A woman disguises herself as her dead brother, Henry, in order to survive in the Confederate ranks during the Civil War. With the help of Indians hiding in the mountains 'Henry' is reunited with the widow, Virginia, who saved his life at the battle of Antietam and marries her to rescue Virginia from an unfortunate arranged betrothal. They keep each others secrets and forge an unusual family. It is the alchemy of gratitude.

"Best Feature Film"
"Best LGBTQ+ Film"

Directed by: Whitney Hamilton

America Boxed In is a story that examines a world where globalization reigns supreme. It explores the consequences of the “heart of the global economy”—the freight container. By greatly lowering the cost of moving goods from anywhere, to anywhere, and the time it takes to do so, this mere metal box has delivered unprecedented prosperity, served as an agent of momentous political shifts, and forged a 21st century borderless age where insecurity prevails.

"Best Feature Documentary"
"Best Producer"

Directed by: Casey G. Williams, Ian S. Williams

“Unexpected” relates the preparation and participation of Pierre-Adrien Lagrange, a track and field masters athlete representing Switzerland, in the 2022 Indoor Tetradecathlon World Championships, in Miramas (France).
The footage for the documentary was captured over a period of six weeks, documenting the run-up to the competition and culminating with the event held on March 26 and 27 2022.
Produced by Pierre-Adrien Lagrange and directed by Luc Godonou Dossou, the message of the film goes beyond physical exploits and focuses on some human aspects of the journey.


"Best Short Documentary"

Directed by: Luc Godonou Dossou

Simon is an eight-year-old boy who seems to have everything from life. He’s a handsome child, he’s rich yet unhappy. He senses that there’s something wrong with his life and this leads him to wander off thanks to his fervid imagination. His greatest wish is to leave the materialistic world behind since he isn’t fond of it. That’s why the only present he wants for Christmas is for Santa Claus to take him away to live in his fairyland toy factory. At the same time, a secret that his family has been keeping for a long time suddenly comes to the surface and it is feared that the worst might happen soon. The expectation for the stroke of midnight on the night before Christmas is transformed into reality for everyone on the eve of something truly different. Something terrible that might happen.


"Best Short Film"
"Best Editing"
"Best Color Editing"
"Best Sound Design"
"Best Composer"
"Best Makeup"

Directed by: Luca Machnich

A young soldier is walking through his memories, before the moment of death


"Best Animation"

Directed by: Stanislav Matveev

During a mysterious pandemic, Cassie’s quarantine life has turned into a routine, day in and day out. Nothing new seems to happen, until she realizes she’s out of coffee. And she’s determined to get her cup of joe, even if she must face the horrors of the outside world. Because “she’d kill for a cup of coffee.”
In this part-animated live action short, anything goes.

"Best Covid-19 Film"
"Best Closing Credits"


Directed by: Russ Emanuel

In late-1800s Europe, Oscar, a wealthy but lonely middle-aged man who has lived a decadent, extravagant life in a chateau filled with wine, courtesans and opium, confesses love to his gardener Jude before he dies of his excesses.

"Best Actor" (Al Nazemian)
"Best Costume Design"

Directed by: Patricia Delso Lucas

Sarah can't completely overcome the deaths of her grandfather and her older sister. The trauma and lack of sleep cause her to embark on a strange journey of apparitions and murders, apparently caused by her mind...
Italian Giallo is ready to make its return!

"Best Director"
"Best Actress" (Muireann Bird)

Directed by: Davide Melini

A struggling Hypnotist deals with his monotonous day to day life, until he is blackmailed into being the world's first hypnotist hit man after a mysterious woman finds out his degree is fake.

"Best Director Debut"
"Best Young Director"
"Best Original Screenplay"
"Best Black & White Film"

Directed by: Will Parker

A woman finds a long lost letter from her grandfather. As she reads it, his words evoke strong emotive memories as well as a love and hope for the world around us that transcends time.

"Best Cinematography"

Directed by: Stuart Rideout

"What Remains" is a narrative-driven music video about a renowned Quantum Physicist who disappears after an alleged routine test in a research facility. His brother, left behind, struggles to keep his sanity while in pursuit of finding his twin brother. After almost going mad, he has a sneaking suspicion and tries the impossible... unaware that the effect might be the cause for his brother’s disappearance. Because everything is interconnected.

"Best Director Of Photography"
"Best Music Video"
"Best VFX"

Directed by: Stefan Fitzner

Once humans establish fascist martial law to exterminate a supernaturally evolved population, a pair of sisters must fight to escape a ruthless detainment camp.

"Best Sci-Fi"

Directed by: Trei Hill

A former sheriff deputy moves to the country after a breakdown following her partner's murder. The perpetrator is still at large when she awakens to the sound of a gunshot and distressing voices. She seeks out the source and finds a dead body, and three young men and a woman. She's forced to deal with her trauma so she can handle the situation at hand.

"Best Thriller"

Directed by: Stephen Franklin Blanton

When a small town experiences a few unintentional accidents and some celebrities die, the town that knows everyone goes into panic mode as the accidental supply of specialty ground beef becomes a necessity.

"Best Horror"

Directed by: Andrew Heller

The world-renowned Adam Birkenholz AG invites the young project developer Thomas Renner to an interview. The meeting in a noble property is developing promisingly. Renner imagines the goal of his dreams. But nothing is as it seems to be. And the hope of a little glamor and glory will become Renner's nightmare ...

"Best Dark Comedy"

Directed by: Thorsten Schade

During the lockdown, a man is playing a jigsaw but one piece is missing...

"Best Comedy"

Directed by: Vincent Leplat

"Confrontation" is the story of a man who fight to prove the innocence of his sister, accused of the murders of her daughter and her husband.
In 2021, 106 106 countries have completely abolished the Capital Punishment for all crimes, while 54 countries retain it
We can have certainties but where do we stand when we are personnally concerned ?

"Best Drama"

Directed by: Thanh Ingle Lai & Nicky Naudé

Femininity, beauty, sweetness, interpreted with a little irony. The dancers perform their beauty ritual by waxing to the rhythm of tango. The tango that accompanies this action is an element of rigorous sensuality that is constantly played down by the tearing of the waxing strips.

"Best Dance Video"

Directed by: Giulia Giannola

Statistics reveal thousands of children go missing each year in America. A large number of these children are girls. An even more alarming statisitc are the number of young black girls who go missing. However, they rarely ever get any national attention. "BabyGirl" tells the story through the eyes of 12-year-old "Malia Petrie" who was abducted while bike riding in her neighborhood park. The intention of her captor after grooming her for his personal gratification, is to eventually sell her into the underground world of child sex trafficking. Malia, an extremely bright young girl, yet still understandably fearful, quickly realizes that she must do whatever it takes to survive.

"Best BLM Film"
"Best Original Song"

Directed by: Donald Welch

A geek asks his friend to test an augmented reality game for him. The latter finds himself embarked on a very surprising game.

"Best Action Film"

Directed by: Cedrick Spinassou

An environmental video-poem touching on climate change.

"Best ECO Film"

Directed by: Tova Beck-Friedman

Deoch Dance centres around Sheila who is weighed down from the effects of living with active addiction.

"Best No-Dialogue Film"

Directed by: Orlagh Heverin

In the nineteenth century, WLADISLAS is the last vampire. Alone for almost two hundred years, he dreams of becoming human again because his solitude weighs on him. Supported by TOBIEC, his faithful servant, he hires a young peasant girl, LUCYLLIA.
Gradually, she and Wladislas fall in love. After making love with Lucyllia without killing her, Wladislas recovers his humanity. But soon the two lovers die, leaving behind them a rose born from the mixture of their blood.

"Best Fantasy Film"

Directed by: Klaudia LANKA

John and Boris, two computer scientists, confront after the discovery of a revolutionary application that allows them to transfer thought from one person to another.

"Best Web Series"

Directed by: Andre Gaumond

Jasmin's family are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Things got more difficult when Jasmin's mom diagnosed with cancer. Jasmin's uncle took this chances to buy Jasmin's house with a low price. Jasmin eventually put her unseen art works for sale to help her family. That decision change the future of her family for good.

"Best Mobile Film"

Directed by: Chin Fook On @ Robert

"Best Experimental Film"

Directed by: Nihad Isa

'Fighting For His Life' - The Journey from an Advanced Prostate cancer survivor to Advocating for Fellow Cancer Survivors...
A documentary about Advanced Prostate Cancer examined through the eyes of a patient, carer and medical professionals...

"Best Inspirational Film"

Directed by: Alfred Samuels

Ian “Iceman” Chase runs a child prostitution racket for the political and religious elite, along with his mentor and protector Judge William Jude. He suffered violence and sexual abuse at the hands of his father for ten years, and it has destroyed his humanity. He doesn’t care and the world is frightened of him. When his home life becomes intolerable his solution is to destroy the family home with his parents in it.

"Best Short Screenplay"

Written by: Andrew John Cahill-Lloyd

Ian “Iceman” Chase runs a child prostitution racket for the political and religious elite, along with his mentor and protector Judge William Jude. He suffered violence and sexual abuse at the hands of his father for ten years, and it has destroyed his humanity. He doesn’t care and the world is frightened of him. When his home life becomes intolerable his solution is to destroy the family home with his parents in it.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

Written by: Lynn H. Elliott

My thirty-year career ended in a needless tragedy. Disillusioned, dazed and disabled, I was led to my darkest hour and the deepest recesses of my mind. My Christian faith demands forgiveness and mercy, but my heart wanted justice and revenge. Conflicted by opposing forces, I was robbed of true healing and peace until my mind was renewed and the hardness left my heart. In an industry that objectifies and demoralizes woman, my desire is for my voice and others not to be silenced. I wish to show that no matter what life brings, joy cannot be stolen unless you let it. One must have the faith to believe that everything is gonna be okay.

"Best 360º"

Directed by: Kristen Petrarca

"Praying The Hours" uses story to reconsider the ancient practice of fixed-hour prayer observed by the Abrahamic faith traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The film tells the story of a day by imagining each prayer as a character. The Traveling Man is hit by a car. During the time it takes for him to cross over from this life to the next, he visits eight people—seeing them with new eyes. He learns that eternity is not something that happens after you die, but a river that flows under the surface of ordinary life.

"Best Original Score"
"Best Supporting Actress" (Elizabeth Montgomery)

Directed by: Lauralee Farrer

A computer data analyze Canadian student hackes into a dating
website while he is doing his assignment and accesses the high
secret dating information about Canadian bankers, politicians, and
government workers.
He creates a fake ID and contacts some of them and asks for
money with giving them time to do it and lf they don't , every day
he will release a list of people from the dating website to news.
After the given time is over, he releases first list from dating
website and that makes a big scandal.
As he contacts more people and asking them for more money,
government try to find out his identification and place to stop the
bigger problem he can make as everyone ( news, citizens) waiting
for new lists every day.

"Best Television Script"

Written by: Mousa Ghodratifard

When journalist Jess Duffey gets the first chapters of a bad serial-killer novel, she dismisses it as a prank, a ploy for publicity. Until she follows the writer’s directions to the grave and stumbles head-first into an FBI investigation of a grisly cold case.
The manuscript is not fiction. It’s true crime.
The anonymous chapters keep coming, leading Jess and the police to more horrifying discoveries of brutal murders committed years earlier. The killer wants Jess to publish his account, word for word, and doing so is the only way Jess and FBI Agent Corrina Stone can find the killer before he completes his evil mission: to kill Fifteen Times.


"Best Adapted Screenplay"

Written by: Steve Crawshaw

When journalist Jess Duffey gets the first chapters of a bad serial-killer novel, she dismisses it as a prank, a ploy for publicity. Until she follows the writer’s directions to the grave and stumbles head-first into an FBI investigation of a grisly cold case.
The manuscript is not fiction. It’s true crime.
The anonymous chapters keep coming, leading Jess and the police to more horrifying discoveries of brutal murders committed years earlier. The killer wants Jess to publish his account, word for word, and doing so is the only way Jess and FBI Agent Corrina Stone can find the killer before he completes his evil mission: to kill Fifteen Times.


"Best Original Soundtrack"

Composed by: Jordan Paul Rousseau

A biographical story of a man that over came a physical handicap and went on to invent and create a successful company that made unique Christmas ornaments. A life hindered by a pandemic, depression, two world wars, fire and the annexation of his homeland by the Russians. A story of family, perseverance, grit, luck and love.


"Best Historical Film"

Directed by: Rick Van Velsor

FooDie is a surreal story about contemporary culinary narcissism and its contradictions. In the age of the triumph of images, cooking shows offer food for the eyes, another nourishment for self-celebration, no more a vehicle for culture but a visual marketing tool.
The main character of the story is Natan, a narcissistic and extravagant cooking star who is trapped in the reflections of his own image, and who, stoned by the words of his own monologue, ends up literally suffering the grotesque consequences of his own teachings.
FooDie is a film made of reflections and mediated images, copies of originals which no longer exist. It is a short film about food in which the food is invisible to the eyes until it shows its true identity.


"Best Symbolic Film"

Directed by: Giovanni Pannico

A fearless boy discovers a cockfight. Hidden from bettors rescue the rooster with the will to save it.


"Best Young Actor"

Directed by: Roberto Leite

María is a teenager who lost her mother a year ago, during this time she has had to occupy her role. He realizes when he travels on vacation that even his friends have changed and he cannot go back to his childhood. She is trapped and wants to escape


"Best Young Actress" (Noa Flores)


Directed by: Carlos Puig Mundó

A female Super Hero against Domestic Violence. In this story, “Sharnice Stardom aka Sugar” is a prior abuse victim who is currently overwhelmed with her double life. As a single parent of a twelve-year-old girl, SUGAR is trying to balance her business, her neighborhood heroics, and raising “Laniya Stardom”. Thus, SUGAR is called into action when another boutique Owner tries to take her out, in addition to the kidnapping of LANIYA by a nemesis in her night life, SUGAR’S inner strength is pushed to the limit. Will SUGAR pull it together before LANIYA meets her fate?


"Best Supporting Actor" (Terry Lewis Jr)

Directed by: Jermaine Quick

A minor ethnic group, Miao, in Guizhou, China, holds butterfly as their totem and applies the symbol in their embroidery.


"Best Poster"

Directed by: Yuqian Cao

Trailer for the feature length Documentary


"Best Trailer"

Directed by: Chuck Price

When his beautiful young wife Lita disappears, Tyler Jefferson musters the courage and the faith to wait for her...and wait for her...and wait for her. Fifty years later, his dedication may be answered when she mysteriously returns without having aged a single day.


"Best Romance"

Directed by: Robert Berg