2020 Annual Winners and Nominations

2020 Annual Winners and Nominations

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Felt Love | Directed by Angeline Vu and Arlene Bongco | USA 

Falafel Sundays | Directed by Fahim Arif and Pracheta Ahana | BANGLADESH

First Born | Directed by Justin Bruce Lee | USA

My Tagalong | Directed by Jerry Wang | CANADA 

RenaiDance | Director: Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu and Han Chen Chang | USA

The Butterfly Cage | Directed by Hélèna Serra and Maxime Sabisik | FRANCE

The Masque of the Red Death | Directed by Deb Ethier | CANADA

The Odyssey of Cleave Eaton | Directed by Kevin Webb | USA

Winter | Directed by Guodong Yu 余國東 | CHINA

BEST SHORT COMEDY

Stuntbot | Directed by Olivia Foa'i | AUSTRALIA 

Call Danny | Directed by Jesse Galofaro | AUSTRALIA

Hardcore Pong | Directed by Peter William Francis | AUSTRALIA

Moku Murders | Directed by Mel Sneath and Marc Hamill | UK

My Dinner With Schwartzey | Directed by Melissa Skirboll | USA

Sticker | Directed by Georgi M. Unkovski | MACEDONIA 

 Therapy: The Musical | Directed by Kaitlyn Boye | AUSTRALIA


 

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

The Kimberley Man | Directed by Jeremy Thomson | AUSTRALIA

407 Days | Directed by Eleonore Coyette | BELGIUM/HAITI

Happiness is Here and Now | Directed by Georgia Doan | AUSTRALIA 

Kia Kaha | Directed by Sam Siversson | AUSTRALIA

La Parouse | Directed by Patrick Matijevic | AUSTRALIA

On The Tip Of His Tongue | Directed by Caroline Garo | FRANCE

On Track | Directed by Yunhong Pu | USA

Small Fish | Directed by Quentin Lestienne | FRANCE

The Comes The Evening | Directed by Maja Novaković | SERBIA

BEST DRAMA SHORT

Harbor | Directed by Paul Marques Duarte | FRANCE

Acuitzeramo | Directed by Miguel Angel Caballero | MEXICO/USA 

Close | Directed by Isabella Smith | AUSTRALIA 

Countless Sheep | Directed by Riley Robbins | USA 

Display Home | Directed by Dan Walls | AUSTRALIA 

Indimenticabile | By Gianluca Santoni | ITALY

M o r i t u r i | Directed by Léo Lebesgue | FRANCE

The Boy Who Cried Mud | Directed by Bradley Murnane | AUSTRALIA 

Tommy | Directed by Scott Dale | AUSTRALIA


 

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

A Person With Feelings | Directed by Tanner Smith | USA
At the Limit of Feelings | Directed by Liudmila Komrakova | RUSSIA

Father | Directed by Ge Zhang | CANADA

Fragments of Red | Directed by Arctic Qu | AUSTRALIA 

I Call it Home | Directed by Leila Ahang | IRAN 

Night Drifter | Directed by Ruben Zaccaroni | USA

Ream | Directed by Jacob Minor | USA

Sempiternal | Directed by Maya Alfreds | CANADA 

Willowpede | Directed by Anthonee Smith and Kenny Vigil | USA

BEST HORROR SHORT

Malakout | Directed by Farnoosh Abedi | IRAN

A Nightmare of a Night | Directed by Darius Valentine | USA

Black Heart, Red Hands | Directed by Russell Southam | AUSTRALIA 

Fragmented | Directed by André Rodrigues | PORTUGAL 

Laugh Club | Directed by Jindřich Vosecký | CZECH REPUBLIC 

Lovers Lane | Directed by Daffa Sudaryono | AUSTRALIA

Max  | Directed by Mr Bouhaïk | FRANCE

Ramo Mokuy 2: The Frakkers | Directed by Greg Stehle & Jason Durrurnga | AUSTRALIA


 

BEST SCI-FI SHORT

Help3 | Directed by Janek Tarkowski | FRANCE

After_Life | Directed by Perry Lam | SINGAPORE

Better than Neil Armstrong | Directed by Alireza Ghasemi | IRAN

Explorers | Directed by Borja Escribano | SPAIN 

Finger Guns | Directed by Nikola Sreckovic | AUSTRALIA

Fragments | Directed by Andrea Ratti | UK 

BEST STUDENT SHORT

Q: Ghostly Remote Effect | Directed by Marcus Hanisch | GERMANY 

Babble Bubble | Directed by Richan Li | USA 

Departure | Directed by Ting Wei Chen | TAIWAN

Electric Spirit | Directed by Brandon Bonasera | AUSTRALIA 

In Your Hands | Directed by Lorenzo Maria Chierici | ITALY 

LeMiroir | Directed by Leila Murton Poole | AUSTRALIA

Past AM | Directed by Krystal Butterworth | AUSTRALIA

Quite Easy | Directed by Konstantin Schumann | GERMANY 

Suburban Decay | Directed by Camille Nguyen | AUSTRALIA


 

BEST WEB SERIES

Avocado Toast | Directed by Sam Coyle | CANADA

Encontro | Directed by Thaiane Soares | BRAZIL 

Generation Why? | Directed by Aimee Duroux | AUSTRALIA

RelationShit | Directed by Linda G. Wells | AUSTRALIA

S#*! Talk | Directed by Raquel Grela | UK

Septo | Directed by Victor Ciriaco, Vitoria Real, Tereza Duarte, Andre Santos and Helio Ronyvon | BRAZIL 

The Y Theory (Season 2) | Directed By Caroline Taillet and Martin Landmeters | BELGIUM

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Stop the Boats | Directed by Simon V Kurian | AUSTRALIA

Australian Dreams | Directed by Andrea Natale | AUSTRALIA/ITALY

Birth Time | Directed by Zoe Naylor, Jerusha Sutton and Jo Hunter | AUSTRALIA 

Exposure | Directed by Michael Probert and Marcus Aldred-Traynor | AUSTRALIA

Sockeye Salmon. Red Fish | Directed by Dmitriy Shpilenok & Vladislav Grishin | RUSSIA

Szolgalelkű Óriások (Giant Slaves) | Directed by Andras Csapo and Andras Matai | HUNGARY 

The Dalai Lama: Scientist | Directed by Dawn Gifford Engle | USA

The Universality of it All | Directed by Andres Bronnimann | COSTA RICA 


 

BEST FICTION FEATURE 

Lone Wolves | Directed by Sergi Arnau | SPAIN 

Deadly Promises | Directed by Joseph Ramos | USA

Evening Shadows | Directed by Sridhar Rangayan | INDIA

Never Forgotten | Directed by Michael Todorovic | AUSTRALIA

Sticky Toffee Pudding | Directed by Harvard John | UK 

Two Autumns in Paris | Directed by Gibelys Coronado | VENEZUELA 

BEST TRAILER

O T O S | Directed by Kevin Moussaoui | AUSTRALIA

Artic Drive | Directed By Kamil Piechowiak | POLAND 

Charlie & Yip | Directed by Alexander Williams | DENMARK/UK

First Signal | Directed by Mark Lund | USA

Last One Left | Directed by Wendell Blankenship | USA

Out Our Windows | Directed by Prakash Gandhi Natarajan | USA

Street Ratz | Directed by Austin Hill | UK


 

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

Bones of Ribbon | Written by A.M. Sanders | AUSTRALIA

A Christmas Without Snow | Written by Robert Cox | USA

Acceptance | Written by Laurent Auclair | AUSTRALIA

Bitumen Close | Written by Angus George | AUSTRALIA

Diorbivol | Written by Damien Mulvany | AUSTRALIA

Matchsticks 2.0 | Written by Shane Walsh-Smith | AUSTRALIA 

Riding Shotgun | Written by Nafi Ayvaci | USA

Sisterhood | Written by Nikola Sreckovic | AUSTRALIA

This Sunday | Written by Anna Weinstein | USA

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY 

Next, Please | Written by Diego Trovarelli | ITALY

A Spoonful | Written by Tom Machell | UK

A Week Between Us | Written by Rayia Banjar and Asim Altokhais | SAUDI ARABIA 

Let's Cuddle | Written by Katie Haley | USA

Mildly Different | Written by Anna Czarska | IRELAND 

Prepare The Way | Written by Tommy Britt | USA

Sugarcube | Written by Matthew McCracken | AUSTRALIA

The Last of the Aster | Written by Nicole Barley | USA

The Woodcutter | Written by Deborah Williams | AUSTRALIA


 

WILD CARD (FILM) | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2020

Farewell | Directed by Qing Yang | CHINA

Gone | Directed by William Jackson | AUSTRALIA

Gray | Directed by Miguel Carlos Bautista | PHILIPPINES

In Orbit | Directed by Katie McNeice | IRELAND

Living With Cretins | Directed by Samuel Foster | AUSTRALIA

Para Hiking | Directed by Fajrian | INDONESIA

Pipi Thay Too | Directed by Laura Alice | AUSTRALIA

Rash Decision | Directed by John Cavallaro | AUSTRALIA

Sea ya | Directed by Yani Sun | USA

The Mandrake | Directed by Quincy William Baltes | USA

WILD CARD (SCREENPLAY)

Barcode | Hüseyin Urçuk | TURKEY

Castle | Written by Rachel Doman | USA

Death With Dice | Written by Dean Harakas | USA

Gullun Drift | Written by Richard Clarke | UK

Ends | Written by Timothy Paul Coderre | CANADA

McKenzie | Written by Alex Meridy, Tony Carrington and Jr, Selah Green | USA

The Confession | Written by Diego Trovarelli | ITALY

The Engagement | Written by Joseph Rossi and Anthony Calabrese | CANADA

The Postcard | Written by Mike Sorrinni | USA


 

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Talia Rowley | Stuntbot | AUSTRALIA

Justin Narayan | Rash Decision | AUSTRALIA

Kaitlyn Boye | Therapy: The Musical | AUSTRALIA

Sarah Thamin | Rash Decision | AUSTRALIA

Sashko Kocev | Sticker | MACEDONIA

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Marie Bunel | Harbor | FRANCE

Ali Marhyar | Harbor | FRANCE

Claire Loy | In Orbit | IRELAND

Paola Negosanti | Indimenticabile | ITALY


 

BEST ACTOR IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

Trent Culkin | A Person With Feelings | USA

Conny Fong | Fragments of Red | AUSTRALIA

Kate Murtagh | Sempiternal | CANADA

Mariana Zinkova | At the limit of feelings | RUSSIA

BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR

Shelby Mckenzie | Gone | AUSTRALIA

Charlotte Frøyland | Nightmare of a Night | USA

Gemma Dart | Black Heart, Red Hands | AUSTRALIA

Inês Rodrigues | Fragmented | PORTUGAL


 

BEST ACTOR IN A SCI-FI

Gérard Chaillou | Help3 | FRANCE

Clément Barthelet | Help3 | FRANCE

Kris Mavericko | After_Life | SINGAPORE

Raymond Humphries | Gray | PHILLIPPINES

BEST ACTOR IN A STUDENT SHORT

Lise Risom Olsen | Q: Ghostly Remote Effect | GERMANY

Caterina Gabanella | In Your Hands | ITALY

Effi Rabsilber | Q: Ghostly Remote Effect | GERMANY

Lasse Möbus | Quite Easy | GERMANY

Noah Wiseman | Le Miroir | AUSTRALIA


 

BEST ACTOR IN A WEB SERIES

Alice Carvalho | Septo | BRAZIL

Anna Rømcke Høiseth | S#*! Talk | UK

Léone François Janssens | The Y Theory | BELGIUM

Savannah Betts | S#*! Talk | UK

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Avocado Toast | CANADA

Better than Neil Armstrong | IRAN

Laugh Club | CZECH REPUBLIC

Living With Cretins | AUSTRALIA

The Boy Who Cried Mud | AUSTRALIA

Generation Why? | AUSTRALIA


 

BEST DIRECTOR

Tanner Smith | A Person With Feelings | USA

Arlene Bongco and Angeline Vu | Felt Love | USA

Jeremy Thomson | The Kimberly Man | AUSTRALIA

Paul Marques Duarte | Harbor | FRANCE

Sam Coyle | Avocado Toast | CANADA

BEST SCREENWRITER

Dan Walls | Display Home | AUSTRALIA

Blandine Jet and Paul Marques Duarte | Harbor | FRANCE

Heidi Lynch and Perrie Voss | Avocado Toast | CANADA

Janek Tarkowsk | Help3 | FRANCE

Philip Cristian Claassen and Scott Dale | Tommy | AUSTRALIA

Qing Yang | Farewell  | CHINA

 


 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jasper Techel | Q: Ghostly Remote Effect | GERMANY

Brad Frances | The Boy Who Cried Mud | AUSTRALIA

Taylor Russ | A Person With Feelings | USA

Yann Maritaud | Harbor | FRANCE

BEST LIGHTING

Arnaud Ele | M o r i t u r i | FRANCE

Celso Augusto Limoli | Sempiternal | CANADA

Kyle Stephens | Black Heart, Red Hands | Australia

Wenjie Wu | RenaiDance | USA

 


 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Gia Duong and Elaine Liu | Felt Love | USA

Bianca Milani | The Boy Who Cried Mud | AUSTRALIA

Deb Morgan | Tommy | AUSTRALIA

Emilia Dubiel and Franziska Sauer | Q: Ghostly Remote Effect | GERMANY

Pouria Akhavan | Better than Neil Armstrong | IRAN

Ziggy Taylor | Le Miroir | AUSTRALIA

 

BEST EDITING

Tomáš David | Laugh Club | CZECH REPUBLIC

Danila Demin | Sempiternal | CANADA

Lucas Mitschi | The Y Theory | BELGIUM

Mohammad Najarian Darian | Better than Neil Armstrong | IRAN


 

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Frank Munro | Sempiternal | CANADA

Akash Dhurbarry | O T O S | AUSTRALIA

Laura Alice | Pipi Thay Too | AUSTRALIA

Tate Post | Charlie & Yip | UK

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Juan Andrés Vergara | Felt Love | USA

Sarah Playford | Black Heart, Red Hands | AUSTRALIA

Anisha Thomas | Display Home | AUSTRALIA

James Court | Therapy: The Musical | AUSTRALIA


 

EMERGING FILMMAKER

Angeline Vu and Arlene Bongco | Felt Love | USA

Michael Todorovic | Never Forgotten | AUSTRALIA

Miguel Carlos Bautista | Gray | PHILIPPINES

Paul Marques Duarte | Harbor | FRANCE

Rachel Doman | Castle | USA

Savannah Betts | S#*! Talk | CANADA