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January – February 2024

These are the winners of January – February 2024

MAIN CATEGORIES
Best Film – Insetti – Greta Zamparini – Italy
Best International Film – Armenia – Jaqueline Rauter – Austria
Best American Film – Domino Springs – Dan Hertzog – Usa
Best European Film – Love and Lust According to MeisnerJonas Grimas – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film – Never – Wang Wang – China
Best Italian Film – Cablò – Giorgia Macrino – Italy
Best Lombard film – Un giorno felice – Federico Mamone – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes) – Cortex – Wesley Adam Klingele – Usa
Best Super Short (under 10 minutes) – La La Sagna – Agostino Di Cio – Italy
Best Medium Length (from 30 to 60) – Dieci tipi di nero – Emilio Neri Tremolada – Italy
Best Low-Budget Film – Fine dei giochi – Donovan Pontoriero, Davide Balluchi, Riccardo Soldà – Italy

REALITY AWARDS
Best Realistic Film – Quando piove a Baden-Baden – Alessandro Soetje – Italy
Best Drama – L’ultimo sogno – Davide Maria Marucci – Italy
Best Experimental Film – Escape from eden – 跃 董 – China
Best Original Idea – Chambre 13 – Léa Damian – France
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+) – Broken Finger – April (Xinzhen) Yang – China
Best Documentary – Cassino Then and Now – Paolo Ameli – Italy
Best Animated Film – Block – Jake Logan Robbins – Usa
Best Social Drama – Wild People – Maria Petrova – Russian Federation
Best Sport/Inspirational – Eighth Year – Renard Cheren – Usa
Best War/Western/History – 1620 Battle of Rakovnik – Dimitri Kanjuka – Czech Republic
Best Family Drama – Knife, Chocolate – Hooshmand Varaei – Iran
Best Female Drama – Le troiane – Chiara Del Bove – Italy
Best Comedy/ Irony – E Fu Veneto – Samuele Schiavo – Italy
Best Horror/Mistery – The Visit – Davide Pagliaro – Italy
Best Action/Thriller – Inspired – Nebal Shafi – Usa
Best Web/TV Pilot/Tv Series
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy/Futuristic – Just Try – Dustin Hawkins – Usa
Best Jobs/Works Drama – Modify – Philip Alexander Orihuela – Usa
Best Romance – The Girl Who Faded Away – Brent Heise – Usa
Best Music/Musical – Emblem of the Age – Egor Lisovoy, Polina Kulbachevskaia – Russian Federation
Best Crime/Violence Drama – Dojo – Armin Alic – Usa

TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director – 《Daybreak》 – Fang Zirong – China
Best Young Director – Sur les sentiers éveillés – Axel Dahan – France
Best Soundtrack – Monfrà – Antonio Palese – Italy
Best Editing – Dreams of Ocean – Alan Shi – Usa
Best Screenplay – Nodo in golaGiuseppe De Vuono – Italy
Best Cinematography – Amici Invisibili – Claudio Rolfi, Matteo Rolfi – Italy
Best Vfx
Best Actor/Actress – Un Sorso di Vita 2.0Valentina Bivona – Italy
Best Producer – La salvezza – Andrea Recchia – Italy
Best Movie Poster – Filmmakers on hold – Christine Jezior – Germany
Best Title – Nina Sings the blues – Toni Cazzato – Italy

HONORABLE MENTION

Polvere – Paolo Carboni – Italy
The Pain of Being – Jes Pace – Malta
Dall’alba al tramonto – Vincenzo Ardito – Italy
Le Cri – Tom Pozzo di Borgo – France
The touch – Nikolay Aristarkhov – Russian Federation
Remember me – Lukas Olszewski – Germany
No decision – Hyunjin Lee – Usa
The Deal – Jeno Hodi – Hungary
The Unsilenced Women’s Empowerment And The Battle For Survival – Tosit Ghatane – Nepal
Ga-me – Flavio Papa – Italy
Direction – Marco Mazzi – Italy
Abbrivio: l’inerzia di una barca che scivola sull’acqua – Filippo Pigozzi – Italy
Bew Boodadoo – Leandros Panagoulakos – Netherlands
Christmas isn’t like a movie – Barbara Patarini Valenza, Leonardo Barone – Italy
Yours – Flaminia Graziadei – United Kingdom
The Carrier – Andrei Turcan – Germany
The Observers – Evgeny Sychev – Russian Federation