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TOTAL AFIN CATEGORY ANNOUNCEMENT STATUS : 24/24

FILM AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT COUNT 22/22: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

SCREENPLAY AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT COUNT 2/2: 🏆🏆

Note: We do our best to discover and source correct names for all awards and who should be recognised for them.

 

BEST ACTOR

Nominees

🌟 David Field for The Wrong Barber, from Australia
🌟 Cristóbal Krusen for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
🌟 Adrian Quinonez for Get Away, from the United States
🌟 Jorge Antonio Guerrero for We Are Living Things, from the United States
🌟 Matthew Caffoe for Banshees Ridge, from Australia

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Finalists

✨ Kawin Wattanachariya for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand
✨ Glenn Coenen for Hif, from Netherlands
✨ Assen Karanikolov for Party Bus, from Bulgaria

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Honorable Mentions

💗 David Alvarado for Shadow Puppets, from the United States
💗 Kamran Haidar for The Soft-Skinned, from Australia
💗 Damon Hunter for The Cost, from Australia

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BEST ACTRESS

Nominees

🌟 Xingchen Lyu for We Are Living Things, from the United States
🌟 Virginia Gray for Assisted Living, from Australia
🌟 Lisa Jaqueline Starrett for Get Away, from the United States
🌟 Emma Pearson for Hedgehog, from the United States
🌟 Renata Monterola for The Way Home, from Mexcio

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Finalists

✨ Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir for Stormur, from Iceland
✨ Xhulia Musagalliu for Erik, from Albania
✨ Hannah Monson for The Soft-Skinned, from Australia

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Lauren Campbell for When Doves Fly, from Australia
💗 Catherine Ross for My Gift, from Australia
💗 Violeta Machado for Two Dollars, from Australia

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BEST ANIMATED FILM

Nominees

🌟 From South Africa, Red Gaia, directed by Udesh Chetty

🌟 From Israel, One Last Wish directed by Galia Osmo

🌟 From the New Zealand, Dies Irae directed by Maru Collective​

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Honorable Mentions
💗 From Australia, Child of Témoin, directed by Cody Fordham

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BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTOR

Nominees

🌟 David Field for The Wrong Barber
🌟 Matthew Caffoe for Banshees Ridge
🌟 Kamran Haidar for The Soft-Skinned
🌟 Damon Hunter for The Cost
🌟 Jordan Fraser-Trumble for The Cost

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Finalists

✨ Rupert Raineri for I'm Good
✨ Colin Smith for Trapped
✨ Tommy Archer for No Two Days

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Brady Cronin for Tales of Finer Men
💗 Greg Moran for Culicidae
💗 David K. Whiting for Fungus

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BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS

Nominees

🌟 Violeta Machado for Two Dollars
🌟 Hannah Monson for The Soft-Skinned
🌟 Lauren Campbell for When Doves Fly
🌟 Catherine Ross for My Gift
🌟 Jacy Lewis for Wendy & Vee

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Finalists

✨ Gabby Carbon for Where's Weirdo
✨ Anahita Pardis for SUGA RUSH
✨ Miriam Green for Aristeia

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Georgia Eyers for Violett
💗 Barbara Hastings for I'm Good
💗 Abbey Mckeon for Banshees Ridge

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BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM

Nominees

🌟 Banshees Ridge, directed by Tristan Barr
🌟 When Doves Fly, directed by Mike Roberts
🌟 Where's Weirdo, directed by Duncan Peake
🌟 Two Dollars, directed by Natalia Cricri
🌟 Fungus, directed by Ryan Maddox

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Finalists

✨ The Wrong Barber, directed by Dean Ganter
✨ The Soft-Skinned, directed by Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe
✨ My Gift, directed by Michael Raso

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Violett, directed by Steven John Mihaljevich
💗 Suga Rush, directed by Valentino Filimon
💗 Tales of Finer Men, directed by Jack Nielson

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nominees

🌟 Nutthawut Limsakdakul for Life Of Music , from Thailand
🌟 Zach Levenson for Healing Dakota, from the United States
🌟 Josh Stafield for This Man's Worth, from Australia
🌟 Dan Hodgson for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
🌟 Luca Bigazzi for We Are Living Things, from the United States

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Finalists

✨ Richard Brauer for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
✨ ÚAdeline Morin, Romain Filhol for The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits from France
✨ Acharya Venu for The Group (Balagam), from India

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Ilya Mentzarar, Ilya Savelyev for The Muse, from the United States
💗 Robert Sherwood for Healing Heart Feeling Country, from Australia
💗 Thomas Vandendolder for Shadow Puppets, from the United States

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Nominees

🌟 Melissa Bessey for Chateau Laurier -Season 2, from Canada
🌟 Elliana Thomas for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
🌟 Varvara Zenina and Tatjana Greniberg for Good evening, from Russian Federation
🌟 Joni Hathaway Jones for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
🌟 Sophie Borra for The Wrong Barber, from Australia

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Finalists

✨ Floreta Malile Gjoka, Floriana Golemi for Erik, from Albania
✨ Maryam Kholghi Shirazi, Maryam Kholghi Shirazi for Zero Coordinates, from Iran, Islamic Republic of
✨ Jonathan Lambert for The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits, from France

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Fernanda Valenzuela for The Way Home, from Mexico
💗 Ryan Maddox for Fungus, from Australia
💗 Deidra Catero for Hedgehog, from the United States

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BEST DIRECTOR

Nominees

🌟 Tristan Barr for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
🌟 Mike Roberts for When Doves Fly, from Australia
🌟 Penn Pauletich for Shadow Puppets, from the United States
🌟 Udesh Chetty for Red Gaia, from South Africa
🌟 Michael Gabriele for Get Away, from the United States

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Finalists

✨ Tómas Nói Emilsson for Stormur, from Iceland
✨ Antonio Tibaldi for We Are Living Things, from the United States
✨ Natalia Cricri for Two Dollars, from Australia

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Daan Swinkels for Hif, from Netherlands
💗 Michael Raso for My Gift, from Australia
💗 Simon Vautier for The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits, from France

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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Nominees

🌟 Maggie Jones, Brad Jones for CANCER/EVOLUTION Episode 1: The Dustbin of History, from the United States
🌟 James Michael LaMonte for Healing Dakota, from the United States
🌟 Rionne McAvoy for The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, from Japan
🌟 Ashley Sabin, David Redmon for Kim's Video, from the United States
🌟 Bill Wisneski for Almost Home:  Life After Incarceration, from the United States

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Finalists

✨ Samantha Campbell for The Secret Song, from the United States
✨ Chris Eipper, Declan Mortimer Eipper for All Politics is Local, from Australia

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Sharon Ann Rowland for Alchemy: Pathway to Profound Powers, from Australia

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BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Nominees

🌟 Ash Cottrell for This Man's Worth, from Australia
🌟 Elliott Sauvage for TNatalya Diehm: Road to Recovery, from Australia
🌟 Verónica Rose Wood for Caretaker, from the United States
🌟 Elliott Sauvage, Matt Kirby for Don't Wait: The Men's Mental Health Project, from Australia
🌟 Robert Sherwood for Healing Heart Feeling Country, from Australia

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Finalists

✨ Nick Bolton, Jess Milne for I am Living, from Australia
✨ Darryl cook, for THIS IS MY STORY, from Australia

✨ Talitha Huston, for It's In Your Hands, from Australia

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Heejoo Kim for Behind The Loom,from the United States

💗 Mark Anthony Thomas, Shane McFarland, Jordon Rooney for Folded Whispers, from the United States

💗 Kai Wharton for Uncovered Lives: Australia's Fight for Funded Trans Healthcare, from Australia

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BEST EMERGING FEMALE DIRECTOR

Nominees

🌟 Natalia Cricri for Two Dollars, from Australia
🌟 Dilyana Daneva for Party bus, from Bulgaria
🌟 Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe for The Soft-Skinned, from Australia
🌟 Anastasia Vasileva for Better Together, from the Russian Federation
🌟 Aida Gevorgyan for Iris, from the United States

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Finalists

✨ Jessica Landry for Testament from Canada
✨ Galia Osmo for One Last Wish, from Israel
✨ Sheri Van Geest for Trapped, from Australia

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Meri Gelagutashvili for Giuli - It Was A Dream, from Germany
💗 Victoria Bugbee for Out of State-A Gothic Romance, from the United States

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BEST FEATURE FILM

Nominees

🌟 From Mexico, The Way Home, directed by Darius Stevens Wilhere

🌟 From Australia, The Cost, directed by Matthew Holmes

🌟 From United Kingdom, The Lair, directed by Neil Marshall

🌟 From the United States, We Are Living Things, directed by Antonio Tibaldi

🌟 From Australia, Violett, directed by Steven John Mihaljevich

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Finalists

✨ From the United States, The Muse, directed by Jason Miller
✨ From the United States, Ghosts of the Void, directed by Max Karpylev
✨ From the United States, Let Me Have My Son, directed by Cristóbal Krusen

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Honorable Mentions

💗 From the Russian Federation, Better together, directed by Anastasia Vasileva
💗 From India, The Group (Balagam), directed by Venu Yeldandi
💗 From Turkey, Cage : Between Two Battles, directed by Cenk İzgören

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BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

Nominees

🌟 From the United States, Godfor, written by Pablo Torroella

🌟 From Australia, Millions in Manila, written by Jeffrey Milne

🌟 From Australia, The Fandom, written by Lisa Rufus

🌟 From Australia, Slam'n, written by Ke De Sol

🌟 From the United States, Comic Relief written by Koura Linda, Alex Hawthorne

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Finalists

✨ From Australia, Mia You've Lost a Lot of Blood, written by Paul Bird

✨ From the United States, The Pickleball Killer, written by Jim Carroll

✨ From Australia, Escape from the Commodore 64, written by David Hearne, Belinda Missen

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Honorable Mentions

💗 From the United States, Nobody's Heroes, written by Michael Alan Elliott

💗 From the United States, For The Freedom, written by Hans Sluijter

💗 From the United States, Who Let the Wallflowers Out?, written by Virginia Austin

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BEST FILM EDITING

Nominees

🌟 Elizabeth Cook for Healing Dakota, from the United States
🌟 Delaney Murphy for This Man's Worth, from Australia
🌟 Nikola Mateja for When Doves Fly, from Australia
🌟 Ken Kimura for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
🌟 Rionne Mcavoy for The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, from Japan

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Finalists

✨ Nipan Chawcharernpon, Saywiga Pattarawaraphan for Descendants, from Thailand
✨ Úlfur E. Arnalds for Stormur, from Iceland
✨ Nipan Chawcharernpon for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Michael Gabriele for Get Away, from the United States
💗 Elliott Sauvage for Natalya Diehm: Road to Recovery, from Australia
💗 Verónica Rose Wood for Caretaker, from the United States

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BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

Nominees

🌟 From Australia, Banshees Ridge, directed by Tristan Barr

🌟 From the United States, Get Away directed by Michael Gabriele

🌟 From the United States, Hedgehog directed by D. Mitry

🌟 From France, The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits, directed by Simon Vautier

🌟 From Thailand, Look for me at Dusk, directed by Nipan Chawcharernpon

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Finalists

✨ From Australia, Two Dollars, directed by Natalia Cricri
✨ From Australia, My Gift, directed by Michael Raso
✨ From Thailand, Descendants, directed by Nipan Chawcharernpon

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Honorable Mentions

💗 From Iceland, Stormur, directed by Tómas Nói Emilsson
💗 From Australia, Fungus, directed by Ryan Maddox
💗 From Australia, The Wrong Barber, directed by Dean Ganter

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Nominees

🌟 From the Russian Federation, Good evening, directed by Alexey Belkin, Vsevolod Alekhin

🌟 From Israel, Static - Pleas, directed by Roman Buchatsky

🌟 From Iceland, Devil Never Killed, directed by Tómas Nói Emilsson

🌟 From Australia, LOST IN THE MOMENT, directed by Darryl Cook

🌟 From Canada, CANYON - Stay, directed by Arthur de la Rambelje

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Finalists

✨ From Germany, Affentanz - Hunter, directed by CYPRIAN HERCKA
✨ From the United States, Meir Levine - Wherever I Run (Official Music Video), directed by Esther Shpigelman
✨ From Australia, Wildfire Manwurrk ft. Victor Rostron - 'Mararradj', directed by Wildfire Manwurrk, Robert Sherwood, Natalie Carey

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Honorable Mentions

💗 From Australia, Halcyon Reign - Ahab, directed by Adam Jordan
💗 From Canada, 23 (Official Music Video), directed by Dean Pilling
💗 From Australia, Gorgi J - Silent Smile, directed by Adam Jordan

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Nominees

🌟 Justin Bell for Healing Dakota, from the United States
🌟 James Kenyon, Luke Richardson, Matt Dixon for This Man's Worth, from Australia
🌟 John Sponsler for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
🌟 Amedeo Ursini for We Are Living Things, from the United States
🌟 Kelvin Pimont, Jack Standen for The Way Home, from Mexico

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Finalists

✨ Jaysen Lewis for Jingle Hell, from the United States
✨ B. Quincy Griffin for The Secret Song, from the United States
✨ Nipan Chawcharernpon, Bradley Lewin for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Ali Helnwein for Hedgehog, from the United States
💗 Jenný Björk Bjarkadóttir for Stormur, from Iceland
💗 Sangwoo Jeong for Banshees Ridge, from Australia

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BEST PRODUCED SCREENPLAY

Nominees

🌟 From the United States, Get Away, written by Anthony Jefferson

🌟 From Australia, Banshees Ridge,, written by Matthew Caffoe

🌟 From Australia, My Gift, written by Michael Raso

🌟 From Australia, The Wrong Barber, written by Dean Ganter

🌟 From Australia, When Doves Fly, written by Mike Roberts

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Finalists

✨ From the United States, Hedgehog, written by D. Mitry
✨ From Australia, Two Dollars, written by Natalia Cricri
✨ From Iceland, Stormur, written by Tómas Nói Emilsson & Tinni Teitsson

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Honorable Mentions

💗 From France, The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits, written by Simon Vautier
💗 From Australia, The Soft-Skinned, written by Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe
💗 From New Zealand, Twitch, written by Kate Powis & Suden

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Nominees

🌟 Chris Nickle for Chateau Laurier -Season 2, from Canada
🌟 Alexis Covovich for The Way Home, from Mexico
🌟 Monica Dabrowski for We Are Living Things, from the United States
🌟 Cheri Anderson for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
🌟 Mike Kmiecik for Shadow Puppets, from the United States

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Finalists

✨ Alexey Belkin for Good evening, from the Russian Federation
✨ Arch.Idea Studio for Erik, from Albania
✨ Nima Valibeigi for Zero Coordinates, from Iran, Islamic Republic of

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Nipan Chawcharernpon, Jason R. Deford for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand
💗 Fungus, from Australia
💗 Max Karpylev for The Muse, from the United States

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

Nominees

🌟 From Australia, Lives Before Your Eyes written by Harry Sweby

🌟 From Australia, Saint Peter of Bourke, written by Phillip Tucker

🌟 From Australia, The Pearl, written by Hannâ B.

🌟 From Australia, New Holland, written by A. K. Woods

🌟 From the United States, The Rumor Mill, written by Linda Tancs

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Finalists

✨ From Australia, Friendly Fire, written by Greg Moran

✨ From the United States, The Great Food War, written by Tyler Posey

✨ From Germany, The Forgotten Sea, written by Fiona Leonard

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Honorable Mentions

💗 From Australia, Daddy, written by Indy Davies

💗 From Australia, Saviour of Manangatan, written by Eamonn Eeles

💗 From the United States, Just Plane Humor, written by Linda Tancs

💗 From Australia, Psychopathic Killers, written by Susan May Thomas

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BEST SOUND

Nominees

🌟 James Matthes for Red Gaia, from South Africa

🌟 Simon Rosenberg & Pip Atherstone-Reid for This Man's Worth, from Australia

🌟 Jan Klier for Healing Dakota, from the United States

🌟 Chris Code for The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, from Japan

🌟 Peter Kurucz & Michael Angelo Monaco for Banshees Ridge, from Australia

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Finalists

✨ Fantastic Sound for Descendants, from Thailand
✨ Samantha Oo for When Doves Fly, from Australia
✨ Curtis Fritsch IV for CANCER/EVOLUTION Episode 1: The Dustbin of History, from the United States

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Todd Toon for We Are Living Things, from the United States
💗 Supat Decha for Life Of Music, from Thailand
💗 Bob Edwards for The Secret Song, from the United States

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BEST STUDENT FILM

Nominees

🌟 From Australia, When Doves Fly, directed by Mike Roberts

🌟 From Australia, The Soft-Skinned by Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe

🌟 From the United States, Iris directed by Aida Gevorgyan

🌟 From Australia, LOST IN THE MOMENT, directed by Darryl Cook

🌟 From Australia, Tales of Finer Men, directed by Jack Nielson

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Finalists

✨ From the United States, La Telaraña, directed by Dan Husted
✨ From Germany, Giuli  - It Was A Dream, directed by Meri Gelagutashvili
✨ From Australia, THIS IS MY STORY, directed by Darryl cook

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Honorable Mentions

💗 From Australia, It's In Your Hands directed by Talitha Huston
💗 From New Zealand, Solitaire, directed by Brian Gill
💗 From Australia, In The Air, directed by Kieran Deeth

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Nominees

🌟 Roms Studio for Static - Please, from Israel
🌟 Udesh Chetty for Red Gaia, from South Africa
🌟 Ryan Maddox for Fungus, from Australia
🌟 Yula Surin, Or Kantor, Ori Kagan for One Last Wish, from Israel
🌟 Nipan Studio for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand

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Finalists

✨ Neil Rowe for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
✨ Jared Neher, Jeremy Wanek for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
✨ Nipan Studio for Descendants, from Thailand

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Honorable Mentions

💗 Benji Thiem for Look for me at CANCER/EVOLUTION Episode 1: The Dustbin of History, from the United States
💗 Nikola Mateja for When Doves Fly, from Australia
💗 Nipan Studio for Life Of Music , from Thailand

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