Awards of Merit August 2019

Film festival awards

Award of Merit Special MentionFilm Festival Accolade

Alexander Klingspor, Annica Klingspor, Ittai Shapira and Sir Salman Rushdie (USA), The Midnight’s Children Project, Experimental, Special Purpose Productions
Amel Tresnjic (Australia), The Reading Factory: A Life Changing Literacy Support Program, Documentary Short
Blake Johnston and Kelso Steinhoff (Canada), Uncaged: A Stand-In Story, Documentary Short
Dale Fabrigar and Suzanne DeLaurentiis (USA), D-Railed, Film Feature, Women Filmmakers (Suzanne DeLaurentiis, Regina Rene Lines and Trace De La Torre)
Dariush Dadgar (Iran), Fairchild, Film Short
Debbie Wright (USA), From Liberty to Captivity, Documentary Feature
Dorothy Leiper (United Kingdom), The Living Thames, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Gauchos del Mar, Caudillo Cine (Argentina), Transcending waves, Documentary Feature
Joel Clark (USA), Middle of Nowhere, Television – Pilot Program
John Banovich (Canada), Rocky Mountains Encounter, Disability Issues, Nature / Environment / Wildlife, Direction
Justin Jahn (USA), Opposition, Film Short
Mara Kassin (USA), Ladies Lounge, Film Short
Peggy Roger and Zelie Dember-Slack (USA), Jessie – the Golden Heart, Women Filmmakers
Reshmi Hazra Rustebakke (USA), FOBia, Television – Pilot Program
Susheel Kamotra @ Tinu, Mezbahn (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Malaysia), TINANJALI, a song of life, Documentary Feature, Educational / Instructional / Training, Special Effects: Animation (Vibgyor Studios), Creativity / Originality

Film festival awards

Alex Harris, Three Flames Pictures (USA), Monochopsis, Film Short
Alexander Klingspor, Annica Klingspor, Ittai Shapira and Sir Salman Rushdie (USA), The Midnight’s Children Project, Animation, Film Short
Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno (USA), Paying the Ferryman, Music Video
Álvaro Orús (Spain), The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons, Documentary Short
Amel Tresnjic (Australia), The Reading Factory: A Life Changing Literacy Support Program, Direction, Editing, Cinematography
Ana Maria Estrada (USA), This happened  to you ..? / Esto le paso a Usted..?, Film Short
Andrea Silvestro (Italy), Claire, Actress: Leading (Francesca Ravera as Claire)
Andrey Uvarov, D9 Production (Russia), More than a game, Documentary Feature
Antony Stone (South Africa), Fracked, Film Short, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Aycil Yeltan, Yeltan Films (USA) / Karina Film (Istanbul), Topanga, Film Short
Brandon Rendon-Torres (USA), June 24, Film Short
Coline Morand (France), Caring in another world, Documentary Feature
Dale Fabrigar and Suzanne DeLaurentiis (USA), D-Railed, Actress: Leading (Carter Scott as Evelyn)
Dan Park (USA), Make It, Experimental (Student)
Ehsan Mokhtari (Iran), The Reveal, Film Short
Elena Schak (Australia), Dealing with Disasters: the Silent Achievers in Public Health, Educational / Instructional / Training

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Elizabeth Blake Thomas (USA), Running On Empty, Actress: Leading (Asta Leigh as Alice), Film Short
Ella McKeon (USA), Pogo, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Fiona Cochrane (USA), Strange Tenants: Ska’d for Life, Documentary Short
Francesca Del Santo (Italy), DARK VENICE Stories out of time, Film Short
Jalaladdin Gasimov (Azerbaijan), The first success of Nobel brothers, Documentary Short
Jennifer Treur (Australia), ELENA’S WAR DANCE, Women Filmmakers
Joe Laporte and Jacob Zetino, Dapper Penguin Productions (USA), The Devil Lives in Clarksville County, Film Short
Jonah Stern (USA), The Wind Lion, Documentary Feature
Jude Okwudiafor Johnson (USA), Freshman Year, Children / Family Programming
Justin Jahn (USA), Lady of the Lake, Music Video
Kebir (Algeria), The Magic Ram, Film Feature
Kirsten Pasewaldt (USA), Drown, Film Short
Kumar Raj Rajendrakumar M.R.(India), Tara…the journey of love and passion, Film Feature
Lara Vezzani and Stephen Presley (USA), Kaia, Movie Trailer
Mahesh Madhav (USA), How to Bend Concrete in 108 Easy Steps, On-Camera Talent (Neal Aronowitz), Documentary Short, Educational / Instructional
Mani Nasry, 14 FILM (Canada), we, Film Feature
Marwa Zein (Sudan), Khartoum Offside, Documentary Feature
Max Masri and Chelsea Eng (USA), A Non Binary Story: Reencuentro, LGBT
Michael Berriman (USA), The Captive Hitman, Film Short (Student)

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Neda Khanifar (Iran), Hard Shadow, Film Short
Nima Aghakhani (Iran), I Killed a Person, Film Short
Philip Kan Gotanda and Chelsea Eng (USA), TANGO BODY ~ A LOVE STORY, Disability Issues
Rafael Cortes (United Kingdom), End Point, Film Short
Raphael Dubois (Australia), Slip Road, Film Short
Ruby De Fresno and Michael Santos-Whalen (USA), F*ck You Lady, Television – Pilot Program, Women Filmmakers
Ryan Bennett (USA), Rob Is Terminal, Film Short
Sean Cartwright (USA), PLS&TY – Run Wild / Feeling Forever (Part I & II), Music Video (Student)
Seanwen Yang (Taiwan), Adventure of a lifetime_ home to Formosa rock monkeys, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Sheeba Pradeep and Sujit Das (India), Silavatika, Film Short
Sreekanth E G (India), 24 Days, Film Feature
Tamara Nance (USA), Journey Home, Documentary Short
Thomas Horan (USA), Intruder, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Ting Wen Lo, Taiwan Original Vision Communication Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), Mission-Land Crab Redemption, Public Service Programming / PSA, Editing
Troy Faruk (USA), Never In Love, Music Video
Tshoper Kabambi (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Heart of Africa, Film Feature, Religion / Ethics
Virgil Widrich, Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H.(Austria), tx-reverse, Experimental
Vivian Ip (USA), Lakeshore Blues, Asian (Student), Women Filmmakers (Student), Direction (Student), Sound Editing / Sound Mixing (Student)
Yiorgos Tzivelekis (Greece), Smile it ®, Disability Issues, Film Short

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