QUALIFYING
2022 BEST OF FESTIVAL
NARRATIVE FEATURE 2022: DRAMA
GOLD AWARD: Sunday Sunday Sunday; Director; Anthony James Natoli - United States
GOLD AWARD: Junho; David Seok Hoon Boo, Director - United States
SILVER AWARD: Floating Holidays; Director: Yumi Masuda - Japan
BRONZE AWARD: Eskhaleni Sikantombela; Director: Sizwe Fortune Zuma - South Africa
HONORABLE MENTION:
YONLU; Director; HIQUE MONTANARI - Brazil
Make a Wish; Director; Meta Akkus - Turkey
NARRATIVE FEATURE 2022: COMEDY
GOLD AWARD: KISTIMAAT; Director: Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko - Bangladesh
SILVER AWARD: Cinema Rebel; Director: Tessa Farrell - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Everything Will Be Fine In The End; Director: Joe Bartone - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
Dole Mates Director; Daniel Chaimowitz - United States
NARRATIVE FEATURE 2022: HORROR
GOLD AWARD: TOWN MALL 2; Director: Nevin Hiong - Malaysia
SILVER AWARD: Choir Girl; Director: John Fraser - Australia
BRONZE AWARD: SIN; Director: Don Tjernagel - United States
BRONZE AWARD: That Cold Dead Look In Your Eyes; Director: Onur Tukel - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Night Butcher; Director; MrJ - United States
NARRATIVE FEATURE 2022: SCIFI
GOLD AWARD: Space Wars: Quest For The Deepstar; Director: Garo Setian - United States
SILVER AWARD: DESTINATION MARFA; Director: Andy Stapp - United States
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY 2022:
GOLD AWARD: Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted; Director: Benjamin Field - United Kingdom
GOLD AWARD: Mother of the Station; Director: Kostoula Tomadaki - Greece
SILVER AWARD: Guadeloupe Land of Rum; Director: BLAISE Mendjiwa - France
SILVER AWARD: Suspicious Package; Director: Gerard Munoz - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Behind The Uniform: A Soldiers Story; Director: Eric McGahuey - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Candyman's Gold; Director: Frank Carmine Zarrillo - United States
BRONZE AWARD: GASPARI; Director: Frank Carmine Zarrillo - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
Ice World; Director; Binying Qi - United States
A Circle in the Desert; Directors; David P. Crews - United States
Bancoco; Director; Brad M King - United States
Heart. Hunger. Hustle.; Director; Fran Harris- United States
Lost and Found; Director; Kevin Roman - United States
Forgotten Ingenue; Director; Dennis Rollins - United States
NARRATIVE SHORT 2022: DRAMA
GOLD AWARD: Iris, Directors: Jamie Tran, Neal Tyler - United States
GOLD AWARD: Huazi and Cat, Director: Wanrong Li - China
SILVER AWARD: Love Story Cinema Told in Works of Art; Director: Giuseppina De Luca - Italy
SILVER AWARD: Conceal & Carry; Director; Carlos Velasco - United States
BRONZE AWARD: I Do Not Exist; Director: Samuel J. May - United Kingdom
BRONZE AWARD: Christmas Is Believing; Director: Andrew M.A. Spear - Canada
HONORABLE MENTION:
El Pavo Bravo; Directors; Austin Joseph Savage, Roland Esparza - United States
The New Knight; Directors; Carl Reid, Steven Allerick - United States
Chopped & Stacked; Director; Mykael D. Wood - United States
Facade; Director; Jack Briden - New Zealand
Collapse; Director; Lennart Falk - Denmark
Deadpan; Director; Marko Möttönen - Finland
NARRATIVE SHORT 2022: COMEDY
GOLD AWARD: The Hunters; Director: Kevin Reeves - Canada
SILVER AWARD: Dragons and Warts; Director: Daniel Callaghan - Australia
BRONZE AWARD: GPS; Director: Nell Dashiell - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Conductor; Director; Graham Goldstein - United States
NARRATIVE SHORT 2022: HORROR
GOLD AWARD: Absentia; Director; Ben Welsh - Spain
SILVER AWARD: Check The Locks; Director: Eric Larson - United States
BRONZE AWARD: A Really Bad Place Director: Otto Vihanto - Finland
BRONZE AWARD: The Stranger Director: Kober Martin - Austria
DOCUMENTARY 2022: SHORT
GOLD AWARD: Procesión.; Director: Gabriel Andres Valbuena - United States
SILVER AWARD: In Bloom; Director: Ashley Davidson - United States
BRONZE AWARD: 811; Director: Mark Morris - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
Meet Me Where I Am; Directors: Ross Kauffman, André Robert Lee, Robin Honan - United States
Sole Trail; Directors: Daniel M. Dyer, Petey Dyer - United States
From Athlete to Addict; Director: Dona G Nichols - United States
Entering Pornland: Darren; Director: Benjamin Nolot - United States
NARRATIVE SHORT 2022: SCI-FI
GOLD AWARD: AFTER; Director: Alex Kim - Korea, Republic of
SILVER AWARD: Yorktown: A Time to Heal; Director: Da Han - United States
BRONZE AWARD: The Recycling man; Director: Carlo Ballauri - Italy
HONORABLE MENTION:
House of the Unholy; Director: DANIEL MERLOT - United States
WEB SERIES 2022:
GOLD AWARD: Strings Attached; Directors: Andy Wolf, Marie Förster, Jessica Hutchinson, Autumn T. Dang, Inger Berit Grøterud, Johann-Christof Laubisch, Prarthana Joshi - United Kingdom
SILVER AWARD: Dragons and Warts; Director: Daniel Callaghan - Australia
BRONZE AWARD: J.I.A EP3 (EXTRACTION); Director: Domonick Jones - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
Take Your Best Shot (Web Series); Directors: Monece Starling, Dandrell Scott - United States
MUSIC VIDEO 2022:
GOLD AWARD: "Fallen Angel"; Director: Daniel Ramos - United States
GOLD AWARD: The Big Balloon To The Moon; Director: Anders Sundstedt - New Caledonia
SILVER AWARD: BOI BAND 'MAINSTREAM' Music Video; Director: Federico Friciello - United States
BRONZE AWARD: The Chats - 6L GTR; Director: Marco Imov - Denmark
BRONZE AWARD: When I Sing; Director: Wonjin Lee - Korea, Republic of
HONORABLE MENTION:
CARUSO; Director: Fernando Corona - Mexico
DING-DONG JESTER; Directors: Terry Heimat, Oleg Polyansky, Alex Sino - Ukraine
JULIAN BROOKS - SNAKEBITE; Directors: Tim Cash, Irie Adina - United States
Pandemonium; Director: Daniel William Bones - Norway
Mambo; Directors: Luis Castro, Yosu Menacho - Spain
Bell - Noa Kirel; Director: Roman Buchatsky - Israel
"You Don't Need a Reason"; Director: Anders Michael - United States
Giorgio Besc- Freak; Director: Giorgio Besc - France
STUDENT FILM 2022:
GOLD AWARD : Double Exposure; Director: 思颖（Siying) 龙（Long) - Communication University of China, China
GOLD AWARD: The Sad River; Director: Tomasz Krajewski - Poland
SILVER AWARD: The Room 1403; Director: NATSIRI SATTAWECH - Thailand
SILVER AWARD: Stop Motion Animation--"Illusion"; Director: Julie Zheng - China
BRONZE AWARD: DING; Director: Mengze Shi - China
BRONZE AWARD: ORDER; Director: Benny Chen - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
Shopworn; Director: Athena Cheris - United States
FLAT GROUND ONLY; Directors: Issac Edgardo Gavino, Sean Gregory Flanagin - United States
Ditched; Director: Darion Allen - United States
Weightlisted (2022); Director: Jeremy Todd Shinder - United States
Candied Lips; Director: Hina Effie Ogino - United States
MOVIE TRAILER 2022:
GOLD AWARD: FLÂNEUR trailer; Director: RUIMING WU - United Kingdom
SILVER AWARD: Tellurian: Trailer; Director: Graeme Carr - United Kingdom
BRONZE AWARD: Garbage People (series trailer); Director: Brit Tobin - United States