Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The awards ceremony will be held in the emblematic “La Nacional” space at 239 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011.
The awards ceremony will begin at 7:00 p.m.
The awards ceremony will be presented by the Catalan composer and singer MEÏA SANTIAGO and entertained on piano by the composer Hayley Lam.
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Best Fiction Feature Film
| Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin |
| If I Could Ride | 2021 | Shawn Welling | United States |
| Rite of the Shaman | 2021 | Alicia Oberle Farmer | United States |
Best Documentary Feature Film
| Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin |
| Money on the Mat: The Jeff Glover Story | 2022 | Roy Dean | United States |
| the 3rd side | 2022 | honar ahmed jabbar | Iraq |
| Thirai Virutham | 2022 | Sugumar Shanmugam | India |
Best Fiction Short Film
| Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin |
| The Della Morte Sisters | 2019 | Bill Sorvino | United States |
| M23 – Cargo/ Mechanical | 2021 | Levon Manoukian | United States |
| INDELIBLE | 2021 | Shane Rock Nelson | United States |
| Ocean Wings | 2022 | Jhosimar Vasquez | United States |
Best Animated Short Film
| Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin |
| Unconditional Love | 2022 | Wallis Liu | United States |
Best Under 5 Minute Short Film
| Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin |
| Zoom In. | 2022 | Laura Fanelli | United States |
| Respirations | 2022 | Rémi Tournier | France |
Best Director
| Director | Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin |
| Levon Manoukian | M23 – Cargo/ Mechanical | 2021 | Levon Manoukian | United States |
| Nino Oz | Trust Me | 2021 | Nino Oz | United Kingdom |
| Shane Rock Nelson | INDELIBLE | 2021 | Shane Rock Nelson | United States |
| Jhosimar Vasquez | Ocean Wings | 2022 | Jhosimar Vasquez | United States |
Best Actor
| Actor | Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin |
| Mahmoud Mahmoud | Ocean Wings | 2021 | Jhosimar Vasquez | United States |
| Aryan Shyam | Antha Naal | 2021 | Vivy Kathiresan | India |
Best Actress
| Actress | Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin |
| Massa Daoud | Ocean Wings | 2022 | Jhosimar Vasquez | United States |
| Anna Maria Mojo | Trust Me | 2021 | Nino Oz | United Kingdom |
Music Videos
| Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin |
| Time (a musical short) | 2022 | Levi Wise-Kenneth Catoe Jr. | United States |
| Far Away Man | 2022 | William (Wil) Bryant Allen | Australia |
| Baby Song by Wicked Kiss (extended with credits/gag reel) | 2022 | Luke Holwerda | United States |
Best Piece of Music (Only Music)
| Project Title | Date | Composer | Country of Origin |
| OVERRUN (for strings) | 2022 | GimEnez Bros | Spain |
| The Exodus | 2020 | Andrew Donovan | United Kingdom |
| What I’ve been through | 2022 | Fabiano Montesano | Germany |
Finalists Quarterly edition January-March 2022
| Project Title | Completion Date | Directors | Country of Origin | Duration | Project Type | Categories |
| Stars in the head | 2022 | Etienne Larragueta | France | 0:03:52 | Documentary, Experimental, Music Video | Best Music Video |
| So much to see – Lake Porovesi – Around the year | 2022 | Pekka Juhani Honkakoski | Finland | 0:16:47 | Documentary, Short | Best Documentary Short Film |
| Purple Case | 2022 | David Sarian, Kostya Yezagelian | United States | 0:30:00 | Short | Best Fiction Short Film |
| Thoughts Run Life | 2022 | Sin Wei Lee | Malaysia | 0:00:58 | Experimental, Short, Other | Best Commercial |
| She’s The Protagonist | 2021 | Sarah Carlot Jaber | Belgium | 0:14:01 | Short | Best Fiction Short Film |
| Series Pilot: The Damned Thing | 2021 | B. R. Tatalovic | United States | 0:30:00 | Television, Web / New Media | Web / TV Series |
| Let’s Leave the Planet! | 2021 | Chelsea B Lockie | United States | 0:07:59 | Short | Best Fiction Short Film |
| Don’t Cry | 2021 | Linzy Attenborough | United Kingdom | 0:05:00 | Short | Best Commercial |
| Laura’s Choice | 2020 | Sam Lara, Cathy Henkel | Australia | 1:46:00 | Documentary, Feature, Television | Best Documentary Feature Film |
| Sedalia | 2021 | Dustin Gene Chitty | United States | 0:13:31 | Short, Student | Best Fiction Short Film, Best Director – Ficction (Additional Category), Best Actor (Additional Category) |
| INSURRECTION | 2021 | Maurice Micallef | Malta | 1:30:00 | Documentary |
Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Director – Documentary (Additional Category)
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| A hymn to Hecate (Pluto’s Return) | 2022 | Mat Gordon | United States | 0:04:30 | Music Video | Best Music Video |
| Can’t Wait | 2022 | Joy Fillmore Greene | United States | 0:08:00 | Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short | Best Experimental Short Film |
| CandyFight | 2022 | Eduardo Saenz Santiago | Spain | 0:09:42 | Short | Best Fiction Short Film |
| American Fangs – We Stand Apart | 2016 | Brooks Cruzen | United States | 0:03:08 | Music Video | Best Music Video |
| A Feast That Never Comes [10m] | 2022 | Maria Juranic | United States | 0:09:59 | Experimental, Music Video, Short, Other | Best Music Video |
| The Cost of Denial | 2021 | Huw Christi | United States | 1:22:00 | Documentary, Feature | Best Documentary Feature Film |
| Kill them all and don’t come back alone | 2021 | Enrique Novials | Spain | 0:24:50 | Short | Best Fiction Short Film, Best Actress (Additional Category) |
| Broken Dolls | 2022 | Adam Andrew Holguin | United States | 0:13:17 | Experimental, Short, Student | Best Fiction Short Film, Best Experimental Short Film |
| The Man Who Has Eight | 2020 | Steven Shade | United States | 0:27:28 | Short |
Best Fiction Short Film, Best Director – Ficction (Additional Category)
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| DELIVERANCE | 2020 | Michaël Rué | Switzerland | 0:12:11 | Short | Best Fiction Short Film |
| The Man and The Smoking King | 2021 | Joshua Maslaki | United States | 0:06:30 | Short |
Best Fiction Short Film, Best Director – Ficction (Additional Category), Best First Time Filmmaker (Additional Category), Best Actor (Additional Category)
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| Children | 2021 | Elaine Cristina Melo | Not Specified | Best Photography (Photography Contest) | ||
| S.A.D – The Movie | 2020 | GUILHERME GEHR | Italy | 0:09:00 | Animation, Experimental, Short | Best Animation Short Film |
| Love Is the Light | 2022 | Douglas Heil | Not Specified | 0:03:34 | Song | Best Piece of Music (Only Music) |
| Alice Alice Alice | 2021 | Celine Dayan-Bonilla | United States | 0:02:10 | Experimental, Short | Best Under 5 Minute Short Film |
| OddBall Adventures: The Slide | 2021 | Collin Bogert, David Allsop | United States | 0:06:34 | Animation, Short, Web / New Media | Web / TV Series |
| The Island Episode: The Movie | 2022 | Collin Bogert, David Allsop, Caleb Couvion | United States | 0:38:50 | Animation, Feature, Short | Best Animation Short Film, Best Director – Animation (Additional Category) |
| OBSESSIONS | 2021 | Aashish Chanana | United States | 2:00:00 | Feature | Best Director – Ficction (Additional Category) |
| HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew’s Five’s Nine | 2020 | R David Foster | Canada | 0:05:00 | Animation | Best Animation Short Film |
| The Clay and The Girl | Original Music | 2021 | George Breadman | Greece | 0:00:00 | Film Score | Best Piece of Music (Only Music) |
| The Year I Wasn’t There | 2021 | Kicca Tommasi | Italy | Best Photography (Photography Contest) | ||
| Momentary Lapse of Happiness | 2019 | Steven Bogdonas | United States | 0:03:29 | Song | Best Piece of Music (Only Music) |
| Looking forward to the Asian Games | 2022 | hu li huai | China | 0:01:26 | Experimental, Short | Best Commercial |
| Star Wars – Together | 2021 | Justin Christie | Canada | 0:04:00 | Animation | Best Under 5 Minute Short Film |
| Undercover | 2019 | Razieme Iborra | United States | 0:04:24 | Music Video | Best Music Video |
Semi-finalists Quarterly edition January-March 2022
| Project Title | Date | Directors | Country of Origin | Duration | Project Type |
| AGONY | 2021 | Loïc Guinebault | France | 0:11:26 | Short |
| 6 | 2022 | Mort Cohen | United Kingdom | 0:03:11 | Music Video |
| Paranoia | 2021 | Marcello Davis | Australia | 0:04:26 | Music Video |
| Endlich | 2021 | Tristan Krebs | United States | 0:07:28 | Experimental, Short |
| Blood Dust | 2022 | Batya G. Cruz | United States | 0:14:48 | Short |
| Sweaty Balls | 2021 | Jack Quint | United States | 0:03:30 | Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media |
| Cosmic Storm | 2021 | Tane McClure, Sandra Stenzel | United States | 0:03:41 | Music Video |
| 42 Ideals of Maat | 2022 | Heather Regal Salmon, Donny Regal | United States | 0:04:44 | Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media |
| Marie-Luise | 2021 | Hervine De Boodt | Germany | 0:23:00 | Short |
| Ayni (Reciprocity) | 2022 | Rita Panahi | United States | 0:25:23 | Documentary, Short |