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R. Scott MacLeay: List of Awards won at Film/Video Festivals / Award Events during the 2024/25 Season

R. Scott MacLeay: Canadian new media artist / photographer / composer who worked in Paris from 1979 until 2009 and is currently based in Florianópolis Brazil

Career Awards (2024/25)

• Video “BLIND FAITH: Moments of Missed Understanding” (2023)
  o Honourable Mention, 2024 WSXA Barcelona International Awards, Spain – March 2024
  o Outstanding Achievement, Miami Film Critic Award, USA – April 2024
  o Recognition Award, The IndiefEST film Awards, La Jolla, CA, USA – July 2024
  o Best Experimental Film, Filmzen International Film Competition, Chicago, USA – August 2024
  o Best Inspirational Film, New York Film Festival- Best Indie Selection, USA – August 2024
  o Best Experimental Project & Best Inspirational Director, Japan Film Critics’ Awards – August 2024
  o Best Experimental Project & Best Arthouse Producer, Fantasy Festival, Santiago de Chile – August 2024
  o Best Experimental Film & Best Editing, Monaco film Meeting – August 2024
  o Best Experimental Film, Telluride New Stories Film Festival, Telluride, USA – September 2024
  o Best Original Inspirational Film, Shanghai Indie International film Festival, Shanghai, China – September
  2024
  o Best Experimental Cinematography & Best International Filmmaker, Spain CinemArt Film Festival,
  Barcelona, Spain – September 2024
  o Best Experimental Film & Best Indie Director, Atlanta International Film Festival, USA – September 2024
  o Best Experimental Film & Best Inspirational Filmmaker, Chicago IFF Best Indie selection 2024, USA –
  October 2024
  o Best Arthouse Experimental Short Film, Iceberg Cinema & Literature Awards, France – October 2024
  o Best International Experimental Film & Best Indie Producer, Australian Film Critics’ Awards 2024, Sydney,
  Australia – October 2024
  o Best Arthouse Experimental Short & Best Indie Cinematographer, British Film Critics’ Awards 2024,
  London, England – October 2024
  o Best Experimental Film, Indie Cine Tube Awards, Kolkata, India 2024 – November 2024
  o Best International Experimental Director & Best Inspirational Film, Brazil Best International Indie Film
  Festival, São Paulo, Brazil – November 2024
  o Best International Experimental Film & Best Arthouse Cinematographer – L.A. Arthouse Film Critics’
  Awards, Los Angeles, USA – November 2024
  o Best Experimental Film & Best Cinematographer (Category: Experimental)– Washington DC International
  Film Awards, Washington DC, USA – December 2024
  o Best Experimental Film, Best Filmmaker, Best Original Idea & Best Arthouse Editing – AEFF America
  Europe Film festival, Zurich, Switzerland – January 2025
  o Best Experimental Film, Best Filmmaker, Best Original Idea & Best Arthouse Editing (Category:
  Experimental), America Europe Film Festival – January 2025
  o Best International Experimental Film & Best Poetry Short Film, Indie Golden Globe 2025, L.A., NYC, Paris,
  Rome, Madrid, London, Cannes, Venice – January 2025
  o Best Director, Best Editing & Best cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Independent Special
  Event at Sundance, USA – February 2025
  o Best International Experimental Director of The Year, Best Arthouse Cinematographer & Best Experimental
  Editing, Shakespeare Film Awards 2025, Verona, Italy – February 2025
  o Best Director, Best Editing & Best Cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Special Event at the 75th
  Berlin International Film Festival – February 2025
  o Best International Experimental Film & Best Poetry Short Film, Special Event at the 54th International Film
  Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands – February 2025
  o Best Director, Best Editing & Best Cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Indie Oscar Awards,
  L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, London – March 2025
  o Best Director, Best Editing & Best Cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Alice Film Festival,
  Berlin, Germany – March 2025
• Most Awarded Author Of The Year, International Indie Cinemathque Awards 2025, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, Dubai – January 2025
• Most Awarded Indie Author Of The Year, Arthouse Movie Database Critic’s Choice Awards 2025, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, Dubai – January 2025
• Official Member of the Golden List as the Most Awarded Artist in the Experimental Film Category for the 2024/25 festival season, The Heart of the Indie Film Industry, Indie Oscar Qualifying artist 2025, Bologna, Italy – February 2025
• Named one of the Best Artists of 2025 by the 2025 International Indie Cinematheque Awards, L.A., NYC, Paris, London, Rome – March 2025 Awards for Specific Works (2024/25)
• Video “Can’t Figure It Out” (2024) o Best International Experimental Film, Dark Side of the Cinema Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands – July 2024
  o Best Experimental Project, Route 66 Film Festival, USA – August 2024
  o Best Inspirational Film & Best Original Director, Monaco film Meeting – August 2024
  o Best Experimental Project, New York Film Festival-Best Indie Selection – August 2024
  o Best Original Filmmaker, Special Event at the 81st Venice International Film Festival – August 2024
  o Best Experimental Film, Paris Film Awards, France – August 2024
  o Best Experimental Director, Shanghai Indie International film Festival, Shanghai, China – September 2024
  o Best Producer (Experimental Film Category) & Best Original Idea, Spain CinemArt Film Festival, Barcelona,
  Spain – September 2024
  o Best Experimental Cinematography & Best Indie Production Company, Atlanta International Film Festival,
  USA – September 2024
  o Best Original Project & Best Arthouse Cinematography, European Film Critics’ Awards, Cannes, France –
  September 2024
  o Best Original Editing, Chicago IFF Best Indie selection 2024, USA – October 2024
  o Best Original Experimental Project, Best Cinematography & Best Editing, Iceberg Cinema & Literature
  Awards, France – October 2024
  o Best Experimental Filmmaker & Best Cinematography, Australian Film Critics’ Awards 2024, Sydney,
  Australia – October 2024
  o Best Experimental Filmmaker of The Year, British Film Critics’ Awards 2024, London, England – October
  2024
  o Best Original Filmmaker, Wild Filmmaker Special Event, American Film Market, Las Vegas, USA –
  November 2024
  o Cine Vision Award, Indie Cine Tube Awards, Kolkata, India 2024 – November 2024
  o Best Arthouse Director & Best Inspirational film – L.A. Arthouse Film Critics’ Awards, Los Angeles, USA –
  November 2024
  o Best Director, Best Producer, Best Editing (Category: Experimental) – Washington DC International Film
  Awards, Washington DC, USA – December 2024
  o Best Producer (Category- Experimental Film) & Best Inspirational Film, AEFF America Europe Film festival,
  Zurich, Switzerland – January 2025
  o Best Cinematographer, Best director, Best Producer & Best Editing (Category: Experimental Film) & Best
  Inspirational Film, Indie Golden Globe 2025, L.A., NYC, Paris, Rome, Madrid, London, Cannes, Venice –
  January 2025
  o Best Arthouse Director; Best Cinematographer & Best Editing (Category: International Experimental Film),
  Oklahoma New Directors / New Films 2025 – Oklahoma, USA – January 2025
  o Best International Experimental Film & Best Original Producer, Independent Special Event at Sundance,
  USA – February 2025
  o Best International Experimental Film & Best Original Producer, Special Event at the 75th Berlin International
  Film Festival, Berlin Germany – February 2025
  o Best Director, Best Producer, Best Cinematographer & Best Editing, Special Event at the 54th International
  Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands – February 2025
  o Best Filmmaker & Best Indie Producer (Category: Experimental Film), Best Director’s Cut Of The Year, San
  Diego, USA – February 2025
  o Best International Experimental Film & Best Original Producer, Indie Oscar Awards, L.A., NYC, Rome,
  Cannes, London – March 2025
  o Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Editing (Category: Experimental Film), Arthouse Movie
  Database Critics’ Choice Awards 2025 Edition, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, Dubai – March 2025
  o Best Original Producer & Best International Experimental Film, Alice Film Festival, Berlin, Germany – March
  2025
  o Best Original Inspirational Film & Best Producer (Category: Experimental Film), International Film Registry
  Awards 2025, New York, USA – April 2025
• Video “Déjà Vu on the Ledge” (2022)
  o Best Arthouse Short Film, Japan Film Critics’ Awards, Tokyo – 2024
  o Best Experimental Short Project, Special Event, 81st Venice International Film Festival, Italy – August 2024
  o Best European Experimental Film, Wild Filmmaker Awards, Toronto, Canada – September 2024
  o Best Experimental Director, European Film Critics’ Awards, Cannes, France – September 2024
  o Best Experimental Short Project, Wild Filmmaker Special Event, American Film Market, Las Vegas, USA –
  November 2024
  o Best International Experimental Screenwriter, Best Screenwriter of the Year Awards 2024, Rome, Italy–
  November 2024
  o Best Experimental Film 2025, Oklahoma New Directors / New Films 2025 – Oklahoma, USA – January 2025
  o Best Experimental Short Film & Best Arthouse Producer, Shakespeare Film Awards 2025, Verona, Italy –
  February 2025
  o Best Original Experimental Film & Best Arthouse Cinematographer, Best Director’s Cut Of The Year, San
  Diego, USA – February 2025
  o Best Indie Producer & Best Experimental Film 2025, Arthouse Movie Database Critics’ Choice Awards 2025
  Edition, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, Dubai – March 2025
  o Best Director Of The Year (Category: Experimental Film), International Film Registry Awards 2025, New
  York, USA – April 2025
• Video “Waves of Informed Delusion” (2022):
  o Best Experimental Film, Paris Film Awards, France – October 2024
• Video Polyptych “Isolation Row (Naked Confusion Disguised as a Friend)”(2021):
  o Best Experimental Film, New York Film Awards, New York, USA – February 2025

AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILMS BY MARIANO TAMBURRINI
S&C ASSOCIAZIONI PRODUCTION IN THE 2024–2025 SEASON:

1. Winner at Indie Hall of Fame Awards 2025 – Best Contemporary Artist in
   various categories for “Ciccillo”; Best Indie Educational Film and Best
   European Arthouse Moviemaker
2. Nominee at Universal Exposition of Independent Seventh Art – Outstanding
   Personality
3. Winner at Alice Film Festival Berlin 2025 for “Ciccillo” – Best European
   Drama and Best European Original Screenplay
4. Winner at Italian Grand Prix 2024 with “Nostalgia” – Best International
   Director in the Narrative Short Film category at Wildfilmmaker 8½ Film
   Awards
5. Winner at AMDB with “Nostalgia” – Best International Drama and Best
   European Indie Screenplay
6. Official Selection at Special Event in Cannes 2024 with “Un Amore per
   Sempre” (Forever Love) – Casino Film Festival
7. Official Selection at Casino Film Festival Special Event in Cannes 2024 with
   “Fibromialgia the challenge”
8. Official Selection with “Un Amore per Sempre” (Forever Love) at Beverly
   Hills International Film Festival 2024 – Wildfilmmaker
9. Official Selection at Beverly Hills International Film Festival 2024 with
   “Fibrofox”
10. Winner with “Fibrofox” at Special Event in Cannes 2024
11. Winner at Manchester Spirit Awards 2024 Indie Festival IF with “Fibromialgia
    the Challenge”
12. Winner at International Network Film Festival 2024 with “Fibromialgia la
    sfida”
13. Winner with “Il Soldato e la Bambina” at Indie Filmmaker Hall of Fame
    Awards Rome 2024
14. Official Selection at New York Films and Cinematography Awards 2024 with
    “Un Amore per Sempre” (Forever Love)
15. Winner at Special Event in Cannes 2024 with “Angels” – Casino Film Festival
16. Winner with “Fibrofox” at Indie Filmmaker Hall of Fame Awards Rome 2024
17. Official Selection at Los Angeles Movie and Music Video Awards 2024 with
    “Forever Love”
18. Winner at Accolade Competition 2024 – Best Short Film and Best Direction
    with “Forever Love”
19. Winner at Hollywood on the Tiber with “Ciccillo” – IMDb Qualification
20. Winner at Independent Special Event at Sundance 2025 with “Ciccillo” – Best
    European Drama and Best European Original Screenplay
21. Winner at International Network Film Festival 2024 with “Fibrofox”
22. Official Selection at Falvaterra Film Festival 2024 with “Ciccillo”
23. Winner with “Fibrofox” at Hollywood on the Tiber 2024
24. Winner with “Fibromialgia the challenge” at Hollywood on the Tiber 2024
25. Winner at Festival del Cinema di Frida 2024 with “Angels” – Paris Edition
26. Winner with “Ciccillo” at Corto Ma Non Troppo Festival in Paliano –
    Marianna’s Corner Special Award 2024
27. Winner with “Fibrofox” at 8½ Film Awards 2024 – Low-Budget Independent
    Narrative Short Film
28. Official Selection with “Fibrofox” at Accolade Competition 2024
29. Winner with “Fibromialgia the challenge” at Festival del Cinema di Frida
    2024
30. Winner with “Fibrofox” at Festival del Cinema di Frida 2024
31. Winner with “Forever Love” at Festival del Cinema di Frida 2024
32. Winner with “Fibromialgia the challenge” – Super Short Film at IF Indie
    Festival 2024
33. Winner with “Fibrofox” at Florence Film Awards 2024
34. Winner with “Forever Love” at Florence Film Awards 2024
35. Winner with “Un Amore è per Sempre” at 8½ Film Awards 2024
36. Winner with “Fibromialgia la Sfida” at 8½ Film Awards 2024
37. Winner with “Angels” at 8½ Film Awards 2024
38. Winner with “Fibrofox” at 8½ Film Awards 2024
39. Official Selection for “Fibrofox” at Rome Movie Awards 2024
40. Winner with “Ciccillo” at Indie Oscar Awards 2025 – Wildfilmmaker

Winner in the following international events 2024/25:

8 & Halfilm Awards 2024

SPAIN CinemART Film Festival 2024

ATLANTA International Film Festival 2024

Best Cinematic Project of the Year 2024

Chicago International Film Festival Best Indie Selection 2024

European Film Critics Awards 2024

San Francisco Film Lab Awards 2024

British Film Critics Awards 2024

Lisbon Story Film Festival 2024

ITALIAN Grand Prix 2024

Irish Film Critics Awards 2024

Brazil International Indie film festival 2024

Los Angeles Arthouse Film Critics Awards 2024

Special Event at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival

La Habana International Film Awards 2024, Cuba

Washington, DC International Film Awards 2024

Best Screenwriter of the Year 2024

Hawai’i Film Awards 2024

Best Character Film Awards 2024

AEFF, America Europe Film Festival 2024

Alice Film Festival, EFM 2025

Oxford Film Network Awards 2024

Hollywood Indie Film Critics Awards 2024

OKLAHOMA New Directors/New Films 2025

Scandinavian Film Critics Awards – Helsinki, Finland 2025

Siena International Film Showcase 2025

Canadian International Indie Film Critics Awards 2025

Shakespeare Film Awards 2025 in Verona

INDIE GOLDEN GLOBE 2025

International Indie Cinematheque Awards 2025

Madrid Indie Academy of Motion Picture Arts – Special Event 2025

International Indie Film Registry Awards 2025

INDIE OSCAR AWARDS 2025

CANNES SCREENWRITER AWARDS 2025

Indie Hall of Fame Awards 2025

NEW WAVE Cinema Festival – Hollywood/Paris 2025

Santa Monica, LA Indie Critics’ Choice Awards 2025

REID J. BARWICK
PROJECTS SUBMITTED THROUGH WILDFILMAKER.MET

SELECTION – INDIE HALL OF FAME AWARDS 2025

French Broad – The Pilot – Screenplay – Television – Drama – Pages 46

Logline – An adventure photojournalist surrenders his urban lifestyle and personal dreams for his wife and son’s future through a homecoming in a community who knows the reputation and stories of the ex’s, in-laws, and reputation of his father.

Winner – AMBd Arthouse Movie Database Critics’ Choice Awards – 2025:
Best International Pilot/ TV of the Year and Best Screenwriter
Winner – America Europe Film Festival – Zurich – 2025
Best International Pilot/TV and Best Screenwriter

Winner – On the Road Cinema Filmfest – 2025: Best International Pilot TV
and Best Screenwriter

Winner – American European Fim Festival – 2025: Best International Pilot TV
and Best Screenwriter

Winner – American Film Market Las Vegas – 2024

Chateau De Tarot – Screenplay – Feature – Action/Adventure – Pages 120

Logline: 14th Century teen and her liege are spared when a meteor explodes over a French battlefield. Meteorites transform the girl into something more in a quest to save the French Queen and determine the new king of France.

Winner – ALICE Film Festival – Berlin – 2025
Winner – Independent Special Event at Sundance – 2025
Best Arthouse Screenwriter and Best Original Script
Winner – Indie Oscar Awards – 2025
Winner – On The Roads of Cinema Filmfest – 2025
Winner – Venice City of Cinema Grand Jury Prize – 2025
Winner – Liverpool Indie Award – 2024

The Days of Knight: Chapter 3

• Winner of Best Original Narrative Short, Best Screenplay Short, Best Indie Director of the Year & Best Arthouse Cinematography at Hollywood Indie Film Critics Awards 2024 – Wild Filmmaker
• Winner of BEST NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST SOUNDTRACK at the AEFF, America Europe Film Festival – 2025. A project supported by WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “Best International Narrative Short, Best Director, Best Cast & Best Original Screenplay” at Wild Filmmaker / 8 & Halfilm Awards.
• Winner of BEST PRODUCER, BEST FILMMAKER, & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Narrative Short) for the NEON On Contemporary Cinema / In partnership with WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Narrative Short) at the Independent Special Event at Sundance 2025 – An event supported by WILD FILMMAKER Magazine.
• Winner of “BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Narrative Short)” at the Special Event at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival /The WILD FILMMAKER Team “The leading platform in supporting independent film productions.
• Winner of “BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY SHORT” at the Canadian International Indie Film Critics Awards 2025 / An event organized with the participation of WILD FILMMAKER “The platform that supports the creativity of independent artists.”
• Winner of “Best Narrative Short, Best Filmmaker, Best Cast, Best Sound Designer & Best Cinematography (Category: Narrative Short)” at the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam. The project has been supported by WILD FILMMAKER in collaboration with Worldwide Film Promotion Project”.
• Winner of “Best Production Company, Best International Narrative Short, Best Director, Best Cinematographer & Best Screenplay Short (Category: Narrative Short)” at the “Best Director’s Cut Of The Year” in San Diego, California / An event supported by WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Narrative Short)” at the INDIE OSCAR AWARDS 2025 / A project promoted by WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “The Days of Knight: Chapter 3” won “Best International Narrative Short, Best Director, Best Original Score & Best Screenplay Short (Category: Narrative Short)” at the “ON THE ROADS OF CINEMA FILM FEST, Newport, Rhode Island In partnership with “Authors of the Future Project” Cannes An event promoted by WILD FILMMAKER, the World’s leading platform for boundary-free film distribution.
• Winner of “Best Screenwriter of the Year,” awarded by the international jury of the “Cannes Screenwriter Awards 2025.” In collaboration with WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: International Narrative Short)” INDIAN FILM CRITICS AWARDS – Punjab, India WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “Best Production Company, Best International Narrative Short, Best Director of The Year, Best Cinematographer & Best Arthouse Screenplay Short (Category: Narrative Short)” at the AMDb Arthouse Movie Database Critics’ Choice Awards 2025: The theme of the AMDb Arthouse Movie Database Critics’ Choice Awards / A project exclusively promoted by the WILD FILMMAKER platform.
• Winner of “Best International Narrative Short, Best Director, Best Cinematographer & Best Screenplay Short (Category: Narrative Short)” at the Taormina Film Meeting Awards 2025 / Supported by WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “Best International Narrative Short, Best Director, Best Cinematographer & Best Screenplay Short (Category: Narrative Short)” at the Worldwide Film Promotion Project Alice Film Festival, Berlin In collaboration with WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “Best International Narrative Short, Best Director, Best Cinematographer & Best Screenplay Short (Category: Narrative Short)” at The Film Emmy Awards Team, NY – LA – Rome – London – Paris – Atlanta – Venice – Stockholm / An event exclusively promoted by WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “The Days of Knight: Chapter 3” won “Best International Narrative Short, Best Arthouse Director, Best Original Score & Best Screenplay Short (Category: Narrative Short)” at the Madrid Indie Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Spain. An event supported by WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “Best Original Narrative Short, Best Director, Best Sound Design, Best Casting Director & Best Original Screenplay Short (Category: International Short Film) at the Cinematic Tony Awards, Broadway, NY. In collaboration with WILD FILMMAKER and Worldwide Film Promotion.
• Winner of “Best International Short Film of The Year, Best Indie Production Company, Best Original Idea, Best Soundtrack & Best Screenplay Short” The International Indie Film Registry, International Indie Film Registry Awards. An event promoted by WILD FILMMAKER, the world’s leading platform in indie film distribution.
• Winner of “BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, SPECIAL AWARD “YOUNG CRITICS” BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CAST & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY” at The New Wave Cinema Festival Team – Hollywood/Paris. In collaboration with WILD FILMMAKER, the platform supporting free and independent filmmakers.
• Winner of “The Days of Knight: Chapter 3” won “Best Original Narrative Short, Best Director, Best Camera Operator, Best Casting Director, Best Trailer & Best Original Screenplay Short” at The International Jury of the Indie Hall of Fame Awards 2025. An event organized in collaboration with WILD FILMMAKER.
• Winner of “BEST NARRATIVE SHORT 2025, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: International Narrative Short Film)” at the Santa Monica, LA Indie Critics’ Choice Awards. An event promoted by Wild Filmmaker.
  
  

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New York Movie Awards- Best Original Screenplay
Hollywood Gold Awards- Honorable Mention- Best Short Film, Director, Drama &
Original Song
Paris Film Awards- Best Drama & Cinematography
MLC Awards- Best of the Year Winner
Snow Leopard International Film Festival- Best Color Editing
Top Shot International Film Festival- Best Drama
New York Tri-State International Film Festival- Best Drama
Scene Awards- Best of the Year Winner
Strathmore’s Who’s Who- Worldwide Edition
8 & halfilm awards- Best Indie Author of the Year
New York Neorealism Film Awards- Best Director & Screenplay
Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards- Best Original Filmmaker, Short Film & Editing
FilmNest International Film Festival- Best Drama
Wild Filmmaker Film Festival- Best Short Film, Director, Editing & Producer
Sweet Democracy Film Awards- Best Narrative Short, Cast & Editing
Stanley Film Awards- Best Short Film, Original Idea & Editing
Sunny Film Festival- Best Drama
Silverlens Film Awards- Best Drama
Spain International Film Awards- Best Artist of the Year
International Academy Arthouse Fest- Best International Experimental Director
Pageant Film Festival- Best Drama
Indie Filmmaker Hall of Fame Awards- Best Director, Cast, Original Screenplay &
Narrative Short
New Yorker Indie Critics’ Choice Awards
Special Event at 81st Venice International Film Festival- Best Narrative Short & Indie
Filmmaker
American Film Market– Best Narrative Short & Indie Filmmaker
International Indie Cinematheque- Most Awarded Author of the Year
Independent Special Event at Sundance- Best American Indie Director & Screenplay
Special Event at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival- Best American Indie Director
& Screenplay
Hollywood Filmmakers Club
The Heart of the Indie Film Industry- Official Member of the Golden list
Indie Oscar Awards- Best American Indie Director & Screenplay
On the Roads of Cinema Film Fest 2025- Best Narrative Short, Arthouse Director &
International Screenplay
Arthouse British Academy of Film and Television Arts- Official International Member
Arthouse Movie Database Critics Choice Awards 2025- Best American Director &
International Indie Short Film
Alice- Best American Indie Director & International Screenplay
Beverly Hills Film Forum- Special Jury Award & Official Member
International Indie Film Registry- Best American Drama of the Year & Director

DOCTOR HYPOTHESES

BEST ACTOR

MEXICO FILM AND CREATIVITY AWARDS  – 2024
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEST – 2024 
COLOSSUS FILM FESTIVAL – PARIS – FRANCE – 2024
WORLD CLASS FILM FESTIVAL – PUEBLA – MÉXICO – 2024
AEFF AMÉRICA-  EUROPE FILM FESTIVAL – ZURIQUE - 2024 
INDIE GOLDEN GLOBE - 2025 
SPECIAL EVENT AT THE 54TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM - 2025
ON THE ROADS OF CINEMA  FILM FEST - 2025
FILM EMMY AWARDS - 2025 
THE HEART OF THE INDIE FILME INDUSTRY 2025 – BOLOGNA -ITALY 
MADRID INDIE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS – 2025 
0N THE ROADS OF CINEMA FILM FEST 2025 – ISLANDIA 
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM – 2025 
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 
 ARTHOUSE MOVIE DATABAS – GRITIC´S CHOICE – 2025

2023
8 & HALFILM AWARDS/CANNES 2023
INDO JAPAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL – OSAKA – JAPÃO – 2023
FILMZEN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION – FRANÇA – 2023
SWEET DEMOCRACY FILM AWARDS – FRANÇA – 2023
GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS – LOS ANGELES - USA  -  2023
HONG  KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM CARNIVAL - 2023
SOUTH AFRICA FILM AWARDS – 2023
SWEDISH ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE AWARDS - 2023


BEST DIRECTOR - 2024/2025
ROME INTERNATIONAL MOVIE AWARDS – ITÁLIA
FLORENCE FILM AWARDS – ITÁLIA
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS’ FESTIVAL - CANADÁ
BERLIN MOTION PICTURE AWARDS – ALEMANHA
MADRID INTERNATIONAL MOVIE AWARDS – ESPANHA
WORLD FILM CARNIVAL – SINGAPORE
NYC INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL – USA
CARPE DIEM – GIRONA – CATALUNHA – ESPANHA
SOUTH KOREAN MOVIE WARDS – Coreia do Sul
SANTA MONICA, LA,  INDIE CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS 

BEST SCREENWRITER - 2024/2025
THE SWEDISH ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE AWARDS – SUÉCIA
DIVINE FILM AWARDS OF GREECE – GRÉCIA  
SOUTH KOREAN MOVIE WARDS – Coreia do Sul
DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CINE CARNIVAL – Emirados Árabes
NEXUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - USA
SAN DIEGO, CALIFÓRNIA – USA
CANNES SCREENWRITER AWARDS

The major awards won by our film “In a Whole New Way” during the 2024-25 film season include the following:

Sept 2024: Best Original Project (Shanghai Indie IFF 2024)

Sept 2024: Best International Documentary Short (Wild Filmmaker Toronto Special Event)

Sept 2024: Best Indie Screenwriter (Spain CinemART FF 2024)

Sept 2024: Best Cinematic Project of the Year 2024 (Wild Filmmaker 8andahalf Awards)

Oct 2024: Best Original Director (British Film Critics Award)

Oct 2024: Best Human Rights Project (European Film Critics Award 2024)

Nov 2024: Best International Social Impact Project (Italian Grand Prix)

Nov 2024: Best Inspirational Film (Irish Film Critics Awards)

Jan 2025: Best International Producer (Oxford Film Network Awards 2025)

Feb 2025: Filmmaker of the Year (Independent Special Event at Sundance)

Feb 2025: Best Social Film (Special Event at the 54th International Rotterdam FF)

Feb 2025: Best Indie Filmmaker (Shakespeare Film Awards 2025 in Verona)

March 2025: Filmmaker of the Year (Indie Oscar Awards)

March 2025: Best Educational Film (Indie Oscar Awards)

March 2025: Special Jury Award (Beverly Hills Film Forum)

March 2025: Winner (International Indie Cinematheque Awards 2025)

LUZINETE

Florence Film Awards– Gold Award- Inspirational Film-

Best Character Film Awards– Best Character Drama-

TINFF- Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival–  Best European Short Film-

Special Event at 81st Venice International Film Festival- 2024-Best Indie Director

Gabriel Garcia Marquez Prize– Best Indie Director-

Gabriel Garcia Marques Prize- Winner Best Screenwriter-

Gabriel Garcia Marquez Prize– Best Short Drama-

Frida Film Festival-Winner- Best Original Idea-

Frida Film Festival– Best Director Short-

Frida Film Festival– Best Indie Short Film-

Frida Film Festival– Best Drama (Short)

Greek Film Critics Awards- Best Indie Filmmaker

Copenhagen Tribeca Award-Winner- Best Original Indie Short Film and Best Original International Screenwriter
Global Visionaries Film Festival– Best Short Film- Outanding Achievent –

France International Grand Prix- 2024-Best Original Idea, Best Director (Short), Best Indie Short and Best Drama (Short)

La Habana International Film Festival-2024– Best Screenplay Short

Irish Film Critics Awards- 2024– Best Screenplay Short

Miami Film Awards-2024-Best Original Director and Best Drama (Short)

Hollywood Indie Film Critics Awards- 2024– Best Screenplay (Short) and Best Social Narrative (Short) 
Los Angeles Arthouse and Critics Awards- 2024– Best Shor Film of the Year and Best Indie Screenplay Short

British Film Critics Awards 2024-Best Indie Short and Best Original Screenplay (Short) 

Wild Filmmaker Awards at the Special Event American Film Market-2024– Best Indie Director

Chicago International Film Festival-2024-  Best Original Short Film

Shanghai Indie International Film Festival- 2024-Best Indie Director and Best Screenplay (Short)

Wild Filmamaker Special Event at the 81st Venice International Film Festival- 2024– Best Indie Director

Japan Film Critics Awards-2024- Best International Indie Narrative Short Film

New York Film Festival- Best Indie Selection- 2024 Best Indie Short

Luxembourg International Film Festival-2024– Best Indie Short and Best Original Screenplay 

Newyorker Indie Critics Choice Award- 2024 Best Director,  Best Screenwriter

Ipanema Film Festival-2024– Best Drama- Short

Dubai Cinema Exposition Festival 2024– Best Indie Short, Best Drama and Best International Director

Jamaica International Film Fest-2024 Best Indie Director and Best International Drama 

Charlie Chaplin Young Filmmaker Awards- 2024- Best Indie Filmmaker and Best Drama Short

Washington, DC International Film Awards 2024  Best Arthouse Narrative Short

Berkeley International Film Festival-2024-  Best Original Screenplay Short and Best Indie Filmmaker

Wild Filmmaker Awards at the Special Event at The American Film Market 2024- Best Indie Director

Lisbon Story Film Festival- 2024 Best International Indie Director and Best Original Screenwriter

Wild Filmmaker Awards at MIA- International Audiovisual Market- Best International Screenwriter and Best Original Short Film

Poland International Film Festival 2024- Best Original Short Film Best Screenwriter and Best Indie Filmmaker

Australian Film Critics Awards- 2024– Best International Arthouse Short Film and Best Indie Screenwriter

Chicago International Film Festival 2024– Best Original Short Film

European Film Critics Awards- 2024- Best Original Drama (Short) and Best Indie Screenwriter

Brazil International Indie Film Festival 2024– Best International Drama, Best Original Screenplay (Short) and Best Brazilian Director of The Year

Atlanta International Film Festival 2024– Best Original Screnplay and Best Indie Filmmaker

Spain CineArt Film Festival-2024- Best Indie Short Film

Telluride New Stories Film Festival 2024- Best International Indie Short and Best Screenwriter

Cinematic Project of the Year 2024– Best International Short Film

Monaco Film Meeting- 2024- Best Arthouse Short Film and Best Indie Producer

Iceberg Cinema & Literature Awards 2024- Best International Indie Screenwriter and Best  Filmmaker

Fantasy Festival in Santiago de Chile- 2024- Best Narrative Short, Best Screenplay Short and Best Director

Route 66 Film Festival 2024- Best Arthouse International Filmmaker, Best Indie Short

New York Film Festival- Best Indie Selection 2024–  Best Indie Short Film

Diario Italiano Film Festival 2024– Best Drama, Best International Indie Director and Best Producer

City of God Film Festival- 2024– Best Screenplay (Short) Best Indie Producer and Best International Filmmaker

Think Different Film Festival 2024- Best International Director and Best Screenplay Short.

Swedish Critics’ Choice Awards 2024- Best Indie Short Film and Best Indie Production Company

The Dark Side of Cinema Film Fest 2024- Best Original Director, Best Human Rights Script

Indie Producer of the Year Awards 2024- Cannes Best Indie Director, Best International Short Film Best Screenplay Short

Maverick International Film Festival 2024– Best Arthouse Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Narrative Short.

8&Halfilm Awards- Special Edition in Cannes 2024- Best Director (Indie Narrative Short) Best Original Screenplay

Indie Filmmaker Hall of Fame 2024- Best Indie Director and Best International Original Idea

Marrakesh Spring Festival 2024– Best Original Story, Best Director (Short)

La Dolce Vita Film Awards 2024– Best Drama (Short)

Istambul Internacional Cine Fest 2024- Best Drama and Best Indie Filmmaker

Seattle Global Film Awards 2024- Best International Narrative Short and Best Director

Goteborg World Cinema Awards 2024- Best Arthouse Director, Best International Screenplay Short and Best Original Idea

Spain International Film Awards 2024- Best Indie Director and Best International Original Drama

BIMIFF- Brazil International Independent Film Festival- Social Awareness Award

Santa Barbara International Indie Fest 2024- Best Indie Film and Best Indie Producer

Grand Prix of Italy 2024– Best Indie Short Film and Best Original Idea

Bruxelles International Seventh Art Fest. 2024– Best Original Drama Short, Best Indie Filmmaker and Best Indie Producer

Palm Springs International Indie Fest- 2024– Best Drama Short, Best Indie Director and Best Producer

European Film Market Awards- 2024- Best Indie Narrative Short, Best Original Screenplay, Best Drama Short

Blue Danube International Film Fest 2024-  Best Indie Director

French New Wave New Hollywood Film Festival 2024– Best Filmmaker,- Short Film

Cannes Cinema Meeting 2024- Best Arthouse Narrative Short, Best International Screenwriter

Art City Bologna Film Festival 2024- Best Human Rights Short Film, Best Indie Director

Special Event at Berlin 2024- 8&Halfilm Awards- Best International Drama, Best Original Filmmaker, Best Screenplay Short

Bronx Film Festival 2024- Best Drama and Best Indie Director

Dubai Cinema Exposition Festival 2024- Best Indie Narrative Short, Best International Filmmaker, Best Original Drama

Tibet Silent Poetry Fest 2024- Best Arthouse Short Film, Best International Director, Best Drama (Short) 

Jamaica International Film Festival 2024- Best Indie Director and Best International Drama

Norway International Film Awards 2024- Best Drama (Short) Best Indie Director and Best Original Screenplay Short

Dreamlike Film Festival – Vienna- 2024- Best International Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Indie Short Film.

Egypt Seventh Art Festival- Cairo- 2024– Best Director and Best Original Drama

8&Halfilm Awards Franz Kafka Prize- Prague- Best Drama, Best Screenplay Short and Best Arthouse Director

Buenos Aires New Cinema Festival 2024– Best International Drama Short and Best Indie Director

Tribeca Indie Generation Film Festival 2024- Best Drama Short, Best Indie Narrative Short

Kenya Film Festival 2024- Best Original Indie Short Film and Bet Inspirational Director

Special Event at the 75^th Berlin International Film Festival 2025-  Best International Filmmaker

Santa Monica LA Indie Critic’s Choice Awards 2025- Best Original Short Drama

AMDB Arthouse Movie Database Critic’s Choice Awards 2025- Best Human Rights Short Film and Best Social Screenplay Short

Wild Filmmaker Awards- Special Event at the 5^4th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands 2025- Best Indie Drama Short

Indie Golden Globe 2025- Best Indie Drama Short and Best International Drama Script

Bellagio New Cinema From The World Film Festival 2025- Best Indie Short Film

SoHo Co-Production Film Festival 2024- Best International Director

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

Indie Oscar Awards 2025- Best International Indie Script

Cannes Screenwriter Awards- 2025- Best Screenwriter of the Year

Film Emmy Awards 2025- Best Screenwriter of The Year (Category International Feature Script)

Indie Golden Globe 2025– Best Original Screenplay

Wild Filmmaker Awards Special Event at Sundance 2025- Best International Feature Script and Bes Original Indie Writer

Wild Filmmaker Awards at the Special Event at the 54^th International Film Festival Rotterdam- Best Original Screenplay

America Europe Film Festival 2025- Zurich-  Best International Arthouse Feature Script.

Santa Monica LA Indie Critic’s Choice 2025– Best Original Indie Screenplay and Best Indie Screenwriter

Wild Filmmaker Awards Special Event at the 75^th Berlin International Film Festival 2025- Best International Feature Script and Best Original Indie Writer

New Wave Cinema Festival 2025- Best Original Writer, Best Drama Script and Best Arthouse Feature Script

Cinematic Tony Awards, Broadway 2025- Best Social Feature Script

Madrid Indie Academy of Motion Picture Arts- Special Event 2025- Best International Arthouse Feature Script

Alice Film Festival 2025- Best International Feature Scrip and Best Original Indie Writer

International Indie Cinematheque Awards 2025- Best Feature Script

Taormina Film Meeting 2025- Best International Script and Best Original Indie Writer

AMDb- Arthouse Movie Database- Critic’s Choice Awards 2025- Best Arthouse International Feature Script

Indian Film Critic’s Awards 2025– Best Indie Writer

Best Director’s Cut 2025- Best Indie Feature Script

Osaka Film Awards 2025- Best Arthouse Writer

Canadian International Indie Film Critics awards 2025- Best International Indie Feature Script

Siena International Film Showcase 2025– Best Arthouse Screenwriter

Scandinavian Film Critics Awards 2025- Helsinki– Best Indie Writer

Oklahoma New Directors/New Films 2025- Best Human Rights Feature Script

Hollywood Indie Film Critics Awards 2024- Best Drama Script of the Year

Hawaii Film Awards 2024– Best Original Screenwriter

Greek Film critics Awards 2024– Best original Story (Feature Script)

La Habana International Film Awards 2024- Best International Screenwriter

Charlie Chaplin Young Filmmaker Awards 2024- Best Original Screenplay

Wahington, DC International Film Awards 2024- Best Indie Screenwriter

Soho New York Co-Production Film Festival 2024- Best Screenwriter (Arthouse Feature Script)

Miami Film Awards 2024- Best Indie Feature Script

Best Screenwriter of the Year Awards- 2024 Best Arthouse Feature Script

Irish Film Critics Awards 2024- Best Indie Feature Script

Alice Film Festival 2024-  Best International Feature Script and Best Original Indie Writer

Best Indie Screenwriter

British Film critics Awards 2024– Best International Indie Feature Script and Best Arthouse Screenwriter

Wild Filmmaker Awards at MIA- International Audiovisual Market – Rome-2024– Best International Feature Script

Poland International Film Festival 2024– Best Indie Feature Script

CONNOR AND SONIA

Australian Film Critics Awards 2024– Best Arthouse Feature Script

Italian Grand Prix 2024 Best Human Rights Feature Script

Berkeley International Film Festival- 2024–  Best Original Feature Script

LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE

33 Awards & Selections

Winner, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Feature Script) & BEST EUROPEAN WRITER 2025
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Santa Monica, LA Indie Critics’ Choice Awards 2025
Santa Monica, LA California 2025

Honorable Mention in the category FIRST TIME SCREENWRITER
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Hollywood Stage Script Film Competition
Los Angeles, USA 2025

Winner, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL
SCRIPT
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Cinematic Tony Awards of Broadway
Broadway, New York 2025

Winner, SPECIAL AWARD “YOUNG CRITICS” BEST AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT & BEST
ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
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New Wave Cinema Festival – Hollywood/Paris
Hollywood, Paris 2025

Winner, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL
SCRIPT
LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE
Cinematic Tony Awards
Broadway, New York 2025

Featured in the List of the Greatest Indie Film Directors of All Time
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Boulder Film Association
Colorado, United States 2025

Winner, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL
SCREENWRITER
LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE
Film Emmy Awards
New York, United States of America 2025

Winner, most awarded artist of the 2024/25 season
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The Beverly Hills Film Forum
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles 2025

Winner, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER
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THE ALICE FILM FESTIVAL 2025
Berlin, Germany 2025

Winner, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER
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The 2025 International Indie Cinematheque Awards
Italy 2025

Winner, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER
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The Taormina Film Meeting Awards 2025
Sicily, Italy 2025

Winner, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ARTHOUSE BIOGRAPHICAL
PROJECT
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The AMDb Arthouse Movie Database Critics’ Choice Awards 2025
United States 2025

Winner, Best Screenwriter of the Year
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CANNES SCREENWRITER AWARDS 2025
Cannes 2025

Winner, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER
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The INDIE OSCAR AWARDS
Los Angeles 2025

Winner, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT
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The 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands 2025

Winner, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL IDEA & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL
SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE
Canadian International Indie Film Critics Awards 2025
Canada 2025

Winner, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER
LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE
75th Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin 2025

Winner, Best First Time Screenwriter
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Best Hollywood Day Short Film Festival 2025
Los Angeles 2025

Winner, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER
LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE
The Independent Special Event at Sundance
Sundance, USA 2025

Winner, in the categories BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2025 & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCREENPLAY
LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE
The Siena International Film Showcase
Siena, Italy 2025

Winner, in the catecory Best Biographical Script
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The Clown International Film Festival
Paris 2025

Winner, Best Biographical Script
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London Indie Film Festival
London 2025

Winner, Best International Original Screenwriter & Best Biographical Script
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Oklahoma New Directors / New Films 2025
Oklahoma USA 2025

Winner, Best International Indie Writer & Best Biographical Script
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INDIE GOLDEN GOLBE 2025

WINNER, Best International Writer & Best Biographical Script
LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE
Bellagio New Cinema From The World Film Festival 2025
Bellagio, Lago di Como 2025

Most Awarded Indie Author
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Arthouse Movie Database Critics´ Choise Awards 2025
Los Angeles – New York – Rome – Cannes – Dubai 2025

Winner, Best Indie Writer Of The Year & Best Biographical Script
LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE
Hollywood Indie Film Critics Awards 2024
Los Angeles 2024

Winner, Best Biographical Script
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New York International Film Awards
New York 2024

WINNER, Best Biographical Script, Best International Screenwriter
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8 & HALFILM AWARDS
Italy 2024

WINNER, Best Biographical Script
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Cannes World Film Festival
Cannes 2024

SEMI-FINALIST, Best Drama Screenplay
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Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Los Angeles 2024

HONORABLE MENTION TOP 3
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Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Athens 2024

FINALIST, Best International Feature Films
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Mallorca Evolution International Film Festival
Palma de Mallorca