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  WINNERS: 2011 Annual Competition:    
  All entries submitted during 2011 were considered for the Annual Competition.    
  $100,000 cash prize declared for Best Movie.    
  $100,000 Production Assistance declared for Best Movie Script.   WINNERS: 2010 Annual Competition:
  $100,000 cash prize declared for Best  Documentary.   All entries submitted during 2010 were considered for the Annual Competition.
  $100,000 distribution assistance declared for Best Bollywood Movie. $100,000 cash prize declared for Best Movie Feature.
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Animation.   $100,000 Production Assistance declared for Best Movie Script.
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Movie Trailer.   $100,000 cash prize declared for Best  Documentary.
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best TV Commercial.   $100,000 distribution assistance declared for Best Bollywood Movie.
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Music Video.   $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Movie Trailer.
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Dance Video.   $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Music Video.
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Still Photography.   $10,000 cash prize declared for Best TV Commercial.
  $5,000 cash prize declared for Best Adult Movie.   $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Adult Movie.
  $5,000 cash prize declared for Best Internet Video.   $5,000 cash prize declared for Best Internet Video.
  $5,000 cash prize declared for Best Home Video.   $5,000 cash prize declared for Best Home Video.
  Congratulations to all the winners !      Congratulations to all the winners !  

Public Screening of 2011 Annual Contest Winners: November 20, 2011                                       Public Screening of 2010 Annual Contest Winners: January 16, 2011 at Historic
at Historic "Michigan Theater" in Ann Arbor, MI. USA. 
For Details, go to Screening Schedule        "Michigan Theater" in Ann Arbor, MI. USA.  For Details, go to Screening Schedule

         
Some of the Winners at AIFF 2011 after award ceremony.               Actors from 'Best Picture'
'Song of the Blind Girl' after the Screening.

Screenings at AIFF Festival of Films on November 20, 2011 was a success. Thanks to all participants. 

FILM FESTIVAL : 
WINNERS: January 2012:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

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Best Narrative Feature:

Pathways (35 min, USA)
Best Director: Erin Miles

Best Documentary Feature:
Roadmap to Apartheid (95 min, USA)
Best Director: Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson


Der Taktstock (65 min, Germany)
Best Director: Michael Wende

Best Narrative Short:
Beneath (13min, UK)
Best Director: Al White

I am Alive (15 min, USA)
Best Director: A. James Marcolin

Best Documentary Short:
Love Connects Us All (8 min, Singapore)
Best Director: Raymond Delon Poh

Best Animation Feature:
cyriak's animation mix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3JCESdFNyw

Best Animation Short:  
scott Pilgrim vs The Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BitByGeWGxU
 

Best Movie Trailer:  
Nomad Movie Trailer

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mv5h_nomad-movie-trailer_shortfilms

Best Internet Video:
Zara Larsson - Talang 2008 semi finals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWA1_6IUITs&feature=related
 

Best Home Video:
L'il Champs 2010 June 01 '10 Devosmita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZMdox-9dcM

Caroline Costa -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF8hVnf0ZFo&feature=related

Best TV Commercial:
xuanmai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvpGuwPJ5zQ

Best Comedy (Short):
Jewphoria (17 min, USA)
Best Director: Randy Kagan

Best Experimental Movie:
1301 - The Circle of Life (10 min, Italy)
Best Director: Mattia Molini 

Best Foreign Language Film:
100 days with Mr. Arrogant (95 min, Korea)
Best Director: Dong-yeob Shin

Best Action Thriller:
5 Deadly Venoms (95 min, China)
Best Director: Cheh Chang

Best 3-D Movie:
Ra-One (156 min, India)
Best Director: Anubhav Sinha

Best First Time Director:
Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson
For: Roadmap to Apartheid (95 min, USA)

Best Female Director:

Ana Nogueira
For: Roadmap to Apartheid (95 min, USA)

Best Movie Shot on 16 mm Film:
 
1301 - The Circle of Life (10 min, Italy) 
Best Director: Mattia Molini 

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
Roadmap to Apartheid (95 min, USA)
Best Director: Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
Roadmap to Apartheid (95 min, USA)
Best Director: Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson

Best Bollywood Movie:
Ra-One (156 min, India)
Best Director: Anubhav Sinha

Best Adult Movie:
Varietease (68 min, USA)
Best Director: Irving Klaw

Best Still Photography:
Two Roads , two destinations by Nekra
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4400/62580240.11/0_8014a_d6d29de9_orig


Best Actor (Lead):
        Tanroh Ishida  for role in Beneath

Best Actress (Lead):  

       India Wadsworth for role in Beneath.
       Nikki Christie  for role in Pathways.

Best Supporting Actor:
        Erik Parillo for role in I am Alive

Best Supporting Actress:
       Nina Marie Vazquez for role in Pathways.
 

SCREEN PLAY COMPETITION : 

Best Movie Script Feature (Drama):
A Perfect Virtue ( No Runtime, USA)
by Alex Puchall

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
Alex Puchall for A Perfect Virtue ( No Runtime, USA)
 

MUSIC FESTIVAL : 

Best Music Video (classic):  
Palestine Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QcK0HB17B0&feature=related

Arabic Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeJHO9pRhKk&feature=related

Best Music Video (Modern):
One Two Three Cheers and a Tiger: The Dream (6 min, Austria)
Best Director: Thomas Christian Eichtinger (co-director: Daniel Prochaska)


Best Music Video (Foreign language):  
Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri di - 3 Tamil Movie Song - Dhanush ,Shruti Hassan
 

DANCE FESTIVAL : 

Best Dance Video ( Modern): 

Cute Arabic Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62zHdUJQH_c&feature=related

Best Dance Video ( classic ):
Persian Classic dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i9CCSQCveU
 

 

FILM FESTIVAL : 
WINNERS: December 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

Best Narrative Feature:  
The Pact (75 min, USA) 
Best Director: Matt Toronto

Blind Turn (86 min, USA) 
Best Director: Robert Orr

Best Documentary Feature:
Urban Odyssey (46 min, USA)
Best Director: Maryanne Galvin

9/11: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/911-explosive-evidence-experts-speak-out/

Best Narrative Short:
The Visitor (15 min, Singapore)
Best Director: Jonathan Finnigan

The Driver (14 min, USA)
Best Director: Jinho Son

Best Documentary Short:
Masahiko Kimura - short documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkDBflFtPIw

Best Animation Feature:
Great Russian Cartoons - Чуня (Choonya) (10 min, Russia)
by U.Pritkov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfugApJ6S9g


Best Animation Short:  
Cat Concert (Кошачий концерт) 80s Soviet Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxVwXX-VGjs&feature=related

Best Movie Trailer:  
Official Trailer Solitary Movie 2011 | mystery thriller film from Director Greg Derochie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7f0zCXkN_Y

Best Internet Video:  
La Puerta Abierta (5 min, Argentina)
by Miky Dubrowsk
y

Best Home Video:
KARADENİZ ATEŞİ KOLBASTI DANS TOPLULUĞU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKkZv-pn4ik&feature=related

Best TV Commercial:
Công An gì mà xinh th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsF4IacjytQ&feature=related

Best Comedy :
Những bức ảnh không thể không cười - Video Clip Vui.flv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=y6_3Gitr6CQ

Best Action Thriller:
White Wall (91 min, USA)
Best Director: James Boss

La Cosa in Cima Alle Scale (21 min, Italy)
Best Director: Michele Torbidoni

Best Experimental Movie:
Touch (15 min, USA) 
Best Director: Adam Barnett


Best Foreign Language Film:
La Cosa in Cima Alle Scale (21 min, Italy) (in Italian with English subtitles)
Best Director: Michele Torbidoni

Best Action Thriller:
A Good Night (29 min, USA)
Best Director: Michael Mayhall


La Cosa in Cima Alle Scale (21 min, Italy) (in Italian with English subtitles)
Best Director: Michele Torbidoni

Best Art Movie:
Just Another Noir (72 min, USA) 
Best Director: Dorian Dardar

Best Science Fiction:
La Cosa in Cima Alle Scale (21 min, Italy) (in Italian with English subtitles)
Best Director: Michele Torbidoni

Best 3-D Movie:
3D Indie Music Video - Glue - Anaglyph Red Cyan 3D Glasses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYl14cpVRGY

Best First Time Director:
Just Another Noir (72 min, USA) 
Best Director: Dorian Dardar

Best Student Project:
Fallen (11 min, USA)
Best Director: Jose Venutolo


Best Female Director:

Debra Granik for Winter's Bone (100 min, USA)

Best Movie Shot on Ultra Low Budget (under $5K):
A Good Night (29 min, USA)
Best Director: Michael Mayhall

Fallen (11 min, USA)
Best Director: Jose Venutolo

Best Movie Shot on HDCAM Camera:
A Good Night (29 min, USA)
Best Director: Michael Mayhall

Best Movie Shot on RED camera: 
La Cosa in Cima Alle Scale (21 min, Italy) (in Italian with English subtitles)
Best Director: Michele Torbidoni

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film:
The Two Escobars (100 min, Colombia)
Best Director: Jeff and Michael Zimbalist

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring  Religiosus/Supernatural theme:
The Visitor (15 min, Singapore)
Best Director: Jonathan Finnigan

La Cosa in Cima Alle Scale (21 min, Italy) (in Italian with English subtitles)
Best Director: Michele Torbidoni

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
Israeli Brutality - The Occupation, Human Rights Violations and War Crimes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_moE8BMFR0

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
Trouble in the Water
 
(17 min, USA)
Best Director: Roger Lee Edwards


Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:

Ancient Lives - Aborigines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNJm_EsRdjE&feature=related
      

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
EDITION OF LUXE (INSEMINACIÓN ARTIFICIAL)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJEgBksDELM&feature=related

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
ISRAEL'S BRUTALITY IN GAZA.wmv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnEfI9OFyOM

Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:
The return of the iron fist policy: Israeli military escalates aggression against Palestinian civilians
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51a/016.html

Best  
War Movie/video:
I
srael troops filmed attacking Palestinian prisoners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz89CHSWoPU&feature=player_embedded#!

Best Bollywood Movie:
Abohomaan (122 min, India) (in Bengali)
Best Director: Rituparno Ghosh

Best Adult Movie:
Madchen fur die Mambo-Bar (85 min, Germany)
Best Director: Wolfgang Gluck

Best Still Photography:
Photo by R@dug@69
http://fotki.yandex.ru/tag/%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE/users/selezniovaira69/view/512549/?page=0&how=week

SCREEN PLAY COMPETITION : 


Best Movie Script Feature (Drama):
Good Intentions (No Runtime, USA)
by Michael Mayhall

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
Good Intentions (No Runtime, USA)
by Michael Mayhall

MUSIC FESTIVAL : 

Best Music Video (classic):  
Shakuhachi - The Japanese Flute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsihxORASks&feature=related

Best Music Video (Modern):  
[Mongolian - 蒙古] Kiwi - Superstitious (HD) (蒙古火辣三人美女混血組合Kiwi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpP0ghrFTDM&feature=endscreen&NR=1

The Voice Korean Music Video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ZjMw_ORyQ

 

Best Music Video (Foreign language): 
Nara - Uuchlaarai Zaluu min HD [MV] www.mongolmusic.net

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=YzhWZB3K7Zc


DANCE FESTIVAL : 


Best Dance Video ( Modern): 

Crazy Turkish Dance - Kolbasti.flv
h
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoIevImEuA0

Best Dance Video ( Classic)
Mongolia dance 长歌长情
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cpeCKDANqA


Thai Dance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpT0e2E62O4&feature=related

 

 

 

 

FILM FESTIVAL : 
WINNERS: November 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

Best Narrative Feature:  
New Project "Papa Zeus" (107 min, USA)
Best Director: Rick Almada

The Gentelman (103m, Zimbabwe) 
Best Director: Joe Njagu

Best Documentary Feature: 
Iraq's Missing Billions - 47 min documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC2V0jIsij8

Best Narrative Short: 
Mind thinks Heart knows  (12 min, USA)
Best Director: Michael Reisch

Street Cops (6 min, USA)
Directed by: Christopher Sertich

Best Documentary Short:
Mysterious Deaths of 9/11 Witnesses (MUST SEE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvay28lZiHU&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Best Animation Feature:
Dashavatar Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFCLXfxTlEg&feature=fvsr


Best Animation Short:
 
Modern Russian Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLxPTk1QEJI

Best Movie Trailer:
Broken Roads (2 min, USA)
Best Director: Justin Chambers

Best Internet Video:  
Discasting (30 min, Finland)
Best Director: Ossi Ojutkangas

Best Home Video:
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2010 Aug. 23 '10 Devosmita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awf0p8FGKEA

Best TV Commercial:
The Oedipus Complex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA35ys91QJU

Best Comedy (Feature):
The Mad Monk (89 min, China)
Best Director: Siu-Tung_Ching, Johnnie To

Best Comedy (Short):
Gamarjobat - Amazing Comedy Duo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-5QMRgXreY

Best Foreign Language Film:
DesideriuM (19 min, Argentina) (in spanish with English subtitles)
Best Director: Santiago Muluk

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
Darwaza Bandh Rakho (120 min, India)
Best Director: J.D.Chakravarthi

Best Bollywood Movie:
Darwaza Bandh Rakho (120 min, India)
Best Director: J.D.Chakravarthi

Best Still Photography:
Photo by Slavado
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5820/11383126.57/0_82200_87eecec8_orig

 

 

SCREEN PLAY COMPETITION : 

Best Movie Script Feature :
In Sheep's Clothing (no runtime, USA)
by: Rebecca Felland-Syring

The Plumber (no runtime, Thailand)
by: Jeffrey Ryback

Best Female Movie Script Writer:
In Sheep's Clothing (no runtime, USA)
by: Rebecca Felland-Syring

The Lamplighter  (no runtime, Switzerland)
by: Myriam Roelli

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
The Lamplighter  (no runtime, Switzerland)
by: Myriam Roelli

 

MUSIC FESTIVAL : 

Best Music Video (classic):  

Beautiful Chinese Music【9】Traditional
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuHMCFYIC9E

Best Music Video (Modern):  
Chae Yeon - Only You (Oh Jik Neo) - korean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6K8Cc4WMIc&feature=related

Best Music Video (Foreign language):  
Funny pink Japanese music video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZGn-nn8bBA

DANCE FESTIVAL : 

Best Dance Video ( Modern): 

Ансамбль ВВС РФ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2VRzvpdxbA&feature=related


Best Dance Video ( Classic): 

Mongolia Dance
长歌长情
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cpeCKDANqA

 

 

2011 Annual Competition RESULTS: 

BEST MOVIE:   $100,000 cash prize declared for Best Movie.
(1)  Song of the Blind girl  (97 min, USA)
       Best Director: ctom

(2)  The President Goes to heaven  (95 min, USA)
       Best Director: ctom

BEST SCRIPT:  $100,000 Production Assistance declared for Best Movie Script.
(1)  Happy Family (No Run Time, USA) by  ctom

(2) 
If Me Did It (No Run Time, USA)     by  ctom

BEST DOCUMENTARY:    $100,000 cash prize declared for Best  Documentary.  
Killing the Children of Iraq: A special report by John Pilger (9 min, UK)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9AnYyCTaAI&NR=1
 

David Cole - The Truth Behind The Gates Of Auschwitz
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=976870941610001004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh4AFhGGjGc


BEST BOLLYWOOD MOVIE:  $100,000 distribution assistance declared for Best Bollywood Movie.
Lal Patthar (141 min, India)
Best Director: Sushil Majumdar


BEST ANIMATION
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Animation.
Father and Daughter (8 min, Netherlands)
 
Best Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QYi92F1i4&feature=related

BEST MOVIE TRAILER:  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Movie Trailer.
(1)   Song of the Blind Girl Movie Trailer (2 min, USA)
        
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm5AhJYsrMM

(2)   T
he President Goes to Heaven Movie Trailer 1 (2 min, USA)
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i55aIuDVHHc

BEST TV COMMERCIAL: $10,000 cash prize declared for Best TV Commercial.
Japanese/Thai tea commerical with caterpillars (1 min, Japan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgPmaNMReKQ&feature=related

BESTMUSIC VIDEO:  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Music Video.
(1)  Duma dum Mast Kalandar The President Version (4 min, USA)
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE6AafpLrNk&feature=related


(2)  Julia Savicheva - esli v serdce Best Russian Song (3 min, Russia)
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qIwH94Ejc
 

BEST DANCE VIDEO: $10,000 cash prize declared for Best  Dance Video.
Nathley Nai Sara Lahore - Megha Mujra (6 min, Pakistan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRoJAF91hbs&feature=related

BEST STILL PHOTOGRAPHY:  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best  Still Photography.
http://fotki.yandex.ru/top/users/radomtatyana/view/404296/
by Tatyana Ludmila

BEST ADULT MOVIE:  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best  Adult Movie.
The Divorcee (120 min, USA)
Best Director: Stephen C. Apostolof

BEST INTERNET VIDEO:  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best  Internet Video.
Obama, take away the pain in my stomach (4 min, Israel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGm-gxmxHw&feature=player_embedded

BEST HOME VIDEO:  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best  Home Video.
Sweetest Performance of Keerthana in Munch Star Singer Junior (4 min, India)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eFWIKgPl3w

BEST (LEADING) ACTOR:  ( No cash prize declared for this category.)
Andrew Collins (For role in movie: "Song of the Blind Girl".)

BEST (LEADING) ACTRESS:  ( No cash prize declared for this category.)
Grace Ann Prevost (For role in movie: "The President Goes to Heaven".)
Madison Lehr (For role in movie: "Song of the Blind Girl".)

BEST (SUPPORTING) ACTOR:  ( No cash prize declared for this category.)
Peter Ciaramitaro (For role in movie: "Song of the Blind Girl".)

BEST (SUPPORTING) ACTRESS: 
( No cash prize declared for this category.)
Bernadette Pauling  (For role in movie: "The President Goes to Heaven".)

 

 


WINNERS: October 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

FILM FESTIVAL : 

Best Narrative Feature:  
Padayottam (130 min, India)
Best Director: Jijo Punnoose

Best Documentary Feature: 
Mientras Los Ninos Jugaban (77 min, Spain)
Best Director: David Fontseca Romanos

El Kasara (The Breaker) (28 min, Palestine)   
Best Director: Wesam Atef Salah Mousa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS6Pes8EbEI

Best Narrative Short: 
March April (29min, USA)
Collin Souter

Best Documentary Short:
Norman Finkelstein vs Wolf Blitzer: Israel-Palestine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZZEhPT_5g&feature=related

Best Animation Feature:
The Monk & The Fish (Michael Dudok de Wit - 1994).avi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYeKOkvx1w0&feature=related


Best Animation Short:
My Mind (4 min, USA)
Best Director: Jason Harrington

Crazy Worms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjNhyeje0g0&feature=related

Best Movie Trailer:

Cassadaga - trailer (3 min, USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpQrf9PiXI


Best Internet Video:
 
Rule By Secrecy: Jim Marrs-Full Length
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3HksCZqmck&feature=related

Jim Marrs - Suppressed News, Deceptions and Lies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJmDLt_wYoo&feature=related

Best Home Video:
Mongol Dance – Saalichin Bujig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIZ-eZBOpEQ

Mongolian Long song ( Urtiin duu ) Galbingga group. Mongol Nutgiin Uzesgelen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPJ1WTF2SDY&feature=related


Best TV Commercial:

Funny baby ad with sexy pretty beautiful model girl Thailand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=t5qKFZb2DK4

Best Horror Movie:
Grave Encounters (92 min, USA)
Best Director: The Vicious brothers

Best Comedy (Feature):
Deewana Mastana (129 min, India)
Best Director: David Dhawan

Best Comedy (Short):
South Korea vs North Korea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LblZlS0ySVE

Best Action Thriller:
Memory lane (66 min, USA)
Best Director: Shawn Holmes

Best Experimental Movie:
Cassandra's Run (5 min, USA)
Best Director: Thomas Kanschat
 

Best Foreign Language Film:
Deewana Mastana (129 min, India)
Best Director: David Dhawan

Best Art Movie:
Model Target (18 min, USA)
Best Director: Mattia Molini

Best 3-D Movie:

The Third & The Seventh (12 min, USA)
Best Director: Alex Roman
http://vimeo.com/7809605

Best First Time Director:
El Kasara (The Breaker) (28 min, Palestine)   
Best Director: Wesam Atef Salah Mousa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS6Pes8EbEI

Best Female Director:
Zoya Akhtar for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (120 min, India)

Best Movie/Documentary/Script featuring Animals:

Polar bears and dogs playing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-Nyt4Bmi8&feature=player_embedded#!

Best Movie Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
Memory lane (66 min, USA)
Best Director: Shawn Holmes

Best Movie Shot on RED Camera:
14 Ngày Phép ( 14 Days )  (90 min, Vietnam)
Best Director: Khoa Trong Nguyen

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
Deewana Mastana (129 min, India)
David Dhawan

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring  Religiosus/Supernatural theme:
Haunted Poland (103 min, Spain)
Best Director: Pau Maso

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
El Kasara (The Breaker) (28 min, Palestine)   
Best Director: Wesam Atef Salah Mousa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS6Pes8EbEI

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
Aerosol Crimes (aka Chemtrails)  (99 min, USA)
Best Director: Clifford Carnicom

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
Meek's Cutoff (104 min, USA)
Best Director: Kelly Reichardt
      
Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with E
rotic theme:
Edition of Luxe (Inseminacion Artificial)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJEgBksDELM&feature=related

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
Perestroika (70 min, Tajikistan)
Best Director: Rustam Shoazimov

Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:
Cantata in C Major (8 min, USA)
Best Director: Ronnie Cramer

Deceptions (78 min, USA)
Chris pratt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32iPdhSBHiQ&feature=autoplay&list=PL27A96CADB973D963&lf=player_embedded&playnext=1

Best War Movie/video:
Hong ying tao (Red Cherry) (120 min, China)
Best Director: Daying Ye

Best Bollywood Movie:
Deewana Mastana (129 min, India)
David Dhawan

Best Adult Movie:
The Divorcee (120 min, USA)
Stephen C. Apostolof

Best Still Photography:
Photo by Anatoly skorohodov

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4519/106529422.0/0_75386_6e5a8168_orig

bluesrock

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4520/11786484.51/0_5fc64_afab3043_orig

aleksei 1661

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4519/103617296.1f/0_77080_d2bd3dbc_-1-orig

string17

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4520/46700925.1a/0_76f29_7d06b8e8_orig

SCREEN PLAY COMPETITION : 
Best Movie Script  (Feature):
Vamp High (no runtime,USA)
by S.J.Marsada

Best Movie Script (Short):
Dwarf Planet (no run time, USA)
by Steven Plunkett

MUSIC FESTIVAL : 
Best Music Video (classic):  

Shiva shiva shiva shambho mahadeva (5 min, India)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkgziuU3xUM&feature=related

Best Music Video (Modern):  
Titarius - D.O.A (4 min, USA)
Best Director: Charles Quinn Frutos

Une Priere de Mort (7 min, Australia)
Best Director: Warrick Fraser
http://vimeo.com/30114634
 

Best Music Video (Foreign language):  
Duma dum Mast Kalandar The President Version (4 min, USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE6AafpLrNk&feature=related

GUILTY (3 min , USA)
Best Director: Roberto Marrero

DANCE FESTIVAL :
Best Dance Video ( Modern): 
Hot Coyote Girls Dance Hits 03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evuzGivLtYA&feature=related

MONICA (4 min, USA)
Best Director: Roberto Marrero

Best Dance Video ( Classic):
Nikolina Nikoleski Bharatanatyam- Mahabalipuram Festival 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkci1bZHAso


부채춤/Buchaechum - 한국고전무용/KoreanFolkDance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivvu02hK5i0&feature=related

 

WINNERS: September 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )


FILM FESTIVAL : 

Best Narrative Feature:   
Untitled (95 min, UK)
Best director:
Shaun Troke

Best Documentary Feature:
Knocking on the Devil's Door (95 min, USA)
Best Director: Gary Null

Flying without wings - Life with Arnold Beisser (57 min, USA)
Best director:
Liv Estrup

Best Narrative Short: 
The Legend of Turquoise Nipples (12min, USA)
Best director: Stephen Folker

Best Documentary Short:
The Drowned Hogs (10 min, USA)
Best director: Yaniv Aronson

If Americans Knew What Israel Is Doing! VIDEO WAS CENSORED! (3 min, Israel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynWjYHP91gA

Best Animation Feature:
Murgi Keno Mutant (15 min, Bangladesh)
Best Director: Nayeem Mahbub

Anima Mundi - Father and Daughter (8 min, Netherlands)
Best Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QYi92F1i4&feature=related


Best Animation Short:
Anima Mundi Qualquer Nota (2min, Netherlands)
Best Director: Marcelo Mavrao

Best Movie trailer:
Song of the Blind Girl Movie Trailer (2 min, USA)
Best Director: ctom

Insectula! (3 min, USA)
Best Director: Michael Peterson


Best Internet Video:
Obama, take away the pain in my stomach (4 min, Israel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGm-gxmxHw&feature=player_embedded

Arabs Got Talent - Semi-final -Ep10 - Johnny Madness (8min, Lebanon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0gGaER9q8

Best Home Video:
Shreya Ghoshal - Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hain (4 min, India)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5QRTZN4Qh4

Best TV Commercial:
Perversion For Profit, A 1965 Anti-Porn Propaganda Film (9min, USA)

http://laughingsquid.com/perversion-for-profit-a-1960s-anti-porn-propaganda-film/

Best Horror Movie:
Below Zero (90 min, Canada)
Best Director:
Justin Thomas Ostensen

Best Comedy (Feature):
A Sud di New York (85min, Italy) 
Best Director:
Elena Bonelli

The Victor greywolf one man show (98 min, USA)
Best Director: Victor Greywolf 

Best Comedy (Short):
Flock of Meese (25 min, USA)
Best Director: Russell Feher

Best Action Thriller:
Dragon Ball: Evolution (85 min, Hong Kong)
Best Director: James Wong
 

Best Experimental Movie:
I'll make this whole world mine (2min, France)
Best Director: Hatim Elmrini

Speed dating (4 min, USA)
Best Director: Mary Niederkorn

Best Foreign Language Film:
Deewana (162 min, India)
Best Director:
Raj Kanwar

Best Art Movie:
The Necklace (6min, USA)
Best Director:
Mary Lee Herrmann

Best 3-D Movie:
Vault of Darkness (60min, USA)
Best Director: Adam Hulin

Best First Time Director:
Victor Greywolf for The Victor greywolf one man show (98 min, USA)

Russell Feher for Flock of Meese (25 min, USA)

Best Female Director:

Donna R. Clark for Midnight Cabaret Film Trailer (3 min, USA)

Mary Niederkorn for Speed dating (4 min, USA)

Best Movie/Documentary/Script featuring Animals:
Mighty Joe Young (84 min, USA)
Best Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack

Best Movie Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
The Victor greywolf one man show (98 min, USA)
Best Director:
Victor Greywolf

Best Movie Shot on RED Camera:
Below Zero (90 min, Canada)
Best Director:
Justin Thomas Ostensen

A Sud di New York (85min, Italy) 
Best Director: Elena Bonelli

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
Deewana (162 min, India)
Best Director:
Raj Kanwar

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring  Religiosus/Supernatural theme:
  
Courageous (90 min, USA)
Best Director: Alex Kendrick
 

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
Israeli soldiers shoot children with M16 rifles while eating chocolates and crisps!!! (3 min, Israel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nDUFiuZLhc

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
Human Foot Print (92 min, USA)
Best Director: Nick Watts

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
Black Robe (101 Min, USA)
Best Director: Bruce Beresford
      

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:  
Amazing arctic snakes mating and fighting - Deadly Vipers - BBC animals (4 min, England)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TF7d4jvays&feature=fvst

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
How Do You Start a Movement? (3 min, USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ&feature=player_embedded

Famous 1950s Research -- The Asch Experiment (2 min, USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRh5qy09nNw&feature=player_embedded
 

Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:

David Cole - The Truth Behind The Gates Of Auschwitz 1 of 2  (30 min, USA)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=976870941610001004

David Cole - The Truth Behind The Gates Of Auschwitz part 2 (32 min, USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh4AFhGGjGc


Best War Movie/video:
Impact of the white phosphorus on the human body from alleged Israeli attack (3 min, Israel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY0dpyKiW34

Best Bollywood Movie:
Deewana (162 min, India)
Best Director:
Raj Kanwar

Best Adult Movie:
Randy , the Electric lady (1980) (90 min, USA)
Best Director: Phillip Schuman

Best Still Photography:
Photo by Koziuk Vladimir:
http://fotki.yandex.ru/tag/%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82/users/koziuck-vladimir/view/446577/?page=0&how=week

9/11 Photos by Richard Drew:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/06/falling-man-photographer-_n_947424.html#s349294

 

SCREEN PLAY COMPETITION : 

Best Movie Script Feature (Drama):
Winged Victory (no runtime, USA)
Blue Spruell


Best Movie Script Feature (Historic):
Bay of Pigs (no runtime, USA)
Roberto Marrero

Best Movie Script Feature (Action/ Adventure):
Loathsome Lure (no runtime, USA)
by Roberto Marrero

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
Winged Victory (no runtime, USA)
by Blue Spruell

 

MUSIC FESTIVAL : 
 

Best Music Video (classic):  
North Korean Music 北朝鮮音楽  ( 7 min, North Korea)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8tDWuO5BiU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL26D556585838A986

Best Music Video (Modern):  
Vehicle (4m, USA)
Roberto Marrero

70s Disco Hits - A Video Compilation of Disco Music from the 70's (10 min, USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlzlNpttvVM

 

Best Music Video (Foreign language):  
Put Your Head on my shoulder (3m, USA)
Roberto Marrero

Melody of Love (4m, USA)
Roberto Marrero

DANCE FESTIVAL : 
 

Best Dance Video ( Modern): 
Robot Dance Extrem ( 5 min, Japan )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8oPM54Z41s

10 year old hip hop dancer. Kassidy Chism; AMAZING (3 min, USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFHR9JoUMU&feature=fvwp&NR=1

Best Dance Video ( Classic):
Thai Classical Dancing (3 min, Thailand)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpfCJsMsBOE

Korean Fan - Dance Ensemble Carnival, Kazachstan (4min, South Korea)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWdwizX9LDg&feature=related

hot megha mujra 2  ( 5 min, Pakistasn)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jURWK5-hzQ

 

WINNERS: August 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

FILM COMPETITION : 
Best Narrative Feature:   
Runaway Kidnapper (101 min, USA)
Best Director: ctom

Best Documentary Feature:
Rostropovich and Shostakovich, Masterclass Friendship (50 min, Azerbaijan, Russia)
by Mekhti Mammadov

Dr. Norman Finkelstein in Berkeley 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuP2mjjYhPI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovnI6jUfNo4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1RuybBUQ9M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzvOH7ire0c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFAMcXzylao&feature=watch_response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDY-1Tld1iY&feature=related

Best Narrative Short: 
B'Hurst (29 min, USA)
Best Director: Alex Portugal

Mia  (19 min, USA)
Best Director: Antonio Padovan

Best Documentary Short:
Home is..  (10 min, USA)
Dir: Dan Kimbrough

Best Animation Feature:
Ah My Buddha, Vol. 4: Four Naked Truths
Best Animator: Anonymous

Best Animation Short:  
Invasions, the Animated Short Film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4ExqQTNklk

Best Movie Trailer:
L4 Lupus (2 min, Indonesia)
Best Director: Damien Dematra


Best Internet Video:
 
Sondheim Fountain (3min, USA)
Best Director: Karl Ferron

Best Home Video:
ilahi Gives thanks to ALLAH from Michael Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33sOpValXuY&feature=related


ناديت وقلبي::فرقة طيور الجنة

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwEOM2XNsp0&feature=related


Best TV Commercial:

Uttarakhand Folk song, Kumaoni Folk Video song, uttaranchal folk songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF8nOW_afuQ&NR=1

ホットペッパー 木村カエラ CM hotpepper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_fzaR1AjW8&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=PLEDF4A2975D8EC93E

Best Drama Feature:
Runaway Kidnapper (101 min, USA)
Best Director: ctom

Best
Drama Short:

Puh-Rump-A-Pum-Pum (15 min, USA) 
Best Director: Antonio Padovan

Best Horror Movie:

Rinne (Reincarnation) (96 min, Japan)
Best Director: Takashi Shimizu

Best Comedy:
Mia  (19 min, USA)
Best Director: Antonio Padovan

Best Action Thriller:
Du Rififi Chez les Hommes (122 min, Italy)
Best Director:  Jules Dassin

Best Experimental Movie:
Is That Beer?  (9 min, Brazil)
Best Director: Lui Lobo

Get Well Soon (14 min, UK)
Best Director: Gregory Rinaldi

Best Foreign Language Film:
BIJUKA (Scarecrow) (74 min, India)
Best Director: Ashtar Sayed

Best Art Movie:
1095 Days  (21 Min, USA)
Dir: Han Fang Pao

Best 3-D Movie:
Year Zero ( 6 min, Czech Republic)
Best Director: Mischa Rozema

Best First Time Director:
Tyler Farr for The Good, the Bad and the Coyote (92 min, USA)

Best Female Director:

Mischa Rozema for Year Zero ( 6 min, Czech Republic)

Best Movie/Documentary/Script featuring Animals:
Birth of an Elephant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llIv20mScP8&feature=related

Best Student Project: 
You, Me & a cup of Coffee  (5 min, Japan) 

Best Director:
Shunsuke Teshima    

Best Movie Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K): 

Free Spirits (70 min, USA)
Best Director:  Peter Beary

The Good, the Bad and the Coyote (92 min, USA)
Best Director: Tyler Farr

Best Movie Shot on Ultra Low Budget (under $25K):          
Mia  (19 min, USA)
Best Director: Antonio Padovan

Best Movie Shot on RED Camera:
The Boy That Transcended Light (33min, USA)
Best Director: Derrick Allen

The Good, the Bad and the Coyote (92 min, USA)
Best Director: Tyler Farr

Best Movie Shot on HDCAM Camera:
BIJUKA (Scarecrow) (74 min. India)
Best Director: Ashtar Sayed

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
Aaram Thamburan (120 min, India)
Best Director: Shaji Kailas

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring  Religiosus/Supernatural theme:  
The Boy That Transcended Light (33min, USA)
Best Director: Derrick Allen

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
Egypt: The Story Behind the revolution (60 min, Egypt, USA) 
Best Director:  Khaled Sayed

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
Food, Inc. (94 min, USA)
Best Director: Robert Kenner

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
Tell Them Willie Boy is Here (98 min, USA)
Best Director: Abraham Polonsky
        

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:  
The Habitat and Mating Rituals of the Albatross (4 min, USA)
By Indigo films
 
http://www.5min.com/Video/The-Habitat-and-Mating-Rituals-of-the-Albatross-516911216

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
The Conversion of a terrorist (27 min, Indonesia)
Best Director: Damien Dematra

Mary and Bill (49 min, USA)
by Andrew napier

Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:
Songs of a Sorrowful Man  (35 min, India, USA)
Best Director: Akos Ostor & Lina Fruzzetti & Aditi Nath Sarkar

Best War Movie:
Turkish Gambit (122 min, Russia)
Best Director: Dzhanik Faiziyev


Best Bollywood Movie:
BIJUKA (Scarecrow) (74 min, India)
Best Director: Ashtar Sayed

Best Adult Movie:
Garden of Eden (67 min, Sweden)
Best Director: Max Nosseck

Best Still Photography:
photo by Tatyana Selena:

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4409/69861747.24/0_64ad0_de7de106_orig

SCREEN PLAY COMPETITION : 
Best Movie Script Feature:
Runaway Kidnapper (no runtime, USA)
by ctom

Best Movie Script Feature (Drama):
Grannies on the Move
by Roberto Marrero

Faith (No Runtime, Poland)
by Youssef Ouarrack

Best Movie Script Short (Drama):
Snake  (No Runtime, USA)
by Perry T. Schwartz


Best Movie Script Feature (Comedy):
Seniors' Palace (no runtime, USA)
by Roberto Marrero


Best Movie Script Short (Comedy):
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Accident (No Runtime, USA)
by David Schroeder

Best Movie Script Feature (Action/ Adventure):
Bullies For Rent (no runtime, USA)
by Roberto Marrero

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
Youssef Ouarrak for Faith (No runtime, Poland) 
 

MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION : 
Best Music Video:  
Tram Inspector (2min 50 sec, Australia)
Best Director: Craig Melville

Best Music Video (Foreign Language):  
Pooram Panchavadyam from brahmaswom madom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id6dTwGZjd8

Julia Savicheva - esli v serdce Best Russian Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qIwH94Ejc

chinese love song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI9ya16TSUA&feature=related

DANCE  VIDEO COMPETITION : 
Best Dance Video (Classic):  
chittagong song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdsn_ZuW7c&feature=related

Chin-Chin's Ballet Dance 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp7bJdgRBO8&feature=related
 

Best Dance Video (Modern):  
Raat Nu Jay Tu - Anjuman Shehzadi Mujra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP_VUOY-H2k

Whirling Dervish - Al Kindi ensemble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSrdFo-vNDY

Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Andrew Dawe Collins
Peter Ciaramitaro

Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Madison Lehr

Best Actor in Supporting role:
Don McIntyre
Edward Colon

Best Actress in Supporting Role:
Isabella Gielniak
Grace Anne Prevost

Best new Actor (First or second Movie):
Peter Morelli
Richard Pasieka

Best new Actress (First or second Movie):
Dianne Bourgeault
Lauren Branstetter

Best Method Actor:

Chips O'Neil

 

 

 

 

WINNERS: July 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

Best Narrative Feature:   
 
      Si Anak Kampoeng (The Village Boy)  (105 min, Indonesia) (Indonesian with English sub-titles)
        Best Director:  Damien Dematra

  
        El Derecho de Jesus - The Right of Jesus (91 min, USA)

        Best Director: Jesus Galindo
 

Best Movie Script Feature:
 
        Holy Hell in Cuba (No runtime, USA) 
           By  Roberto Marrero

            Departed Harvest
 (No runtime, USA) 
         
By Jo Da Hodge

Best Documentary Feature:
        Century of Light (47 min, USA)
        Best Director: Christopher Leps

Best Narrative Short:   
         Music Box (10 min, Turkey)
         Best Director: Cherish Perez de Tagle

        Wall  (12 min, China)
         Best Director: Mengqiao Li
Best Movie Script Short:

        It's always sunny in Philadelphia: Charlie is suicidal  (No runtime, USA) 
        by Matthew Cardenas

Best Documentary Short:
        Saving the Planet: Thailand - Smile again. (10 min, Thailand)
        by TVE Asia Pacific

Best Animation Feature:
        Heart of death (21 min, USA)
        Best Director: Alicia Norman

Best Animation Short:  
       The Asthmatic Dragon (2 min,
UK)
        Best Director: Jon Bagge

Best Movie Trailer:
       
Saravann Trailer (2 min, USA)
        Best Director: Alexander Shin

Best Music Video:  
        ilahi Gives thanks to ALLAH from Michael Jackson
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33sOpValXuY&feature=related

        Qawwali competition 1
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btCr2jpB1I0&feature=autoplay&list=PLA859540E162709C5&index=13&playnext=4


Best Internet Video:
 
       Nathley Nai Sara Lahore - Megha Mujra
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRoJAF91hbs&feature=related


       
Aamant ali Pakistan (
Masoom 1983 "Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi" Sung By Lata Mangeshkar Music By R.D Burman Lyrics By Gulzar )
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xwQqStc1mk&feature=fvwrel

Best Home Video:
        A Beautyfull small Child Raees Anis Sabri reciting Qawali (I
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WENonWpoQg8&feature=related


        Apne ma bap ka tu 1
        http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNqP_bWBeKo&feature=related

Best TV Commercial:
        Funny Italian Commercial
        http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PA8SB0zONM&NR=1

Best Drama Feature:
       5 days of war (113 min, Georgia)
       Best Director: Renny Harlin

Best
Drama Short:
        Still Waiting (3 min, France)
        Best Director: Christian Cruner

Best Horror Movie:

        American Zombie (90 min, USA)
        Best Director: Grace Lee


Best Comedy:
        No Entry (158 min, India) (Hindi)
        Best Director: Anees Bazmee

        Screaming Queens (Script) (no runtime, UK)
        by Robert Longden

Best Action Thriller:
        The Sentimental Swordsman (120 min, Hong Kong)
         Best Director: Chor Yuen

Best Experimental Movie:
        Noemia.  (3 min, USA)
        Best Director: Quentin Clausin & Elayne Blyth

 
  
Best Foreign Language Film:

        Si Anak Kampoeng (The Village Boy)  (105 min, Indonesia) (Indonesian with English sub-titles)
        Best Director:  Damien Dematra

Best Art Movie:
       Shakespeare in LYTS - The Movie (54 min, Bahamas)
       Best Director:  Jackie dack

Best 3-D Movie:
        Breathe (3D) (9min, UK)

        Best Director: Liam Garvo

Best First Time Director:
        Tears of Remedy (115 min, USA) 
         Best Director: Lee Thongkham

       Shakespeare in LYTS - The Movie (54 min, Bahamas)
       Best Director:  Jackie dack

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
       Ross Raffin for Abomination.anon (No run time, USA)

        Ferran Masip-Valls for Expiration Date (no runtime, Spain)    

Best Female Director:
        Shakespeare in LYTS - The Movie (54 min, Bahamas) 
        Best Director:  Jackie dack

Best Movie/Documentary/Script featuring Animals:
        Movie star electric shocked
        http://vimeo.com/23404112

Best Student Project: 
        Compromise  (47 min, USA)
        Best Director: Rahul Nath

Best Movie Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K):   
 
      
    
   Compromise  (47 min, USA)
        Best Director: Rahul Nath

Best Movie Shot on Ultra Low Budget (under $25K):          
    
   Perseverance (12 min, UK)
        Best Director: Mark Owen

Best Movie Shot on RED Camera:
        Perseverance (12 min, UK)
        Best Director: Mark Owen

Best Movie Shot on DSLR Camera:
        American Karoshi (13 min, USA)
        Best Director: Alex Willemin

        Tears of Remedy (115 min, USA) 
        Best Director: Lee Thongkham

Best Movie Shot on HDCAM Camera:
        Compromise  (47 min, USA)
        Best Director: Rahul Nath

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
        Si Anak Kampoeng (The Village Boy)  (105 min, Indonesia) (Indonesian with English sub-titles)
        Best Director:  Damien Dematra


Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring  Religiosus/Supernatural theme:
  
       Jesus in Kashmir BBC Documentry
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6apnJ5J_Zg&feature=fvwrel

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
        Humming Bird (47 min, Brazil)
        Best Director: Holly Mosher

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
        Deserts on the move - Europe (50 min, Spain)
        Best Director: Ingo Herbst

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
         All Is Made Beautiful: Native American Traditions With Warrior Woman Oh Shinnah Fast Wolf (2007)
        

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:  
         Plants that go bad - hilarious video of nature
         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO-GsDwYwtI

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
        Expiration Date (no runtime, Spain)
        by Ferran Masip-Valls

        The man from Nowhere (no runtime, USA)
        by Roberto Marrero

Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:
         The Dark Avenger (85 min, USA)
         Best Director: Henry Levin

Best War Movie:
        Patton (172 min, USA)
        Best Director: Franklin J Schaffner


Best Bollywood Movie:
        Vastadu Naa Raju (120 min, India)
         Best Director: Hemant Madhukar

        Compromise  (47 min, USA)
        Best Director: Rahul Nath

Best Adult Movie:
       Mix 'N' Match (Diamond #50) (Connie Peterson) (8 min, USA)
       Best Director: Blue Max
 

Best Still Photography:
        http://fotki.yandex.ru/top/users/radomtatyana/view/404296/
        http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5808/vavrynyuk.b/0_6dc16_e7537848_orig
        by Tatyana Ludmila

        http://fotki.yandex.ru/top/users/juno-d/view/442811/
        Vuoksi, the Karelian isthmus. 

         The border between Finland and Russia
        by Yuri Malshev

 

WINNERS: June 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

Best Narrative Feature:   
        Marianne    (100min, Sweden)
        Best Director: Filip Tegstedt
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13 ( Subject Matter)

        Meherjaan (119 min, Bangladesh) (Bengali with English Sub-Titles)
        Best Director: Rubaiyat Hossain
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13 ( Subject Matter)
 

Best Movie Script Feature:
        The Last Freedom Fighter (No Run Time, USA)
        by Philip Mitchell

        Lisa Tavern (No runtime, USA )
        by Juliann Schley

Best Documentary Feature:
      
One-way round trip (53 min, Romania)
       Best Director: Mirel Bran

       2012 Prophecy Apocalypse And The End Of The World David Icke, John Major Jenkins, George Noory
      
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA65h7AdtEs

Best Narrative Short:     
        Brightest (10 min, Canada)
        Best Director: Michael Barker

Best Movie Script Short:

        not awarded

Best Documentary Short:
        Figure-Ground  (11 min, USA)
        Best Director: Scott Ligon

        A Life in Focus (13 min, USA)
        Best Director: John Anslow

Best Animation Feature:
        Investigation held by Kolobki (21 min, Russia)
        Best Animators: Igor Kovalyov & Aleksandr tatarskiy

Best Animation Short:  
       Bath Time
(2 min, USA)
      
Best Animators:   Carlos Fernandez Puertolas
      
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGI_cVCmSaE

       Oh My Lord!  (6 min, USA) (Clay Animation) by Clayfux studios.
       Best Animators: Roel & Demian
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3UgeWXb8tM&feature=player_embedded

Best Movie Trailer:
  
         Aattanayagan Trailer  (2min, India) (Tamil)
         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af6sQvutqnA

Best Music Video:  
 
      Reign by J.P.Russell (7 min, USA)
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo0Gi3Xzm0w

       vietnamese traditional dance (folk dance)
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGE9JFQMig0&feature=related

       Beautiful Chinese Music【9】Traditional
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuHMCFYIC9E&feature=related


Best Internet Video:
 
        Afreen Afreen - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Qawwal singing live Afreen Afreen
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-Epq_mxk4&feature=related


        ilahi Gives thanks to ALLAH from Michael Jackson
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33sOpValXuY&feature=related


        Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi - Masoom - Lata Mangeshkar
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbsfti3d5Wk

Best Home Video:
        Vietnam folk music
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBlQsHrmZZ4&feature=feedrec_grec_index
    
       
Ali Mohammad taj ( hume to loot lya mil ke husn walon ne)
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ7SykzEqrY


        Nathley Nai Sara Lahore - Megha Mujra
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRoJAF91hbs&feature=related


Best TV Commercial:
  
      Funniest Korean Commercial
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flA6bD_OzJA&feature=related

Best Drama Feature:
       
Meherjaan (119 min, Bangladesh) (Bengali with English Sub-Titles)
        Best Director: Rubaiyat Hossain

Best
Drama Short:
        VALENTINE (28 min, USA) 
        Best Director: David Simonetti


Best Horror Movie:

       The Summer of Massacre (98 min, USA)
       Best Director: Joe Castro

Best Comedy:
        Bio-Zombie (94 min, China) (Mandarin)
        Best Director: Yip Wai-Shun


Best Action Thriller:
       Ante (19 min, UK)
       Best Director: Chris Cronin
  
Best Experimental Movie:
        Jumper (5m, U S A)
        Best Director: Erik Fix

Best Foreign Language Film:

       Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! (206 min, India) (Hindi)
       Best Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya

Best Art Movie:
       Noorderweg 75 (9m, Netherlands) 
       Best Director: David Cocheret

Best 3-D Movie:
        Reentry - 3D Short Film (4 min, USA)
 
       Best Director: Tim Maupin
        http://vimeo.com/5666317

Best First Time Director:
        David Simonetti for VALENTINE (28 min, USA) 

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
        Rubaiyat Hossain for  Meherjaan (119 min, Bangladesh) (Bengali with English Sub-Titles)

Best Female Director:

        Rubaiyat Hossain for  Meherjaan (119 min, Bangladesh) (Bengali with English Sub-Titles)

Best Movie/Documentary/Script featuring Animals:
        Heart of a Dog (130 min, Russia)  (Russian)
        Best Director: Vladimir Bortko

Best Student Project: 
      
  Brightest (10 min, Canada)
        Best Director: Michael Barker

Best Movie Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
        Brightest (10 min, Canada)
        Best Director: Michael Barker

Best Movie Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K):   
 
      
       
American Karoshi (13 min, USA)
        Best Director: Alex Willemin

Best Movie Shot on DVC Pro HD Camera:
        Winning Entry disqualified.

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
        Meherjaan (119 min, Bangladesh) (Bengali with English Sub-Titles)
        Best Director: Rubaiyat Hossain

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring  Religiosus/Supernatural theme:

        A Flat (96 min, India)
        Best Director: Hemant Madhukar

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
        Martyr Friday (11min, Egypt)
        Best Director: Abu Bakr Shawky

        Arizona Police Officer Execute Man For Telling Them They Needed A Warrant
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx9Mt4krDtc&feature=player_embedded#at=230

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
         Poison on the Platter (29 min, USA)
         Best Director:
Mahesh Bhatt and Ajay Kanchan    

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
         Indigenous Native American Prophecy (Elders Speak )
        
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7cylfQtkDg&feature=related


Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
        Weird Nature (174 min, UK)
         Best Director: John Downer

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
      
Incredible Woman
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlP9yQAK37s&feature=related


Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:
         Kranti (187 min, India) (Hindi)
         Best Director: Manoj Kumar

           History of Native American Indians, Documentary
           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YR2FgxalCU&feature=related

Best War Movie:
        TASS Is Authorized to Declare .. (700 min, Russia) (Russian)
       
Best Director: Vladimir Fokin

Best Bollywood Movie:
        Meherjaan (119 min, Bangladesh) (Bengali with English Sub-Titles)
        Directed by: Rubaiyat Hossain

Best Adult Movie:
       
Body Candy (1978) (71 min, USA)
        Best Director: Dale J. Martin

Best Still Photography:
        Hill side: by Marina Kryuchina
        http://fotki.yandex.ru/calendar/users/marina-kryuchina/view/426745/

Because of difficulty in evaluating all foreign language entries in a timely manner,
we will announce the Best Actor category results for June only at a later time.
Thanks for understanding.

 

WINNERS: May 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

Best Narrative Feature:   
        (1)  The Crimson Mask (85 min, USA)
              Best Director:  Elias Plagianos
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13 ( Subject Matter)

        (2) No Floodwall Here (73 min, USA)
          
Best Director: Jim Cummings
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13 ( Subject Matter)

Best Movie Script Feature:
        (1) Ironically, Of Course (No Run Time, USA)
              by Jesse Freedman
and Danny Belinkie

        (2) Which Way to Williamsburg  (No Run Time, USA)
             by Julia Nathan

Best Documentary Feature:
        (1) The War on Democracy (96 min, UK)
             Best Director: Christopher Martin, John Pilger

        (2) The Money Masters (210 min, USA)
             Best Director: Patrick S. J. Carmack

Best Narrative Short: 
        (1) Night Hawks (9 min, Canada)
             Best Director: Aristides Guillen

        (2) Blindfold (23 min, Canada)
            
Best Director: Teace Snyder

Best Movie Script Short:
        Casualty of War (28 pages, USA)
        by Janet Goodman-Clarke

Best Documentary Short:
        (1) Spirit of the Bluebird (6 min, Canada)
             Best Director: Jesse Gouchey and Xstine Cook

        (2) 9/11 Suspects - Dov Zakheim
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENSpEbiJ1PA

        (3) Killing the Children of Iraq: A special report by John Pilger
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9AnYyCTaAI&NR=1

Best Animation Feature:
       
Novyy Gulliver (The New Gulliver) (75 min, Russia) (Russian)
        Best Director: Aleksandr Ptushko and A. Vanichkin

Best Animation Short:  
        (1) Starless Night (3 min, USA)
             Best Director: Carl Luc Campbell
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPW13qymVpA

       (2) Slow Bistro (8 min, Russia)
            Best Director:
Ivan Maximov
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqoo77D1hO4

Best Movie Trailer:
        (1) Mohabbat Malyalam Movie Trailer (1 min, India)
             Best Director:
Manoj Bhatia
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8LSm5pR7L4

        (2)  Murder For Pleasure  (2 min, USA)
             Best Director: Derek Braasch

Best Music Video:  
        (1) The President Duma Dum Mast Kalandar 2 (5 min, USA)
              Best Director: C. Tom
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE6yNCDfwRM
 
        (2) Don't Wake Me Up (4 min, USA)
             by Lydia Galeno

        (3) Dead Boyfriends (7 min, Canada) 
             Best Director: Xstine Cook and Mooky Cornish

Best Internet Video:
 
        (1)
Om Jai Jagdish Hare (Lata Mangeshkar) (4 min, India)
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiWSM5Klcqo&feature=related

        (2) John Pilger - Iraq, Terrorism and 911 Lies
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj7VDMJZB_s&feature=related


        (3) wwwhhhooa!!!  (4 min, India)
             "Kuravonnumillai Kanna" by
Madurai Shanmugavadivu Subbulaxmi
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eACfCca5Vtg&NR=1

Best Home Video:
        (1) I LOOK, I LOOK, I SEE YUSUF ISLAM (3 min, UK)
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ldW5sf5jU&feature=fvw

        (2) vietnamese traditional dance (folk dance)
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGE9JFQMig0&feature=feedrec_grec_index

        (3) Child Imam - Miracle And Blessed Child /das wunder Kind 4
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGc5CFwlBGU&feature=related

Best TV Commercial:
       
(1) Korean Cockroach Commercial (1 min, S. Korea)
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBU5H62LscA

        (2)
Crazy Japan Ad - Little Red Riding Hood (1 min, Japan)
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq8xuVnB-Pk&feature=related

Best
Drama Feature:
        
The Little Things (87 min, Australia)
        Best Director:  Neil McGregor

Best Drama Short:
        (1) Boxed Up (17 min, USA)
             Best Director: Sean McCarthy

        (2)
The Truth About Lying (26m, U S A)
             Best Director: Drew Rose

Best Horror Movie:
        Haute tension (High Tension) (91 min, France) (French)
        Best Director: Alexandre Aja

Best Comedy Feature:
        A-bba-ga yeo-ja-deul jong-a-hae (Lady Daddy) (113 min, Korea) (Korean)
        Best Director: Seong-il Cheon

Best Comedy Short:
       
Addicted  (14 min, USA)
        Best Director: Jesus Galindo

Best Action Thriller:
        Bai ga jai  (
The Prodigal Son ) (100 min, Hong Kong) (Cantonese)
        Best Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Best Foreign Language Film:
        Suicider (77m, Tajikistan) (Tajik with English Sub Titles) (2011)
        Best Director: Rustam Shoazimov
IMRA rating:
NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13 ( Subject Matter)


Best 3-D Movie:
        (1) 3D Diving Video (8min, Egypt)
             by DiveDan
             http://www.3dvideoclips.net/3d-diving-video/

        (2) Miss 3D" Competitation BACKSTAGE 3D Anaglyph Version (Red/Cyan Glasses) (5min, USA)
            by Quang Tri

Best First Time Director:
        Jesus Galindo for SAVE THE PLANET (15 min, USA)

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
        (1) Niyi Oni  for RAWFOTRA (No Run Time, USA)

        (2) Haik Hakobian  for Dirty Business (No Run Time, USA)

Best Female Director:
        Ivona Juka for View from a Well (24m, Croatia) 

Best Movie/Documentary/Script featuring Animals:
        It Came from Beneath the Sea  (79 min, USA)
        Best Director: Robert Gordon

Best Student Project:
 
       
Richard's Countdown (10 min, USA)
        Best Director:  David Cocheret


Best Experimental Movie:
       
The Other (2 min, USA)
        Best Director: Erin Miles

Best Movie Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
       
SAVE THE PLANET (15 min, USA)
        Best Director: Jesus Galindo

       
Best Movie Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K):   
 
      
      
 Richard's Countdown (10 min, USA)
        Best Director:  David Cocheret

Best Movie Shot on HD Cam camera: 
       The Truth About Lying (26m, U S A)
       Best Director: Drew Rose

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film:
 
    
   View from a Well (24m, Croatia)
        Best Director: Ivona Juka

Best Movie Shot on RED camera: 
        (1) The Little Things (87 min, Australia)
              Best Director:  Neil McGregor
 
        (2) Lord of the Dreams (11 min, Venezuela)
             Best Director: Jose Venutolo  

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring  Religiosus/Supernatural theme:
        Confessional Stories: Voluntary Damnation (12 min, Venezuela)
        Best Director: Jose Venutolo  

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
       
(1) UN Chief Inspector tells Truth about WMD in Iraq
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n9JXgXYgQU&feature=related


        (2) Bush kicked out weapons inspectors not Saddam (2003)
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvDe7Z-ykDo&feature=related
    

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
         (1) A World Without Water   (76 min, USA)
              Best Director:   Brian Woods
  
         (2) Le monde selon Monsanto (The World According to Monsanto) (109 min, USA)  (French/English)
              Best Director: Marie-Monique Robin

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
        AGHVEGHNIIGHMI: AT THE TIME OF WHALING (38 min, USA) (Eskimo with English sub-titles)
        Best Director: Leonard Kamerling and Sarah Elder.

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
        Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana (42 min, USA) (documentary)
        Best Director: Dennis Van Zak

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
       Iraq Genocide by UN Sanctions
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2irN1G5HiRo&NR=1

       UN sanctions on Iraq still in force
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giUjIqbzw8E&feature=related


Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:
        (1) ศึกบางระจัน (The Battle of Bang Rajan ) (120 min, Thailand) (Thai with English subtitles) (1966)
             Directror: UnCredited.

        (2) Select Society (No Run Time, USA) (Movie Script, Feature)
             by Barbara Nicolosi

Best War Movie:
        Haqeeqat (184 min, India) (Hindi)
        Best Director: Chetan Anand

Best Bollywood Movie:
        Lal Patthar (141 min, India) (Hundi)
        Best Director: Sushil Majumdar

Best Adult Movie:
        Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult (I Am Curious (Yellow) ) (121 min, Sweden)
        Best Director: Vilgot Sjoman

Best Still Photography:
        Zambezi Elephants, Africa
        Best Photographer: Chris Johns
        http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/animal-mothers-babies/#/zambezi-elephants_13415_600x450.jpg

Best Actor in a Title Role:
        (1)
Joseph le Compte  for role in Richard's Countdown (10 min, USA)

        (2) Berdi Mingboev for role in Suicider (77m, Tajikistan)
  
Best Actor in a Lead Role:
        (1)
Josh Burrow for role in The Crimson Mask (85 min, USA)

        (2) Chris Hillier for role in The Little Things (87 min, Australia)

Best Actress in a Lead Role:
        (1)
Anise Jade Falco for role in Blindfold (23 min, Canada)

        (2) Kathryn Beck  for role in The Little Things (87 min, Australia)

Best Supporting Actor: 
        (1)
Charles Gahl for role in  Night Hawks (9 min, Canada)

        (2) John Depew for role in  The Truth About Lying (26 min, USA)

Best Supporting Actress:
       
Nera Stipicevic for role in View from a Well (24m, Croatia) 

Best Child Actor:
        
Coral Ong for role in  Love Conquers All (90 min, Malaysia)

Most Promising New Actor:
       
Tim Boyle for role in The Little Things (87 min, Australia)

Most Promising New Actress:
        (1) Erica Gonzales for role in Addicted  (14 min, USA)

        (2) Marea Lambert-Barker  for role in The Little Things (87 min, Australia)

Best Method Actor:
        
Tom McDonough for role in No Floodwall Here (73 min, USA)

Best Method Actress: 
       
 (1) Michelle Kochanski for role in Boxed Up (17 min, USA)

        (2) Vanessa Leigh for role in  The Truth About Lying (26 min, USA)

 

WINNERS: April 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

Best Narrative Feature:   
        (1) The President  (85 min, USA)     
             Best Director: ctom.   
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13 ( Subject Matter)

        (2) Voces inocentes (Innocent Voices)  (120 min, El Salvador) (Spanish)
             Best Director: Luis Mandoki

IMRA rating:
NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13 ( Subject Matter)

Best Movie Script Feature:
        (1) If Me Did It (No Run Time, USA)   
       
        (2) Magic (No Run Time, USA)
             by Mathew Sconce
   
Best Documentary Feature:
      
Vanatorul de securisti (The Securitate Hunter) (52 min, Romania)
       Best Director: Mirel Bran

Best Narrative Short: 
        Talk (9min, USA)
         Best Director : Callie Lane

Best Movie Script Short:
        Should have gone Bowling (No Run Time, USA)   
        by Glen Fulthorpe

Best Documentary Short:
        (1) India Monkey King scales new heights (2 min, India)
             by Reuters Video
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPN3gLVDsOY&NR=1&feature=fvwp

         (2) School Bullies - Japan
             
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XX30-Ez8xg&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Best Animation Feature:
        Havoc in Heaven (87 min, China) (Mandarin )
        Best Director: Wan Laiming
 
Best Animation Short:
 
        (1) MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU (7 min , Argentina)
             By BLU
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4

        (2) Neomorphus
             by Animatorio
             http://vimeo.com/22420328?ab

Best Movie Trailer:
        (1) The President Movie Trailer 1
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i55aIuDVHHc

        (2) The Icing
             By Derek J Braasch
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22QkeTE8Gr8

Best Music Video:  
        (1) Disco Khisko (Full Song)
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaya2ZXAVhM&feature=related

        (2) Shahbaz Karay Perwaz - Meena Naz Dhamaal
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q72051I0clU&feature=related

Best Internet Video:  
        (1) The Aurora  by Terje Sorgjerd 
              http://vimeo.com/21294655    and
             The Mountain by Terje Sorgjerd
              http://vimeo.com/22439234?ab

        (2) Afreen Afreen - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Qawwal singing live Afreen Afreen
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-Epq_mxk4&feature=related

Best Home Video:
        (1) Rania's Belly Dance Performance
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2oJsAkgDEg&feature=related

        (2) Mongolian Show - Jalam Khar dance
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ7mAX_pBsI


Best TV Commercial:
       
Japanese/Thai tea commerical with caterpillars
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgPmaNMReKQ&feature=related

Best Drama Feature:
      
Bolshaya semya (108 min, Russia)
       Best Director: Losif Kheifits

Best
Drama Short:
        Uncertain Regard (5 Min, Spain)
        Best Director: Jupiter Le Batard
        http://vimeo.com/22505627?ab

Best Horror Movie:
       The Invisible Man (71 min, USA)
        Best Director: James Whale

Best Comedy:
        (1) Festival (90 min, USA)
             Best Director: Brett Leigh and Michael R West

        (2) 1 1/2 Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
             (
1½ Knights - In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde) (115 min, Germany) (German) ( 2008 )
             Best Director: Til Schweiger, Torsten Kunstler 

Best Action Thriller:
        Sholay (Embers) (188 min, India) (Hindi) (1975)
        Best Director: Ramesh Sippy

Best Foreign Language Film:
        Bei qing cheng shi ( A City of Sadness ) (157 min, Taiwan) (Chinese) (1989)
        Best Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou

Best 3-D Movie:
        (1) Hawaii 3D - Sea Movies
             by
www.Korduroy.tv
             http://vimeo.com/18020656


        (2) Gwangju 3D movies
             by Kapoudjian
             http://vimeo.com/21067192?ab

Best First Time Director:
       The Dreamer  (15 min, USA)
       Best Director: Jose Venutolo

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
        A Matter of Economics  (No runtime, USA)
        by Kelly Frey

Best Female Director:
        Patricia Chica for "Live to Dance"

Best Movie/Documentary/Script featuring Animals:
       Haathi Mere Saathi (180 min, India) (Hindi) (1971)
       Best Director: M.A. Thirumugham 

Best Student Project: 
        Auditions (20 min, USA)
        Best Director: Wesley Whiteside

Best Movie Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
        Auditions (20 min, USA)
        Best Director: Wesley Whiteside


Best Movie Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K):   
 
      
      
Confessional Stories: First Confession  (36 min, USA, Venezuela) ($4000)
       Best Director: Jose Venutolo

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
       Ostatni swiadek (The Last Witness) (83 min, Poland) (1970)
       Best Director: Jan Batory

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring  Religiosus/Supernatural theme:
       Dead Walking  (Movie Script) (No Run Time, USA)
       by David Seader

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
        Death of Two Women
        by Link TV
        http://www.linktv.org/mosaic/mir/MIR20090825/western-media-double-standard?gclid=CJLT9eGU36cCFRG4KgodAyR49A

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
        Blind Spot (86 min, USA) (2008) (Documentary)
        Best Director: Adolfo Doring

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
        Big Bear (120 min, Canada) (English) (1998)
        Best Director: Gil Cardinal

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
       Elephant mating, fighting & pregnancy - BBC Animals
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODy3CiS7H4o

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
       LOOK AT YOURSELF AFTER WATCHING THIS.mp4
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE&feature=related

Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:
         La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (110 min, France) (French) (1928)
         Best Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Best War Movie:
        Lapu-Lapu (120 min, Philippines) (Tagalog) (1955)
        Best Director: Lamberto V. Avellana

Best Bollywood Movie:
        Masoom (Innocent) (1983) (165 min, India) (Hindi)
        Best Director: Shekhar Kapur
        Starring:   Nasee
ruddin Shah & Shabana Azmi

Best Adult Movie:
       Boys in the sand (73 min, USA)
       Best Director: Wakefield Poole

Best Still Photography:
        Drawing Elephant
        http://www.flickr.com/photos/fraginal/3522139332/in/photostream/

Best Actor in a Title Role:
              Maria Falconetti for role in '
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc'
              Chip O'Neal for role in 'The President'

Best Actor in a Lead Role:

               David Abraham for role in '
Haathi Mere Saathi'
               Kerry Bentivolio for role in 'The President'
               Rick Maynard for role in 'The President'

Best Actress in a Lead Role:
               Leonor Varela for role in '
Voices Inocentes'
               Grace Ann Prevost for role in 'The President'
               Bernadette Pauling for role in 'The President'

Best Supporting Actor: 

             
Pavel Kadochnikov for role in ' Bolshaya semya
              Don McIntyre for role in 'The President' 
             
Christian Roux for role in 'The President'

Best Supporting Actress:
              
Maja Wodecka for role in 'Ostatni swiadek'
               Daphine Campadonnico for role in 'The President' 
               Irma Pedreshi for role in 'The President'

Best Child Actor:
               Alyssa Bussell for role in 'The President'
              
Adrian Alonso for role in 'Voces Inocentes'

Most Promising New Actor:
              Edward Colon for role in 'The President' 
              Steve Stephens for role in 'The President'
              Carl Mickens for role in 'Auditions'

Most Promising New Actress:
               Kim Wildey for role in 'The President'
               Emma Rigby for role in 'Talk'
               Samantha Topolewski for role in 'The President'

Best Method Actor:
              Mathew Dunaj  for role in 'The President'               
              Sung Young Chen for role in 'A city of sadness'

Best Method Actress: 

             
 Shabana Azmi   for role in Masoom
              Michelle Skrobot for role in 'The President'
              Mary Penn for role in 'The President'

 

 

WINNERS: March 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners !  Please Note: No cash prizes were declared this month.  )

Best Narrative Feature:   
         Paradise Recovered (95 min, USA)
         Best Director: Storme Wood

Best Movie Script Feature:
         (1) Retribution (No runtime, U S A)
              by
William Keller & Paul Lawrence

          (2) Halfway Home (No runtime, U S A)
               by David Schroeder

Best Documentary Feature:
        New beijing: Reinventing a City (53 min, Australia, China)
        Best Director: Georgia Wallace-Crabbe
 


Best Narrative Short:
 
       (1) Wedding Night (21 min, USA)
           
Best Director: Sabina England

        (2) Broad Daylight (6 min, USA)
             Best Director: Erik Fix

Best Movie Script Short:
        E.B.E Conflict (2011, USA)
        By Daniel Ronyak

Best Documentary Short:
        Beyond the Mirage - The face of the Occupation (48 min, Israel)
        Best Director: David Neuneubel

Best Animation Feature:
 
       Akira (124 min, Japan) (Japanese) (1988)
        Best Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Best Animation Short:  
        Funny Animation (3 min, USA)
        Best Animator: Alan Becker
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_fPV13lKm4


Best Movie Trailer:

        (1) Extraction Point (1min 21 sec. , USA)
             Best Director: Victor Masters

        (2) Karmayogi (2 min 21 sec, India)
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu6yGDykM68

Best Music Video:  
      
(1) 소녀시대_Gee-뮤직비디오
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ

       (2) Ramin Atash - Dokhtarak-e Mazari [Afghan Song] 2010
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Z0K5z2acI


Best Internet Video:
 
        (1)
Belly Dance on excellent Flute Tune - Kala Jora Pa.flv.flv
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3AOsnHgQGM&feature=related

        (2) Asia Global Belly Dance Competition 2009 - Traditional (3rd Place Winner - Wen Yu from Taiwan)
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUFEnFE5sY&NR=1

Best Home Video:

        (1)
pashto very very funny joke(2)
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kEqtWs3etA&feature=related

        (2) snappy the crocodile song
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTvstJCe44o

Best TV Commercial:
       
Funny Commercial / Ad - Overslept
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3OQRd2HES4&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Best Drama Feature:
        Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal (90 min, India)
        Best Director: Kamal

Best Drama Short:
        (1) Path to Prologue (30 min, USA)
             Best Director: Christopher Piccione

        (2) Runaway (Dai bi) (30 min, China)
             Best Director:
Yang Chao

Best Horror Movie:

         An Evening With My Comatose Mother (33 min, USA)
         Best Director: Jonathan Martin

Best Comedy:
       
Kesha Tik Tok Parody: Best Glitter Puke Fan Remake Ever.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwYTlKBIJ-Y&feature=fvwrel


Best Action Thriller:
       
Not awarded

Best Experimental Movie:
      
 Lovely Kittens and Other Sad Stories (2m, Brazil)  (internet Videos)
        dir. by Moema Umann, Helio Sales

Best Foreign Language Film:
 
        Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood) (106 min, Germany) (German) (1942) 
        Best Director:
Willi Forst

Best First Time Director:
        Rupert Le Poer Trench for Appy Ever After (7 min, Australia)

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
        Psych 101 (no run time, USA)  (60 pages)
        by: Kelly Frey

Best Female Director:
        Best Feature Movie: N'Kara (46 min, USA)
        Best Director: Erin Miles
        Best Actor: Clint Mauro
        Best Actress:  Erin Rettig

Best Movie/Documentary/Script featuring Animals:
       The Genius Parrot (22 min, USA)
        By Barbara Lee

Best Student Project:
 
        The Kiss (16 min, USA)
         Directed by: Derek Dubois

Best Movie Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
        That Girl, That Time (28 min, USA)
         Best Director: Bank Tangjaitrong  

Best Movie Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K):   
 
      
  
      Appy Ever After (7 min, Australia)
        Best Director: Rupert Le Poer Trench

Best Movie Shot on HDCAM Camera:
        Path to Prologue (30 min, USA)
        Best Director: Christopher Piccione
    

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
        (1) Runaway (Dai bi) (30 min, China)
             Best Director:
Yang Chao

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
        Beyond Treason (129 min, USA)
        Best Director: William Lewis

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
        The 11th Hour (95 min, Philippines)
        Best Director: Leila Conners and Nadia Conners

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
        Best Feature Movie: N'Kara (46 min, USA)
        Best Director: Erin Miles
        Best Actor: Clint Mauro
        Best Actress:  Erin Rettig
 

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
       The Embryonic Development of Fish (28 min, 1961)
        Best Director: J. V. Durden

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
        (1) In the Broad Face of Day (Movie Script feature, USA)
             by Thomas Dalby
   
        (2) Our sufferings in this land (80 min, UK) (2006)
             Best Director: Ed Hill

Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:
        (1) In the Broad Face of Day (Movie Script feature, USA)
             by Thomas Dalby

        (2) Ice Age Columbus: Who were the First Americans (84 min, USA) (2005)
             Best Director: Nicolas Brown

Best War Movie:
       
"Osvobozhdeniye" ("Liberation") (470 min, Russia) (1969)
         Best Director:  Yuri Ozerov & Julius Kun

Best Bollywood Movie: 

       Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (120 min, India) (Hindi, 1955)
       Best Director:  V. Shantaram

Best Adult Movie:
        Jolly Hockey Sticks (15 min, Scotland)
         Best Director: John Lindsay

Best Still Photography:
     
  Crocodile attacks Elephant by Martin Nyfeler
      
 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101111-elephants-crocodile-attack-ambush-africa-pictures/#/elephant-vs-alligator-fight-4_28157_600x450.jpg

 


WINNERS: February 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners ! No cash awards announced this time.)

Best Narrative Feature:   
         Egression (94m, United Kingdom)
         Best Director: Ray Brady

Best Movie Script Feature:
         (1) The secret life of Salvador Dali (No runtime, U S A)
               by Marios Piperides

          (2) Someone Is Here (No runtime, U S A)
               by William Keller

Best Documentary Feature:
 
       (1) When the Moors Ruled in Europe
             http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4874421830690006054#docid=-768956312207897325
             by Bettany Hughes
 
Best Narrative Short:
 
       (1) The Weight
            Best Director: Kevin Hinman

        (2) Last lonely Saturday (7 min, USA)
             Best Director: Seth Craven
             Best Cinematography: Ryan Thomas.

Best Movie Script Short:

        (1) The Immortalizer  (No runtime, U S A)
              by Marios Piperides

Best Documentary Short:
        (1)
ANTI PORNOGRAPHY PROPAGANDA movie 60's rare porn
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WojmnD7KhL8

        (2) "All Palestinians I met were killed"  (13m, Israel)
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXYs9ERGyw4&feature=related

              by Uri Avneri,

Best Animation Feature:
       The Adventures of Buratino (67 min, Russia,1959) (Russian)
       Best Director: Dimitriy Babichenkom, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Mikhail Botov

Best Animation Short:  
         MikuMikuDance with OpenNI(Kinect) test 2
         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQREhd9iT38
         by Higuchuu


Best Movie Trailer:

         No One Killed Jessica - Official Trailer (New Trailers)
         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGZ9oL9Lv0&feature=player_embedded
         By UTV Motion Pictures

Best Music Video:  
       Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera from Teesri Manzil (1966) Asha Bhosle
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSYQd2Q1N7I

Best Internet Video:
 
        (1) Ustad Bismillah Khan - Live at the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyWN825w2DA&feature=related
             Saibhakt7

        (2) Sout Al Horeya صوت الحريه Amir Eid - Hany Adel - Hawary On Guitar & Sherif On Keyboards
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgw_zfLLvh8&feature=youtu.be
             By
Amir Eid Feat & Hany Adel

Best Home Video:

        Buddha with Thousand Hands
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCujGd9rJM8
        Jace001

Best TV Commercial:
       
[M/V] BIGBANG 2NE1 - Lollipop MV [HQ]
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIRW_elc-rY

Best Drama Feature:
        Hana yori dango: Fainaru (Boys Over Flowers: Final) (131 min, Japan) (Japanese with English Subtitle, 2008)
        Best Director: Yasuharu Ishii 


Best Drama Short:
        The Love Stories of 3 Girls (10 min, China) (Chinese)
        by Youku
        http://watchtolearnchinese.com/v/av021k


Best Horror Movie:

        Cannibal Holocaust (95min, Italy, 1980)
        Best Director:  Ruggero Deodato

Best Comedy:
       
Pastor Joel Osteen's Christian Clean Jokes A No dirty Funny
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw6DTOhGgrU

Best Action Thriller:
       Blind Woman's Curse (85 min, Japan, 1970) (Japanese with English Subtitles)
       Best Director: Teruo Ishi
i

Best Experimental Movie:
 
       Alice in Nephernalia (69 min, USA) 
        Best Director: Amir Habibi

Best Foreign Language Film:  
         Kalavani (90 min, India, 2010) (Tamil)
         Best Director:
A. Surkunam

Best Art Movie:
        Vincino Alla Montagna (Near the Mountains) (59m, Norway)
        Best Director: Fred Jonny Berg

        Best Cinematography: Tomas Evjen
        Best Original Music Score: Fred Jonny Berg


Best First Time Director:

        Alexander Shin  for Saravann (82 min, Argentina) 
            
Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
        Alexander Shin  for Saravann (82min, Argentina)

Best Female Director:
        Erika Lust for Five Hot Stories for her (120 min, Spain) (Spanish/English)

Best Movie/Documentary/Script featuring Animals:
       Barks (55 min, Israel)
       Best Director: Ram Loevy

Best Student Project: 
        (1) Jealous Jerzy (14 min, USA)
             Best Director: Jack Gattanella

        (2) Last lonely Saturday (7 min, USA)
             Best Director: Seth Craven
             Best Cinematography: Ryan Thomas.

Best Movie Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
        Detour (67 min, USA)
        Best Director:  Edgar Ulmer

Best Movie Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K):   
 
      
        Endure
(5 min, UK)  
        Best Director: Ian Craik
        Best Movie Set: Endure
        Best Stunt/Choreography: Mark McKenzie  

Best Movie Shot on Ultra Low Budget (under $25K):          
       
Alice in Nephernalia (69 min, USA)  
        Best Director: Amir Habibi

Best Movie Shot on RED Camera:
        The Weight
         Best Director: Kevin Hunman

Best Movie Shot on DVC Pro HD Camera:
        Saravann (82min, Argentina)
        Best Director: Alexander Shin

Best Movie Shot on HDCAM Camera:
        Me and You and Everyone We Know (90 min, USA)
        Best Director: Miranda July

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
       Guaguasi (107 min, Dominican Republic) (1983, Spanish)
       Best Director: Jorge Ulla

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
      
 (1) Israel admits to illegal organ harvesting
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVBJuOuup0I&feature=related

        (2) SCANDAL: Did Israelis kill Palestinians for organs?
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yClfBqrYztI&feature=channel

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
         Off The Grid (90 min, USA)
         Best Director: Les Stroud


Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
        Fanget i Fortiden (Prisoners of the past) (58 min, Denmark) (Danish with English Sub-Titles, 2007)  
        Best Director: Poul-Erik Heilbuth

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
        Weird and Bizarre Animal Sexual Acts
        http://www.bukisa.com/articles/29838_weird-and-bizarre-animal-sexual-acts
        and
        http://www.bukisa.com/articles/29838_weird-and-bizarre-animal-sexual-acts#ixzz1CohqCRXG
        by nobertbermosa  ( Feb 3rd, 2009)

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  of Public Interest:
        Pot Shop (Movie Script Feature) (UK)
        by Judah Ray Neiditch

Best  Historic Movie/Documentary/Video/Script:
        Isdammen (The Ice Pond) (Documentary, 6 min, Norway) (Norwegian with English Subtitles)
        Best Director: Egil Pedersen

Best War Movie:   
         Red Cliff (122 min, China, 2008) (Chinese)
         Best Director: John Woo

Best Bollywood Movie: 
        Mera Naam Joker (224min, India (1970) )
        Best Director: Raj Kapoor
        Best Actor: Raj Kapoor

Best Adult Movie:
        Fantasy Girls (1974, Sweden) Starring: Susan Bates, David Book, Jamie Gillis
        Best Director: Alex de Renzy


Best Still Photography:
 
      Bhopal tragedy
        http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow_the-week-in-pictures-august-8-14-2010_1423114-4#top

        Afghan Singer   Seeta Qasemi
        http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/display/19360003

 

WINNERS: January 2011:
( Congratulations to all the winners ! No cash awards announced this time.)

Best Narrative Feature:   
        
TESTING LIFE (72m, Germany)
         Best Director:
 Carolin von Petzholdt

Best Movie Script Feature:  (Winning Entry Withdrawn by Submitter)
         A Coward Never Bled (USA)
         by Eduardo A. Garcia

Best Documentary Feature:
 
    
  (1) The Confession of Andrei Serban  (54m, in Romanian, Romania)
              Director: Mirel Bran

         (2) Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (1970) (Chariots of Gods) (92m, Germany)
              Director: Harald Reinl
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jYJednAcTc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Best Narrative Short: 
 
      St. Christophorus: Roadkill (26m, Germany)
       Best Director: Gregor Erler

Best Movie Script Short:

        (1) Wrigley & King (USA)
              by Cornelius Murphy

        (2) Donna Kebab (USA)
             by John J. Mcgimpsey

Best Documentary Short:
        SCANDAL: Did Israelis kill Palestinians for organs?  (3m, Sweden)
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yClfBqrYztI&feature=channel
        by Donald Bostroms

Best Movie Trailer:
         DON BAY (5m, Vietnam, 2010)
         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9QEmc2jhWM


Best Music Video:  
     
    (1) Otakebi Boy Wao!  (boy roar WAO! (Dance Shot Ver) / Berryz Kobo) (4m, Japan)
             
http://www.youtube.com/user/xxxayu3#p/a/E3239E4D641B3F90/0/z-T2XpZtfHc

         (2) Hijab Girls - Bismillah by Yusuf Islam
             
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CJE62uks0Y&feature=related

Best Internet Video:
 
         (1) 
Raisin' Junior Dancers: Junior Nation RULES! (2m, USA)
               Best Director: Guy Norman Bee

          (2) Thriller (Indian Version) Golimar !! (4m, India)
               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL6xgki326E&feature=related

Best Home Video:
         
I danced Luka Night Fever ★  (5m, Japan)
         
ルカルカ★ナイトフィーバーを踊ってみた
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpoR_xlslLI&feature=related

Best TV Commercial:

         
Super Cool Korean Ice Cream Commercial CF (1m, Korea)
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAUdsKAkeK0


Best Animation:
 
        
Glukoza Nostra - Svadba (subtitled) 
        
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFkgId7rgrM&feature=related

Best Drama Feature:
          Yesterday is Here (86m, USA)
         
Best Director: Alfonso Lozada

Best Drama Short:
        Collectables  (11m, UK)
        Best Director: Jacob Proctor

Best Horror Movie:

        INFERNUM (7m, USA)
        Best Director:  Ted Marcus

Best Comedy:
       
(1) WIGGAH (Musical) (23m, USA)
             Best Director: Brian Zahm
             Best Original score: Jacoti Sommes
             Best Editor: Brian Zahm
             Best Cinematographer: Brian Zahm

        (2) EXCLUSIVE: TSA Unveils New Genital Visualizers - LandlineTV
            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrIJr-klDv8&feature=fvw

Best Action Thriller:
       Breaking Out (21m, USA)
       Best Director: Kevin Barile
       Best Stunt Sequences: Kevin Barile
       Best Cinematography:  Ian Woods

Best Experimental Movie:
 
        Rattle Snake Creek (36m, USA)
         Best Director: Richard Miller

Best Foreign Language Film:  
         Efecto Domino (27m, Germany/Cuba) (Spanish with English subtitles.)
         Best Director: Gabriel Gauchet
         Best Actor: Enrique Molina for role of Ramon
         Best Actress: Alina Rodrigues for role of Mercedez

Best First Time Director:
        Jennifer Joelle Kachler for Horizon (17m, USA)
            

Best First Time Movie Script Writer: (First or second Script)
        Patricia Hogan for Under the Radar (aka Where Cypresses Danced in Air) (USA)

Director: Best Female Director:
       
Carolin von Petzholdt  for TESTING LIFE (72m, Germany)
 
Best Student Project: 
         Penny For Your Tongue (15m, USA)
         Best Director: Emi Yamasaki

Best Movie Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
       
Feigling (17m, Austria)
        Best Director: Stefan Hornig
        Best Actor: Gunther Elmer

Best Movie Shot on RED Camera:
        67th Street, New York, NY (7m, USA)
        Best Director:  Enzo Zelocchi

Best Movie Shot on HDCAM Camera:
       
DON'T WANT 2 B UR FRIEND
        Best Director: Daniel Belkin

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
  
      INFERNUM (7m, USA)
        Best Director:  Ted Marcus

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
        Jewish leaders plead for understanding of Palestine
        by breakthepattern
        http://www.youtube.com/user/breakthepattern#p/a/u/2/ylkDc7eay_U

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
       
Trashed (77m, USA) (2007)
        Best Director: Bill Kirkos  

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
        Cry Blood Apache (82m, USA)
        Best Director: Jack Starrett

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
        Evolution (60m, USA)
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQ_3cBGhmA

Best War Movie:   

         Silo (5m, Australia)
         Best Director: Warrick Fraser

Best Bollywood Movie: 
        Umrao Jaan (145m, India) (1981) (Hindi with English sub-titles)f
        Best Director: Muzaffar Ali
        Best Actor: Farooq Shaikh
        Best Actress: Rekha

Best Adult Movie:
        Dixie (63m, USA) (1976) Starring Abigail Clayton, John Leslie
        Best Director: Summer Brown

 

  WINNERS: 2010 Annual Competition:    
  All entries submitted during 2010 were considered for the Annual Competition.    
  $100,000 cash prize declared for Best Movie Feature.    
  $100,000 production assistance declared for Best Movie Script Feature.  
  $100,000 cash prize not declared for Best Documentary Feature
  $100,000 distribution assistance declared for Best Bollywood Movie.    
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Movie Trailer.    
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Music Video.    
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best TV Commercial.    
  $10,000 cash prize declared for Best Adult Movie.    
  $5,000 cash prize declared for Best Internet Video.    
  $5,000 cash prize declared for Best Home Video.    
  Congratulations to all the winners !     

                           Public Screening of 2010 Annual Contest Winners: January 16, 2011
                           at Historic "Michigan Theater" in Ann Arbor, MI. USA. 
For Details, go to Screening Schedule

 

WINNERS: 2010 Annual Competition:

Best Narrative Feature:  ( Cash Prize : $100,000 ) :  
         'Lucy's law' (63m, USA) 
(Director has refused to accept $100,000 Cash Prize.)

Best Movie Script Feature:  ( $100,000 Production Assistance. ) :  
         "What She said" (USA)
    
Best Documentary Feature: ( Cash Prize : $100,000 ) :  
    
   (1) 'Core of Corruption: In the Shadows' (148m, USA)
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9uB64ghcq8

       (2) '9/11 Mysteries (full length)' (91m, USA)    (withdrawn)(
           
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-8370998763702260858&hl=nl&fs=true
 

Best Narrative Short: 
 
      (1) 'L'Envers du Ciel ( A Shade in the Sky !)'  (22m, France)
       (2) 'Quiet at Dawn' (15m, Canada)

Best Movie Script Short:

        
'DOMINAETECUM'  (USA)

Best Documentary Short:
        '
Al Qaeda does not Exist' (16m, UK)
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek7ZHenQnu4
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnV_pNe_BB0&feature=related

Best Movie Trailer: ( Cash Prize : $10,000 )  
         '
Maid in Sweden' (1971) starring Christina Lindberg
         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbbw5UtnxyE

Best Music Video: 
 ( Cash Prize : $10,000 ) :  
     
    (1) 2NE1 - FIRE (Street Ver.) [HD]  (4m, Korea)
             
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49AfuuRbgGo&feature=fvst

       
  (2) Mughal - E - Azam - Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya - Lata Mangeshkar (6m, India)
             
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdOS-0sIW-Y&feature

Best Internet Video:
 ( Cash Prize : $10,000 ) :  
         (1)
Nikolina Nikoleski: Bho Shambo (7m, Croatia)
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4DmP94-Epk

        
(2) HJ1:Authentic (real) Bharatanatyam Bharatnatyam Indian dance  (5m, India)
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prQOdTmF8u0

Best Home Video:
( Cash Prize : $10,000 ) :
 
        Belly Dance by Anita 2007 (3m, USA)
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFMpgln_A8w&feature=related

Best TV Commercial: ( Cash Prize : $10,000 ) :  
         
Chinese Monks (1m, CHINA)
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40DykbPa4Lc&feature=related

Best Animation:  
         (1) 'Animaminded' (5m,
Brazil)
         (2) 'Medusa' (2m, Canada)

Best
Drama Feature:

         'Skinning the Cat' (75m, Canada)

Best Drama Short:
        (1) 'The Hunt' (25m, Germany, UK)
        (2) 'Nemesis' (30m, Denmark) (Danish with English Subtitles)

Best Horror Movie:
        'EXILE the sound of sorrow' (43m, USA)

Best Comedy:
 
       (1) 'Des-autorizsdos (Un-authorized )' (98m, Venezuela)
                                        (Spanish with English Sub-titles)

        (2) '
AMOUR'S UPGRADE'  (35m, Russia)
 
Best Science Fiction Movie:

        'Obsolesk'  (12m, USA)

Best Foreign Language Film:  
        (1) 'Tatliya Her Zaman Yer Vardir! (There is always room for Dessert!)' 
                                        (25m, Turkey)  (Turkish, with English subtitles)
Best First Time Director:
        Alexandra Torterotot for 'L'Escalier' (4m, France)
                   

Best Female Director:
        Moema Umann for 'Before Breakfast' (20m, USA) 
 
Best Student Project: 
         'EMotion *The Cardiogram of Life*'  (12m, India)
         Best Director: Kavita Gandhi
Best Movie Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
  
      'Extreme Unction' (9m, USA)

Best Movie Shot on Low Budget (under $50K):
        'The Devil Drink' (15m, Ireland)

Best Movie Shot on RED Camera:
        'Asleep in Child's Park' (30m, USA)

Best Movie Shot on HDCAM Camera:
          'Foreign' (25m, USA)

Best Movie Shot on 35 mm Film: 
        'Un Lugar Lejano (A far away Place )' (101m, Venezuela)
                    (Spanish with English Sub-titles)

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
       (1) 'The killing Zone' (documentary)  (49m, Israel)
             http://freedocumentaries.org/teatro.php?filmID=106&lan=en&size=big

       (2) 'Palestine Is Still The Issue'  (54m, UK)
            http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=746557429802139093#

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
        'BP Oil Spill: Unreleased 60 Minutes Documentary.' (60m, USA)
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmo-kJRiIy0

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
        'Trail of Tears: A Native American Documentary Collection' (2-DVD)

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
        'The nature of Sex: The primal Instinct' (Documentary) (205m, USA)

Best Historic Movie/Documentary: 

        'Chasing Che' (78m, Iran) (Farsi with English Subtitles)

Best War Movie:   
        'Frozen Souls' (19m, Italy)

Best Bollywood Movie:  :  ( $100,000 Distribution Assistance. ) :  
        'Pakeezah ("Pure")' (126m, India) (Hindi with English subtitles)

Best Adult Movie: ( Cash Prize : $10,000 ) :  
        'Bambi: Swedish Erotica Vol.40' (52m, USA)

Best Director:
       (1) ctom for 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)

       (2) Jose r Novoa for 'Un Lugar Lejano (A far away Place )' (101m, Venezuela)
                    (Spanish with English Sub-titles)
Nominated:
 
      (3) Eric Lavelle for 'L'Envers du Ciel' (22m, France)  
       (4) Elia Schneider for
'Des-autorizsdos (Un-authorized )' (98m, Venezuela)
                                        (Spanish with English Sub-titles)


Best Actor in a Leading Role :
       (1) Juan Carlos Alarcon for role of Federico in 'Des-autorizsdos (Un-authorized )' (98m, Venezuela)
                                        (Spanish with English Sub-titles)

       (2) Joe Faro for role of Judge in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)

Best Actress in Leading Role:
       (1) Lauren Cullum for leading role (victim) in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)

       (2) Marcela Kloosterboer for role of Maria in 'Un Lugar Lejano (A far away Place )' (101m, Venezuela)
                    (Spanish with English Sub-titles)

Best Supporting Actor:
       (1) Erich Wildpret for role of
Elias/ Vincent in 'Des-autorizsdos (Un-authorized )' (98m, Venezuela)
                                        (Spanish with English Sub-titles)

       (2) Charlie Langton for role of TV host in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)

Best Supporting Actress:
       (1) Lisa Hemmie for role of Mother in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)

       (2) Jody Barong for role in 'Lexie Cannes' (71m, USA)
Best Original Music Score:
        (1) Maestro Mohammad Nejad for 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)

        (2) Osvaldo montes for 'Des-autorizsdos (Un-authorized )' (98m, Venezuela)
                                        (Spanish with English Sub-titles)
Nominated:    
        (3) Nick DiLiberto for 'Medusa' (2m, Canada)
        (4) Frédéric Petit for '
L'Envers du Ciel' (22m, France) 

Best Cinematography:
       (1) ctom for Lucy's Law (63m, USA)

       (2) Oscar perez for 'Des-autorizsdos (Un-authorized )' (98m, Venezuela)
                                        (Spanish with English Sub-titles)
Nominated:   
 
      (3) Cécile Georgakas for 'L'Envers du Ciel' (22m, France) 
       (4) Sean McGarry for 'The Devil Drink' (15m, Ireland)

Best Film Editing:
       (1) Casy Hamson for 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)

       (2) Sergio Zottola for 'Des-autorizsdos (Un-authorized )' (98m, Venezuela)
                                        (Spanish with English Sub-titles)

Nominated:
       (3) Satoshi Fujiya for 'EXILE the sound of sorrow' (43m, USA)
       (4) Allan Christensen for 'Nemesis
' (30m, Denmark) (Danish with English Subtitles)

Most Promising New Talent :

       (1) Daphine Campodonico for role of waitress in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)
       (2) Jessica Skipiol for role in 'TATLIYA HER ZAMAN YER VARDIR!' (25m,
Turkey)
       (3) Emily Sandifer for leading role in Finding Sky
 (70m, USA)
Nominated:
        (3) Michelle Schardt  for role of Psychologist in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)
        (4) Christian Roux for role of Asst. Prosecutor in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)


Best Stunt Performer:

       (1) Philip Hartsoe for role of stand-in for parole Officer in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)

       (2) Greg Vest & Sean Kloc for fight scenes in 'A Grave Mistake' (30m, USA)
Nominated:
       (3) Nick DiLiberto for 'Medusa' (2m, Canada)
       (4) Satoshi Fujiya for 'EXILE the sound of sorrow' (43m, USA)


Best Method Actor:

       (1) Rickey Maynard for role of Chief Prosecutor in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)

       (2) Douglas (Chip) O'Neal for role of Asst. Prosecutor in 'Lucy's Law' (63m, USA)
Nominated:
        (3) Melanie Camp for role of reporter in 'Life on the ENG' (15m, USA)
        (4) Sean McGarry for role of alcoholic in 'Devil Drink' (15m, Ireland)

 

 

 

WINNERS: December 2010:

(Congratulations to all the winners.  Please Note: No cash prizes were announced this time. )

Narrative Feature:
       Best Picture:
              Lucy's law (63m, USA)
      
Best Director:
              ctom for Lucy's Law
       Best Actor in a Leading Role :
              (1) Joe Faro
for role of Judge in Lucy's Law
              (2) Jerry Lynch
for role of Defense Attorney in Lucy's Law
       Best Actress in Leading Role:
             (1) Lauren Cullum
for leading role (victim) in Lucy's Law
             (2) Eden Spring
for role of Assistant Prosecutor in Lucy's Law
       Best Supporting Actor:
             (1) David Bollman
for role of Step Father in Lucy's Law
             (2) Charlie Langton
for role of TV host in Lucy's Law
       Best Supporting Actress:
             (1) Lisa Hemmie
for role of Mother in Lucy's Law
             (2) Marie Christine
for role of Psychiatrist in Lucy's Law
       Best Original Music Score:
               Mohammad Nejad
for Lucy's Law
       Best Cinematography:
              ctom
for Lucy's Law
       Best Film Editing:
              Casy Hamson
for Lucy's Law
       Most Promising New Talent:
              Daphine Campodonico
for role of waitress in Lucy's Law
              Christian Roux
for role of Asst. Prosecutor in Lucy's Law
       Best Stunt Performer:
              Philip Hartsoe
for role of stand-in for parole Officer in Lucy's Law
       Best Method Actor:
             (1) Rickey Maynard
for role of Chief Prosecutor in Lucy's Law
             (2) Douglas (Chip) O'Neal for role of Asst. Prosecutor

IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13 ( Subject Matter)

Documentary Feature:
          Best Documentary:
               9/11 Mysteries (full length) by Smallstorm
               (in the wake productions, Avatar LLC, 2006)
               http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1337231563159418946#
IMRA rating: NS-10 Not Suitable Under 10  (Subject matter)

Documentary Short:
         
Best Documentary:
               Israeli Army selling Palestinian Martyr's organs
              
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8j7DqO4G34&feature=related
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Movie Script Feature:
        
 Best Script:
             
 "What She said !" by CT 

Movie Script Short:

        Best Script:
                Lana Lui by David Schroeder (USA)


Movie Trailer:

        Best Movie Trailer:
              
The Sword with No Name
                   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8S5tPw7-pY&feature=related
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Music Video:  
    
    Best Music Video:
             
(1)    MUSIC MV
               
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StzF5IVGank
              (2)  
Mughal - E - Azam - Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya - Lata Mangeshkar
                           
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdOS-0sIW-Y&feature

Internet Video:
    
    Best Internet Video:
             
Nikolina Nikoleski: Bho Shambo
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4DmP94-Epk

Home Video:
          Best Home Video:
                  Belly dance
                 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SgRdHtgoLI&feature=related

Commercials:
          Best Commercial: 
                 BMW Convertible
                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRcnLb4Afg&feature=related

Best Foreign Language Film:
        Best Picture:
             
 Ma Mere  (My Mother (2004) by George Bataille & Christophe Honore
IMRA rating: NS-18 Not Suitable Under 18  (Language, Nudity, Subject matter)

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
  
      Best Documentary:
              The killing Zone
              http://freedocumentaries.org/teatro.php?filmID=106&lan=en&size=big

IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
  
       Best Documentary:
                Cradle to Cradle
                http://fulldocumentaries.blogspot.com/
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
 
       Best Movie:
              
Trail of Tears: A Native American Documentary Collection (2-DVD)
               starring James Earl Jones.
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
        Best Movie/Documentary of Erotic Theme:
               The nature of Sex: The primal Instinct: by WhyEvolutionIsTrue

IMRA rating: NS-10 Not Suitable Under 10  (Subject matter)
 

Special Awards:

Public Interest:
          Best Public Interest /Documentary:
                 Sex Slaves by Ric Esther Bienstock

IMRA rating: NS-10 Not Suitable Under 10  (Subject matter)

Bollywood Movie: 
     
      Best Bollywood Movie:
                
Bobby (168m, India) (Hindi with English Sub-Titles)
           Best Director:
                  Raj Kapoor
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience 
  
Adult Movie:
 
        Body Lust (81m, USA) with John Holmes.
IMRA rating: NS-21 Not Suitable Under 21 ( Nudity, Obscenity)

 

 

WINNERS: November 2010:

(Congratulations to all the winners.  Please Note: No cash prizes were announced this time. )

Narrative Feature:
 
       Best Picture:
               EXILE the sound of sorrow (43m, USA)
        Best Director:
               Satoshi Fujiya
IMRA rating: NS-10 Not Suitable Under 10  (Violence)

Narrative Short:
  
      Best Picture:
              Animaminded (5m,
Brazil)
        Best Director:
               Rodrigo Jorge
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Documentary Feature:
          Best Documentary:
              
Core of Corruption: In the Shadows ( 60m, USA)
               by  Jonathan Elinoff
IMRA rating: NS-10 Not Suitable Under 10  (Subject matter)

Documentary Short:
         
Best Documentary:
               Al Qaeda does not Exist by Corbett Report (16m, UK)
               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek7ZHenQnu4


Movie Script Feature:
        
Best Script:
              (1)  Blood of Braves by Stephan Parent (
canada)

              (2)  The Decent Man  by Scott Robert Waldvogel (USA)


Movie Script Short:

        Best Script:
               Clara (2005) by Van Sowerwine


Movie Trailer:

        Best Movie Trailer:
              
Maid in Sweden (1971) starring Christina Lindberg 
               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbbw5UtnxyE
        
Best Director:
               Dan Wolman
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Music Video:  
    
    Best Music Video:
              Ya Drugaya by Slivki (
Russia, 2002)
               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECHUPEPEb_Q
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Internet Video:
    
    Best Internet Video:
              Baby Mavis (
China, 2010)
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa4Xn0mOdJ4
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Home Video:
          Best Home Video:

                 Belly Dance by Anita 2007
                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFMpgln_A8w&feature=related
IMRA rating:
SGA Suitable For General Audience

Commercials:
          Best Commercial: 
                 Chinese Monks
                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40DykbPa4Lc&feature=related
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Animation:
        Best Animated Feature:
               Medusa (2m, Canada)
        Best Animator:
               Nick DiLiberto

IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Best First Time Director:
        Alexandra Torterotot for L'Escalier (4m,
France)
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience     
                   

Best Female Director:
        Moema Umann for Before Breakfast (20m, USA) 
          Best Actor: Michael Billingsley
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13  (Violence)
 
Best Student Project:
       
Bathroom Chronicles (8m, USA) by Maria Pia Fanigliulo
IMRA rating:
NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13  (Subject matter) 

Best Foreign Language Film Feature:
 

Best Foreign Language Film Short:
        Best Picture:
                        
Tatliya Her Zaman Yer Vardir! (There is always room for Dessert!)  (25m, Turkey)  (Turkish, with English subtitles)
        Best Director:
               Muge Bayraktar
        Best Cinematographer:
               Sinan Muter
        Best Actor:
               Sefa Tantoglu
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
  
      Best Documentary:
              
Palestine Is Still The Issue  by John Pilger
               http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=746557429802139093#
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
  
       Best Documentary:
                BP Oil Spill: Unreleased 60 Minutes Documentary.
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmo-kJRiIy0
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
 
       Best Movie:
               American Outrage (2008) by
Beth Gage & George Gage

IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
        Best Video:                
               The Sex Life of Animals (Documentary)  by New Scientist
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 10  (Subject matter)
 

Special Awards:

Shot on Low Budget (under $50K):
        
Best  Movie/Documentary/Video  shot on Low budget:
                The Devil Drink (15m, Ireland)
        Best Director:
               Sean McGarry
        Best Actor:
               Sean McGarry
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K):
         
Best  Movie  shot on Micro budget:
                   L'Escalier (4m, France)
          Best Director:
                   Alexandra Torterotot
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
         Best  Movie  shot on Zero budget:
                 Extreme Unction (9m, USA)
          Best Director:
                 Pete Robertson
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13  (Subject matter)

Shot on 35 mm Film:
           Best Movie shot on 35 mm film:
                  Un Lugar Lejano (A far away Place ) (101m, Venezuela) (Spanish with English Sub-titles)
           Best Director:
                  Jose R Novoa

          
Best Actor:
                   Erich Wildpret
           Best Actress:
                   Marcela Kloosterboer
           Best Cinematographer:
                   Oscar Perez
           Best Editor:
                   Jerry Zottola
           Best Orginal Score:
                   Osvaldo Montes

Murder Mystery:
           Best  Murder Mystery.
                   An Extraordinary Day (script, Japan) By Paul Johannesssen

Comedy Feature:
        
 
Best Comedy Feature:
                  Des-autorizsdos (Un-authorized ) (98m, Venezuela) (Spanish with English Sub-titles)
           Best Director:
                  Elia K Schneider
           Best Actor:
                   Erich Wildpret
           Best Actress:
                   Samantha Dagnino
           Best Cinematographer:
                   Oscar Perez
           Best Editor:
                   Jerry Zottola
           Best Orginal Score:
                   Osvaldo Montes

Comedy Short:
           Best  Comedy:
                   Bathing & the Single Girl (11m,
USA)
           Best Director:
                    Christine Elise McCarthy
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13  (Subject matter)

Drama Feature :
  
       Best Drama (Feature):
                Skinning the Cat
         Best Director:
                Jeff Santa Barbara
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13  (Violence, Subject matter)


Drama Short : 
 
       Best Drama (Short):
                Nemesis (30m, Denmark) (Danish with English Subtitles)
         Best Director:
               
Jesper Troelstrup
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13  (Language, Subject matter)

Experimental:
  

Public Interest:

          Best Public Interest Movie:
                 Irena Sendler: In the name of Their Mothers (Documentary)(60m, USA, UK)
 
                  By Mary Skinner
IMRA rating: NS-10 Not Suitable Under 10  (Subject matter)

Romance:
 
 
       Best Romance Movie:
                  Finding Sky (70m, USA)
          Best Director:
                   Emily Sandifer
          Best Actress:
                   Emily Sandifer

IMRA rating:
NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13  (Language )

Teen Movie:
         Best Teen Movie:
                 Kaka Nirvana (28m, Turkey)
         Best Director:
                Yusuf Sumer
IMRA rating: NS-13 Not Suitable Under 13  (Language )

Family Movie:
         Best Family Movie:
                My Little Princess (21m, USA)
         Best Director:
                Enzo Zelocchi
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience

Historic Movie/Documentary: 
     
      Best Historic Movie:
                 Chasing Che (78m,
Iran) (Farsi with English Subtitles)
          Best Director:
                 Alireza Rofougaran
IMRA rating: SGA Suitable For General Audience 

Bollywood Movie: 
     
      Best Bollywood Movie:
                 Ankur (The Seedling)
          Best Director:
                 Shyam Benegal
          Best Actress:
                 Shabana Azmi
          Best Actor:
                 Anant Nag   
IMRA rating: NS-10 Not Suitable Under 10  (Subject matter)
  
Adult Movie:
  
       Bambi (Tammy & Kevin James ): Swedish Erotica Vol.40 (52m, USA)
IMRA rating: NS-21 Not Suitable Under 21 ( Nudity, Obscenity)

 

 

WINNERS: October 2010:

(We, here at AIFF2010, reviewed each entry very carefully. We included even the very late entries, up to the last minute.
It took a long time to process and evaluate all the entries. We tabulated the results.
Finally we have the winners. Congratulations to all the winners. 
Pl. Note: No cash prizes were announced this time. )


Narrative Feature:
 
               Best Picture:
                         Lexie Cannes (71m, USA)
                Best Director:
                        Tom Bertling
                Best Actor:
                         Tom Bertling
                 Best Actress:
                          Courtney O'Donnell
                 Best Supporting Actor:
                          Austin Richey
                 Best Supporting Actress:
                          Jody Barong
                 Best Original Music Score:
                           Gill McGee
                 Best Cinematography:
                            Tom Bertling
                 Best Art Director:
                           None Declared
                 Best Screen Play:
                           Tom Bertling  
                 Best Film Editing:
                           Tom Bertling


Narrative Short:
  
                Best Picture:
                         The Hunt (25m, Germany, UK)
                  Best Director:
                         Johannes Schaff
                   Best Actor:
                         Ludwig Hollburg 
                   Best Actress:
                          None Declared
                   Best Supporting Actor:
                          Tobias Altemueller
                   Best Supporting Actress:
                          Traudel Bogenhauser
                   Best Original Music Score:
                          None Declared
                   Best Cinematography:
                           Brian Hickey
                   Best Art Director:
                           None Declared
                   Best Screen Play:
                           Johannes Schaff & Brian Hickey
                   Best Film Editing:
                          Johannes Schaff

Documentary Feature:
                      Best Documentary:
                          
Money As Debt (47m, Canada)
                   Best Director:
                          
Paul Grignon

Documentary Short:
         
           Best Documentary:
                           Haiti Earth Quake 2010 (5m,
singapore)
                   Best Director:
                           Raymond Delon Poh


Movie Script Feature:
        
            Best Script:
                           (1) Fe, Esther (no run time, USA) by Pepa Albornoz and Michael O'Day

                           (2) O.G. 18 (no Run Time, USA) by Dyan Traynor

Movie Script Short:
   
                 Best Script:
                           Goldie Does Philly (no run time,
USA) by Tamar Bolkvadze

Movie Trailer:
 
                   Best Movie Trailer:
                            Four Fifteen (1m, USA)
                    Best Director:
                            Niyi Oni

Music Video:  
    
                 Best Music Video:
                    
       2NE1 - FIRE (Street Ver.) [HD]  (4m, Korea)
                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49AfuuRbgGo&feature=fvst

Internet Video:
    
           Best Internet Video:
                    
HJ1:Authentic (real) Bharatanatyam Bharatnatyam Indian dance
                     
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prQOdTmF8u0

Commercials:
               Best Commercial:
                       
Yo Quiero Taco Bell
                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8sZ1DWsAHE&NR=1

Home Video:
               Best Home Video:
                        
Dog Prayer
                         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSjYGWAmYHA&feature=related

Best First Time Director:
             
    Enzo Zelocchi for "The Way to Paradise (9m, USA)"

Best Student Project:
              
Heart Zero (Narrative Short, 10m, France) by Natalie Vignes

Best Foreign Language Film:
       
         Best Picture:
                      Thalappavu (Language: "Malayalam", India)
               Best Director:
                       Madhupal
               Best Actor:
                       (1) Lal
                       (2) Prithviraj  
           
Supernatural / Religion:
                Best Supernatural Movie:
                       A Chinese Ghost Story
                Best Director:
                       Ching Siu-Tung

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
  
             Best Documentary:
              
          Our Land, My People: The Struggle of  the Lubicon Cree

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
  
              Best Documentary:
                   
       Darwin's Nightmare
                Best Director:  
                          Hubert Sauper


Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
 
               Best Movie:
                           Windtalkers
                Best Director:
                           John Woo 

Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with E
rotic theme:
                 Best Video:                
                           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDYHamaXyAg
                 
         Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007 Sara Jean Underwood
                           demonstrates the beauty of yoga

Special Awards:

Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K):
         
Best  Movie/Documentary/Video  shot on Micro budget:
                    Enemy Mind

         
Best Director:
                    Brian Delizareaux

Shot on Zero Budget (under $1K):
         Best  Movie/Documentary/Video  shot on Zero budget:
                    AIGA Cincinnati Design Series: Keith Neltner (6m, USA)
          Best Director:
                   Hans Schellhas


Science Fiction:
          Best  Science Fiction Movie.
                 A Grave Mistake (30m, USA)
          Best Director: 
                 Greg Vest


Murder Mystery:
          Best  Murder Mystery.
                The Line (94m,
Australia)
          Best director:
               Michael Adante

Comedy:
          Best  Comedy:
                 Life on the ENG (15m,
USA)  
           Best Director:
                 Melanie Camp

Drama:
  
          Best  Drama  :
                   Quiet at Dawn (15m, Canada)
            Best Director:
                  Rob Blackie

Action Thriller:
          Best  Action Thriller.
                 De Lucha Boys (13m, Netherlands)
          Best Director:
                 Thijs Bazelmans


Public Interest:
          Best Public Interest Movie:
                  The Ranger from Kelly Street (12m, USA)
          Best Director:
                   Jack Swanstrom


Satire:
           Best Satire:
                   The Chair Carrier
           Best Director:
                   Tarek Khalil

Experimental:
            Best Experimental Movie:
                    Loading
             Best Director:
                    Hanaa Saleh Alfassi

Romance:
             (1) 
Jasper (Movie Script) by Sharon Duncan

           (2)  The Truth About Lies (Movie Script) by Phil Allocco

Family Movie:
            Best Family Movie:
                   Didi's Last Wish
            Best Director:
                   Matt Francis

Bollywood Movie: 

     
      Best Bollywood Movie:
                   Pakeezah ("Pure") (126m, India) (Hindi with English subtitles, 1972) by Kamal Amrohi

War Movie:   
          Best War Movie:
                 Frozen Souls (19m, Italy)
          Best Director:
                 Ilaria Borrelli


Adult Movie:
  
          Aurora Snow : Extreme Teen 7 - Scene 4

 

 

WINNERS: September 2010:

(We, here at AIFF2010, reviewed each entry very carefully. We included even the very late entries, up to the last minute.
It took a long time to process and evaluate all the entries. We tabulated the results.
Finally we have the winners. Congratulations to all the winners. 
Pl. Note: No cash prizes were announced this time. )



Narrative Feature:
     

Narrative Short:
      
Best Picture:
                  
L'Envers du Ciel ( A Shade in the Sky !)  (22m, France)
          Best Director:
                  
Eric Lavelle for L'Envers du Ciel (22m, France)
          Best Actor:
                   Sébastien Chosson for
L'Envers du Ciel (22m, France) 
          Best Actress:
                   Laurence Garel for
L'Envers du Ciel (22m, France) 
          Best Supporting Actor:
                   Clément Soulié  for
L'Envers du Ciel (22m, France) 
          Best Supporting Actress:
                   Perrine Gilbert    for
L'Envers du Ciel (22m, France) 
          Best Original Music Score:
                   Frédéric Petit for
L'Envers du Ciel (22m, France) 
          Best Cinematography:
                  Cécile Georgakas for
L'Envers du Ciel (22m, France) 
          Best Art Director:
                   Dillon Davies for Igor Unemployed (narrative, Short)
          Best Screen Play:
                   Goldfish (script, short) by Jason Colvin
          Best Film Editing:
                   Lavelle Label SARL & Chez R. Polidori for
L'Envers du Ciel (22m, France)

Documentary Feature:
   
       Best Documentary:
                   Keiko: The  Untold Story (74m, USA)
          Best Director:
                   Theresa Demarest for Keiko: The  Untold Story (74m, USA)
          Best Cinematography:
                   
Julie Murray  for Keiko: The  Untold Story (74m, USA)
          Best Film Editing:
                   Theresa Demarest for Keiko: The  Untold Story (74m, USA)

Documentary Short:
 
       Best Documentary:
                   Project TRIUMPH (10m, U S A)
          Best Director:
                  
Joe Lam

Movie Script Feature:
   
       Best Script:
                   Hooked (No runtime, United Kingdom)  
                   by David Allingham


Movie Script Short:
 
         Best Script:
                   D O M I N A E T E C U M
                   by: Jason Filmore


Movie Trailer:
 
         Best Movie Trailer:
                Antisex ( Max Film Company) (1m 20s, Russia).
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ZUWEDyyxA&feature=related


Music Video:  
 
         Best Music Video:
                  The Bedroom Philosopher Northcote (So Hungover) (3m, Australia)
          Best Director:
                  Craig Melville for The Bedroom Philosopher Northcote (So Hungover) (3m, Australia)

Internet Video:
          Best Internet Video:
                  Indian michael jackson awesome dance - funny video

                  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgd5OQy0nhI

Best First Time Director:
   
       Anderson Boyd for The Last Dinner (Narrative Short)

Best Student Project:
            EMotion *The Cardiogram of Life* (Narrative Short ) by  Kavita Gandhi

Best Foreign Language Film:
          Best Picture:
                  Visiting Friends (French with English subtitles, & English)  (20m, USA)
          Best Director:
                 
Marcelo Vita for Visiting Friends
          Best Actor:
                  John Wojda  for Visiting Friends
          Best Actress:

                 Marta Mondalli 
for Visiting Friends
                   
Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Human Rights:
  
       Best Documentary:
                   Project TRIUMPH (10m, U S A)
          Best Director:
                  
Joe Lam

Best  Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Environment:
  
       Best Documentary:
                   THE BIG UNEASY
          Best Director:  
                   Harry Shearer


Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  promoting Native Americans:
  
       Best Movie:
                  Before Tomorrow (94 m, Canada)
          Best Director:
                  Marie-Helene Cousineau, Madeline Piujug IvaluBes


Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script  with Erotic theme:
       Best Video:
                  Danni Ashe "Wild Desire 4"

Special Awards:

Shot on RED Camera:
            Best  Movie/Documentary/Video  shot on RED Camera
                   Asleep in Child's Park
            Best Director:
                   Heather Jones


Shot on HDCAM Camera:
            Best  Movie/Documentary/Video  shot on HDCAM Camera
                  
Foreign ( Narrative Short)
            Best Director:
                    Rahul Nath

Shot on DSLR Camera:
        Best  Movie/Documentary/Video  shot on DSLR Camera
                (no awards declared)

Shot on Micro Budget (under $10K):
 
         Best  Movie/Documentary/Video  shot on Micro budget:
                  
A Transgression  (Narrative Short, USA)
           Best Director:
                   Pallavi Rohatgi

Horror Flick:
 
           Best  Horror Movie.
                  
THE GARDEN OF HEATHENS (35 m, USA, Narrative Short)
            Best Director:
                    Richard Miller


Vampire Flick:
 
         Best  Vampire Movie/Script.
                   Suck on This (Dominican Republic, USA; Script)
                   by David Allingham

Science Fiction:
          Best  Science Fiction Movie.
                   Obsolesk  (
Narrative Short)
          Best Director: 
                   Fernando Toscano


Murder Mystery:
 
         Best  Murder Mystery.
                   Kill Haole Day (Movie Script Feature)
                   by Shelley Krawchuk

Comedy:
          Best  Comedy(1):
                  
AMOUR'S UPGRADE  (35m, Musical, Russia)
           Best Director:
                   Larisa Isaeva

           Best  Comedy(2):
                   Swing It!  (61m, Australia)
           Best Director:
                   Quito Washington

Drama:
 
           Best  Drama (1) :
                  
Broken Hearts (Narrative Feature) (61 min)
            Best Director:
                    Peter Beary

            Best  Drama (2) :  
                    A King Size Bed ( Narrative Short)
            Best Director:
                    Marc Dujarric

Animation:
 
         Best  Animation.
                (no awards declared)

Action Thriller:
          Best  Action Thriller.
                   Toys (
Narrative Short)
          Best Director:
                   Simon Connolly


Mockumentary:
 
         Best Mockumentary:
                   E.X.A ( Narrative Short )
          Best Director:
                   Omri Bezalel

Public Interest:
          Best Public Interest Movie:
                   EMotion *The Cardiogram of Life*  (Narrative Short)
          Best Director:
                   Kavita Gandhi


History:
          Best Movie/Documentary with Focus on History:
                   Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived (Narrative )
          Best Director:
                   Koji Masutani

Satire:
          Best Satire:
                   A Changing Girl (Narrative Short)
          Best Director:
                   Darin Quan

Bollywood Movie:
            Best  
Bollywood Movie:
                     "
Jal Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli" by V. Shantaram Starring Sandhya

 

 

   
 
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