APRIL 2022

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Empty Nest by Wei Zhang
I’m Home by Hsuan-Wei Wu 
The Guitar Thief by Miguel Lepe Jr 
The Others by Like Xu
The Revile by Emre Ergenç
Universe Memory by Mu-Ming Tsai



BEST SHORT FILM

 

I’m Home by Hsuan-Wei Wu 
The Guitar Thief by Miguel Lepe Jr 
The Others by Like Xu



BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Empty Nest by Wei Zhang
The House by Myles Ross 
Universe Memory by Mu-Ming Tsai



BEST SHORT DOC

 

The Collector by Jason Ó Fionnáin 
The Conversations: Isaac Thomson and the Art of the Musician by Antonio Amodeo 
The Matrix tell us by Caesar Nie



BEST FEATURE DOC

 

A Taste of Politics by Juan Hidalgo and Sandrine Mercier
Digging Deeper by Teresa Duran 
Horn Sledge by Brian Gottschalk and Silvio Ketterer



BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Hot Summer by Simon Dupuis
Star-Crossed by Rita Chen 
While(Alive){} by Cody Cameron-Brown and Ziggy O’Reilly



BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Snake by Miroslav Kiss and James Longman 
The Revile by Emre Ergenç 
There is Enough Metaphysics in Thinking About Nothing by Paola Fillippi



BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Campos – Figlio del Fiume by Erika Errante Baruffaldi
Ex-Fiancée – A Feast That Never Comes by Maria Juranic 
Siermond and Levi Facchin – To exist by Marina Fastoso



BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

Breathe by Salvatore Vitiello
Onvoltooid Verleden Tijd by Aron Quadu 
Tape by Arnaud De Grandry and Anne-Sophie Soldaini



BEST POSTER

 

Snake by Miroslav Kiss and James Longman
The Matrix tell us by Caesar Nie
The Revile by Emre Ergenç



BEST TRAILER

 

Empty Nest by Wei Zhang
Horn Sledge by Brian Gottschalk and Silvio Ketterer 
The Others by Like Xu



BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

American Nostalgia by Isaac Ballesteros Barba
Katerina by Loredana Gibilaro 
Night Shift by Peter Salisbury

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Cassie by Elisabetta Salvan 
Dust and Fog by Daniel Corey 
The Angario Project by Michael John Dunker 



BEST DIRECTOR

 

Emre Ergenç for The Revile
Like Xu for The Others
Miguel Lepe Jr for The Guitar Thief



BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Hsuan-Wei Wu for I’m Home
Miguel Lepe Jr for The Guitar Thief
Xue Yiwei, Min Zhang, Lian Xiufeng and more for Empty Nest



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Brian Gottschalk for Horn Sledge
Deniz Göçmen for The Revile 
Mu-Ming Tsai for Universe Memory



BEST EDITING

 

Dave Yakir for The Guitar Thief 
Ning Qiongbin and Xu Like for The Others
Taha Bayramoḡlu for The Revile



BEST SOUND

 

Huo Jinhua and Liu Tong for The Others 
Lin Jin-De for I’m Home 
Simon Gasser and the sound department of Horn Sledge



BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Batu Akdeniz and Undermoz for The Revile 
Omar Monzon for The Guitar Thief 
Tiziano Bellu for Star-Crossed



BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Sarah Albrecht for The Guitar Thief 
Yasmine Maes for Onvoltooid Verleden Tijd
Zhang Huilin for The Others 



BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Mahmoud Abu Jazi for A Dead Sea 
Miguel Lepe Jr for The Guitar Thief 
Tie-Hsiang Ban for I’m Home



BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Charlotte Verdick for Onvoltooid Verleden Tijd
Wang Tan for The Others 
Xijuan Zhu for Empty Nest



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Ma Dongyam for Empty Nest
Mike Geraghty for The Guitar Thief 
Edesio Sánchez-Gomez for The Guitar Thief



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Hila Harush for A Dead Sea 
Khawlah Hag-Debsy for A Dead Sea 
Nathalie Galde for The Guitar Thief