Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - February 2018

Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: ONE,TWO,GUESS WHO'S WHO (System)
Platinum Award: MAHASATTA 2035 (Ramprabhu Nakate)
Gold Award: Stinging Memories (The Church of Almighty God)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
KILL THE ENGINE (Derek Frey)
Shinrin-Yoku (Jim Wilmer)
Jewels (Ottilie Wiford)
The Life Gamble (Peter Janov)

Platinum Awards:
Fitzgerald (Josh Kirkland)
The Guitar (Michael Boston)
Pretty (Naima Chebahi)
DRONE (Cédric Spozio)

Gold Awards:
Wishful Thinking (Dennis Nap)
You and Me (Mrigank Dubey)
The Other Capulet (Afonso Henrique)
Never Mind (Shihyun Wang)
The So-So You Don't Know, Ep 3 (Marlene Rhein)

Silver Awards:
Necro (Jonathan Gonzales)
Silent Love Stories - I (Amr Al-hariri)
ALL OR NOTHING (Konstantinos Pateronis)
SuperFluff (Eufemia Scarfone)
The choices (Shihyun Wang)

Bronze Awards:
Creation (Sara Eustaquio)
Little Man (Eric Willis)
Grant me Hope! (Shihyun Wang)
Queen Mary of Scots and her 4 ladies-in-waiting (Shihyun Wang)
Cold (Marcia Goetsch)

Best Documentary Feature:

Diamond Awards:
Columbus in America (Paul Puglisi)
Hao Wela: The Untold Story of Hot Rodding in Hawai'i (Wojciech Lorenc)

Platinum Awards:
The Commodore Story (Steven Fletcher)
Playing Soldier (Edwin Gendron)

Gold Awards:
Ol' Max Evans: The First Thousand Years (Paul Barnes)
DJ Paimon: 100% (Paimon Alipour)

Silver Awards:
Essence of Healing: The Journey of American Indian Nurses (Greg Kasowski)
TRANS*CEND: a journey from Gender to Self (Shelby Elwood)

Bronze Awards:
Bill Evans Time Remembered (Bruce Spiegel)
Kaele hem Hachayim nekuda such is life period (Dror Izhar)

Best Documentary Short:
Diamond Award:I've Seen So Much (Gonzalo Guajardo-F. Caballos)
Platinum Award: WATER (Jim Wilmer)
Gold Award: Rhino Shield- South Africa (Billy Ward)

Silver Awards:
Story behind the news - Sun's Twin & Interstellar Spaceship (Shihyun Wang)
Colorado Counties: A Journey in Watercolor (Ronnie Cramer)

Bronze Awards:
Farfalle Bianche (Neil Brookshire)
The Accused (Shihyun Wang)

Best Animation Short:

Diamond Awards:
Look (Akvile Bliujute)
Multiplex 10 (Gordon McAlpin)

Platinum Awards:
Pensioners Chips Episode 5 US Presidential Campaign (Joachim Weber)
Expiration Date (Shwenn Shunya Chang)

Gold Award:La Soup (Nicos Synnos)
Silver Award:Time Traveller (Jonathan Nolan)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: Pulse: The Beat of Art (Allan Stone)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: The Grimoire Chapters: Rem (Michael Davis)
Platinum Award: Deteriorate (Brandon Novis)
Gold Award: Your Mom Says Hi! Pilot (Carlie and Doni)
Silver Award:Silent Love Stories - I (Amr Al-hariri)
Bronze Award: Time Traveller (Jonathan Nolan)

Best Short Film Script:
Diamond Award: New Hollywood (Rob Weinstein)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: GOD CAME 'ROUND (Derek Frey)
Platinum Award: Silent Love Stories - I (Amr Al-hariri)

Best Trailer:
Diamond Award: TCHAIKOVSKY IN LOVE (Ian Woodward)

Best Director:

Diamond Awards:
Derek Frey (KILL THE ENGINE)
Fausto Montanari (WEIRD)
Derek Frey (GOD CAME 'ROUND)

Platinum Awards:
Michael Boston (The Guitar)
Joachim Weber (Pensioners Chips Episode 5 US Presidential Campaign)
Naima Chebahi (Pretty)
Dennis Nap (Wishful Thinking)

Gold Awards:
Mrigank Dubey (You and Me)
Christophe Karabache (VENUS OBSCURA)
Shihyun Wang (Never Mind)
Shihyun Wang (The Accused)

Silver Awards:
Amr Al-Hariri (Silent Love Stories - I)
Dror Izhar (Kaele hem Hachayim nekuda such is life period)
Konstantinos Pateronis (ALL OR NOTHING)
Estelle Linden (Mia)

Bronze Awards:
Shihyun Wang (The Choices)
Shihyun Sherry Wang (Grant me Hope!)
Shihyun Wang (Queen Mary of Scots and her 4 ladies-in-waiting)
Edward Angus Wright (Cold)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Fausto Montanari (WEIRD)
Platinum Award: Naïma Pohler (Pretty)

Gold Awards:
Shihyun Wang (Story behind the news - Sun's Twin & Interstellar Spaceship)
System (ONE,TWO,GUESS WHO'S WHO)

Silver Awards:
Shihyun Wang (Never Mind)
Konstantinos Pateronis (ALL OR NOTHING)

Bronze Awards:
Shihyun Wang (The Choices)
Shihyun Wang (Queen Mary of Scots and her 4 ladies-in-waiting)

Best Actor:

Diamond Awards:
Deep Roy (GOD CAME 'ROUND)
Michael Boston (The Guitar)

Platinum Awards:
Naïma Pöhler (Pretty)
Joseph T. Hypes (The Grimoire Chapters: Rem)

Gold Awards:
Morgan Krueger (Never Mind)
David Otto Simanek (The Accused)
Roberta Sparta (Silent Love Stories - I)

Silver Awards:
Aaron Konicek (ALL OR NOTHING)
Estelle Linden (Mia) Jessika Valkyre (The Choices) Bronze Award:
Melody McLellan (Grant me Hope!)
Morgan Krueger (Queen Mary of Scots and her 4 ladies-in-waiting)
Mary Ferrara (Cold)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Derek Frey (KILL THE ENGINE)
Platinum Award: Derek Frey (GOD CAME 'ROUND)
Gold Award: Shihyun Wang (Never Mind)

Silver Awards:
Amr Al-Hariri (Silent Love Stories - I)
Assi Dahan (Kaele hem Hachayim nekuda such is life period)

Bronze Awards:
Javad Emami (ALL OR NOTHING)
Marcia Goetsch (Cold)

Best Cinematography:

Diamond Awards:
Derek Frey (KILL THE ENGINE)
Derek Frey (GOD CAME 'ROUND)

Platinum Awards:
Sid Singh (DJ Paimon: 100%)
Raquel Gallego (The Guitar)

Gold Awards:
Helo Roussel (Pretty)
Michael Davis (The Grimoire Chapters: Rem)

Silver Awards:
Saphano Van (Never Mind)
Amr Al-hariri (Silent Love Stories - I)
Koby Ariel (Kaele hem Hachayim nekuda such is life period)

Bronze Awards:
Justin Knodel (ALL OR NOTHING) Estelle Linden (Mia)
Edward Angus Wright (Cold)

Best Original Score:
Diamond Award: Matt Amadio (KILL THE ENGINE)
Platinum Award: Paimon Alipour (DJ Paimon: 100%)

Gold Awards:
Julien Doré Lacayrouse (Pretty)
Eddy Koopman and the Metropole Orchestra (Wishful Thinking)

Silver Awards:
System & Bernard Asselin (ONE,TWO,GUESS WHO'S WHO)
Amr Al-hariri (Silent Love Stories - I)

Bronze Awards:
Itamar Henry (Kaele hem Hachayim nekuda such is life period)
Marcia Goetsch (Cold)

Best Visual FX:
Diamond Award: Fausto Montanari (WEIRD)
Platinum Award: Shihyun Wang (Never Mind)
Gold Award: Shihyun Wang (Grant me Hope!)

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