It goes without saying that there has been an abundance of talent across the board from all the submissions to our festival this year, and our wonderful jury has had the challenge of voting and deciding on their picks for each category. Here are the long awaited and well deserved results and respectable winners of each category…
Special Contribution Prize –
Sacrebleu Productions
Achievement in Mixed Media –
Oh Baby! (Meghann Artes)
Achievement in Music –
Tie: Pacifico Oscuro / And Then The Bear
Best Male Performance –
Cian Hughes (Paddy)
Achievement in Sound Design –
Gone Youth
Best Female Performance –
Sophia Di Martino (End-O)
Achievement in Visual Design –
Normal
Achievement in Editing –
Hysterical Girl
Achievement in Cinematography –
Back In The Island
Achievement in Directing –
Thessa Meijer (The Walking Fish)
The Dog Tooth (Third prize) –
Normal (Julie Caty)
Achievement in Writing –
Tie: Katherine Tolentino (Parachute) / Elaine Grace (End-O)
The Red Lantern (Second Prize) –
Tie: The Walking Fish (Thessa Meijer) / Hysterical Girl (Kate Novack)
The Maya Deren Short Film Innovation Prize –
Ragini Bhasin
The Gold Sovereign (Grand Prize) –
And Then The Bear (Agnès Patron)
And there you have it! Thank you to everyone involved and a big thank you as well to our jury:
Sarah, Meagan, Roberta, Darren, Zita, Giovana, Stefania, Phoenix, Alena, Diego
We can’t wait to see you at the festival next year!
