All award winners of the 35th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg Shortfilm Festival Hamburg and the 21st Mo&Friese Hamburg Children’s ShortFilmFestival

On Sunday evening, after the festive award ceremony, the 35th Hamburg International Short Film Festival went to rest for another year. For the first time in the history of the festival, an award winner was able to claim the prize for a second time in a row. After last year’s “Flores”, Jorge Jácome won this year’s Hamburg Short Film Award in the International Competition with “Past Perfect”. We cordially congratulate Jorge Jácome. The five-person jury chose a film that “takes us on a hypnotic journey through our own’s personal imaginary. Past Perfect exceptionally looks back in time to carry out a shared experience of solitude in modern times.”

Nearly 80 events took place over the span of 7 days, with more than 300 films from over 40 countries at the festival centre and the six cinemas. The festival was made possible by nearly 130 team members. The counting isn’t quite finished yet, but it is already apparent that we had a total of over 16,000 visitors, which is more than the last year. In the face of fewer screenings, this means that the average attendance for the events increased noticeably. On Friday, when the Open Air had to move indoors due to inclement weather, we had hundreds of visitors in our halls. It was gigantic! With more than 600 visitors from the world of short films, we were able to welcome more industry guests than ever, confirming us as one of the most important venues for both the national and international short film scene. We are especially happy about the many students among our visitors who found their way to “Hamburg’s Short Film School of Viewing”.

The new artistic director of the festival, Maike Mia Höhne, said, “The festival guests come from everywhere, the mix of competitions, night programmes, children, adolescents and concerts … A great togetherness, as it was intended to be. We are happy.”

Our new format FORUM, three rounds of talks with a thematic focus, attracted over 250 visitors to intense contemplations with international guests. An exciting addition to the film programmes in the CONTEMPORARY LABORATORY, and a place of exchange which was well received. It was a hell of a lot of fun.

Our festival centre Post at the Kaltenkircher Platz with its humongous halls had once again been a short film playground of nearly unlimited possibilities with installations, open air events, cinema, info counter, film market, concerts, dancefloor, minigolf course, panels and industry meetings. This place of culture always draws new visitors from the city to the festival and short film. We hope that we will be able to stay here for a long time and retain this place as a cultural location for Altona and the city.

The 36^th Hamburg Short Film Festival will take place from 2 June 2020 to 8 June 2020.

All award-winning films and the juries’ reasonings can be seen below.

From 9:00 pm onwards, you will be able to find stills from all award-winning films in our website’s press area. https://festival.shortfilm.com/en/partners-press/festival-logos-and-motives/press-fotos-and-designs/

21st Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival

The 21st edition of Mo&Friese was able to lure more than 4,200 young and old viewers to 40 packed events in the cinemas. With 82 films from 32 countries, it is hard to be more diverse. In the day care centre events, roughly 300 pairs of children’s eyes lit up on their first visit to the cinema – an unforgettable experience for the four and five-year old kids: The whole balcony at the Zeise 1 was trembling! And the children asked, “Why is the film so short” or “Why is the film already over? So much work for so little time …” We hardly ever had so many atmospheric events with active kids and great questions. During the film “Raindance” (for children of 9 years and up), at first a few and eventually nearly all children ended up singing and dancing along. The youth programme Free Style had more visitors than on average in previous years as well and we had to move to the bigger auditorium with the intensely interested adolescents.

We are happy that more adults found their way to Mo&Friese this year, including over a hundred visitors to the Late Night. This may partially due to the fact that some of our events took place at the festival centre, including the “toons’n’tunes”, for which one teacher came with her students in the morning and with her own kids in the evening. The Mo&Friese Short Film Festival and the Short Film Festival have become places for the whole family. Or as one guest put it, “I was expecting more glamour, but less heart as well. It feels like a family, which is better than a red carpet”.

The award winners of both children’s programmes and the adolescent programme Free Style will be announced in a ceremony alongside the winners of the adult competitions tonight. We are looking forward to welcoming the children and adolescent juries tonight.

The winners of the 35th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg

and of the 21st Mo&Friese Children’s ShortFilmFestival

International Competition

Jury: Ana David, Jennifer Reeder, Pawel Wieszczecinski, Pela del Álamo, Peter van Hoof

Jury statement: A deeply contemporary setup that drifts through our collective memory.
Tenderness and melancholy hold hands and in doing so they take us on a hypnotic journey through our own personal imaginary. ›Past Perfect‹ exceptionally looks back in time to carry out a shared experience of solitude in modern times.

Special Mention:

Rise

Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca, Brazil/USA/Canada 2019, 20:00 min

Jury statement: ›Rise‹ documents and celebrates a community of creatives with respect and sensitivity, considering the space of the performers as much as the performances, which are all powerful statements about being seen and being heard.
The beautiful and gifted subjects of this film are committed to the idea of telling and performing personal stories as a means for survival.

Jury statement: ›The Eddies‹ unpacks a specific kind of manliness with precision and thoughtfulness. It shifts from raw to lyrical as it binds together varying personal and cultural perspectives about sex, violence, intimacy, infrastructure and Freddy Mercury. This film has sharp edges and challenges prejudices with profound empathy.

Jury statement: What is that I am seeing when a wheel in motion suddenly changes speed and direction? A basic question about the physics of motion and perception is being demonstrated to the viewer in a seemingly simple and poetic way. This brilliantly constructed visual experience leaves its audience flabbergasted: what’s the trick? Can we trust our eyes? Thanks to Johann Lurf the Magic of Cinema still exists.

German Competition

Jury: Christoffer Olofsson, Emily Jacir, Peter Ott

Jury statement: For a deeply personal and empowering film. Richly textured in image and sound, this short film, a small prism, reflects and opens up towards multiple facets of human experience. Its sensitivity in seemingly tentative layers ends up as a complete and fully formed work of art. Thoroughly in command of her tools of expression, which are delicately balanced, the filmmaker communicates, with confidence and attitude, inner and outer spaces, and assures us that a place of refuge is always to be found. The award for the German Competition goes to: ›The Magical Dimension‹.

Special Mentions

The jury would also like to acknowledge two other extraordinary films in competition:

Little Lower Than the Angels

NEOZOON, Germany 2019, 13:13 min

Ink in Milk

Gernot Wieland, Germany 2018, 12:30 min

Three Minute Quickie Competition: Topic ›Lost in Translation‹

ARTE Short Film Award

Jury: Catherine Colas, Laurence Rilly

Jury statement: Representation meets realities and nothing is as it seems. This almost pathetic thought holds true in ›A Million Years‹. In the first film by Danech San from Cambodia, a young woman and her boyfriend are spending an afternoon in a hotel in a primordial landscape. She intelligently interweaves deep questions regarding tomorrow and today with the heat of the afternoon. The river meanders and the gulf between representation and reality becomes greater and greater. Contemporary cinema from Cambodia.

21^st Mo&Friese Children’s ShortFilmFestival

These prizes are awarded by both children’s juries.

Friese Jury: Liron Ayivi, Theresa Eimer, Lina Lau, Yuri Paul Hartlef

Mo Jury: Ava Betz, Emilia Eimer, Matteo Engel, Paula Gunst, Romy Twickel

Jury statement: The Friese Award of the 21st Hamburg Children’s Short Film Festival goes to ›Le premier pas‹ by David Noblet. Despite its shortness, there is a lot of story in this film. A whole lot is happening without a word being said. The story is narrated with gestures, facial expressions and sounds, and we liked that a lot. The two can communicate without words and get closer to each other, and all that on a boring parking space and without adult interference. At first, Bambi is shy and ashamed because Anais had seen him, but then they play together. And that is like many stories from the real world.

Jury statement: We think the film is very beautiful, emotional and touching because the story it is based on is very sad. After all, the protagonist is only being bullied because of the colour of his skin. Furthermore, the boy was really cute. He took care of the girl when she was in a bad place. The film is beautifully done, and the acting is really good.

Special Mention:

Skoldiskot (Slowdance)

Christian Zetterberg, Sweden 2018, 5:30 min

Jury statement: We would like to give a special mention to this film because of its clear message. A very, very important message because there are still a lot of people who are making fun of gays and lesbians.

7th Youth programme FreiStil

Jury: Justine Bankole, Zoe Bankole, Tristan Frehse, Felix Tomte Korth, Malte Kreyer, Florian Wobbe

Jury statement: This short fictional film is about three sisters who stick together in a dark home and who are building a strong bond through dance. This is important, since their environment and their caregiver make it difficult for them to have fun and put them to a hard test. Technically, the film is outstanding: The dark illumination, the beautiful cinematography, the extraordinary make-up and the outstanding sound effects are all top notch. But what makes the films so special in our eyes is the way the beautifully choreographed dance expresses the bond between the siblings. The film doesn’t need many words and says nearly everything through dance. A great round of applause for ›Sisters‹!

Special Mention: Togrøvere (Train Robbers)

Martin A. Walther, Norway 2019, 20:00 min

Jury statement: A special mention goes to the film ›Train Robbers› which not only impresses with its beautiful images and interesting camera perspectives, but also provides an interesting story based on true events in the 90s. It’s about a gang of juvenile delinquents in Norway who don’t fit into the system and, among other things, rob trains for more than two years. In this short film, we get a glimpse of their lives and their activities. We found the differences in how the lives of these young people differed from ours when they were our age fascinating. And despite all the differences, there are many things we have in common. Whether we go to school or rob trains, we all share the goal of being happy. This is what the film showed us. A big round of applause for ›Train Robbers‹, please.

Special Mention: FragMANts

NEOZOON, Germany 2019, 5:26 min

Jury statement:Most of us frequently use social media such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc on a daily base. ›FragMANts‹ is an experimental film that takes a humorous look at consumption presented on social media. The individual video clips form bizarre bodies that made us laugh. Therefore, the film became one of the Free Style Jury’s favourites. Especially the segment with the chicken drumsticks made us laugh. The accelerating rhythm parodies the religious fervour of consumption binges. We consider this humorous approach to the subject of consumption to be both creative and unusual. This character and its highly topical nature make this film extraordinary in our eyes.

HIGH FIVE! Competition

Short film competition for children under 14 years. Films running max. 5 minutes, produced solely for this competition. Topic 2019: ›Big Sounds‹. Awarded by the Mo-Jury and the Friese-Jury.

1st Prize (300 Euros)

Fortissimo

Lilith Jörg, Germany 2019, 2:28 min

The first prize of this year’s High Five Competition goes to Fortissimo by Lilith Jörg. We were impressed by the film because it was precisely focused on this year’s subject. There were many sounds and noises, some of them beautiful, others disturbing. The film maker had many new and original ideas when it comes to disturbing the cellist and his performance. The Claymation is well done, and you can even see the fingers moving. And in the end, there is a fitting end with beautiful music.

2nd Prize (200 Euros)

4161

Ecoli Helifi, Germany 2019, 5:00 min

The second prize goes to 4161 by the film group Ecolo Helifi. We saw that the children had put in a lot of thought about the future and found a creative way of dealing with the subject of the competition. The film made us think about the sounds around us and which of them we would like to preserve for the future.

3rd Prize (100 Euros)

The Greedy Fox

BIBIANA/Art for Children, Slovakian Republic 2018, 5:00 min

The third prize goes to The Greedy Fox by BIBIANA/Art for Children. The film is done on a nearly professional level and you can see how much work was put into the animation. There aren’t many great sounds in the film, but instead the fox shows us what happens when you bite off more than you can chew.

GTA20 winners:

This year’s winners continue the Golden Trailer Awards tradition of excellence in movie trailers and creative content marketing!

Best of Show

Winner: John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum “Conversation”, Lionsgate, Av Squad

Box Office Weekend

Avengers: Endgame, Walt Disney Studios / Marvel Studios, 

Best Action

• Deadpool 2, “New Power”, 20th Century Fox, MOCEAN
• Mission Impossible: Fallout “Alone”, Paramount, IGNITION
• Shazam! “My Name”, Warner Bros., Buddha Jones
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado “Drive”, Sony Pictures, AV Squad

Winner: John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum “Conversation”, Lionsgate, Av Squad

Best Animation/Family

• A Dog’s Journey “Lifetimes”, Universal Pictures, Aspect
• Christopher Robin “Into The Wood”, Disney, The Propeller Group
• Dumbo “Courage”, Disney, Wild Card
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, “Universe”, Warner Bros., TRANSIT

Winner: Toy Story 4, “Stories”, Walt Disney Studios, MOCEAN

Best Comedy

• Good Boys, Universal Pictures, Workshop Creative
• Isn’t It Romantic, “Complete You”, Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Stuber, Trailer, Con Green, 20th Century Fox, Buddha Jones
• The Hustle “Work”, Annapurna Pictures, Zealot

Winner: Long Shot, “This Guy”, Lionsgate, Trailer Park, Inc.

Best Documentary

• Baristas “Grind”, The Orchard, Heart Sleeve Creative
• Jay Myself: Photography, the Bank, and Me, “Objects”, Trailer Park, Inc.
• The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, “First Step”, HBO, Zealot
• They Shall Not Grow Old, “Timeless”, Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: Free Solo, National Geographic, Mark Woollen & Associates

Best Drama

• Bohemian Rhapsody “Pressure”, Fox, IGNITION
• First Man “Greatest Adventure”, Universal Pictures, Inside Job
• Green Book, “Genius”, Universal Pictures, TRANSIT
• The Mule “Redemption”, Warner Bros., Wild Card

Winner: A Star Is Born “Not Alone”, Warner Bros., GrandSon

Best Horror

• Brightburn “Know”, Sony, Ignition Creative
• Ma “Eyes”, Universal, Buddha Jones
• Pet Sematary “Sometimes”, Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones
• Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark, “Alive”, CBS Films, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: Us, Int’l Trailer “Nightmare”, Universal, Buddha Jones

Best Independent Trailer

• Arctic, Bleecker Street, Jump Cut
• Mid90s “Let’s Go”, A24, GrandSon
• The Mustang “Free”, Focus Features, MOCEAN
• Trial by Fire “Hope”, Roadside Attractions, AV Squad

Winner: The Favourite, Fox Searchlight, Mark Woollen & Associates

Best Music

• A Star Is Born “Not Alone”, Warner Bros., GrandSon
• Rocketman, Paramount Pictures, Workshop Creative
• White Boy Rick, “Love”, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Yesterday, Universal Pictures, Motive

Winner: Us “Enemy”, Universal Pictures, Inside Job

Best Thriller

• Escape Room, “Boxes”, Sony, Bond
• Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, “Innocence”, Netflix, TRANSIT
• The Lodge “Relentless”, NEON, Zealot
• Us, Int’l Trailer “Nightmare”, Universal, Buddha Jones

Winner: Bird Box “New Children”, Netflix, Wild Card

Best Video Game Trailer

• Borderlands 3, “Mask of Mayhem” Teaser, 2K Games, Bond
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Multiplayer Reveal Trailer, Activision, gnet agency
• Skyrim Very Special Edition – Amazon Alexa Trailer, Bethesda Game Studios, gnet agency
• The Outer Worlds “Announcement Trailer”, Private Division, Buddha Jones

Winner: Anthem, “Conviction”, Oats Studios, MOCEAN

Golden Fleece

• Captive State “Run”, Focus Features, Big Picture
• Kin “Brothers”, Lionsgate, AV Squad
• The Possession of Hannah Grace “WTF”, Screen Gems, The Refinery
• Welcome To Marwen “Miracle”, Universal Pictures, Empire Design

Winner: Serenity “Trailer 2”, Aviron Pictures, InSync PLUS

Most Original Trailer

• Piercing “Pop” Red Band Trailer, UNIVERSAL, Heart Sleeve Creative
• Searching “Go Dark”, SCREEN GEMS, Heart Sleeve Creative
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs “Differences”, Netflix, AV Squad
• Us “Enemy”, Universal Pictures, Inside Job

Winner: Roma “Unforgettable”, Netflix, GrandSon

Best Summer 2019 Blockbuster Trailer

• Dark Phoenix “Special”, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card
• Godzilla King of the Monsters “Over the Rainbow”, Warner Bros., Statement Advertising
• Hobbs & Shaw “Friends”, Universal, Buddha Jones
• Men in Black: International “Universe”, Sony, Rogue Planet

Winner: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum “Conversation”, Lionsgate, AV Squad

Best Fantasy Adventure

• Bumblebee “Epic”, Paramount Pictures, Create Advertising Group
• Captain Marvel “Unstoppable”, Marvel Studios, MOCEAN
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Rare ComicCon, Warner Bros., JAX
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters “Life”, Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: Avengers: Endgame “Reflections”, Marvel Studios, MOCEAN

Best Teaser

• Anna “Elite”, Lionsgate, AV Squad
• Joker “Maybe Tomorrow”, Warner Bros., JAX
• Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker – Teaser, The Walt Disney Studios, The Hive
• The Girl In The Spider’s Web “Blackmail”, Sony, Wild Card

Winner: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood “Names”, Sony Pictures, Buddha Jones

NON-SHOW CATEGORIES

NOT PRESENTED DURING THE LIVE SHOW:

Best Romance

• A Star is Born “Beautiful”, Warner Bros., Mark Woollen & Associates
• Adrift “Bon Voyage”, STX Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Five Feet Apart “Breathe”, CBS Films, Aspect
• Long Shot, “This Guy”, Lionsgate, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: A Star Is Born “Not Alone”, Warner Bros., GrandSon

The Don LaFontaine Award for Best Voice Over

• A Star is Born “Time”, Warner Bros., Mark Woollen & Associates
• Captive State “Legislature”, Focus Features, Buddha Jones
• First Man “Greatest Adventure”, Universal Pictures, Inside Job
• Superpower Dogs “Halo”, IMAX, AV Squad

Winner: If Beale Street Could Talk “Teaser”, Annapurna Pictures, Motive

Trashiest Trailer

• Child’s Play “Fun”, Orion, Buddha Jones
• Hellboy “Big Red” Red Band Trailer, Lionsgate, Heart Sleeve Creative
• Leprechaun Returns, Lionsgate, In House
• The Happytime Murders, “Justice”, STX Entertainment, MOCEAN

Winner: Piercing “Pop” Red Band Trailer, Universal, Heart Sleeve Creative

Best Motion/Title Graphics

• A Simple Favor “Dark Side”, Lionsgate, Trailer Park, Inc.
• City of Joy “Joy”, Netflix, Buddha Jones
• Piercing “Pop” Red Band Trailer, Universal, Heart Sleeve Creative
• Us, Universal Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates

Winner: Irishman, “Shell”, Netflix, Open Road

Best Sound Editing

• Searching “Go Dark”, Screen Gems, Heart Sleeve Creative
• Serenity “Temptation”, Aviron, Rogue Planet
• The Girl In The Spider’s Web “Burn”, Sony Pictures Int’l, AV Squad
• Us, Int’l Trailer “Nightmare”, Universal, Buddha Jones

Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody “Cinema Con”, Fox, IGNITION

Best Original Score

• Avengers: Endgame “Capstone”, Marvel Studios, MOCEAN
• I’m Not Here, Rubber Tree Productions, AV Squad
• The Favourite, Fox Searchlight, Mark Woollen & Associates
• Velvet Buzzsaw, Netflix, Motive Creative

Winner: Midsommer “Influence”, A24, AV Squad

Best Independent Trailer (for film budget shot under $1.5Million US)

• Tyrel, Magnolia Pictures, Jump Cut
• A Boy Called Sailboat, Icandy Films, The Trace House
• I’m Not Here, Rubber Tree Productions, AV Squad
• Who Will Write Our History, Abramorama, Katahdin, Twisted Pumpkin Creative

Winner: Jonathan “Safe”, Well Go USA Entertainment, Sequence Creative

Best Faith Based trailer

• Breakthrough “Together”, Disney, Seismic Productions
• JINPA “Samsara”, NUROSTAR
• Pope Francis – A Man of His Word “Listen”, Focus Features, Zealot
• Unbroken: Path to Redemption “Hope”, Universal Pictures, Inside Job

Winner: Holy Lands, Studio Canal, The Picture Production Company

Home Entertainment Categories

Best Home Ent Action

• Ant-Man and The Wasp “Bonus Trailer”, Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, Tiny Hero
• Avengers: Infinity War “Announce Trailer”, Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, Tiny Hero
• Ready Player One Target Wall “Clues”, Warner Bros., Aspect
• Solo: A Star Wars Story “Announce Trailer”, Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, Tiny Hero

Mission Impossible: Fallout “Official Blu-ray Trailer”, Paramount, Aspect

Best Home Ent Comedy

• Arizona “International New Media”, Universal UK, The Editpool
• Deadpool 2 “Never Imagined :30”, Fox, Aspect
• Deadpool 2 “Baby Legs”, 20th Century Fox, Mob Scene
• The Spy Who Dumped Me “New Style”, Lionsgate, Outpost Media

Winner: Crazy Rich Asians, “Target Showcase Wall”, Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.

Best Home Ent Drama

• A Star Is Born, “Target Showcase Wall”, Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Bohemian Rhapsody, “Movie Event”, 20th Century Fox, Mob Scene

Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody “Royalty AVOD”, 20th Century Fox, Mob Scene

Best Home Ent Family/Animation

• Bumblebee “Yellow Lightning”, Paramount Pictures, Paradise Creative
• Christopher Robin “Announce Trailer”, Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, Tiny Hero
• Incredibles 2 “Target Showcase Wall”, Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Smallfoot “Target Showcase Wall”, Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: Mary Poppins Returns “Be A Child”, Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, Aspect

Best Home Ent Fantasy Adventure

• Ant-Man and the Wasp “Watch Me”, Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Aquaman, Target Wall “I Am”, Warner Bros., Aspect
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald “Target Wall”, Warner Bros., Seismic Productions
• Replicas “VOD Trailer”, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Ammo Creative

Winner: Avengers: Infinity War “Announce Trailer”, Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, Tiny Hero

Best Home Ent Horror / Thriller

• Bad Times At The El Royale “Feeling Lucky”, 20th Century Fox, Giaronomo Productions
• BEAT Season 1 | Prime Video “Core Trailer”, Amazon Studios, Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion GmbH, BDA Creative GmbH
• Maze Runner: The Death Cure “Destiny :60”, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, TRANSIT
• The Meg, “Target Showcase Wall”, Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: In Darkness “Listen”, Universal, Silk Factory

Foreign Trailers

Best Foreign Action Trailer

• Big Brother, Well Go USA, Red Circle, Inc.
• Drug King, Netflix, Netflix
• Gogol: A Terrible Vengeance “Final Trailer”, TV3, Andrei Solodovnikov
• Master Z: “Ip Man Legacy”, Well Go USA Entertainment, Sequence Creative

Winner: Girls of the Sun “Survivor”, Cohen Media Group, Rogue Planet

Best Foreign Comedy Trailer

• Adult Life Skills, Screen Media Films, Zealot UK
• Lo Dejo Cuando Quiera, Caravana
• Super Drags “Heroes”, Netflix, Zealot
• Woman at War, Magnolia Pictures, Big Science Film

Winner: Sink or Swim “Competition”, Studio Canal, Empire Design

Best Foreign Documentary Trailer

• Evelyn, Grain Media, Intermission Film
• Ghosthunter, Madman, The Solid State
• Nureyev “International Trailer”, Universal, Silk Factory Ltd
• The Price of Everything, Dogwoof, The Editpool

Winner: Sharkwater Extinction “Legacy”, D Films, Zealot UK

Best Foreign Drama Trailer

• Baby “Final Trailer”, NUROSTAR
• Roma “Unforgettable”, Netflix, GrandSon
• Roma “Celebration”, Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates
• Rosie, Element Pictures, Intermission Film

Border “Fairy Tale”, NEON, Zealot

Best Foreign Horror Trailer

• 8 Trailer – A South African Horror Story, Man Makes A Picture / Rolling Thunder, DutchToast
• Look Away, Vertical Entertainment, Zealot UK
• Malevolent “International Trailer”, Embankment Films, Silk Factory Ltd
• Possum “UK Theatrical Trailer”, Bankside, The Editpool

Winner: The Hole In The Ground “UK & IRE Trailer”, Wildcard Distribution, Intermission Film

Most Original Foreign Trailer

• Cold War “Fantasy”, Amazon Studios, JAX
• Slut In A Good Way “Live Free”, Nacelle, Project X/AV
• The Night is Short, Walk On Girl, GKIDS
• The Shadow Play, ENLIGHT, YSD

Winner: Temporary Difficulties “Motivation”, Enjoy Movies, Stanislav Ivanov

Best Foreign Independent Trailer

• Mirai, GKIDS
• My Little One, The FIlm Agency, Intermezzo Films, Good Hands
• Nureyev, Universal, Silk Factory Ltd
• Paris Est A Nous, Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates

Winner: Aniara “Bon Voyage”, Magnolia Pictures, AV Squad

Best Foreign Music Trailer

• Abigail, KD Studios, Artemii Shevchenko
• JINPA “Samsara”, NUROSTAR
• MFKZ, GKIDS
• Wild Rose “UK Trailer”, Entertainment One, The Picture Production Company

Winner: Beats “UK Trailer”, Altitude Films, Intermission Film

Best Foreign Thriller Trailer

• Burning “Bass”, Well Go USA Entertainment, Sequence Creative
• Dead Lake, TV3, Andrei Solodovnikov
• Stray, Eugeny Makharashvili
• The Vanishing “Together”, Saban Films, Zealot

Winner: The Guilty, Nordisk Film / Spring, Intermission Film

Best Foreign Teaser

• 122 “Teaser”, Maqam Productions, The Crew
• Hidden Man “The Art of War”, NUROSTAR
• The Blackout, TV3, Andrei Solodovnikov
• The Collini Case, Constantin Film, Trailerhaus GmbH

Winner: Shadow, Well Go USA Entertainment, Sequence Creative

TV Spots for a Feature Film

Best Action TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Avengers: Endgame “Super Bowl Spot”, The Walt Disney Studios, The Hive
• Hobbs & Shaw “New Friends/Super Bowl”, Universal, Buddha Jones
• Shazam! “Serious :60”, Warner Bros., Buddha Jones
• Venom “Control”, Sony, Wild Card

Winner: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom “Roar Countdown” :30, Universal, AV Squad

Best Animation / Family TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Dumbo “Lullaby”, Disney, Wild Card
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World “Heroes”, Universal Pictures, Inside Job
• Incredibles 2, Disney, Trailerhaus GmbH
• Toy Story 4 “Carnival”, Disney, Workshop Creative

Winner: Mary Poppins Returns “Place”, The Walt Disney Studios, Create Advertising Group

Best Comedy TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Long Shot, “This Guy Cutdown”, Lionsgate, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Night School “Music History”, Universal Pictures / BET, Framework
• The Favourite “Intrigue”, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Motive
• The Upside “Three Strikes”, STX Films, Open Road

Winner: Deadpool 2 “Friends”, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card

Best Drama TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• BlacKkKlansman “Dig it”, Focus Features, Wild Card
• Creed 2 “Get Up”, MGM, Big Picture
• First Man “Cost”, Universal, AV Squad
• If Beale Street Could Talk “Connection”, Annapurna, GrandSon

Winner: A Star Is Born “A Way Out”, Warner Bros., Mark Woollen & Associates

Best Foreign TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Hidden Man “The Art of War” :30, NUROSTAR
• Paris Est A Nous “Now”, Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates
• Roma “La Casa” :60, Netflix, JAX
• Roma “Feel”, Netflix, GrandSon

Winner: Equally Powerful Movies, TNT4 Channel, TNT4

Best Graphics in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Deadpool 2 “Kittens/DMV”, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card
• Irishman, “Shell”, Netflix, Open Road
• Roma “Review”, Netflix, GrandSon
• Solo: A Star Wars Story “Lando Style”, Disney, The Refinery

Winner: Searching “Evidence”, SCREEN GEMS, Heart Sleeve Creative

Best Horror TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Hereditary “Mother’s Day :30”, A24, AV Squad
• Hereditary “Charlie”, A24, Buddha Jones
• Pet Sematary “Playing God”, Paramount Pictures, Create Advertising Group
• Us “Megacation”, Universal Pictures, Inside Job

Winner: Us “Nightmare Super Bowl “, Universal Pictures, Buddha Jones

Best Music TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• A Star Is Born “Life”, Warner Bros., Mark Woollen & Associates
• Cold Pursuit “Reaper”, Lionsgate Premiere, Red57
• Creed 2 “Heart”, Annapurna, Wild Card
• Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse, “Ham”, Sony, Open Road

Winner: A Star Is Born “12 Notes”, Warner Bros., Mark Woollen & Associates

Best Romance TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• A Star Is Born “Life”, Warner Bros., Mark Woollen & Associates
• Isn’t It Romantic “Complete You Cutdown”, Warner Bros., Trailer Park, Inc.
• Long Shot “Right One”, Lionsgate, Seismic Productions
• Long Shot “This Guy Cutdown”, Lionsgate, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: Life Itself “Ask Out”, Amazon Studios, Mark Woollen & Associates

Best Thriller TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Bird Box “Warning”, Netflix, Wild Card
• Hereditary “Favorite” :60, A24, AV Squad
• The Girl in the Spider’s Web “Siren” :30, Sony Pictures, AV Squad
• Widows “Heist Review”, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card

Winner: Us “Nightmare SuperBowl”, Universal Pictures, Buddha Jones

Best Video Game TV Spot

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 “Launch Trailer”, Activision, gnet agency
• Spider-Man “Launch Spot”, Sony Interactive Entertainment, gnet agency

Winner: Fallout 76 “Official Live Action Trailer”, Bethesda Game Studios, gnet agency

Best Voice Over TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Ant-Man and The Wasp “War” :30, Disney/Marvel, AV Squad
• Escape Room, “Rooms”, Sony, Bond
• The Predator “Predators and Prey”, 20th Century Fox, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Venom “Control”, Sony, Wild Card

Winner: The Favourite “Intrigue”, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Motive

Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Deadpool 2 “Baby Legs”, 20th Century Fox, Mob Scene
• FXX: The Revenant “Snowflakes”, FX Networks, Zealot
• How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World “New Year’s Eve”, DreamWorks Animation, MOCEAN
• The Favourite “Intrigue”, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Motive

Winner: Deadpool 2 “Friends”, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card

Best Documentary TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Fyre Fraud, Hulu, Hulu
• Momentum Generation, HBO Sports, Giaronomo Productions
• They Shall Not Grow Old, “Timeless Cutdown”, Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor “Kindness”, Focus Features, Mark Woollen & Associates

Winner: Free Solo “The Edge”, National Geographic, Mark Woollen & Associates

Best Fantasy Adventure TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Ant-Man and The Wasp “War” :30, Disney/Marvel, AV Squad
• Bumblebee “1987”, Paramount Pictures, Create Advertising Group
• Captain Marvel “Ready”, Marvel Studios, MOCEAN
• Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle “NFL :60”, Netflix, Project X/AV

Winner: Avengers: Endgame, “Overpower”, Walt Disney Studios/ Marvel Studios, MOCEAN

Best Original Score TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• How To Train Your Dragon 3 “Last Ride”, Dreamworks, Buddha Jones
• Mary Poppins Returns “Place”, The Walt Disney Studios, Create Advertising Group
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado “Drive” :30, Sony Pictures, AV Squad

Winner: Native Son, A24, HBO, Giaronomo

Best Sound Editing in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Captain Marvel “Buckle Up for Safe” :90, Disney/Marvel, AV Squad
• Roma “Sound Academy”, Netflix, JAX
• Sucker Punch, TNT4 Channel, TNT4
• The Mule “Again”, Warner Bros., Wild Card

Winner: Hereditary “Charlie”, A24, Buddha Jones

Golden Fleece TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

• Predator “Upgrade”, Fox, Rogue Planet
• Proud Mary “High Alert”, Sony, Viacom Velocity
• The Possession of Hannah Grace “Next”, Screen Gems, Heart Sleeve Creative

Winner: Hellboy “Then What”, Lionsgate, Heart Sleeve Creative

TV Spots for Series

Best Action TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• Daredevil Season 3 “Devil”, Netflix/Marvel, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Luke Cage: Season 2 “Comeback/Ante Up”, Netflix, AV Squad
• The Punisher Season 2 “Reunited”, Netflix, MOCEAN
• Titans “So Dark (Deadpool)”, Warner Bros., WB Worldwide Television Marketing In House

Winner: The Boys “Spank”, Amazon, Buddha Jones

Best Animation / Family TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• Biography “1000 Words” : W. Kamau Bell on Chris Rock, A+E Networks, State
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power “I Got This”, Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Voltron Legendary Defender “Season 7 Promo”, Dreamworks Animation, Outpost Media
• Watership Down, Netflix, Netflix

Winner: Anne With An E “Be Yourself”, Netflix, Big Picture

Best Comedy TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• American Vandal (Season 2) “Explosive Tease”, Netflix, Zealot
• Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S2 “Star”, Amazon, Buddha Jones
• Tacoma FD “Mustaches”, truTV, Stun
• Valley Of The Boom “Revolution”, National Geographic, Ignition Creative

Winner: Atlanta S2 “Rolling”, FX Networks, In House

Best Drama TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• Game of Thrones Season 8 “Forward”, HBO, JAX
• Maniac “Brain Magic”, Netflix, Bond
• Ozark: S2 “Jailhouse”, Netflix, TRANSIT
• True Detective S3 “Hope 60”, HBO, Bond

Winner: Escape at Dannemora, Showtime, Mark Woollen & Associates

Best Documentary/Reality TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• Making a Murderer 2 “Never”, Netflix, Wild Card
• Our Planet “Home”, Netflix, MOCEAN
• Shark Week “Shaq Cage”, Discovery, AV Squad
• The Innocent Man “Dream”, Netflix, AV Squad

Winner: The Staircase “Justice”, Netflix, JAX

Best Fantasy Adventure TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• American Gods Season 2 “Dear God”, Starz, Bond
• Stranger Things 3 “Summer Trailer”, Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc.
• The Twilight Zone, CBS All Access, Open Road
• The Umbrella Academy “Bingo”, Netflix, GrandSon

Winner: Game of Thrones Season 8 “Crypt”, HBO, JAX

Best Foreign TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a Series

• BEAT Season 1 | Prime Video “Core Trailer”, Amazon Studios, Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion GmbH, BDA Creative GmbH
• Flowers S2, Sister Pictures, Zealot UK
• Killing Eve, BBC Creative, The Picture Production Company
• My Brilliant Friend, HBO, Motive

Winner: Arde Madrid “Teaser”, Movistar+, Caravana

Best Graphics in a TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• American Horror Story S8 “Hourglass” :45, FX Networks, FX Design
• Fauda “Lior’s True Story”, Netflix, InSync PLUS
• Mayans S1 “Calendar” :30, FX Networks, FX Design
• Pod Save America “Promo”, HBO, Viewpoint

Winner: Biography “1000 Words” : W. Kamau Bell on Chris Rock, A+E Networks / STATE

Best Horror/Thriller TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• AHS8: Apocalypse “Shockwave” :30, FX Networks, In House
• Castle Rock “Deaver”, Hulu, Trailer Park, Inc.
• Homecoming “Forget”, Amazon, Buddha Jones
• The Haunting of Hill House “Dreams”, Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: Chernobyl, HBO, Motive

Best Music TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• American Gods Season 2 “Dear God”, Starz, Bond
• Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S2 “Star”, Amazon, Buddha Jones
• The Handmaid’s Tale “Dream On”, Hulu, Cricket Pictures
• The Haunting of Hill House “Dreams”, Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: Stranger Things 3 “Summer”, Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc.

Best Original Score TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• The First 48: “Rahzel: One Man, One Mic”, A+E Networks, Nice Shoes
• Game of Thrones Season 8 “Forward”, HBO, JAX
• Iron Fist Season 2 “Promise”, Netflix, MOCEAN
• The Haunting of Hill House “Dreams”, Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc.

Winner: The Twilight Zone “Trailer”, CBS All Access, Open Road

Best Sound Editing in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series

• Homecoming “Forget”, Amazon, Buddha Jones
• Narcos: Mexico, Netflix, Netflix
• The Boys “Spank”, Amazon, Buddha Jones
• The Twilight Zone, CBS All Access, Open Road

Winner: Stranger Things 3 “Summer”, Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc.

Best Voice Over in a TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• Castle Rock S1 “This Place”, Hulu, Hulu
• Famous in Love “OMG Whaaat 203” :30, Freeform, AV Squad
• Pod Save America “Promo”, HBO, Viewpoint
• The Flood, National Geographic

Winner: The Handmaid’s Tale “Morning”, hulu, Wild Card

Most Original TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series

• American Horror Story S8 “Hourglass” :45, FX Networks, FX Design
• Atlanta S2 “Rolling”, FX Networks, In House
• Stranger Things 3 “NYE Countdown”, Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc.
• The Handmaid’s Tale “Morning”, hulu, Wild Card

Winner: Maniac “Treatment”, Netflix, Bond

Best Promo for a TV Network

• A&E Brand Effect Campaign: Perceptual Arts IDS, A+E Networks, Nice Shoes/Attitude Post the Light
• Hulu “Better Ruins Everything”, Hulu, Big Family Table
• Image Promo For Movies “Equally Powerful Movies”, TNT4 Channel, TNT4
• National Geographic “Starstruck Nujeen”, National Geographic,

Winner: HBO “Beyond the Static”, HBO, Buddha Jones

Best Title/Credit Sequence for a Feature Length Film (or Video Game)

• Nappily Ever After “Main Title Sequence for Film”, Netflix, Greenhaus GFX
• Happy Death Day 2 U “Main Title Sequence for Film”, Blumhouse, Greenhaus GFX
• Teen Spirit “End Credit Sequence”, Automatik Entertainment, Bond
• The Nutcracker and The Four Realms “Title Sequence”, The Walt Disney Studios, The Hive

Winner: Escape Room “Main Title Sequence and MOE for Film”, Sony Entertainment, Greenhaus GFX

Best Title/Credit Sequence for a TV/Streaming Series

• A&E Investigates, A+E Networks, Sibling Rivalry Yessian
• Life Is Strange 2 “Main Title”, Square Enix, Create Advertising London
• Over Water “Opening Credits Season 1”
• The Romanoffs “Opening Credit Sequence”, Amazon Prime Studios, The Refinery

Winner: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Warner Bros., WB Worldwide Television Marketing In House

Best Promo for a OTO or Special

• Amy Schumer: Growing “Dignified”, Netflix, Big Picture, Okay Fine
• Discovery Shark Week “Crest”, Discovery Channel, 2C Creative
• Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable “Moves”, Netflix, Big Picture
• The Clinton Affair “Cover-up”, A+E Networks, Sibling Rivalry

Winner: HBO “Golden Globes Spot 2019”, HBO, Buddha Jones

Print & Innovative

Feature Film Posters

Best Action Poster

• Creed II “Dolby”, Annapurna, Concept Arts
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom “Ancient Futures”, Universal, Concept Arts
• Mission: Impossible – Fallout “Yellowstone”, Paramount, Concept Arts

Winner: John Wick 3 – Parabellum, Lionsgate, LA

Best Animation / Family Movie Poster

• Dumbo, Disney, LA/Lindeman Associates
• Incredibles 2 “Ironing Board”, Disney, LA/Lindeman Associates
• The Lion King, Disney, LA/Lindman Associates

Winner: A Dog’s Way Home “One Sheet”, Sony Pictures Entertainment, WORKS ADV

Best Billboard

• Mary Poppins Returns “The Grove Billboard”, Walt Disney Motion Pictures, The M Factor
• The Meg “Breakfast”, WB, Concept Arts
• The Punisher Season 2 “Digital Billboard”, Netflix, gnet agency

Winner: Roma “Billboard”, Netflix, Concept Arts

Best Comedy Poster

• Isn’t It Romantic, Warner Bros., WORKS ADV
• Little, Universal Pictures, The Refinery
• Night School “Illustrated Wildpost”, Universal, LA/Lindeman Associates

Winner: The Hustle, UA Releasing, Concept Arts

Best Documentary Poster

• Kusama Infinity, Magnolia Pictures, Jump Cut
• The Clinton Affair, A+E Networks, Gravillis, Inc./ Sibling Rivalry
• The Portal, Stillness Project, The Trace House

Free Solo Key Art, National Geographic, National Geographic

Best Drama Poster

• A Star Is Born, WB, Concept Arts
• Green Book, Universal Pictures, The Refinery
• I’m Not Here, Rubber Tree Productions, BLT Communications

Winner: Roma, Netflix, Concept Arts

Best Fantasy Adventure Poster

• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Warner Bros., WORKS ADV
• The Avengers: Endgame “Payoff One-Sheet”, Disney, LA/Lindeman Associates
• The Avengers: Infinity War “Payoff One-Sheet”, Disney, LA/Lindeman Associates

Winner: Captain Marvel “Dolby Poster”, Disney, LA

Best Foreign Poster

• Burning, Well Go USA Entertainment, Palaceworks, INC.
• Clara “Never Stop Looking”, D Films, Champ & Pepper
• Lo Que Podriamos Ser “Shhhhh!!!”, Los Gueros Films / Qkramacara Films, ART KINGDOM

Winner: Firecrackers, “Burn to Shine”, Good Deed Entertainment/Level Film, Champ & Pepper

Best Horror Poster

• Escape Room, Sony Pictures Entertainment, WORKS ADV
• Halloween, Universal, LA/Lindeman Associates
• The Curse of La Llorona, Warner Bros. Pictures, Cold Open

Winner: The Nun, Warner Bros., Concept Arts

Best Independent Poster

• Little Woods, NEON, Jump Cut
• I’m Not Here, Rubber Tree Productions, BLT Communications
• The Souvenir, A24, P+A

Winner: Private Life, Netflix, P+A

Best International Poster

• Roma “Intl One Sheet”, Netflix, P+A
• The Avengers: Endgame, Disney, LA/Lindeman Associates
• The Darkest Minds, 20th Century Fox, Cold Open

Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody “Int’l One Sheet”, 20th Century Fox, WORKS ADV

Best Motion Poster

• Deadpool 2 “Piccadilly Lights”, 20th Century Fox UK, Create Advertising London
• Dumbo “Beverly Center Motion Poster”, Walt Disney Motion Pictures, The M Factor
• Glass “Motion Posters”, Universal, LA/Lindeman Associates

Winner: Mary Poppins Returns “Weather Responsive Motion Poster”, The Walt Disney Studios, The M Factor

Best Summer 2019 Blockbuster Poster

• Aladdin, Disney, LA/Lindeman Associates
• Hobbs & Shaw, Universal, LA/Lindeman Associates
• Once Upon A Time In Hollywood “Teaser”, Sony Pictures Entertainment, WORKS ADV

Winner: The Lion King, Disney, LA

Best Teaser Poster

• Birds Of Passage, The Orchard, P+A
• Bohemian Rhapsody, 20th Century Fox, WORKS ADV
• Creed II “Adonis Teaser”, Annapurna, Concept Arts

Winner: John Wick 3 – Parabellum, Lionsgate, LA

Best Thriller Poster

• The Swerve, Spark Chamber, Jump Cut
• Greta, Focus Features, P+A
• The Predator, Fox, Concept Arts

Winner: Glass, Universal Pictures, LA

Best Video Game Poster

• Astroneer “Main Key Art”, System Era Softworks
• Astroneer “Discovery Poster”, System Era Softworks,
• Civilization “Key Art”, 2K Games, Ignition Creative

Winner: Prey: Mooncrash, ArkaneStudios/Bethesda Softworks, Hammer Creative

Best Wildposts

• A Dog’s Journey “Wildposts”, Universal, Concept Arts
• Creed II “Wildposts”, Annapurna, Concept Arts
• Venom “Wildposts”, Sony, LA/Lindeman Associates

Winner: Roma “Wildposts”, Netflix, Concept Arts

Most Original Poster

• Glass “Cracked”, Universal, LA/Lindeman Associates
• Rodents of Unusual Size, Independent Lens PBS, ITVS, ITVS

Winner: I Think We’re Alone Now “Chaos”, Momentum Pictures, Champ & Pepper

Posters: Streaming Series

Best Animation/Family Poster for a TV/Streaming Series

• Dallas & Robo, YouTube Originals, Cold Open
• Next Gen “LP”, Netflix, Netflix
• Next Gen “LP Vertical”, Netflix, Netflix

Winner: Castlevania, Netflix, InSync PLUS

Best Comedy Poster for a TV/Streaming Series

• Good Omens: Season 1 “One Sheet”, Amazon, P+A
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, The Refinery
• Wayne, YouTube Originals, Cold Open

Winner: Young Sheldon “Norman Rockwell”, Warner Bros., Worldwide Television Marketing

Best Documentary/Reality Poster for a TV/Streaming Series

• Formula 1 “Drive to Survive”, Netflix, Netflix
• Real Time with Bill Maher “And Nothing But”, HBO, Concept Arts
• This Giant Beast That Is The Global Economy, Amazon Studios, Cold Open

Winner: The Inventor “One Sheet”, HBO, LA

Best Drama/Action Poster for a TV/Streaming Series

• Mayans M.C. “Oscar Magallanes”, FX Networks, In House
• Sharp Objects, HBO, LA/Lindeman Associates
• The First, Hulu, P+A

Winner: Black Mirror Bandersnatch, Netflix, The Refinery

Best Horror/Thriller Poster for a TV/Streaming Series

• Ghoul “Main Art”, Netflix, The Refinery
• Preacher, AMC, LA/Lindeman Associates
• Tell Me A Story, CBS All-Access, LA/Lindeman Associates

Winner: Ghoul “Alt Art”, Netflix, The Refinery

Best WildPosts for a TV/Streaming Series

• American Gods: Season 2 “Character Banners”, Starz, P+A
• Doom Patrol “Character Posters”, Warner Bros., WB Worldwide Television Marketing In House
• Mayans S1 “Wild Post”, FX Networks, In House

Winner: Ozark “Wildposts”, Netflix, The Refinery/hi5 Agency

Innovative Advertising

Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film

• Deadpool 2, “Ashes”, 20th Century Fox, MOCEAN
• First Man VR Experience: Apollo 11, NBC Universal Pictures/RYOT, Create Advertising Group
• Free Solo “Climbing El Capitan 360 Video”, National Geographic,
• Mid90s “Tiny Ass Board”, A24, GrandSon

Winner: Us “11:11”, Universal Pictures, Inside Job

Most Innovative Advertising for a TV/Streaming Series

• Castle Rock S1 “Campaign”, Hulu, Cause + Effect; Unfold
• Stranger Things 3 “NYE Countdown”, Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc.
• The Handmaid’s Tale S2 “Campaign”, Hulu, Percival & Associates (P+A); 15/40; Unfold; VaynerMedia
• Valley Of The Boom “Right Idea, Wrong Time Ep. 1 Pets.com”, National Geographic, Ignition Creative

Winner: Discovery Shark Week “Crest”, Discovery Channel, 2C Creative

Best Viral Campaign

• BlacKkKlansman “Digital Campaign”, Focus Features, GrandSon
• Eighth Grade “Digital Campaign”, A24, GrandSon
• Hereditary “Digital Campaign”, A24, Bond
• Once Upon a Deadpool, “Viral Campaign”, 20th Century Fox, MOCEAN

Winner: Hulu “World Record Egg”, Egg Gang & Hulu, Egg Gang

Best TrailerByte for a Feature Length Film

• Escape Room “Puzzle”, Sony Pictures, Project X/AV
• Searching “Her Call For Help 9×16”, Screen Gems, Heart Sleeve Creative
• Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse, “Ham”, Sony, Open Road
• The Girl in the Spider’s Web “Cleanse”, Sony Picture International, Zealot

Winner: Mid90s “Tiny Ass Board”, A24, GrandSon

Best TrailerByte for a TV/Streaming Series

• At Home with Amy Sedaris “Swipe Up for Amy Sedaris”, truTV, truTV
• Daredevil Season 3 “Dex Insta”, Netflix, MOCEAN
• Our Planet, “Frog”, Netflix, MOCEAN
• Valley Of The Boom “Right Idea, Wrong Time Ep. 2 Flooz”, National Geographic, Ignition Creative

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Best Radio/Audio Spot (All Genres)

• Love, Death & Robots “Anti Radio”, Netflix, Create Advertising Group
• Super Troopers 2 HE “Radio Check”, 20th Century Fox, The Refinery
• The Possession of Hannah Grace “Holiday Radio”, SCREEN GEMS, Heart Sleeve Creative
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor “Faith”, Focus Features, Mark Woollen & Associates

Winner: A Star is Born “Experience”, Warner Bros., Mark Woollen & Associates

ED LACHMAN IS A RECIPIENT OF THE GOLDEN CAMERA 300 FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AT THE 40^TH EDITION OF ICFF "MANAKI BROTHERS"

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American cinematographer Ed Lachman is the first laureate of the Golden Camera 300 for Lifetime Achievement at the 40^th edition of the International Cinematographers' Film Festival, to be held from September 14-21 in Bitola.

Igor Ivanov – Izi, president of the Association of Film Professionals, said that the ICFF "Manaki Brothers" is the most significant project of the AFPM and that the 40-year-jubilee is a truly imposing number.

"In the year of the festival jubilee, and the 70-year-jubilee of the AFPM next year, I can say that all those contradictories and antagonisms present in our profession for decades have finally calmed down. I think that for the whole conglomerate of institutions, starting with the Film Agency, which finances us all, AFPM, as an association of professionals, the educational institutions, certainly the Cinematheque, without which the festival or any other smaller or bigger film-related institutions couldn't be done, I am also speaking about the film critics, good tides are starting to come by and the Macedonian cinematography goes in a positive direction, it gets a form, specifics and a picture of its own in front of the world, which it will use to present itself in the years to come", Ivanov said.

He gave his gratitude to the festival director Gena Teodosievska, to the artistic director Blagoja Kunovski - Dore, to the Cinematheque of Macedonia, to Vardar Film and to the Film Agency and Gorjan Tozija for what he does for the AFPM and especially for this festival, as a foundation of the film work.

Ivanov informed the present press that the AFPM will award the "Big Star of Macedonian Film" this year as well.

The director of the "Manaki Brothers" festival, Gena Teodosievska, pointed out that the preparations for the jubilee edition are intense. She thanked Igor Ivanov – Izi, the Municipality of Bitola, the Center for Culture in Bitola, Vardar Film, and the Cinematheque of North Macedonia, whose directors were present at the press conference.

"While we all worked hard on this edition together with Ivanov and Blagoja Kunovski, we worked parallelly on other collaborations as well, we already informed you about the big prize of IMAGO for extraordinary contribution in the area of film art. A representative of ours presented five short Macedonian films at the short film festival in Poznan, Poland, and we presented five young directors. Last week, at the Danish Film Institute, we presented Macedonian feature films from the younger generation of domestic directors and that's why I think that this festival is growing into a partner of European and world festivals, which in fact was our mission – the festival not to be only for screening films, but to also be a link of connection of our film authors with the European and world film authors", said Teodosievska. She informed the press that this year the festival dates are set earlier because of the festival in San Sebastian, so that more film critics and press, especially from the region, can attend the "Manaki Brothers" festival.

The video message of Lachman was also played at the press conference, as he gave his gratitude for the award and said that this is another connection for him with his Eastern European descent. "I found art in Eastern Europe, and life in America."

Edward (Ed) Lachman has been one of the candidates for the Lifetime Achievement award and new member of the club of great names of the "Manaki Brothers" for quite some time, said Blagoja Kunovski – Dore. He added that the name of Lachman is at the top of not only the American, but also the world film and that it is a great pleasure that he accepted the invitation to attend the festival.

"Lachman has been at the top of the American cinematography for decades and he has been nominated for an Oscar on multiple occasions. But, now, with our greatest pleasure, we give to him our Oscar, the Golden Camera 300 for Lifetime Achievement, which he absolutely deserves. Having him as a new laureate of the Golden Camera 300 for Lifetime Achievement, with the inspirational dimension of his tireless creative energy and with all his humane, altruistic nobility – in the sign of Ed Lachman, the celebration of the 40-year-jubilee of "Manaki Brothers" gets the most suitable act of glorification of the art of cinematographers", said Kunovski.

The director of the Center for Culture, Maja Andonovska Ilievska, also spoke at the press conference, who noted that the Center for Culture will pay special attention to the Festival this year, considering its jubilee edition. She said that they didn't get the demanded funds from the Ministry for Culture for a more sophisticated technical equipment, but that they did get a new power aggregator and that the Center for Culture will be able to fulfill the high criteria of the festival.

Evgenija Bektash Josifovska spoke on behalf of the Municipality of Bitola, saying that the "Manaki Brothers" festival is part of the annual culture program of the Municipality of Bitola. "The festival is in our program both organizationally and financially. As every year, we also help the festival this year with accommodation of guests and partially with the printed materials, as well as other organizational matters", said Josifovska, who added that the Municipality of Bitola is very proud of this festival.

The acclaimed film director, Claire Denis, will receive an Award for her Creative Excellence at the Reykjavík International Film Festival in the fall. Former receivers of this Award are, among others, Jim Jarmusch, Mads Mikkelsen, Susanne Bier and Aki Kaurismäki.

The festival takes place for the sixteenth time in Reykjavík, Iceland on the 26^th of September to the 6^th of October 2019. Main programmer is Giorgio Gosetti, artistic director of Venice Days Film Festival.

,,It is a great honour to welcome Claire Denis and to introduce her work to Icelandic audiences and the film industry,’’ says Festival Director, Hrönn Marinósdóttir.

Denis has earned widespread acclaim in the international film scene and won multiple awards; last one being the coveted SACD award at Cannes for her movie Un beau soleil intérieur.  Among the most famous, creative and visionary artists in the world today, Denis is one of France‘s leading women in film. Her most notable work being the film Beau Travail which is considered as one of the best films of the nineties. Her last film High Life was screened in 2018 and starred Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche.

Claire is known for her unique perspective and artistic vision. Often her films represent lives of those who tend to fall in the shadows; colonised or culturally pushed to the sides. Her films combine her one of a kind storyline with a particular view where it seems she is determined to fulfil the needs of all the audience’s senses.

Her life growing up most definitely affected the way she sees the world. Living in different parts of Africa to the age of fourteen made her see the world differently than her peers.  Her first movie shows that quite clearly; Chocolat tells the story of the lives of people living in the colonised region of West- Africa in the 1950‘s. The storyteller is a young French girl that clearly represents Denis‘ experience as a child. For that film she earned a nomination for the Golden Palm at Cannes and also the notable French price César.

The two-time Tony Award winner will attend the festival to accept the award on Saturday, June 15 in conversation at Provincetown Town Hall.

Light is known for her extensive body of television, film, and stage work. In 2012 and 2013, Light won two consecutive Tony and Drama Desk awards for her performances in Other Desert Cities and The Assembled Parties; these two performances dubbed her the first actress in nearly two decades to win consecutive Tonys. Last year, her role in Ryan Murphy’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story garnered her an Emmy nomination and a Critics Choice nomination.

This fall she stars with Bette Midler and Ben Platt in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series The Politician and in the musical finale of Transparent, Amazon Prime’s Golden Globe–winning series, created by Jill Soloway, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination and multiple Emmy and Critics’ Choice nominations.

Light stars with Alec Baldwin and Mandy Patinkin in BEFORE YOU KNOW IT which premiered at Sundance and was picked up by distributor 1091. The film will close this year’s festival, with director Hannah Pearl Utt in attendance for Q&A. The Excellence in Acting Award is sponsored by The Mallrd Foundation, the Palette Fund, and Celebrity Page.

“It’s a thrill to welcome Judith Light to the Festival and honor her with our Excellence in Acting award,” said Andrew Peterson, PIFF’s Director of Programming. “Not only does she have an unparalleled body of work—she just keeps getting better. With each new project, as with our closing night selection Before You Know it, she surprises and delights us with her command of craft.”

In celebration of the 100-year history of cinema in Provincetown, the Film Society has partnered with Twenty Summers to present the 1919 film DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS at the historic Hawthorne Barn. Arguably the earliest surviving cinematic work about LGBTQ people, the film was directed by Richard Oswald and co-written by Magnus Hirschfield, the famed psychologist who founded the German homosexual emancipation movement in 1897, DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS is believed to be the only film of a group of gay friendly movies during Germany’s Weimar Era that escaped destruction by the Nazis.

Composer Billy Hough and Arranger Sue Goldberg will accompany the silent film with an original arrangement composed specifically for the film. Brendan Lucas, the Legacy Project Manager for the Outfest UCLA Legacy project will introduce the film.

The festival has also expanded its Next Wave Award program to recognize all of its young emerging filmmakers and artists who’ve participated in festival programs and demonstrate promise and ambition in the media arts. Next Wave filmmakers include young filmmakers with short or feature films in the festival; filmmakers exploring other disciplines as a means to enhance their artistic prowess (books, visual arts, installation pieces); and youth mentorship award recipients.

Installation pieces by Next Wave Filmmakers will screen at AMP Gallery during the festival including: SELF-CREATION by Shelby Dillon, 13 CHEWING GUM & ORAL HYGIENE by David Macke, and SEE ME AS directed by the late Tim McCarthy with Pepe Julian Onziema and Deus Kiriisa.

Additionally, the festival has announced the Tim McCarthy LGBTQ International Scholarship Program honors the legacy of longtime friend and festival archivist whose passion for storytelling was equal to his dedication and support for social justice. This year’s recipients are Pepe Julian Onziema and Deus Kiriisa from Uganda whom Tim met working with Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG).

Filmmaker Yichi Chen will be honored with this year the Anthony Lawson LGBTQ Mentorship Award. Chen is a graduate student at Emerson College whose films THE OUTSIDERS and WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE RING highlight and examine the experiences of the LGBTQ community in both Taiwan and the U.S.

The Evan T. Lawson Freedom of Expression Award will be awarded to renowned author, screenwriter, and film producer Casey Sherman whose vast body of work represents the highest ideals of creativity and execution. Casey will receive his award at the annual Evan Lawson Brunch where he will also appear in conversation with former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

Lastly, PIFF provided further details on its “Modern Love Live” podcast event, presented by WBUR and The New York Times, as well as lineup of daily panels (PIFFtalks). Details below:

MODERN LOVE LIVE, presented by WBUR and The New York Times – Friday, June 14, 6:30pm at Town Hall

Join WBUR and The New York Times in this very special event for the second year at the Provincetown Film Festival, where the joys and tribulations of love come to life during Modern Love Live, a live recording of their hit podcast based on the popular New York Times column. This exceptional evening will include Modern Love essay readings by John Cameron Mitchell, Hannah Pearl Utt (BEFORE YOU KNOW IT) and a special guest. Live music from Roxanne Layton and Peter Ciluzzi will also be featured.

*Hosted by WBUR’s Meghna Chakrabarti

PIFFtalks: WRITING FOR THE STAGE & SCREEN – Thursday, June 13, 10:00am at Provincetown Theater

Award-winning New York based playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo has made the transition to first-time director of our Opening Night film BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON and we want to hear all about the shift from the stage to the screen. What are some of the biggest challenges and surprising differences of working in these two forms? His winning comedy won the Audience Award at its Sundance debut and will be released later this summer so see it here first!

*Moderated by David Rooney, chief theater critic, The Hollywood Reporter.

PIFFtalks: CONVERSATION WITH JILLIAN BELL, NEXT WAVE HONOREE – Friday, June 14, 12:00pm at The Pilgrim House

2019 Provincetown Film Festival Next Wave Honoree Jillian Bell is a spectacularly talented comedic actor and producer as seen in our Opening Night Film BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON and PIFF selection SWORD OF TRUST. She is also a former writer on SNL with celebrated film and TV credits that include 22 JUMP STREET and Workaholics.

*Jillian Bell will discuss her illustrious career in comedy and her exciting upcoming projects in conversation with Vanity Fair chief film critic Richard Lawson.

PIFFtalks: ACTORS AS DIRECTORS: – Saturday, June 15, 10:00am at Provincetown Theater

Amongst our feature program this year, we have several actors making their feature directorial debut. Hannah Pearl Utt both directs and stars in our Closing Night film BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, while Matt Kane brings his new feature AUGGIE to the festival after years of celebrated acting work. Join these terrific talents for a conversation about how their acting work informs their role as director, and learn more about the creation of the exciting new films they’ve brought to Provincetown.

*Moderated by Steven Raphael, Founder-President, Required Viewing

PIFFtalks: CONVERSATION WITH ROB EPSTEIN & JEFFREY FRIEDMAN – Sunday, June 16, 10:30am at Waters Edge 2

Fifty years after the Stonewall uprising, Oscar winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will take a look at Stonewall, Pride, and LGBTQ history through the lens of their new film, THE STATE OF PRIDE, and their wide-ranging and acclaimed body of work. Join us for this unique opportunity to look back on this historic milestone in civil rights history--and discuss the challenges that remain--with these celebrated artists.

*Moderated by IndieWire staff writer Jude Dry.

The Provincetown International Film Festival runs June 12 – 16, 2019 in Provincetown, MA. Purchase festival passes at www.ptownfilmfest.org. Individual tickets go on sale on May 31. America’s oldest artist colony, Provincetown has been home to the likes of Jack Kerouac, Kurt Vonnegut, Jackson Pollock, Norman Rockwell, Anthony Bourdain, John Waters, and Ryan Murphy.

Major sponsors of the 2019 Provincetown International Film Festival include HBO, Here Media TV, Edge Media Network, the Boston Globe, the Provincetown Banner, Seaglass Inn, Bubalas By the Bay, the Crown and Anchor Inn, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Provincetown Tourism Fund.

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Monos (2019)

And the winners are…

The BFI London Film Festival 2019 Competition sections showcase an incredibly diverse range of talent from Britain and across the world; over 60% of the films in Competition across all sections are from a female director or co-director, with 16 countries represented across the producers and co-producers.

Building on the success of last year’s new approach, placing audiences at the heart of the awards ceremony, the Competition sections seek to highlight and honour inspiring, inventive and intelligent filmmaking.

Tricia Tuttle, BFI London Film Festival Director said:

“Our awards highlight the most distinctive, urgent and accomplished filmmaking from around the globe and it has been an incredible Festival — with audiences moved, provoked and dazzled by these films, many of which engage with pressing social and political themes in very inventive ways.

“We are hugely grateful to our juries for their time this week in picking the award winners. I know the quality of the nominated films made many of the decisions very difficult and the juries brought a tremendous amount of passion, integrity and expertise to the deliberations.”

This year’s Jury Presidents were: WASH WESTMORELAND (Official Competition), JESSICA HAUSNER (First Feature Competition), YANCE FORD (Documentary Competition) and JACQUI DAVIES (Short Film Competition).

The winners

MONOS – Alejandro Landes, Official Competition (Best Film Award)

Alejandro Landes delivers one of the most talked-about films of the year in MONOS: a hallucinogenic, intoxicating thriller about child soldiers that has inspired feverish buzz and earned comparisons to Apocalypse Now and Lord of the Flies.

While wearing its influences on its sleeve, the film is a wildly original vision from Landes and screenwriter Alexis dos Santos; the camera prowling over mud and organic decay, cutting swathes through the jungle, all to the strains of Mica Levi’s visceral score.

Wash Westmoreland, Official Competition President said:

“Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!”

The Official Competition jury also gave Special Commendations to HONEY BOY (Alma Har’el) and SAINT MAUD (Rose Glass).

Of Honey Boy, Westmoreland commented: “Its blisteringly honest performances and clear-eyed, inspired direction make this brilliant film an unforgettable experience.”

And of Saint Maud and Rose Glass, Westmoreland said: “This dazzling directorial debut marks the emergence of a powerful new voice in British cinema.”

ATLANTICS – Mati Diop, First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award)

A hypnotic, genre-shifting portrait of a girl’s awakening, ATLANTICS tells the story of Ada, who faces impending marriage to another man when her lover Souleiman grows tired of labouring without pay on the gleaming towers of Dakar, and sets out across the sea with friends. As the women gather in the bar where the men used to drink, it seems that something else more mysterious has returned to them.

Jessica Hausner, First Feature Competition President said: 

“Atlantics is a film that intrigued us by its original and refreshing use of genre elements in a story that also has a strong political impact. Set in a country that is going through transition, this film dares to invent a poetic fable, mysterious and challenging.

“A crime scene that becomes a nightmarish tale, held together by a story of the endurance and persistence of young love.”

The First Feature Competition jury also gave a Special Commendation to HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD (Bora Kim).

Jessica Hausner said:

“We would also like to attribute a special commendation to House of Hummingbird, a film that surprisingly talks about the ambiguity within human relationships. Friendship, family, love – are questioned by the fact that feelings always are contradictory and change with time. A very profound insight on human existence.”

WHITE RIOT – Rubika Shah, Documentary Competition (Grierson Award)

A vital documentary blending fresh interviews with archive footage, WHITE RIOT profiles punky reggae protest movement Rock Against Racism. Chronicling the movement’s grassroots beginnings in 1976 through to 1978’s huge antifascist carnival in East London’s Victoria Park, the film features interviews and previously unseen footage of X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse and The Clash, whose rockstar charisma and gale-force conviction took Rock Against Racism’s message to the masses.

White Riot (2019)

Yance Ford, Documentary Competition President commented:

“In the spirit of the Grierson Award criteria, White Riot is both a provocation and a tremendous opportunity. In this moment around the world the film implies that perhaps the lessons of the past were never learned.

“This rhetoric and politics of this moment in our history is familiar. And although language and symbols evolve, their meaning remains. Without nostalgia for 1979, the power of White Riot is that it points directly at 2019.

“Rubika Shah has used the power of film to remind us of where we have been and asks how long it will take us to change course.”

FAULT LINE (GOSAL) – Soheil Amirsharifi, Short Film Competition (Short Film Award)

In Amirsharifi’s film, Nahal is an Iranian schoolgirl who must create a new version of the truth in a strict environment, despite there being unintended consequences to her self-preservation.

Fault Line (2019)

Jacqui Davies, Short Film Competition President said:

“This is a film that provoked intense discussion as we continued to decode it long after watching; for its sophisticated layering of story, beautifully controlled performances and uncompromising and singular vision that provokes the audience to piece together the unseen events that motivate all of the characters’ actions.

“This subtle and unusual film manages to do something profoundly transgressive — formally and politically — whilst concealing the very things that make it so subversive. We all were desperate to watch this film again and again.”

The Short Film Competition jury also gave a Special Commendation to IF YOU KNEW (Stroma Cairns).

Davies said that the jury gave the commendation “For demonstrating real understanding of the components of film — image and sound — as it brilliantly exploits their possibilities and to produce a highly sensual and tactile experience for the audience, communicating unrepresented lives in cinema — from a filmmaker whose career we are excited to follow.”

Last year’s awards were a sell-out success when audiences were placed at the heart of the celebrations, with the winning film from each competitive section presented to the public as a surprise screening.

Once again, the Competition winners received their award on stage from Festival Director Tricia Tuttle and respective Jury Presidents in front of a public audience, at a special screening of each winning film on Saturday 12 October at Vue Leicester Square.

The winner of each Competition section was also awarded a commemorative 35 mm print of their winning film, provided by festival sponsor CPC London.

The Official Competition jury was led by acclaimed Colette and Still Alice director Wash Westmoreland, whose latest film Earthquake Bird also screened in this year’s Festival; the First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award) jury was headed up by Austrian director Jessica Hausner, whose latest film Little Joe also featured in this year’s Festival; the Oscar-nominated director of Strong Island, Yance Ford, led the jury of the Grierson Award for Best Documentary; and finally, award-winning British film producer Jacqui Davies presided over the Short Film Competition jury.

Other Jurors previously announced were: Official Competition (Best Film Award) – Jane Crowther, Hayley Squires, Sudabeh Mortezai and Mohamed Hefzy; First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award) – Shola Amoo, Theresa Ikoko and Hong Khaou; Documentary Competition (Grierson Award) – Cíntia Gil and Julia Nottingham; Short Film Competition (Short Film Award) – Amrou Al-Kadhi, Mark Jenkin, Alex Lawther and Marli Siu.

Actress Geraldine Chaplin, daughter of the legendary Charlie Chaplin, received the Joseph Plateau Honorary Award at Film Fest Gent on Sunday 13th of October. This career prize celebrates her major contribution to the art of cinema and her impressive oeuvre.

The American-British-Spanish Geraldine Chaplin accepted her award before the festival's first screening of ‘The Barefoot Emperor,’ Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens' political satire starring Chaplin in a double role. A younger Geraldine can also be seen at our festival, with the screenings of ‘Ana and the Wolves’ - one of many films by director Carlos Saura, with whom Chaplin wrote both French and Spanish cinematic history.

Geraldine Chaplin's career spans over 50 years and includes a filmography of more than 150 titles. The actress' big break came with ‘Doctor Zhivago’ in 1965, in which she played Tonya – one of the film’s female leads. The actress would go on to star in and work on films by Robert Altman (‘Nashville’), Martin Scorsese (‘The Age of Innocence’), Jodie Foster ('Home for the Holidays'), Pedro Almodóvar ('Hable con Ella'), Claude Lelouch ('Les uns et les autres'), Jacques Rivette ('L'amour par terre'), Jane Birkin ('Les Boites'), Alain Resnais ('La vie est un roman'), Juan Antonio Bayona ('Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'), to name only a few. In Richard Attenborough's 'Chaplin', from 1992, she portrayed her own grandmother. Geraldine Chaplin has also contributed to numerous Broadway productions.

Film Fest Gent programming director, Wim De Witte, has nothing but praise for the star: “The way Chaplin embodies vulnerable, suffering and searching portrayals has moved and touched audiences throughout history, and continues to do so.”

Chaplin already owns her share of prizes, including a Goya Award - a Spanish Oscar, so to speak - and a medal of the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences. She has also been nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. Now she can add the Joseph Plateau Honorary Award to her collection.

Geraldine is Film Fest Gent’s second honorary guest to receive a Joseph Plateau Honorary Award this year. The first Joseph Plateau Honorary Award of the season was offered to Agusti Villaronga, Spain’s often neglected master director.

The Joseph Plateau Honorary Award celebrates guests for their special contribution to the art of filmmaking.

On Sunday 13th of October, during the closing night of the Short Film weekend, the Best Belgian Student Short Award was awarded to 'hier.' Vytautas Katkus''Community Gardens' won the Film Fest Gent Award for Best International Short, while the Ace Image Factory + The Fridge Public Choice Award went to Anthony Nti - who also won this prize in 2016 - for his film 'Da Yie'. 

The international short film jury, consisting of film journalist Neil Young (UK), director Jayro Bustamante (GT) and graphic designer Amira Daoudi (BE), made its decision for both the Belgian and the International Competition.

'hier.', directed by Joy Maurits (LUCA School of Arts) takes home the prestigious Award for Best Belgian Student Short worth €5000, powered by Amplo. Short films from all official film schools in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels are eligible for this award. Jury member Jayro Bustamante enlightened us about the jury's process: "Originally, we were quite nervous because it's a Belgian competition. But then, when we got to view the films it became apparent that Belgium boasts a lot of strong upcoming talent. Making a decision was therefore a true challenge."

'hier.' explores the open-mindedness of boys and girls whose worlds collide in the microcosm of a sports center in Bazel where they go in search of connection. "It was a strong competition with many impressive contestants, but our votes for first place were unanimous. 'Hier.' includes cut-up images of reality - creating a sensation that the camera filming the events is invisible - that are elevated to an artistic status via filming techniques like imagery and montage. These techniques are employed with a level of skill that would be noteworthy in any context, and especially so considering the age of the filmmaker," the jury states. 

Noemi Osselaer's 'Erpe-Mere' and  'Sun Dog', directed by Dorian Jespers, both received honorary mentions. 

Alongside the jury prize, contestants could also win the Ace Image Factory + The Fridge Public Choice Award, a prize that offers a post-production budget of €6500 for the director in order to stimulate young and upcoming film talent. This year, the award went to 'Da Yie'by Anthony Nti, who already won this prize two years earlier with his film 'Boi'. Anthony Nti gave a quick speech while accepting his award: "The film was really difficult to realise, it almost wasn't made at all. We had to fight for it. It felt like a team sport."

This year, the European Short Film Competition was transformed into an international competition. The prize for the Best International Short, worth €5000 was scooped up by 'Community Gardens', by director Vytautas Katkus,"an outstanding work which simultaneously recalls both Flemish renaissance paintings of rural scenes and the immersive technologies of 21st century virtual reality. Using fluent camerawork and complex mise-en-scene, it evokes a particular place and its peculiar inhabitants with a 360-degree perspective. Deploying humour and sensitivity the writer-director crafts a three-dimensional character study of an individual in the context of his family and acquaintances that is simultaneously concrete and realistic, but also shimmeringly enigmatic," the jury concluded.

The 46th Film Fest Gent takes place from the 8th until the 18th of October in Kinepolis Gent, Studio Skoop, Sphinx, Vooruit, KASKcinema and Capitole. For more information go to www.filmfestival.be

MFF 21, 2019, 3: Excellence in Cinema Award goes to Deepti Naval

Mumbai Academy of Moving Image(MAMI), organisers of the Mumbai Film festival, 17-24 October 2019, have chosen Deepti Naval as the recipient of the Excellence in Cinema Award, in the Indian section. Fernando Meirelles is the recipient in the International section.

Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India, in 1952, Deepti Naval is an acclaimed actor. After her schooling, she migrated to the United States, where she was educated at the City University of New York, and received her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, at Hunter College, Manhattan, choosing Painting (her mother was a painter), English Psychology and American Theatre as her subjects. While in New York, she also presented an Indian music programme called Rang Mahal, for WHBI-FM, at South Sea Seaport, from 9.30 to 10.30 pm.

She made her acting debut as a leading lady with the movie Ek Baar Phir, in the year 1980 (although Junoon was released a year earlier), directed by Vinod Pande, who had earlier worked for the BBC, in London. Since then, she has acted in more than 60 films. Among these are Chashme Baddoor, Kamla, Mirch Masala, Ankahee, Main Zinda Hoon, Panchvati, and more recently, Leela, Freaky Chakra and Listen…Amaya. She also wrote and directed Thodasa Aasmaan, a TV series about women, and produced a travel show, called The Path Less Travelled.

A poet too, she was mentored by veteran Gulzar. A selection of poems in Hindi, Lamha-Lamha (Moment-Moment) was published in 1981 and more recently, MapinLit brought out a new collection called Black Wind and other Poems. She is also a painter and photographer, with several exhibitions to her credit, and enjoys trekking in the remote mountains of Himachal and Ladakh. Deepti Naval also runs the Vinod Pandit Charitable Trust, set up in memory of her late companion, for the education of the girl child.

OUT ALONE: A Poem by Deepti Naval         

She stands at one end of the verandah –

A naked bulb glows

At the other end,

Staining the dark floor

With dull yellow light

Beyond the empty ward

Drag echoes of the autumn night

From pillar to pillar

In severe silence

Skulk slithery shadows

Out alone in the cold she stands

Night after night

Fighting her demons!

Her body, frail and brittle

Flaps leaf-like, on

Two glass feet

Crystal Pine Awards on 20 OCT 2019 

On Sunday, 20th of October 2019 International Sound & Film Music Festival will celebrate the nominees and winners of it’s 7th edition!

The gala event will start at 8:00 pm, at the conference center of the hotel Park Plaza Histria, Pula, Croatia. In the official festivals’ categories the CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS for best original score, best sound in feature film, documentaries and short, and the HORIZON AWARD for best music (soundtrack) will be officially announced.  Beside the official categories, for the authors who have composed the best music for the world’s best-known movies in the past year, SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARD will be announced. For lifetime achievement the very special winner of the GOLDEN PINE AWARD will be also announced.

This will be a night to enjoy and remember. Music performances by artists as Nina Kraljić, Elis Lovrić, Hollywood film music quartet, Tin Švegović, Lea Lovrenčić, vocal ensemble Nešpula, Ivan Judaš, Ozren K. Glaser will definitely contribute to an outstanding experience.

THE 2019 NOMINEES

CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, FEATURE

• HEREDITARY – Colin Stetson | USA
• THIRD WORLD – Ajlan Akyuz, Umute Eral | Turkey
• THE HISTORY OF EVERYTHING CIRCA 1993 TO THE PRESENT F/K/A KISSY COUSINS MONSTER BABIES AND MORPHING ELVIS – Killer Joe, Lenny Underwood | USA
• KOJA JE OVO DRŽAVA – Maciej Zielinski | Croatia
• THE FAVOURITE – William Lyons, Johnnie Burn | UK
• THE OUTSIDERS SOCCER CLUB – Jaime Pulido Lopez | Colombia
• A QUIET PLACE – Marco Beltrami | USA
• DESTROYER – Theodore Shapiro | USA
• CAPERNAUM – Khaled Mouzanar | Lebanon

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, DOCUMENTARY

• SKID ROW MARATHON – Kim Planert | USA, Ghana
• RBG – Miriam Cutler, Diane Warren | USA
• SEGRELLES – Josué Vergara | Spain
• LIMA SCREAMS – (various artists) | Peru
• VOSTOK No. 20 – Evgueni Galperine | France
• 700 SHARKS – Julien Jaouen | France
• THE SUPERPOWERS OF THE BEAR – Olivier Militon | France
• AMERICAN MIRROR: THE INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY – Mark Petrie | USA
• FREE SOLO – Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts | USA

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, SHORT

• ENCHANTED, LLC – Jarryd Elias | USA
• MOVEMENTS – Joaquin Gomez | USA
• ARIPI – Elias Tadeus | Republic of Moldova
• GOODNIGHT, MY DEAR – Chien-Yu Tai | Taiwan
• GRAND BASSIN – Valentin Capdevila, Remi Fay | France
• FLORIGAMI – Andrea Martignoni, Amos Cappuccio | Croatia
• FILUM – Walter Thoma | Canada
• MAN IN THE MIDDLE – Plaster | Germany
• RAYMONDE OR THE VERTICAL ESCAPE – Pierre Caillet | France
• WITHOUT – Yoann Mylonakis | Russia
• MARRAS – Tuomas Kantelinen | Finland
• FANTASMANTICO – Edgar Martinez Lozano | Mexico
• THE KITE – Aliaksandr Yasinski | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
• APOCALYPSE – Amir Hedayah | Egypt, USA
• MICE, A SMALL STORY – Thomas Tillard, Alexandre Tron, Maxime Vatopoulos | France
• HATHOR – Marc Timón Barceló | Spain
• SCARAMOUCHE, SCARAMOUCHE – Andrea Boccadoro | France
• BOBO – Anita Andreis | Croatia
• THE PIRATE GIRL – Ricardo Boya | Spain

BEST SOUND MIXING / EDITING

• THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME | France
• FATIGUE | USA
• MOLD | USA
• DOG EAT DOG | USA
• THE AUTOMATON | USA
• THE FOREST | Germany
• TREBLE & BASS | Spain
• THE STORY OF SPIDER MURPHY GANG | Germany
• CAPHARNAÜM | Lebanon

SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• ANNIHILATION – Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury
• READY PLAYER ONE – Alan Silvestri
• IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK – Nicholas Britell
• VICE – Nicholas Britell
• BLACKkKLANSMAN – Terrence Blanchard
• BOY ERASED – Danny Bensi, Saunders Jurriaans
• FIRST MAN – Justin Hurwitz
• MARY POPPINS RETURNS – Marc Shaiman

BEST SOUND MIXING

• HEREDITARY – Lewis Goldstein, Tom Ryan, Steven C. Laneri
• A STAR IS BORN – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder, Steven Morrow
• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY – Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, John Casali
• FIRST MAN – Jon Taylor, Ai-Ling Lee, Mary H. Ellis
• A QUIET PLACE – Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Michael Barry

BEST SOUND EDITING

• READY PLAYER ONE – Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
• AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR – Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie
• HEREDITARY – Lewis Goldstein
• ANNIHILATION – Glen Freemantle
• SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE – Geoffrey Rubay, Kurt Schulkey, John Pospisil

HORIZON AWARD

BEST MUSIC (SOUNDTRACK, SCORE OR SONG SCORE)

• CLOWNFACE – Hans Michael Anselmo Hess | UK
• EXPIRY – Tom Gatley | UK
• THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE – Ethan Gold | USA
• VAL D’OISE CUP | France
• TALKING TO GOD – Malka Luvovna, Idan Armoni | Ukraine, USA
• WE’LL RISE AT DAWN – Jean-Marie Benjamin | Italy
• A ROYAL LOVE EXTENDED – Guy Renardeau | The Netherlands
• IN BRIEF – Eugenio Mazzetto | Italy
• BELIEVE IN YOU – Mike Friedman | Canada
• OUT OF BOUNDS – Helluva | USA
• OTTO NEURUER: HOPE THROUGH DARKNESS – Bernhard Falkner, Marlon Prantl | Austria
• SUN SHINE MOON – Birger Clausen | Germany

Dave Grusin with the “Robert Redford Creative Achievement Award”

Panel discussion after the film screening: Don Grusin, Producer John Rangel, Dave Grusin, Director Barbara Bentree, Moderator Harry Musselwhite

Dave Grusin with Grammy Nominee Nathan East and Grammy Winner Don Grusin backstage at the Film Festival

2019 AWARD WINNERS AT ALBUQUERQUE FILM & MUSIC EXPERIENCE

AFMX 2019 Music Award

Neil Giraldo

Robert & Sibylle Redford Award for Creative Achievement

Dave Grusin

Dennis Hopper “Easy Rider” Award

Satya de la Manitou

Social Impact Award

Emily Skyle-Golden - 10 Syllables

Best Actress

Katherine Fogler - Dancing Dogs of Dombrova

Best Actor

Dragos Bucur - Hawaii

Best Director

Brett Bentman - 90 Feet from Home

Best Student Film

Moth by Shu Zhu

1st Runner Up - A Glimpse of Happiness by Stefan Sauer

2nd Runner Up - Live To Remain by Bartek Sozanski

Best Music Video

Malach-zmiany sa dobre by Błażej Jankowiak

1st Runner Up - Contemporary Woody Guthrie by Joel Umbaugh

2nd Runner Up - “Imagination” by Roth Rind

Best Short Documentary

R.A.W. Tuba by Darren Durlach

1st Runner Up - Three Chords & the Truth by Virginia Heath

2nd Runner Up - Butchers Kill Lambs by Paul O'Brien

Best Narrative Short

Eli by Colin Gerrard

1st Runner Up - Burqa City by Fabrice Bracq

2nd Runner Up – Evie by Mike Peebler   

Best Documentary

Sex, Drugs and Bicycle by Jonathan Blank

1st Runner Up - Free Trip to Egypt by Ingrid Serban

2nd Runner Up - Fading Portraits by Farhad Mohammadi

Best Narrative Feature

Hawaii by Jesús del Cerro

1st Runner Up - Dancing Dogs of Dombrova by Zach Bernbaum

2nd Runner Up - 90 Feet from Home by Brett Bentman

Best New Mexico Films

1. Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time by Barbara Bentree & John Rangel

2. Caffeine & Gasoline: Evolution of the American Rocker by Steve Maes

3. The Dust Monologues by Andy Kastelic

4. Color Me Done by Dominic Garcia

AFMX Staff Appreciation Award

Danette Lovato

On Wednesday evening, 'Monos' received the Georges Delerue Award for Best Music and Sound Design. On Thursday, director Alejandro Landes received more good news. The Explore Zone Jury – made up of adolescents between 18 and 26 years old – has chosen his mystery-thriller fusion film as the winner of the Explore Zone Award.

Under embargo until 20:30 on Thursday, the 17th of October. 

This year's jury is made up of Geertrui De Vijlder, Mathilde Luijten, Sander Misplon, Marijn Claeys and Emiel Vandekerckhove: all 18 to 26 years old. They closely followed and examined the Explore Zone trail – a trail consisting of 15 titles designed specifically to appeal to its target youth audience. Their chosen winner was announced this evening.  

Thanks to the Explore Zone Award, 'Monos' can enjoy a media campaign worth €35.800, a collaborative effort between Studio Brussel, De Morgen, Knack Focus and UniversCiné, in support of the Belgian release.

'Monos' focuses on eight teenagers receiving paramilitary training in an inhospitable Latin American mountainscape. The commandos are titled 'monos', after the legendary giant apes of South America, and are part of an unidentified organization. When the boys' trainer leaves on a mission, the boys are left to their own devices. Their only task is to keep their two prize possessions safe: a cow with a mind of its own called Shakira and the American they have taken hostage. With their trainer gone, the boys quickly get wrapped up in a powerplay, each attempting to become the new alpha male...

The jury was completely swept up by the film: "Monos is challenging, exciting and unique. A film that dares to be aesthetic, provocative, tactile and fairy tale-like all at the same time. By leaving the story's time and place ambiguous, there is a mythic and mystical aura around the film and its characters. When we are pushed so far out of our comfort zone that only a feeling of stepping into prehistoric situations remains, all boundaries and labels of today's society become obsolete. Tribal sensibilities take over and cause the viewer to follow the boys in half-slumber, forgetting about age, gender and other social constructs. The poetic cinematography adds a coming-of-age layer to the story. And don't forget about the soundtrack! With a distinct ease it reinforces emotional rushes, from loving to violent within a single scene." 

Scenario Prize 

In addition to the Explore Zone Award, the winner of the Visser-Neerlandia Scenario Prize has also been announced. This year the prize was snatched up by Matthijs Bockting's 'Hout'. The jury described 'Hout' as "a scenario that has the potential to both shock and move an audience. A well-thought-out tale with a fantastical-realistic touch that leaves readers on the edge of their seat through a captivating writing style and psychological submersion."

The winner of the Explore Zone Award and the Visser-Neerlandia Scenario Prize were revealed tonight, Thursday 17th of October, before the screening of Eva Cools''Cleo', the winner of the Visser Neerlandia Scenario Prize in 2016. 

The 46th Film Fest Gent takes place until 18th of October in Kinepolis Gent, Studio Skoop, Sphinx, Vooruit, KASKcinema and Capitole. More information on www.filmfestival.be.

'Öndög', by director and Golden Bear laureate Wang Quan'an ('Tuya's Marriage') has been awarded with the Grand Prix for Best Film. Meanwhile, Alejandro Landes' mysterious thriller, 'Monos', with a score from Mica Levi and Lena Esquenazi, has scooped up the Georges Delerue Award for Best Music and Sound Design. Pietro Marcello received a Special Jury Prize for Best Director for his 'Martin Eden'.

This year's jury was led by Belgian director-screenwriter Joachim Lafosse, and was further supported by film critic Guy Lodge, sound designer Midge Costin, director Radu Jude and producers Fiorella Moretti and Dora Bouchoucha Fourati. 

Having received the biggest award at Film Fest Gent,'Öndög'has earned itself a distribution permit worth €20.000 which will catalyze the film's Belgian release and a media campaign of €27.500, of which €10.000 will be pumped into promoting the film in De Morgen.

'Öndög' discusses the life cycle, working back from its end to its beginning. This prestigious and audacious piece, paints a picture of intimacy and affection, in which humans are often shrunk to dots on a large colourful canvas. In this film Inner-Mongolia takes the lead: from start to finish Wang Quan'an zooms in and pans out on the wide, open landscape.

Music Award

As always, Film Fest Gent has also focused and rewarded films with a strong soundtrack or sound design. This edition, the film'Monos'stood out for its soundtrack, a collaboration between sound designer Lena Esquenazi and composer Mica Levi. This English singer-songwriter and composer will join us at the Vooruit on the 18th of October with her musical collective CURL, where they will perform during the last VIDEODROOM. The Georges Delerue Award includes a distribution permit of €12.000, with €5.000 offered by De Morgen.

Mica Levi was overjoyed to hear the praise bestowed upon their soundtrack: "I just want to say thank you for this accolade - I feel very proud to have worked on 'Monos', to be invited into this film and situation. I am glad people are taken with the film, on the music side of things we all put a lot of work in. My thanks and the accolade extends to Bridget Samuels, Alejandro Landes, Lena Esquenazi and Leandro de Loredo."

Special Jury Prize

The jury decided to give Pietro Marcello a Special Jury Prize for Best Director for his 'Martin Eden', the book-to-film adaptation of the Jack London story of a rough-and-tumble sailor turned literary man in order to please the upper class woman he wishes to marry.

Short film competition 

The short film winners were announced on Sunday 13th of October. Jayro Bustamante, Neil Young and Amira Daoudi - the short film jury - handed out the Award for Best Belgian Student Short, powered by Amplo, worth €5.000 to 'hier.' by Joy Maurits (Luca School of Arts). 'hier.' explores the open-mindedness of boys and girls whose worlds collide in the microcosm of a sports center in Bazel where they go in search of connection. The ACE Image Factory + The Fridge Public Choice Award was awarded to Anthony Nti - who already won this prize in 2016 - for his latest project: 'Da Yie'. Finally, the Film Fest Gent Award for Best International Short was offered to Vytautas Katkus, for his work,'Community Gardens.'

On the 17th of October, the Explore Zone jury, made up of 18 to 26 year-olds, will decide on the winner of the Explore Zone Award, on the 18th of October the World Soundtrack Awards will follow. The North Sea Port Audience Award is also still to be announced.

The 46th Film Fest Gent takes place until the 18th of October in Kinepolis Gent, Studio Skoop, Sphinx, Vooruit, KASKcinema and Capitole. More information on www.filmfestival.be.

International Sound & Film Music Festival in Croatia, dedicated to the art of music and sound in film industry.

Nina Kraljić 

Ozren K. Glaser

ISFMF CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Eddy Joseph with Carolina Duarte (FFD)

2019 WINNERS

CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

• Eddy Joseph

​Eddy Joseph is without a doubt one of the most successful sound editors of our time.

He has been in the film industry for over 40 years and a sound editor for 30. He has collaborated with such directing luminaries as Alan Parker, Bernardo Bertolucci, Louis Malle, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Neil Jordan, Anthony Minghella and Paul Greengrass.

His credits include Pink Floyd The Wall, Angel Heart, Batman, The Commitments, The Crying Game, Little Buddha, Interview with the Vampire, Evita, Enemy at the Gates, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Cold Mountain, Corpse Bride, United 93, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. He has received 2 BAFTA Awards and 6 further nominations and 16 MPSE nominations.

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, FEATURE

WINNERS

• CAPERNAUM – Khaled Mouzanar | Lebanon
• THE FAVOURITE – William Lyons, Johnnie Burn | UK

OTHER NOMINEES

• HEREDITARY – Colin Stetson | USA
• THIRD WORLD – Ajlan Akyuz, Umute Eral | Turkey
• THE HISTORY OF EVERYTHING CIRCA 1993 TO THE PRESENT F/K/A KISSY COUSINS MONSTER BABIES AND MORPHING ELVIS – Killer Joe, Lenny Underwood | USA
• KOJA JE OVO DRŽAVA – Maciej Zielinski | Croatia
• THE OUTSIDERS SOCCER CLUB – Jaime Pulido Lopez | Colombia
• A QUIET PLACE – Marco Beltrami | USA
• DESTROYER – Theodore Shapiro | USA

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, DOCUMENTARY

WINNER

• SKID ROW MARATHON – Kim Planert | USA, Ghana

OTHER NOMINEES

• RBG – Miriam Cutler (score), Diane Warren (song I’ll Fight) | USA
• SEGRELLES – Josué Vergara | Spain
• LIMA SCREAMS – (various artists) | Peru
• VOSTOK No. 20 – Evgueni Galperine | France
• 700 SHARKS – Julien Jaouen | France
• THE SUPERPOWERS OF THE BEAR – Olivier Militon | France
• AMERICAN MIRROR: THE INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY – Mark Petrie | USA
• FREE SOLO – Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts | USA

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, SHORT

WINNERS

• BOBO – Anita Andreis | Croatia
• MOVEMENTS – Joaquin Gomez | USA

OTHER NOMINEES

• ENCHANTED, LLC – Jarryd Elias | USA
• ARIPI – Elias Tadeus | Republic of Moldova
• GOODNIGHT, MY DEAR – Chien-Yu Tai | Taiwan
• GRAND BASSIN – Valentin Capdevila, Remi Fay | France
• FLORIGAMI – Andrea Martignoni, Amos Cappuccio | Croatia
• FILUM – Walter Thoma | Canada
• MAN IN THE MIDDLE – Plaster | Germany
• RAYMONDE OR THE VERTICAL ESCAPE – Pierre Caillet | France
• WITHOUT – Yoann Mylonakis | Russia
• MARRAS – Tuomas Kantelinen | Finland
• FANTASMANTICO – Edgar Martinez Lozano | Mexico
• THE KITE – Aliaksandr Yasinski | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
• APOCALYPSE – Amir Hedayah | Egypt, USA
• MICE, A SMALL STORY – Thomas Tillard, Alexandre Tron, Maxime Vatopoulos | France
• HATHOR – Marc Timón Barceló | Spain
• SCARAMOUCHE, SCARAMOUCHE – Andrea Boccadoro | France
• THE PIRATE GIRL – Ricardo Boya | Spain

BEST SOUND MIXING / EDITING

WINNER

• CAPERNAUM | Lebanon

OTHER NOMINEES

• THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME | France
• FATIGUE | USA
• MOLD | USA
• DOG EAT DOG | USA
• THE AUTOMATON | USA
• THE FOREST | Germany
• TREBLE & BASS | Spain
• THE STORY OF SPIDER MURPHY GANG | Germany

SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

WINNER

• READY PLAYER ONE – Alan Silvestri

OTHER NOMINEES

• ANNIHILATION – Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury
• IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK – Nicholas Britell
• VICE – Nicholas Britell
• BLACKkKLANSMAN – Terrence Blanchard
• BOY ERASED – Danny Bensi, Saunders Jurriaans
• FIRST MAN – Justin Hurwitz
• MARY POPPINS RETURNS – Marc Shaiman

BEST SOUND MIXING

WINNER

• HEREDITARY – Lewis Goldstein, Tom Ryan, Steven C. Laneri

OTHER NOMINEES

• A STAR IS BORN – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder, Steven Morrow
• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY – Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, John Casali
• FIRST MAN – Jon Taylor, Ai-Ling Lee, Mary H. Ellis
• A QUIET PLACE – Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Michael Barry

BEST SOUND EDITING

WINNER

• ANNIHILATION – Glen Freemantle

OTHER NOMINEES

• READY PLAYER ONE – Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
• AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR – Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie
• HEREDITARY – Lewis Goldstein
• SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE – Geoffrey Rubay, Kurt Schulkey, John Pospisil

HORIZON AWARD

BEST MUSIC (SOUNDTRACK, SCORE OR SONG SCORE)

WINNER

• OTTO NEURUER: HOPE THROUGH DARKNESS – Bernhard Falkner, Marlon Prantl | Austria

OTHER NOMINEES

• CLOWNFACE – Hans Michael Anselmo Hess | UK
• EXPIRY – Tom Gatley | UK
• ROCKUMENTARY: EVOLUTION OF INDIAN ROCK | India
• THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE – Ethan Gold | USA
• VAL D’OISE CUP | France
• TALKING TO GOD – Malka Luvovna, Idan Armoni | Ukraine, USA
• WE’LL RISE AT DAWN – Jean-Marie Benjamin | Italy
• A ROYAL LOVE EXTENDED – Guy Renardeau | The Netherlands
• IN BRIEF – Eugenio Mazzetto | Italy
• BELIEVE IN YOU – Mike Friedman | Canada
• OUT OF BOUNDS – Helluva | USA
• SUN SHINE MOON – Birger Clausen | Germany

HIFF27 announced the awards on October 14 at the Awards Brunch, held at Serafina in East Hampton. Congratulations to all our winners, and thank you to all the filmmakers who shared their work with our audiences this year. 

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE

THE TWO POPES, DIRECTED BY FERNANDO MEIRELLES

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE, DIRECTED BY RIC BURNS

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

FIRE IN PARADISE, DIRECTED BY DREA COOPER & ZACKARY CANEPARI

ZICHERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION SCREENWRITING AWARD

WAVES, DIRECTED BY TREY EDWARD SHULTS

In addition, Trey Edward Shults, writer and director of HIFF’s Closing Night Film WAVES, received the inaugural Zicherman Family Foundation Screenwriting Award. This $10,000 award is presented to an early-career screenwriter who has demonstrated singular vision and dedication to their craft. This award seeks to both celebrate their current work and encourage the development of future projects.

“Filmgoers were captivated by the dynamic performances and historic moments in religious history of THE TWO POPES, the exploration of extraordinary neurologist and storyteller Oliver Sacks in OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE, and the gripping recount of the terrifying wildfires in Butte County, California in FIRE IN PARADISE,” said HamptonsFilm Artistic Director David Nugent. “We are proud to have screened all the films in this year’s program for our audiences out East and share such a strong slate of cinema.”

COMPETITION AWARDS

Jury Selection for Best Narrative Feature
A WHITE, WHITE DAY, directed by Hlynur Pálmason
Director Hlynur Pálmason receives a $3,000 cash prize as well as a film production package of in-kind goods and services, with a total value of $100,000.
Sponsored by Warby Parker

Special Cinematography Award
Miguel Ioann Litten Menz for THE VAST OF NIGHT

Breakthrough Achievement in Filmmaking Award
THE BEST OF DORIEN B., directed by Anke Blondé

Special Jury Mentions for Acting Performances:
• Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir for A WHITE, WHITE DAY
• Mama Sane in ATLANTICS
• Corinna Harfouch in LARA
• Kim Snauwaert in THE BEST OF DORIEN B.
• Sierra McCormick in THE VAST OF NIGHT

Jury selection for Best Documentary Feature
OVERSEAS, directed by Sung-a Yoon
Director Sung-a Yoon receives a $3,000 cash prize as well as a film production package of in-kind goods and services, with a total value of over $25,000.
Sponsored by Investigation Discovery

Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision
CUNNINGHAM, directed by Alla Kovgan

Special Jury Prize for Indomitable Spirit of Storytelling
TALKING ABOUT TREES, directed by Suhaib Gasmelbari

Jury Selection for Best Narrative Short
JUST ME AND YOU, directed by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Director Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers receives a $500 cash prize and the film qualifies for consideration at the Academy Awards® for Best Live Action Short Film.

Jury selection for Best Documentary Short
GHOSTS OF SUGAR LAND, directed by Bassam Tariq
Director Bassam Tariq receives a $500 cash prize and the film qualifies for consideration at the Academy Awards® for Best Live Action Short Film.

Special Jury Prize for Originality
ALL CATS ARE GREY IN THE DARK, directed by Lasse Linder

Special Jury Prize for Courageous Filmmaking
THE NIGHTCRAWLERS, directed by Alexander A. Mora

“As we close out the 27th edition of the festival, we are thrilled to announce this year’s awardees. We are in awe of these films and the talented filmmakers behind each of them,” said David Nugent, HamptonsFilm Artistic Director. “This year brought an abundance of captivating films with wide ranging topics and engaging conversations.”

> Meet the HIFF27 Jury

SIGNATURE PROGRAM AWARDS

“We are proud of all the incredible premieres, screenings and events over the past five days for the 27th Hamptons International Film Festival,” said Anne Chaisson, HamptonsFilm Executive Director. “We are thankful to all of the filmmakers for sharing their extraordinary films and talents with our audience, and also wish to extend sincere gratitude to our staff, sponsors and film loving community, without whom the festival would not be possible.”

The 2019 Zicherman Family Foundation Screenwriting Award—$10,000
WAVES, directed by Trey Edward Shults
Presented to an early-career screenwriter who has demonstrated singular vision and dedication to their craft. This award seeks to both celebrate their current work and encourage the development of future projects.

The 2019 Brizzolara Family Foundation Award to Films of Conflict and Resolution—$5000
FOR SAMA, directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
In recognition of excellence in filmmaking that highlights the provocative and dramatic content, societal effects, and complex issues resulting from war and violence.

Suffolk County Next Exposure Grant—$3000
THE ARTIST’S WIFE, directed by Tom Dolby
Awarded to a film that has completed 50% of principal photography within Suffolk County, New York. Presented by the Suffolk County Film Commission.

The Zelda Penzel “Giving Voice to the Voiceless” Award—$2500
WATSON, directed by Lesley Chilcott
Presented to a film in the Compassion, Justice and Animal Rights section that raises public awareness and provokes discussion about contemporary issues of social concern, with a focus on the rights, as well as the moral and ethical treatment of animals. The award is given to a film that inspires compassion, motivates action and compels change.

Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice—$2,000
CONSCIENCE POINT, directed by Treva Wurmfeld
Presented to a film that exemplifies the values of peace, equality, global justice, and civil liberties, and named in honor of two people who spent their entire lives fighting for those values.

University Short Film Awards—$500
Honoring emerging talent, the five films selected for the University Short Film Showcase will each receive a cash award.

• BIRCH, directed by Paisley Valentine Walsh
• THE BOXERS OF BRULE, directed by Jessie Adler
• FINE, directed by Maya Yadlin
• PERFECT MOMENT, directed by Matthew Noydens
• THE UNITED STATES OF PARANOIA OR: HOW I STAYED ON THE LINE TO REPAIR MY AIR CONDITIONER, directed by Rashan Castro

The 2019 festival was dedicated to Michael Lynne, a HIFF Board Member for almost two decades, and Mark Urman a member of HIFF’s Advisory Board for eleven years.