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Absurd Film Festival

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August-September Award

Best Editing

Winner
Shards of Time
Alex Kouros(director)
Alex Kouros

Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)

Winner
SzilánkZóna
Dániel Bóta(director)

Best Romance

Winner
Take-Out
Poramet Ariyakusonsuthi(director)
Poomish Studio

Best Young Director

Winner
Kassiani Maglara(director)
Far Away
Alex Kouros

Honorable Mention

Winner
What Remains
Daniel Dhamborghini(producer)
Vadim Lasca(director)
Albur

Honorable Mention - Best International Film

Winner
Magoric
Isaias Zai Gallardo
Virgowave
Winners

Honorable Mention - Best Producer

Winner
Frangible
Ankur Mehta(producer)
Emily Pokora(producer)
Marie France Louis(producer)
LoneBard

Special Award: Best It

Winner
The Chocolate
Michael Ringdal
Michael R Productions

Best Action/Thriller

Howl of the Blue Moon
Marie France Louis
LoneBard

Best Drama

Yard Saleing
9.3 (17)
Michael Tove
Tom Logan
Emerald Oak Productions

Best International Film

The Threshold
Jacek Kadaj(director)

Best Original Idea

Yard Saleing
9.3 (17)
Tom Logan
Michael Tove
Emerald Oak Productions

December-January Award

Best Poster

Winner
The Spirit of Rhybin
Ray Bennett

Best Quentin Tarantino Film Style

Winner
The Truth Between Us
Larry Rosen

Best Silent Film

Winner
What's Happening
Omar Hashem
Moya Pictures,

Best Stanley Kubrick

Winner
Revenants
Jedric Villar

Honorable Mention

Winner
What's that white thing, daddy?
Federico Forlani(producer)

Best Sam Raimi

ClownEaters
31 Days of Halloween
Paul Hart-Wilden(director)
Monkey Farm

October-November Award

Best Absurd Film

Winner
Soul Trader
Genevieve Lowe(director)
Shane Grant(producer)
Something Quirky Productions

Best Crime/Violence

Winner
FÅKT!
8.8 (57)
Rune Asak
Byzantium Productions
White Elephant Pictures
Panko Production

Best Medium Length

Winner
The Hollow Rabbit
10 (9)
Jack Hourahine(director)

Best Original Idea

Winner
Quarantine
Emile Haris(writer)
Bill Victor Arucan(executive producer)
Russ Emanuel(producer, director)
Russem Productions
Alien Donut Films
Bad Bob Productions

Best Screenplay

Winner
Coke and Oil
Phoenix Snider(writer)
Parker Cluff(writer)
Sean Gunnell(story editor)
Kyle Krysiak(writer)
Silver Scotch Productions
Honorable Mention

Best Soundtrack

Winner
Tales from the Grimoire: Lucifer

Honorable Mention

Winner
Maroon Fist
Volenté Lloyd(director/producer)
Volenté Productions
Winner
Another Year
Gal Ziv

Best Editing

Hi
Dan Alexander Newton(writer/director)

February-March Award

Best American Film

Winner
My Face
Jeff Hilliard
Winner
My Face
Jeff Hilliard

Best Medium Length (under 60 min)

Winner
The Auteurs
Fin Bowles(writer/director)
Jack Marshall(writer/director)

Best Romance

Winner
Neobicna ljubov
Filip Miovski
Kino Balkan Produkcija

Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Winner
Spaceship
7.0 (9)
Herzl Tobey
Gal Ziv
Solar Y
Kevin Jones(director/editor/writer)
Serena Board(actor/voice of God)
Otis Sutter Jones(actor/voice)
Walter David Jones(actor/voice)
Garbage Films
One Giant Waddle
Otis Sutter Jones(actor/voice)
Walter David Jones(actor/voice)
Oliver Magga(co-writer)
Kevin Jones(director/editor/co-writer)
Garbage Films

Best Silent Film

Winner
Sanguine Deposit
Robert W. Del Campo
Greg McWhorter

Best Soundtrack

Winner
Covid Party: Una tipica festa napoletana
Rigel Cat
Honorable Mention

Best Young Director

Winner
Alex Kouros(director)
When Time Stopped
Alex Kouros
Otis Sutter Jones(director/co-writer)
Kevin Jones(editor/co-writer)
Get Out My Cave
Garbage Films

Honorable Mention

Winner
Echoes of Yesterday
AJ Sykes(writer/director/producer)
Ariel Blake Productions
Winner
The Trip
Tullia Ferraro
El Barnaverso
9.4 (20)
Sebastian C. Santisteban
Rumbo a Peor Films
Manuscripts
Mahdi Iravani
Zigguart
In Her Skin
Kazim Mutlu(director)

Best Action/Thriller

Leech
Pier Mazzi(director, writer, producer, editor)
Mad Pan Productions

Best Actor/Actress

Sara Pettarini(actress)
Il casting

Best Cinematography

When Time Stopped
9.2 (25)
Alex Kouros(director)
Alex Kouros

Best Horror/Mystery

The Black Silence
C.A. Cooper
Bohemian Pictures

Best Wes Anderson

Molasses Foxtrot
Pamela Price

April-May Award

Best Actor

Winner
Johnathan C. Williams(actor)
King's Betrayal
7 Streams Productions

Best Asian Film

Winner
Break Free
9.9 (9)
Abhi Tundel(director)
Smol Cat Films
Honorable Mention

Best Asian Film (Honourable Mention)

Winner
Break Free
9.9 (9)
Abhi Tundel(director)
Smol Cat Films

Best Christopher Nolan

Winner
Ayer, Otra Vez
Jorge Del Toro

Best Crime/Violence

Winner
Heimsuchung
André Trampenau(actor)
Fynn Zinapold(producer/actor)
Christian Skibinski(director)

Best Crime/Violence - Honourable Mention

Winner
Down Came the Rain
AJ Sykes(director/writer/producer)
Ariel Blake Productions

Best Debut film - Honorable mention

Winner
Collateral Evil
Kaat Rybak(director)

Best Editing

Winner
Meu Pequeno Sentinela
Lucas Marques
Elisa Aleva
Reticências Filmes

Best European Film

Winner
Pvrgatorivm
9.9 (8)
Máté Gergely Kiss

Best Low Budget Film Award

Winner
Bishop's Day
9.2 (18)
Christopher Kelly(Christopher Kelly)

Best Sci-fi/Fantasy

Winner
Sonata in D
Bitna Kim(VFX)
Paul Battle(P\producer)
Jieun Han(VFX)
Saulo Aroca(cinematographer)
Adriana Maria Duello(actress)
Craig B. Urquhart(writer / director)
Danny Perez(assistant editor)
Sung Hwan(actor)
Giyeon Kim(VFX)
Nathan Simpson(sound recordist)
Andy Perez(editor)
Big Meta Films

Best Short Film - Honorable Mention

Winner
Sandman
8.2 (7)
Jameson Quinn
JMQ Pictures

Best Absurd & Original Idea - Honorable Mention

Diner of Darkness
Kevin B. Ploth(writer/director)
Artimis Theatrical Productions
Ugly Pig
Aneta Kernová(director)
Caroline Elise(actor)

Best American Film

While Some Must Sleep
Saulo Aroca(cinematographer)
Paul Barton(composer)
Jamie Horan(actor)
Paul Battle(producer)
Jieun Han(VFX)
Bitna Kim(VFX)
Giyeon Kim(VFX)
Craig B. Urquhart(writer/director)
Nathan Simpson(sound recordist)
Big Meta Films

Best Director

Jason Seelmann(director)
Pari Leto
2BlocksNorth Productions
Handcuffs Entertainment Inc

Best Experimental Film

Liminal
Adrianne Lovato
Omni Kitts Ferrara
Daryl Ferrara
Dilow Films
Honorable Mention

Best Producer

Paranormal Party Thriller
Danny MAlin
Danny MAlin Films

Best Romance - Honorable Mention

Lovely
Jieun Lee(actor)
Aaron Gall(actor)
Saulo Aroca(cinematographer)
Nathan Simpson(sound recordist)
Mike Gallant(editor)
Craig B. Urquhart(writer/director)
Paul Battle(producer)
Rose M. Cronin(voice actor)
Big Meta Films

June-July Award

Best Actor (Honorable Mention)

Winner
Benjamin Watts
Forest of Echoes
The Story Shop

Best Asian Film

Winner
Ringo Juice
Sety Guchi
Alin Bijan
Media World Studios

Best Editing

Winner
Produci, consuma, crepa!
Julian Vincenzo Ricci
Winner
Nightfall
Chris Moreira

Best Romance

Winner
Se mig
Anton Svantesson-Helkiö(director)
Winner
Ps151: Bench
Fiona Creese
Gareth Brierley
Amanda Hadingue
Maya Willcocks
People Show

Best Soundtrack

Winner
Mutación
6.8 (22)
Carlo Ayhllon(composer)
TV UNAM

Best Super Short (Under 15 Minutes)

Winner
In Sunshine and in Shadow
David Air(director)
Taylor Rusch Box(actor)
Dustin Wonch(director)
Sean Gunnell(actor)
Spencer Selover(director of photography)

Honorable Mention

Winner
Karma Coma
9.0 (67)
James McErlean(director)
Never Lost Productions
Ideal Methodhouse Productions
The Tower Protocol: Resurrection
Christopher Todd Moore(director)
George Zouvelos(co-producer)
Peter Giakoumis(producer)
George Giakoumis(director of photography)
Chris McAuley(executive producer)
XG-3 Film Production Company
Fiat Lux Studios NYC Genetheto Phos
Tipsy Toaster Productions

Best Action/Thriller

Alla fine del giorno
Julian Vincenzo Ricci

Best Actress

Alin Bijan
Natsumi Tsuda
Sety Guchi
Ringo Juice
Media World Studios

Best Drama

Die, Die My Darling
Julian Vincenzo Ricci

Best Original Idea

Coming Home
Rebecca Margaret Hines(co-producer)
Mark Robert Walters(co-producer)
Jamie Wilson(producer)
Mija Productions

Best SciFi Film

The Stranded Warrior
George Zouvelos(producer)
Chris McAuley(executive producer)
George Giakoumis(director of photography)
Christopher Todd Moore(director)
Peter Giakoumis(producer)
Dorian Keys(associate producer)
XG-3 Film Production Company
Fiat Lux Studios NYC Genetheto Phos
Tipsy Toaster Productions

April Award

Best Horror/Mystery

Winner
Find Me
Molly Li Lin

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