HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM CARNIVAL


WINNERS


(JULY-AUG 2023)

 

CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILM

WINNER

What a Match

Directed by Björn Granberg Ahlmark
 Sweden
 
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CATEGORY: Best Actor

WINNER

DOCTOR HYPOTHESES

Acted by VICENTINI GOMEZ
 Brazil
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture

Acted by Tatsuya Abe
 Japan

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CATEGORY: Best Actress

WINNER

Graduation

Acted by YIWEN CAO
 Hong Kong

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Girl on the beach
 
Acted by Prithvi Hatte
 India
 
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 

Regional exchange center, IRISO

Acted by Maki Kuwabara
 Japan

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CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
 

WINNER

 

No Boundaries

Cinematographed by Jaeun(Jay) Chin
 Korea, Republic of

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Girl on the beach
 
Cinematographed by Anil Singh
 India
 
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CATEGORY: Best Director 
 
 
WINNER
 
The Night before the Wedding
 
Directed by 阿齊
 China
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

No Boundaries

Directed by jaeun(Jay) Chin
 Korea, Republic of
 
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When Death Comes Knocking

Directed by Danny Lopez
 United States
 
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 

TARA-The Journey of Love & Passion
 
Directed by Kumar Raj ( Rajendrakumar M. R. )

India
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UMOYA

Directed by JASON STERLING
 United States

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CATEGORY:  Best Film Score – Soundtrack

WINNER

DAY9

Scored by Michael Beliveau
 United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 

Michael Malott's Bed of Nails
 
Scored by Michael Malott
 
United States

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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

 

Girl on the beach
 
Scored by Ajay Singha
 
India
 
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CATEGORY: Comedy Short
 
WINNER

Death by King Cake

Directed by Janssen Swent, David Luck
 United States
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 

The AC is too high?

Directed by Masashi Yamashita
 
Japan

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CATEGORY: Crime Short
 
WINNER

The Night before the Wedding
 
Directed by 阿齊

China
 
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CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker
 
WINNER

Enter the Room

Directed by Harry Waldman
 United States
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 

UMOYA
 
Directed by JASON STERLING

United States
 
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM

WINNER

Sowers of the Soul
 
Directed by Malgorzata Szyszka
 Poland
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 

Creators

Directed by Shamil Aliyev
 Azerbaijan
 
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Alaska Long Hunters
 
Directed by Mark Rose, Mark Rose

United States
 
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

No Boundaries

Directed by jaeun(Jay) Chin
 Korea, Republic of

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Louie (KR.ONE) Gasparro 5POINTZ

Directed by Eirini Alligiannis
 United States

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CATEGORY: Experimental Film
 
WINNER
 
Al Hayat
 
Directed by Shemej Kumar
 Kuwait

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 

you feeling this?!?


 
Directed by Yan Hui Chew


 United Kingdom


 
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

The Bytes Dreams are Made of
 
Directed by Alessandro Amaducci

Italy
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Secrets, Dreams, Faith and Wonder: A Visual Music Film by Stephen T. Pope and Friends

Directed by Stephen Travis Pope
 United States

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CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
 
WINNER 

THE ZOO (Chidiakhana)

Directed by MANISH Tiwary
 
India

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 

Hector heat stroke
 
Directed by MICKE
 France

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CATEGORY: Feature Script

WINNER

Box of Hope

Written by Glenna Goodman
 United States

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 

South of Main Street (125 pg feature)

Written by Robert Gately
 United States
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The Pickleball Killer

Written by Jim Carroll
 
United States

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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Review

Written by Jonathan Zarantonello
 United States
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Templin  Highway

Written by William Prosser
 United States

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CATEGORY: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife

 

WINNER

No Boundaries

Directed by jaeun(Jay) Chin
 Korea, Republic of

 

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Down to Earth

Directed by Eric Roger Williams
 Norway
 
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Invader and Defender

Directed by YIWEN CAO
 Hong Kong
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CATEGORY: Film on Religion

WINNER

A Church in Chelsea

Directed by Tassos Rigopoulos
 United States
 
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CATEGORY: Film on Women

WINNER

VYARTH

Directed by VIJAY PANDURANG CHAUGULE
 India
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

LACRIME  DI   VENTO  .
 
Directed by DAMIANO ROSSI

Italy

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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Girl on the beach
 
Directed by Monjoy Joy Mukerji

India
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Regional exchange center, IRISO

Directed by Mitsuo Kurihara
 Japan

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CATEGORY: Film on Disability Issue

WINNER

Appropriate Social Response Number 3
 
Directed by Steve Downey

United Kingdom
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Unconquered

Directed by John Parr
 United Kingdom
 
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CATEGORY: Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film

WINNER

Michael Malott's Bed of Nails

Directed by Michael Malott
 
  United States
 
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film

WINNER

Emerging from the Shadows

Directed by Mark Stas
 Belgium

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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER

FUTUREMAN
 
Directed by Adam Wade
 Australia
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Omnipotent Resolution 

 

Directed by Uniqueness

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CATEGORY: Narrative Feature


 
WINNER

Pierre & Jeanne

Directed by Clémentine Célarié
 France
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

FOSSIL of JUNE
 
Directed by Hiroshi Toda

Japan
 
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LA TOMATINA  111 min/feature/India

Directed by SAJEEVAN ANTHIKAD
 India

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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

Midnight Montage Book of Consequences

Directed by Michael McLaren
 United States
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RED FAUST

Directed by Zsolt Pozsgai 
  Hungary

                                                                                          -

                                                                   When Death Comes Knocking

Directed by Danny Lopez
  United States

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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
 
WINNER

I'M HERE
 
Directed by Vilma Kartalska

Bulgaria


 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Resolve

Directed by Jay Richards
 Australia

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Little me, Egotrip

Directed by Tyana Rendič
 Slovenia

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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

ESSENCE ON TIME FRAMES
 
Directed by Luis Dias

Portugal

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METEMPSYCHOSIS 2021

Directed by Sam Iwata aka Liu, Michael Shih
 
China

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The Night before the Wedding
 
阿齊
 China

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CATEGORY: Short Script 
 
WINNER
 
Bad Day
 
Written by Glenna Goodman
 United States
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Once Upon a Pool
 
Written by Adam Swimmer

Canada

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CATEGORY: Silent Film 

 

WINNER

 

Picture Me This

Directed by DEAN MORGAN
 United States
 
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CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series

WINNER

                                                                                      METEOR
                                                     
Written by Line Rainville, Franco Pirrone
                                                                                       Canada
                                                                                            
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CATEGORY: Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video
 
WINNER
 
EXIT-INTO THE MASQUERADIUM
 
Directed by LARRY SANBORN
 United States
 
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

360° Walking Miami Beach, Florida

Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko

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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD

COSMIC CAVERNS  (Piano Under the Stars) 

Directed by Juan Carlos Vidal, Claudio recabarren
 Chile

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