March – April 2024
These are the winners of March – April 2024:
MAIN CATEGORIES
Best Film – The Mail Thief – Abbas Abbas, Mhamad Hamadan Eidy – Lebanon
Best International Film – Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins – Essmat Sophie – Norway
Best American Film – The Last Butterfly – Sizhuo Li – Usa
Best European Film – She Talks In Her Sleep – Paul Taylor – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film – Xiao Chun – Xinghao He – China
Best Italian Film – L’America ca è – Tatiana Forese – Italy
Best Lombard film – Hira – Emanuele Colognese – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes) – Mirage – Hanson Ma, Jeffrey Su, Michael Wang – Usa
Best Super Short (under 10 minutes) – Fomo – Andrew Gelao – Australia
Best Medium Length (from 30 to 60) – Giulietta e Romeo? – Vanessa Cremaschi – Italy
Best Low-Budget Film – Malarema – Giovanni Suriano – Italy
REALITY AWARDS
Best Realistic Film – A Year Apart – Ocean Chin – China
Best Drama – Bygone Spring – Soo Oh Bang – Usa
Best Experimental Film – The Yesterday – Benita Vera von Sass – Canada
Best Original Idea – Do not disturb – Eslam Hozayen – Usa
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+) – Wonderful City – Francisco Malta – Brazil
Best Documentary – Miles in bello. Juan Bernier en la guerra de los españoles – Juan Antonio Bernier Blanco, Rafael Bernier Blanco – Spain
Best Animated Film – Dog – Apartment – Priit Tender – Estonia
Best Social Drama – Semplice – Valerio Giuseppe Cammarata, Chiara Maria Cammarata – Italy
Best Sport/Inspirational – RugbyTown Season 2 – Patrick Guthrie – Usa
Best War/Western/History – The Soldiers (Mother Ukraine—Layers of War) – Linda Pallotta – Usa
Best Family Drama – Thanks to Cancer I look Prettier than Ever – Ana Valentina Benjamin – Germany
Best Female Drama – Ana Paula – Leigh Marling – Canada
Best Comedy/ Irony – BFFR – Erika Apelgren – Usa
Best Horror/Mistery – L’ispettore Robles e la sfida del generale Carter – Adalberto Lombardo – Italy
Best Action/Thriller – Unicorns & Rainbows – Eden Rize – Israel
Best Web/TV Pilot/Tv Series – High Strung – Daniel McDougall – Canada
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy/Futuristic – Dave Gentic & Headgun – Samuel Van Geesbergen – Belgium
Best Jobs/Works Drama – Backstage – Andrea Merelli – Italy
Best Romance – A beleza no amor esquecido – Nelson Yabeta – Brazil
Best Music/Musical – All My Life – Lisa Törnqvist – Usa
Best Crime/Violence Drama – Shoeless in the Woods – David Vorderstrasse – Usa
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director – Vardo – Kostas Kaloudiotis – Greece
Best Young Director – Evil with evil – Adam Fleury – France
Best Soundtrack – Jigen Daisuke – Simone Papi, Arianna Vox – Italy
Best Editing – Homo Homini Lupus – Agostino Di Cio – Italy
Best Screenplay – Arasan Yemali Adimai Muttal – Karthikbalan M – India
Best Cinematography – Disciple – Boston Enderle – Usa
Best Vfx – Tech-No – Chantelle Richards – Usa
Best Actor/Actress – Untitled – Maya Jain – Canada
Best Producer – Mais Je Veux Quitter La Fête – Tiffany Lauren Bennicke – Canada
Best Movie Poster – The Last Take – Brian Foyster – Usa
Best Title – Under False Colors – Mickaela Bradford – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION
Error: Logic – Ari Rubenstein – Usa
No Longer on the Map – Ati Maier – Spain
Window – Vasya Grishina – Russian Federation
De Maquettebouwer – Constant Willems – John Post – Netherlands
Antipolis – Kaspar Jancis – Estonia
Love is (for the) Hopeless – Onur Bilmen – Germany
Fame Juice – Bailey Curbow, Julie Volkamer – Usa
Fuck this shit, love me! – Daniel Path – Czech Republic
The Seal of Death 2 – Harris Josey – Usa
The Dishreader – Fernando Haro – Brazil
If I Knew – Piro Gjylameti – Greece
The Drop-Off – Sydney Kaiser – Usa
Spellbound – Nicola Hepp – Netherlands
Belles paroles – Mohamed Ouaddah – France
Uncertain Body – Joëlle Wider – Switzerland
Nothing we say can change what we’ve been through – Francesca de Bassa – United Kingdom
Nightingale redux – Michael Müller – Austria
Under dictatorship of a zero – Mikhail Ezhov – Bulgaria
Johnny Jr. – Lily Andrews – Usa
Guardami – Gina Simone – Italy
Run Away – Christina Spaar – Switzerland
Nailed it! – Maria Laura Vella Clark – Malta
Sheltered from Time – Sadie Duarte – Spain
The portrait of the last hope – Mea Tsintsadze – Georgia
Il Mistero dell’ Acqua perduta – Lorenzo Pompei – Italy
Enya – Reuven Yamrom, Haim Eliyahu – Israel
