Best Feature Narrative
Nightline
Directed by Robert Sedlacek (Czech Republic)
Genre: Feature Narrative Film, Crime, Thriller
Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes
Synopsis: A bittersweet tale around a live interview radio broadcast that changes the lives of several innocent people. After lying low in the USA for almost 20 years Radek makes a surprise visit to his home city of Prague. Tech savvy he manages to avoid revealing all forms of his identity and location to tell his story on a late night radio phone-in show hosted by ambitious young journalist Eva. Eva bends over backwards to accommodate him and becomes embroiled in his mission to track down a young mother called Eliska. Eva has no idea that she herself is part of his plot from an event two decades ago. Czech law gives a 20 year time limit for all crime, including murder. Detectives on the late shift hear the interview and start to build a case but they only have a few hours left before the crime is deemed unpunishable. A fierce struggle for time and justice begins.
Best Feature Length Documentary
Master Eddy
Directed by Ara Madzounian (United States)
Best Short Documentary
(equal votes)
My Name Is.
Directed by Tony Giroux (United Kingdom)
Genre: Short Documentary, Educational, Social Awareness, Interview, Postcolonialism
Running Time: 13 minutes 17 seconds
Synopsis: A short documentary into experiences of individuals with non-western first names, its link to their identity, and how it correlates to pressures of conforming to westernized English norms.
Storgetnya
Directed by Hovig Hagopian (France)
Genre: Short Documentary
Running Time: 20 minutes
Synopsis: March 2020, Yerevan, capital of Armenia. 230 meters underground, in the Avan salt mine, men and women walk to breathe easier. Physical activities and medical consultations set the rhythm of the timeless world of this underground clinic, where lives intersect and stories are told.
Best Short Film
Couple
Directed by Joohyun JEON (Korea, Republic of)
Genre: Short Film
Running Time: 10 minutes
Synopsis: An ugly woman, a good looking man, a love story between them.
Best Music Video
Born With An Accordion
Directed by Pieter Wesley Whittington
Genre: Music Video
Running Time: 5 minutes 14 seconds
Best Animated Film
Little Adam Example
Directed by Ahou Alagha (United States)
Genre: Animation
Running Time: 19 minutes 40 seconds
Synopsis:: The desperate imagination of a child of war draws his arms equipped with guns but, the figure steps into reality to shape a new form of his being.