GFFA

MOVIE OF THE MONTH

FEBRUARY 2023

 

CATEGORY: Animated Films

WINNER
Our Ocean
Directed by Priya Shah
United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FREEDUMB
Directed by John Johnson
United States

On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina

CATEGORY: Best Actress

WINNER
Unearthly
Acted by Swastika Ganguly
New Zealand

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
MUJHE SCHOOL NAHI JAANA.   ( I don’t want to go to School )
Acted by KATHRYN DHOLUA
India

Lembi Leima
Acted by Bala Hijam Ningthoujam
India

CATEGORY: Best Cinematography

WINNER
BU:SY
Cinematographed by Paul Koliadych
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Saving Grace
Cinematographed by Gareth Carr
Australia

Lembi Leima
Cinematographed by Ravi B Ranjan Sharma
India

CATEGORY: Best Director

WINNER
Territory
Directed by Sachin Shriram Mullemwar
India

CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack

WINNER
A Different Day
Scored by Levi Kenneth Wise Catoe Jr.
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Scored by Michael Brennan
Argentina

Take The Chocolate
Scored by Michele Sarti
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Best Supporting Actor

WINNER
Lembi Leima
Acted by Bijou Thaangjam
India

CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker

WINNER
How Youth Flies
Directed by Gang Song, Fei Peng Lu
China

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Like Son, Like Father
Directed by Mark Bethea
United States

AGNIMANTHAN (Bengali)
Directed by Prabir Roy
India

‘ 5 RUPYA ‘ ( 5 RUPEES )
Directed by Piyush Chandrakant Panjuani
India

Take The Chocolate
Directed by Dr Shahid Kamal
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Documentary Films

WINNER
Sunday at the Chelsea
Directed by Cathie Boruch
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Hothat: Friendship Is Music
Directed by Ilajar Islam, Arafat Kazi
Bangladesh

Coming Home To Edison
Directed by Arunkumar Deivanayagam
India

ROSEMWALA
Directed by SANJIB DAS
India

The Chernobyl Saga – Irish Butter Case of India
Directed by Ajitesh Sharma
India

FLORENCE IN BLACK – the murders of the Monster of Florence
Directed by Gianpaolo Saccomano
Italy

CATEGORY: Educational Film

WINNER
History with J (Episode 1)
Directed by Tanya Fermin
United States

CATEGORY: Experimental Films

WINNER
White Light
Directed by William Thinnes
United States

CATEGORY: Family/Children Films

WINNER
‘ 5 RUPYA ‘ ( 5 RUPEES )
Directed by Piyush Chandrakant Panjuani
India

CATEGORY: Feature Script

WINNER
Donavan Emery, The Android & Himself
Written by Jesse Dorian
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
SHADOWED LOVE
Written by Shone Romulus, Naomi Peach
United Kingdom

Elevator
Written by Robert Rice
United States

Our Missing Colored Girls
Written by Quashon Davis, Wesley Collins
United States

LOVEBEATS
Written by Chris Ross Leong
United States

The Pickleball Killer
Written by Jim Carroll
United States

CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife

WINNER
We Speak for the Forests
Directed by zephyr Elise
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Territory
Directed by Sachin Shriram Mullemwar
India

CATEGORY: Film on Religion

WINNER
The Holy Archipelago
Directed by Sergei Debizhev
Russian Federation

CATEGORY: Film on Women

WINNER
BootSpace
Directed by Harjit Singh
India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
butterfly_girl_85
Directed by Prasanth Murali Padmanabhan
India

ULTIMATE DESTINATIONS ( DESTINATIONS FINALS)
Directed by BRUNO TARALLO
Italy

CATEGORY: Films on Disability Issue

WINNER
Cross the Sky
Directed by John Slemensek-Thorne
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film

WINNER
Saving Grace
Directed by Gareth Carr, David Sullivan
Australia

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Naayaadi
Directed by Aadharsh Madhikaandham
India

CATEGORY: Micro Shorts

WINNER
Vestige
Directed by Ed Vela
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Basement
Directed by Bogusław Zbigniew Byrski
Poland

Same Language
Directed by Blake Simpson
Switzerland

Dog House
Directed by Jeremy Sladdin
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Music Video

WINNER
Atrium – “Above Water” (Official Music Video)
Directed by Thomas Crane
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Read The Lines.
Directed by Holger Jaquet
Germany

CATEGORY: Narrative Features

WINNER
Cat food
Directed by TAEYANG MEDIA GROUP
Korea, Republic of

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
MUJHE SCHOOL NAHI JAANA.   ( I don’t want to go to School )
Directed by NIPON DHOLUA
India

Territory
Directed by Sachin Shriram Mullemwar
India

Maalai Nera Malipoo : A PEEK INTO THE LIFE OF A SEX WORKER
Directed by Sanjay Narayanan
India

Gammelgormium: First Contact
Directed by Craig Philip Petereson
United States

Lembi Leima
Directed by Mayank Pratap Singh
India

CATEGORY: One Minute Film

WINNER
The Boy Who Was Afraid Of It All
Directed by Jeremy Sladdin
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Postmodern Films

WINNER
On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina

CATEGORY: Preforming Arts

WINNER
I Guess I Got Good At Hiding
Directed by Josie Parrelli, Elle White
Australia

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Shapes of Aether
Directed by Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger
Austria

CATEGORY: Short Films

WINNER
Brother Troll
Directed by Gudmund Helmsdal
Faroe Islands

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BU:SY
Directed by Yury Hurzhyi, Paul Koliadych
United States

Like Son, Like Father
Directed by Mark Bethea
United States

The Doorbell Paradox
Directed by Vishal Wakchaure
India

Socio
Directed by Hugo Cura
Spain

Karonda Keema
Directed by Tabish
India

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS: They Shoot Artists, Don’t They?
Directed by Elcic Dragan Dragoljub
Serbia

On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina

The Dry Leaf
Directed by Pranay Aggarwal
India

“Through Time”
Directed by Mimi Garrard
United States

CATEGORY: Short Script

WINNER
Deadline To Death
Written by Elliot Stanton
United Kingdom

CATEGORY: Student Films

WINNER
Quiet Desperation
Directed by Enzo Rodrigues
Brazil

CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser

WINNER
Cassandra Venice – The BLUE Teaser/Trailer
Directed by Hugo Teugels
Belgium

CATEGORY: Women’s Films

WINNER
Regional exchange center, IRISO
Directed by Mitsuo Kurihara
Japan

 

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