BEST FILM
7 Star Dinosor Entertainment | India | 2021 | 20’
Director: Vaishali Naik
Writer: Vaishali Naik
Producers: Vaishali Naik, Sushma Naik, Ketan Pedgaonkar
Cast: Kapil Dev, Rahul Sahu
Synopsis: Few years back, Sudhir and Vinod- two brothers- put up a Business together, ‘7 Star Dinosor Entertainment’. Dressed as giant dinosaurs they would dance to Bollywood songs at weddings, birthday parties and mall events. They would practise dinosaur moves and enact scenes from their all time favourite Jurassic Park movies. They enjoyed peeking through windows and chasing screaming kids through corridors. Life was good. But today we find them two years deep into the pandemic. No public functions are allowed anymore. We find the brothers jobless and hungry. The giant dinosaurs cramped with them in a single tiny room of the shoddy tenement. The food is running out and so is the patience. When it comes down to the last morsel, will they split it in half or will they come to blows- one brother against the other?
BEST DIRECTOR
7 Star Dinosor Entertainment | India | 2021 | 20’
Director: Vaishali Naik
Writer: Vaishali Naik
Producers: Vaishali Naik, Sushma Naik, Ketan Pedgaonkar
Cast: Kapil Dev, Rahul Sahu
Synopsis: Few years back, Sudhir and Vinod- two brothers- put up a Business together, ‘7 Star Dinosor Entertainment’. Dressed as giant dinosaurs they would dance to Bollywood songs at weddings, birthday parties and mall events. They would practise dinosaur moves and enact scenes from their all time favourite Jurassic Park movies. They enjoyed peeking through windows and chasing screaming kids through corridors. Life was good. But today we find them two years deep into the pandemic. No public functions are allowed anymore. We find the brothers jobless and hungry. The giant dinosaurs cramped with them in a single tiny room of the shoddy tenement. The food is running out and so is the patience. When it comes down to the last morsel, will they split it in half or will they come to blows- one brother against the other?
BEST SCREENPLAY
7 Star Dinosor Entertainment | India | 2021 | 20’
Writer: Vaishali Naik
Director: Vaishali Naik
Producers: Vaishali Naik, Sushma Naik, Ketan Pedgaonkar
Cast: Kapil Dev, Rahul Sahu
Synopsis: Few years back, Sudhir and Vinod- two brothers- put up a Business together, ‘7 Star Dinosor Entertainment’. Dressed as giant dinosaurs they would dance to Bollywood songs at weddings, birthday parties and mall events. They would practise dinosaur moves and enact scenes from their all time favourite Jurassic Park movies. They enjoyed peeking through windows and chasing screaming kids through corridors. Life was good. But today we find them two years deep into the pandemic. No public functions are allowed anymore. We find the brothers jobless and hungry. The giant dinosaurs cramped with them in a single tiny room of the shoddy tenement. The food is running out and so is the patience. When it comes down to the last morsel, will they split it in half or will they come to blows- one brother against the other?
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Wild seasons | France | 2019 | 20’
Actress: Armande Boulanger
Director: Nathalie Giraud
Producer: Fabrice Préel-Cleach
Synopsis: Wintertime. Like every year, Billie and Elisa are spending the holidays in the family house in Corsica. The two sisters are back to their playground and their habits. But the teenagers have grown, as well as their desires.
BEST LEADING ACTOR
The wake | France | 2019 | 25’
Actor: Bellamine Abdelmalek
Director: Riad Bouchoucha
Writer: Riad Bouchoucha
Producers: Emmanuel Wahl, Adrien Bretet
Cast: Bellamine Abdelmalek, Salim Kechiouche, Djemel Barek
Synopsis: Salim comes to collect at his mother’s body. But very quickly between religious customs that he does not understand and the constant comings and goings of strangers, the young man feels uncomfortable in the small family apartment. When Imad arrives as a prodigal brother, it is too much for Salim.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tundra | Cuba | 2021 | 30’
Cinematographer: Gabriel Aleman
Director: José Luis Aparicio
Writer: Carlos Melián
Producers: Leila Montero, Daniela Muñoz, José Luis Aparicio, Gabriel Alemán
Cast: Mario Guerra, Neisy Alpízar, Laura Molina, Jorge Enrique Caballero, Jorge Molina
Synopsis: Walfrido Larduet, a lonely electrical inspector, dreams of the Red Woman, whose image persists and becomes an obsession. Something tells him she is near. Over the course of a day, Walfrido will follow her trail as he travels through the suburbs of an infested city.
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Tundra | Cuba | 2021 | 30’
Production Designer: Pepe Reyes
Director: José Luis Aparicio
Writer: Carlos Melián
Producers: Leila Montero, Daniela Muñoz, José Luis Aparicio, Gabriel Alemán
Cast: Mario Guerra, Neisy Alpízar, Laura Molina, Jorge Enrique Caballero, Jorge Molina
Synopsis: Walfrido Larduet, a lonely electrical inspector, dreams of the Red Woman, whose image persists and becomes an obsession. Something tells him she is near. Over the course of a day, Walfrido will follow her trail as he travels through the suburbs of an infested city.
BEST EDITING
7 Star Dinosor Entertainment | India | 2021 | 20’
Editor: Vaishali Naik
Director: Vaishali Naik
Writer: Vaishali Naik
Producers: Vaishali Naik, Sushma Naik, Ketan Pedgaonkar
Cast: Kapil Dev, Rahul Sahu
Synopsis: Few years back, Sudhir and Vinod- two brothers- put up a Business together, ‘7 Star Dinosor Entertainment’. Dressed as giant dinosaurs they would dance to Bollywood songs at weddings, birthday parties and mall events. They would practise dinosaur moves and enact scenes from their all time favourite Jurassic Park movies. They enjoyed peeking through windows and chasing screaming kids through corridors. Life was good. But today we find them two years deep into the pandemic. No public functions are allowed anymore. We find the brothers jobless and hungry. The giant dinosaurs cramped with them in a single tiny room of the shoddy tenement. The food is running out and so is the patience. When it comes down to the last morsel, will they split it in half or will they come to blows- one brother against the other?
BEST NARRATIVE
A comme Azur | France | 2021 | 24’
Directors: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Writers: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Producer: Offshore (Emmanuelle Latourrette)
Cast: Anais Demoustier, Philippe Laudenbach
Synopsis: School is over. Benjamin is 5 years old and is going on holiday to the sea with his mother and Charlotte, his 12-year-old older sister. A COMME AZUR is the chronicle of this summer through the letters of the alphabet. During a holiday and 26 letters, Benjamin experiences his first sentimental pain and grows up. And that is how he gives himself to the vast world that hides behind words.
BEST DRAMA
A new perspective | Italy | 2020 | 19’
Director: Emanuela Ponzano
Writers: Emanuela Ponzano, Simone Riccardini
Producers: Offshore (France), Redstrings (Italy), Kaos Films (Italy)
Cast: In a dense forest, in the early morning of an unidentifiable remote era, a 12-year-old boy is concentrated in his hunt for precious objects together with his companions. Attracted by strange sounds, the boy decides to move on to an abandoned wooden hut. Through the window, the boy discovers a crying child. She seems lost. The boy decides to open the window, but once it is open, he discovers bodies piled up in a row, soldiers and a tall barbed wire. Called back by his friends to go home, the boy crosses the fence trying to find the girl. Where are we? … and when?
BEST COMEDY
Banned Betsy | United Kingdom | 2020 | 11’
Director: Leah Revivo
Writer: Leah Revivo
Producer: Bradley Kiel
Cast: Christi Van Clarke, Edward Bassett
Synopsis: After another bad day at work Betsy visits her weary friend Kurt for some canine therapy. A surprisingly aggressive dose of self-reflection soon follows as she traverses the colourful workings of her subconscious.
BEST DANCE/MUSICAL
Margaritki | Russian Federation | 2021 | 01’
Director: Анастасия Васильевна Вядро
Writer: Анастасия Васильевна Вядро
Producer: Анастасия Васильевна Вядро
Cast: Александра Вуколова, Мария Егорова, София Матвеенкова
Synopsis: A surreal world of women existing in a confined space, in a closed community, in the absolute “here”. All events and actions are looped, tomorrow there will be a New day, a new dedicated, a new rebel, a new outcast. Self-preservation. Desire for approval. Leadership versus friendship. Follow the crowd and their wild will or be out of the circle. System or death.
BEST STUDENT
Cranberry Juice | Austria | 2021 | 30’
Director: Ani Novakovic
Writer: Ani Novakovic
Producers: Ani Novakovic, Kristian Machtlinger
Cast: Xiting Shan, Aaron Karl, David Wurawa
Synopsis: Suffering from unexplained vaginal pain, a frustrated acting student goes to a string of doctors, convinced that she is going to find a specialist who will figure out what’s wrong with her.
BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR
Not the 80ths | Germany | 2022 | 17’
Director: Marleen Valien
Writers: Marleen Valien, Max Rauer, Christine Duttlinger, Ludwig Meck
Producers: Christine Duttlinger, Markus Krojer, Ludwig Meck, Lotta Schmelzer
Cast: Deniz Orta, Merlin Rose, Joshua Jaco Seelenbinder
Synopsis: Two people, one restaurant, some preconceptions and a bit of fish.
BEST ANIMATION
Monsieur Sachet | Canada | 2021 | 10’
Director: Mathieu Girard
Writer: Mathieu Girard
Producer: Mathieu Girard
Synopsis: Monsieur Sachet is a wicked escalation of tragicomic anecdotes happening in a colorful, crazy and completely absurd atmosphere.
BEST DOCUMENTARY
My own colors | Mexico | 2021 | 15’
Director: Brenda Elizabeth Garcia Lopez
Writer: Brenda Elizabeth Garcia Lopez
Producer: Jose Hernandez Rivera
Cast: Eduardo Delgadillo
Synopsis: Lalo a 14 year old boy, is forced to leave his house home in which he lived for more than twelve years due to Covid 19 pandemic; He will need to face his new reality. He is more than welcome at his aunt Mayela ́s house, but he will live with twelve more people; in a reality in which their parents are gone, they must leave school and begin to work.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Time Frame(s) | United States | 2022 | 06’
Director: Christian D. Bruun
Writer: Christian D. Bruun
Producer: Christian D. Bruun
Cast: Unknown No.1, Unknown No.2
Synopsis: Brief moments in life.
BEST MINI SHORT
bath | Russian Federation | 2021 | 02’
Director: Roma Glova
Writer: Roma Glova
Producer: Roma Glova
Cast: Kseniya Guseva, Elizaveta Boyko
Synopsis: There’s something behind the curtains
BEST SERIES
ЛАМПА/LAMP | Russian Federation | 20’
Director: Ilya Kulikov
Writer: Ilya Kulikov
Producer: Ilya Kulikov
Synopsis: Kostya is 23, he lives in a garage and grants wishes. And not simple, but the most intimate: if you need to ruin someone’s life, take revenge or do something out of the ordinary, welcome to the Lamp application. The only employee of the company, he is also its owner Kostya knows his business perfectly. Tremble, unfaithful girls, insufferable bosses and treacherous friends, the genie Kostya is coming to you!
BEST FASHION
The Trip | Germany | 2021 | 04’
Director: Daniel Lathwesen
Writer: Daniel Marc Lathwesen, Michael Münch Daniel
Producer: Marc Lathwesen
Cast: Milas Haller, Dominik Heinrich, Hannah Heise, Jakob Heß, Shima Jafari, Keisha Olafusi, Jacob Rott, Nils Wojak, Otilia Toma, Deian Toma
