WFCS

Movie of the month

(August 2022)

CATEGORY: Animated Film
WINNER

The Rise and Fall of Mr. Fox- V
Directed by Amin Karim
Canada

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Grydscaen: scout eve – “Light Codes” (Episode 4)
Directed by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States

Ash
Directed by Vitoria Tan
Singapore

CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Day asks night
Acted by Jaeeun Kwon
Korea, Republic of

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Vesper
Acted by Samantha Jean
United States

A Name in Your Book
Acted by Annie Malev
United States

My Life, My Life, My Life.
Acted by Genevieve Guimond
Canada

Here Comes The Sun
Acted by Terri J Vaughn
United States

CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
Resonance
Cinematographed by Andrew Tan
Australia

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Name in Your Book
Cinematographed by Beth Cloutier
United States

Day asks night
Cinematographed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of

CATEGORY: Best Director
WINNER
‘SHINJIKKI’ The Mermaid Who Predict The Future
Directed by Chaewoon Park, Jeongmin Choi
Korea, Republic of

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ashes to Ashes
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS, Deanna Doyle
United States

Await
Directed by SHU TONG HUO
Hong Kong

The Secret Weapon:  Yesterday IS Today
Directed by Ken Sagoes
United States

Day asks night
Directed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
A Name in Your Book
Directed by Elizabeth Mantia
United States

OFFICIAL SELECTION
A Tale of Three Trees
Directed by Mark Nicolosi
United States

CATEGORY: Best Producer
WINNER
A Name in Your Book
Produced by Allen Ling
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Secret Weapon:  Yesterday IS Today
Produced by Ken Sagoes, Jay Deitzel & Karen T. Bolt
United States

CATEGORY: Supporting Actor
WINNER
A Tale of Three Trees
Acted by g.Michael Nicolosi
United States

CATEGORY: Supporting Actress
WINNER
My Life, My Life, My Life.
Acted by Genevieve Guimond
Canada

CATEGORY: Best VFX Artist
WINNER
A Name in Your Book
VFX by Elizabeth Mantia
United States

CATEGORY: Comedy short
WINNER
Double-bogey Player Begins
Directed by Woojin Song
Korea, Republic of

CATEGORY: Crime short
WINNER
Duplicitous Minds
Directed by Robert Rippberger
United States

CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER
WINNER
DADA LAKHMI
Directed by yashpal sharma
India

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Murderer
Directed by Bofei Yang
China

A Name in Your Book
Directed by Elizabeth Mantia
United States

Await
Directed by SHU TONG HUO
Hong Kong

STAY ALIVE, MY SON
Directed by Victoria Bousis
Greece

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY FILM
WINNER

materia
Directed by Catia Ott
Italy

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Wāhine & Waves
Directed by Ryan Thielen
New Zealand

Chinese Pioneers- Western Australia
Directed by Ying Chu
Australia

産婆 Traditional Midwife
Directed by Paul Edward Foulkes
Japan

Finding Courage
Directed by Kay Rubacek
France

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
In the Name of the Leaf
Directed by Mahatma Putra
Indonesia

Diary of a Disgraced Soldier
Directed by Richard Atkinson
United Kingdom

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Om Shanti
Directed by Holger Klussmann
Germany

Walking Through the Valley of Death
Directed by Thuat Thien Nguyen, Kim Anh Ngo, Trung Huu Nguyen
Viet Nam

CATEGORY: Drone Film
WINNER
A Name in Your Book
Directed by Elizabeth Mantia
United States

CATEGORY: Experimental Film
WINNER
My mother’s last dance
Directed by ivan knyazev
Russian Federation

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ESTUARY
Directed by Warren Bass
United States

Wherever You Are, Wherever I Am
Directed by Kay Chan
Canada

Await
Directed by SHU TONG HUO
Hong Kong

CATEGORY: Family/Children Film
WINNER
CHANGAYI
Directed by SUDESH KUMAR
India

CATEGORY: FEATURE SCRIPT
WINNER
BOND AND CLODE
Written by Zsolt Pozsgai
Hungary

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Grizzly
Written by SID KRAMER
United States

Escape from Singapore
Written by Alistair Bryson
United Kingdom

Golf Balls
Written by Gini Graham Scott
United States

CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Breaking Free 2022
Written by Sam Iwata aka Liu, Michael Shih, Kevin Smith
China

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Aiden
Written by Alain Moscoso

CATEGORY: Film on Religion
WINNER
The Divine Protector – Master Salt Begins
Directed by Hiroshi Akabane
Japan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Tale of Three Trees
Directed by Mark Nicolosi
United States

CATEGORY: Film on Women
WINNER
Wāhine & Waves
Directed by Ryan Thielen
New Zealand

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Name in Your Book
Directed by Elizabeth Mantia
United States

産婆 Traditional Midwife
Directed by Paul Edward Foulkes
Japan

CATEGORY: Film/Video Poster
WINNER
STAY ALIVE, MY SON
Poster by Victoria Bousis
Greece

CATEGORY: Films on Disability Issue
WINNER
Teh Tarik Kakis
Directed by Roland Ang, Jeffrey Tan
Singapore

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Save my MAMA
Directed by 예린 김
Korea, Republic of

OFFICIAL SELECTION
grydscaen: scout eve – “Light Codes” (Episode 4)
Directed by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States

CATEGORY: Free Speech
WINNER
grydscaen: scout eve – “Light Codes” (Episode 4)
Directed by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States

CATEGORY: LGBT Film
WINNER
Ash
Directed by Vitoria Tan
Singapore

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Name in Your Book
Directed by Elizabeth Mantia
United States

CATEGORY: Micro Movies
WINNER
Traces of You
Directed by Alec Lam, Stella Zwart
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Quarrel
Directed by Lingming Lu
Singapore

CATEGORY: Music Video
WINNER
Dümscrolt
Directed by Jerome Kurtenbach
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Name in Your Book
Directed by Elizabeth Mantia
United States

FAITHLESS
Directed by Virginia Travers, MiG Ayesa
United States

So Much To Live For Today
Directed by Alan J Chriest
United States

CATEGORY: Narrative Feature
WINNER
THE DEVOTED
Directed by Pozsgai Zsolt
Hungary

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Hey Kameeni
Directed by Mani Shankar
India

The Divine Protector – Master Salt Begins
Directed by Hiroshi Akabane
Japan

concerto of a Blue Sky
Directed by norikazu oda, mitsuha fujimori
Japan

Home Health Chronicles The Movie
Directed by Jason Scott Henderson
United States

CATEGORY: Romantic Short
WINNER
Ashes to Ashes
Directed by GEORGE ZOUVELOS, Deanna Doyle
United States

CATEGORY: Short Film
WINNER
MGA (Money Goes Around)
Directed by Jhay-R Chua, Allen Grutas, Part Cruz
Philippines

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Nisanga (Alone)
Directed by Koushik Datta
Singapore

Day asks night
Directed by soohack Lee
Korea, Republic of

The Blue Demon
Directed by Edward Jayaraj
United States

Dream of the Return
Directed by Yew Weng Ho
United Kingdom

Await
Directed by SHU TONG HUO
Hong Kong

Envision
Directed by JohnMark Abela
Malta

My Life, My Life, My Life.
Directed by Calum Sikander Smith
Canada

TO BE, OR…?
Directed by Pozsgai Zsolt, Kerekes András
Hungary

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
NALA
Directed by Darshan Singh Bhuller
United States

Kill Me
Directed by Yushi Li
China

Sunrise Paradise
Directed by Jonathan Jay Fang Chou
United States

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Interlands
Directed by Alia Brandt
United States

The Transcendent Nun
Directed by Adam Scarborough
United Kingdom

The Night before Wedding
Directed by 阿齊
China

CATEGORY: Silent Film
WINNER
Quarrel
Directed by Lingming Lu
Singapore

CATEGORY: Student Film
WINNER
Await
Directed by SHU TONG HUO
Hong Kong

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
censer
Directed by YUCHEN ZHANG
China

Traces of You
Directed by Alec Lam, Stella Zwart
United States

Ash
Directed by Vitoria Tan
Singapore

Coming Home
Directed by Christopher Du
United States

Lost In Memory
Directed by Wen Jing Shan
China

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD
Deep in the mirror
Directed by Haoran Qu
China

CATEGORY: Television / Pilot Program or Series
WINNER
The Wild Hunt
Written by Francesca Florentyna O’Hop
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Teh Tarik Kakis
Directed by Roland Ang, Jeffrey Tan
Singapore

CATEGORY: Travel Film
WINNER
Why Bosnia and Herzegovina can be NUMBER 1 travel destination in the world
Directed by Robert Dacesin
Bosnia and Herzegovina

CATEGORY: Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video
WINNER
EXIT-INTO THE MASQUERADIUM
Directed by LARRY SANBORN
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
STAY ALIVE, MY SON
Directed by Victoria Bousis
Greece

CATEGORY: Web and New Media
WINNER
Remote Energy healing in Action
Directed by Shihyun Wang
Taiwan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
grydscaen: scout eve – “Light Codes” (Episode 4)
Directed by Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
United States

CATEGORY: Women’s Film
WINNER
産婆 Traditional Midwife
Directed by Paul Edward Foulkes
Japan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Await
Directed by SHU TONG HUO
Hong Kong

A Name in Your Book
Directed by Elizabeth Mantia
United States

CATEGORY: Young Filmmaker
WINNER
Liu Ziji
Directed by Yanqing Jin
China

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Resonance
Directed by Andrew Tan
Australia

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