Winners Summer Edition 2022

best indie feature film

the negative

Directed by Robert Wichrowski

Poland

best indie super short film

201 DAYS

Directed by Anne Zinn-Justin

France

best indie short film

un•bind

Directed by Daryl Sledge

United States

best short film

A martyr of the pen

Directed by Alan Hamwan

United Kingdom

best feature film

Troubled Minds

Directed by Raitis Abele, Lauris Abele

Latvia

best experimental short film

I AM HERE

Directed by William Yong

Canada

best student short film

Weight

Directed by Jairus Williams

United States

best first time filmmaker short film

Minha Mãe Fazia

Directed by Andrei Smoler

Brazil

best horror short film

The Lonely Road

Directed by Darren Hawkins

Australia

best first time filmmaker feature film

a Branch in the fire

Directed by Costas Mouratidis

Greece

best producer film

BELLE-ILE IN ACADIE

Directed by Phil Comeau

Canada

best Inspirational Film

AUTISM ACROSS THE GLOBE

Directed by Rima Joseph Irani

Lebanon

Best LGBTQ Film

The Sleeping Buddha

Directed by Anirban Chakraborty

India

best Mobile Phone Shoot

Hide and Seek

Directed by Greg R Powell

Australia

best short documentary

Unflinching Grace

Directed by Bill Frakes

United States

best feature documentary

Alaska Long Hunters

Directed by Mark Rose

United States

best animation short film

The Boy and The Mountain

Directed by Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal

Chile

best short script

The Short Film Club

Written by Darren Stokes, Matthew Bancroft

United Kingdom

best feature script

Shampoo Horns

Written by Daniel Falcone

United States

best super short script

Old Friends

Written by Sian Walker

United Kingdom

best drama script

gold

Written by Marcus Gorman

United States

best comedy script

Dick 2.0

Written by Henry Sarwer-Foner, Noel Baker

Canada

best horror script

BAD TRIP

Written by Anthony Ford

United States

best action script

Bad Love Tigers

Written by Kevin Schewe

United States

best original script

Wine and Fox

Directed by Chuanfa Wan

China

best screenwriting

Hard Candy Christmas

Written by Nick Abdo

United States

best female indie director

The Newcomers

Directed by Theresa Kliem

Canada

best male indie director

Wine and Fox

Directed by Chuanfa Wan

China

best female director

Man with Shadow

Directed by Ema Kugler

Slovenia

best actress

Eat Me

Directed by Adrian A Cruz

United States

best male director

The Lonely Road

Directed by Darren Hawkins

Australia

best actor

Malibu Crush

Directed by James Pratt

Australia

best Born Star Actress/Actor

When You Are Gone

Directed by Rafael Altamira

Mexico

best acting

Angel Dust

Directed by Mark Hemstock, Chrystal Snow

Canada

best music video

Better Than You

Directed by Lucy Turner

United Kingdom

best cinematography

Seven Thousand Souls

Directed by Sanjin Miric

Czech Republic

best editing

Eyes Wide Shut - The ShopWindow

Directed by Darren Stokes

United Kingdom

best sound design

SEDNA, EMPRESS OF THE SEA

Directed by Jerry Thevenet

Canada

best VFX

Precursor

Directed by Marco Castiglione

Italy

best Production

the eve

Directed by Luca Machnich