Award Board 2017

January 2017

BEST FEATURE FILM : OUT OF INNOCENCE – DANNY HILLER (IE)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : PEACE, LOVE AND ZOO – REGINALD GROFF (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : THE FIRST STEP – DAMIAN LANG (AU)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : I MAKE ART & NON ART – ILEANA MARIA ZAZA (IT)
ARFF JURY AWARD : SMILE – TULLIO IMPERATORE (IT)
BEST DIRECTOR : THE FUZZ – GRANT ALEXANDER KING (UK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : DON’T THNIK ABOUT IT – TAYLOR FRONTIER / dir: NIV KLAINER (US)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : THE SUN BEHIND YOU – DOMINIC CARLO P. NUESA (PH)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : GIFTED – FREDDY MACDONALD (CH)
BEST TRAILER : THE RAFRICAN SURVIVORS – CHIRS SCHMID (CH)
BEST STUDENT FILM : AN EVENING OF ETERNITY – COSTANTIN MAIER (DE)

February 2017

BEST FEATURE FILM : AYNABAJI – AMITABH REZA CHOWDHURY (BD)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : HUMMUS! THE MOVIE – OREN ROSENFELD (IL)
BEST SHORT FILM : NIMBOSTRATUS – SAMUEL ACKERMANN (DE)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : PLEASE FORGIVE MY PAIN – SHELDON SCHIFFER (US)
ARFF JURY AWARD : CORRESPONDENCE – LOIC ZIMMERMANN (US)
BEST DIRECTOR : UNICORNLAND – NICK LEAVENS (US)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : ULYSSE – SENHAJI NABIL (FR)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : 35 YEARS TO THE MOON – LAKI KARAVIAS (US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : PURE MADNESS – LANDER HAVERALS (BE)
BEST TRAILER : BULLETS OF JUSTICE – VALERI MILEV (BG)
BEST STUDENT FILM : QUANTUM SATORI – SAMUEL VANCLOOSTER (BE)

March 2017

BEST FEATURE FILM : INFIRMUS – JOSHUA DALY (UK)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : THE CIRCUS – GINO PINETTI (IT)
BEST SHORT FILM : MONSIEUR HERNST – CAPPELLO VINCENT (FR)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : CONTRASTS OF PERU – SEBASTIAN KLINGER (CH)
ARFF JURY AWARD : REPATRIATION – DOUGLAS MUELLER (US)
BEST DIRECTOR : #WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF LOVE – LUCA FINOTTI (IT)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : INCONVENIENT COMFORT – ADAM FILLENZ (HU)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : OPERATION WEDDING – ANAT ZALMANSON KUZNETSOV (IL)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : EGO – KAYA (US)
BEST TRAILER : THE ARCADIAN – DEKKER DREYER (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : TWO OF A KIND – CHARLES BLECKER (US)

April 2017 – Barcelona Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : A TALE OF WATER, PALM TREES AND FAMILY – NASSER ALDHAHERI (AE)
BEST SHORT FILM : OBUSEBITO – KAZUHITO TAKAZAWA (JP)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : ELOY – HARRY WOOLLACOTT (UK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : YOU’LL NEVER KNOW – FREDDY RODRIGUEZ (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : ABERNE – EM JONHSON (ES)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : TIME FLIES – FABRIZIO NOTARPIETRO (CH)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : XXI CENTURY BLOOD – ABRAHAM MARCOS (MX)
BEST ANIMATION : ADDISON GROOVE / CHANGA – VECTOR MELDREW (UK)
BEST TRAILER : YOU – HUGO PINTO (PT)

April 2017 – Paris Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : PAST – ÇA?DA? ÇA?RI (TR)
BEST SHORT FILM : THE BREAK – BLEGER SARA & MAZUEL CHLOÉ (FR)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : TAGARELA/THE MOVIE – FRAN MATTOSO & FILIPE ITAGIBA (BR)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : BETWEEN SECONDS – NORA JAENICKE (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : ALCHEMIST – CALVIN KHURNIAWAN (US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : MYTHOSIS – ALVARO TOMAS (ES)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : BIRDHOUSE – GABRIEL GOMEZ & LEV PAKMAN
BEST ANIMATION : [O] MARIO RADEV & CHIARA SGATTI
BEST TRAILER : BACK PAGE RIPPER – STEPHEN RUTTERFORD (US)

April 2017 – Amsterdam Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : WHO IS ALICE – ROBERT VAN DEN BROECK & ISMAËL LOTZ (NL)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : CURTSY, MISTER – ANGELA ROBINSON WITHERSPOON (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : COMFORT & JOY – WILL JEFFS & AJ SIMMONS (UK)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : AERTS – JACOB OSSEF (NL)
ARFF JURY AWARD : ESCAPE – FRANCIS SO KACHUN (HK)
BEST DIRECTOR : SEARCH ENGINES – RUSSELL BROWN (US)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : REDEMPTION – JOAQUIM HAICKEL & NEVILLE D’ALMEIDA (BR)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : CONDOLENCES – KAREN VENINGA-ZARICOR (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : THE WARNING – BIRGIT SCHÜRMANN (DE)
BEST TRAILER : SOLITARY – DANIEL RUCZKO (US)

April 2017 – Berlin Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : MILLION LOVES IN ME – SAMPSON YUEN (CA)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : A FOLEY ARTIST – WAN-JO WANG (TW)
BEST SHORT FILM : FISH STEW – RAN JING (CA)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : RAW – NATALIE MASON (CA)
ARFF JURY AWARD : THE FATHER OF MY DAUGHTER – CARLOALBERTO BIAZZI (IT)
BEST DIRECTOR : TIME FLIES WHEN I AM HAVING FUN – JOHAN TAPPERT (IE)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : A BIG LOVE – MAX CHICCO (IT)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : WATER OF LIFE AND DEATH – EVE CHONG YUK LAM (HK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : ÂH – BUSE YILDIRIM (TR)
BEST TRAILER : MEMENTO MORI – NINA SCHIENA (DE)
BEST STUDENT FILM : THE DOOR TO THE SUN – JULIE ANNLIE (DK)

May 2017 – Barcelona Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : MISMATCHED EYES – NATHANIEL HILL (UK)
BEST SHORT FILM : BEAST – CRISTOPHER SFERRAZZA (AU)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : BEST BEFORE – ILEANA MARIA ZAZA (IT)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : VAMPIRE LOVE – CLAUDIA PUJOL PLA (ES)
BEST STUDENT FILM : BRAD LEE – HAO WANG (US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL : BRASS WRES ORCHESTRA – YOUTH dir: Filipe Correia dos Santos (PT)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : GOLDEN LIGHT – BLONDE REDHEAD dir: VIRGILIO VILLORESI (IT)
BEST ANIMATION : POST NO BILLS – ROBIN HAYS & ANDY POON (CA)
BEST TRAILER : ANTIDOTE – MASHANA MALOWA (UK)

May 2017 – Paris Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : LETTER TO NIGHT – JULIA PIRINOLI & HUGO VERSA (FR)
BEST SHORT FILM : REBEL IN RISING – BRADEN SUMMERS (US)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : HELL ON EARTH: THE FALL OF SYRIA AND THE RISE OF ISIS dir: Sebastian Junger & Nick Quested (US)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE LOCKET – RYAN BURDITT dir: Spencer Henry Williams (CA)
BEST STUDENT FILM : ASHES TO ASHES – ROBIN BOREHAM (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : SHADOW – JAE WON JUNG (KR)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : MOMENTS – DANIELA ZOE CROCI (US)
BEST ANIMATION : DREAM – IVAN SHIRENKOV & DUDYA SARABYANOV (RU)
BEST TRAILER : LIZ DRIVES – MIA’KATE RUSSELL (AU)

May 2017 – Amsterdam Edition

BEST FEATURE DOC : ANTARTICA – THE JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH dir:Artem Gordina & Andrii Andreiev (UA)
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY MENTION : THE ROAD TO NICKELSVILLE – DEREK MCNEILL (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : DJS – ERIC BUISSON (FR)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : INTERNAL FLIGHT – Andrii Andreiev & Olga Andreieva (UA)
ARFF JURY AWARD : KILL THE ENGINE – DEREK FREY (US)
BEST DIRECTOR : D’ARLINE – CHRISTINA JOBE (US)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE PAIN BODY – GERSON ORATMANGOEN (NL)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : NO SMOKING – MICHELANGELO DI PIERRO (IT)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : PARSLEY GIRL – SCARLETT / SIJIA LI(US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : INVISIBLE EYES – GUSTAVO SANI (BR)
BEST TRAILER : NEW YORK 2150 – HARRY ASSOULINE (US)

May 2017 – Berlin Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : BLACK CAT – PETER PARDINI (US)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : EVEN JESUS WAS BIPOLAR
YAMILE CALDERON & EDWARD CUNNIFFE (NO)
BEST SHORT FILM : LE UMANE PAURE – NICOLANGELO GELORMINI (IT)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : TO WALHALLA – EVEN EVENSEN (NO)
ARFF JURY AWARD : RELEASE FROM HEAVEN – ALI NOORI OSKOUEI (IR)
BEST DIRECTOR : THE PLACE OF MUTED SUN – NINA KOYFMAN (US)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : ON THE ROAD – MIKE STERN STERZYNSKI
dir: Bartosz Nowacki (PL)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : THE TORTOISE AND THE TAPIR – ELIZA CAPAI (BR)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : VARIATIONS ON BREATHING – JEANCARLO RAMIREZ (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : EVERYTHING MUST GO – ALLANNA WARD (CA)
BEST TRAILER : A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES – ERIK CARLSON (US)

June 2017 – Barcelona Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : SHY GUYS – FREDRIC LEHNE (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : NO WAVE – STEPHANE LAPOINTE (CA)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : ON THE TRACK OF ROBERT VAN GULIK ROB ROMBOUT (BE)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE SLEEPING BEAUTY – RIKKI AD CHANDLER (UK) dir: Fabio D’Andrea
THE JURY AWARD : REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY – MARINA BRUNO (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : REPETITION – JESSE LEVI SUTHERLAND (AU)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL : THE IMAGEMAKER – SARAH LASLEY (US)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : FOOL’S GOLD – DAMIAN FITZSIMMONS (US)
BEST ANIMATION : FALL FROM GRACE – SHAUN ROGERS (UK)
BEST TRAILER : CRAZY MEDICINE – RICHIE MOORE (TH)

June 2017 – Paris Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : A GOOD DREAM – MAHUM JAMAL (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : THE BODY OF OLD – DE PRÉMONVILLE LOUISE (FR)
JURY AWARD : POPPY ACKROYD TRAINS – JOLA KUDELA (UK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : TRUE HEART – ARIEL GRANDOLI (FR) dir: Jonathan Kingston Gameiro
BEST STUDENT FILM : THE BENCH – ROBERT HERBOLICH (US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : 999999999 – KARIM AZIMI (IR)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : CRI – RUSH dir: DIDIER CHARETTE
GLOBE AWARD : IN CONFIDENCE – CLARA VORFELD (FR)
BEST TRAILER : SOUND OF THE SOUNDLESS – YANG YUFEI (CN)

June 2017 – Amsterdam Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : KUPAL – KAZEM MOLLAIE (IR)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : BUCÉPHALE – Damien Marti & Chloé Seyssel (CH)
BEST SHORT FILM : HOUSE TREE ANIMAL – Tom Cas & Koen Leerink (NL)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : THE ROAD TO NICKELSVILLE – DEREK ARMSTRONG MCNEILL (US)
ARFF JURY AWARD : ALMOST TWO – EMILIANO UMPIÉRREZ (UY)
BEST DIRECTOR : HOMELAND – PATRICK CHEUNG (HK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE DARLINGS – PERCIVAL M. RYE (CA)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : MAGICAL EUROPE VOLUME TWO – STAN CHANG (TW)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : BERENICE – WELLINGTON DARWIN (BR)
BEST STUDENT FILM : RHINOCEROS – ÁMALIE KOVÁ?OVÁ (CZ)
BEST TRAILER : KCLOC – NINAAD KULKARNI (US)

June 2017 – Berlin Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : #ATFIRSTSIGHT – DÁNIEL TISZEKER (HU)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : DOING NOTHING ALL DAY
Dir: Margarete Hentze & Yuval Tzafrir (DE)
BEST SHORT FILM : THE STORY OF L’HOMME CIRQUE – MICHAEL FLUME (CH)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : THE MAN WHO BUILT PEACE – IMAD KARAM (UK)
ARFF JURY AWARD : 2084 – JAN CHRAMOSTA (CZ)
BEST DIRECTOR : CASEY – CODY WESTMAN (CA)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : MUNDA – TINNA HRAFNSDÓTTIR (IS)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire – MICHAEL OSWALD (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : TRANSMANIA – (by 15 Directors) (HR) ( D. Matanić, S. Tarokić, H. Jušić, B. Jelčić, Z. Jurić, V.Vorkapić, J. Zastavniković, F. Šovagović, I. Salaj, S. Hribar, T. Golić, P. Orešković, S. Tomić, E.Mužina,I. Sikavi )
BEST STUDENT FILM : ABU ADNAN – SYLVIA LE FANU (DK)
BEST TRAILER : APPLESEEDS – DEREK ARMSTRONG MCNEILL (US)

July 2017 – Barcelona Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : ELVIS WALKS HOME – FATMIR KOCI (AL)
BEST SHORT FILM : SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CLOUD – ALON CHAN (HK)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : THE FINAL – Pavol Korec & Dusan Milko (SK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : VENUS OBSCURA – CHRISTOPHE KARABACHE (FR)
BEST STUDENT FILM : TRUE NORTH – GEORGE BOWLER (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL : SYNESTHESIA – THIBAUT JOSSERAND (FR)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : COALS “S.I.T.C.” – Ola Bydlowaska & Allan Willmann
BEST ANIMATION : LUSCIOUS – XUECHENG XU (US)
BEST TRAILER : TAKING FLOWERS IS NOT ALLOWED – LEANDRO GUTERRES (BR)

July 2017 – Paris Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : CIEL – COSIMA SALES (FR)
BEST SHORT FILM : LEIPZIG FAIRY TALE – ANAiS CLERC-BEDOUET (FR)
BEST DOCUMENTRY : BORDER SOULS – TAKIS BARDAKOS (CR)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : STARDUST – ETIENNE FU-LE SAULNIER (FR)
BEST STUDENT FILM : RAHA – YEHANEH BALOUCHI (FR)
JURY AWARD : A DEFINITE MAYBE – MIKI MICHAEL YARON (IL)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : RHYTHM OF MY DRUM – JAMED MILLAR (UK)
BEST ANIMATION : LAYERS OF FEAR – HSIN-YING LIU (UK)
BEST TRAILER : THE LAST 2 DAYS – DIMITRIS GEORGIEV (BG)

July 2017 – Amsterdam Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : BLACK HEART – ROSA COUTINHO CABRAL (PT)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : OSCAR ARIAS : WITHOUT A SHOT FIRED (US) dir: Dawn Engle
BEST SHORT FILM : LAWS OF THE GAME – AEGINA BRAHIM (UK)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : Is radiation the asbestos of the 21th century? (NL) dir: HT Ilmer
ARFF JURY AWARD : TORMENTS OF LOVE – CAROLINE JULES (FR)
BEST DIRECTOR : THE PAST WE LIVE IN – JEROME WEBER (LU)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : OUR STORY – ARTE CINEMATICA (GR)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : UNDER THE SHADOW – FIONA LLOYD – DAVIES (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : THE TERMINIZER ZERO / dir: Nicki Legge & JP Frydrych (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : DAY OF RECKONING – GIDEON VAN EEDEN (NL)
BEST TRAILER : CRAZY MEDICINE – RICHIE MOORE (TH)

July 2017 – Berlin Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : RUN / FLUCHT – FRANK BLAU (DE)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : FRUITION – THE LIFE AND DREAMS OF NICOLAS MUELLER (CH) dir: Martin Luchsinger & Sean Fee
BEST SHORT FILM : ALZHAÏMOUR – PIERRE VAN DE KERCKHOVE (BE)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : IL PALIO – NINO VRANA (UK)
ARFF JURY AWARD : WOMB – GILLES JOBIN (CH)
BEST DIRECTOR : SOUL COMMUNICATOR – AUSTIN LIANG (TW)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : THANKS FOR EVERYTHING – FRANK ARON GÀRDSØ (NO)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : ONCE UPON A TIME ON THE WILD (UK) dir: Craig Ford & Tim Clark
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : FRIED BARRY – RYAN KRUGER (ZA)
BEST STUDENT FILM : WHAT HAPPENED TO MANFRED – LAVINIA ABBOTT (DE)
BEST TRAILER : TRUE NORTH – GEORGE BOWIER (UK)

August 2017 – Barcelona Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : INTO A DARK MIND – HARLEY WALLEN (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : I HEAR YOU – ANDI HAW SHUAN CHU (UK)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : MARE NOSTRUM – A Concert. A Journey. dir: Michelle Brun & Stefan Haupt (CH)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : ABOUT TASTE OF CHERRY – VOLKAN BUDAK (TR) dir: Ulaş Bıçak
BEST STUDENT FILM : ISOLATE – OTHELLO NOGUEIRA (BR)
JURY AWARD : HELLO – ANA ATANASSOVA (US)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : YOU’RE NOT A GHOST – CARLA FORTE (US)
BEST ANIMATION : A WONDERFUL MONSTER – SERHII MALNICHENKO (UA)
BEST TRAILER : AGRINOUI – ALEXIS CHAVIARAS (CY)

August 2017 – Paris Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : THE OLD-MEN – JORDAN INCONSTANT (FR)
BEST SHORT FILM : TWO MORE YEARS – JULIO PEREIRA & LEANDRO SCARPIN (PT)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : BEHIND SOUND – SIMON GULLSTRÖM (SE)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : ONE SUNDAY – ZACK SPIGER (FR)
BEST STUDENT FILM : THE LAST LETTERS – KEELY VULKERS (NL)
JURY AWARD : PANJ (5) – SEYED MOJTABA HOSSEINI (IR)
GLOBE AWARD : THE BEAUTY OF PEACE – YIWEN LIU (CN)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : PERFECTLY RIGHT – ANTONIO CELOTTO (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL : NORWAY Let the Journey be your Goal dir: Pasquale Baseotto (BE)
BEST TRAILER : DOBARA PHIR SE – MEHREEN JABBAR (PK))

August 2017 – Amsterdam Edition

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : HELL ON EARTH THE FALL OF SYRIA AND THE RISE OF ISIS / dir: Sebastian Junger & Nick Quested (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : THE SUITCASE – PHILIP LEUNG (CA)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : $30 TO ANTARCTICA – JOEY CHU (HK)
ARFF JURY AWARD : I AM – PETRA TRAMPUŽ BOCEVSKA (SI)
BEST DIRECTOR : THE MOON THIEF – XIAOXIONG GUO (US)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : CHASING STARS – MARKUS EICHENBERGER (CH)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : NEW YORK 2150 – HARRY ASSOULINE (US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : I CHOOSE NOT TO – JOLA KUDELA (UK)
BEST STUDENT FILM : PRE RETRO – ROSS GRAHAM (UK)
BEST TRAILER : THE EXORCISM DIARIES * dir: S.C. McCullough (US)

August 2017 – Berlin Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : DAD WHERE ARE YOU I AM LOST – AHMET KARAMAN (TR)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : HAIKU ON A PLUM TREE – MUJAH MARAINI-MELEHI (IT)
BEST SHORT FILM : NARCIS AND FIFI – SERBAN RACOVITENAU (RO)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : A LIFETIME OF LOVE – CARILIJINE PIETERS (NL)
ARFF JURY AWARD : CODE NAME MAGIC ROUNDABOUT – SHARRON HARRIS (UK)
BEST DIRECTOR : HIS FATHER’S SON – IAIN APPLEYARD (AU)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : MAXWELL’S DEMON – MARCOS VAZ (BR)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : BLACK HALT – JAGADEESH SANTHIAPPAN (IN)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : THE INFINITE FUN PALACE – SOFIA KANARELLI (UK)
BEST STUDENT FILM : ENDEMIC ALBERT – ZUZANNA Sławińska (PL)
BEST TRAILER : ARTICLE 50 – MARCUS J. RICHARDSON (UK)

September 2017 – Barcelona Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : ACQUA ALTA – MEANDERINGS – STEPHAN LICHTENSTEIGER (CH)
BEST SHORT FILM : WISHFUL THINKING – DENNIS NAP (NL)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : GENERATION Y X SLUTS – SALOMÉ DA SOUZA (FR)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : ASHES OF TIME – KUO LAKER LEI Dir: Bide Yuan (US)
JURY AWARD : Where Am I – COLACOASTER Dir: Michael Dürr & Mathias Fellner (AT)
GLOBE AWARD : THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA, XXIst century Dir: Carles Pàmies (ES)
BEST STUDENT FILM : IF – GABRIEL ANDRES VALBUENA (US)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : “TROUBLE” Dir: Michael Tripolt & Gero Dennig & Peter Schönhardt (AT)
BEST TRAILER : THE KING’S JUDGEMENT – DAVID TODD McCARTY (US)

September 2017 – Paris Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : UNEXPECTED – JESSY LANGLOIS (FR)
BEST SHORT FILM : THE SPARKLE – LANA LEKARINOU (US)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : IN SEARCH OF THE CHANGEMAKERS – SANDER VAN WEERT (NL)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : GUNN – TOMAS AKSAMIT Dir: C.J. Renner (US)
JURY AWARD : FIFO – Sacha Ferbus & Jeremy Puffet (BE)
GLOBE AWARD : BECOMING ICONIC – NEAL THIBEDEAU (US)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : HELLO – MEGAN DUFFY (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : SON OF MAN – SALAR NOURI (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL : PIZZA ROLES – Danny Tayara & Ari Chivukula (US)
BEST TRAILER : LIFE IN OTHER WORDS – ABRAR ATHAR (BD)

September 2017 – Amsterdam Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : INTO A DARK MIND – HARLEY WALLEN (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : THE CIRCLE- SHELDON SCHWARTZ (US)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : LORDEMANI – Brais Revaldería & Ricardo Pérez (ES/DK)
ARFF JURY AWARD : LOVE ON THE LINE – BERNADETTE McCARTHY (US)
BEST DIRECTOR : RUTHLESS – CHRIS PENDER (AU)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : EDGE – Billy Rees & Doug Kirby (UK)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : MARIAM – MOHAMMED JAFFAR (IQ)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : THE PITTS CIRCUS FAMILY – KEN FANNING (UK)
BEST STUDENT FILM : HAEMATOPHILIA – WALT BLADT (BE)
BEST TRAILER : Tales from Shaolin: Pt One Shakey Dog Dir : Louis A. MOORE (US)

September 2017 – Berlin Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : ‘’AYLA’’ The Daughter of War – CAN ULKAY (TR)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : Counter Histories: ROCK HILL – FREDERICK TAYLOR(US)
BEST SHORT FILM : AMERICAN CARNAGE – TAMZIN MERCHANT (US)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : PETERSON: In Between The Man and The Message
dir: Greg Fromholz (IE)
ARFF JURY AWARD : IL VIAGGIO – ALFREDO ARCIERO (IT)
BEST DIRECTOR : ZELOS / JO-ANNE BRECHIN (AU)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : FRANK AND AVA / dir: Michael Oblowitz
by / Orson Oblowitz & Michael Oblowitz & Daniele Poli (US)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 ANTHEMS – Gordon Michael Woolvett (CA)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : QUIETUS – JOY SONG (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : FATHER – CHIANG,Li-Chen (TW)
BEST TRAILER : THE OUTING – CIAN LLEWELLYN (UK)

October 2017 – Barcelona Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : DADDY – PAN TING (CN)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : MIGHTY GROUND – DELILA VALLOT (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : FLEA – ALEJANDRO IRIAS (HN)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : THE VISIBLE VOID – DAVID TODMAN (UK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : JANE – LEROY BUTTON Dir : Stephen Osborne (AU)
JURY AWARD : VIF – DIDIER BERINGUER (FR)
GLOBE AWARD : TEMPORARY -JULIÀN CASTRO (AR)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : WHITE JEANS – GH Ridpath & Noah Ferche (US)
BEST ANIMATION : HOPE – MICHAEL SCHERRER (CH)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : THE WALL VR – CLAUDIO LAI (US)

October 2017 – Paris Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : BLACK QUIXOTES – SANDINO BURBANO (EC)
BEST SHORT FILM : LA MARIPOSA – NOGA DEKEL (IL)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : JURASSIC ROAD – NICOLAS MENDREK (DE)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : WHISPER IN THE WIND – JULIEN LASCAR (FR)
JURY AWARD : LATIN AMERICAN SOLDIER – CARLOS A. HURTADO (US)
GLOBE AWARD : SCOUTING FOR LIGHT – MORAND COLINE (FR)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : GLENDALE – SEAN WEHRLI (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : LAYMUN – Catherine Prowse & Hannah Quinn (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL : DISSENSION – JAMES R. WILEY (US)
BEST TRAILER : Pasolini e la Terza Generazione – ANDREA NATALE (IT)

October 2017 – Amsterdam Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : IL VIAGGIO – ALFREDO ARCIERO (IT)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : MAGIC PILLS – ANANDA MOORE (CA)
BEST SHORT FILM : THE OUTER BOROUGHS – EUGENE LEHNERT (US)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : FORGOTTEN PRAIRIE – RUEBEN TSCHETTER (CA)
ARFF JURY AWARD : FIRST HOUSE ON THE HILL – MATTEO SARADINI (US)
BEST DIRECTOR : LAST LAUGH – DANIEL COLL (UK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : EDEN – ANA PIO (PT)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : MAN OF FAITH – Ganeta Sagova & Dobrin Kashavelov (BG- PH)
BEST STUDENT FILM : AMERICAN ABSTINENCE – MAX VIKTOR HERBERT (DE)

October 2017 – Berlin Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : PUYA / In the Circle of Time – SHAHBAZ NOSHIR (DE)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : THE BIG WAVE PROJECT – TIM BONYTHON (AU)
BEST SHORT FILM : GUSTAV – Ken Williams & Denis Fitzpatrick (IE)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : LOTTE THAT SILHOUETTE GIRL – Carla Patullo & Elizabeth Beecherl (US)
ARFF JURY AWARD : LONELY SOULS OF MICROBES – MIKHAIL ROMANOVSKIY (RU)
BEST DIRECTOR : VOICE OF A NATION – LUISA ZABEL (UK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : MORA – SARA PROTTI (IT)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : THE GOOD SON – TOMISIN ADEPEJU (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : LIKE A RAISIN IN THE SUN – AJLA YEE (CN)
BEST STUDENT FILM : FROM MARS AND VENUS – KEVIN KOK (NL)
BEST TRAILER : OPEN WOUND THE UEBER MOVIE – JUERGEN R. WEBER (DE)

November 2017 – Barcelona Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : A STEP FORWARD – HUGO ITO (JP)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : THE WAY – LUKE CAMERON (TW)
BEST SHORT FILM : TAXI DATE – VINCENT ROGER (FR)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : OLVIDADIZO – ARTURO ALANIS (ES)
JURY AWARD : WATER MEMORY – PAOLA KLEBERT (AR)
GLOBE AWARD : 1917: Why The Russian Revolution Matters – CERI DINGLE (UK)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : NO RUSH – MARIANO SCHOENDORFF ARES (US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : ALCHEMY – BRANDON POLANCO (US)
BEST TRAILER : Stare Into The Lights My Pretties – JORDAN BROWN (AU)

November 2017 – Paris Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : I WANTED TO TELL YOU – COHEN BACRY (IL)
BEST SHORT FILM : AGNÉS ET MILANE – TRISTAN TILLOLOY (FR)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : THEO’S CHOICE – Mi KL (US)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : FRANCONIA- JACCO KLIESCH (DE)
JURY AWARD : FORTITUDE – BRIT LANDA (NO)
GLOBE AWARD : DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD – PETER MIDWA (KE)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : I WENT AHEAD AND DID IT ANYWAY – MITCHELL LEONARD (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : BLESSED DAYS – VALENTINA CASADEI (FR)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL : ENI – ASHVIN MESHRAM (NG)
BEST TRAILER : BIA – VALERIO NICOLOSI (BE)

November 2017 – Amsterdam Edition

BEST FEATURE : OPIUM WAR – JOHN LA RAW (MM)
BEST SHORT FILM : LILT – JOSIAH CUNEO (US)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : BOU – MAHI RAMAKRISHNAN (MY)
ARFF JURY AWARD : ANOTHER DAY – MARC LYON GALANG (US)
BEST DIRECTOR : ETERNAL WALTZ – LAURIE LAMSON (DE)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE LAST OF THE LAST – PIERRE ARAGOU Dir: Patrice Guillain (FR)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : SUMAC – ERKAN Kolçakköstendil (TR)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : ANNA – CHRIS ROEST (NL)
BEST STUDENT FILM : MIME DOESN’T PAY – ELLA McKEON (US)
BEST TRAILER : PLAY WITH IT – VAUGHN DABNEY (US)

November 2017 – Berlin Edition

BEST FEATURE : THE LAST ANIMALS – KATE BROOKS (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : THE PAST WE LIVE IN – JEROME WEBER (LU)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : MANN OF THE MATCH – KARIN DUARTE (BR)
ARFF JURY AWARD : LADY LABYRINTH – JO PRATTA (US)
BEST DIRECTOR : A CHRISTMAS CAROL – LUCA VECCHI (IT)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : CLEPTO 24:7 – DANIEL OBRADOVIC (DE)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : SILENT KINGDOM – ZHONG REN (CN)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : YELLOW WATER – EMANUELE MICHETTI (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : CUT! – SHUN ANDA (CA)
BEST TRAILER : LUMIERE – ROLAND BOU DIWAN (LB)

December 2017 – Barcelona Edition

BEST DIRECTOR : LOST FARE – BRUCE LOGAN (US)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : ACTORS OF SOUND – LALO MOLINA (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : LADY LABRYNTH – JO PRATTA (US)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : JACK PANNA – LATHAM WRIGHT (UK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE BEHOLDER – NORAH MC GETTINGAN (FR)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : ANIMAL MUSIC VIDEO – GABRIEL MOZART STEVEN ABEYTA (US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : BOP – ANIA CATHERINE (US)
BEST STUDENT FILM : FRAME – ANDRES RAMIREZ (CA)
BEST TRAILER : ALGERIAN’S FLOWERS – ROSITSA TRAYANOVA (FR)

December 2017 – Paris Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : A FAMILY – SEBASTIANA RISO (IT)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : Bill Evans Time Remembered – BRUCE SPIEGEL (US)
BEST SHORT FILM : PERPLEXED MUSIC – MARK McGANN (UK)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : Belle-Île-en-Mer, a Breton and Acadian Island – PHIL COMEAU (CA)
ARFF JURY AWARD : The Chaos Candidate: How Trump Won – FARHAAN AZIZ (US)
BEST DIRECTOR : ULYSSES – FEDERICO ALOTTO (IT)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : VARANASI – BEYOND LIFE (AE)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : BOU (BRIDE) – MAHI RAMAKRISHNAN (MY)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : QUEENS – HOOMAN TORABI (IR)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : I REMEMBER FRIDA – ALBERTO NACCI (IT)
BEST STUDENT FILM : ALGERIAN’S FLOWERS – ROSITSA TRAYANOVA (FR)

December 2017 – Amsterdam Edition

BEST FEATURE : MELODY MAKERS – LESLIE ANN COLES (CA)
BEST SHORT FILM : UROBOROS – Bruna Sanchez & Rens Willemsen ( NL)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : Molokans: The Fifth Generation Harry Tamrazian (AM)
ARFF JURY AWARD : NIRVANA OF SODOM° – XIE TIAN (CN)
BEST DIRECTOR : BORDER SOULS – TAKIS BARDAKOS (GR)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : WISHFUL THINKING – DENNIS NAP (NL)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : A TICKET TO ETERNITY – Harry Tamrazian (AM)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : A SINGLE GARDEN – MONICA KLEMZ (BR)
BEST STUDENT FILM : LOST BUT FOUND – KARTIKAY D PAWAR (IN)
BEST TRAILER : ONE,TWO,GUESS WHO’S WHO – SYSTEM (IT)

December 2017 – Berlin Edition

BEST FEATURE FILM : Un dénommé Homme-Plume FEATHERMAN – ERIC DICK (FR)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : Generation “N”: Deutschböhme (DE) Dir: Veronika Kupková & Olga Komarevtseva
BEST SHORT FILM : STEPS FOR LIFE – PAUL JERNDAL (SE)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : LIFE THROUGH A LENS – Jeffrey Levenson & Ronete Levenson (US)
ARFF JURY AWARD : LITHUANIA – GASPARD AUDOUIN (BE)
BEST DIRECTOR : DER DUNKLE REIGEN – DOMINIK BÜCHELER (AT)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE LAST OF THE LAST – PATRICE GUILLAIN (FR)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD – PETER MIDVA (KE)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : PESSIM – TAKCOM (JP)
BEST STUDENT FILM : DELUGE – WYNAND LOUW (ZA)
BEST TRAILER : WEIRD – FAUSTO MONTANARI (IT)

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