LIAFF
FILMS OF THE MONTH
JUNE, 2019
CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILMS
WINNER
The Ribbon
Directed by Polla-Ilariya Kozino
USA
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CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
Hell and Hope
Directed by Amish Srivastava
USA
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Vadoba
Directed by Vishal Sawant
India
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Lost Love
Directed by Filiz Rezvan
USA
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS
WINNER
Qassem Haddad .. The Last Door’S Hour
Directed by Khalid Alrowaie
Bahrain
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CATEGORY:EDUCATIONAL FILM
WINNER
Artes Liberales
Directed by Ceng Chen
USA
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CATEGORY:EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
WINNER
TRISKELION
Directed by Stuart T Birchall
United Kingdom
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
TOAST
Directed by Alberto Martín-Aragón
Spain
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CATEGORY:BEST ACTRESS
WINNER
Love Takes Time
Acted by Lisa Christine Holmberg
USA
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CATEGORY:BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER
LINOLEUM – Alain Chamfort / Cie Niki Noves
Directed by Niki Noves
France
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TRISKELION
Directed by Stuart T Birchall
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY:BEST FILM SCORE – SOUNDTRACK
WINNER
THE RIBBON
Film Score By Jonathan-Galland
USA
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CATEGORY: FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE
WINNER
Gandadakudi(Chandanvan)
Directed by Late. Santhosh Shetty Kateel, Preetha Menezes
India
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CATEGORY:LGBT FILM
WINNER
Buffalo
Directed by Freddie Paull
USA
CATEGORY: MOBILE FILM
WINNER
Vadoba
Directed by Vishal Sawant
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Because you Mattered
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
ACS France
Directed by ACS France
USA
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
LINOLEUM – Alain Chamfort / Cie Niki Noves
Directed by Niki Noves
France
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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE FEATURES
WINNER
A Ship of Human Skin
Directed by Richard Bailey
USA
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CATEGORY:ONE MINUTE FILM
WINNER
Ooze and Seep
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I Built a Cage
Directed by Robert David Duncan
Canada
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
WINNER
Chances
Directed by Amir Jaffer
USA
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Buray Phansay
Directed by Shahrukh Tariq
Pakistan
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Lost Love
Directed by Filiz Rezvan
USA
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GYNT – THE CROSSROADS OF TIME
Directed by Jorge Taddeo
Mexico
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CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Tennis
Directed by Magaly Ugarte de Pablo
Mexico
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We had to kill Lady Death
Directed by Lucie Weeger
France
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TARGET
Directed by Shakil Hannan
Canada
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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
“Dreaming of Broadway” Cube
Directed by Mimi Garrard
USA
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FINALIST
Love Is
Directed by Kala Mandrake, Laor Rosenfeld
USA
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Rise from the Tide (2019)
Directed by Yang Liu, XU Mingsheng
Hong Kong
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CATEGORY:STUDENT FILM
WINNER
Rise from the Tide (2019)
Directed by Yang Liu, XU Mingsheng
Hong Kong
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CATEGORY: TRAILER/TEASER
WINNER
BLUE FUNK
Directed by Ashutosh Jha
India
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CATEGORY: TREATMENT / SYNOPSIS
WINNER
Mercy
Written by Ben Pfeiffer
Australia
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CATEGORY:WOMEN’S FILM
WINNER
The Avant-Gardener
Directed by Lindsay Katt, Heather Matarazzo, Jeremiah Kipp & Carl Byrd
USA
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