Winners December 2017
BEST FEATURE FILM
THE FINAL BLADE (China)
Dir: Willie Ying
BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
THE PITTS CIRCUS FAMILY (Germany)
Dir: Kenneth Fanning
BEST BRITISH FEATURE
THE MAN YOU’RE NOT (UK)
Dir: Alan Freestone
BEST SHORT FILM
FEAR (Turkey)
Dir: Cem Goksoy
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
THE HOPE’S STARS (France)
Dir: André Keiser
BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY SHORT
BETWEEN US (USA)
Dir: Alicia Coppola
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
I THOUGHT THE WORLD HAD COME TO AN END (USA)
Dir: Rain (Xiaolin) Zheng
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
PING PONG’D (India)
Dir: Jijo Sengupta
BEST DOCUMENTARY
CALAIS CHILDREN: A CASE TO ANSWER (UK)
Dir: Sue Clayton
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Qi (USA)
Dir: Dennis Ho
BEST STUDENT FILM
HARDING & SONS (UK)
Dir: Jahn Ramis
BEST DRAMA SHORT STUDENT
APPLE (USA)
Dir: Jiankun Du
BEST FANTASY SHORT STUDENT
NIRVANA OF SODOM (China)
Dir: Xie Tian
BEST ANIMATION SHORT STUDENT
EXPIRATION DATE (USA)
Dir: Shwenn Shunya Chang
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
SAVING GRACE (USA)
by Nick Shafir
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT
ISONZO (USA)
by Brando Boniver & David Reynié
BEST WEB SERIES/TV PILOT
BLUE COLLAR HUSTLE (USA)
Dir: Geoffrey Henderson & Alonge Hawes
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
FEDERICA QUAINI (Italy)
‘Shining Eyes’
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
LYNDA REISS (USA)
‘Ready to Go’
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
CHIEN YU TAI (UK)
‘Miss Van Gogh’
BEST ACTRESS
SANDRA MAEDER (France)
‘The Hope’s Stars’
BEST ACTOR
CONNOR WILLIAMS (USA)
‘Regionrat’
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
SOLA (Australia)
Dir: Jonathan Nix