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WINNERS

AUGUST 2020

Best Feature Film

The Reckoning -  🇬🇧

By Neil Marshall

Best Drama Short

The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie -  🇺🇸

by Ken Sagoes

 

Best Comedy Short

Sad Story - 🇺🇸
by Mark G Luc

Best Animated Short

Fear of Flying - 🇺🇸

by Ernie Berger

Best Documentary

The Giant Deep Reds - 🇲🇹

by Chris & Maurice Micallef

Best Horror Short

Great - 🇪🇸

By Marco Santori

Best Crime Short

Murder - 🇺🇸

By Jacob Mathias

Best Fantasy Short

Inside our Mind - 🇺🇸

By Cameron Mitchell Elmore

Best Thriller Short

Grey - 🇺🇸

By William Henberg

Best Sci-fi Short

Make Believe - 🇺🇸

By Jesse Dez

Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ Short

But What About Me - 🇬🇧

By Aiden Brady

Best Micro Short

Tick - 🇺🇸

By Jack Settipane

Best Experimental Short

Tx-Reverse - 🇦🇹

by Martin Reinhart & Virgil Widrich

Best Western Short

Texas - 🇺🇸

by Greg Huston

Best Indie Short Film

My Life - 🇮🇪

by Goran Pavisic

Best Trailer

Time Stamped 64 - 🇦🇺

By Jennifer Treur

Best Web Series

Back Stabber - 🇺🇸

By Ryan Zamo & Jordan Fraser

Best Series Pilot

USA 2021 - 🇺🇸

By Megan Fraislebem

Best Music Video

Star in the East - 🇫🇷

Performed by  Katie Garibaldi

Directed by Katie Garibaldi & Marc Morgan

Honorable Mention

Best Music Video

*This Is Our Time - 🇺🇸

by Debra Gussin & Dale Effren

Best Commercial / branded  Film

Adidas Life 🇺🇸

by Werner H. Lee

Best Original Content

Back Stabber - 🇺🇸

By Ryan Zamo & Jordan Fraser

Best Student Film

Legacy - 🇺🇸

by Meng Chan Sam

Honorable Mention

Best Student Film

Follow Leader - 🇨🇦

By Scott Johnson

Best VR 360 Film

Nature VR - 🇺🇸

by Marcus Vinicius

 

Best Director

Neil Marshall

The Reckoning -  🇬🇧

Honorable Mention

Best Director

Ken Sagoes

The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie -  🇺🇸

 

Best First Time Director

Jesse Dez

Make Believe🇺🇸

Honorable Mention

Best First Time Director

Meng Chan Sam

Legacy - 🇺🇸

Best Indie Filmmaker

Ernie Berger

Fear of Flying - 🇺🇸

Best Student Filmmaker

Scott Johnson    

Follow Leader - 🇨🇦

Best Actress

Charlotte Kirk

The Reckoning -  🇬🇧

Best Actor

Joe Anderson

The Reckoning -  🇬🇧

Honorable Mention

Best Actor

Adam Tyrrell

get paid, get laid  & get Lucky - 🇮🇪

Best Supporting Actress

Margaret Ladd

Just in Time🇺🇸

Best Supporting Actor

Steven Waddington

The Reckoning - 🇬🇧

Best Young Actor

Maka Koa

Make Believe🇺🇸

Best Ensemble Cast

Zasha Shary, Shannah Moakler, Kennedy Summers, Alysha Mullaly, Ryan Zamo, Noland Ammon, Garrett Lee & Alex Alsena

Back Stabber -  🇺🇸

Honorable Mention

Best Ensemble Cast

Loretta Devine, Kaleb Alexander Roberts, Hiram A. Murray, Melvin Ward, Bob Rumnock, Thomas Gipson, Pablo Sandstrom, Kevin Flood, Temple Poteat, Sammie Wayne IV, Michael Nelson & Ronan Barbour

The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie -  🇺🇸

Best Producer

Neil MarshallCharlotte Kirk & Daniel Conrad-Kooper

The Reckoning - 🇬🇧

Best Screenplay (produced)

Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk & Edward Evers-Swindell

The Reckoning 🇬🇧

Best Original Score

Christopher Drake

The Reckoning - 🇬🇧

GFFA Special Mention

Original Score

Zong Chiang

For "Taiwan Lita Warriors", "The Two of US",  "Ama's Momento" & "Dear Mom" - 🇹🇼 

Honorable Mention

Original Score

Alberto Bellavia

Time Stamped 64 - 🇦🇺

Best Cinematography

Luke Bryant

The Reckoning - 🇬🇧

Honorable Mention

Best Cinematography

Make Believe - 🇺🇸

By Digital Ninja®

Best Editing

Neil Marshall

The Reckoning - 🇬🇧

Honorable Mention

Best Editing

Victor Dos Santos

Tick - 🇺🇸

Best Hair & Make Up Design

Roo Maurice, Orsolya Murányi & Gabriella Vincze

The Reckoning - 🇬🇧

Best Costume Design

Mária Fáter

The Reckoning - 🇬🇧

Best Sound Design

Siegfried Friedrich 

Tx-Reverse - 🇦🇹

 

Best Screenplay

Indian Summer - 🇺🇸

By Madhu Powar Garg

"' Through a twist of fate, UCLA student, Sara Gupta's path crosses with Bradley Walker's, the international tennis star, whom she suspects is her biological Dad. Sara sets out to prove her paternity, but then her sister/biological mother Priya, shows up and her entire plan is turned upside down. "

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