🌟 SYNERGY FILM FESTIVAL 2022 WINNERS & OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

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🏅 SPECIAL JURY AWARD

Winner:

• Happy Transmissions – Directed by Dusty Saunders

 

🐻 ANIMATION FILMS

Winner:

• Suddenly – Directed by Nic Gregory

Semi-Finalists:

• There is exactly enough time – Directed by Oskar Salomonowitz

• On / Off – Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal

Official Selections:

• Mr. Catman Bring Me A Dream – Directed by Tzu-Yu Pan

• The Shape of the Land – Directed by Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer

• Monkey Business – Directed by Jan Beyen

• William Afton vs Andrew - Lego Fight – Directed by Mark Bakunin

 

🎵 MUSIC VIDEOS

Winner:

• All the Flowers – Directed by Marlena Ariana Martinez

Semi-Finalists:

• Corrupted Matter / Vocal & Visual Expression – Directed by Perla Joe Maalouli

• Florida Music Video – Directed by Simon Davies

Official Selections:

• Let the Wind Sing – Directed by Igor Sukachev

• Isolation – Directed by Soheil Mosharraf

• Oliver Tree & Little Big – The Internet – Directed by Oliver Tree, Alina Pasok, Maxim Semyonov

• OLIVER TREE & LITTLE BIG – TURN IT UP – Directed by Alina Pasok, Iliya Prusikin, Oliver Tree

• LITTLE BIG – MOUSTACHE – Directed by Alina Pasok, Iliya Prusikin

 

🎬 BEST STUDENT FILMS

Winner:

• LEMON – Directed by Yuanyuan Lu

Semi-Finalists:

• MOANIN' – Directed by Jason Michael Perniciaro

• The Statement – Directed by Owen Imgrund

• Pirouette – Directed by Shaily Sanghvi

Official Selections:

• The Walk – Directed by Courtney Travelle Wheeler

• Transfert – Directed by Emeric Gallego

• The Meantime – Directed by Samantha Pess

 

🔮 EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

Winner:

• The Sip – Directed by Paul Bestolarides

Semi-Finalists:

• Something – Directed by Barbara Stepansky

• Involutati, A Journey of the Soul Through Matter – Directed by Salvador Ortega, Arturo Sastré, Claire Becker

• Otonashi – Directed by Martin Gerigk

Official Selections:

• RIMLESS – Directed by Yi Qu

• House on Fire – Directed by Jess Hole, Jessica Stirnemann

• The Song of Songs – Directed by André Goldberg

• Abstract Film – Directed by Kostiantyn Mishchenko

• A Waste of Time – Directed by Harrison Stengle

• RILEY – Directed by Jennifer Michele

• The Pandemic Dances – Directed by Richard Daniels

 

🌟 WEB SERIES

Winner:

• DICHOS – Directed by Mary Angélica Molina

Semi-Finalists:

• OFF GUARD – Directed by Emile Rizk

• Arthur – Directed by Nick Rusconi

Official Selections:

• Frapuccino – Directed by Paul-André Robin, David Trujillo, Barnabé Corsand, Clémentine Odion

• Nothing Personal – Directed by Fedor Kudryavtsev

• Love 3.0. You're from the future – Directed by Ольга Филонова

• W.T.F. - Weird Things in the Forest – Directed by Jordi Avalos, Samuel Télot

• Cooking with Kyssara – Directed by Anne Mueller

• Thrilled to Announce – Directed by Bret Jones

 

🎥 BEST SHORT FILMS

Winner:

• A Day Will Come – Directed by Nicolas Cazalé

Semi-Finalists:

• Uncut – Directed by Mark Hensley

• Tierra del Fuego – Directed by Oleksandr Lozytskyi

• Shoutout to All Of My Haters – Directed by Colby Herbst

Official Selections:

• Food Apartheid – Directed by Alan J. Chriest

• The Will to Live - Yes, I was diagnosed with breast cancer – Directed by Peiju Huang

• Bluff – Directed by Artur Matveev

• A Waste of Time – Directed by Harrison Stengle

• Josefina – Directed by Nadia Flamenco

• The Militiaman – Directed by David Peter Hansen

• We Made It – Directed by Megan Joyce Schowalter

 

🏆 BEST FEATURE FILMS

Winner:

• Everything Will Be Fine in the End – Directed by Joseph Bartone

Semi-Finalists:

• CHILDREN AS GIANTS – Directed by Jesse Hutchins

• LOVE & BROTHERHOOD – Directed by Jason Horn

Official Selections:

• Arshinagar (Reflection) – Directed by Ahmed Tahsin Shams

• Team Pierre – Directed by Pete Koff

• An Exercise in Empathy – Directed by Cedric O'Bannon

• The Dental Plan – Directed by Wayne Diu

• GEORGE M. COHAN TONIGHT! – Directed by Jon J Peterson

 

🌍 BEST FOREIGN FILMS

Winner:

• THE UGLY TRUTH – Directed by Krishna Ashu Bhati

Semi-Finalists:

• October 22 – Directed by Nauwroz Khan

• Marie-Luise – Directed by Hervine De Boodt

Official Selections:

• TROUBADOURS CELESTES – Directed by Hervine De Boodt

• Letter from Bobeyan – Directed by Stephen Paul Cooke

 

🎭 BEST DRAMA FILMS

Winner:

• Pirouette – Directed by Shaily Sanghvi

 

🎞️ BEST TRAILER

Winner:

• It Began in Brooklyn – Directed by Daxton Dubach

Semi-Finalists:

• The Chief – Directed by Aundra' Michael Segrest

• An Unimportant Girl – Directed by Daxton Dubach

 

🎬 BEST DIRECTOR

Winner:

• Music and Mental Health – Directed by Tina Rix

Semi-Finalists:

• The Two Brothers and Santa Claus – Directed by Gabriel Tibi

• October 22 – Directed by Nauwroz Khan

 

✍️ BEST SCRIPT/SCREENPLAY

Winner:

• Bad Love Tigers – Directed by Kevin Schewe