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March 1, 2024

Contact: Marc Cripps

News Marketing and Publicity

For Immediate Release:

22nd  ANNUAL BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

It gives us great pleasure to announce the upcoming opening of the 22nd  Annual Boston International Film Festival, running from April 11 through April 16, 2024.  The Boston International Film Festival is a celebration of the art of film making.  It encourages and supports independent filmmakers from around the world, bringing to Boston a dazzling array of both short and feature length films from a select group of directors. The festival strives to promote understanding of diverse cultures by displaying the passions and unique vision of these filmmakers, and promises to both entertain and educate the viewers. 

This year we will be screening over 60 short and feature films from over 35 countries at the NEA SIMONS IMAX Theater, 1 Central wharf Boston MA 02110, Strand Theatre 543 Columbia Rd Boston MA 02125 and Regent Theatre 7 Medford Street Arlington MA 02474 

There will be opening and closing night Gala Parties following the screenings.  There will also be a red carpet affair, additional parties and panel discussions held throughout the event.  The winners of this year’s awards are announced at the Closing Night Event following the last screening

Tickets are available for purchase, either on our website, or at the BIFF office. 

For more information on ticket sales, schedules, etc please visit our website www.bifilmfestival.com or contact us directly at: info@bifilmfestival.com 

Tel. 617 - 729 – 8310

We look forward to seeing you at the festival.

Marc Cripps

News Marketing and Publicity

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April 17, 2023
BIFF 2023 Awards Winners

Congratulations to all of the filmmakers who participated in the 21st Anniversary of the Boston International Film Festival. We gathered filmmakers from around the world, who offered both global and local messages, and we celebrated them for their outstanding achievements. Here are the winners for this year’s festival. For anymore information, please contact us at info@bifilmfestival.com. We wish all the filmmakers the best of luck in their future endeavors.

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Indie Spirit Best Picture Award.

Alexander Khachatryan for IT’S SPRING...

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Indie Spirit Award of Excellence in Filmmaking

Ruben Islas for FINAL VOW

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Indie Spirit Best Story Line Award

Yongho Hong for HAVANA

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Indie Spirit Best Director Award

Katy Dore, Jack Kohler for GIFT OF FEAR

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Indie Spirit Best Actress Award
Siobhan Fallon Hogan for SHELTER IN SOLITUDE

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Indie Spirit Best Original Screenplay

Harout Ghukassian for IT’S SPRING

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Indie Spirit Best Cinematography Award

Matthias Schubert for SHELTER IN SOLITUDE

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Indie Spirit Special Recognition Award

Tamika Miller for HONOR STUDENT

Edith Hagigi for BLEECKER

Dawn M. Natalia and Lawrence Natalia for BY THE WATER’S EDGE

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SHORT FILM AWARDS

Indie Soul Best Picture Award

Jessica Rookeward and Tamiah Bantum for SAVAGE DAWN

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Indie Soul Best Director Award

Layla O'Shea for A PARTICULAR MINUTE

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Indie Soul Best Story Line Award

Timothy Blackwood for INFRACTION

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Indie Soul Best Original Screenplay Award

Jake Haddock & Finnegan Haid for LINEAGE

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Indie Soul Best Cinematography Award

Nicholas Bupp for THE CHOSEN ONE

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Indie Soul Special Recognition Award

Peter Nogueira for LET TOMORROW BE

David Cooley for OF WHAT REMAINS

Lyria Garcia for WAYSLAND

Jay Dunigan, Jim Powers, Essie Powers for WHISKEY FLOATS

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DOCUMENTARY AWARDS

Indie Spec Best Documentary Award

Genevieve Skehan for GROWING THROUGH COVID-19

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Indie Spec Best Content Award
Mike Wiggins & Kyle Dickson for ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

 

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2023 THE BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL April 13 - 18, 2023

Thursday, April 13, is the Opening Night for the 21st Anniversary of the Boston International Film Festival.

The Red Carpet Event begins at 4:00 pm at the AMC Theatres Boston Common 175 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111. Festival staff will be on hand to greet the participants as they walk down the red carpet. Photographers will be available to take pictures and representatives of the press will be holding interviews.

The opening night feature presentation is It’s Spring, an Armenian film starring: Alexander Khachatryan, Levon Hakhverdyan, Armen Margaryan, Marjan Avetisyan, Yeva Zohrabyan, Shant Hovhannisyan, Alis Kaplanjyan and Toomaj Danesh Behzadi. Directed by Roman Musheghyan.

It’s Spring is based on a true story about the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, also known as the Four-Day War or April War. Aram Amatuni is a retired special forces spy who has devoted his entire life to serving and protecting his country, and creating a lawful government. His son, Gnel, is a successful businessman who to this day hasn’t forgiven his father for putting the needs of his country before the needs of his own family.

This thought-provoking cinematic experience will expose the reality of the impact war has on the world.

Other highlights of the festival:

Havana is a South Korean story about Jung-min, a rookie lawyer, who becomes Yoon-ah’s public attorney, as she is accused of murdering her husband. Against a nasty prosecutor, a mysterious judge, and all the suspicions surrounding the defendant, Jung-min seeks to unravel the truth behind the conspiracies of the case, with a shocking new disclosure at the last trial.

Bleecker is directed by Edith Hagigi and stars: Bob Ari, Alicia Crowder, Tovah Feldshuh, Anita Gillette, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor and Callie Thorne. Bleecker 
tells the intertwining stories of a motley of characters in NYC's Village. The straight face in the pack is Maya, who has come to The Big Apple to find her place in the world.

Gift Of Fear is directed by Kathy Dore and Jack Kohler from the United States Indigenous community. Mili watched in horror as her mother was murdered 11 years ago, another Missing and Murdered Indigenous statistic. Now 17, Mili’s former crew kidnaps her girlfriend after she chooses her MMA team over the gang. Tribal cops and an agent from the Federal Missing and Murdered Unit are on the case, but Mili waited for the authorities once... she won’t wait again.

Shelter In Solitude is directed by Vibeke Muasya and stars: Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Robert Patrick, Peter Macon, Dan Castellaneta, Michael Obelholzer, Peter Hogan, and Patricia Scanlon. Shelter In Solitude is a striking American, faith-filled, country western, prison, love story told during the Covid pandemic. It is the story of a wannabe country singer and her unconventional relationship with a death row inmate. The film is a social commentary on the inhumane conditions of the American prison system. If one determined, uneducated woman can bring humanity to the system, why can’t the US government?

There will be a number of celebrities in attendance on the opening night red carpet, available for photographs and interviews.

The Opening Night Gala Party immediately follows the screening, beginning at around 8:00 pm. Opening and Closing night screening and party passes are available at $65.00 for opening night and $45.00 for closing night. The price for an Individual Session Screening is $15.00 each, an All Screening Pass, which allows entry into all of the screening sessions, costs $125.00, and an All Access VIP Pass for $250.00 gives participants entry to all events at BIFF. A limited number of press passes are available.

The Boston International Film Festival is a celebration of the art of filmmaking. It encourages and supports independent filmmakers from around the world, bringing to Boston a dazzling array of both short and feature length films from a select group of directors. The festival strives to promote understanding of diverse cultures by displaying the passions and unique visions of these filmmakers, and promises to entertain and educate viewers.

This year BIFF will be screening around 60 short and feature films from 30 countries. Highlights of the festival include Opening and Closing night Gala Parties, Red Carpet events, and special parties for individual films. The winners of this year’s awards are announced at the Closing Party on Monday, April 17, 2023.

For more information on ticket sales and schedules, please visit our website www.bifilmfestival.com

We look forward to seeing you at the festival.

Ariana Mitsuoka
Assistant Coordinator of Marketing and Promotions www.bifilmfestival.com

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February 12, 2023

Contact: Marc Cripps

News Marketing and Publicity

For Immediate Release:

21ST ANNUAL BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

It gives us great pleasure to announce the upcoming opening of the 21st  Annual Boston International Film Festival, running from April 13 through April 18, 2023.  The Boston International Film Festival is a celebration of the art of film making.  It encourages and supports independent filmmakers from around the world, bringing to Boston a dazzling array of both short and feature length films from a select group of directors. The festival strives to promote understanding of diverse cultures by displaying the passions and unique vision of these filmmakers, and promises to both entertain and educate the viewers. 

This year we will be screening over 80 short and feature films from over 30 countries at the AMC Theater, 175 Tremont St. in Boston Common. 

There will be opening and closing night Gala Parties following the screenings.  There will also be a red carpet affair, additional parties and panel discussions held throughout the event.  The winners of this year’s awards are announced at the Closing Night Event following the last screening

Tickets are available for purchase, either on our website, or at the BIFF office. 

For more information on ticket sales, schedules, etc please visit our website www.bifilmfestival.com or contact us directly at: info@bifilmfestival.com 

Tel. 617 - 729 – 8310

We look forward to seeing you at the festival.

Seneeca Wilson

Festival Coordinator

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April 18, 2022

BIFF 2022 Awards Winners

Congratulations to all of the filmmakers who participated in the 20th Anniversary of the Boston International Film Festival. We gathered filmmakers from around the world, who offered both global and local messages, and we celebrated them for their outstanding achievements. Here are the winners for this year’s festival. For anymore information, please contact us at info@bifilmfestival.com. We wish all the filmmakers the best of luck in their future endeavors.

 

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Indie Spirit Best Picture Award.

Daniel Adams for THE WALK

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Indie Spirit Award of Excellence in Filmmaking

Nathan Buck for UNDER SPANISH SKIES

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Indie Spirit Best Story Line Award

Benjamin Lopez for MIXTAPE

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Indie Spirit Best Director Award

Jonathan Salemi for THE LAST DEAL

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Indie Spirit Best Actress Award

Lijo Mol Jose for JAI BHIM

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Indie Spirit Best Original Screenplay

Daniel Adams and George Powell for THE WALK

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Indie Spirit Best Cinematography Award

S. R. Kathir for Jai Bhim

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Indie Spirit Special Recognition Award

Andrew Zuckerman for UNDERGRADS

Christian Carroll for OUT OF BREATH

Stew Replogle for THE FAMILIES FEUD

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SHORT FILM AWARDS

Indie Soul Best Picture Award

Chris Goodwin for DERRICK & BOYD

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Indie Soul Best Director Award

Rick Page for SNOW GLOBE & THE CAT

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Indie Soul Best Story Line Award

John Gray for THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

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Indie Soul Best Original Screenplay Award

Rick Page & James Madio for SNOW GLOBE & THE CAT

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Indie Soul Best Cinematography Award

Siyu Chen for BREATHLESS

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Indie Soul Special Recognition Award

Gregory Bergeron for MRS OSBOURNE

Jason Delane Lee for LIFELINE

Patrick A Riviere for JUST A BROADWAY BABY: MARY ELLEN ASHLEY

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DOCUMENTARY AWARDS

Indie Spec Best Documentary Award

Aviva Kempner & Ben West for IMAGINING THE INDIAN

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Indie Spec Best Cinematography Award

Casey G. Williams & Ian S. Willliams for AMERICA BOXED IN

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Indie Spec Best Content Award

Alison Gilkey and Eric Neudel for THE WAKE UP CALL

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Indie Spec Special Recognition Award

Evangeline M. Mitchell for BECOMING BLACK LAWYERS

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Indie Spec Special Recognition Award

Beret E Strong & Zayd Atkinson for THIS IS NOT [NOT] WHO WE ARE

 

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March 18, 2022

For Immediate Release

Contact: Mark Cripps / Public Relations

info@bifilmfestival.com

THE BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL  April 14 - 20, 2022

Thursday, April 14, is the Opening Night for the 20th Anniversary of the Boston International Film Festival.

The Red Carpet Event begins at 4:00 pm at the W- Hotel located at 100 Stuart Street, Boston MA 02216. The festival staff will be on hand to greet the participants as they walk down the red carpet. Photographers will be available to take pictures, and representatives of the press will be holding interviews.

Our opening night feature presentation is The Walk, starring Justin Chatwin, Jeremy Piven, Malcolm McDowell and Terrence Howard, directed by Daniel Adams a fact-based biopic centered upon Boston’s ‘Busing Crisis’ of 1974. An Irish Boston cop is assigned to protect Black students attending all-White South Boston High School. Surrounded by turmoil on all sides, he somewhat reluctantly discovers much about the student’s culture (as well as realizing the fallacy of his own beliefs). This thought-provoking cinematic experience will bring the viewer back to earliest days of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Other highlights of the festival include;

"The Way To Happiness" from Luxembourg is a brilliant story of resilience, and redemption that is clearly ripped from today’s headlines. A man whose childhood was decimated by war finds himself forced to come to terms with his painful history; only to learn that the past is truly with us forever. This love story for the ages will warm viewers hearts.

"Imagining The Indian" is a documentary based in the European settlers treatment of indigenous Americans (and how stereotypes are still pervasive more than 600 years after Christopher Columbus first arrived in North America). A brilliant film, one that focuses upon how the Native American population is still being culturally subjugated to this day.

"Jai Bhim" from India is an Indian-Tamil language film based upon true events. This legal drama focuses upon social prejudices in 1990’s India, and how the concept of ‘Justice for All’ is something that must be constantly fought for. This brilliant (and timeless) tale illustrates how love truly can conquer all.

"Mixtape" from Puerto Rico is set in the 90s, and paying homage to the 80s. In 1999, and on the verge of the oncoming new millennium, an adolescent who was orphaned by a tragic automobile accident discovers a ‘mixtape’ made by her parents. Although she comes to learn much about the parents she never really knew, she learns more about herself. A wonderful, heartwarming film about love, devotion, and music.

"The Wake-Up Call" is a documentary that featured Dave Evans, who was a renowned prosthetics, humanitarian and peace activist. A double amputee himself, he dedicated his post- military career to transforming lives shattered by these seemingly never-ending, interchangeable wars. From Syrian refugees in a prosthetics clinic in Amman, Jordan, to the fallout of war in places like Iraq, Dave chose a life of service to others.

There will be a number of celebrities in attendance on the opening night red carpet, available for photographs and interviews. These will include our special guests director of the Opening Night film “THE WALK” Daniel Adams with many of the starring cast and many more.

The Opening Night Gala Party immediately follows the screening, beginning at around 8:30pm. Opening and Closing night Screening and Party passes are available for $75.00 for Opening Night and $45.00 for closing night. The price for an Individual Session Screening is $15.00 All Screening Pass, which allows entry into all of the 24 screening sessions, costs $125.00 and an All Access VIP Pass for $250.00 that give entry to all events at BIFF. A limited number of press passes are available.

The Boston International Film Festival is a celebration of the art of filmmaking. It encourages and supports independent filmmakers from around the world, bringing to Boston a dazzling array of both short and feature length films from a select group of directors. The festival strives to promote understanding of diverse cultures by displaying the passions and unique visions of these filmmakers, and promises to both entertain and educate the viewers.

This year we will be screening around 70 short and feature films from 30 countries. Highlights of the festival include Opening and Closing night Gala Parties, Red Carpet events, and special parties for individual films. The winners of this year’s awards are announced at the Closing Party on Monday April 18, 2022

Tickets will soon be available for purchase, either on our website, or at the Theatres. For more information on ticket sales and schedules, please visit our website www.bifilmfestival.com

We look forward to seeing you at the festival.
Mark Cripps
Marketing and Promotions

www.bifilmfestival.com

 


 

March 15, 2020

BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

For Immediate Release

Contact: Mark Cripps / Public Relations

info@bifilmfestival.com

In the year 2002 the Boston International Film Festival began presenting works by ‘up & coming’ filmmakers from across the globe.

In the past eighteen (18) years we have gone from presenting a few grouping’s of films in sessions to over 100 films and becoming one of the most highly recognized festivals in the world.

  At a time that the staff of the festival should be furiously preparing for what promises to be our best festival to date, we are announcing that the event (previously slated for April 16th-April 21st) has been cancelled in response to the pandemic that is currently dominating our daily lives.

It would be highly impractical for the festival to set a date for the 2020 schedule of presentations at this time due to the uncertainty of this unprecedented state of affairs. Due to the rapidly evolving nature that this pandemic (COVID-19) has caused, we do not currently have an estimate of when that will be.

   In the meantime we are working upon regrouping, meeting with new venues, and further determining how best to go forward with future festivals (including the potential of exploring the use of advancements in entertainment technology).    

While it is with mixed emotions that we are being proactive in attempting to safeguard the health and welfare of our patrons, we look forward to seeing you as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding.

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BIFF 2019 Awards Winners

Congratulations to all of the filmmakers who participated in the 17th Annual Boston International Film Festival. We gathered filmmakers from around the world, who offered both global and local messages, and we celebrated them for their outstanding achievements. Here are the winners for this year’s festival. For anymore information, please contact us at info@bifilmfestival.com. We wish all the filmmakers the best of luck in their future endeavors.

 

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Indie Spirit Best Picture Award

Renjilal Damodaran for NAWAL THE JEWEL

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Indie Spirit Best Story Line Award

Louyi Tang for MY GOOD CHINESE COUNTRYMEN

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Indie Spirit Best Director Award

Nick Richey for LOW LOW

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Indie Spirit Best Actress Award

Reem Kadem for NAWAL THE JEWEL

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Indie Spirit Best Original Screenplay

Kamlesh Kunti Singh, Brahmanand S Siingh and Tanvi Jain

for JHALKI; Tale of Tireless Sparrow

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Indie Spirit Best Cinematography Award

Zoltan Devenyi for CURTIZ

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Indie Spirit Special Recognition Award

Maryam Zahirimehr for ENDLESS?

Paul Starkman for WHEELS

Mohammad Faisal for THE CLOCKMAKER

Michael Olmos for WINDOWS ON THE WORLD

 

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SHORT FILM AWARDS

Indie Soul Best Picture Award

Xavier Garcia for A BLOOD THRONE

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Indie Soul Best Story Line Award

Hogo Sanz for YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE

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Indie Soul Best Original Screenplay Award

Huihui Zhang & Christiana Chang for PINKY PROMISE

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Indie Soul Best Cinematography Award

Sum Chung & Doh Lee for MOON THREAD

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Indie Soul Best Cinematography Award

Frank Prinzi for IT’S A MESS

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Indie Soul Best Director Award

Carlo Essagian for LOVE THONGS

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Indie Soul Special Recognition Award

Steve Blackwood for MEET THE AUTHOR

Eppo Eerkes for THE CHILD SOLDIER

Chris Esper for IMPOSTER

Jon Perry for ODD MEN OUT

 

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DOCUMENTARY AWARDS

Indie Spec Best Documentary Award

Giselle Portenier for IN THE NAME OF YOUR DAUGHTER

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Indie Spec Best Cinematography Award

Robert Fritz for THE UGANDA PROJECT

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Indie Spec Best Content Award

Noube Rateau and William Medero for

PROTECT, SERVE AND CARE

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Indie Spec Special Recognition Award

Farad Roberson for JAMMING IN THE VILLE

 

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ANIMATION AWARD

Best Animation Award

Elliot Washor for NAVIGATING OUR WAY

 

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EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARDS

Best Experimental Picture Award

Stephanie Lamontagne for THALASSIC