OFFICIAL SELECTION LIST - May 2019
Documentary
(random order)
1. The Dry Valley (d. Julie Lunde Lillesæter) - 29 min, Norway, 2018
2. Instruments in the Architecture: Building The Pianodrome (d. Austen McCowan, Will Hewitt) - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2019
3. Restoring the Past (d. Tobi Wozniak) - Student - 6 min, United Kingdom, 2019
Fiction
(random order)
1. Spirit (d. Nicolas Sato, Cole Winokur) - 18 min, United States, 2019
2. The Unsung Feather (d. Aastha Verma) - 15 min, United States, 2019
3. Angel & Alien (d. Sandrine Béchade) - 19 min, Canada, 2018
4. Soul Bones (d. Andrew Huggins) - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2019
5. Ghosts in the Ink (d. Igor Lewicki) - 13 min, United States, 2019
6. Dear Friends and Family (d. Barbara Toschi) - 7 min, United Kingdom, 2019
7. Beyond the Invisible (d. Berk Büyükbingöl) - 16 min, Turkey, 2019
8. Sea at Night (d. Kim Fabienne Hertinger) - 26 min, Germany, 2017
9. We Kept Our Sigh Quiet (d. Fnu Wuyunqimuge) - 12 min, United States, 2019
Animation
(random order)
1. Waka Huia (d. Laurent Leprince) - 15 min, Belgium, 2019
2. It's Not Real (d. Nicole A Restrepo) - Student - 5 min, United States, 2018
3. Lost and Found (d. Shimon Engel, Ofer Winter) - 4 min, Israel, 2018
4. Huh! (d. Alex Chilvers) - 4 min, United Kingdom, 2019
Experimental
(random order)
1. Breathe (d. Daniel Betancourt) - Student - 1 min, United States, 2018
2. BIRTH (d. Andrea Cecconati) - 15 min, Italy, 2018
3. Polaroid YES (d. Benjamin Pascoe) - 1 min, United States, 2019
Music Video
(random order)
1. OCTET - a story for Igor Stravinsky (d. Duilio Meucci) - 7 min, Italy, 2019
2. Too Deep (d. Natalia Sitnikova) - 5 min, Russia, 2018
3. Line & the Letting Go (d. Catherine Delaloye) - 4 min, United States, 2019
Screenplays
(finalists)
1. Retreat (w. Garry Lawrence)
2. The Life & Times of Mad Jack Churchill (w. C. Raymond Martin)
3. Surgeon Hong (w. Paul Gross)
4. Confluence of Evil (w. Joey Kent)
5. Graphite 1969 (w. Frederick D Stephenson)
May 2019 Winners. Screening: July 10th
BEST OF THE FEST
We Kept Our Sigh Quiet (d. Fnu Wuyunqimuge) - 12 min, United States, 2019
2nd BEST OF THE FEST
Spirit (d. Nicolas Sato, Cole Winokur) - 18 min, United States, 2019
3rd BEST OF THE FEST
Soul Bones (d. Andrew Huggins) - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2019
BEST STUDENT FILM
It's Not Real (d. Nicole A Restrepo) - Student - 5 min, United States, 2018
AUDIENCE AWARD
Beyond the Invisible (d. Berk Büyükbingöl) - 16 min, Turkey, 2019 - 882 votes
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Best Documentary
The Dry Valley (d. Julie Lunde Lillesæter) - 29 min, Norway, 2018
NOMINEES:
Instruments in the Architecture: Building The Pianodrome (d. Austen McCowan, Will Hewitt) - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2019
Restoring the Past (d. Tobi Wozniak) - Student - 6 min, United Kingdom, 2019
Best Animation
Waka Huia (d. Laurent Leprince) - 15 min, Belgium, 2019
NOMINEES:
Huh! (d. Alex Chilvers) - 4 min, United Kingdom, 2019
It's Not Real (d. Nicole A Restrepo) - Student - 5 min, United States, 2018
Best Experimental
BIRTH (d. Andrea Cecconati) - 15 min, Italy, 2018
NOMINEES:
Breathe (d. Daniel Betancourt) - Student - 1 min, United States, 2018
Polaroid YES (d. Benjamin Pascoe) - 1 min, United States, 2019
Best Music Video
Too Deep (d. Natalia Sitnikova) - 5 min, Russia, 2018
NOMINEES:
OCTET - a story for Igor Stravinsky (d. Duilio Meucci) - 7 min, Italy, 2019
Line & the Letting Go (d. Catherine Delaloye) - 4 min, United States, 2019
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Best Director
Fnu Wuyunqimuge - We Kept Our Sigh Quiet - 12 min, United States, 2019
NOMINEES:
Nicolas Sato, Cole Winokur - Spirit - 18 min, United States, 2019
Sandrine Béchade - Angel & Alien - 19 min, Canada, 2018
Best Screenplay
Fnu Wuyunqimuge - We Kept Our Sigh Quiet - 12 min, United States, 2019
NOMINEES:
Nicolas Sato - Spirit - 18 min, United States, 2019
Andrew Huggins - Soul Bones - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2019
Best Actor
Zach Ball - Soul Bones - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2019
NOMINEES:
Benjamin Levy Aguilar - Spirit - 18 min, United States, 2019
Peter Kotthaus - Sea at Night - 26 min, Germany, 2017
Best Actress
Kita Grayson - The Unsung Feather - 15 min, United States, 2019
NOMINEES:
Alexandra Miller - Ghosts in the Ink - 13 min, United States, 2019
Laura Bettinger - Sea at Night - 26 min, Germany, 2017
Best Editing
Cole Winokur, Nicolas Sato - Spirit - 18 min, United States, 2019
NOMINEES:
Andrew Huggins - Soul Bones - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2019
Ryan Love, Fnu Wuyunqimuge - We Kept Our Sigh Quiet - 12 min, United States, 2019
Best Cinematography
Ilya Chegodar - We Kept Our Sigh Quiet - 12 min, United States, 2019
NOMINEES:
Barbara van Schaik - Dear Friends and Family - 7 min, United Kingdom, 2019