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Cyrus International Film Festival of Toronto

2024 2022 2021 2020

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Best First Time Filmmaker

Semi-Finalist

Winner
The Secret Project 53
Peter Boiadzhieff
Kn Video Studio

Winner
The Wrong Day
7.6 (5)
Dan Tudor

Jury Prize

Best Cinematography

Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (220)
Edurolu Raju

Best Covid19 Film

Winner
Our Shot
8.8 (6)
Sage Christian Drake(director)
Charlotte Wallis(producer)
Cheryl Oldham(executive producer)
Marcy Balbas(executive producer)
Angelita Bushey(associate producer)
Drakebank Productions

Best Director

Winner
Deepak Reddy
Manasanamaha

Best Female Directing

Winner
Thirty Minutes
Claire Elizabeth Terry

Best Original Story

Winner
Bittersweet
8.6 (14)
Lorenzo Fedon(writer)
Max Mir(director)

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Moment
7.8 (28)
Geoffrey Uloth
Holly Uloth
Evergon Arts Inc.

Best Script

Winner
Ally3000
Giovannie Espiritu
Winner
Review
Jonathan Zarantonello
Emergency Exit Pictures

Urban Award

Winner
Lost & Found
7.9 (17)
Adam DeCarlo
Keep or Destroy

Best Actor in a Short

Matthew Sauvé(actor)
One Night Stand
WKZ Media

Best Human Rights Film

Stolen Babies of Spain
Maravillas Lencina
Greg Rabidoux
Valentin Lencina-Rabidoux
Valmar Productions

Best International Documentary

Stolen Babies of Spain
Maravillas Lencina
Greg Rabidoux
Valentin Lencina-Rabidoux
Valmar Productions

Best Script in Short

Strike of Artemis
Brandon Haynes(Writer)
Guerrilla Wolf

Best actor in a feature film

Hemwant Tiwari
Lomad
The only godess production

Best international feature film

Lomad
7.6 (880)
Hemwant Tiwari
The only godess production

The Flower People
Charles A. Christman III
Roberto Lombardi
Zay Rodriguez
Back2ninety9 Productions

August Award

Best International Feature Film

Winner
Sans nouveauté
7.6 (14)
Miguel Berzal de Miguel
Miguel Berzal de Miguel
Zu den Sternen
7.3 (36)
Nicolai Tegeler
iLikeStories (iLS-Films)

Best Short Romantic Comedy

Winner
Fast Forward Style
Kari Kennon
Krafty Productions

Best Social Justice Film

Winner
Honeychild
6.4 (15)
Leanna Borsellino(Director)
James W. Headrick(Director)
Lyndsey Rae(Executive Producer)
Bob Niemack(Producer)
Dave Matyis(Co-Producer)
Diadem Productions
Viral
Kevin Welbeck
FireSpark Pictures
January 14th
La'Chris Robinson Jordan
Toni L. Bullock

Best Trailer

Winner
The Act of Indemnity
James M. Perry
Lorena Sarria
Victoria Oliver
Tat Leong
Six Ten Productions

Best feature comedy

Winner
Homeless: Sam & Sally - The Movie
Tyrone Evans Clark(director) (executive producer) (art director) (writer) (actor) (editor) (theme music by)
Margaret Newborn(producer) (actress) (theme music by)
Corey Bishop(editor) (cinematographer)
Rey Morano(animation)
Camille Calvin(actress)
Max Aria(actor)
Mark Schaefer(actor)
Mehmet Edip(actor)
Selene Rojas Alcover(actress)
Kevin Scarlett(actor)
George Sepa(actor)
Darnell Baldwin(actor)
Eddie Long(actor)
Hariom H.M. Shukla(actor)
I. Vega(actress)
Romeial Hilaire(actor)
Tyrone Evans Clark

Honorable Mention: Best Directing (Feature)

Winner
Symphoria
3.9 (143)
Catherine Dao(director)

Special Jury Mention

Winner
Getting Away
Adam Kirkey
Slinger Pictures
MGL Films
for Cinematography

Best Horror

Getting Away
Adam Kirkey
Slinger Pictures
MGL Films
Semi-Finalist

Best International Narrative Short

The Smuggler (Contrabanda - original title)
8.7 (52)
Adrian Serecut(director)
Ghostlove
8.0 (7)
Susanne Palm

Best Student Short Film

Koselig (noun/verb)
Cassie LeFevre

Finalist for Best film

Symphoria
3.9 (143)
Catherine Dao(director)
Nancy Isaak(executive producer)
Diane Peterson(producer)
The New Abolitionists
9.5 (29)
Christina Zorich(Director/Producer)

Semi-Finalist

A Good Night Sleeps
Ximena Rios(director)
Spencer Streichert(producer)
Siobhan Cooney(executive producer)
Mike Czuba(writer)

September Award

Best Actor Feature Film

Winner
Uwe Schwarzwalder
The Radicalization of Jeff Boyd

Best Cinematography in a short

Winner
Double Faced
Earl Stepp
Giovanna Caruso

Best Dramatic Short Film

Winner
My Name Is Josy
Mayk Azzato

Best Editing - Feature Film

Winner
Nursery Rhyme of a Madman
6.7 (19)
Igor Stephen Rados

Best Ensemble Acting In A Short

Winner
The Widow
Daniela Farinacci(actress)
Steve Bastoni(actor)
Frank Lotito(actor)
Luke Ryan(actor)
Joe Petruzzi(actor)
Nick Carrafa(actor)
Vince D'Amico(actor)
Paul Bongiovanni(actor)
Sebastian Gunner(actor)

Best Fantasy

Winner
Planet I.X.
Jessica Coro(director)

Best Female Director

Winner
Samantha Casella(Director)
To A God Unknown - Al Dio Sconosciuto

Best First Time Male Filmmaker

Winner
Into Dust
Craig Meinhart(director)

Best Mobile Film

Winner
The Closing Line
9.7 (6)
Ken Holmes(director / writer / producer/ editor / actor)
Rain & Neon Productions
Klami/Holmes Productions

Best Mystery in a Short

Winner
The Long Game
Mustafa Abbas

Best Pilot

Winner
The Anomalous
Chuk Otakpor(Executive Producer)
Richard Odilu(Executive Producer)
CeeRo Media

Best Producer

Winner
Two Out-of-Work Actors
9.1 (7)
Fred Shahadi(Producer)
RJ Lucci(Producer)
Jason Maxim(Producer)
Bearclaw Productions

Best Short Feature Film

Winner
Solace
Simone Neviani
Gianluca Cuscuna

Best Web Series

Winner
Les Chroniques de Gliwensbourg
Emilie Tommasi(writer/director)
Association Actio

Short Film

Winner
Covid
Diego Osorio
Patacos Film
The Audience
Théo Mahy-Ma-Somga

Best Actor

Michael Marwitz(actor)
Morti's Law

Best Directing in Short

Dimmi chi sono
Luca Caserta(Director)
Nuove Officine Cinematografiche

Best Student Short Film

Morti's Law
5.7 (21)
Natalie Kölbl(producer)
Marcel Wohlfahrt(producer)
Terahvin (Thirteenth)
8.9 (13)
Kartik Swaminathan Venkatraman(Swaminathan Venkatraman)

Semi-Finalist

People Show 138: Last Day
Maya Willcocks
Tyrone Huggins
Fiona Creese
Gareth Brierley
People Show

October Award

Best Comedy

Winner
Paese che vai
8.7 (59)
Luca Padrini
Esecutiva Films

Best Horror

Winner
Into Dust
Craig Meinhart(director)

Best International Narrative Short

Winner
Apples to Affleck
Ruffy Landayan(director)
Toyin Moses(producer)
Matt Weinglass(executive producer)
Steve Brock(co-producer)
Alamada Karatihy(co-producer)
The Sherwood Players

Best Thriller

Winner
Simone Neviani

Best Thriller in a short

Winner
Simone Neviani

Semi-Finalist Best Feature Script

Winner
The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd
5.3 (10)
Uwe Schwarzwalder

Best Screenplay

JW Richardson
Grey Ghost Films

Best Webseries/TV Pilot

Torinaoshi
Alex Iskounen(producer)
Yusuke Kitaguchi(producer)
Yosuke Kumakura(producer)
Ichibiri Pics
Tsukuba Indy

November Award

Best Actor in Short

Winner
Marcel Grabowiecki
What I Can't Tell You

Best Actress in Short

Winner
Melania Crisan(actress)
Titus & Mirabella
Charmion Productions

Best Actress in a Feature Film

Winner
Alexa Morden
The Colour of Spring
Winter Light Productions

Best Canadian Feature Film

Winner
The Colour of Spring
8.5 (38)
Paul Andrew Kimball
Ron Foley MacDonald
Winter Light Productions

Best Comedy

Winners
The Wyz Squad
Blame it on Igor
Richard Meiman
Jon Wachter
Titus & Mirabella
7.8 (21)
Melania Crisan(producer)
Charmion Productions

Best Costume Design in Short

Winner
Milana Zilnik: Time
Arty Sandler(producer) (director)
Milana Zilnik(composer) (performer)

Best Director Feature Film

Winner
Kevin V Tudor
The Playground
Sandstorm Productions

Best Horror

Winner
Malum Æterni

Best International Feature Film

Winner
American Reject
4.8 (144)
Frank Monteleone(producer)
Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone(producer)
Trey Burvant(producer)
Beth Burvant(producer)
Nathan Johnson(producer)
Susan Brennan(executive producer)
Anne Burr(executive producer)
Full Armor Films

Best Micro Short

Winner
Thoughts and Prayers
Christopher Logan(Director)
Christopher Logan Productions

Best Mobile Film

Winner
Black Lives Matter
Ashna Sharan

Best Student Short Film

Winner
The Greatest Battle Lies Within
Connor Price(director)
Gerard Wilkie(producer)
Patrick Moroney(writer)

Best Women's Issue Film

Winner
Hurtful Truth
Marie France Louis(producer/director)
Emmy Swayze(Director)
Twee Vu Sosa(actress)
Trey Peyton(actor)
Emily Pokora(actress)
Alfonso Aguirre(actor)
Elizabeth Maass(Script and Continuity)
Busola Adeboyejo(cinematographer)
Devika Kornbacher(actress)
Cindy Teniente(actress)
Russell Corwyn(actor)
Reyna Gonzalez(actress)
Jim Devault(actor)
Jerry Schultz(actor)
Sam Kuzel(composer)
Ayodele Ayodeji Omoniyi(editor)
Jeannie Stell(Script and Continuity)
Vinh Hoang(re-recording mixer)
Alex Miranda(re-recording mixer)
Alessandro Rivolta(Audio restoration)
LoneBard
BardKing Entertainment

Best International Narrative Short

Cherzoso The Silent Film
Tracy Ann Chapel

Best Unproduced Long Script

To Asmara
Chris Angel(writer)
Paul G. Andrews(producer)
GlobalWatch Films

December Award

Best Actress

Winner
Carolyn Meyer
Echoes of Kerberos

Best Editing

Winner
Meeting
Marcus Mullen
Jesse D.E. Young
Beyond Boundary Productions
Marts Productions

Best Environmentalist Film

Winner
Saving Earth: Turkey's Wildlife Corridor
Abed Ahmed

Best International Narrative Feature Film

Winner
La danza nera
6.6 (68)
Mauro John Capece
Evoque
Stemo Production
ZMA Productions
Winner
Deep Inside
Bharath Bhushan Nethi
Karuna Bhushan

Best Male Director

Winner
Zayn Alexandre
Manara
ZMA Entertainment
Premiere Film
MAD Solutions

Best Women's Issue Film

Winner
Un-bowed
Ingrid Jordan
Faith Over Fear Productions

Honorable Mention: COVID-19 Film

Winner
Long Distance
Ashna Sharan

Best Directing in Feature Film

Help
3.8 (2.1K)
Blake Ridder
Ridder Films

Best International Narrative Short

Marabou Feathers
Tracy Ann Chapel
City Rush 2
5.4 (125)
George Tounas
George Tounas Films

Honorable Mention

Best Producer

Winner
Unstoppable
Joud Alamri

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