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WINNERS
MONTH OF FEBRUARY
Woman Captains
Marilyn fishes lobster with her father and dreams of becoming a captain herself. She meets other determined women captains who encourage her. But, when her husband suddenly dies in an accident, she becomes a single mother and questions her dream.
Best Director(Documentary/ Over 40min ) -Phil Comeau
Best Director(Documentary/ Over 40min ) -Phil Comeau
Tom and Luce
A couple in crisis is about to renovate an apartment. The state of the walls is like the state of their relationship.
Best Film(Over 40min) -Directed by Muxel Paule
Best Film(Over 40min) -Directed by Muxel Paule
The Nineveh Constant
For thousands of years mankind has been greatly impressed by the majestic regularity of the stars moving in the skies. Many tried in vain to find the great constant of the solar system and finally gave up. But this magic number finally appeared on an old clay tablet from nineveh.
Best Screenplay (Script under 40min) - Dr Ing. Chris Micallef
Best Screenplay (Script under 40min) - Dr Ing. Chris Micallef
The Lodge
The facts about LGBTQ residents in conventional/heterosexist retirement communities are grim. 1/3 of LGBTQ people over 50 fear they will be forced back into the closet when they retire. The Lodge takes us inside Fountaingrove Lodge, the first of its kind LGBTQ retirement community, created specifically for LGBTQ seniors and their allies. Two versions of The Lodge are available
Best LGBTQ+ Short Film (Under 40min) -Directed by Pam Walton, Ruth Carranza
Best LGBTQ+ Short Film (Under 40min) -Directed by Pam Walton, Ruth Carranza
The Ghost Under My Bed
On the brink of the civil war, a lonely young girl moves to a southern plantation. She befriends a ghost under her bed, only to discover there are much greater human horrors in store.
Best Animated Short Film( Under40min) - Sara Caldwell
Best Animated Short Film( Under40min) - Sara Caldwell
The First Outbreak
January 2020. Chinese New Year started when several cases of viral pneumonia have been detected in the city of Wuhan. A few days later, the epidemic is real, and chaos takes the province, the country... and the whole world. This film shows the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in its epicenter. Be prepared for a unique document inside Wuhan houses and hospital rooms. It is not about the numbers, but the feelings of the real people who suffer this terrible disease.
Best Documentary Film(Over 40min) - Directed by Luis Galán, Ramón Campoamor, Haiyan Tan
Best Documentary Film(Over 40min) - Directed by Luis Galán, Ramón Campoamor, Haiyan Tan
The Boy's Gone
A husband and wife deal very differently with the fact that their little boy is gone.
Best Film (Under 40min) - Directed By Sarah Polhaus
Best Film (Under 40min) - Directed By Sarah Polhaus
Red Fause
The Bishop and the Actor. In the same prison cell in 1944. The Actor's task: to guide the Bishop through his tragic life until his death. Time travel. Will you take the role of Bishop Faust? Wouldn't it be better to give up now? A real life, an extraordinary fate. The passionate, constant struggle between Priest and Actor, which is in all of us.
Best Director (Over 40min) - Zsolt Pozsgai
Best Director (Over 40min) - Zsolt Pozsgai
Shalom Putti
When a little-known Jewish community in rural Uganda comes into contact with a group of Orthodox Israeli rabbis, everyone is destined to be transformed. Director Tamás Wormser documents the extraordinary encounter over seven years, crafting a nuanced and visually arresting documentary reflection on identity, religion and the long shadow of colonialism.
Best Film on African Americans, natives & visible minorities(Over 40min) - directed by Tamás Wormser
Best Film on African Americans, natives & visible minorities(Over 40min) - directed by Tamás Wormser
Miki Maniaco
MIKI MANIACO follows Miki and his friends as they grapple with reality after being cast away from a world of magic and unfulfilled dreams. Now depressed and stuck somewhere in South Florida, the trio looks back at an era of fame and glory that will never come back.
Best Emerging Film maker (Over 40min) - Carla Forte
Best Lead (Male) - Carlos Antonio Leon
Best Emerging Film maker (Over 40min) - Carla Forte
Best Lead (Male) - Carlos Antonio Leon
Sky Is The Limit
The film, produced by the mother, is about the life of her 33 yrs old daughter Emma who has Down's Syndrome.
Despite all social, physical and psychological adversities she is a symbol of success as a prolific artist and emanates positive energy with calm, humor and affection. She is a genuine star !
Special Jury Award - Emma Anderson & Mirka Anderson
Despite all social, physical and psychological adversities she is a symbol of success as a prolific artist and emanates positive energy with calm, humor and affection. She is a genuine star !
Special Jury Award - Emma Anderson & Mirka Anderson
The Choices We Make
Arthur gets visited by his future-self who travels back in time. When he finally discloses his devious plan he tricks Arthur and sends him off to 2055. However, Arthur manages to outsmart his future-self, returning in a new and upgraded 'Time Machine' to dashingly send his future-self back to the future for good!
Best Emerging Filmmaker(Under 40 min) - Joachim E.H. Lang
Best Emerging Filmmaker(Under 40 min) - Joachim E.H. Lang
Go On And Bleed
Heading north to avoid the US draft in the summer of 1971, Monty meets the beautiful, enigmatic Marianne. They share an unexpected connection yet when he awakes, she is gone. He spends the rest of the heady summer thinking of her, as he begins to realize the land to which he ran is not as benign as imagined.
Best Director (Under 40min) - J.Christian Hamilton
Best Lead -Male - Mitch Myers
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