These are the winners of awards of Awards of AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2024:
STANDARDN CATEGORIES
Best Film: Greenbody – Jordan Hughes – Canada
Best International Film
WINNER: ¿Quién quiere ser normal? – Chus Gómez – Spain
HONORABLE MENTION: Jacques and Barnabus – Georgiy Margvelashvili, Polly Reid, Melanie Jackson, George Vyssaritis – Australia
Best European Film
WINNER: Clowns – Jon Tengs Engebretsen – Norway
HONORABLE MENTION: Shark Latte – Carsten Strauch, Piotr J. Lewandowski – Germany
Best Asian Film
WINNER: XXX, Mon Amour – Zefan Wang – China
HONORABLE MENTION: Balloon – Xiaoyuan Jenny Wang – China
Best American Film
WINNER: Showdown at Walter Reed – Christopher Leon Price – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Any Last Words – Isaac Rathé – Canada
Best Italian Film
WINNER: Le Vedove dell’Ornitosorte – Anwar Defrancesco – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Muse Comes Home – Claudio Chiaverotti – Italy
Best Lombard film
WINNER: La foto perfetta – Gabriele Marcarini – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Operazione Madoninnina – Emilio Emma – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 min)
WINNER: Henry’s Hand – Laura Gilda Maiullari, Lilith Eva Föhn, Oleksandra Gorshevikova – Switzerland
HONORABLE MENTION: Alter Ego – Rafael Maria Friebe – Germany
Best Super Short (under 15 minutes)
WINNER: Searching for the 5th Direction – Matthias Schüpbach – Switzerland
HONORABLE MENTION:
Best Medium Lenght (under 60 min)
WINNER: Draw Two – Steven Jon – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Tomorrow The Birds Will Sing – Freddy Bridgman, Alex Osbourn – United Kingdom
Best Low Budget Film
WINNER: La piena – Lorenzo Gonnelli – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Fish in the box (or Fear of Peace) – Valerio Massimo Filice – Italy
Best Original Idea
WINNER: Passaggio – Matteo Canuti – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Room n.15 – Valerio M. Filice – Italy
Best AI Film
WINNER: Resonance – Swen Werner – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION: Left Alone – Anvar Saadat – India
ABSURD AWARDS
Best Wannabe Absurd (we know reality can be absurd)
WINNER: Gaza SOS – Ilmar Karuso – Australia
HONORABLE MENTION: Legittima omertà – Laboratorio cinematografico Omissis – Italy
Best You’re lucky
WINNER: Release – Guzman Gonzalez, William Kish, Jake Limone – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: 2 Stoned 2 Pray – Abby Kolman – Canada
Best You have a good pusher
WINNER: I see red – Silvestre Correia – Portugal
HONORABLE MENTION: Beef Creek – Kurt Vinci, Seby X Martinez – Usa
Best It deserved an award so we created one
WINNER: The mine – Alessandro Sivieri, Daniel Lama – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: My Shadow – Astra Silver Burke – Usa
Best Font
WINNER: High Pitch – David Michael Hands – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION: God Dam – Bill Doty – Usa
Best Plot twist
WINNER: A Bone To Chew – Audrey Dunning – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Darby After Dark – Anna Hammill – Usa
Best Villain
WINNER: Flowers – Cliff Crull – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Gevatter Tod ist raus, oder der Tag an dem er seinen Job an den Nagel hängt. – Nina Romming, Thomas Küper – Germany
Best Lie
WINNER: E pur si muove – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Enchantment – Adrian Tsang – United Kingdom
Best Don’t watch it when you’re eating
WINNER: Clean Freak – Jordan H Hughes – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: I Feel Like A Piece Of Meat – Yalın Çağdaş Eşsiz – Turkey
FILM STYLE AWARDS
Best Wes Anderson
WINNER: News at 11 – VJ Maury – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: The Staircase of Lost Dreams – Takeshi Kinugasa – Japan
Best Ken Loach
WINNER: Hi, Friends! – Wheaton Simis – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: La sostanza dei sogni – Geppi Di Stasio – Italy
Best Stanley Kubrick
WINNER: Pants Labyrinth – Simon Jones, Kaylee Nicholas – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION: ¡EyL! – Julia San Andrés Dávila, Joel Córdoba Pérez – Spain
Best Quentin Tarantino
WINNER: Boned – Bobby Zee – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Gone, Trucker, Gone – Muchael Boston – Usa
Best Federico Fellini
WINNER: Wingless fairy – Alessandro De Filippis – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Sobre su cabeza – Fernando Mol – Mexico
Best Hayao Miyazaki
WINNER: Metal Flower – Seoyun Kim – Republic of Korea
HONORABLE MENTION: Trainspired – Stephen Shelton – United Kingdom
Best Sam Raimi
WINNER: Bloodhunt – Richard Kubli, Michael Kubli – Australia
HONORABLE MENTION: Parallel Lives – Stephanie Kirves – Usa
GENRE AWARDS
Best Absurd
WINNER: Crystal Quest – Jeff Boarts – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: April Fools – Josh Block – Usa
Best Drama
WINNER: Dreamers Never Learn – Paolo Wriedt – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: All Is Calm – Daniel Kavanagh – United Kingdom
Best Experimental
WINNER: Dinner with my Dead Son – Ilina Bhatia – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Too dark for a fashion film – Guillermo Irriguible – Spain
Best Comedy/Parody
WINNER: Sign from God – Yang Zimik, Timothy Shin – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Fluidos – Andrea de los Ángeles – Mexico
Best Horror/Mystery
WINNER: The liminal space – Damiano Rossi – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Midnight Egg – Holga Rosen – Germany
Best Action/Thriller
WINNER: Ultimatum – Timothy Nguyen – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Aggression within Underestimation – Peach Rosemary – Usa
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
WINNER: Prologue: Thalassophilia – A Cryptograph in Three Acts – Simon C. Hussey – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: Alagút a fény végén (rövidfilm) – Szabolcs Pető – Hungary
Best Documentary
WINNER: Credo ancora nelle favole – Amedeo Staiano – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Who the Hell is Michael Malone? And the Art of Organic Farming – Gary Beeber – Usa
Best Animation
WINNER: Cowboys And Cosmonauts – Max Aaron Tikhonov – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Chef Gustav – Luke Frangeskou – United Kingdom
Best War/Western/History
WINNER: Empty – Andrea Ferrarello – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: The Days of Knight – John P Martinez – Usa
Best Web/TV Pilot/Tv Series
WINNER: The Celebrant – Kate Armon, Craig Smith – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: Pink Moon – Angad Batra – Usa
Best Music/Musical
WINNER: Party Sematary – Robert Ghoulio Alcala – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Therapy Won’t Kill You – Claire McKey Berkman, Anita Castillo-Halvorssen, Kimberly Divad, Julianne Mason, Emily Rellis – Usa
Best Romance
WINNER: The Yesterday – Benita Vera von Sass – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: Stop World – Julianna Schley – Usa
Best Crime/Violence
WINNER: 20 Euros – Alexander Machlouzarides-Shalit – Cyprus
HONORABLE MENTION: Joe – Matt Haro – Usa
Best Sport/Inspirational
WINNER: Crossing the North – Andrea Devicenzi – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Man versus Ferry – Gee Stewart – Canada
Best Silent Film
WINNER: Terminator 1922 – Paddy Roland Mueller – Germany
HONORABLE MENTION: Show yourself – Riccardo Vinciguerra – Italy
Best LGBTQ+
WINNER: Thea and Lucia – Alyssa Scott – Australia
HONORABLE MENTION: Catfight – Keshhav Panneriy – India
HONORABLE MENTION: Mimic – Max Paster – Usa
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
WINNER: Me, Myself & Dr. Valkenheiser – Blake Ayliffe – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: One Night in Body Shop – Alexey Kotolevskiy – Usa
Best Young Director
WINNER: Bloody Belly – Simona Maria Strugari – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: 6 3 6 4 – Sarel Koning – Netherlands
Best Soundtrack
WINNER: Breaking Out – David Glass – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Help – Lillo Morreale – Italy
Best Editing
WINNER: Este Hombre (El Tesoro) – Amaru
HONORABLE MENTION: When He Comes Home – Roberto Leite – Brazil
Best Screenplay
WINNER: Spitting Image – Dimitri Dyó – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: I love you – Rafael Maria Friebe – Germany
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Bad Days Don’t Last – Yuveen Rao – Rubathinesh Nair
HONORABLE MENTION: Minus – Aritro – India
Best Vfx
WINNER: Kurath Thor – Sammy Jo Pendergrast – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Death At First Sight – Prateek Sethi – India
Best Actor/Actress
WINNER: Party Panda – The Birth of a Serial Killer – Danny McDermott – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION:
Best Producer
WINNER: Absolution – Talia Jaeger, Charter Stark, Igor Pending – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Dummy – Lee Thomas Cortopassi – Usa
Best Makeup, Hairstyling or Costumes
WINNER: Maybe I Am the Villain – Max Presement – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: Mother Moonbeam’s Enlightenment Emporium – Ben Simpkins, Jason Hazzard – Usa
Best Title
WINNER: She Came From Outer Space! – Simon King – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Unintended – Salvatore Marotta – Usa
Best Movie Poster
WINNER: Mein Ballen – David Byron Kelley – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION: Breaking Out – David Glass – Usa