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2020 WINNERS
2020 BEST OF FESTIVAL
DUE TO COVID-19 LOCKDOWN and WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC, Best of Festival was not announced.
NARRATIVE FEATURE: DRAMA
GOLD AWARD: VULTURES; Director; Claudio Borrelli - Brazil
SILVER AWARD: Ascoltati; Director: Andrea Recchia - Italy
BRONZE AWARD: STOWAWAYS; Director: Liang Chen - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
In Purgatory; Director; Sara Olivka - Austria
Pink Opaque; Writer and Director; Derrick Perry, Additional Story and Produced by Dave Ragsdale - United States
Love is not Love; Director; Stephen Keep Mills - United States
Finding Home; Director; Jim Underwood - United States
NARRATIVE FEATURE: COMEDY
GOLD AWARD: What Makes Women Tick; Director: Svetlana Schotte - Germany
NARRATIVE FEATURE: HORROR
GOLD AWARD: Eadie; Director: Walter Haussner - United States
SILVER AWARD: 9 Ways to Hell; Directors: Nick Dragon, Tai-Lynia Jones, Scott Alan Richards, Emily Louise Rua, Shelly Skandrani, Dillon Wilson, Alejandra Díaz Dominguez, Deven Spencer, Derek Silvers - United States
NARRATIVE FEATURE: SCIFI
GOLD AWARD: THE MESSAGE; Director: NATTHAPHON AMORNTUT - Thailand
SILVER AWARD: The Nights We Looked at the Sky; Directors: David Gamboa Ortuzar - Spain
NARRATIVE FEATURE: LGBTQ
GOLD AWARD: Vidhān (Writ); Director: Manoj Rai - India
SILVER AWARD: In Love with Ally Barker; Directors: Chris and Robert Smellin - Australia
BRONZE AWARD: Guy; Director: Rory Dering - United States
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY:
GOLD AWARD: Father of a Broken Angel; Director: Dhiney Ramos - Netherlands
SILVER AWARD: Life on Wheels - Transportation for a new urban century; Directors: David Hodge, Hi-Jin hodge - Sweden
BRONZE AWARD: Quattro Colori (Four Colours); Director: Donal Moloney - Ireland
HONORABLE MENTION:
OPEKA; Director; Cam Cowan - United States
Living with The Odds; Director; Erich Meltvedt - United States
Stromboli – as long as the heart beats; Director; Hanspeter Aliesch - Switzerland
Milwaukee South Track Dynasty Unlimited; Director; Angelo Johnson - United States
A Journey of Tea; Director; LIU JIA - China
Chinese Backbone Doctors; Director; Jingyuan HAN - China
Alaska Long Hunters; Director; Mark Rose - United States
Road to Hollywood Through Bollywood; Director; Oleg Blinov - United States
With Open Eyes; Director; Charlotte Dafol - Brazil
NARRATIVE SHORT: DRAMA
GOLD AWARD: Permanent Resident, Director: James Cui - Australia
GOLD AWARD: Damned If I Do, Director: Jeffery A. Thompson - United States
SILVER AWARD: The Magic Door; Director: Kenzo Lin - United States
SILVER AWARD: Viral; Director; Kevin Welbeck - United States
BRONZE AWARD: THERE IS NO HUMAN; Director: JACKIE R. BALA - India
BRONZE AWARD: The Bad News; Director; Efriem Kahsay Quada - Eritrea
HONORABLE MENTION:
Communicare; Director; Anthony Vazquez - United States
Breaking the Silence; Director; Seayoon Jeong - United States
Younger; Director; Denise Dove - United States
Volveré; Director; Alex Hermogens - United States
The System; Director; Michael Cruz - United States
Afterlife People; Director; Fabrizio Borni - Italy
The Inconvenience of Being Black; Director; Ukachi Arinzeh - United States
Dream Vision Reality; Director; Roberto Puzzo - Germany
The Blue Butterflies Path; Director; Vini Wolf - Brazil
26.02.92; Director; ELVIN AHMADOGLU - Azerbaijan
A SHORE; Director; Sam Gilberg, Armand Dov Brescia - United States
Roots; Director; Saurabh Jain Samta - India
Pardon; Director; Saurabh Jain Samta - India
Fishing Vessel Bomnal; Director; Jang Choon Park - Republic of Korea
Glitches; Director; Annie Chen - Taiwan
Juicy Girl; Director; MJ KIM - Republic of Korea
NARRATIVE SHORT: COMEDY
GOLD AWARD: Short Cuts; Director: Spencer Paysinger, Dane Morck - United States
SILVER AWARD: Like Daughter, Like Mother; Director: Clyde Baldo - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Who Wants to Live with Barney Johnson Anyway; Director: Sylvie Kittel - Switzerland
HONORABLE MENTION:
Slightly Dead; Director; André Eriksen - Norway
NARRATIVE SHORT: HORROR
GOLD AWARD: FEAR OF THE WOODS; Director; Titus Paar - Sweden
SILVER AWARD: Interrupted; Director: Giorgio Carlevaro - United States
BRONZE AWARD: You Didn't See Me; Director: Matthew Goodman - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
ALTERED; Director; SARAH LE - United States
DOCUMENTARY: SHORT
GOLD AWARD: Iric; Directors: Sandra Tamkin - United States
SILVER AWARD: What If...; Director: Noah Berlow - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Exploring Ethiopia; Director: Charles Love - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
Gaza, one football, one leg; Director: Patrice Forget - France
AWAKENING TO SPIRIT - Inner Peace To World Peace ; Director: Vibhas P. A. Kendzia, Sandra Wasko-Flood - United States
NARRATIVE SHORT: SCI-FI
GOLD AWARD: Fishing Vessel Bomnal; Director: Jang Choon Park - Republic of Korea
SILVER AWARD: Dialectical Lyric Poetry; Director: Chengyang Xie - China
BRONZE AWARD: The Light Thief; Director: Eva Daoud - Spain
HONORABLE MENTION:
Dominion Evolucion; Director: Lucas Zoppi - Argentina
NARRATIVE SHORT: LGBTQ
GOLD AWARD: Steps; Director: Alan Tsao - United States
SILVER AWARD: I GOT THE LAST LAUGH!; Director: Victor Arnez - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Regret; Director: Rachel Grissom - United States
WEB SERIES:
GOLD AWARD: In the Land of Fruits and Nuts; Director: Krista Prokopchuk - United States
SILVER AWARD: Fully Formed Adults: Pay Or Quit; Director: Scott Boxenbaum - United States
MUSIC VIDEO:
GOLD AWARD: Darkness; Director: Yury Yarushnikov - Russian Federation
SILVER AWARD: Carry Me; Director: Shawn Spitler - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Waiting For Me (Official Music Video) by Madame Gandhi; Director: Misha Ghose - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
MARIBOR & SAXOPHONE; Director: FRANC KOPIC - Slovenia
Wasted; Director: Denys Shchukin - Ukraine
Inverted Gloaming; Director: MATIAS ALVARADO - Chile
Candle Lit; Director: Nick Francis - United States
Settle Down; Director: Tonio Krueger - Switzerland
STUDENT FILM:
GOLD AWARD: Gloria; Director: Meiru Lu - China
GOLD AWARD: Faces; Director: Wesley Wang - Jericho High School, United States
SILVER AWARD: Sound of Desperation; Director: Phinehas Yoon - Pasadena City College, United States
BRONZE AWARD: Big Brother; Director: Prada Wang (Wang Peng Ran) - Shanghai Theatre Academy, China
HONORABLE MENTION:
Red; Director: Frances Wilkerson;- College of DuPage, United States
SONG; Director: Sid Patwa, UCLA Extension Program, United States
First, Last; Director: Ruiyin Ouyang, Communication University, China
Grandpa's Long March; Director: Bolun Wei - Loyola Marymount University, United States
Glitches; Director: Rocio Camacho, San Francisco State University, United States
Malinchista; Director: Flora Rees-Arredondo - United States
MOVIE TRAILER:
GOLD AWARD: My Sisters' Cup; Director: Cortez Mack - United States
SILVER AWARD: Code 13: Unreadable - Official; Director: Seth Chitwood - United States