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Japan Film Festival May / September 2022



Red Gaia

Director Udesh Chetty

in Best Soundtrack


-


The Roost

Directors Speedtractor, Willdesu, Sunshine Pictures

in Best Editing


Honorable Mentions:


The Attaché

Director André Stringer


Gemmeker

Director Robert Schinkel


Rage

Director Goldie Jones


The Painted Lady

Director Rachel Coffey


-


St.lover

Director Ying Chih Chen

in Best Music Video


Honorable Mentions:


Waves

Director Jesus Plaza


Lady Be Good

Directors James Kinney, Pierr Marais


Juliet

Director Rik Zak


Connect A Creative Response To Climate Change

Director Steve Mortimer


-


The River

Director Jack Grant-Roberts

in Best Thriller


-


Sean Young

Who Wants Dessert?

Director Venita Ozols-Graham

in Best Actress


Riggsby Lane

For I Am Dead

Director Patricia Delso Lucas

in Best Actor


Honorable Mentions:


Foot notes..

Director Monjoy Mukerji


No_Nu_Friends

Director Karamell Jones


Julia guns and blood

Director Piero Piromallo


-


The Split

Writer nicola green

in Best Script


Honorable Mentions:


Here To Stay

Writer Joseph Harrison


Say It

Writer Jaimy Gardner


Anatomy of a Town

Submitter Patricia Fox


Arbakai

Writer Daniel W Smth


Old Heart

Writer Roger Rapoport


-


If You Go Into the Woods

Director Jon Cohen

in Best Horror


Honorable Mentions:


Frank

Director Starina Johnson


Crumble

Director Andrew Pinon


-


Blond Poison

Director Fabio Giovinazzo

in Best Fantasy


Honorable Mention:


House of the Unholy

Director DANIEL MERLOT


-


The Starry Sand Beach

Directors Nina Barbier, Hsin-Chien Huang

in Best VR Film


Honorable Mention

'THE QUEST: Everest VR' Experience

Director Alex A Harz


-


Mike Delwood Memorial Field

Director Jeff Walsh

in Best Comedy


Honorable Mentions:


Three honest unemployed women

Director Corrado Calda


Near Miss

Director Aubrey William Stewart


A Stand for Damaged Fame

Directors Kent J Arceneaux and David Luck


-


Circumstance 2020 (20 mins version)

Director Sue Healey

in Best Cinematography


Honorable Mentions:


Guardians of Paradise

Director Ivan Maria Friedma


Last Days of My 20s

Director Miguel Mike Medina


The Day When Irresponsibility Makes Life Easy

Director Myowook Kim


JUJUMAN

Director Sea yun Lee


-


A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION

Director Carmen Molinar

in First Time Filmmaker


Honorable Mentions:


the first 8 weeks after the last 8 years

Director Marion Brogyanyi


The BIRDWATCHER

Directors Michelle SHAAY, Jibril Haynes


My name is Shaun

Director Ann Topolsky


-


Surprise in the Night

Directors Sam Bhat, Aaron Rothermund

in Women Empowerment


Honorable Mentions:


The New Normal

Director Starina Johnson


Blue - Searching

Director Gabriela Dumitrescu


MAYSA

Director Leila Sahir


Bermuda

Director LAURA PUCCIA VALTORTA


Happy Trans Girl Like Me

Director Fran Sisco


Surprise in the Night

Directors Sam Bhat, Aaron Rothermund


-


Tune In When You Get Home

Director Maëlle Leggiadro

in Best Female Director


Honorable Mentions:


CURE

Director Tianyu Tina Gu


Hold Up

Director Cassandra Nguyen


Touch & Go

Director Heather Hutton


In The Middle Of The Night

Director Nicoletta Kavvadia


How to Impeach a President

Director Olivia Fasullo


FALAFEL

Director Nikita Hattangady


-


At (10) Centimeters Ahead

Director Masaya Matsui

in Best LGBTQ Film


Honorable Mention:


Call me Damien

Director Sonja Mayer


-


So Long

Director Teng ( Miracle ) Ma

in Best Director


Honorable Mentions:


Suresh Makkar

For

Unnurtured


Suresh Makkar and Ashish sharma

For

I..I..I... (your dreams should be bigger than your fears)


Johanna Ställberg

For

I´m a pedophile


Liam Petite

For

Five Pounds of Pressure


-


The Carlton Condom

Director Ian Baker

in Best MicroFilm


Honorable Mentions:


Bless You

Director Max Kozik


Bakers Son

Director Patrick K Gamble


Les Coffrets / Apprenticeship

Submitter Mark Hewitt


The Break Fast Track

Director Alex Gust


Kaeru

Director Elias Djemil


-


Self Quarantined: Series 1

Director Eric Chaussé

in Best Web-Series / TV Show


Honorable Mentions:


Desnorteadas (Bewildered)

Directors Thiago Greco (Not responsible for post production),

Clara Drumond (Assistant), Mariana Dias (Creator and post production director)


Serenè

Director Brando Improta


-


Emails to My Little Sister

Director Solomon Mekonen

in Student Film


Honorable Mentions:


Spread Thin

Director Bashirah Mack


The Lifeguards

Director Ellen Olis


Twisted Together: U-Turn