GFFA

MOVIE OF THE MONTH

December 2022

CATEGORY:  Animated Films

WINNER
Full Moon
Directed by John Vo, Ken Yoffe, Ellen Weisberg
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina

HARMONY
Directed by Viachaslau Sikora
Ukraine

CATEGORY: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

Ginny’s Enterprise
Cinematographed by Suzanne Marie Moreau, Cinematographed by Kelly Conlin
Canada

CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER

Woh Raat (That night)
Directed by Sanjeev Kuwadekar
United States

CATEGORY: Best Editing

WINNER

THOOLIKA
Edited by DEEJO P. VARUGHESE
India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ginny’s Enterprise
Edited by Suzanne Marie Moreau
Canada

CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack

WINNER
On / Off
Scored by Michael Brennan
Argentina

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Enfield Is Prayer – Mystery of the Palm Leaf Library
Scored by Pavi Lustig
Austria

Ginny’s Enterprise
Scored by Suzanne Marie Moreau
Canada

CATEGORY: Best Producer

WINNER
Matty Boy
Produced by Samir Srivastava & Dr Shahid Kamal
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Comedy short

WINNER

Matty Boy
Directed by Dr Shahid Kamal
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Commercial / Advertisement

WINNER
Real Estate Habitat
Directed by Rossano Bagialemani
Italy

CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker

WINNER
CINNAMON
Directed by Shahid Kamal
United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Enter the Room
Directed by Harry Waldman
United States

Enfield Is Prayer – Mystery of the Palm Leaf Library
Directed by Pavi Lustig
Austria

Ginny’s Enterprise
Directed by Suzanne Marie Moreau
Canada

CRITI’S CHOISE AWARD
Woh Raat (That night)
Directed by Sanjeev Kuwadekar
United States

THE MAN WITH THE PINK BICYCLE
Directed by Keith Soforic
United States

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS

WINNER

Searching for Halifax NP711
Directed by Rob Leicester Wagner
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

OVERSEAS
Directed by STEFANO GROSSI
Italy

Tham Luang Rescue : Power of Unity
Directed by Sasivimon Youkongkaew
Thailand

Forgotten Neighbours – A History Lesson
Directed by Andrzej Dudziński
Poland

Mulsotan – The Rooted
Directed by Janantik Shukla
India

Handsome Sailor of Rock’n Roll
Directed by Kagan Olgunturk
Turkey

CRITI’S CHOISE AWARD
Our Lens Our Story: Ethiopia
Directed by April Yvette Hall
United States

Gugageimu (I like you)
Directed by stefan libiot
Taiwan

Restoring Balance: Autism Redefined
Directed by Ryan Hetrick
United States

CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

WINNER

A Scrapbook of What’s Yours
Directed by Darryl Ashton
United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Ephemera
Directed by Eric R. Williams
Norway

F r a g m e n t e d
Directed by Ioulia Lymperopoulou
Greece

The Great Grand Greatness Awards
Directed by Jo Hedegaard
Denmark

CRITI’S CHOISE AWARD
Large Peg
Directed by Angsuman Banerji
India

Untune
Directed by Vaibhav Ambast
Taiwan

CATEGORY: Family / Children Films

WINNER
Take The Chocolate
Directed by Dr Shahid Kamal
United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

JOYEE ( THE WINNER)
Directed by DEBABRATA BHOWMICK
India

CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT

WINNER

Love Beyond The Grave
Written by James McDonald
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Proof of Faith
Written by Mark Sawyer
United States

Lightning Rod
Written by Mark Sawyer
United States

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

The Elvis Conspiracy
Written by Rikki Lee Travolta
United States

The priory of Sion published  by editions  edilivre in france
Written by Cazebon-Taveau
France

CATEGORY: FILM ON RELIGION

WINNER
Last Station Calvary
Directed by Holger Klussmann
Germany

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tracking St. Thomas – The Apostle of the East
Directed by Thea Elisabeth Haavet
Norway

Gyütö
Directed by Filipa Cardoso
Belgium

CATEGORY: FILM ON WOMEN

WINNER

Under Two Windows
Directed by Beate Gördes
Germany

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

JOYEE ( THE WINNER)
Directed by DEBABRATA BHOWMICK
India

THE FURTHEST DISTANCE IN THE WORLD
Directed by Wang Qiang
China

THE BURNING RED
Directed by FABRIZIO ANCILLAI
Italy

CATEGORY: FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE

WINNER

Culicidae
Directed by Greg Moran
Australia

CATEGORY: LGBT FILM

WINNER

WTF Dad
Directed by Vishnu Perumal
United States

CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER

Corporation Businesman
Directed by Wayne Olivieri
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
CAN YOU HEAR ME
Directed by Raymond Edwards
United States

CATEGORY: Narrative Feature

WINNER

Naam Katra Isai (When Music Cries)
Directed by T. DANESH KUMAR
Malaysia

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Doors
Directed by Abhineet Gogne
India

Russian world
Directed by Viachaslau Sikora
Ukraine

Agaman [The Rebel] Directed by Nandan Subbrayan
India

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Highway 15
Directed by Rafael Altamira
Mexico

THOOLIKA
Directed by ROY MATHEW MANAPPALLIL
India

CATEGORY: ONE MINIUTE FILM

WINNER

Hopscotch
Directed by Fanis Topsachalidis
Greece

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Underwater
Directed by Riu Lohri
Switzerland

CATEGORY: SELFIE VIDEO

WINNER

Pivot: Posting My Depression
Directed by Tom Robert DiDonato
United States

CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS

WINNER

CINNAMON
Directed by Shahid Kamal
United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
“White Nuke spiraling toward transcension”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States

CROSS
Directed by Minhye Zang
Korea, Republic of

Monkey Mind
Directed by Sujatha Rajashekar
India

SIRIJOTHA
Directed by SURESH RAJ
India

Memoriam
Directed by Kayser Foyz
United Kingdom

Ginny’s Enterprise
Directed by Suzanne Marie Moreau
Canada

CHIRAG
Directed by Dipanjan Pal
India

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

“Shehe”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States

Flying Caterpillar
Directed by Kiren Anandji
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: SHORT SCRIPT

WINNER

FIANCE  –  A Three Act Horror Film
Written by Mark Sawyer
United States

CATEGORY: STUDENT FILM

WINNER

The Sea Within
Directed by Arya Pandey
India

TRAVEL FILM
WINNER
Enfield Is Prayer – Mystery of the Palm Leaf Library
Directed by Pavi Lustig
Austria

 

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