions

Best Actor

  • Buddy Caine
    Winner
    • Buddy Caine
    • Reel Life
    Omega Media Productions

Best Comedic Short

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    Winner

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, FL

    Mariana Medina

Best Short Sci-Fi

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    Winner

    Can't Go Home Again

    9.2 (7)
    Anthony J. Cook
    Light Fantastic

Best TV Series

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    Winner

    Reel Life

    Dustin Detore
    John Rifici
    Omega Media Productions
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    Winner

    The Rise of the Villains

    9.0 (12)
    Federica Alice Carlino(Director and screenwriter)
    Giulia Anna Vada(co writer)
    Manuel Antonio Gullotta(collaborator)

Honor Award

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    Winner

    Doorbells and Gunshots

    Michael Hanratty(director)
    Dream Shark Films
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Last Call

    Paul Zecharia

Best Comedy

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    Socially Witching 2020

    Jodi Dennithorne

February Award

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Best Cinematography

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    Winner

    The Gesture and The Word

    7.5 (59)
    Helen Alexis Yonov
    Burden & Light

Best Dramatic Short

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    Winner

    The Gesture and The Word

    7.5 (59)
    Helen Alexis Yonov
    Burden & Light
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    A Delirious Eye

    Grace Truly

Best Erotic Short

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    Winner

    #erotic

    Kostiantyn Mishchenko

Best Experimental / Art Film

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    Winner

    Les Petites Ailes' Mr. Blue

    Inés Klein Alas

Best Leading Actress in a Short

  • Grace Truly
    Winner
    • Grace Truly
    • A Delirious Eye

Best Student Short

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    Winner

    2125

    9.3 (21)
    Sean Ian
    Smooth Line Productions

Honor Award

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    Winner

    Third Wave

    Derek Silver

March Award

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Best Fantasy Short

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    Winner

    Geneva Jacuzzi's Casket

    Chris Friend
    VisionFriend

Best Horror Short

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    Winner

    Sclera Absentia

    6.1 (20)
    Elizabeth Lloyd
    James Furlong
    Seraphic Productions
    Studio 660 Productions

April Award

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Best Crime Feature

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    Winner

    The Alliance

    5.5 (53)
    Robert L. Butler Jr.

Best Crime Script

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    Winner

    The Alliance 2 the Hunt for Breeze

    Robert L. Butler Jr.

Best Feature Director

  • Robert L. Butler Jr.
    Winner
    • Robert L. Butler Jr.
    • The Alliance

Best Sci-Fi Script

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    Winner

    Joe Boi's Outer

    Joe Boi
    Nightlyboi Cinema
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    Winner

    G.I.A.

    Joe Boi(writer)
    Nightlyboi Cinema

Best Score

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    Winner

    The Alliance

    5.5 (53)
    Alonzo Carrillo
    Thaartist Kali

Best Short Director

  • Winner
    • Luca Di Paolo
    • Deathmate

Best Short Film

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    Winner

    Melania's Divorce

    Maxwell Bahamon
    Mimi Tales
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Veil of Shadows

    Joe Boi
    Reign Burton
    Nightlyboi Cinema
    VisionJump Productions

Best Student Short

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    Winner

    Scam of the Century: Zack and Cody Danimals Sweepstakes

    Gavin Bell(writer/director) (editor/producer)
    Thomas Bozalis(writer/director) (editor/producer)
    Will McDonald(writer/director) (editor/producer)
    Georgia Sasso(writer/director) (editor/producer) (actor)
    Coryell Smith(writer/director) (editor/producer)
    Chancey Stefanos(writer/director) (editor/producer)

Most Important Short Film

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    Winner

    The Programme

    Antony Spina

Most Unique Short

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    Winner

    Signals

    5.4 (9)
    Louis Bennies(director)

June Award

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Best Fantasy Short Film

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    Winner

    The Widow

    Lucas Bols(director)
    Studio Nomad

Best Script

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    Winner

    Miscalculated

    8.3 (21)
    Alyxandrya Prynce
    Romel Xavier Moralez

Honor Award

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    Winner

    The Widow

    Lucas Bols(director)
    Studio Nomad
    Honor Award
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    Winner

    Spud

    Will McDonald(writer/director/producer/editor)
    Gavin Bell(writer/director/producer/editor)
    Dylan Weand(actor)
    Logan Beutel(actor)

May Award

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Best Cinematography

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    Winner

    Tapeboy

    8.5 (10)
    Conor Forrest

Best Fantasy Feature

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    Winner

    Fabletown

    8.8 (16)
    Jordan O'Neal

Best Leading Actor in a Experimental Feature

  • Winner
    • Ruben Dominguez
  • Winner
    • Ruben Dominguez
    • Blank Canvas

Best Leading Actor in a Romantic Short Film

  • Jonathan Miller
    Winner
    • Jonathan Miller
    • Tapeboy

Best Leading Actress in a Fantasy Feature

  • Emma Van Lare
    Winner
    • Emma Van Lare
    • Fabletown

Best Romantic Short Film

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    Winner

    Tapeboy

    8.5 (10)
    King Dawit(producer)
    Krishna Kolanupaka(producer)

Honor Award

  • Winner
    • Clint Horvath
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Blank Canvas

    7.7 (12)
    Clint Horvath

Most Touching Feature

  • Winner
    • Clint Horvath
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Blank Canvas

    7.7 (12)
    Clint Horvath

Most Unique Short

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    Winner

    Joke's on You

    Teresa Catherine
    Maid & Prince Productions

July Award

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Best Documentary

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    Winner

    A Hidden Star

    Mary Elizabeth Gentle
    Alia Tarraf
    Staci Emerson
    Hidden Star Films

August Award

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Best Director

  • Matt Mirams
    Winner
    • Matt Mirams
    • The Grand Scheme
    Breeding Ground Productions

Best Experimental Film

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    Winner

    The Grand Scheme

    8.8 (23)
    Matt Mirams
    Breeding Ground Productions

Best Horror Short

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    Winner

    Quoggers

    8.6 (8)
    Adam P Tyler
    Hollow Dell Media

Best Make-Up

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    Winner

    Quoggers

    8.6 (8)
    Adam P Tyler
    Hollow Dell Media

Best Music Video

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    Winner

    Friends

    Levi Wise Kenneth Catoe Jr.
    Kenny Fame
    Friends (2017) (V)

Best New Horror Creature

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    Winner

    Quoggers

    8.6 (8)
    Adam P Tyler
    Hollow Dell Media

Best TV Series

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    Winner

    The SloFunkPump Show

    SloFunkPump
    SloFunkPump Productionz

Narrative Feature Films

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    Winner

    Items of Interest

    Scott Hellon
    POV
    Point Of View Pictures, Scott Hellon

September Award

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Best Comedic Short Film

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    Winner

    Scams Incorporated

    8.6 (26)
    Matt Mirams
    Breeding Ground Productions

Best Leading Actor In A Feature Film

  • From "The Lost City Of Tomorrow"
    Winner
    • Jon Peterson
    • George M Cohan Tonight!
    BumptyBump Productions
  • Valeria Cavalli in A Blade in the Dark (1983)
    Winner
    • Valeria Cavalli(actress)
    • Troubadours celestes

Best Musical Score

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    Winner

    Golden Lotus

    9.0 (48)
    George Chiang(composer)
    Golden Lotus Media

Best Original Musical

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    Winner

    Golden Lotus

    9.0 (48)
    George Chiang(producer)
    Ivy Chung(producer)
    Golden Lotus Media

Best Original Song

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    Winner

    Golden Lotus

    9.0 (48)
    George Chiang
    Golden Lotus Media

Best Short Film Director

  • Matt Mirams
    Winner
    • Matt Mirams
    • Scams Incorporated
    Breeding Ground Productions
  • Winner
    • Angelina Turska(director)
    • Worried about the matches?
    Kinoguild
  • Winner
    • Hervine de Boodt(director)
    • Troubadours celestes

Best Student Short

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    Winner

    Otto

    Kilian Brons(director)
    Sam van der Kwast(director of photography)
    Nederland

Best Thriller

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    Winner

    Who Said Love Is Dead?

    Guy Nicholls
    GTN Productions

Best Trailer

  • Winner

    Nights in Greenwich

    Wendy Watts(Editor)

Best thriller short

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    Winner

    Kein Ausgang

    Christoph Carle(director)

October Award

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Best Actress Dramatic Short

  • Lainie Ventura
    Winner
    • Lainie Ventura(actress)
    • En Suite
    SkyTown Entertainment

Best Director Dramatic Short

  • Geoffrey Cantor
    Winner
    • Geoffrey Cantor(director)
    • En Suite
    SkyTown Entertainment

Best Documentary

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    Winner

    The Dalai Lama: Scientist

    7.9 (119)
    Dawn Gifford Engle
    Ivan Suvanjieff
    Elizabeth Holloway

Best Dramatic Short

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    En Suite

    Geoffrey Cantor(director)
    Lainie Ventura(writer)
    SkyTown Entertainment

Best Film Noir

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    Winner

    The Undateable George Gibbs

    9.2 (12)
    Matt Mirams
    Breeding Ground Productions

Best Original Short Film

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    Winner

    The Undateable George Gibbs

    9.2 (12)
    Matt Mirams
    Breeding Ground Productions

Best Producer

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    Winner

    Wedding 93

    7.3 (135)
    Paul Zagaris
    Cinematic Adventure Club

Best Scary Documentary

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    Winner

    Wedding 93

    7.3 (135)
    Paul Zagaris
    Cinematic Adventure Club

Best Trailer

  • Winner

    The Aran Sweater

    Wendy Watts

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