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BEST SHORT FILM - Everything and Nothing (Ghana) | Directed by Andy Madjitey
Everything and Nothing is a visual meditation in Akosombo, Ghana. Andy Madjitey is a young filmmaker born and living in Accra, Ghana who started from mobile street photography. Nostalgia and a genuine curiosity about humans informs everything I do.
BEST DRAMA - REM (Iran) | Written and directed by Muhammadreza Yarikia
A 36-year-old man who has an illness and cannot move his body when he wakes up. He is unemployed, lazy and a slut. It makes everything dirty and does not care about cleanliness. His wife suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and at the end of the film, she abuses her husband's illness and decides to kill him.
BEST COMEDY - Proud Hooligan (New Zealand) | Directed by Guillaume Arnoulet
In this AI generated story, James and his unlikely companion, Helen, must stand up to the proud hooligan, Roy Randall. I mean, who else is going to defend those elderly ladies? Along the way, James learns about love, true friendship, and the need to get better at hiding his deadly knives.
BEST HORROR - The Peeper (Ukraine) | Written and directed by Sergiy Pudich
Strange things happened in the pole dance gym after the trainer caught a peeper behind the door.
BEST GLBTIQ FILM - RE (United States) | Directed by John McBride and Kenneth Robins
An actor (Matthew Floyd Miller) who died of AIDS at the age of 29 in 1989 is called back to play the 50th year of his life.
BEST ANIMATED FILM - Suddenly (United States) | Directed by Nic Gregory
The journey of a lightning bolt from sky to ground highlights the saying 'life flashes before your eyes'.
BEST DOCUMENTARY - No Body and the Blue Sky (Germany) | Directed by Magda Gvelesiani
The journey of a lightning bolt from sky to ground highlights the saying 'life flashes before your eyes'.
BEST ADULT FILM - Milkshake (Germany) | Directed by Charis Uster
Enjoy a tasty and hot portrait of authentic bisexuality. Milkshake is a nostalgia dripping fantasy fiction movie fusing seventies films aesthetics with a timeless narrative in which a simple trip to the diner turns out to be something else entirely.