July – August 2024
These are the winners of July – August 2024
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Best Film – Le dita – Viola Folador – Italy
Best International Film – Strings – Ava Pearson, Eleanor Smith, Nina Zandvliet – United Kingdom
Best American Film – The Boxing Ring – Emily Gutierrez – Canada
Best European Film – Taiji Cove – Sasha Gromova – Russia
Best Asian Film – Lust for freedom – Jakub Zajac – Viet Nam
Best Italian Film – Codename Fury – Giuliano Emanuele – Italy
Best Lombard film – Mr. Crazy – Filippo Cristiano – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes) – Whippy – James Rooke – United Kingdom
Best Super Short (under 10 minutes) – Bad Genius – Chris Wu – Usa
Best Medium Length (from 30 to 60) – 26 Seconds ISIS Sex Slaves – Kelly Galindo – Usa
Best Low-Budget Film – Disorders – Giovanni Margotto – Italy
REALITY AWARDS
Best Realistic Film – Chasing The Midnight Sun – Dario Di Agostino – Italy
Best Drama – Scarlett – Andrea Karime Marbán – Mexico
Best Experimental Film – Flâneurs – Ivano Lollo – Italy
Best Original Idea – Abaddon – Geoffroy C. Dedenis – France
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+) – L’animale – Diego Finocchiaro – Italy
Best Documentary – NoisyVision – Glauco Tortoreto – Italy
Best Animated Film – Charcoal Dust – Ian Dooley – Usa
Best Social Drama – The Librarian – Chuqiao Pan – United Kingdom
Best Sport/Inspirational – Montenero – Alessandro Luongo – Italy
Best War/Western/History – The Lost Mountaineers – Andrea Andreotti, Diego Busacca – Italy
Best Family Drama – Apart – Luca Pirero – Sweden
Best Female Drama – Limbo – Giuseppe Fazio – Italy
Best Comedy/ Irony – Unprofessional – Drew Schettler – Usa
Best Horror/Mistery – The song of the mad god – Sixtum – Usa
Best Action/Thriller – Maybe I Am the Villain – Max Presement – Canada
Best Web/TV Pilot/Tv Series – Your Democracy – Gloria Jene’ Browne-Marshall – Usa
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy/Futuristic – Ghosts in the Blood – Raphael Buisson Enlas – Usa
Best Jobs/Works Drama – Fiamme nel mare – Gabriele Giannini – Italy
Best Romance – Single Use – Finn Hyndman – New Zealand
Best Music/Musical – Riding out the storm – Bruce Alan Johnson – Usa
Best Crime/Violence Drama – God in the Valley – Christian Colbert – Usa
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director – The rat – Tommy Duncan – Iceland
Best Young Director – Legacy of Sins – PakShing Chow – Usa
Best Soundtrack – Miss Dress – Panos Boras – Greece
Best Editing – Humans Don’t Come With Instructions – Arnoldas Alubauskas – United Kingdom
Best Screenplay – One Man – Peter Efthymiou – United Kingdom
Best Cinematography – A First and a Last – Sam Shi – China
Best Vfx – Four Episodes from 1984 – Marshall Peterson – Usa
Best Actor/Actress – Demolition – Lacey Claire Rogers – Usa
Best Producer – Skin – Ilayda Cetinkaya – Usa
Best Movie Poster – My Boyfriend’s Girlfriend – Zirui Wang – China
Best Title – Roma Tomatoes – Christina Kljunich – Usa
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Father’s Mountains – XiaoJun Tan – China
Petit Ange – Samuel James Thomson – United Kingdom
The Lipstick – Qianhuiji – China
Left-Behind Children – Yuanyuan Zhao – China
Boreana – Emanuel Toffolo, Jordan Carraro – Italy
ReNEWed_The Second Take – Leanne Read – Canada
La Balzana – Luca Marconato – Italy
Calling – Raaj Rao – United Arab Emirates
She’s My Best Friend (and I Hate Her) – Candy Guard – United Kingdom
L’altra faccia della montagna – Markus Otz – Switzerland
The forest of the honey bees – Erwan Le Gal – France
Nix’s Symphony – Karina Loerchner – Canada
Go Fish – Riya Agarwal – India
Operazione Madonnina – Emilio Emma – Italy
What Happened at Don’s? – Eden Gamliel – Usa
Made of Stars – Kaiyue (Ethan) Guan – Usa
Sheep – Brian May – Ireland
The Barn – Jonathan Paul Brooker, Chichester Filmmakers – United Kingdom
The Night of Purple Horrors – Kadri Nikopensius, Rebeka Põldsam – Estonia
L’ultimo Asino – Angelo Urbano – Italy
Shaping Kulture – Joseph Vialpando – Usa
Sketchy Characters – Jacob French – Usa
Arcipelago – Clayton D. Moss – Australia
Empty – Andrea Ferrarello – Italy
Lost All Care – Chris Wu – Usa
When He Comes Home – Roberto Leite – Brazil
This Is Not Heaven Yet – Alina Idiyatova – Russia
Scratches – Daniel Lama – Italy
Keeper of the Night Sky – Karina Loerchner – Canada
Insomnia – Paul Utkay – Canada
The Night Has Come – Amir Salyanov – Turkey
UnderTs- la storia raccontata dal sottosuolo – Andrea Crevatin – Italy
Christian – Chuqiao Pan – United Kingdom
Covid Thoughts – Stewart Brodian – Usa
Katabasis – Daniel Morris – Usa
E questo mi basta – Antonella Emilio – Italy
Adomania – Vitória de Almeida Klotz – Germany
Race & Surfing: A Brief History – Claire Pinegar, Jeremy Asher Lynch – Usa
Out of body – Sisy M Gómez Peña – Cuba
Awakening – Alex Culberson – Usa
Shahroor – Yafa Ezzat Shahroor, Mo’men Ghanim Hasanain – Palestine