To all film makers that entered this year, you made our jobs harder than expected. So many amazing entries we could not fit but please continue the amazing work. Here are our 2020 nominees. Congratulations to you all. Stay tuned for upcoming nominee content on the road to our event on
July 4th 2020.
Category Nominations
Best: Short Film
Die Like A Shark (Me Mate Ururoa) - Directed by Nick Epstein
Favourites - Directed by Martin Monk
TO HER - Directed by Jacopo Ardolino
Rebooted - Directed by Michael Shanks
Best: Animation
Frank's Joke - Directed by Edward Bulmer
The Death Vendor - Directed by Jeon JInkyu
Tobi and the Turbobus - Directed by Der kleine Rabe Socke - Suche nach dem verlorenen Schatz, MOBILE
Killing Time - Directed by GUILLOT Camille, HAGDAHL SÖREBO Fanny, KRECHMAN Aleksandra, NACIRI Sarah, RAVELONARY Morgane, ZHANG Valentine
Best: Music Video
Anpu - ZOEA - Directed by POWEI SU
Devilskin - Corrode - Directed by Alex Hargreaves
Mynth - Smog - Directed by Rupert Höller
Shimmer - City of Souls - Directed by Marko Los
Best: New Zealand Project
Sparrow - Directed by Welby Ings
Die Like A Shark (Me Mate Ururoa) - Directed by Nick Epstein
He Hekenga Tūhura - Directed by Allan George
Prickly Jam - Directed by James Cunningham
Best: Motion Graphics
Bloody Girl - Directed by Jinsun Yang
Saves The World, Kiku - Directed by Matic Grgic
ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE - Directed by Hannes Rall
Humankind - Directed by Scott Geersen
Best: Experimental
Nest - Directed by Eszter Jánka
My World - Directed by Daniel Poschinger
Symmetry - Directed by Robert plaza
Just Friends - Directed by Marc Lesperut
Best: Queer Project (2020 Genre Spotlight)
Sparrow - Directed by Welby Ings
Happytime Socal Club - Directed by Dave Rodden-Shortt
Is Your Teen A Homosexual? - Directed by Tamara Scherbak
Man Kind - Directed by Layke Anderson
Best: Brazil Project (2020 Country Spotlight)
How to hold a cloud to the ground - Directed by Marco Aurélio Gal
The Travelers - Directed by Davi Mello
LUGAR ALGUM - NO PLACE - Directed by Gabriel Amaral
Dark Water - Directed by Christian Schneider
Visionary Nominations
Visionary Director:
Anpu - ZOEA - Directed by POWEI SU
He Hekenga Tūhura - Directed by Allan George
Killing Time - Directed by GUILLOT Camille, HAGDAHL SÖREBO Fanny, KRECHMAN Aleksandra, NACIRI Sarah, RAVELONARY Morgane, ZHANG Valentine
Rebooted - Directed by Michael Shanks
Visionary Cinematography:
He Hekenga Tūhura - Cinematography by Pepe De Hoyos
TO HER - Cinematography by Jacopo Ardolino
Just Friends - Cinematography by Christian Moyés
Sparrow - Cinematography by Grant McKinnon
Visionary Art Direction:
Sparrow - Directed by Welby Ings
Anpu - ZOEA - Directed by POWEI SU
Killing Time - Directed by GUILLOT Camille, HAGDAHL SÖREBO Fanny, KRECHMAN Aleksandra, NACIRI Sarah, RAVELONARY Morgane, ZHANG Valentine
Rebooted - Directed by Michael Shanks
Visionary Student Project:
Kindled - Directed by Natasha Bishop
Blind Eye - Directed by Isabela LITTGER DE PINHO, Bruno COHEN, Rohit KELKAR, Yujia Wang, Germaine COLAJANNI, Rohan DESHCHOUGULE, Diego PORRAL
Rookies - Directed by Jordan Kelly Young
Voyager - Directed by Marco Staines
Visionary Acting:
Die Like A Shark (Me Mate Ururoa) - Shane Rangi
Just Friends - Katrin Vankova
Sparrow - Merrick Rillstone
TO HER - Ghemon
Visionary Editing:
Anpu - ZOEA - Directed by POWEI SU
He Hekenga Tūhura - Directed by Allan George
Just Friends - Directed by Marc Lesperut
RAMBU - Directed by Steve Austin
Visionary Make Up:
Asylum - Directed by Guy Pigden
Die Like A Shark (Me Mate Ururoa) - Directed by Nick Epstein
Sparrow - Directed by Welby Ings
TO HER - Directed by Jacopo Ardolino
Visionary Project - Festival Winner 2020 Nominations:
Anpu - ZOEA - Directed by POWEI SU
He Hekenga Tūhura - Directed by Allan George
Killing Time - Directed by GUILLOT Camille, HAGDAHL SÖREBO Fanny, KRECHMAN Aleksandra, NACIRI Sarah, RAVELONARY Morgane, ZHANG Valentine
Rebooted - Directed by Michael Shanks
