Best of Fest 2020

Chocolate Man

Murat Eyup Gonultas

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Best of Fest 2020 - Runner-Up

Man in the Woods

Kevin O'Neill

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Jury President Award

Written Words

Chelsea Nwasike

 

Best Narrative Film of the Year

The Sunset Channel

Matthew Kinahan

 

Best Indie Film of the Year

The Listener

Petr Melnikov

 

Best Drama of the Year

The Little Picture

Toby Kearton

 

Best Comedy of the Year

What The Hell

Dede Harlan

 

Best Thriller of the Year

The Malicious

Noel Vinson

 

Best Horror of the Year

Caducea

Christophe Mavroudis

 

Best Sci-Fi of the Year

Amara

Ethan Chancer

 

Best Action Film of the Year

The Teacher

Jeremy Weiss

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Best Inspirational Film of the Year

Return to Foretop's Father

Preston Randolph

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Best Experimental Film of the Year

Muñeca

Sergio Herencias

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Best Dark Comedy of the Year

Happy Earth Co

Hylton Jandrell

 

Best Fantasy Film of the Year

Caducea

Christophe Mavroudis

 

Best Crime Film of the Year

Take Out

Xiaodong Zhang

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Best Mystery Film of the Year

City of Shells

Sean Hamilton

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Best Romantic Comedy of the Year

Fantasy of Alice

Phyllis Tam

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Best LGBTQ Film of the Year

A Lack of Colour

Craig Brownrigg

 

Best Western of the Year

Ghost in the Gun

Andrew Chen

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Best Film Noir of the Year

At The End Of The World

Fon Davis, Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez

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Best Web/TV Pilot of the Year

K.R.A.P.

Hayley Holmes, Brynn Chamblee

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Best Web Series of the Year

OKStupid

Amber Brooke Wallace

 

Best Documentary of the Year

The Undeparted

Chris McGuinness

 

Best Animation of the Year

Don't Croak

Daun Kim

 

Best Music Video of the Year

The Avener - Under the Waterfall

Sebastien Caudron

 

Best Student Film of the Year

Hollow Heart

Emilie Marloth Frøkjær

 

Best Director of the Year

The Painting

Sergey Kalvarskiy, Stanislav Romanovsky

 

Best First Time Director of the Year

If We Had Tomorrow

Anastasiya Yevchenko

 

Best Indie Filmmaker of the Year

7 Storeys Down

Phoenix Raei

 

Best Young Filmmaker of the Year

Formation

Vesely Marek

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Best Actor of the Year

Talk

William Baldwin

 

Best Actress of the Year

Ripple Effect

Chelsea Belle

 

 

Best Actor of the Year (Indie Film)

9862

Jonathan Digby

 

Best Actress of the Year (Indie Film)

Distant Stars

Faith Kelly

 

Best Supporting Actor of the Year

The Little Picture

Benjamin Schnau

 

Best Supporting Actress of the Year

A Lack of Colour

Britt MacLennan

 

Best Young Actor of the Year

1717 Primrose

Evan Myles Horsley

 

Best Young Actress of the Year

Hollow Heart

Sandra Guldberg Kampp

 

Best Duo of the Year

The Listener

Sergey Pavlov & Diana Klyushkina

 

Best Ensemble of the Year

Talk

William Baldwin, Paul Spera, Tom Hudson, Vanessa Guide, Avant Stranger

 

Best Cinematography of the Year

Infinito

Daniel Lares

 

Best Editing of the Year

The Undeparted

Beth Anthony

 

Best Score of the Year

Terra Nostra

Christophe Chagnard

 

Best Sound Design of the Year

Man in the Woods

Jason Strawley

 

Best Song of the Year

Fine, I'll Write My Own Damn Song

Allyson Rice

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Best Commercial of the Year

Pianocide

Brice Blanloeil

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Best Visual Effects of the Year

The Avener - Under the Waterfall

Sebastien Caudron

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Best Original Story of the Year

The Painting

Sergey Kalvarskiy, Konstantin Dobrynin, Olga Beshley

 

Best Screenplay of the Year

Ellie

Becca E. Davis & Kathrene Gawel

 

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