6th Annual Festigious 2020 - The Nominees
We're excited to announce nominees for the 6th annual Festigious 2020:
Best of Fest 2020
Relish - Justin Ward
Why She Smiles - Caroline Sims
The Return - Jon Fish
Roadside - Peter Falls
The Day You Long For - Benoit Ganesan, Ciaran Page
Written Words - Chelsea Nwasike
Shepard - Jourdan McClure, Philip Landa
Two Autumns in Paris - Gibelys Coronado, Gustavo Michelena, Francisco Villarroel
Wienerland - Jan Woletz, Stefan Polasek
Inhale - Brian Chambers, Derek Lamoureux, Nik Pilecki
Night Watch - Allen Chiang
The System - Michael Cruz, Howard Bowler
Best Narrative Feature
Relish - Justin Ward
In Love with Ally Barker - Chris Smellin, Robert Smellin
Gossip - Xu Jun
Because of You - Zeng Zhen
Wuthering Heights - Bryan R Ferriter, Quincey Kuiava, J. Owen Rogers
Shepard - Jourdan McClure, Philip Landa
Once Upon a Judgment Day - Mehmet Tanrisever
Mambo Man - Mo Fini, Edesio Alejandro
The Real Exorcist - Shokyo Oda
Million Loves in Me - Sampson Yuen, Tiong Wooi Lim, John Y, Jeremy Tan
The Secret - Ben Wicks
Night Watch - Allen Chiang
Best Narrative Short
Lost Treasure of the Valley - Robert Husted
A Touch of Aurora - Aditya Patwardhan
Ruby Baby - Lee Mcqueen
Roadside - Peter Falls
Métèque - Lauren Blackwell, Lyna Dubarry, Lou Stassen
Written Words - Chelsea Nwasike
Windblown - Usher Morgan
Distance - Jesse Edwards
A-Symmetry - Sam Bradford, Grace Sargeant
Noche Loca - Julio Cesar Gonzalez
Forum - J. Michael Kallet
Jane Doe - Brett Rickaby
Best Indie Feature
The Great Charade - Rodeo Strange, Daniel Strange
Creeping Out - Jakub Mateusz Boruń
Deadly Promises - Joseph Ramos, Julian Crouser, Thomas Crouser Jr, Sandra L Bucy
Wicked Trails - Deepanshu Singh
The Wager - Mark Justice, Jim Gloyd
City of Salt - Alicia Oberle Farmer
The Texas Railroad Killer - Luis Antonio Rodriguez, Israel Rios
Between Two Worlds - Hyung Kun (Hillfinger) Hwang
Wuthering Heights - Bryan R Ferriter, Quincey Kuiava, J. Owen Rogers
PEP-Uganda - Renford Reese
Savoy: Saga Of An Icon - Kshitij Sharma
You Won't Remember Me - Victor Blaho
Best Indie Short
Luna's Fortress - Pawel Swierczynski
9862 - Giles Greenwood, Jonathan Digby
Mrs Blaquill - Luiza Oliveira
Forest of Light - Allan Riggs, William Nunes, Charles Chu
Dirty Sexy Children - Clemy Clarke
Satin White - Ingrid Hoyos
Basic - Chelsea Devantez
If You Love Her, Let Her Go - Ilan Zerrouki
Spending Time With You - Josh Pafchek
Across The Room - Mellinda Hensley, Matt Clifford
Lifeless - Alex Fedosov, Elvira Sinelnik
Love Trumps Hate - Steven Krasner
Best Web/TV Pilot
Whiteboard Challenge - Michael Kureth
Limbo - Pat Dortch
Wienerland - Jan Woletz, Stefan Polasek
Harbor Island - Tiffany Rhodes
The Giant Deep Reds - Maurice Micallef, Chris Micallef
All In Favor - Sally Lomidze
Harvey Wallbanger - Abdul Stone Jackson
Double Jack - Stephanie Stern
The Deets' - Amondre Jackson
The Gliwensbourg Chronicles - Emilie Tommasi
The Hinsdale Archives - Ryan Wefelmeyer
Murray Ghost - Brian Herskowitz
Best Web/TV Series
Forests and Thieves - Zenon Samuels
Hellier: Season 2 - Karl Pfeiffer, Greg Newkirk, Dana Newkirk, Connor J Randall
Who Killed Romeo & Juliet? - Mark Deere
Magenta - Gabriele Tacchi
Double Jack - Stephanie Stern
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor - Keith Edward Barnfather
The Honey Trapper Season 2 - Felise Garcia
Benza English - Raito Nishizaka, Michael Williams, Christopher McCombs
Frank James - Jon Massey
Chronofilm - Robert Hypes
Murray Ghost - Brian Herskowitz
The Gliwensbourg Chronicles - Emilie Tommasi
Best Documentary Feature
Dreams At Sea - Steve Brown
Psychics - Ellen Pun, Zevia Tong, Dick Tso, Roger Chow
Why She Smiles - Caroline Sims
Gateway - Dana Richie
In This World - Anna Kauber
The Dalai Lama: Scientist - Dawn Gifford Engle
Mr Lee: 20 Years of Power - Juan Salas
Savoy: Saga Of An Icon - Kshitij Sharma
Slava's Journey: Secrets of Snow - Steve Haisman, Clive Howard
Ciao Anita - Jacques Lipkau Goyard, Marco Kuveiller
The Fear Engine - Andy Ross
Last Call for Tomorrow - Gary Null, Valerie Van Cleve
Best Documentary Short
The Last Harvest - Alexis Spradic
Beyond The Trees: Delores - Steve Conry
The Champ of Champs - Brian Johnston
Swipe Left: The Age of Disposable Relationships - Amber Ostergaard
The Return - Jon Fish
The Bobby Chacon Story - Richard Poche
The Beautiful Mudanjiang - Wen Tian
In the Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial - Alexander Craven
Overcoming Obstacles Through a United Culture - Heewon Kim
Fiction About Country C - Xueqing Yin
Sleep in Heavenly Peace - A Bed for All Children - Steve Colwell, Teri Horsley
Inhale - Brian Chambers, Derek Lamoureux, Nik Pilecki
Best Animation
Harvest - Sun Lijun
NoWhereMan - Chong Liu, Kuan Ting Lu, Han Chen Chang
Two Different Kinds of Love - Alyce Vest
Oh Deer Rides The Bus - Emily Trueswell
Birds Of A Feather - Varad Bhamburdekar
The Butterfly Cage - Hélèna Serra, Maxime Sabisik
Nightwalkers - Daniel M Rosales
Sight - Lee Lacey
Depth of The Skin - Jay San
Stick To Manual - Christian Antonini, Tanice Arnold
Monster - Shin Junsik
The Train to Qinling - Shir Baron
Best Music Video
In the end - Lenylson Luan
Devil - Thorsten Kramer
Intoxicated - Claudio Zagarini
The Real Exorcist - Sayaka Okawa, Koutaro Ishida
Azhar's Aria - Madina Altynbayeva
Devotchka "Done With Those Days" - Marcin Biegunajtys, Nick Urata
Anpu - Zoea - Powei Su
The Void - Jakob Kaiser
Saturno TV - Nectarín - Julio Hormaeche
Two Arms Apart - Renee Jonas, Sven Tydeman, Elizabeth Usher, Ben Chai
Emotional Terrorist - Cetre Pegues
Finding - Sigmund Washington, George Burton
Best Student Film
A Land Where Children Play - Alexia Garcia del Rio
Heartstruck - Ian Thomas Kent
Caroline - Sang Ma
Unapeeling - Amber Baris
The Four Stages of Cancer According to Introverts - Almas Alardhi
Birds Of A Feather - Varad Bhamburdekar
The 14th - Qi Qi
June - Yangxuan Zhou
The Day You Long For - Benoit Ganesan, Ciaran Page
Cranberry - Savannah Sivert, Sarah Buchanan
Written Words - Chelsea Nwasike
Das Kleid - Ethan Ardalan -
Best Director
Because of You - Zeng Zhen
The Painting - Sergey Kalvarskiy, Stanislav Romanovsky
Gateway - Dana Richie
Strings of Sorrow - Mehmet Tanrisever
A Lack of Colour - Craig Brownrigg
Resurrection - Sabine Crossen
Aleita - Seungwon Gio Park
Distance - Jesse Edwards
The Last Man on Earth - April Phillips
Wienerland - Jan Woletz, Stefan Polasek
Written Words - Chelsea Nwasike
Tender is the Kiss - Longwei Deng
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Deadly Promises - Joseph Ramos
City of Salt - Alicia Oberle Farmer
Symphoria - Catherine Dao
In your honor - Mauro Romero
The Real Exorcist - Shokyo Oda
The Gliwensbourg Chronicles - Emilie Tommasi
Gateway - Dana Richie
Slava's Journey: Secrets of Snow - Steve Haisman, Clive Howard
Wicked Trails - Deepanshu Singh
Limbo - Pat Dortch
No Defense - Sara Ganim
Two Autumns in Paris - Gibelys Coronado
Best First Time Director (Short)
Ghost in the Gun - Andrew Chen
Mathilda - Yaqi Tao
The Job Interview - Joncart Jonathan
Black Heart, Red Hands - Russell Southam
Consent - Niz Fernandez
The Train to Qinling - Shir Baron
Outside the Angel City - Taylor Bright -
Victims - Zachary L. Harris
Letters from a Father - Andrea Fantauzzi
Kite - HongWei Wang
Inn Communication - Esther Mira
Sixth Grade - Yuzhuo Wang
Best Actor
My American Dream - Lincoln Fu
Two Autumns in Paris - Slavsko Sorman
A Touch of Aurora - Al Danuzio
Wienerland - David Wurawa
9862 - Jonathan Digby
Resemblance - Jordan Woods-Robinson
Limbo - Pat Dortch
The Day You Long For - Charles Sandford
Night Watch - Xin Guo
Bad Assistant - Jason Schwartzman
Leave 'em Laughing - Matthew Glave
Shepard - Kurt Krause
Best Actress
Relish - Hana Hayes
Because of You - PiPi Yao
Caroline - Cheryl Dent
Two Autumns in Paris - Maria Antonieta Hidalgo
Ruby Baby - Hervine De Boodt
Roadside - Tessa Ferrer
Wienerland - Jeannine Mik
The Last Man on Earth - Greer Phillips
In Love with Ally Barker - Laura Jane Turner
Written Words - Victoria Floro
Jane Doe - Amanda Lamberti - Brett Rickaby -
Windblown - Katie Vincent
Best Duo
Because of You - PiPi Yao & Chen Pin Hsuan
A Lack of Colour - Dylan Barrett & Viktor Sawchuk
Roadside - Tessa Ferrer & Peter Falls
Butterfly - Micah Fitzgerald & Jade Lorna Sullivan
Shepard - Will Beinbrink & Kurt Krause
Caroline - Lauren Faulkner & Cheryl Dent
The System - Ashley Olivia Fisher & Daniel Puig
In Love with Ally Barker - Laura Jane Turner & Sarah Clarke - Chris Smellin, Robert Smellin
River - Mary Cameron Rogers & Alexandra Rose
Two Autumns in Paris - Maria Antonieta Hidalgo & Slavsko Sorman
Windblown - Katie Vincent & Jacob A. Ware
The Day You Long For - Charles Sandford & Claire Marlein
Best Ensemble
Relish - Tyler DiChiara, Hana Hayes, Mateus Ward, Rio Mangini, James Morrison, Angel Parker, Chelsea Zhang, Matt Nardozzi, Diane Delano
The Escape Room - Jolie Vanier, Alfredo Rose, Laurelle Mabalot, Brett Schaberg, Nicoletta Hynes, Emma Freyre, Bessy Adut
Ruby Baby - Lee McQueen, Hervine De Boodt, Bradley Bissett
Pajama Party Work Night - Rio Scafone, Christina Nicole, Caitlin Burt, Melissa O'Brien, Whitney Wagner, Rose Anne Nepa, Mark Boyd, Barton Bund, Josiah Vaccaro - Patrick Neff
Orisha - Juston Graber, Drew Anthony, Danny Brown, Luis Fernandez-Gil, Jack Duarte, Eric Hemeng, Peter Nuoffer
Wienerland - David Wurawa, Jeannine Mik, Michael Pink, Barbara Kaudelka, Max Grodenchik, Clara Montocchio
As One - Nick Dillenburg, Tawny Sorensen, Bisa Dawes
Jane Doe - Brett Rickaby, Amanda Lamberti, Paola Deocampo, John Elsen
The System - Ashley Olivia Fisher, Nick Jordan, Akintola Jiboyewa, Daniel Puig, Derek Dimir, Kynzi Lee Adams, John Carlin, Riti Sachdeva, John Jezior, Julio A. Sanchez, Annabelle Zasowski - dir. Michael Cruz, Howard Bowler
Shepard - Will Beinbrink, Kurt Krause, Kareem Grimes, Greg Proops, Paulina Alvarez, Ashley Nicole Williams - dir. Jourdan McClure
Deadly Promises - Julian Crouser, Isabella Salazar, Braeden Wilson, MJ Wolfe
The Painting - Yury Chursin, Igor Mirkurbanov, Maria Antipp, Pavel Maykov, Andrey Rudensky, Sergey Shnurov, Tatyevik Khachatrian
Best Cinematography
Because of You - Wang Jung Lu
Hey, Someone's Here - Chen Yu
Ruby Baby - Owain Wilshaw
Resemblance - Daniel Stilling
The Day You Long For - Lewis Thompson
Windblown - Usher Morgan
Aleita - Ashton J. Harrewyn
Deadly Promises - Ian Brander
Mathilda - Ai Chung
Wienerland - Ulrich Neuburg, Florian Gintenreiter
Susie - Stephanie Gould
Relish - Bryan Koss
Best Editing
Ghost in the Gun - Patrick Devaney, Sam Purdy, Stephen Berke, Rena Yamamoto
Why She Smiles - Caroline Sims, Noah Hanson
The Escape Room - Yin Lui
Pajama Party Work Night - Patrick Neff
Darkest Age - Kaleb Woodward - Isabella Jacqueline
Savoy: Saga Of An Icon - Kshitij Sharma
Deadly Promises - Anthony Sylvers
Orisha - Drew Anthony
Wienerland - Jan Woletz, Stefan Polasek
Zero Point - Ryan Graham-Laughlin
Written Words - Chelsea Nwasike
Relish - Erik Swanson
Best Score
Making Time - Grant Pichla
The Divisible - The Last Dance - Jon Altham
The Return - Brittany Losee
A Thousand Cranes - Eiko Yichen Jin
Basic - Tara Trudel - Chelsea Devantez
Darkest Age - ROMAN MOLINO DUNN - Isabella Jacqueline
Huo Zhe - Kino Lee
Sixth Grade - Yuqi Zhou
Mathilda - Cali Wang
City of Salt - Donovan Colton
Wienerland - Horst Schnattler
Symphoria - David Lamont
Best Screenplay
Fake ID - Eric Sollars, Scott Sollars
The Butterfly Chain - Andres Quimi
1966 - Elisee Stpreux jr
It Means - Josh Madden
Levi's Pet Emporium - Gemma Paul
Horrible Hannah - Geoffrey D Sollars, Michael D Sollars, Eric G Sollars
The Red Cloth - Bo Svenson
Room Service - Joseph D'Urso
Brook Farm - Alexander Wake
Kaltenhouse - Don Thompson
Dig Deeper - Girault Seger -
Hush - Connor Rielly
Best Television Script
Out of This World - Darren Butler
Rough Stock - Seppe Van Beneden
Run and Hide - Steve Crawshaw
The Belfast Connection - John Donovan
Chums - Jaye Mary Younkin
Levi's Pet Emporium - Gemma Paul
The Janitor - Christopher Hughes -
Farther and Out - Marc Bauer
Tee - David LeBlanc
Work of Art - Patrick D. Davis
Currently Katie - Hannah Petosa
Untitled Gay Hitman Project - James Tison, Gus Constantellis
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