BEST ANIMATED SHORT
RENAIDANCE
Directed by Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu and Han Chen Chang
(USA)
BEST DRAMA SHORT
THE BOY WHO CRIED MUD
Directed by Bradley Murnane
(AUSTRALIA)
BEST STUDENT SHORT
QUITE EASY
Directed by Konstantin Schumann
(GERMANY)
BEST WEB SERIES
ENCONTRO
Directed by Thaiane Soares
(BRAZIL)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
STOP THE BOATS
Directed by Simon V Kurian
(AUSTRALIA)
BEST FICTION FEATURE
LONE WOLVES
Directed by Sergi Arnau
(SPAIN)
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
MATCHSTICKS 2.0
Written by Shane Walsh-Smith
(AUSTRALIA)
September 2020 Finalists
A Day in the Life of a Boy | Niklas Bauer (GERMANY)
A Fine Disease | Matthew McCracken (AUSTRALIA)
Dear Fredy | Rubi Gat (CZECH REPUBLIC/IRAN)
Eli is gone | Zoé Williamson (FRANCE)
Farewell | Qing Yang (CHINA)
Game Over | Guy Ross (ISRAEL)
Gold Star | Amin Pourbarghi (AUSTRIA/GERMANY/IRAN)
Gray | Miguel Carlos Bautista (PHILIPPINES)
I Like You | Gabrielle Pearson (AUSTRALIA)
In Orbit | Katie McNeice (IRELAND)
Living With Cretins | Samuel Foster (AUSTRALIA)
Not Now | Andrew Liulko (UKRAINE)
Not that kind of guy | Sarah Al Atassi (FRANCE)
Only Human | Lukas Vizner (SLOVAKIA)
Pipi Thay Too (The Grandmother Tree) | Laura Alice (AUSTRALIA)
Shibil | Nikola Bozadzhiev (BULGARIA)
Smile | Kevin Uskokovic (AUSTRALIA)
The Big Nobody | Jono Robertson (USA)
The Doe | Jennifer Lumbroso (FRANCE)
Vela | Dayana Gauthier (VENEZUELA)
September 2020 Semi-Finalists
A Mandolin in Exile | Rafiqul Anowar (BANGLADESH)
A Voice in Deep Blackness | Reza Hasanzadeh (IRAN)
Attentionspam | Kilo Watts, The Drone and Ahhtension Planet Arts (USA)
Bark | Anthony Penney and Laura Coleman (USA)
Bedbound | Lukas Ernst (AUSTRALIA)
Built Lands | Arturo Dueñas Herrero (SPAIN)
Captured | Hiruni Dharmasena (AUSTRALIA)
CrossTown | Jimi Hall (USA)
Cutstein | Hamidreza Khosh-Bazan (IRAN)
Defenders | Farhad Ayatollahi (IRAN)
Fine Knacks for Playwrights | Deb Ethier (CANADA)
From Durban To Tomorrow | Dylan Mohan Gray (SOUTH AFRICA)
Furthest Frontier: Stories from Tamatea/Dusky Sound | Will McKee (NEW ZEALAND)
Game Over | Guy Ross (ISRAEL)
Infant | Marcin Skruch (IRELAND)
Lastcall | Mathieu Baillargeon (FRANCE)
Lonely Sunsets of Lemuel | Kumar Mayank (INDIA/PHILIPPINES)
Luca and Iso | Damian Overton and Ed Cali (AUSTRALIA)
Night Drive | Despina Athanassiadis (FRANCE)
No need to tell the kids | Sylvie Gautier (FRANCE)
No One is Perfect | Joseph Fuller (IRELAND)
Occurrences of Questionable Significance | Dave Lojek (GERMANY/POLAND)
One Piece of the Puzzle | René Lorraine (UK)
Perdido | Rodrigo Salazar (MEXICO)
Phenomenon | George McCluskey (UK)
Project Valentina | JW Richardson (USA)
Pulse of My Heart | Johnny Zito (USA)
Reminiscence | Jason Cheon (AUSTRALIA)
Security Camera | Thorkell August Ottarsson (NORWAY)
Sfumato | Amirali Mirderikvand (IRAN)
The Color Of Truth Is Grey | Rostislav Luchnikov (USA)
The Dragon Comes Out | Azam Khodarahmi (IRAN)
The Movement | Roozbe Kazemi (IRAN)
The Self-Love Project | Emmanuelle Toya Bryant (AUSTRALIA)
The Sun Rising | Rebecca Elder (AUSTRALIA)
The World’s Last House | Amir Gholami (IRAN)
Toothless | Harry Sabulis (AUSTRALIA)
Transkids | Hilla Medalia (ISRAEL)
Tumbling Towards Home | Imelda O'Reilly (IRELAND)
Two Options | Gon Caride (FRANCE)
Vincent and Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood | Frank Hays (USA)
WineGame | Vahan Bedelian (USA)