Award Winners: November 2020

Best Film of the Month

Tell Tale Signs by Ginevra Gentili-Elsworthy (UK)

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

A Trip with Mom by Sophie Shui (Taiwan)

Film of the Month: Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

A Quiet Odyssey by Jingyao Wang (USA)

Film of the Month: Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Marie – Luise by Hervine De Boodt (Germany)

Best Film of the Month (Runner-ups)

A Bullet For Your Thoughts by Stephen Lynch (USA)

A Call Above the Clouds by Leeni Linna (USA)

Babal by Teodora Pampaloni (Italy)

Life… by Mirlande Amazan (USA)

Lillian by Molly Vernon (USA)

Share Your Happiness by Mahesh Limaye (India)

Split by Joanna Deja and Łukasz Deja (Poland)

The Climbing Perch by Daniel Gomez Bagby (USA)

Best Indie Short: Tell Tale Signs by Ginevra Gentili-Elsworthy (UK)

Best Drama Short: Share Your Happiness by Mahesh Limaye (India)

Best Documentary Short:  Come Back Soon by Mahesh Limaye (India)

Best Comedy Short: Panda by Jacob Fangel Løgstrup (Denmark)

Best Action Short: Identity by John Knight (USA)

Best Thriller Short: The Climbing Perch by Daniel Gomez Bagby (USA)

Best Crime Short: Rules To Rule by G.C. Montgomery (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: A Bullet For Your Thoughts by Stephen Lynch (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Split by Joanna Deja and Łukasz Deja (Poland)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Wasteland by Adam G Key (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Babal by Teodora Pampaloni (Italy)

Best Western Short: Lillian by Molly Vernon (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Until by Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon (USA)

Best Experimental Short: The Clone… by Valerii Petrov (Russia)

Best Student Short: A Trip with Mom by Sophie Shui (Taiwan)

Best Animation Short: Rescue Master Tang by Adam Juang (Taiwan)

Best Children Short: Tricked by Mengyuan Guo, Naicheng Liu, and Suhn Young Chung (USA)

Best Women Short: Life… by Mirlande Amazan (USA)

Best Microfilm: Just Imagine by Dana Cowden (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Race To Space – After by Anton Bilzho (Russia)

Best Music Video: Time by Arty Sandler and Milana Zilnik (Canada)

Best Mobile Short: Tails by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid (USA)

Best Parody Short: Fast Feud by Graham Gillett (USA)

Best Director (Female): Ginevra Gentili-Elsworthy for Tell Tale Signs (UK)

Best Director (Male): Daniel Gomez Bagby for The Climbing Perch (USA)

Best Student Director (Male): Feifei Gong for Hush (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Joanna Deja and Łukasz Deja for Split (Poland)

Best First Time Director (Male): Jingyao Wang for A Quiet Odyssey (USA)

Best Actress: Stacy Ann Rose for Life… (USA)

Best Actor: Alex Walton for Martin (UK)

Best Supporting Actress: Kathryn Worth for Tell Tale Signs (UK)

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Hoagland for A Quiet Odyssey (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Nadia Fancher for What Tiger Wishes (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Ricko Tang for La Fayette (UK)

Best Acting Duo: Rebecca Birch and Frankie Wilson for Tell Tale Signs (UK)

Best Acting Ensemble: Stacy Ann Rose, Mirlande Amazan, Gordon Greene, Shawn Lockie, David Beyersforfer, DeinRene Amazan, Ashna Sharan, Poorva Waach, Barry Newell, and Coventry Halcyon for Life… (USA)

Best Cinematography: Christopher Sharman for Tell Tale Signs (UK)

Best Editing: Invasion 2040 (Argentina)

Best Production Design: Molly Blunt and Amelia Johnson for Tell Tale Signs (UK)

Best Visual FX: Cesar Alejandro Turturro for Invasion 2040 (Argentina)

Best Sound Design: Pablo Adame for My Turn (Mexico)

Best Original Score: Thibaut Vuillermet for Impressions de Loire (France)

Best Original Story: Ginevra Gentili-Elsworthy for Tell Tale Signs (UK)

Best Short Script: Runaway by Conor Champley (USA)

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