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Gangtok International Film Festival

2024202320222021

April Award

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Best Cinematography

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    Reanimation Team

    3.9 (21)
    Paul Yang
    Abstractor Studios

Best Narrative Feature

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    The Paradise Motel

    1.7 (151)
    Walter Hochbrueckner
    Vera R. Taylor
    Spheroid Films

Best Original Score

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    Winner

    Promises

    James Naleski
    Azara Christienne
    Legacy Productions I

Best Poster

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    Promises

    James Naleski
    April Reed
    Legacy Productions I

Documentary Film

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    Winner

    Earl Biss: The Spirit Who Walks Among His People

    Lisa Gerstner
    Wild Horse Films, Colorado

Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife

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    Winner

    Pond Life

    8.6 (5)
    Dean Sills
    Rebecca Sills

July Award

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Best Actress

  • Riana Emma Balla
    Winner
    • Riana Emma Balla(Actress)
    • Rianás

Best Cinemaphotography

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    Rianás

    Tamás Szirák(Cinematographer)

Best Director

  • Writer Producer Director
    Winner
    • Sheldon Woodson
    • Come Outside 2022

Best Film Score

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    Rianás

    Minár Mónika(composer)

Best Poster

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    Rianás

    Laura Daragó(producer/director)
    Chuck Harding(producer)
    Jon Vangdal Aamaas(producer)
    John J. Jackson(producer)
    Reginald Welkin(producer)
    Balla Krisztián(actor)
    Halmai Lajos(producer)
    Tamás Szirák(cinematographer)
    Minár Mónika(composer)

Best Producer

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    Come Outside 2022

    Sheldon Woodson

Best Religious Short

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    Yamdoot Mera Dost

    Suresh Chandna(producer)
    Pramode Kumar(director)

Best Sound Design

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    Rianás

    Tamás Szirák(Sound Mixer / Sound Editor)
    Halmai Lajos(sound design & mixer)
    Minár Mónika(composer)

Best Trailer/Teaser

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    Come Outside 2022

    Sheldon Woodson
    Mya Richardson
    Joshua Christian Azali
    Joint Winners

Debut Film Maker

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    Come Outside 2022

    Sheldon Woodson

Family/Children Film

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    Herança

    Gratfilms Produções

Feature Documentary

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    Winner

    Nostradamus' Doomsday Chapter (II)

    Shihyun Wang

Outstanding Achievement - Women's Film

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    Winner

    Herança

    Gratfilms Produções

Outstanding Achievement Debut Filmmaker

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    Winner

    Rianás

    Laura Daragó(producer/director)

Outstanding Achievement Womans Film

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    Rianás

    Laura Daragó(producer/director)
    Riana Emma Balla(screenwriter/screenplay)

January Award

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

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    Delivering Hope

    Jordan Orsak(director)
    Kevin Christopher Kline(actor)
    Marcel Melanson(cinematographer)
    Reese Reissig(cinematographer)
    Scotty Felix(writer)

Best Short Script

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    NOT AN EXIT

    Sid Kramer

One Minute Film

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    Dancing Garbage

    Kostiantyn Mishchenko

February Award

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Short Script

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    A Deadly Conversation

    9.5 (30)
    Vincent Edwards(writer)

June Award

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Best Actor

  • Dylan Hughes
    Winner
    • Dylan Hughes(actor)
    • A Deadly Conversation

Best Actress

  • Lava Majesty
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    • Lava Majesty(Actress)
    • A Deadly Conversation

Best Documentary

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    At the Edge

    9.3 (11)
    Lorenzo Vanin

Best Educational Film

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    At the Edge

    9.3 (11)
    Mark Stas
    Lorenzo Vanin

Best Narrative Feature

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    Shades of Day

    7.5 (30)
    Vitaly Sumin
    VM Productions

Best Original Score

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    Pocket

    Josef Rona(composer)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Scott Konkel
    Winner
    • Scott Konkel(Supporting Actor)
    • A Deadly Conversation

Best Supporting Actress

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    • Saxy Rachel(Supporting Actress)
    • A Deadly Conversation

Critic's Choice - Best Short Film

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    Ondhu Kaadina Madhyadholage

    Nithish Prajwal(director)
    Amogh Ravindra(director)

Experimental Film

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    Invisible film

    Kostiantyn Mishchenko

Family/Children Film

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    Winner

    Kakitham - Paper

    8.7 (14)
    Vinoth Veeramani

Film on Religion

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    The Resurrection of Jesus

    Holger Klussmann

Short Documentary

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    Winner

    Unsolved mysteries of the world

    Shihyun Wang

Short Film

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    Winner

    A Deadly Conversation

    9.5 (30)
    Vincent Edwards(writer)
    David Pratt(director)
    Melanated Writers Society
    9 Studio Productions

Best Director

  • David Pratt
    • David Pratt(director)
    • A Deadly Conversation
    9 Studio Productions

November Award

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Best Actor

  • Enzo Zelocchi
    Winner
    • Enzo Zelocchi(Actor)
    • No War
    Produzioni Italiane Z

Best Director

  • Enzo Zelocchi
    Winner
    • Enzo Zelocchi(Director)
    • No War
    Produzioni Italiane Z

Best Editing

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    Winner

    Who am I?

    Shihyun Wang

Comedy Short

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    Winner

    Loss and gain in translation

    Shihyun Wang

Documentary Short

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    Winner

    Prophecies in action - Tui Bei Tu

    Shihyun Wang
    Oustanding achievement

Experimental Film

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    From Mastering Energy to Mastering Art

    Shihyun Wang(director)
    Zen Won(actor)
    James Chen(producer)
    Critics' choice award
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    Op Op Art

    Kostiantyn Mishchenko

Mobil film

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    Winner

    Tornado's tomorrow

    Shihyun Wang

Short Documentary

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    Winner

    Nostradamus' warning (1) - Athens, Messina and Palermo

    Shihyun Wang
    Official selection

Short Film

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    Winner

    Take me hom

    Shihyun Wang

Trailer/Teaser

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    Winner

    No War

    3.6 (16K)
    Enzo Zelocchi(Director)
    Produzioni Italiane Z

Travel Film

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    Winner

    Travel the world with Ceia Zhou

    Shihyun Wang

August Award

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Best Actor

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    Maamanithan

    6.4 (785)

Best Director

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    Maamanithan

    6.4 (785)

Best Documentary Film

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    Winner

    Earth man

    Yuri Maslak
    Olga Tugaeva
    I.E. Yuri Maslak
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    Winner

    The forgotten Taiwanese

    Shihyun Wang
    Zen Won
    Taiwan
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    Remote energy in action

    Shihyun Wang
    Zen Won
    United States

Best Music Video

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    Winner

    I Got the Blues

    Amaru(writer/director)

Best Narrative Feature Film

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    Maamanithan

    6.4 (785)

Best One Minute Film

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    In the tank

    Arian Nowbahari

Experimental Film

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    Remote energy healing in action

    Shihyun Wang
    Zen Won
    United States

FILM ON RELIGIOUS SHORT

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    Winner

    Yamdoot Mera Dost

    Suresh Chandna(Producer)
    Pramode Kumar(Director)

Outstanding Achievement Award

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    The Choice

    Nikoloz Bezhuashvili(director)

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

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    Walking 360° Hollywood Walk of Fame

    Kostiantyn Mishchenko

September Award

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Best Actor

  • Mark Stas
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    • Mark Stas
    • Emerging from the Shadows
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    Winner

    Vichithiran

    6.5 (264)

Best Actress

  • Dawna Lee Heising
    Winner
    • Dawna Lee Heising
    • The Rose Wagon
    PS Motion Pictures
  • Dawna Lee Heising
    Winner
    • Dawna Lee Heising
    • Dark Classics
    Eye on Excellence Productions
  • Dawna Lee Heising
    Winner
    • Dawna Lee Heising
    • Down and Out in Vampire Hills
    Eye on Excellence Productions
    Railsback Productions
    Renzone Music

Best Animated Film

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    The Magnificent Raiders of Dimension War One

    Dante D'Anthony
    Diana Ramos-Santiago Carter
    Dawna Lee Heising
    Olas Hayes Productions

Best Director

  • Craig Railsback
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    • Craig Railsback
    • Down and Out in Vampire Hills
    Eye on Excellence Productions
    Railsback Productions
    Renzone Studios

Best Feature Film

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    Commedia

    Riccardo Vannuccini

Best Film Score

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    Down and Out in Vampire Hills

    8.6 (45)
    Renah Wolzinger
    Keith Wolzinger
    Eye on Excellence Productions
    Railsback Productions
    Renzone Music

Best Film on Women

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    Dark Classics

    8.4 (15)
    Craig Railsback
    Dawna Lee Heising
    Renah Wolzinger
    Paul Heising
    Eye on Excellence Productions

Best Music Video

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    Winner

    Black City Nights

    8.8 (8)
    Anton Hochheim
    Christoph Hochheim
    Nathan Castiel
    Dawna Lee Heising
    Jerry Paper
    Jared Piller
    Justin McWilliams

Best Narrative Feature film

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    Vichithiran

    6.5 (264)

Best Short Film

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    A Celebration of Life

    Nonie D. Clark(Director)
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    Winner

    Down and Out in Vampire Hills

    8.6 (45)
    Dawna Lee Heising
    Craig Railsback
    Renah Wolzinger
    Eye on Excellence Productions
    Railsback Productions
    Renzone Music

Best Trailer

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    Winner

    The Rose Wagon

    7.9 (43)
    Sandy Slaven
    Chris Gatrost
    Christian Griffith
    PS Motion Pictures
    Ophelia Grey Films

Critic's Choice Award- Best Director

  • Mark Stas
    Winner
    • Mark Stas
    • Emerging from the Shadows

Feature Script

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    The Grizzly

    Sid Kramer

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

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    Winner

    The Curious Mime

    Sparsh Batra(Director)
    BeeVR Studio

May Award

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Best Editing

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    Ripple in the Mirror

    Oren Dayan(director)
    House of Kaya

Best Sound Design

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    Ripple in the Mirror

    Oren Dayan(director)
    House of Kaya

Outstanding Achievement Award

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    We Stay Here

    Vinit Parmar(writer/director/producer)
    Ricardo Hernández Anzola(story consultant)
    Cory Choy(sound designer/foley artist/sound mixer)
    Vincent Taylor(color artist)
    Robbie Anderson

Trailer/Teaser

  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Ripple in the Mirror

    Oren Dayan(director)
    House of Kaya

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

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    Winner

    360 ° Walking Grand Canyon/Red Rock Canyon/Watkins Glen Park

    Kostiantyn Mishchenko

October Award

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Best Crime Short

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    Pastiche

    8.7 (16)
    Shivaan Makker
    Sullivan McGuffin
    Hemant Makker
    Pastiche Fiilms

December Award

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Best Actor in a short film

  • Patrick Brancato
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    • Patrick Brancato
    • A Fresh Start

Best Actress

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    • Aashritha(Actress)
    • TRI

Best Cinematography

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    TRI

    Mithun Prem(Cinematographer)

Best Music Video

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    In a Tamasic World

    Camilla Martini
    Alessandro Orlandi
    Lepre Edizioni

Outstanding Achievement Award

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    Arabian Nights

    Alessandro Orlandi
    Lepre Edizioni

Outstanding Achievement Award - Best Short Film

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    TRI

    Vasanth Puthukulangara

Short Film

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    The big news

    Shihyun Wang

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