Awards of Merit September 2024

Film festival awards

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Andrea Devicenzi (Italy), Crossing the North, Disability Issues
Arman Chilingaryan, Man Pictures Production (Armenia), The Golden Chain of Mercy, Documentary Feature, Editing (Tigran Baghinyan), Original Score (Artashes Kartalyan), Cinematography (Ashot Mkrtchyan)
Delaney Guidi (USA), Sour Note, Women Filmmakers (Student)
Deniz Büyükkırlı (Turkey), CHICKEN BROTH SOUP, Women Theme
HariKumaran (India), Kinaru – The WELL, Cinematography
Hiroshi Nakazima (Japan), Tokyo, I Love You, Asian Theme
Holly M. (Germany), Bloody Good Soup, Actor: Leading (Holly M. as Burt)
James Gossard (USA), Divine Instinct, Documentary Feature, Cinematography
Joe Osborn (United Kingdom), It’ll Never Work, Documentary Short, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Marc Clebanoff (USA), Stripped, Script / Writer (Marc Clebanoff)
Maria McLeod and Hannah Lane (Ireland), I Wish You Were Here, Actress: Supporting (Tracy Keating as Jess)
Mayedurimi Larotonda (USA), The Pill, Women Filmmakers, Film Short
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Peter Xifaras (USA), Children Of Conflict – Lost Innocence, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest, Music Video
Ravinol Chambers (United Kingdom), A Girl Can Touch The Sky, Documentary Feature
Sean Patrick-Sasaki (USA), It Was Real, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Timothy Nguyen (USA), Ultimatum, Asian Filmmaker
Tony & James Pinto (USA), WHY DINOSAURS?, Documentary Feature, Original Score, Children / Family Programming
Ville Lipiainen (Finland), Nightwish-Perfume Of The Timeless, Music Video
Vipul Sharma (India), Pravas, Asian Filmmaker
Xiaoran Du (China), Where the Heart Belongs, Asian Theme, Documentary Feature
Yassine EL Idrissi (Morocco), Bottles, Children / Family Programming
Zhuofei Lin (China), The Red Finger, Asian Filmmaker

Film festival awards

(Iris) Concetta Lombardo (Italy), Capitolo XIII, Film Short, Women Filmmakers
Andrew Dudek (Australia), I Am Markita, Experimental, Direction, Cinematography
Asad Sheikh (USA), BROKEN MIRRORS, Documentary Short (Student)
Bethany Thompson (USA), Phantasm, Animation
Boya Liu (China), Phantom Pain, Women Theme
Brett Bower (USA), UNRAVELLED, Movie Trailer, Editing
Bunnie Rivera (USA), This Land Is, Film Short, Latin / Hispanic
Christian Holder (United Kingdom), One Man, Film Short
Connor Raithby (United Kingdom), Stapler, Narration / Voice-Over Talent (acting) (Jason Anthony as Stapler)
Devon Mathews (USA), Brother’s Keeper Book 3: TaMara and The King, Original Song (Hot Coffee by DevSoul)
Dexter J. Ho (USA), Late Bloom, Asian Filmmaker
Elionor Buholzer (Switzerland), Aleksandre – A Thievish Life, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest

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Fabiola Baughman (USA), Journey to the Heart of the Andes, Documentary Feature, Latin / Hispanic Theme, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Gloria A. Downey (USA), What I Did in the War, Documentary Short, Women Filmmakers
Guido Tölke (Germany), The Bitter Taste, Film Feature
HariKumaran (India), Kinaru – The WELL, Film Feature
Haritha Gogineni (India), Fear Movie, Women Filmmakers, Film Feature
Holly M. (Germany), Bloody Good Soup, Editing
James Gossard (USA), Divine Instinct, Editing
Jennifer Treur (Australia), Codes of Life Science Humanity, Women Filmmaker, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising, Experimental, Nature / Environment / Wildlife, Documentary Short, Creativity / Originality
Jim Warne (USA), My Native America, Native Peoples Filmmaker
Jingjing Wu (USA), Jiangxue, Animation (Student)
Joey 西侧龙 (China), EXODUS, Latin / Hispanic Filmmaker
Joey 西侧龙 (China), DAYDREAMERS, Experimental

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Karl André Talbot (Canada), INactive, America’s Silent Killer, Documentary Feature
Kevin Cahak (USA), Big Star Comedy-Small Town Show, Television – Pilot Program
Keyvan Azad (Iran), Smile at Me, Film Short
Li Jiang (China), Visible Dreams, Disability Issues (Student), Documentary Short (Student)
Marc Clebanoff (USA), Stripped, Direction (Mark Clebanoff)
Marcelle Abela (Malta), America’s Woman, Direction
Maria McLeod and Hannah Lane (Ireland), I Wish You Were Here, Film Feature, Actress: Leading (Maria McLeod as Angela), Actor: Leading (Matt Real as David)
Mark Oliver (USA), The Golden Ghosts Film, African American Theme
Matt Zodrow (USA), Rigged: Wealthism In Higher Education, Documentary Short
Mingyi Jing (China), Bamboo. Are You Happy?, Asian Theme
Nathan Gopen (USA), The Story of Irvine, Documentary Feature
Nikolay Vasilev (Bulgaria), Vaklush, Documentary Feature
Patricia Wagner (Ireland), Troubled, Editing, Dramatic Impact

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Peter Strupp (USA), Better From Within, Cinematography (Daniel Mendoza), Editing (Sean Oliver (credited as Valerie Son)
Raquel Freiría, Asociación Protectora de Animais do Camiño (Spain), Os Valores No Camiño (The Values on the Way), Liberation / Social Justice / Protest, Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery
Rongyi Shen (China), The Last Tattooed Woman, Documentary Short (Student), Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Sabrina Hickl (Germany), Dear Mother, Film Short, Cinematography
Sharon Angel (USA), The Audacity to Dream, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising, Documentary Short
Stella Moira Atmadja (Indonesia), Street Vendor, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Taha Mohammadi and Bita Alemi (Iran), The Last Request, Film Short
Thierry Pommier (Brazil), Charak Puja, Extreme Devotion, Documentary Feature
Uriah Herr (USA), Party Panda – The Birth of a Serial Killer, Film Short, Direction
Yana Gommers and Eveline Santermans (Belgium), The Field, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Yuqiao Li (China), The Shout of The Lesser Khingan Mountains, Animation (Student)
Zhangir Botabekov (Kazakhstan), HORNY, Animation (Student)

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