WINNERS & NOMINEES
FEBRUARY 2017
NO NOMINATIONS
NO NOMINATIONS
WINNER - Best Film Director: Ben Bernschneider Runtime: 14 minutes 30 seconds Release date: January 11, 2017 Genre: Fiction Country: Germany Synopsis: When an ex-police alumni turned vigilante killer – who goes by the name of 'Bad Sheriff' – walks into a bar to pick up his girl and leave town forever, he bumps into his old instructor – to soon find out that he is the man trying to hunt him down. A love letter to early 80s crime movies and a wake up call for German genre cinema.
Runner-Up - Best Film Director: Lander Haverals Runtime: 8 minutes 2 seconds Release date: October 20, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Experimental Country: Belgium Synopsis: In 2007 Jelle Haverals chose to take his own life. He did this after a long and intense battle against all his fears and demons. A few months before his suicide he wrote a play about his own mental suffering and about his life. This short film is based on this script.
Runner-Up - Best Film Director: Paula Schumann Runtime: 12 minutes Release date: January 15, 2017 Genre: Fiction Country: Germany Synopsis: Two social outsiders meet in a day hospital. Trapped in their destiny they are connected. It develops an unlikely friendship, which revolves around a game between rapprochement and mutual injury.
Nominee - Best Film Director: Ruxandra Ghitescu Runtime: 17 minutes 46 seconds Release date: January 4, 2016 Genre: Fiction Country: Romania Synopsis: Ana is coming back from Germany with Ines, her attractive and open minded girlfriend. Laura, her high school best friend, has to face her disillusion with love and life, as well as her feeling of being left behind.
Nominee - Best Film Director: Danny Yourd Runtime: 22 minutes Release date: December 1, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Documentary Country: United States Synopsis: Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, known simply as "OZ”, is a self-described wizard. Being a product of the 1960's renaissance era where new art, ideas, and beliefs emerged, OZ created a life for himself that is truly stranger than fiction.
Nominee - Best Film Director: Mickael Cohen Runtime: 14 minutes 40 seconds Release date: June 8, 2016 Genre: Fiction Country: France Synopsis: Franck and Elisabeth are about to have a baby. But the D-Day, Elisabeth’s secrets are revealed. And for Franck, nothing happens as expected.
Best Film
Best Documentary
Best Experimental
Runner-Up - Best Film Director: Lander Haverals Runtime: 8 minutes 2 seconds Release date: October 20, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Experimental Country: Belgium Synopsis: In 2007 Jelle Haverals chose to take his own life. He did this after a long and intense battle against all his fears and demons. A few months before his suicide he wrote a play about his own mental suffering and about his life. This short film is based on this script.
Nominee - Best Experimental Director: Gloria Endres de Oliveira Runtime: 7 minutes 45 seconds Release date: August 1, 2014 Genre: Fiction, Horror Country: Germany, United Kingdom Synopsis: Tub is an 8-minute experimental short film, written, directed and edited by Gloria Endres de Oliveira and starring Melissa-Kelly Franklin. It is based on & influenced by: Shakespeare’s Ophelia and her Pre-Raphaelite depictions...
Nominee - Best Experimental Director: Caresio Léo Runtime: 15 minutes 35 seconds Release date: June 30, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Psychologic Country: France Synopsis: He’s alone in his car, motionless in the wood.
Best Student Film
WINNER - Best Student Film Director: Gloria Endres de Oliveira Runtime: 7 minutes 45 seconds Release date: August 1, 2014 Genre: Fiction, Horror Country: Germany, United Kingdom Synopsis: Tub is an 8-minute experimental short film, written, directed and edited by Gloria Endres de Oliveira and starring Melissa-Kelly Franklin. It is based on & influenced by: Shakespeare’s Ophelia and her Pre-Raphaelite depictions...
Nominee - Best Student Film Director: Caresio Léo Runtime: 15 minutes 35 seconds Release date: June 30, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Psychologic Country: France Synopsis: He’s alone in his car, motionless in the wood.
Nominee - Best Student Film Director: Alex Merkin Runtime: 17 minutes 12 seconds Release date: December 1, 2015 Genre: Fiction, Thriller Country: United States Synopsis: In the post 911 world of cultural confusion and erroneous judgment, Habib bin Habib al Fulan tries to pawn his last possession and reconcile with his American wife.
Best Music video
Best Director
WINNER - Best Director Director: Ben Bernschneider Runtime: 14 minutes 30 seconds Release date: January 11, 2017 Genre: Fiction Country: Germany Synopsis: When an ex-police alumni turned vigilante killer – who goes by the name of 'Bad Sheriff' – walks into a bar to pick up his girl and leave town forever, he bumps into his old instructor – to soon find out that he is the man trying to hunt him down. A love letter to early 80s crime movies and a wake up call for German genre cinema.
Nominee - Best Director Director: Lander Haverals Runtime: 8 minutes 2 seconds Release date: October 20, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Experimental Country: Belgium Synopsis: In 2007 Jelle Haverals chose to take his own life. He did this after a long and intense battle against all his fears and demons. A few months before his suicide he wrote a play about his own mental suffering and about his life. This short film is based on this script.
Nominee - Best Director Director: Danny Yourd Runtime: 22 minutes Release date: December 1, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Documentary Country: United States Synopsis: Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, known simply as "OZ”, is a self-described wizard. Being a product of the 1960's renaissance era where new art, ideas, and beliefs emerged, OZ created a life for himself that is truly stranger than fiction.
Nominee - Best Director Director: Mickael Cohen Runtime: 14 minutes 40 seconds Release date: June 8, 2016 Genre: Fiction Country: France Synopsis: Franck and Elisabeth are about to have a baby. But the D-Day, Elisabeth’s secrets are revealed. And for Franck, nothing happens as expected.
Best Actor
WINNER - Best Actor Director: Mickael Cohen Runtime: 14 minutes 40 seconds Release date: June 8, 2016 Genre: Fiction Country: France Synopsis: Franck and Elisabeth are about to have a baby. But the D-Day, Elisabeth’s secrets are revealed. And for Franck, nothing happens as expected.
Nominee - Best Actor Director: Ben Bernschneider Runtime: 14 minutes 30 seconds Release date: January 11, 2017 Genre: Fiction Country: Germany Synopsis: When an ex-police alumni turned vigilante killer – who goes by the name of 'Bad Sheriff' – walks into a bar to pick up his girl and leave town forever, he bumps into his old instructor – to soon find out that he is the man trying to hunt him down. A love letter to early 80s crime movies and a wake up call for German genre cinema.
Nominee - Best Actor Director: Caresio Léo Runtime: 15 minutes 35 seconds Release date: June 30, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Psychologic Country: France Synopsis: He’s alone in his car, motionless in the wood.
Nominee - Best Actor Director: Lander Haverals Runtime: 8 minutes 2 seconds Release date: October 20, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Experimental Country: Belgium Synopsis: In 2007 Jelle Haverals chose to take his own life. He did this after a long and intense battle against all his fears and demons. A few months before his suicide he wrote a play about his own mental suffering and about his life. This short film is based on this script.
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
WINNER - Best Cinematography Director: Danny Yourd Runtime: 22 minutes Release date: December 1, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Documentary Country: United States Synopsis: Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, known simply as "OZ”, is a self-described wizard. Being a product of the 1960's renaissance era where new art, ideas, and beliefs emerged, OZ created a life for himself that is truly stranger than fiction.
Nominee - Best Cinematography Director: Ben Bernschneider Runtime: 14 minutes 30 seconds Release date: January 11, 2017 Genre: Fiction Country: Germany Synopsis: When an ex-police alumni turned vigilante killer – who goes by the name of 'Bad Sheriff' – walks into a bar to pick up his girl and leave town forever, he bumps into his old instructor – to soon find out that he is the man trying to hunt him down. A love letter to early 80s crime movies and a wake up call for German genre cinema.
Nominee - Best Cinematography Director: Caresio Léo Runtime: 15 minutes 35 seconds Release date: June 30, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Psychologic Country: France Synopsis: He’s alone in his car, motionless in the wood.
Nominee - Best Cinematography Director: Alex Merkin Runtime: 17 minutes 12 seconds Release date: December 1, 2015 Genre: Fiction, Thriller Country: United States Synopsis: In the post 911 world of cultural confusion and erroneous judgment, Habib bin Habib al Fulan tries to pawn his last possession and reconcile with his American wife.
Nominee - Best Cinematography Director: Lander Haverals Runtime: 8 minutes 2 seconds Release date: October 20, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Experimental Country: Belgium Synopsis: In 2007 Jelle Haverals chose to take his own life. He did this after a long and intense battle against all his fears and demons. A few months before his suicide he wrote a play about his own mental suffering and about his life. This short film is based on this script.
Nominee - Best Cinematography Director: Rodrigo Lopresti Runtime: 23 minutes 5 seconds Release date: Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Fantasy Country: United States Synopsis: An episodic series, set in parallel universes that explores how the absurd and tragic relationship of a struggling couple is doomed before it even began.
Best Screenplay
Best Original Score
WINNER - Best Best Original Score Director: Mickael Cohen Runtime: 14 minutes 40 seconds Release date: June 8, 2016 Genre: Fiction Country: France Synopsis: Franck and Elisabeth are about to have a baby. But the D-Day, Elisabeth’s secrets are revealed. And for Franck, nothing happens as expected.
Nominee - Best Original Score Director: Alex Merkin Runtime: 17 minutes 12 seconds Release date: December 1, 2015 Genre: Fiction, Thriller Country: United States Synopsis: In the post 911 world of cultural confusion and erroneous judgment, Habib bin Habib al Fulan tries to pawn his last possession and reconcile with his American wife.
Nominee - Best Original Score Director: Ben Bernschneider Runtime: 14 minutes 30 seconds Release date: January 11, 2017 Genre: Fiction Country: Germany Synopsis: When an ex-police alumni turned vigilante killer – who goes by the name of 'Bad Sheriff' – walks into a bar to pick up his girl and leave town forever, he bumps into his old instructor – to soon find out that he is the man trying to hunt him down. A love letter to early 80s crime movies and a wake up call for German genre cinema.
Best Animation
WINNER - Best Animation Director: Joan Zhonga Runtime: 14 minutes 20 seconds Release date: September 1, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Comedy Country: Albania, Greece Synopsis: Survival, clash and symbiosis go side by side; all accompanied by bursts of joy and pain as a result of man’s internal need to find and exaggerate differences when similarities are obviously greater.
Nominee - Best Animation Director: Greg Doble Runtime: 2 minutes 30 seconds Release date: December 13, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Experimental, Music Video Country: Canada Synopsis: Broken communication is an uneasy exchange. Stare into the piece and the piece stares back It offers up images for you to interpret and contemplate but unfortunately you are unable to speak. You are a spectator not a participant. This is not a dialogue. This is a monologue. This conversation is broken.
Nominee - Best Animation Director: Erin Shea Runtime: 3 minutes 11 seconds Release date: September 1, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Student, Music Video Country: United States Synopsis: A playful visual music journey through the universe from the subatomic to the galactic.
WINNER - Best Actress Director: Paula Schumann Runtime: 12 minutes Release date: January 15, 2017 Genre: Fiction Country: Germany Synopsis: Two social outsiders meet in a day hospital. Trapped in their destiny they are connected. It develops an unlikely friendship, which revolves around a game between rapprochement and mutual injury.
Nominee - Best Actress Director: Isabelle Montoya Runtime: 14 minutes Release date: June 1, 2015 Genre: Fiction Country: France Synopsis: Hardly taken out of the hospital, Jacqueline joins her grandaughter in Paris and embarks her in a crazy evening. But did Jacqueline really stand up to the death? Or the melancholy and the madness of the gypsy violins wake the lost ghosts?
Nominee - Best Actress Director: Lionel Delebarre Runtime: 23 minutes 16 seconds Release date: June 11, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Horror Country: France Synopsis: Claire and Bruno are not very happy together. They are going on a vacation, secretly hoping to mend fences with each other. Just in time : the world is coming to an end.
Nominee - Best Actress Director: Ruxandra Ghitescu Runtime: 17 minutes 46 seconds Release date: January 4, 2016 Genre: Fiction Country: Romania Synopsis: Ana is coming back from Germany with Ines, her attractive and open minded girlfriend. Laura, her high school best friend, has to face her disillusion with love and life, as well as her feeling of being left behind.
Best Web Short
WINNER - Best Web Short Director: Rodrigo Lopresti Runtime: 23 minutes 5 seconds Release date: Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Fantasy Country: United States Synopsis: An episodic series, set in parallel universes that explores how the absurd and tragic relationship of a struggling couple is doomed before it even began.
Nominee - Best Web Short Director: Clemy Clarke Runtime: 10 minutes 8 seconds Release date: November 30, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Sci fi Country: France, United States Synopsis: A webseries about the cruel world of casting calls. In each episode, the actors attend casting calls and become their roles: The Terrorist, The Lover, The Student, The Bull, The Make-up Artist, The Suit.
Nominee - Best Web Short Director: Clemy Clarke Runtime: 3 minutes 17 seconds Release date: November 30, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Thriller Country: France, United States Synopsis: A webseries about the most terrifying stage for actors: the casting call. In episode 1, a young Moroccan-American actor auditions for the role of a terrorist in a film.
WINNER - Best Screenplay Director: Mickael Cohen Runtime: 14 minutes 40 seconds Release date: June 8, 2016 Genre: Fiction Country: France Synopsis: Franck and Elisabeth are about to have a baby. But the D-Day, Elisabeth’s secrets are revealed. And for Franck, nothing happens as expected.
Nominee - Best Screenplay Director: Isabelle Montoya Runtime: 14 minutes Release date: June 1, 2015 Genre: Fiction Country: France Synopsis: Hardly taken out of the hospital, Jacqueline joins her grandaughter in Paris and embarks her in a crazy evening. But did Jacqueline really stand up to the death? Or the melancholy and the madness of the gypsy violins wake the lost ghosts?
Nominee - Best Screenplay Director: Joan Zhonga Runtime: 14 minutes 20 seconds Release date: September 1, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Comedy Country: Albania, Greece Synopsis: Survival, clash and symbiosis go side by side; all accompanied by bursts of joy and pain as a result of man’s internal need to find and exaggerate differences when similarities are obviously greater.
Nominee - Best Screenplay Director: Lionel Delebarre Runtime: 23 minutes 16 seconds Release date: June 11, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Horror Country: France Synopsis: Claire and Bruno are not very happy together. They are going on a vacation, secretly hoping to mend fences with each other. Just in time : the world is coming to an end.
Nominee - Best Screenplay Director: Ruxandra Ghitescu Runtime: 17 minutes 46 seconds Release date: January 4, 2016 Genre: Fiction Country: Romania Synopsis: Ana is coming back from Germany with Ines, her attractive and open minded girlfriend. Laura, her high school best friend, has to face her disillusion with love and life, as well as her feeling of being left behind.
Nominee - Best Screenplay Director: Paula Schumann Runtime: 12 minutes Release date: January 15, 2017 Genre: Fiction Country: Germany Synopsis: Two social outsiders meet in a day hospital. Trapped in their destiny they are connected. It develops an unlikely friendship, which revolves around a game between rapprochement and mutual injury.
Best Editor
WINNER - Best Editor Director: Ben Bernschneider Runtime: 14 minutes 30 seconds Release date: January 11, 2017 Genre: Fiction Country: Germany Synopsis: When an ex-police alumni turned vigilante killer – who goes by the name of 'Bad Sheriff' – walks into a bar to pick up his girl and leave town forever, he bumps into his old instructor – to soon find out that he is the man trying to hunt him down. A love letter to early 80s crime movies and a wake up call for German genre cinema.
Nominee - Best Editor Director: Danny Yourd Runtime: 22 minutes Release date: December 1, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Documentary Country: United States Synopsis: Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, known simply as "OZ”, is a self-described wizard. Being a product of the 1960's renaissance era where new art, ideas, and beliefs emerged, OZ created a life for himself that is truly stranger than fiction.
Nominee - Best Editor Director: Lander Haverals Runtime: 8 minutes 2 seconds Release date: October 20, 2016 Genre: Fiction, Experimental Country: Belgium Synopsis: In 2007 Jelle Haverals chose to take his own life. He did this after a long and intense battle against all his fears and demons. A few months before his suicide he wrote a play about his own mental suffering and about his life. This short film is based on this script.
Nominee - Best Editor Director: Mickael Cohen Runtime: 14 minutes 40 seconds Release date: June 8, 2016 Genre: Fiction Country: France Synopsis: Franck and Elisabeth are about to have a baby. But the D-Day, Elisabeth’s secrets are revealed. And for Franck, nothing happens as expected.
Nominee - Best Editor Director: Rodrigo Lopresti Runtime: 23 minutes 5 seconds Release date: Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Fantasy Country: United States Synopsis: An episodic series, set in parallel universes that explores how the absurd and tragic relationship of a struggling couple is doomed before it even began.