WINNER - Best Student Film


Director: Zuzanna Karpińska


Runtime: 17 minutes 22 seconds
Release date: February 20, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Student
Country: Poland

Synopsis: Unisia is a typical girl in her twenties. She studies American Studies and lives with her caring mother. She leads a life in lack of excitements, until she answers the phone call from Fullbright Program.

RUNNER-UP - Best Student Film


Director: Nicolò Tagliabue


Runtime: 23 minutes
Release date: April 25, 2017
Genre: Fiction
Country: Italy

Synopsis: The next clash with his father leads Ludo to give up everything to devote himself to what he has always wanted: to make a movie.

NOMINEE - Best Student Film


Director: Ziwei Yao


Runtime: 13 minutes 19 seconds
Release date: May 16, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Student
Country: Singapore, China

Synopsis: Hang makes a deal with a mob leader to settle his debt. That deal requires him to murder a monk who tries to influence Hang to reconsider his actions. Through the monk, Hang realises that both of them will soon share a similar karma. A bad karma that will make them suffer, one after another.

NOMINEE - Best Student Film


Director: Corina Andrian


Runtime: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Release date: November 29, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Experimental, Student, Sci-Fi
Country: United Kingdom

Synopsis: A woman comes home to find her apartment completely transformed by the fluidity of meaning and light. Nothing will ever be the same again for you. Yes you.

WINNER - Best Animation


Director: Michael Enzbrunner


Runtime: 6 minutes 7 seconds
Release date: July 18, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Animation
Country: Canada

Synopsis: In this computer animated short, the fictitious space-rock duo DEATH VAN tours through a miniature world inhabited by surreal creatures that are haunted and terrorized by a menacing and mischievous entity.

NOMINEE - Best Animation


Director: Barbara Creutz


Runtime: 4 minutes 25 seconds
Release date: February 2, 2018
Genre: Animation, Music Video
Country: France

Synopsis: The words and woes of exile by Estonian poet-singer Lembe Lokk. How Can I Tell You is a sentimental journey through language and imagery.

NOMINEE - Best Animation


Director: Steve Socki


Runtime: 4 minutes 17 seconds
Release date: October 31, 2017
Genre: Animation, Experimental
Country: United States

Synopsis: Dreamy, haunting forms transform, then ascend into a new spiritual world.

WINNER - Best Music Video


Director: Wojciech Czerniewicz


Runtime: 4 minutes 25 seconds
Release date: January 17, 2018
Genre: Music Video
Country: Poland

Synopsis: Intimate production recorded in our home with a BMMCC. The main role was played by my wife Gabriela.
The film is one of three attempts to screen the poetic prose called "The Lost Jockey" written by me in 2014.

RUNNER-UP - Best Music Video


Director: Anthony Capristo


Runtime: 1 minute 20 seconds
Release date: February 1, 2018
Genre: Experimental, Web / New Media
Country: Germany

Synopsis: Millenials from different subcultures question the true nature of reality. They free their mind, establish their own rules, break physical laws of nature and create a new reality according to their ideas.

NOMINEE - Best Music Video


Director: Wojciech Czerniewicz


Runtime: 4 minutes 4 seconds
Release date: February 16, 2018
Genre: Music Video
Country: Poland

Synopsis: The film is one of three attempts to screen the poetic prose called "The Lost Jockey" written by me in 2014.
Recorded by 5d mark III camera in my hometown with the help of people whom I love.

NOMINEE - Best Music Video


Director: Sveinung Gjessing


Runtime: 4 minutes 3 seconds
Release date: December 10, 2017
Genre: Music Video
Country: Norway

WINNER - Best Director


Director: Reuben Esson-Parkes


Runtime: 15 minutes
Release date: July 2, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Student
Country: United Kingdom

Synopsis: A soviet spy who has been coerced into assassinating Stalin must choose between country and family.

RUNNER-UP - Best Director


Director: Kostis Charamountanis


Runtime: 30 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Romance
Country: Greece

Synopsis: In a world where people stopped mating and the human race is under extinction, a lonely man Varsanouphios and a girl Ploumi, find love through an arranged marriage.

NOMINEE - Best Director


Director: Ivan Sainz-Pardo


Runtime: 19 minutes
Release date: January 1, 2016
Genre: Drama, Social, Thriller
Country: Spain

Synopsis: Ainhoa is 9 years old and she has left home, bringing only her school bag and a Playmobil.
"Ainhoa is a story that, instead of trying to put children to sleep, tries to wake up the adults."

NOMINEE - Best Director


Director: Nabahuti Ray


Runtime: 19 minutes 56 seconds
Release date: May 30, 2017
Genre: Fiction
Country: India

Synopsis: Time and Life together is the universe’s most coherent design. Lost are those who fail to unravel this elaborate yet ingenuous mystery.
This is a story of one such man Arindam Gopakumar, whose world falls apart when a catastrophic piece of news is broken to him. He finds it difficult initially to come to terms with it.

NOMINEE - Best Director


Director: Anthony Capristo


Runtime: 1 minute 20 seconds
Release date: February 1, 2018
Genre: Experimental, Web / New Media
Country: Germany

Synopsis: Millenials from different subcultures question the true nature of reality. They free their mind, establish their own rules, break physical laws of nature and create a new reality according to their ideas.

WINNER - Best Actor


Director: Kostis Charamountanis


Runtime: 30 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Romance
Country: Greece

Synopsis: In a world where people stopped mating and the human race is under extinction, a lonely man Varsanouphios and a girl Ploumi, find love through an arranged marriage.

NOMINEE - Best Actor


Director: Reuben Esson-Parkes


Runtime: 15 minutes
Release date: July 2, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Student
Country: United Kingdom

Synopsis: A soviet spy who has been coerced into assassinating Stalin must choose between country and family.

NOMINEE - Best Actor


Director: Nabahuti Ray


Runtime: 19 minutes 56 seconds
Release date: May 30, 2017
Genre: Fiction
Country: India

Synopsis: Time and Life together is the universe’s most coherent design. Lost are those who fail to unravel this elaborate yet ingenuous mystery.
This is a story of one such man Arindam Gopakumar, whose world falls apart when a catastrophic piece of news is broken to him. He finds it difficult initially to come to terms with it.

NOMINEE - Best Actor


Director: Fareed Kairon


Runtime: 9 minutes 28 seconds
Release date: December 20, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Student
Country: France

Synopsis: A father battles to keep his sanity as he struggles to raise his mentally ill daughter alone.

WINNER - Best Actress


Director: Reuben Esson-Parkes


Runtime: 15 minutes
Release date: July 2, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Student
Country: United Kingdom

Synopsis: A soviet spy who has been coerced into assassinating Stalin must choose between country and family.

NOMINEE - Best Actress


Director: Justin Davey


Runtime: 14 minutes 11 seconds
Release date: September 1, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Historical, Political
Country: Ireland

Synopsis: As dawn breaks over a remote lakeside in the West of Ireland, a car comes to a halt and a man all in black exits. He opens the boot (trunk) and we find there a terrified, barefoot woman.

NOMINEE - Best Actress


Director: Annkatrin Hausmann


Runtime: 18 minutes 50 seconds
Release date: October 31, 2017
Genre: Fiction
Country: Germany

Synopsis: Ten year old Melia lives in an impoverished neighborhood with her single mother and younger sibling who suffers from diabetes. Melia's great passion is gymnastics, but her mother is not supportive.

NOMINEE - Best Actress


Director: David Drake


Runtime: 20 minutes
Release date: November 12, 2017
Genre: Fiction
Country: United Kingdom

Synopsis:

WINNER - Best Cinematography


Director: Ivan Sainz-Pardo


Runtime: 19 minutes
Release date: January 1, 2016
Genre: Drama, Social, Thriller
Country: Spain

Synopsis: Ainhoa is 9 years old and she has left home, bringing only her school bag and a Playmobil.
"Ainhoa is a story that, instead of trying to put children to sleep, tries to wake up the adults."

RUNNER-UP - Best Cinematography


Director: Reuben Esson-Parkes


Runtime: 15 minutes
Release date: July 2, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Student
Country: United Kingdom

Synopsis: A soviet spy who has been coerced into assassinating Stalin must choose between country and family.

NOMINEE - Best Cinematography

Director: Justin Davey


Runtime: 14 minutes 11 seconds
Release date: September 1, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Historical, Political
Country: Ireland

Synopsis: As dawn breaks over a remote lakeside in the West of Ireland, a car comes to a halt and a man all in black exits. He opens the boot (trunk) and we find there a terrified, barefoot woman.

NOMINEE - Best Cinematography


Director: Michael Cristian Greene


Runtime: 16 minutes 10 seconds
Release date: July 31, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-fi
Country: Australia

Synopsis: Three young adventurers, bored during their summer holidays, start to follow the obscure actions of their quirky elderly neighbour only to uncover the truth behind his mysterious past.

WINNER - Best Editor


Director: Nabahuti Ray


Runtime: 19 minutes 56 seconds
Release date: May 30, 2017
Genre: Fiction
Country: India

Synopsis: Time and Life together is the universe’s most coherent design. Lost are those who fail to unravel this elaborate yet ingenuous mystery.
This is a story of one such man Arindam Gopakumar, whose world falls apart when a catastrophic piece of news is broken to him. He finds it difficult initially to come to terms with it.

RUNNER-UP - Best Editor


Director: Anthony Capristo


Runtime: 1 minute 20 seconds
Release date: February 1, 2018
Genre: Experimental, Web / New Media
Country: Germany

Synopsis: Millenials from different subcultures question the true nature of reality. They free their mind, establish their own rules, break physical laws of nature and create a new reality according to their ideas.

NOMINEE - Best Editor


Director: Steven Gekas


Runtime: 28 minutes 36 seconds
Release date: May 2, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Romance
Country: Greece

Synopsis: After an accident, George believes he is Humphrey Bogart.

NOMINEE - Best Editor


Director: Michael Cristian Greene


Runtime: 16 minutes 10 seconds
Release date: July 31, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-fi
Country: Australia

Synopsis: Three young adventurers, bored during their summer holidays, start to follow the obscure actions of their quirky elderly neighbour only to uncover the truth behind his mysterious past.

WINNER - Best Screenplay


Director: Kostis Charamountanis


Runtime: 30 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Romance
Country: Greece

Synopsis: In a world where people stopped mating and the human race is under extinction, a lonely man Varsanouphios and a girl Ploumi, find love through an arranged marriage.

RUNNER-UP - Best Screenplay


Director: Ivan Sainz-Pardo


Runtime: 19 minutes
Release date: January 1, 2016
Genre: Drama, Social, Thriller
Country: Spain

Synopsis: Ainhoa is 9 years old and she has left home, bringing only her school bag and a Playmobil.
"Ainhoa is a story that, instead of trying to put children to sleep, tries to wake up the adults."

NOMINEE - Best Screenplay

Director: Nicolò Tagliabue


Runtime: 23 minutes
Release date: April 25, 2017
Genre: Fiction
Country: Italy

Synopsis: The next clash with his father leads Ludo to give up everything to devote himself to what he has always wanted: to make a movie.

NOMINEE - Best Screenplay


Director: Nabahuti Ray


Runtime: 19 minutes 56 seconds
Release date: May 30, 2017
Genre: Fiction
Country: India

Synopsis: Time and Life together is the universe’s most coherent design. Lost are those who fail to unravel this elaborate yet ingenuous mystery.
This is a story of one such man Arindam Gopakumar, whose world falls apart when a catastrophic piece of news is broken to him. He finds it difficult initially to come to terms with it.

WINNER - Best Original Score

Director: Justin Davey


Runtime: 14 minutes 11 seconds
Release date: September 1, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Historical, Political
Country: Ireland

Synopsis: As dawn breaks over a remote lakeside in the West of Ireland, a car comes to a halt and a man all in black exits. He opens the boot (trunk) and we find there a terrified, barefoot woman.

RUNNER-UP - Best Original Score


Director: Reuben Esson-Parkes


Runtime: 15 minutes
Release date: July 2, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Student
Country: United Kingdom

Synopsis: A soviet spy who has been coerced into assassinating Stalin must choose between country and family.

NOMINEE - Best Original Score


Director: Ivan Sainz-Pardo


Runtime: 19 minutes
Release date: January 1, 2016
Genre: Drama, Social, Thriller
Country: Spain

Synopsis: Ainhoa is 9 years old and she has left home, bringing only her school bag and a Playmobil.
"Ainhoa is a story that, instead of trying to put children to sleep, tries to wake up the adults."

NOMINEE - Best Original Score


Director: Michael Cristian Greene


Runtime: 16 minutes 10 seconds
Release date: July 31, 2017
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-fi
Country: Australia

Synopsis: Three young adventurers, bored during their summer holidays, start to follow the obscure actions of their quirky elderly neighbour only to uncover the truth behind his mysterious past.