Couch Film Festival - Summer 2024 Edition
Best Film of the Festival Finalists
(These were the 7 titles screened at our June 26 event in Toronto)
BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL
Delivery - Dir. by Jaiden Reese, Dragan Andic (Canada)
1st RUNNER-UP for BEST FILM: Our Time - Dir. by Sandesh Bharthur (Canada)
2nd RUNNER-UP for BEST FILM: Absolution - Dir. by Conrad Ciupak (Canada)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
201 - Dir. by Sal Allarakhia (Canada)
The Spaghetti Files - Dir. by Gabriella Palozzi (Canada)
Rahma - Dir. by Mateen Manek (Canada)
Stressy Squishy - Dir. by Katherine Fan (USA)
AUDIENCE CHOICE
Absolution - Dir. by Conrad Ciupak (Canada)
Category Award Nominees
(These titles have undergone a private jury screening and is now in the running for awards)
1:00-5:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Action
Skudaar 2024 (Part 1) - Dir. by Patrick Chan (Denmark)
Panic Trail 2 - Dir. by Larry Dean Humphrey (USA)
Breakfast! - Dir. by Katy Teeuwen (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation Canada
The Little Clayman - Dir. by Karthic Janarth (Canada)
Candy Shop - Dir. by Ka Cheng Lau (Canada)
Effigy House - Dir. by Deb Ethier (Canada)
Ripple - Dir. by Megan Lim (Canada)
High Side - Dir. by Elina Nie (Canada)
Dot Rom - Dir. by Christine Fitzgerald (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation International
Soap Syren - Dir. by Beatrice Rose Robinson, Angelica Phanekham (Australia)
Enjoy Your Meal - Dir. by Sofie Kienzle, Christian Manzke (Germany)
Eye of the Beholder - Dir. by Jared Patterson (New Zealand)
Ice Cream Social - Dir. by Dermott Fairfield (Australia)
Downtime (Lågtid) - Dir. by Yuvia Maini (Sweden)
Oniris - Dir. by Nano Bor (Argentina)
Nominees for Best Animation USA
Bengleton: Out of this World - Dir. by Brian Thomas Shirley (USA)
Porkchop Panic - Dir. by Patrick Yaney (USA)
Buffy and the Balloon - Dir. by John Maslowski (USA)
A Snail Tale - Dir. by Ashley Wong (USA)
There's Nothing Wrong With Me - Dir. by Artie Edward Romero (USA)
Nominees for Best Student Animation
The Lonely Gargoyle - Dir. by Anne E. Hessel, Alex Freeman (USA)
Birdy Man - Dir. by Anni Zhang, Yutong Qiu (USA)
The One - Dir. by Molly Parsons, Ellery Stocker (USA)
Perspectives - Dir. by Pieter Stijn, Mario Maertens (Belgium)
Nominees for Best Comedy North America
Little Issues - Dir. by Jerah Milligan (USA)
Shed - Dir. by David Esposito, Ryan Crepack (USA)
Bad Habit - Dir. by Benjamin Douma (USA)
Break(Fast) - Dir. by Nicholas Laudicina (USA)
Crème Fraîche - Dir. by Gabriel Auclair-Doucet, Tobie Garceau (Canada)
Nominees for Best Comedy International
Delivered - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Keepsake - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Outback Dave - Dir. by Patrick Kevin Gamble, Ricky Gamble (Australia)
Nominees for Best Documentary
My Fields? - Dir. by Jaskanwar Singh Phagura (UK)
Moving Fields - Dir. Cora Stanley (USA)
Polystyrene Junkie - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Nominees for Best Drama North America
Robot Friend - Dir. by Meagan King (Canada)
Prashnam (The Problem) - Dir. by Athul Domichen (Canada)
A Message to my Father - Dir. by layla Stork (Canada)
Olya - Dir. by Andrii Berezin (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama International
1 in 30 Thousand - Dir. by Ali Nickshoar (Iran)
Great! - Dir. by Renata Monteiro (Brazil)
Astéria - Dir. by Elliot Huescar (Switzerland)
Let It Go - Dir. by Siddharth Kumar (India)
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Moving Forward - Dir. by Josie Parrelli (Australia)
Downtime (Lågtid) - Dir. by Yuvia Maini (Sweden)
Hypnagogia - Dir. by Ysabelle Taylor (UK)
Katalista Katalista - Dir. by Lee Nini (Netherlands)
Nikolai Nikolayev 1973 - Dir. by Constantine Balabanidis (Greece)
Nominees for Best Experimental North America
MinimalAnimal - Dir. by Gwynn Davies (Canada)
Cascade - Dir. by Jonathon Stearns (USA)
Altruist / Masochist - Dir. by Heather Maurer (USA)
Saucer Central - Dir. by Wheeler Winston Dixon (USA)
In My Dream, I Felt Like I Was Flying - Dir. by Daelan Wood (Canada)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Assignment: Haunting - Dir. by Anna Vlasiuk (UK)
Delivered - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Unease - Dir. by Nicholas Laudicina (USA)
Jolly Cold Soul - Trailer - Dir. by Robert Cunniff (USA)
The Getaway - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA)
Nominees for Best One-Minute Film
Hello - Dir. by Rasmus Lindkvist (Sweden)
The Coat - Dir. by Donal O'Dea (Ireland)
Cavity - Dir. by Yalın Biricik (Turkey)
I Am - Dir. by Michael Joseph Cloke (Ireland)
Nominees for Best Romance
The Hot Face - Dir. by Quentin Overtoom (France)
A Lovely Sight - Dir. by Norah Laoui (USA)
Keepsake - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Glad You Came - Dir. by Matilda Skönborg (Sweden)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Brain Freeze - Dir. by Vishaal Desai (USA)
Starlight Cantina - Dir. by Monica Lagrange (USA)
Diminished Reality - Dir. by Charles Castonguay, Le Zoo Cinema (Canada)
Nominees for Best Student Film
The Mime and The Muse - Dir. by Samuel Jay Patrick (Ireland)
When It's Over - Dir. by Alyza Veronica Reyes (Canada)
Marwa and the Moon - Dir. by Eemaan Qadri (USA)
Missed Adventure - Dir. by Kristina James (Canada)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Pravdeep Singh Sidhu - Smoking Kills (Australia)
Jared DeVries - Sketchbook Deity (Canada)
Olivia Keoughan - In Case You Don't See Me Again (Canada)
Carmine Acierno - Rochambeau (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Kyle Scott Wilkinson - Shave Me From This! (Canada)
Joseph Ryan Warner - The Mime and The Muse (Ireland)
Hrag Sazian - ProtoEvangelium (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Émilie Sigouin - Diminished Reality (Canada)
Aline Humbert - Another Chance (USA)
Shayley Shimkus - Unease (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Touched - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
The Astronomer’s Apprentice - by Patch Studio (UK)
The Getaway - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Elliot Huescar - Astéria (Switzerland)
Dinseh Manivannan - Assignment: Haunting (UK)
Hayden Besly - Poison (Australia)
Nominees for Best Writer
Alexander Julian - Lost on the Beach (USA)
Elliot Huescar - Astéria (Switzerland)
Wayne Tunks - Poison (Australia)
Nominees for Best Director
Florian Bosc - Yukon Diaries (Canada)
Angeliki Pardalidou - Sock's Manifesto (Greece)
Luis Figueredo - Wateke (Venezuela)
5:01-20:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Animation
Unit 17: Week 3 - Dir. by David Kaye, Theresa Stefaniak (USA)
The Pet Shop - Dir. by Esther Forest (Australia)
One Last Wish - Dir. by James Domingos (Canada)
Sunkissed - Dir. by Ruyee Lu (Canada)
Black Sanga: The Prototype - Dir. by Carlos Berenguer Carrión (Spain)
COMPASS ROSE & All that Glows - Dir. by Celeste Gersten (USA)
Nominees for Best Comedy International
Social Medea - Dir. by Justine Arvanitis, Sophia Totou (Bulgaria)
Kwiller - Dir. by Bruno Péruch (Guadeloupe)
The Pet Shop - Dir. by Esther Forest (Australia)
Nominees for Best Comedy North America
Latte For Jim - Dir. by JJ Zink (USA)
Fish Cops - Dir. by Spencer Mead (USA)
How Dare You? - Dir. by Joey Mosca (USA)
The Main Character - Dir. by Daniel Krastek (USA)
Discovery - Dir. by Andrew Brannen, Kevin Laporte (Canada)
Un(Sub)titled - Dir. by Andrew Brannen (Canada)
Nominees for Best Documentary
A-Okay - Dir. by J. Fitzpatrick (Canada)
Chasing The Paranormal - Dir. by Natalie Kalnicky (Canada)
Nostradamus on 2024 Iran Crash - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Olivia - Dir. by Juliana Corral Bustamante (Ecuador)
Hvngry Ghost - Dir. by Henry West (USA)
Alpha House - Andrew McLeod - Dir. by Tim Lopers (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama Canada
Cricket Cricket - Dir. by Ross Mendigorin (Canada)
The Red Boutique - Dir. by Shayla Rowsell (Canada)
The Golden Bounty - Dir. by Nicolas Robert Elensky (Canada)
Absolution - Dir. by Conrad Ciupak (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama USA
Lorica - Dir. by Benjamin Carlucci (USA)
Unforgivable - Dir. by Robert Short (USA)
Tío - Dir. by David J. Porras (USA)
Ardor - Dir. by V. Leigh (USA)
Twice a Day - Dir. by Shelby O'Boyle (USA)
Unique Beauty - Dir. by Adriana Kostetska (USA)
Nominees for Best Experimental
Ho Bo Jo - Dir. by Kipp Howard
Between the Seams - Dir. by Taryn Edgeworth (Canada)
Possession - Dir. by Kelsey Ann Sinclair Heath (UK)
Nominees for Best Horror
Red - Dir. by Hayden Eick (USA)
Project 405: Lost at Sea - Dir. by Josie Hull (USA)
Alone in the Apocalypse - Dir. by Alan Stuart Katcef (USA)
Possession - Dir. by Kelsey Ann Sinclair Heath (UK)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Strawberries - Dir. by Manos Karystinos (Bulgaria)
Captured by the Moment - Dir. by Kevin Cahak (USA)
Drums - Dir. by Miroslav Petkov (Bulgaria)
Forsaken - Dir. by Kirk Holyk (Canada)
The Mechanic - Dir. by Albert Aronov (USA)
Retribution - Dir. by FrancJose Lopez (USA)
Nominees for Best Romance
Reflection - Dir. by Zav Jenabian (Canada)
Heartless - Dir. by Owen Sparks (Canada)
In the Eyes of the Witch - Dir. by Freja Else Johansen (Denmark)
The Main Character - Dir. by Daniel Krastek (USA)
The Ties That Bind - Dir. by Christopher Dalton Sherrill, Kael McCall (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Discovery - Dir. by Andrew Brannen, Kevin Laporte (Canada)
Red - Dir. by Hayden Eick (USA)
Event Virus - Dir. by Andrea Fantauzzi (USA)
Project 405: Lost at Sea - Dir. by Josie Hull (USA)
Cassandra - Dir. by Paula Granato (Brazil)
Turing - Dir. by John Cihangir (USA)
Embers of Brotherhood - Dir. by Ilia Alexander Kalinin (Canada)
Nominees for Best Student Film
Dissonance - Dir. by Christian Sweeney (Canada)
Last Days of Derby - Dir. by Caleb Kaufman, Maya Rosenthal (USA)
Night Of Cookies - Dir. by Julen González (Spain)
The Main Character - Dir. by Daniel Krastek (USA)
What Goes Around - Karma is a Bitch - Dir. by Ronald Kerkman (Netherlands)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Andrea Fantauzzi - Event Virus (USA)
Andy Songo - Thirst (Guadeloupe)
Chase Vardy - All Is Well In Citium (Canada)
Vivaann Pahwa, Kushagra Pandey - No New Messages (USA)
Kristina James - The Psychic (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor
Christiaan Ackermann - My Utopia (South Africa)
Dave Inglis - Welcome Home
Dan Gregory - How Dare You?
Jasvir Tamber - Yogi Jazzz (Canada)
Kris Frostad - Drive 2 (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Lily Amaturo - Goddess (USA)
Kira L. Wilson - The Parallels Of Loneliness (USA)
Jamie Lynne Ford - Red (USA)
Naomi Jijina - Arya (Canada)
Sophie George - Between the Seams (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast
Wanna Bet? - Dir. by Omar Aufi (Norway)
Two Of A Kind - Dir. by Jedric Villar (USA)
Meet Me At The End Of It All - Dir. by Brandon Gale (USA)
Fantasy Screenplay Writers - Dir. by Spencer Langlois (Canada)
Liminal - Dir. by Mia Aubuchon (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Laurent Cirany - Thirst (Guadeloupe)
Vincent Tang - Between the Seams (Canada)
Shaquille Hosein - Arya (Canada)
Death Penalty - Dir. by Adrian B. Morina (Sweden)
Milidzhan Gevorkyan - Unique Beauty (USA)
Nominees for Best Writer
Tate Wrubleski - Art of the Call (Canada)
Steve Wollett - Illegal Alien (USA)
Rebecca Lamure - Erotic Power (Canada)
John Cihangir, Gissette Valentin - Turing (USA)
Time to Go, Granny - Dir. by Dave Inglis
Nominees for Best Director
Doug Strong - The Parallels Of Loneliness (USA)
Adrian B. Morina - Death Penalty (Sweden)
Tim Lopers - Alpha House - Andrew McLeod (Canada)
Yarron Jesuratnam - Konami (Canada)
Max Steele - Residuum (USA)
20:01-45:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Documentary
The Projectionist: A Collector's Journey - Dir. by John Cornelissen (USA)
OUT-OF-SIGHT and OUT-OF-MIND What is in Your Drinking Water - Dir. by Ryan Bijan (USA)
Inside Forbidden Walls - Empress Xia QuanCheng - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Drama
The Hills Stop - Dir. by Ming Chuan Fu (Taiwan)
Wilting at the Roots - Dir. by Caleb Gales (Canada)
The Feeling Part - Dir. by Jesse Lowell Anholt (USA)
Last Night - Dir. by Monaym Rashad (Canada)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Fool with a Gun - Dir. by Joseph Thomas (USA)
Whispers on Red Lake - Dir. by Adrian Campbell (Canada)
Mort Ou Biff - Dir. by Gustave Linette (France)
Nominees for Best Actor
Joseph Thomas - Fool with a Gun (USA)
Andrew Gombas - The Feeling Part (USA)
Adam Zimmerman - Wilting at the Roots (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Micah Kalisch - Last Night (Canada)
Arveen Aujla - Whispers on Red Lake (Canada)
Yue Sin Shih - The Hills Stop (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Cast
#toxic_positivity - Dir. by James Leming (USA)
Mort Ou Biff - Dir. by Gustave Linette (France)
Whispers on Red Lake - Dir. by Adrian Campbell (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Jake Hutchison - #toxic_positivity (USA)
Tre Bullen - Whispers on Red Lake (Canada)
Ming Chuan Fu - The Hills Stop (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Writer
Edward Barocela - Clotilda and the Wyvern (USA)
Shihyun Wang - Inside Forbidden Walls - Empress Xia QuanCheng (Taiwan)
Ron L. Perrin - OUT-OF-SIGHT and OUT-OF-MIND What is in Your Drinking Water (USA)
Nominees for Best Director
James Leming - #toxic_positivity (USA)
Ryan Bijan - OUT-OF-SIGHT and OUT-OF-MIND What is in Your Drinking Water (USA)
Gustave Linette - Mort Ou Biff (France)
45:01-120 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Documentary
From One World to Another - Dir. by Jean Marimoutou (French Guiana)
Reclaiming Our Humanity - Dir. by Robert Mossi Alexander (USA)
Why Do You Fight? Masked Fighter2. The Last Disciple of the 1st Tiger Mask. - Dir. by Kenji Ogusu (Japan)
Nominees for Best Drama
Shredded - Dir. by Adam Michael (USA)
Oregonda - Dir. by Eric Edward Shook, Leanne Johnson (USA)
Pay Back - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Malaysia)
Welcome to Reality or Death in the Aquarium - Dir. by Siegfried Buschau (Germany)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
SAFE The Beginning - Dir. by Sanelle Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
ISABELLA: Diary of a Foster Girl - Dir. by Ikem Frank Chude (USA)
Island of the Centaurs - Dir. by Alastair Romãno (Greece)
Nominees for Best Actor
Alastair Romãno - Island of the Centaurs (Greece)
Eric Shook - Oregonda (USA)
Daniel Brockhaus - Welcome to Reality or Death in the Aquarium (Germany)
Nominees for Best Actress
Ceia Zhou - Pay Back (Malaysia)
Leanne Johnson - Oregonda (USA)
Sabrina Culver - SAFE The Beginning (Zimbabwe)
Nominees for Best Cast
Shredded - Dir. by Adam Michael (USA)
From One World to Another - Dir. by Jean Marimoutou (French Guiana)
ISABELLA: Diary of a Foster Girl - Dir. by Ikem Frank Chude (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Adam Michael - Shredded (USA)
Rowland "Magic" WIlliams - ISABELLA: Diary of a Foster Girl (USA)
SAFE The Beginning - Dir. by Sanelle Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
Nominees for Best Writer
Ikem Frank Chude - ISABELLA: Diary of a Foster Girl (USA)
Eric Edward Shook, Leanne Johnson - Oregonda (USA)
Shihyun Wang - Pay Back (Malaysia)
Nominees for Best Director
Kenji Ogusu - Why Do You Fight? Masked Fighter 2. The Last Disciple of the 1st Tiger Mask (Japan)
Sanelle Sibanda - SAFE The Beginning (Zimbabwe)
Robert Mossi Alexander - Reclaiming Our Humanity (USA)
15-Second Story
Winner in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Best 15-Second Story: No Way Out - Dir. by Alyssa Johnson (Canada)
Nominees
Ammachi - Dir. by Josu Geo
*Excerpt* The Snowraven Chronicles: Cave of Despair - Dir. by AJ Spence (USA)
Hare - Dir. by Kevin Lucero Less (USA)
State Off - Dir. by Raša Stanišić (Serbia)
Murder - Dir. by David Valverde Martínez, Melina Priscila, Milva Maggio, Agustín Liva (Spain)
The Prey - Dir. by Julen Gonzalez (Spain)
Awake - Dir. by Julen Gonzalez (Spain)
Best Film of the Festival Finalists
(These were the 7 titles screened at our June 26 event in Toronto)
BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL
Delivery - Dir. by Jaiden Reese, Dragan Andic (Canada)
1st RUNNER-UP for BEST FILM: Our Time - Dir. by Sandesh Bharthur (Canada)
2nd RUNNER-UP for BEST FILM: Absolution - Dir. by Conrad Ciupak (Canada)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
201 - Dir. by Sal Allarakhia (Canada)
The Spaghetti Files - Dir. by Gabriella Palozzi (Canada)
Rahma - Dir. by Mateen Manek (Canada)
Stressy Squishy - Dir. by Katherine Fan (USA)
AUDIENCE CHOICE
Absolution - Dir. by Conrad Ciupak (Canada)
Category Award Nominees
(These titles have undergone a private jury screening and is now in the running for awards)
1:00-5:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Action
Skudaar 2024 (Part 1) - Dir. by Patrick Chan (Denmark)
Panic Trail 2 - Dir. by Larry Dean Humphrey (USA)
Breakfast! - Dir. by Katy Teeuwen (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation Canada
The Little Clayman - Dir. by Karthic Janarth (Canada)
Candy Shop - Dir. by Ka Cheng Lau (Canada)
Effigy House - Dir. by Deb Ethier (Canada)
Ripple - Dir. by Megan Lim (Canada)
High Side - Dir. by Elina Nie (Canada)
Dot Rom - Dir. by Christine Fitzgerald (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation International
Soap Syren - Dir. by Beatrice Rose Robinson, Angelica Phanekham (Australia)
Enjoy Your Meal - Dir. by Sofie Kienzle, Christian Manzke (Germany)
Eye of the Beholder - Dir. by Jared Patterson (New Zealand)
Ice Cream Social - Dir. by Dermott Fairfield (Australia)
Downtime (Lågtid) - Dir. by Yuvia Maini (Sweden)
Oniris - Dir. by Nano Bor (Argentina)
Nominees for Best Animation USA
Bengleton: Out of this World - Dir. by Brian Thomas Shirley (USA)
Porkchop Panic - Dir. by Patrick Yaney (USA)
Buffy and the Balloon - Dir. by John Maslowski (USA)
A Snail Tale - Dir. by Ashley Wong (USA)
There's Nothing Wrong With Me - Dir. by Artie Edward Romero (USA)
Nominees for Best Student Animation
The Lonely Gargoyle - Dir. by Anne E. Hessel, Alex Freeman (USA)
Birdy Man - Dir. by Anni Zhang, Yutong Qiu (USA)
The One - Dir. by Molly Parsons, Ellery Stocker (USA)
Perspectives - Dir. by Pieter Stijn, Mario Maertens (Belgium)
Nominees for Best Comedy North America
Little Issues - Dir. by Jerah Milligan (USA)
Shed - Dir. by David Esposito, Ryan Crepack (USA)
Bad Habit - Dir. by Benjamin Douma (USA)
Break(Fast) - Dir. by Nicholas Laudicina (USA)
Crème Fraîche - Dir. by Gabriel Auclair-Doucet, Tobie Garceau (Canada)
Nominees for Best Comedy International
Delivered - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Keepsake - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Outback Dave - Dir. by Patrick Kevin Gamble, Ricky Gamble (Australia)
Nominees for Best Documentary
My Fields? - Dir. by Jaskanwar Singh Phagura (UK)
Moving Fields - Dir. Cora Stanley (USA)
Polystyrene Junkie - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Nominees for Best Drama North America
Robot Friend - Dir. by Meagan King (Canada)
Prashnam (The Problem) - Dir. by Athul Domichen (Canada)
A Message to my Father - Dir. by layla Stork (Canada)
Olya - Dir. by Andrii Berezin (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama International
1 in 30 Thousand - Dir. by Ali Nickshoar (Iran)
Great! - Dir. by Renata Monteiro (Brazil)
Astéria - Dir. by Elliot Huescar (Switzerland)
Let It Go - Dir. by Siddharth Kumar (India)
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Moving Forward - Dir. by Josie Parrelli (Australia)
Downtime (Lågtid) - Dir. by Yuvia Maini (Sweden)
Hypnagogia - Dir. by Ysabelle Taylor (UK)
Katalista Katalista - Dir. by Lee Nini (Netherlands)
Nikolai Nikolayev 1973 - Dir. by Constantine Balabanidis (Greece)
Nominees for Best Experimental North America
MinimalAnimal - Dir. by Gwynn Davies (Canada)
Cascade - Dir. by Jonathon Stearns (USA)
Altruist / Masochist - Dir. by Heather Maurer (USA)
Saucer Central - Dir. by Wheeler Winston Dixon (USA)
In My Dream, I Felt Like I Was Flying - Dir. by Daelan Wood (Canada)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Assignment: Haunting - Dir. by Anna Vlasiuk (UK)
Delivered - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Unease - Dir. by Nicholas Laudicina (USA)
Jolly Cold Soul - Trailer - Dir. by Robert Cunniff (USA)
The Getaway - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA)
Nominees for Best One-Minute Film
Hello - Dir. by Rasmus Lindkvist (Sweden)
The Coat - Dir. by Donal O'Dea (Ireland)
Cavity - Dir. by Yalın Biricik (Turkey)
I Am - Dir. by Michael Joseph Cloke (Ireland)
Nominees for Best Romance
The Hot Face - Dir. by Quentin Overtoom (France)
A Lovely Sight - Dir. by Norah Laoui (USA)
Keepsake - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
Glad You Came - Dir. by Matilda Skönborg (Sweden)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Brain Freeze - Dir. by Vishaal Desai (USA)
Starlight Cantina - Dir. by Monica Lagrange (USA)
Diminished Reality - Dir. by Charles Castonguay, Le Zoo Cinema (Canada)
Nominees for Best Student Film
The Mime and The Muse - Dir. by Samuel Jay Patrick (Ireland)
When It's Over - Dir. by Alyza Veronica Reyes (Canada)
Marwa and the Moon - Dir. by Eemaan Qadri (USA)
Missed Adventure - Dir. by Kristina James (Canada)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Pravdeep Singh Sidhu - Smoking Kills (Australia)
Jared DeVries - Sketchbook Deity (Canada)
Olivia Keoughan - In Case You Don't See Me Again (Canada)
Carmine Acierno - Rochambeau (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Kyle Scott Wilkinson - Shave Me From This! (Canada)
Joseph Ryan Warner - The Mime and The Muse (Ireland)
Hrag Sazian - ProtoEvangelium (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Émilie Sigouin - Diminished Reality (Canada)
Aline Humbert - Another Chance (USA)
Shayley Shimkus - Unease (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Touched - Dir. by Trent Ivett (Australia)
The Astronomer’s Apprentice - by Patch Studio (UK)
The Getaway - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Elliot Huescar - Astéria (Switzerland)
Dinseh Manivannan - Assignment: Haunting (UK)
Hayden Besly - Poison (Australia)
Nominees for Best Writer
Alexander Julian - Lost on the Beach (USA)
Elliot Huescar - Astéria (Switzerland)
Wayne Tunks - Poison (Australia)
Nominees for Best Director
Florian Bosc - Yukon Diaries (Canada)
Angeliki Pardalidou - Sock's Manifesto (Greece)
Luis Figueredo - Wateke (Venezuela)
5:01-20:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Animation
Unit 17: Week 3 - Dir. by David Kaye, Theresa Stefaniak (USA)
The Pet Shop - Dir. by Esther Forest (Australia)
One Last Wish - Dir. by James Domingos (Canada)
Sunkissed - Dir. by Ruyee Lu (Canada)
Black Sanga: The Prototype - Dir. by Carlos Berenguer Carrión (Spain)
COMPASS ROSE & All that Glows - Dir. by Celeste Gersten (USA)
Nominees for Best Comedy International
Social Medea - Dir. by Justine Arvanitis, Sophia Totou (Bulgaria)
Kwiller - Dir. by Bruno Péruch (Guadeloupe)
The Pet Shop - Dir. by Esther Forest (Australia)
Nominees for Best Comedy North America
Latte For Jim - Dir. by JJ Zink (USA)
Fish Cops - Dir. by Spencer Mead (USA)
How Dare You? - Dir. by Joey Mosca (USA)
The Main Character - Dir. by Daniel Krastek (USA)
Discovery - Dir. by Andrew Brannen, Kevin Laporte (Canada)
Un(Sub)titled - Dir. by Andrew Brannen (Canada)
Nominees for Best Documentary
A-Okay - Dir. by J. Fitzpatrick (Canada)
Chasing The Paranormal - Dir. by Natalie Kalnicky (Canada)
Nostradamus on 2024 Iran Crash - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Olivia - Dir. by Juliana Corral Bustamante (Ecuador)
Hvngry Ghost - Dir. by Henry West (USA)
Alpha House - Andrew McLeod - Dir. by Tim Lopers (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama Canada
Cricket Cricket - Dir. by Ross Mendigorin (Canada)
The Red Boutique - Dir. by Shayla Rowsell (Canada)
The Golden Bounty - Dir. by Nicolas Robert Elensky (Canada)
Absolution - Dir. by Conrad Ciupak (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama USA
Lorica - Dir. by Benjamin Carlucci (USA)
Unforgivable - Dir. by Robert Short (USA)
Tío - Dir. by David J. Porras (USA)
Ardor - Dir. by V. Leigh (USA)
Twice a Day - Dir. by Shelby O'Boyle (USA)
Unique Beauty - Dir. by Adriana Kostetska (USA)
Nominees for Best Experimental
Ho Bo Jo - Dir. by Kipp Howard
Between the Seams - Dir. by Taryn Edgeworth (Canada)
Possession - Dir. by Kelsey Ann Sinclair Heath (UK)
Nominees for Best Horror
Red - Dir. by Hayden Eick (USA)
Project 405: Lost at Sea - Dir. by Josie Hull (USA)
Alone in the Apocalypse - Dir. by Alan Stuart Katcef (USA)
Possession - Dir. by Kelsey Ann Sinclair Heath (UK)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Strawberries - Dir. by Manos Karystinos (Bulgaria)
Captured by the Moment - Dir. by Kevin Cahak (USA)
Drums - Dir. by Miroslav Petkov (Bulgaria)
Forsaken - Dir. by Kirk Holyk (Canada)
The Mechanic - Dir. by Albert Aronov (USA)
Retribution - Dir. by FrancJose Lopez (USA)
Nominees for Best Romance
Reflection - Dir. by Zav Jenabian (Canada)
Heartless - Dir. by Owen Sparks (Canada)
In the Eyes of the Witch - Dir. by Freja Else Johansen (Denmark)
The Main Character - Dir. by Daniel Krastek (USA)
The Ties That Bind - Dir. by Christopher Dalton Sherrill, Kael McCall (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Discovery - Dir. by Andrew Brannen, Kevin Laporte (Canada)
Red - Dir. by Hayden Eick (USA)
Event Virus - Dir. by Andrea Fantauzzi (USA)
Project 405: Lost at Sea - Dir. by Josie Hull (USA)
Cassandra - Dir. by Paula Granato (Brazil)
Turing - Dir. by John Cihangir (USA)
Embers of Brotherhood - Dir. by Ilia Alexander Kalinin (Canada)
Nominees for Best Student Film
Dissonance - Dir. by Christian Sweeney (Canada)
Last Days of Derby - Dir. by Caleb Kaufman, Maya Rosenthal (USA)
Night Of Cookies - Dir. by Julen González (Spain)
The Main Character - Dir. by Daniel Krastek (USA)
What Goes Around - Karma is a Bitch - Dir. by Ronald Kerkman (Netherlands)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Andrea Fantauzzi - Event Virus (USA)
Andy Songo - Thirst (Guadeloupe)
Chase Vardy - All Is Well In Citium (Canada)
Vivaann Pahwa, Kushagra Pandey - No New Messages (USA)
Kristina James - The Psychic (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor
Christiaan Ackermann - My Utopia (South Africa)
Dave Inglis - Welcome Home
Dan Gregory - How Dare You?
Jasvir Tamber - Yogi Jazzz (Canada)
Kris Frostad - Drive 2 (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Lily Amaturo - Goddess (USA)
Kira L. Wilson - The Parallels Of Loneliness (USA)
Jamie Lynne Ford - Red (USA)
Naomi Jijina - Arya (Canada)
Sophie George - Between the Seams (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast
Wanna Bet? - Dir. by Omar Aufi (Norway)
Two Of A Kind - Dir. by Jedric Villar (USA)
Meet Me At The End Of It All - Dir. by Brandon Gale (USA)
Fantasy Screenplay Writers - Dir. by Spencer Langlois (Canada)
Liminal - Dir. by Mia Aubuchon (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Laurent Cirany - Thirst (Guadeloupe)
Vincent Tang - Between the Seams (Canada)
Shaquille Hosein - Arya (Canada)
Death Penalty - Dir. by Adrian B. Morina (Sweden)
Milidzhan Gevorkyan - Unique Beauty (USA)
Nominees for Best Writer
Tate Wrubleski - Art of the Call (Canada)
Steve Wollett - Illegal Alien (USA)
Rebecca Lamure - Erotic Power (Canada)
John Cihangir, Gissette Valentin - Turing (USA)
Time to Go, Granny - Dir. by Dave Inglis
Nominees for Best Director
Doug Strong - The Parallels Of Loneliness (USA)
Adrian B. Morina - Death Penalty (Sweden)
Tim Lopers - Alpha House - Andrew McLeod (Canada)
Yarron Jesuratnam - Konami (Canada)
Max Steele - Residuum (USA)
20:01-45:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Documentary
The Projectionist: A Collector's Journey - Dir. by John Cornelissen (USA)
OUT-OF-SIGHT and OUT-OF-MIND What is in Your Drinking Water - Dir. by Ryan Bijan (USA)
Inside Forbidden Walls - Empress Xia QuanCheng - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Drama
The Hills Stop - Dir. by Ming Chuan Fu (Taiwan)
Wilting at the Roots - Dir. by Caleb Gales (Canada)
The Feeling Part - Dir. by Jesse Lowell Anholt (USA)
Last Night - Dir. by Monaym Rashad (Canada)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Fool with a Gun - Dir. by Joseph Thomas (USA)
Whispers on Red Lake - Dir. by Adrian Campbell (Canada)
Mort Ou Biff - Dir. by Gustave Linette (France)
Nominees for Best Actor
Joseph Thomas - Fool with a Gun (USA)
Andrew Gombas - The Feeling Part (USA)
Adam Zimmerman - Wilting at the Roots (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Micah Kalisch - Last Night (Canada)
Arveen Aujla - Whispers on Red Lake (Canada)
Yue Sin Shih - The Hills Stop (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Cast
#toxic_positivity - Dir. by James Leming (USA)
Mort Ou Biff - Dir. by Gustave Linette (France)
Whispers on Red Lake - Dir. by Adrian Campbell (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Jake Hutchison - #toxic_positivity (USA)
Tre Bullen - Whispers on Red Lake (Canada)
Ming Chuan Fu - The Hills Stop (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Writer
Edward Barocela - Clotilda and the Wyvern (USA)
Shihyun Wang - Inside Forbidden Walls - Empress Xia QuanCheng (Taiwan)
Ron L. Perrin - OUT-OF-SIGHT and OUT-OF-MIND What is in Your Drinking Water (USA)
Nominees for Best Director
James Leming - #toxic_positivity (USA)
Ryan Bijan - OUT-OF-SIGHT and OUT-OF-MIND What is in Your Drinking Water (USA)
Gustave Linette - Mort Ou Biff (France)
45:01-120 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Documentary
From One World to Another - Dir. by Jean Marimoutou (French Guiana)
Reclaiming Our Humanity - Dir. by Robert Mossi Alexander (USA)
Why Do You Fight? Masked Fighter2. The Last Disciple of the 1st Tiger Mask. - Dir. by Kenji Ogusu (Japan)
Nominees for Best Drama
Shredded - Dir. by Adam Michael (USA)
Oregonda - Dir. by Eric Edward Shook, Leanne Johnson (USA)
Pay Back - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Malaysia)
Welcome to Reality or Death in the Aquarium - Dir. by Siegfried Buschau (Germany)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
SAFE The Beginning - Dir. by Sanelle Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
ISABELLA: Diary of a Foster Girl - Dir. by Ikem Frank Chude (USA)
Island of the Centaurs - Dir. by Alastair Romãno (Greece)
Nominees for Best Actor
Alastair Romãno - Island of the Centaurs (Greece)
Eric Shook - Oregonda (USA)
Daniel Brockhaus - Welcome to Reality or Death in the Aquarium (Germany)
Nominees for Best Actress
Ceia Zhou - Pay Back (Malaysia)
Leanne Johnson - Oregonda (USA)
Sabrina Culver - SAFE The Beginning (Zimbabwe)
Nominees for Best Cast
Shredded - Dir. by Adam Michael (USA)
From One World to Another - Dir. by Jean Marimoutou (French Guiana)
ISABELLA: Diary of a Foster Girl - Dir. by Ikem Frank Chude (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Adam Michael - Shredded (USA)
Rowland "Magic" WIlliams - ISABELLA: Diary of a Foster Girl (USA)
SAFE The Beginning - Dir. by Sanelle Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
Nominees for Best Writer
Ikem Frank Chude - ISABELLA: Diary of a Foster Girl (USA)
Eric Edward Shook, Leanne Johnson - Oregonda (USA)
Shihyun Wang - Pay Back (Malaysia)
Nominees for Best Director
Kenji Ogusu - Why Do You Fight? Masked Fighter 2. The Last Disciple of the 1st Tiger Mask (Japan)
Sanelle Sibanda - SAFE The Beginning (Zimbabwe)
Robert Mossi Alexander - Reclaiming Our Humanity (USA)
15-Second Story
Winner in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Best 15-Second Story: No Way Out - Dir. by Alyssa Johnson (Canada)
Nominees
Ammachi - Dir. by Josu Geo
*Excerpt* The Snowraven Chronicles: Cave of Despair - Dir. by AJ Spence (USA)
Hare - Dir. by Kevin Lucero Less (USA)
State Off - Dir. by Raša Stanišić (Serbia)
Murder - Dir. by David Valverde Martínez, Melina Priscila, Milva Maggio, Agustín Liva (Spain)
The Prey - Dir. by Julen Gonzalez (Spain)
Awake - Dir. by Julen Gonzalez (Spain)
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