Winners February 2018
BEST FEATURE FILM
ONE BEDROOM (USA)
Dir: Darien Sills-Evans
BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
HOLY SPIRIT (Germany)
Dir: Mike Baran
BEST SHORT FILM
MOM’S RECIPE (China)
Dir: Zuxin Hou
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
SLOWPLAY (France)
Dir: Thomas Gailhard
BEST DRAMA SHORT
SKIN OF MARBLE (India)
Dir: Pankaj Parashar
BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY SHORT
THE ALPHA & OMEGA (UK)
Dir: Mickey Shu-Ting Chan
BEST HORROR/THRILLER/SCI-FI SHORT
HOMES OF HOPE (UK)
Dir: Junaid ‘Jay’ Syed
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
MYSTIC RAIN MOVIE (USA)
Dir: Matthew Vitticore
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
01 (Germany)
Dir: Julian Friedrich
BEST DOCUMENTARY
WE ARE GALAPAGOS (USA)
Dir: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
THE PRESERVATION OF THE YINGXIAN WOODEN PAGODA (USA)
Dir: Daniel Lai
BEST STUDENT FILM
HONOURS IN ATTENDANCE (UK)
Dir: Shyam Doonga
BEST DRAMA SHORT STUDENT
FREEDOM (USA)
Dir: Ayaka Furukawa
BEST ACTION/CRIME SHORT STUDENT
FIVE MINUTES (Ukraine)
Dir: Ilya Podolsky
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT STUDENT
THE DEAD FISH ANGLERS (Brazil)
Dir: Gabriela Ibiapina
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CHILDREN OF THE DUST (USA)
by John McCarney
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT
THE BIKE
by Timothy Benson
BEST WEB SERIES/TV PILOT
GORCHLACH: THE LEGEND OF CORDELIA (Italy)
Dir: Fabio Cento
BEST DIRECTOR
NASSER ALDHAHERI (UAE)
‘A Tale of Water, Palm Trees and Family’
BEST DIRECTOR SHORT
MICHAEL BOSTON (USA)
‘The Guitar’
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
NANCY J. LILLEY (Canada)
‘4 Dancers’ Dreams’
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
DELPHINE MONTAIGNE (France)
‘DNA Of Wild Beasts’
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BLETAS IOANNIS & BEN RIGAS (Greece)
‘Ta Gemista’
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
STEFAN SRETIC (Serbia/Montenegro)
‘In Memory Of…’
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
VENUS OBSCURA (France)
Dir: Christophe Karabache
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
MY MAN IN RED (Australia)
Dir: Michael Carpenter
BEST ACTOR
MICHAEL BOSTON (USA)
‘The Guitar’
BEST CHILD/YOUNG ACTOR
THADDEAUS EK (USA)
‘The Guitar’