Award Winners: May 2022

Best Film of the Month (Special Jury Award)

The Crossing by Tomas Simonsen (Norway)

Best Foreign-Language Film of the Month (Special Jury Award)

The Train by Pin Luo (China)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Bad at Small Talk by Viktor Horvath (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Paris is Just a Big Dirty City by Alexandra Papoulias Barton and Zak Fishman (USA)

Best Film of the Month (Runners-up)

Catherine by Hervine De Boodt (France)

Eihwaz by Axel Rydén (Sweden)

Gas Station Lullaby by David Lapuch (Austria)

Occurrence by Jeon Se Hoon (South Korea)

Platinum Awards

Best Indie ShortParis is Just a Big Dirty City by Alexandra Papoulias Barton and Zak Fishman (USA)

Best Drama ShortThe Train by Pin Luo (China)

Best Documentary ShortI Am That I Am by Audrey Mascina Colombia

Best Comedy ShortBad at Small Talk by Viktor Horvath (USA)

Best Horror ShortEihwaz by Axel Rydén (Sweden)

Best Fantasy Short: Occurrence by Jeon Se Hoon (South Korea)

Best Animation ShortTill This Day by Atanas Nikolaev Baev (Bulgaria)

Best Women ShortCatherine by Hervine De Boodt (France)

Best MicrofilmDefy the Odds by Corry Wiens (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Occurrence by Jeon Se Hoon (South Korea)

Best Music VideoOccurrence by Jeon Se Hoon (South Korea)

Best Parody Short: Casanoir by Jonathan Geffner (USA)

Best Director (Male): Tomas Simonsen for The Crossing (Norway)

Best First Time Director (Female): Alexandra Papoulias Barton and Zak Fishman for Paris is Just a Big Dirty City (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Flo Demmer for Infinity + 1 (Germany)

Best Young Filmmaker: Atanas Nikolaev Baev for Till This Day (Bulgaria)

Best Actress: Alexandra Papoulias Barton for Paris is Just a Big Dirty City (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Elena Wolff, Thomas Schubert, Thomas Frank, Harry Lampl, Michael Rast, and Pia Hierzegger for Gas Station Lullaby (Austria)

Best Cinematography: Vincent Seidl for Gas Station Lullaby (Austria)

Best Editing: Richard Sales and Michael Gray for The Culture Killers (USA)

Best Production Design: Niva Ben Hanan and Inbal Ghist for On the Edge (Israel)

Best Visual FX: Jeon Se Hoon for Occurrence (South Korea)

Best Sound Design: Oliver Magana for Till This Day (Bulgaria)

Best Original Score: Andreas “Youman” Friedrichs for Infinity + 1 (Germany)

Best Original Story: Satoshi Tanaka for Being Born (Japan)

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