Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - September/October 2020

Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: Tuscaloosa (Dir. Philip Harder)
Platinum Award: The River of Love (Dir. Akash Khurana)
Gold Award: Love is not Love (Dir. Stephen Keep Mills)
Silver Award: In Love with Ally Barker (Dir. Chris and Robert Smellin)
Bronze Award: Occurrence at Mills Creek (Dir. Don Swanson)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
Preservation (Dir. Michael Benjamin Walker)
Give Me a Name (Dir. Sheena Holliday)
White Wolf: Zombie Killer (Dir. Kenneth Lui)
How to Get $100 Million (Dir. Ilya Polyakov)

Platinum Awards:
The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (Dir. Ken Sagoes)
Menagerie (Dir. Lauren Mahoney)
Marcus (Dir. Shannon Unser)
Nemeku Lights (Dir. Travis Patten)

Gold Awards:
The basement (Dir. Naima Chebahi)
Scarlet Circle (Dir. Ryan Cervasio)
Where's my mom? (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Misplaced Trust (Dir. Cynthia M. Uhrich)

Silver Awards:
The Interview from Hell (Dir. Frank A DeChirico)
Bloodlines (Dir. Todd Royal)
Benji (Dir. Cassidy Kidd)
Millennial Veiw on Prophecies (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Bronze Award:
The twins (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
2020 Presidential Debate (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Documentary Feature:

Diamond Awards:
Alice Street (Dir. Spencer I Wilkinson)
Last Call for Tomorrow (Dir. Gary Null)

Platinum Award: Fixed, a football comedy (Dir. Fixing Films)
Gold Award: "Behind the Name SHAKESPEARE: Power, Lust, Scorn & Scandal" (Dir. Robin Phillips)
Silver Award: Archangel Ali (Dir. Tara Jasminaz)
Bronze Award: The fulfilled history of China (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Documentary Short:

Diamond Awards:
Nisha's Story (Dir. Ashim Shrestha)
Changing Lives One Dive at a Time (Dir. Shannon Unser)
The Maroon Bomber (Dir. Joshua M. Thomas)

Platinum Awards:
Ghost Town (Dir. Emily Fraser)
Part of Me (Dir. Nick Forsythe)
AWAKENING TO SPIRIT - Inner Peace To World Peace (Dir. Vibhas P. A. Kendzia & Sandra Wasko-Flood)

Gold Awards:
Taiwan- my home (Dir. Shihyun Wang, Paul Chan, & James Chen)
Taiwan Real Estate Survival Guide (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Silver Awards:
A Night in the Shelter (Dir. Robert Belinoff)
Follow your heart (Dir. Paul Chan & Shihyun Wang)

Bronze Awards:
Built from nothing (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
The future according to Tui Bei Tu (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Animation Short:
Diamond Award: Monkey & Cat (Dir. Artie Romero)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: Death Offers Life - last moments of Vincent Van Gogh (Dir. Saheer Abbas)
Platinum Award: Confessions (Dir. Elena C. Lockleis)
Gold Award: The tobacco field fable (Dir. Gabi Kricheli)
Silver Award: Two (Dir. Vasilios Papaioannu)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: Holy Water (Dir. Noor-un-nisa Touchon)
Platinum Award: Charlie.exe (Dir. Matthew Evans)
Gold Award: Ghost Town (Dir. Emily Fraser)

Best Feature Script:
Diamond Award: Pulse of My Heart (Johnny Zito)

Best Short Film Script:
Diamond Award: Crystal Clear (Emil Faithe)
Platinum Award: Over The Counter (Dir. Emil Faithe)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: When The Bloom Has Left The Rose (Dir. Brendan Young)

Best Trailer:
Diamond Award: "Behind the Name SHAKESPEARE: Power, Lust, Scorn & Scandal" (Dir. Robin Phillips)
Platinum Award: The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (Dir. Ken Sagoes)

@Home COVID-19 Categories
Projects created at home during COVID-19 quarantine

Best @Home COVID-19 Short Film:
Diamond Award: Bathroom Window (Dir. Julia Gil de Freitas)
Platinum Award: King Daniel (Dir. David D Perez)
Gold Award: All Staff Meeting: A Melodramatic Zoom Comedy About Love, Work, and Quarantine (Dir. Levi Austin Morris)
Silver Award: Happy Hour (Dir. Luke Valdes-Rodriguez)
Bronze Award: Who Needs Help? (Dir. Ashna Sharan)

Best @Home COVID-19 Documentary Short:
Diamond Award: The Maroon Bomber (Dir. Joshua M. Thomas)

Best @Home COVID-19 Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: Hydra (Dir. Adie Allen)
Platinum Award: Confessions (Dir. Elena C. Lockleis)
Gold Award: In Perpetuity (Dir. Myra Vitela)

Best @Home COVID-19 Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Self Quarantined: Series 1 (Dir. Eric Chaussé)

Best Director:

Diamond Awards:
Deepak Reddy (Manasanamaha)
Kenneth Lui (White Wolf: Zombie Killer)

Platinum Awards:
Stephen Keep Mills (Love is not Love)
Ken Sagoes (The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie)

Gold Award: Naima Chebahi (The basement)
Silver Award: Paul Chan & Shihyun Wang (Follow your heart)
Bronze Award: Cassidy Kidd (Benji)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Akash Khurana (The River of Love)
Platinum Award: Deepak Reddy (Manasanamaha)

Best Actor:
Diamond Award: Akash Khurana (The River of Love)
Platinum Award: Viraj Ashwin (Manasanamaha)
Gold Award: Jason Frost (White Wolf: Zombie Killer)
Silver Award: Stephen Keep Mills (Love is not Love)
Bronze Award: Cedrick Spinassou (The basement)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Louise Martin (Love is not Love)
Platinum Award: Natalie Masini (Confessions)
Gold Award: Naïma Pöhler (The basement)
Silver Award: Cassidy Kidd (Benji)

Best Supporting Actor:
Diamond Award: Cameron Tagge (Love is not Love)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Drishika Chander (Manasanamaha)
Platinum Award: Tonya Cornelisse (Love is not Love)
Gold Award: Marlise Dizon (Confessions)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Deepak Reddy (Manasanamaha)
Platinum Award: Julia Gil de Freitas (Bathroom Window)
Gold Award: Karen Glienke (Love is not Love)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Raju Edurolu (Manasanamaha)
Platinum Award: Steven Fadellin (Love is not Love)
Gold Award: Joshua M. Thomas (The Maroon Bomber)
Silver Award: Helo Roussel (The basement)

Best Original Score:

Diamond Awards:
Kamran (Manasanamaha)
Roman Rojas (Changing Lives One Dive at a Time)

Platinum Award: Travis Cruse (The Maroon Bomber)
Gold Award: Roman Rojas (Marcus)
Silver Award: Michael Crean (Archangel Ali)
Bronze Award: Charlotte Dematte (The basement)

Best Visual FX:
Diamond Award: Kala studios (Manasanamaha)
Platinum Award: Jean Buisson Ramey (The basement)

Best Narrator:
Diamond Award: Viraj Ashwin (Manasanamaha)
Platinum Award: Robin Phillips ("Behind the Name SHAKESPEARE: Power, Lust, Scorn & Scandal")
Gold Award: Tonya Cornelisse (Love is not Love)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: Savitha Nambrath (The River of Love)
Platinum Award: Sync Cinema (Manasanamaha)

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