All nominees for the 2022 Awards Program have now been notified via email. Please scroll down to see the complete list of nominees.
Winners will be announced at the event.
2022 Feature Film Nominees
| CATEGORY | NOMINEES (Listed alphabetically) |
|---|---|
| Best Narrative Feature | 12 words Directed and Produced by: Juan Antonio Anguita Martin Cafe Americano Definition Please In Her Name The Last Champion |
| Best Documentary Feature | Forget Me Not Directed by Olivier Bernier Produced by: Olivier Bernier, Tiffany Conklin, Patrick Solomon, Ana Lucia Villela, Estela Renner, Luana Lobo, Marcos Nisti Iron Family No U-TURN Not Going Quietly Still Working 9 to 5 |
| Best Direction | 12 words Juan Antonio Anguita Cafe Americano In Her Name The Last Champion |
| Best Screenplay | 12 words Juan Antonio Anguita Cafe Americano SILENT RIVER The Last Champion |
| Best Cinematography | In Her Name Iain Trimble SILENT RIVER The Last Champion Two Yellow Lines |
| Best Actor in A Feature | 12 words Santos Sánchez Cafe Americano The Last Champion SILENT RIVER This is Not A War Story |
| Best Actress in A Feature | Aamal Monique Rosario Beautiful Jinn In Her Name SILENT RIVER The Last Champion |
| Best Supporting Actor in A Feature | 12 words Álex Ramos In Her Name The Last Champion |
| Best Supporting Actress in A Feature | Rekindling Christmas Raini Rodriguez Second Chances The Last Champion This is Not A War Story |
2022 Short Film Nominees
| CATEGORY | NOMINEES (Listed alphabetically) |
|---|---|
| Best Narrative Short | Bittu Directed by: Karishma Dube Produced by: Mary Evangelista, Shreya Dube Forgotten Song PASSAGE Strangers’ Reunion The Wind Phone |
| Best Documentary Short | ĀMRA Directed by: Imri Agmon Keep Saray Home Project Antarctica – Easter Island Extension These Moments This Other World |
| Best Short by a First-time Filmmaker | Flirting (With Possibilities) Directed by: Garrett Zuercher Produced by: Dana Zolli, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Garrett Zuercher HOMECOMING Lifeblood Shreveport Son The Fly |
| Best Short by a Student Filmmaker | A NARRATION OF A FUNERAL Directed and Produced by: Amir Sedghinir Cereal Final Deathtination First… Shift |
| Best Short by a 50+ Filmmaker | :60 Seconds Directed by: John ‘Quig’ Quigley Produced by: John ‘Quig’ Quigley, Cori-Anne Greenhouse, Brent Bye 27 STEPS Boomslang 2: The Dinner For Sale Uncut |
| Best Short by an LGBTQ+ Filmmaker | Endgame Directed by: Michal Wasilewski Produced by: Katarzyna Stasieluk, Lidia Mikulska Flirting (With Possibilities) Last Call The Shack – An Atmos-Fearic Thriller Unsaid |
| Best Short by a BIPOC Filmmaker | Borders Directed by: Frank Velasquez Produced by: Marina Coutinho Cereal Dream Carriers Shreveport Son The Broken Key |
| Best Drama Short | A NARRATION OF A FUNERAL Directed and Produced by: Amir Sedghinir Bittu Strangers’ Reunion The War Within Wuss |
| Best Comedy Short | After Life Crisis Directed and Produced by: Matthew Eli Judd Lucky Undies NXT Scary Finger |
| Best Horror Short | Anxiety Directed and Produced by: Mohamad Parsa Crazy About You Displacement Miner’s Mountain The Yellow Wallpaper |
| Best Science Fiction Short | CHILD: INDIGO Directed and Produced by: Trei Hill Dynamic Memory Dystopian Folktales Five Minutes IRIS |
| Best Animated Short | Coming Back Directed by: Yuxin Zhao Lifeblood On / Off The Bird & the Whale Where the winds die |
| Best Experimental Short | A Bath In My Mothers Womb Directed by: Mona Namer & Sofia Aedo Zahou Produced by: Maida Krak, Amelie Svenstedt I c Moira Wake Whoever You Are |
| Best Foreign Language Short | Blessing Directed and Produced by: Herman Choque Rodriguez First… Marie-Luise TUSALIH – A Jouyr Tale Wuss |
| Best Music Video | Entitled Space Sheep Directed and Produced by: Gad Zigdon Imelda Gabs – Alter Ego (Official Video) Molo Audace UGLY – The Official Social Standard Vultures |
| Best Web Series [One Episode] | After Life Crisis: Pilot Episode Directed by: Matthew Eli Judd Produced by: Matthew Eli Judd, Carlos Jimenez Cities in the Air – Episode 1: Deep Water Cray The Blue Marble |
| Best Direction [Short] | Bittu Karishma Dube Five Minutes Mother in the Mist Scary Finger The Grandpas Tinkerers |
| Best Screenplay [Short] | A NARRATION OF A FUNERAL Amir Sedghinir Bittu Sakuntula Who’s Whose Wuss |
| Best Cinematography [Short] | A Bath In My Mothers Womb Sara Dehlin & Mika Aberra Bittu Mother in the Mist Sakuntula Wuss |
| Best Visual Effects [Short] | Flirting (With Possibilities) Stephen Drabicki, Andrew Hendrix Lifeblood The Black League of Superheroes The Last |
| Best Editing [Short] | Bittu Colin ElliottLifeblood Jonathan Nix, Nicholas Tory Nā Kama Kai – Children Of The Ocean Sakuntula The Masterpiece |
| Best Sound Design [Short] | Lifeblood Jonathan Nix Sakuntula The Last The Masterpiece TUSALIH – A Jouyr Tale |
| Best Music Score [Short] | A Bath In My Mothers Womb Little Dragon Bitter Suite Lifeblood Shift The Masterpiece |
| Best Production Design [Short] | EQUILIBRE (english sub) Pat La Féline Lifeblood The Grandpas Tinkerers THE HOUSE OF THE BUTTERFLY The Lady of the House of Love |
| Best Actor [Short] | Borders Daniel Edward Mora LINGO Shreveport Son The Confession The Fly |
| Best Actress [Short] | Bittu Rani Kumari First… Not Enough Peaches The Vow |
| Best Supporting Actor [Short] | A Soldier’s Letter Fabian Jaray Borders Flirting (With Possibilities) The Grandpas Tinkerers |
| Best Supporting Actress [Short] | A Drop of Blood from Nazanin Maryam Shams, Homa Shams Displacement First… Marie-Luise TROUBADOURS CELESTES |
| Best Ensemble Cast [Short] | Bittu Rani Kumari, Renu Kumari, Saurab Saraswat, Krishna Negi, Monu Uniyal, Salma Khatoom First… Horizons The Grandpas Tinkerers Wuss |
