WINNERS OF THE LONDON DIRECTOR AWARDS 2022/23 SUMMER EDITION
Best Director Short Documentary
The State of Dissent
(Roshaan Khattak, UK)
Best
Director Fiction Film
I Wish for You (Stuart Rideout, UK)
Honorable
Mention
Nanay's
Lullaby (Drew Stephens, Thailand)
Best
Director Feature Documentary
The
Healers (Rodrigo Occelli, Mexico)
Best
Director Fiction Film
When You Are Gone (Rafael Altamira,
Mexico)
Best
Director Super-Short Film
Enough
(Alina Ilin, UK)
Best
Director Student Film
A
Butterfly Vanishes (Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz, USA)
Best
First-Time Director
Talia
(Cara Bamford, UK)
Best
Female Director
Detained
(Khushnuda Shukurova, USA)
Honorable
Mention
Vanity
(Natasha Kinaru, UK)
Best
Male Director Male
THE
MASTER OF SILENCE (Ovidiu Georgescu, Romania)
Best
Director Music Video
Better
Than You (Lucy Turner, UK)
Best
Director Drama Film
Worthy
of thee (Dulith Anthony Gunasekera, New Zealand)
Best
Director Comedy Film
THE
LAST SLICE (Clifford Milner, UK)
Best
Director Sci-Fi
Solus
(Jonathan Brooks, USA)
Best
Director Fantasy
Memories
of the Moon (Antoine Dricot, Belgium)
Best
Director Animation
The
Cloaked Realm "Tunnel 23" (Marisa Cohen, Peter Issac
Alexander, USA)
Best
Director Experimental
Flowers
(Dumas Haddad, UK)
Best
Director Indie Feature
The
Rock in the Sea (Niall Duffy, Ireland)
Best
Director Indie Short
Flourish
(Carol Nuñez, USA)
Best
Director Web/TV series
Grey
Nomads 2 (Felix Williamson, Australia)
Best
Director Horror
Who
Am I? (Christopher Newberry, UK)
Best
Director Thriller
EXCHANGE
(Khoa Nguyen, Viet Nam)
Best
Director LGBTQ
Avocado
Toast there series SEASON 2 (Sam Coyle, Canada)
Best
Director Action
Welcome
to Candy's (Sabine Crossen, France)
Best
Director Psychological
One
More Bite (Yaxing Lin, USA)
Best
Director War
The
Crossing (Tomas Simonsen, Norway)
Best
Director Young (Under 25 years)
Aphrodite
(Alonso A. Anza, USA)
Best
Director Adult (26-55yo)
Sunrise
Meets Sunset (Aram Atkinson, UK)
Best
Director Senior (55+ yo)
Unflinching
Grace (Bill Frakes, USA)
Best
Art Director
JACK
(Pelayo de Lario, UK)
Best
European Director
The
Young Dictator (Andy Lupu, Romania)
Best
American Director
Uncommon
Negotiator (Brian Glassford, USA)
Best
South American Director
HANDS
ON (RAQUEL ARRAES, UK)
Best
Australian Director
Riley
(Ben McHugh, Australia)
Best
Asian Director
Chopsticks
(Fanbo Zheng, Weiyang Chen, China)
WINNERS OF THE LONDON DIRECTOR AWARDS 2022
Grand Prix: Best Director Short Film
(nominated
for awards on Golden Art Film Academy)
R[evol]ution
Of Love (Louise Hylland, Denmark)
Honorable
Mention: Best Director Short Film
The Game The
Doubt (Hamid Reza Mahmoudi Mehrizi, Iran)
Let's talk,
sister (Celia de Coca, Spain)
Grand
Prix: Best Director Short Documentary
(nominated
for awards on Golden Art Film Academy)
Our
Land (Alexandra Genova, UK)
Grand
Prix: Best Director Feature
Documentary
(nominated
for awards on Golden Art Film Academy)
COVID19:
The Fallout of a Modern Pandemic (Robert M Silver, UK)
Honorable
Mention
Bella
Ciao, Song of Rebellion (Andrea Karena Vogt, Italy)
Grand Prix: Best
Director Feature Film
(nominated
for awards on Golden Art Film Academy)
Spaghetti
junction (Kirby McClure, USA)
Grand Prix: Best
Director Super Short Film
idle
(United Kingdom, Sam Parkinson)
Best
Director Student Film
(nominated
for awards on Golden Art Film Academy)
Ring
(Zhang Haoyu, China)
Best
Director Female Director
Love
(Jane Ashmore, UK)
Best
Director Male Director
ARENA
(Myles Clohessy, USA)
Grand
Prix: Best Director Music Video
(nominated
for awards on Golden Art Film Academy)
Its
Not The End of The World (Marielle Tepper, Czech Republic)
Best
Director Drama Film
Out
In Orbit (Jess Kay, Dann Emmons, United Kingdom)
Best
Director Comedy Film
CATARINA
(Pierre Amstutz Roch, France)
Best
Director Sci-Fi
Twotwo
(Jun Hoskulds, USA)
Best
Director Fantasy
Matters
of the Heart (Vadim Bogomolov, Russia)
Best
Director Animation Film
The
Boy and The Mountain (Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal, Chile)
Best
Director Experimental Film
Man
with Shadow (Ema Kugler, Slovenia)
Best
Director Indie Feature Film
WHISTLE,
AND I'LL COME TO YOU (Valentina Battorti, Italy)
Best
Director Web/TV series
Predestined
(Aaron Avont Johnson, USA)
Best
Director Horror Film
Tekenchu
(Carlos Matienzo Serment, Mexico)
Best
Director Thriller
The
Proposal (Alexis Cifuentes, Spain)
Best
Director LGBTQ Film
In
Orbit (Katie McNeice, Ireland)
Best
Director Action Film
Makhom
(Leila Rastyamovna Salakhatdinova, Russia)
Best
Director Psychological Film
All
That Glitters (Dan Bronzite, UK)
Best
Director War Film
Grace
(Brian Patto, Australia)
Best
Young Director (under 25 years)
Why
Wouldn't I Be? (Ella Greenwood, United Kingdom)
Best
Adult Director (26-55yo)
Bimba
mia (Paolo Tresoldi, Italy)
Honorable
Mention
Entre
Les Tombes (Romain LAFARGUE, Thibault LAFARGUE, France)
Best
Senior Director (55+ yo)
PROCREATION:
Adam and Eve (Lol Sargent, UK)
Honorable Mention
Chiusi
fuori (Giorgio Testi, Italy)
Bullshit (Borys
Shusterman, Mykhailo Ozerov, Ukraine)
Best
European Director
Nightline
(Robert Sedlacek, Czech Republic)
Best
American Director
Pastiche
(Shivaan Makker, USA)
Best
South American Director
VERONA
(Ane Siderman, Brazil)
Best
Australian Director
Fading
Numbers (Aron Attiwell, Australia)
Best
African Director
Korrinty
(Aziz Chennaoui, Tunisia)
Best
Asian Director
October
22 (Nauwroz Khan, India)
WInner BEST DIRECTOR AWARD 2021
DEKEL BERENSON
Anna, a middle-aged single mother, lives in a small industrial town in war-torn Eastern Ukraine. She works in a meat processing plant, lives in a rundown apartment and dreams for a better life for herself and her 16-year-old daughter.
Desperate for a change, she is lured by a radio advertisement to attend a party organized for foreign men who are touring the country, searching for love. Despite not having been out for years she decides to take part in the event.
At the party, Anna is confronted with the realities of old age, with the American men's real intentions, and by her underaged daughter who is also attending the event. Both mother and daughter realize the absurdity and indignity of the situation and abandon their dream for a better life.
Director: Dekel Berenson (United Kingdom)
Time: 15 min
Premiere: Festival de Cannes 2019
Grand Prix Best Film Awards and financial reward 5,000.00 USD
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