Official selection winners Summer 2022
BEST OF FEST – FEATURE
THE HAPPINESS THEOREM
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
LUCA FORTINA
BEST OF FEST – SHORT
COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT
Minnie Nguyen
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
BEST DRAMA SHORT
Delilah
Nika Agiashvili
BEST SCI FI SHORT
SOLUS
JONATHAN BROOKS
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BEST HORROR SHORT
ECHOES
GARRICK FOXX, NATASHA MAKI
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BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY SHORT
TACO KILLER
ALEJANDRO ANSOLEAGABEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
ELECTRIC EYES
HOMAYOON MARCUS HAME
ELIMINATE BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT
BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE
THE HAPPINESS THEOREM
LUCA FORTINO
BEST FEATURE FILM ALL GENRE
SILENCED TREE
FAYSAL SOYSAL
UNDER ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES
ELIMINATE BEST DIRECTOR SHORT
BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE
HOME AWAY
Oliver Yan
BEST DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE RACE EPIDEMIC
TONY SHYU
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BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
LAND OF THE FREE:Â OUT OF THE SHADOWS
James Ganiere
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BEST EDITING
LISTEN TO ALPHA
IAN ISOM, ALPHA
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BEST FIRST ITME FILMMAKER
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BEST ACTRESS
ADALYNN
SYDNEY CARVILL
BEST ACTOR
ARSI NAMI
AION
BEST CHILD ACTOR
THE HAPPINESS FEATURE
ANTONIO TANCREDI CADILL
ELIMINATE BEST FOREIGN SHORT
ELIMINATE BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER – SHORT
ELIMINATE BEST WOMAN FILMAKER FEATURE
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AWARDS OF PRESTIGE
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BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY
Pulp Friction
Tony Olmos Mark Atkinson
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ADD BEST FIRST DIRECTOR FEATURE
ADALYNN
JAKE BYRD
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BEST FEATURE COMEDY
AIN’T WE GOT FUN
DAVID ALAN RUBEN
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BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
WATER SPIRIT
CHERIE CARSON
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DEAR BROTHER
NEED NAME HERE
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BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
TAPU TE RANGA MARAE
VANESSA PATEA
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BEST DIRECTOR, DOCUMENTARY SHORT
TAPU TE RANGA MARAE
VANESSA PATEA
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ADD BEST LBGT
LOVE WITHOUT FEATURE
JUAN JOSE FRAUSTO
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ADD BEST EDITING
ELECTRIC EYES
HOMAYOON MARCUS HAME
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ADD ORIGINAL MUSIC
ELECTRIC EYES
HOMAYOON MARCUS HAME
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BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE
PAYBACK IN MANILA
VIRGINIA TRAVERS, CV HERST, TOM WALSH
BEST DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
JAMES MATTHEW STORM
THE ELECTRIC CYCLE RACING LEAGUE
BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
ADALYNN
JAKE BYRD
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BEST FEATURE FOREIGN FILM
AWARDS OF MERIT
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BEST DRAMA SHORT
THE AFTERMATH
Lachelle Joy Hunt
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BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE
AMERICAN SUPERSTAR
ROBERT D TOLZ
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BEST FEATURE FILM
ADALYNN
JAKE BYRD
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FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
ONE DAY WITH DOCTOR SERGIO
ROXANNE (OXANA) PHOENIX (KRISS)
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BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY
THE DESERT KING
LEV MERGIAN
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BEST FOREIGN SHORT
JOPEL
CLIFTON ABUAN
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BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
THE BLIND SWIMMER
OLARIU JULIAN
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ADD BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
IRIC
SANDRA TAMKIN
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ADD BEST HORROR SHORT
PLEDGE
ARIEL K HARRIS
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BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER
PLEDGE
ARIEL K HARRIS
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BEST STUDENT COMEDY SHORT
CLOCHE
DIANA MIAO
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BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT
AGAIN, MAMA
GEQI LI
HONORABLE MENTION
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ELIMINATE ALL THERE NOW AND REPLACE BELOW
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BEST SCREENPLAY
A SIRENS SWEET WHISPER
NEED NAME
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FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
MINERS CANDLE
MANUELA SCHNEIDER
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BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
RIGGED
MATT ZODROW
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BEST DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY SHORT
THE AFGHAN INTERPRETER
SANDRA Vidrequin
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BEST DRAMA SHORT
PEDRO
JEZRAEL GANDARA
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GRAND JURY AWARDS
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BEST CHILD ACTOR
Aadan Garcia
AION
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