Directors Cut Int’l Film Fest
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Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2023 Winners:
| Project Title | Director | Project Type/genre | Country of Origin |
| Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi | Aryana Farshad | Documentary, Television | United States |
| And outside life goes on | Daniel Maurer | Documentary | Switzerland |
| Chateau Laurier | James Stewart | Web / New Media | Canada |
| The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth | Joël Gibbs | Animation, Music Video, Short | United States |
| In the Wake of the Cedar Tree (2023) | Towustasin | Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media | Canada |
| ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR | Phil Comeau | Documentary | Canada |
| Babushka | Simon Höbert | Short | Austria |
| The Founder Effect | Justin MacGregor | Feature | Canada |
| WAKING UP A WIDOWER | david grewe | Documentary, Short | United States |
| ID | Kiran Kondamadugula | Feature | United States |
| The Divorcees Of Casablanca | BENSOUDA MOHAMMED AHED | Feature | Morocco |
| The Ultimate Sacrifice | Riley Jackson | Short, Student | United States |
| Buddy Love | Kiefer O’Reilly | Short, Student | Canada |
| PERPETUAL SEARCH | Gopal Shivakoti | Documentary | Nepal |
Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2021 Winners:
Best Documentary Int’l – An Ordinary Life (Israel)
Best Doc USA – The Beast of Our Times: Climate Change and Grizzly Bears
Best Documentary Canada – Mr. Emancipation: The Walter Perry Story
Best Feature Film Int’l — Shop (Sweden)
Best Feature Film Canada— The Colour of Spring
Best Short Film Int’l — Untitled Thoughts (Australia)
Best Short Film USA — Plasmid
Best Short Film Canada — Anxiety
Best Web Series Canada — Dentists
Best Web Series USA – Incompleteness
Best Music Video — Arcos Da Lapa (Brazil)
Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2020 Winners:
Best Documentary — Sockeye Salmon. Red fish (Russia)
Directors – Dmitriy Shpilenok & Vladislav Grishin
Best Documentary USA — Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story
Produced and Directed by — Greg Lynch Jr & Doug Nichols
Best Documentary (Short) — My Name Was January
Directors – Elina Gress & Lenee Son
Producers – Alex Sangha & Ash Brar
Best Feature Film — Shibil (Bulgaria)
Written & Directed by – Nikola Bozadzhiev
Best Feature Film Int’l — Tabernacle 101 (Australia)
Written Produced & Directed by Colm O’Murchu
Best Short Film Int’l — Cinema Mudo (Brazil)
Written and Directed by – Melo Viana
Best Short Film USA — Coffee and a Donut
Written and Directed by Cary Patrick Martin
Best Short Film Canada — Flight of the Dodo
Produced & Directed by Taras Demian Groves
Best Web Series — Next Stop (Canada)
Directed by Jabbari Omar Weekes, Tichaon Tapambwa, Phil Witmer
Best Music Video USA— Highland Home
Directed and Written by – Dan Schaefer
Music by Kurt Rosenberg
Best Music Video Int’l — Transient Souls (Italy)
Producer, Director and Song by Christian Frosio
Best Music Video Canada — Strut – 1980s
Produced & Directed by Tim Cash
Song by Pennan Brae
Best Short Script — The Breathing Moon
Screenwriter – Jeffrey Morin
Best Actress — Svetlana Barandich
for Anna (Ukraine)
Best Actor — Julien Rayn de Long
for Flight of the Dodo (Canada)
Best Director — Melo Viana
for Cinema Mudo (Brazil)
Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2019 Winners:
Best Web Series – Canada
Dark Before Dawn: Written and Directed by Brodie Spaull & Paul Krysinski
Best Short Film – Canada
Unmasking: Edited, Written, & Directed by Rob Comeau
Best Documentary – Canada/Serbia
GUCA: Serbian Detox: Produced and Directed by Igor S Rados
Best Actor: Pennan Brae for 2 Below Zero – USA/CANADA
Best Feature Film – Festival Favourite
2 Below 0 – USA/CANADA
Best Feature Film – Canada
Beyond the Woods: Written & Directed by Brayden DeMorest-Purdy
Best Cinematography: Zach Zhao
Beyond the Woods – Canada
Best Web Series – Int’l
Rebecca Gold – UK
Written, Co-Produced, & Directed by Ian Diaz
Best Short Film – Experimental
Allegro – Lebanon
Composed, Written, & Directed by Karl Bou-Rjeily
Best Short Film – Int’l
Coffin Decollete – Egypt
Written & Directed by Nancy Kamal
Best Short Film
Extra Innings – USA
Written, Produced, & Directed by John Gray
Best Documentary – Int’l
Greek Rock Revolution – Greece
Written, Produced, & Directed by Miguel Cano
Best Documentary
Taming Wild: Pura Vida – USA/Costa Rica
Written & Directed by Elsa Sinclair
Best Music Video
The Ballad of Handsome Ned – USA
Produced & Directed by Beth Harrington
Best Editor : Amartya Bhattacharyya
For Runanubandha -Kolkata, India
Best Actress: Tihana Lazovic
For Aleksi – Croatia
Best Screenplay: Amartya Bhattacharyya
For Runanubandha – Kolkata, India
Best Feature Film – Int’l
Runanubandha. Kolkata, India
Produced by Swastik Choudhary
Best Feature Film
Aleksi – Croatia
Written and Directed by Barbara Vekaric
Best Director: Barbara Vekaric
For Aleksi – Croatia
DCFF 2018…………WINNERS
Best Feature……………………………………The Astronot (Tim Cash)
Int’l Feature…………………………………….La dorMeuse Duval (Manuel Sanchez)
Canada Feature………………………………E-Hero (Joseph Procopio)
Vancouver Feature………………………….Vitreous (Brian MacDonald)
Best Short Film ……………………………..Are You Volleyball (Mohammad Bakhshi)
Canada Short…………………………………Sweetheart (Martha MacGrath)
Festival Favorite Short……………………D.A.T.E (Sai Deodhar Anand)
Best Web Series……………………………..Nemausus (Quentin Uriel)
Canada Web Series…………………………Chateau Laurier (James Stewart)
Best Music Video……………………………Son (Philippe Grenier)
Int’l Music Video……………………………Luka (Sergiy Pudich)
Festival Favorite Music Video…………Patrick Stewart Bakes a Cake (Chris Sivak)
Best Director………………………………..Manuel Sanchez (La dorMuese Duval)
Best Editor…………………………………..Tim Cash (The Astronot)
Best Screenplay……………………………Pennan Brae (The Astronot)
Best Actor……………………………………Dominique Pinon (La dorMeuse Duval )
Best Actress…………………………………Marina Tome (La dorMeuse Duval)
Best Music…………………………………..Pennan Brae (The Astronot)
CATEGORIES……2017 WINNERS
Best feature…………………………………BIKINI BLUE (Jarek Marszewsky)
Best Documentary……………………….ONE YEAR ON A BIKE (Martijn Doollard)
Best Short……………………………………POOL (Leadro Goddinho)
Best Web Series……………………………THIS IS DESMONDO RAY (Steve Baker)
Best Music Video………………………….TRAINS (Jola Kudela/ Poppy Ackroyd)
Best Director………………………………..Jarek Marszewsky (BIKINI BLUE)
Best Editor…………………………………..Martijn Doollard (ONE YEAR ON A BIKE)
Best Screenplay……………………………I AM ANNA (Timo Langer / Laura Anne Anderson)
Best Actor……………………………………Tomasz Kot (BIKINI BLUE)
Best Actress…………………………………Delphine Theodore (THE COURTESY OF ANGELS)
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