Winners September 2020
BEST PICTURE
Kiss the Ground (USA)
Dir: Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
BEST FEATURE FILM
The Xrossing (Australia)
Dir: Steven J. Mihaljevich
BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
All Aboard! (Japan)
Dir: Seiichi Hishikawa
BEST SHORT FILM
Anthropocene (Italy)
Dir: Michelle Kossler
BEST DRAMA SHORT
Jack (Canada)
Dir: Henri Pardo
BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY SHORT
The Ball of Light (UK)
Dir: Nick von Schlippe
BEST FANTASY SHORT
Gaia (Colombia)
Dir: Juan Zuloaga Eslait
BEST HORROR/THRILLER/SCI-FI SHORT
Roam (USA)
Dir: David Jung
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
Narstalgia (Taiwan)
Dir: Robert Chang Lun Chang Chien
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
52 – A Tale of Loneliness (USA)
Dir: Johnny DePalma
HONOURABLE MENTION: BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Mogu and Perol (Japan)
Dir: Tsuneo Goda
BEST ANIMATION SHORT STUDENT
Machi (UK)
Dir: Prashanti Aswani
BEST STUDENT FILM
The Fixed Book Price Legislation in South Korea (Republic of South Korea)
Dir: Junho Huh
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Kiss the Ground (USA)
Dir: Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
HONOURABLE MENTION: BEST DOCUMENTARY
Last Call for Tomorrow (USA)
Dir: Gary Null, Valerie Van Cleve
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
ProDogTV (USA)
Dir: Randall Owens
BEST WEB SERIES/TV PILOT
The Come Up (USA)
Dir: E.J. NiBlack-Gray
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Night Witches
by Steven John Prowse
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
J.J. Jia
‘All Aboard’
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Robin Phillips
‘Behind the Name SHAKESPEARE: Power, Lust, Scorn & Scandal’
BEST DIRECTOR SHORT
Pavlos Vissariou
‘Nostos’
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Ben Stanbridge
‘Odyssey Omega’
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Dream in the Water (USA)
Dir: Betty Li
BEST TRAILER
Behind the Name SHAKESPEARE: Power, Lust, Scorn & Scandal (USA)
Dir: Robin Phillips