WFCS
Movie of the month
(MAY 2023)
CATEGORY: ANIMATED FILM
WINNER
EIGHT
Directed by John Johnson
United States
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
What a Match
Directed by Björn Granberg Ahlmark
Sweden
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On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Best Actor
WINNER
The Angel Of My Life
Acted by Ivan Medina
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
The Angel Of My Life
Acted by Catherine French
United States
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Comedy Demo Reel 2022
Acted by Dawna Lee Heising
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
The American Good Samaritans
Cinematographed by Ashot Mkrtchyan
Armenia
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CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
Shaakuntalam
Directed by Gunasekhar Karri
India
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The Angel Of My Life
Directed by Cesar Valderrama, Erick Gonzalez
United States
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Two worlds
Directed by nithya gopalakrishnan
India
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The American Good Samaritans
Directed by Ara Mnatsakanyan
Armenia
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I am Kanaka
Directed by Genevieve Sulway
United Kingdom
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On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Best Editing
WINNER
The American Good Samaritans
Edited by Tigran Baghinyan
Armenia
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Edited by Alessandro Squitti
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Best Film Score – Soundtrack
WINNER
Destiny -from the musical “This is Love”-
Scored by AKISAI M
Japan
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Messages To Self
Scored by Scott A Jennings
United States
HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Scored by Michael Brennan
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
Shaakuntalam
Produced by Neelima Guna Karri and Dil Raju Velamakucha
India
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I am Kanaka
Produced by Genevieve Sulway
United Kingdom
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The American Good Samaritans
Produced by Manvel Saribekyan
Armenia
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CATEGORY: Best Sound Designing
WINNER
I am Kanaka
Designed by Ruben D Morales
United Kingdom
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On / Off
Designed by Andrew Vernon
Argentina
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The American Good Samaritans
Designed by Artashes Kartalyan
Armenia
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CATEGORY: Best Supporting Actress
WINNER
Flowers
Acted by Janet Elkin
United States
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CATEGORY: Best VFX Artist
WINNER
Shaakuntalam
Directed by Gunasekhar Karri
India
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CATEGORY: Comedy Short
WINNER
BreakAway
Directed by John Couper-Smartt
Australia
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mean?
Directed by Robert Vincent Grando
United States
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PYJAMAS
Directed by Philip Van
Belgium
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Bali Frodo
Directed by Felix Benjamin Schaefer
Russian Federation
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CATEGORY: Commercial /Advertisement
WINNER
The Birth
Directed by Søren Grau, Lasse Jensen
Denmark
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CATEGORY: Debut Filmmaker
WINNER
Two worlds
Directed by nithya gopalakrishnan
India
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Arrivederci Paris version sous-titrée en anglais
Louis Salvatore Bellanti
France
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Anney
Directed by Anandha Rajan Yavana Rajan
India
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I am Kanaka
Directed by Genevieve Sulway
United Kingdom
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The Answer Message
Directed by Nate Reeves
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
WINNER
the sky is the limit
Directed by Mirka Anderson
United Kingdom
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TRACE Tracing Rare African Canadian Extraordinaire
Directed by Sonia Oduwa Aimiumu
Canada
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Travels In Schizophrenia
Directed by Pierre Moncel Tetrault
Canada
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Chinese Mayors
Directed by Xiaojuan Miao
China
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JUMAWAN:HUWARAN
Directed by WYLENE GULFAN
Philippines
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Brinlee
Directed by Jeremy Scott
United States
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THE BOMB
Directed by Bob Jones
United States
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CATEGORY: Educational Film
WINNER
TRACE Tracing Rare African Canadian Extraordinaire
Directed by Sonia Oduwa Aimiumu
Canada
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I am Kanaka
Directed by Genevieve Sulway
United Kingdom
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The American Good Samaritans
Directed by Ara Mnatsakanyan
Armenia
CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
“2020: A Pandemic Odyssey” (Or, How I Got Stanley Kubrick Out of My {Solar} System Once and For All)
Directed by Roger F. Copeland
United States
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CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
Anney
Directed by Anandha Rajan Yavana Rajan
India
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
I am Kanaka
Directed by Genevieve Sulway
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: Feature Script
WINNER
The Mali Empire
Written by Dewane Alexander
United States
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Seoul ’88
Written by Jennifer D’Angelo Kircher
United States
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
“PROGRAM” TO KILL……?? (F)
Written by Manisha Gupta
India
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Anna Key
Written by Matt Anderson, Amanda Megan
United States
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Trail Of Tear
Written by Hans Sluijter
Netherlands
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Retributive Justice
Written by TAPASH KUMAR DUTTA
India
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CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
BLOOM
Directed by Jenny Dedrick Krengel
United States
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BootSpace
Directed by Harjit Singh
India
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Shaakuntalam
Directed by Gunasekhar Karri
India
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CATEGORY: LGBT Film
WINNER
CATFIGHT
Directed by Keshhav Panneriy
India
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Angel Of My Life
Directed by Cesar Valderrama, Erick Gonzalez
United States
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CATEGORY: Mobile Film
WINNER
Pretty Men
Directed by Kasidid Kangkarn
Thailand
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CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
The Door of Memories
Directed by Chung-yu Huang
Taiwan
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
What a Lovely Day!
Directed by K.K. Electronics
Netherlands
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HALLELUJAH
Directed by Somesh Mathur, Aashish Rego, K.C. Loy, ‘Baby’ Priya
India
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CATEGORY: Narrative Feature
WINNER
Love is Outdated
Directed by Yusaku Okamoto
Japan
HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir [ One Planet; One Family ]
Directed by Venkata Krishna Roghanth
India
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Rage, Fear, Love
Directed by Charles Stanley
United States
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The Way
Directed by Tata Feodoridi, Konstantin Frolov
United States
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Shaakuntalam
Directed by Gunasekhar Karri
India
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CATEGORY: Post Modern Film
WINNER
Flights
Directed by Anne
United Kingdom
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CATEGORY: SHORT FILM
WINNER
War of the Gods
Directed by Emmanuel Akinwande Fabiyi
United Kingdom
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Let My Grandpa into Heaven
Directed by Lana Bolycheva
United States
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DOCTOR HARRIET’S FOUR
Directed by Lukas Metjes
Germany
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Bajona
Directed by Rhituraj Dutta
India
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What If
Directed by Theone Ly
United States
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CATEGORY: Short Script
WINNER
The Parallel Messenger
Written by Rebecca Clarisse Jacoby
Martinique
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Pen & Pencil: Graduation
Written by Devone Jones
United States
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Begonia
Written by Zuyou Liu, Xinshu Cui
United States
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A SOUND FROM WITHIN
Written by MIGUEL MILLER
United States
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The Chance
Written by Terry Luke Podnar
United States
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CATEGORY: Student Film
WINNER
Birthday
Directed by Zihong Ye
China
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Untitled Camera: A pioneer’s Pitfall
Directed by Jack McMurdo Gould
United States
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Away with the Fairies
Directed by Morgan Lui
United States
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CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series
WINNER
Workforce – The Pilot
Directed by Phil Kwarta
United States
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
METEOR
Written by Line Rainville, Franco Pirrone
Canada
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BLOOM
Directed by Jenny Dedrick Krengel
United States
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CATEGORY: Trailer/Teaser
WINNER
Cassandra Venice – The BLUE Teaser/Trailer
Directed by Hugo Teugels
Belgium
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CATEGORY: Travel Film
WINNER
Terra Australis Incognita
Directed by Andrii Andreiev
Ukraine
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CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
I am Kanaka
Directed by Genevieve Sulway
United Kingdom
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HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TRACE Tracing Rare African Canadian Extraordinaire
Directed by Sonia Oduwa Aimiumu
Canada
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