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Couch Film Festival

Fall 2023

BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL FINALISTS

Flag Act - Dir. by Susana Darwin (USA)
Free Lunch - Dir. by Seth Kannof (Australia)
If My Candle Burns Blue - Dir. by Laura Hailey McLellan (USA)
#backtonature - Dir. by Sonja Aufreiter (Austria)

CATEGORY AWARD NOMINEES

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Nominees for Best Animation Canada
SowPhia Rises - Dir. by Rosmary C. Moya (Canada)
Childe Roland in The Court of the Yellow King - Dir. by Stephen Kildare Favell (Canada)
Moey and Pouffy Meet the Covid Bug - Dir. by Allison Stevens (Canada)
Underqualified - Dir. by Marwan Zeid (Canada)
Old Man's World - Dir. by Robert David Duncan (Canada)

Nominees for Best Animation International
How to Save a Baby from a Snake Attack - Dir. by Christopher Bennett (USA)
Pest - Dir. by Zoe Ferrier (UK)
The 7th Night: MaoMao Revisits - Dir. by ahLoong (Malaysia)
2009 January 19th - Dir. by Liucija Vaisiunaite (UK)
Under The Bed - Dir. by Jeremy Sladdin (UK)
Dalton's Choice - Dir. by Weiheng Kong (China)
HOME. - Dir. by Mark Bernard (Australia)

Nominees for Best Comedy
That is the Mission! - Dir. by Matthieu Kassimo (France)
Searching for Soul Mate - Dir. by Shihyun Wang, Mohan Das (Taiwan)
Who's On Top - Dir. by Kristy Hasen, Greg Ainsworth (USA)
Underqualified - Dir. by Marwan Zeid (Canada)

Nominees for Best Documentary
Prom - Dir. by Timothy Richardson (USA)
Rock of Ages - Dir. by Ian Johnston (Canada)
Kuinerraq - Dir. by Magnus Shipe (USA)
Amsterdam, Vermeer and Keukenhof - Dir. by Milena Stoykova (Bulgaria)

Nominees for Best Drama
Accident - Dir. by Giuseppe Abba (UK)
Inside - Dir. by Angelina Phoenix, Paul Pence (USA)
Fante di Coppe - Dir. by Fabio Ravioli (Italy)
Last Night Stand - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA)

Nominees for Best Experimental
Robin's House - Dir. by Emily-Anne Fraser (Canada)
Game Over - Dir. by Kate Ryan (USA)
Old Man's World - Dir. by Robert David Duncan (Canada)
Spirit Of The Tree - Dir. by Ysabelle Taylor (UK)
Transformation of Hats - Dir. by Kal Rai (Canada)
Electric Shhock - Dir. by Naveen Gundamraj Venkat (UK)
Passion - Dir. by Vladyslav Kovtun (Ukraine)

Nominees for Best Music Video
Dejavu - Noa Kirel - Dir. by Roman Buchatsky (Israel)
The Balloon & The Tack - Dir. by Laura Malatos (USA)
Drainpipe Diamond - Dir. by Joe Byrne (Ireland)
Wishing You Were Here - Dir. by James Chen (Taiwan)

Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Umbilical Tether - Dir. by Paul Tirado (Canada)
Come Back - Dir. by Nikki Carmela Peters (USA)
Do Not Close Anything - Dir. by Antonin Domage (France)
Tagged - Dir. by Varun Mohan (Australia)
Deathflow - Dir. by Christian Schoug, Brendan Schoug, Natalie Schoug (Canada)

Nominees for Best Student Film Canada
Rejected Again - Dir. by Radleigh Naidoo (Canada)
Choose Your Death - Dir. by Peta Huang (Canada)
Little Girls Past - Dir. by Meighan West (Canada)
Signs of Absence - Dir. by Daniel Laurin (Canada)

Nominees for Best Student Film USA
Echos of Yesterday - Dir. by Carter Aaron Wakefield (USA)
Breathe - Dir. by Elger Ogoc (USA)
Winter Romance - Dir. by Junyi Huang (USA)

Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Deen Ayodeji - Ayah (Bulgaria)
Maria Leshchenko - One Day of Life (Ukraine)
Veronica Bergr - I Love You Not (Canada)
Catherine Côté-Moïsescu, Jeremy Glavac, Le Zoo Cinema - Serial Encounters (Canada)
Anthony William Irawan - The Bottle (Indonesia)

Nominees for Best Actor
Sebastian Seidl - Macgaffin (Austria)
Addy Prakash - Rejected Again (Canada)
Matthias Falvai - Umbilical Tether (Canada)
Conrad Fara - Phantom (USA)

Nominees for Best Actress
Isabelle Pauze - Signs of Absence (Canada)
Mélanie Lemaire - Do Not Close Anything (France)
Prebhjot Janda - Choose Your Death (Canada)
Elisha Stanley - Drainpipe Diamond (Ireland)

Nominees for Best Cast
That's Game! - Dir. by Joseph Louis Booth (USA)
TP Tango - Dir. by Anoop Pillai (Canada)
Inside - Dir. by Angelina Phoenix, Paul Pence (USA)
Who's On Top - Dir. by Kristy Hasen, Greg Ainsworth (USA)

Nominees for Best Cinematography
Ramiro Cantu - Who's On Top (USA)
Milena Stoykova - Amsterdam, Vermeer and Keukenhof (Bulgaria)
Dan Brink - The Balloon & The Tack (USA)
Brendan Schoug - Deathflow (Canada)

Nominees for Best Writer
Catherine Côté-Moïsescu, Jeremy Glavac - Serial Encounters (Canada)
Radleigh Naidoo - Rejected Again (Canada)
Emily-anne Fraser - Robin's House (Canada)
Hannah Siden - Water Wings (Canada)

Nominees for Best Director
Donal O'Dea - Skinny Dip (Ireland)
Rupert Huber - Macgaffin (Austria)
Anoop Pillai - TP Tango (Canada)
Conrad Faraj - Phantom (USA)

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Nominees for Best Comedy Canada
Irene - Dir. by Alicia Krawchuk (Canada)
Strings Attached - Dir. by Paul Urrutia (Canada)
Begin Again - Dir. by Gabriel Venneri (Canada)
I Can Explain - Dir. by Emorphia Margaritis (Canada)

Nominees for Best Comedy USA
Bixwad at the Wing - Dir. by Al Julian, Rob Underhill (USA)
SirCooly's Dank Trip - Dir. by Nolan Schmidt (USA)
Puppetitis - Dir. by Philip Snyder, Robert M. Snyder (USA)
Bad Steps to Rock Stardom - Dir. by Sullyman The Third (USA)

Nominees for Best Comedy International
Workout - Dir. by Nicolás Girgenti (Ireland)
Tales of The Forest Hopper - Dir. by Kevin Gabor (Sweden)
Hags - Dir. by Maria Besko (UK)

Nominees for Best Documentary
Tropical Mind - Dir. by Bryce Mackie (USA)
I Was There - Dir. by Chi Jang Yin (USA)
Bad Steps to Rock Stardom - Dir. by Sullyman The Third (USA)
Better Bites with Bugs - Dir. by Kimberly Kartman Best (USA)

Nominees for Best Drama
Clarity - Dir. by Bryce Mackie (USA)
Visiting - Dir. by Piero Cannata (Italy)
The Rothschild Necklace - Dir. by Christopher Tait (USA)
Living in Couple - Dir. by Antonio Orbe (Spain)
Lady at Number 16 - Dir. by James Newhook (Canada)

Nominees for Best Experimental
Dreamer - Dir. by Clinton Robert Siegle, Dylan Cole - (Bolivia)
I Was There - Dir. by Chi Jang Yin (USA)
Dancing With My Mother - Dir. by Richard de Carvalho (Australia)

Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Kill the Headlights - Dir. by Eddie Pinelli (Canada)
A Clown Comes Knocking - Dir. by David Nguyen (Canada)
Pandora - Dir. by Renee Cox (Canada)
Lucid - Dir. by Dessy Velikova (Bulgaria)
Tin Gods - Dir. by Q Edwards (USA)

Nominees for Best Romance
What a Coincidence - Dir. by Olivia Rugg (USA)
Don't Mind Me - Dir. by Jacob St. John (USA)
Always & Forever - Dir. by Luciano Ivanov (Bulgaria)
Disconnect - Dir. by Riley Wadden (Canada)

Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
The Parable Of The Tenants - Dir. by Andrew Pengilley (UK)
A Multitude of Uses - Dir. by Alvin Sloan (USA)
Tales of The Forest Hopper - Dir. by Kevin Gabor (Sweden)

Nominees for Best Student Film Canada
The Last Leg - Dir. by Nathan Makse (Canada)
Light & Heavy - Dir. by Mayan William Correia (Canada)
Jade & Konni - Dir. by Oaklee Dumont (Canada)
Sisters Don't Fight - Dir. by Clementine Lesley (Canada)

Nominees for Best Student Film International
Psychiatric - Dir. by Brianna Black (USA)
Happy Meal - Dir. by Avia Makovsky, Yuval Shatz (Israel)
Closed Case - Dir. by Adi Bar-Hai (Israel)
End of My Rope - Dir. by Andrew Spencer (USA)
Baby Blue - Dir. by Lex Garcia (USA)

Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Lana Schreier - Spotless (USA)
Asaf Rahamim - Who Lost a Dream? (Canada)
Farshad Modir - His Idiotic Actions (Canada)
Sureya Melkonian - Somewhere in Glendale (USA)

Nominees for Best Actor
Laith Benhammou - End of My Rope (USA)
Raphael Stompe - #backtonature (Austria)
Alexandros Yiasemi - Always & Forever (Bulgaria)
Joshua Bishop - I Can Explain (Canada)

Nominees for Best Actress
María Zabala - Living in Couple (Spain)
Maria Luce Bondì - Visiting (Italy)
Abigail Hamilton - Irene (Canada)
Yael Folman - Closed Case (Israel)

Nominees for Best Cast
Rats - Dir. by Alexis Caro (France)
What Found Me In The Woods On A Night Like Tonight - Dir. by Kelton Walsh White (USA)
Tales of The Forest Hopper - Dir. by Kevin Gabor (Sweden)
Stranger From The South - Dir. by David Botros (Canada)

Nominees for Best Cinematography
Grayson Owens - The Brawler (USA)
Bakhos Najm - Stranger From The South (Canada)
Richard de Carvalho - Dancing With My Mother (Australia)
Bakhos Najm - Stranger From The South (Canada)

Nominees for Best Writer
Aliki Bitsakakis - These Hands Are Not Mine (Canada)
Minh Nguyen - The Brawler (USA)
Keira Uriarte - Jade & Konni (Canada)
Alex Coelho - Disconnect (Canada)

Nominees for Best Director
Ramon Mayol - The Legend (Spain)
Kelton Walsh White - What Found Me In The Woods On A Night Like Tonight (USA)
Al Julian, Rob Underhill - Bixwad at the Wing (USA)
Miguel Barrera - The Missing Canvas (Canada)


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Nominees for Best Long Short Film
Death's a Toast - Dir. by Sam Blais (USA)
A Note About Greed - Dir. by Sullyman The Third (USA)
Static in the Ether - Dir. by Matt Jenkins (USA)
You Smell Like Pilaf - Dir. by Margherita Kharkovskaya (Russia)
Jackpot - Dir. by Rebecca Lamure (Canada)
Rubber Bullets - Dir. by Michael Jeffrey Joiner (USA)

Nominees for Best Actor
Sullyman The Third - A Note About Greed (USA)
Michael Joiner - Rubber Bullets (USA)
Sandeep Novel - Into the Light (Canada)

Nominees for Best Actress
Courtney Gaines - I Can Do All Things (USA)
Emma Christmann - Death's a Toast (USA)
Heather Gilbert - Static in the Ether (USA)

Nominees for Best Cast
Death's a Toast - Dir. by Sam Blais (USA)
It's John - Dir. by Victor Hampson (UK)
Les Nouveaux Sauvages - Dir. by Maximus Aggenberg Barsati (France)

Nominees for Best Cinematography
Ivan Frolov - You Smell Like Pilaf (Russia)
Taylor Brown, Brittany Whittern - Return to Sender (USA)
Hwanjoe Yu - How TO: Handle With Care (Canada)

Nominees for Best Writer
Srinivas Kasturi - Run (Canada)
Victor Hampson - It's John (UK)
Andrew Kouropoulos - The Battle of Lake George (USA)

Nominees for Best Director
Hwanjoe Yu - How TO: Handle With Care (Canada)
Brian Kennington, Ajay Kumar - Into the Light (Canada)
Michael Buckley - Planet Ocean Blues (Canada)



45:01-120:00 Minutes

Nominees for Best Feature Film
Trans Runaways - Dir. by Zha Babaieva (Ukraine)
Auteur - Dir. by Jisan Haque (USA)
In the Gaze of a Second - Dir. by Lap Zhing Yeung (Hong Kong)

Nominees for Best Actor
Wing Hong Tang - In the Gaze of a Second (Hong Kong)
Alex Wood - Pitchfork Man (USA)
Jisan Haque - Auteur (USA)

Nominees for Best Actress
Hei Tung Wong - In the Gaze of a Second (Hong Kong)
Yunchi He - In the Gaze of a Second (Hong Kong)
Nicole Diramier -  Auteur (USA)

Nominees for Best Cast
The Red Hour - Dir. by Juan Carlos Díaz Amaya (Peru)
Of the Comics - The Pilot: Being a Comedian - Dir. by Pat Treuer (USA)
Pitchfork Man - Dir. by William Stancik (USA)

Nominees for Best Cinematography
Juan Carlos Díaz Amaya - The Red Hour (Peru)
Tsz Man Tse - In the Gaze of a Second (Hong Kong)
Jisan Haque - Auteur (USA)

Nominees for Best Writer
William Stancik - Pitchfork Man (USA)
Ryan Poulin, Jisan Haque - Auteur (USA)
Juan Carlos Díaz Amaya - The Red Hour (Peru)

Nominees for Best Director
Pat Treuer - Of the Comics - The Pilot: Being a Comedian (USA)
Zha Babaieva - Trans Runaways (Ukraine)
William Stancik - Pitchfork Man (USA)


15-Second Story

Nominees for Best 15-Second Story
Where is Daisy - Dir. by Dmitry Koturanov (Ukraine)
Busted! - Dir. by Gino Terrell (USA)
Three Inverted Triangles - Dir. by Kevin Lucero Less (USA)
The Agency - Dir. by Daniel Stephenson
Mirror Mask - Dir. by Vincenzo De Sio (USA)


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