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Best Istanbul Film Festival

202220212020

Jury Prize

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Best Cinematography

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    Night Shifters

    Sonny P. Louis
    M.I.H. Entertainment

Best Male Performance

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    PandI

    Aniez

Best Original Music

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    And He Found Me

    9.8 (5)
    Víctor Muñoz

Best Short Drama Film

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Short Drama Film

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    High Fidelity

    Etienne Scott
    Millie Everett
    Holly Choules
    Thomas Cemlyn-Jones
    Cordelia Gayler
    Nathan Bourn
    On The Fly Films
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    Until Our Last Breath

    Kyle Hanchett(producer)
    Ashlynn Hideman(producer)
    Hanchett Media
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    Dancing for David

    José Bibián
    BL Producties
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    Signals

    5.4 (9)
    Louis Bennies
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    Pasajeros

Jury Special

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Best Short Horror/Crime/Thriller Film

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    Raabandu

    Nakul Vadlakonda

December Award

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Best Feature Drama

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    Nothing Beyond Measure

    8.8 (8)
    Alessandro Vantini

Best Short Film

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    Possessed by Aliens

    Demeter Lóránt

Best editor

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    Ellos Están Bien

    Carlos Javier Martinez Mijares(editor)
    Billionaires Group

SPECIAL WINNERS - Best Short Drama

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    Letter to You

    Niccolò Salvato(director)
    Matías Reyes Fox(producer)

Best Istanbul Film Festival Award

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Best Cinematography

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    The Passenger

    8.0 (21)
    Grant MacAllister
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      the confession

    Best Director

    • B. Luciano Barsuglia
      Winner
      • B. Luciano Barsuglia
      • A Bard for the Ages: Shakespeare's Timeless Effect
      Koa Aloha Media
    • Winner
      • Jenell Diegor(director)
      • You Don't Own Me
      Asian On A Mission Productions
    • Abe Alford
      Winner
      • Abe Alford(director)
      • Wolves
    • Alexander Bruckner
      Winner
      • Alexander Bruckner
      • The Passenger

    Best Editor

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      Soulmates

      Trent Welstead
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      A Walk in the Park

      Maziar Ghaderi
      Holding Space Films
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      Fragmented Interpretations

      Greg W. Locke

    Best Experimental Short Film

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      Radiomoon

      Danilo Melideo

    Best Feature Documentary

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      The Jewels of the Salton Sea

      Steven Vitali
      Hollywood Dark Castle Film Production

    Best Feature Drama Film

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      Truths and Fairy Tales

      Kevin V Tudor
      Sandstorm Productions

    Best Feature Film

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      Mambo Man

      6.0 (108)
      Mo Fini(director)
      Edesio Alejandro(director)
      Héctor Noas(actor)
      Yudexi De La Torre Mesa(actress)
      Alejandro Palomino(actor)
      David Alvarez(composer)
      Arturo Jorge(composer)
      Julio Cesar(producer)
      Idolka de Erbiti(actress)
      Zadoc Nava(producer)
      Tumi Productions
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      Obsessio

      4.0 (360)
      John Real(director)

    Best Female Performance

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      Minah

      SHNO(actress)
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      Through Her Glasses

      9.2 (14)
      Shira Alon(actress)
      ASAProductions
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      Last Dance

      Daria Sarmientos(actress)
      New York Film Academy

    Best Inspirational Film

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      Hybenhjerte

      Ulrik Schmidt Hansen
      Rune Lange Abildgaard
      Anna Jasmin Storm Olsen
      U.S.H Media
      Odense Filmværksted

    Best Lead Actor

    • Andrew Garrett
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      • Andrew Garrett
      • The Passenger

    Best Male Performance

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      Hank & Holly Meow

      Trent Walker
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      Hank & Holly Meow

      Trent Walker
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      Not Quite Lost

      7.8 (50)
      Kristian Repshus
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      A Silent Imprisonment

      9.2 (20)
      Cameron Ashplant
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      Visor

      Liaan Ferreira

    Best Music Video

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      Seize the Day

      Zachary James

    Best Original Music

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      The Raven

      Kristin Hevner
      Zachary James
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      Marcello

      Daniel de la Rosa Oliva
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      Sousaphone-A Tale of Love, Dreams, and Music

      Glenn R. Molina

    Best Short Comedy Film

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      The Infamous Belafonte's

      Abe Alford(executive producer)
      Jorge Harrington(executive producer)
      Sam Patzer(executive producer)
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      Living the dream

      Yuri Maslak(director)
      Olga Tugaeva(director)
      I.E. Yuri Maslak

    Best Short Documentary

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      Mickey: The Forgotten Blockbuster

      Adam Call Roberts(director)
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      The Wild Garden

      Dean Sills
      Steve Call
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      Días de abril

      David Roger Juan(director)

    Best Short Drama Film

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      The Special Day

      Lee Junsu(Director)

    Best Short Film

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      Through Her Glasses

      9.2 (14)
      Shira Alon(actress)
      Aishwarya Sonar(actress)
      Lígia Fagundes(producer)
      Elena Viklova(director)
      ASAProductions
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      Line 25

      Shira Alon(actress)
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      Winner

      Pasajeros

      Rocio Rubio Roman
      Alejandra Alanis Ortiz
      Christian Diez
      Sara Dávila
      Cinema Artero

    Best Short Horror / Crime / Thriller Film

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      Me & My Shadow

      Steve Call
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      Savas Sucu - War Crime

      6.5 (23)
      ibrahim Sevinc
      Caner Karadag
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      The Last Vendetta

      Jay Nunez(writer/director)
      Jay Nunez Films
      Dark Footage Entertainment

    Best Short Horror/Crime/Thriller Film

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      Breathing hole

      Jae-Seok Lee(director)
      Korea University of Media Arts
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      Split

      5.7 (43)
      Richard Anthony Dunford
      Hypericum Films
      Greedy Owl Artistic Endeavours

    Best Short Thriller Film

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      The Passenger

      8.0 (21)
      Alexander Bruckner
      Tizian Gruner
      Live Free, Live Film Productions
      GrunerFilms

    Best actress

    • Carla Chambel
      Winner
      • Carla Chambel
      • Porque Odeias o teu Irmão?
      MauMau Mia
      50 Cuts Associação Cinematográfica

    January Award

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    Best Director

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      • Saunak Mitra
      • Exchange offer
      Colour Purple Films

    Best Drama Feature Film

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      Kaali Maati

      9.3 (11)
      Hemantkumar Mahale
      HMG Entertainments

    Best Short Film

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      Search

      Meto Ege(director)
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      947 What a Coincidence

      Adrian Baluta

    Best Student Filmmaker

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      The Lutist

      Yavuz Üçer(director)

    February Award

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    Best Director

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      • Rossano B. Maniscalchi(director)
      • Touch Me

    SPECIAL GOLDEN WINNERS - Best Original Music

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      ALOC

      Gustav Arthur Simon(director)
      Sebastian Schell(composer)

    SPECIAL WINNERS - Best Short Animation

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      Yellow

      Adrian Baluta

    Best Editor

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      Social Media Rehab

      Kelly Fuls(editor)

    March Award

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    Best Actor

    • Pepo Blasco in Phoenix 11·23 (2012)
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      • Pepo Blasco(actor)
      • No deixis que m'enfonsi
      Non-Hematofobia Films

    Best Cinematography

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      Liminal

    Best Director

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      • Svend Colding
      • Det er så yndigt

    Best Documentary long

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      Green Line

      Ebin Raj Maliakal

    Best Editor

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      Trust Frank

      Shaun Smith
      Malwina Wodzicka
      Blue Pen Productions

    April Award

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    Best Actress

    • Aishwarya Sonar
      Winner
      • Aishwarya Sonar
      • Ayesha

    SPECIAL WINNER - Best Short Drama Film

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      Come cadono le foglie...

      Vincenzo Totaro(director)

    Best Istanbul June Award

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    Best Original Music

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      Marcello

      Daniel de la Rosa Oliva

    Special Gold

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    Best Director

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      • Indranil Banerjee
      • Urmimala
      Unity Pictures

    Best Female Performance

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      Happy B'day, Amy

      8.8 (10)
      Asseel Marikar(actress)

    Best First-Time Director

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      • Hüsamettin Deniz Özeren
      • The Amiss
    • Charles Leggett
      Winner
      • Charles Leggett
      • To Fondle Nothing
    • Sidney Quesnelle
      Winner
      • Sidney Quesnelle
      • Fitting In
      Rebelle West Pictures
      Campfire Tales Productions

    July Award

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    Best Cinematography

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      The Death of an Artist

      Li Songhuan

    Best Editor

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      Blunda

      Apostolos Vasileiadis

    Best Female Performace

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      Where Is Lucy?

      9.2 (5)
      Eva Petersson

    Best Short Film

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      The Caretaker

      Alfonso Otero Mireles
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      Father of Storm

      Christian B. Frederiksen(director)
      Laura Almstrup(producer)
      Notorious Panda

    Special Golden Winner - Best Experimental Short Film

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      Vuja De

      Joby Varghese

    Special Winner - Best Cinematography

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      Les Notes

      Georgios Dimitropoulos

    September Award

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    Best Editor

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      ChickenQueen Paradise

      Ken Blindenbacher

    Best Music Video

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      Devoid of Sense: Dark Side of Your Soul

      Maxim Vorobyev

    Best Original Music

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      Outside the Brackets

      Music by Maxim Dorbeko. "Breathe In" by Alina Os.

    Miglior cortometraggio horror/crime/thriller

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      Campo quantico

      9.5 (15)

    August Award

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    Best Inspirational Film

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      All Is Well

      Shukla Barnali Ray
      Dark Chocolate Films

    Best Short Drama Film

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      RedSin

      Christopher Ortiz

    Best Short Film

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      Winner

      S' agapo

      8.8 (11)
      Panagiotis Ktenas

    November Award

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    Best Director

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      • Siavash Baghaei
      • With the Scorched Caravan

    Best Feature Documentary

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      Winner

      The Dalai Lama: Scientist

      7.9 (119)
      Elizabeth Holloway
      Dawn Gifford Engle
      Ivan Suvanjieff
      PeaceJam Productions
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      Tunten zwecklos

      7.7 (8)
      Mirek Balonis
      Jutta Riedel

    Best Female Performance

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      #YouToo

      Mila Kok(Actress)
      José Bibián(Director)
      BL Producties

    Best Student Filmmaker

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      Over 18

      Anwar Jalal Nadreen

    Special Silver Award

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    Best Cinematography

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      The Overwhelmed

      Liam Black(cinematographer)
      Irreversible Films

    Best Feature Documentary

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    Best Feature Documentary

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      Winner

      We Stay Here

      Vinit Parmar(writer/director/producer)
      Vincent Taylor(color artist)
      Cory Choy(sound designer, foley artist, sound effects editor)
      Robbie Anderson(thanks for your support)
      Ricardo Hernández Anzola(story consultant)

    May Award

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    Best Actor

    • John Goode
      Winner
      • John Goode
      • Backroad Bred

    Best Experimental Short Film

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      Lucid dreams

      Kostiantyn Mishchenko

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