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
