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15th Annual WMIFF Awards Nominees

Best Feature Documentary


The Dogmatics
Gladiators of Educations
Motherhood of Captives
Patou: In Black & White
Tiki Taane sessions with CSO
Kirtan Peace Vibration with Spirit Soul & Friends
The Breath

Best Short Documentary

Birth of the song
Street Photographer
Washing the Knives
Searching for Chuck
Hoplove
Record

Best Feature Documentary in music
Balkansisco
Minstrel of the sacred
Cuba my soul
North of Nashville
Hopa Hide
Steve Roach
Bronx Banda

 

Best Director in Documentary
Sebastian Bauer - Hoplove
Craig Miller/Pedro Pulido
Adam Bowman
Petr Nuska
Kurt Lancaster
Taylor Kraus
Maryam Ebrahimvand
Rudy Childs

Best Experimental Film

The Other
They Kill
Orbital

Best Animation Film
Agape
Sock Puppets

Best Original Soundtract
 

Spells before destiny
Astella
Happen to happen
Our stories
Snow White
Perth Fiction for Chamber Orchestra
Message to self
TRACE
Tiki Taane Sessions with CSO
Duet

First-time Filmmaker

First Time
Something Divine
9 Nights
Unrest

Best Script Short-Feature (Partial List)

The Quilt
Osiris & Nefertiti
"My Private Line to God"
Pressure Pleasure  Pain

Best Director in Music Video
Sean Breitkreutz - Mavi
Richard Hall - Backstreet Baby
Adam Lukowski - Ego
Gaofeng Tian - Ningkong
Gaofeng Tian - Belong
Rudy Childs - Kingdom of Tyrants
Blacksmith Rose/K. Foster/Karen Foster
Michael Kirton/Eric Heiland - Divinationa

Best Music Video

Mavi
BackstreetBaby
Ego
Divination
Die Lieve
Kingdom of Tyrants
Ningkong
Belong
They don't make Em like Willie Anymore

Best Southwestern Director in Short Film

Behrad Ezzati - Braille
Mansour Salavati - Ink Painting
Maryam Weiss - The Pledge
Aida Tebiannian - Witness
Saeed Bojnordi - Cocoon
Sahand Khalaj - Another Day
Daniel Abroushan - Correction Fluid

 

Best Cinematography in Southwestern Film
Witness
Spasm
Ink Painting
Cocoon
Another Day
Disgrace
Sphinx
          

 

Best Writer in SouthWestern Film

Barzan Rostami - Exchange
Mohhamaddreza Sattari - Stopwatch
Majid Halvael - The Dream
Hamid Yousefi - Sphinx
Ali Riahee

 

Best Actress in SouthWestern Film


Mashid Delavari - Ink Painting
Sahra Asadollashi - Spasm
Fatemeh Masouddifar - Witness
Pegah Saeedi

Best Actor in SouthWestern Film
Milad Shajareh - Cocoon
Saman Tohidi - Correctional Fluid
Pedram Zamani
 

Best Cinematography  in Feature  Film

Mike Stern Sterzynski -  A time for summer
Tiki Taae Sessiong with CSO
Draculaw
 

Best Screenplay  in Feature Film 
Scott Deschaine - Draculaw
Allan Nicholls - Dead Ringer
Katyayani Devi Dasi Thakurani - Kirtan Peace
 

Best Director  in Feature Film 
Scott Deschaine - Draculaw
Jack Raginis - A time for summer
Allan Nicholls - Dead Ringer
 

Best Actor  in Feature Film
Joshua Greene - Draculaw
Lucasz Lewandowski - A time for summer
Marvin lee Aday - Dead Ringer
 

Best Actress  in Feature Film
Sarah Lyn Dewey - Draculaw
Ewa Konstanja Bulhak - A time for summer
 

Best Sup. Actor  in Feature Film 
James Donahue - Draculaw
Josh Mostel - Dead Ringer

Best Actor  in Short  Film 
Kryzrsztof Pazdtiora - Forgotten Song
Roman Gribkov - The Reunion
Spencer Bang - A house for my family
Joe Niborski - Bus Stops
Kevin Duffy - Spider-Girl

 

Best Actress  in Short  Film 
Dana Cantor - A Memory
Irina Balai - The Reunion
Alexandria Rey - Good Girl
Maja Kosko - Forgotten song
Elaina Braiverman - Spider Girl
 

Best Screenplay  in Short  Film 
Harley Dercher- Good Girl
Lolita Naronovich - The Reunion
Tim Luna- Thirty 2
Serkan Aktas - Resurrection under the ocean
Akisa M - Destiny
Vincent Seng - A Memory

Best Cinematography  in Short  Film 
Weronika Bednarczyk - Forgotten Song
Nick & Andrea The Verdick
Arturo Cho - Thirty 2
Nicholas Dilullo - A house for my family
Whatever happened to Jimmy Faith
The Reunion
Mark Waldman/Manny Weathers - Spider Girl

 

Best Director  in Short  Film (Partial List)
Monica Grzybonski - Forgotten Song
Jenny Kleisman - Good Girl
Nick Andrea/Gary Swan - Nick & Andrea The Verdict
Tim Luna- Thirty 2
Benjamin Pollack - Whatever happen to Johnny Faith
Merrick Apple Pressar - 18th Tuesday



 

Best Cinematography  in Short/Feature  Film = DMV 

Head Huncho
Lance Hill/Wendy Hill
Jeremy Butler
Rico Mickens
Jordan Miller

 

Best Screenplay  in Short/Feature  Film = DMV 

Malkaiah Mehlek/Kiana Livingston
Edwin Maker
Lance Hil
Rick Kain
Stef Suh/Vincent Seng

Best Actor in Short/Feature  Film = DMV 

Sterling Morse
Troy Martin
Theophilus Knight
Chris Wargo
Curt Rose
Arthur E
Rick Kain

 

Best Supp. Actor in Short/Feature  Film = DMV 


Brad Eaton
John Comedian Thompson
Edwin Maker Jr.
Dwight Howard
Marcus Evans
Rico Mickens -Autonomous
Rory Smith - Hot Boyz
Rico Mickens - Hot Boyz
Vince Eisenson - The Last Epic Ride

Best Actress  in Short/Feature  Film = DMV 
Beanie - Crazy Love
Trinity Antoc Bosley - "Trinity"
Katelyn Patterson - Stripped from insanity
Bella Levy - Dangerous Deadly number
Nitz Ring - Aswang 2022
Olivia Keu - Stripped from insanity
Imelda Antoc Bosley - Aswang 2022
Sharon Toliver - Autonomous
Karen Cook- Hot Boyz
Dana Cantor - A Memory

Best Supp. Actress  in Short/Feature  Film = DMV 

Linda Whiting - Stripped from insanity
Imelda Antoc Bosley - Trinity
Jaszy Mango- Stripped From Insanity
Lexy Lexx - Crazy Love
Vie Lowe - Autonomous
Joy White - Hot Boyz
Ester Ferman - Hot Boyz

 

Best Director  in Short/Feature  Film = DMV 
Sharrie McCain
Lance Hill/Wendy Moore Hill
Drpx
Rick Kain
James Harris
Rico Mickens - Hot Boyz
Rico Mickens - Autonomous
Stef Suh- A Memory

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