Best short
THE WORLD
Directed by ZADIE JIA
In this world, people's lives and actions are controlled by the black line on the ground, and everyone wears a mask. In one room, students walk on black lines every day, and their seats are connected by black lines. The teacher - the supervisor - watches everything, and when someone leaves the black line, he is punished. A free girl student is not willing to be restrained by the black line, she is late, teasing the teacher, doing something unrelated to the study. After being punished by her teacher, a Paper ball falls from the sky and draws her attention to the door at the back of the classroom and the world outside. She escaped from the room and walked bravely toward the cliff and fog outside the door.
Best feature
FOR HOPE'S FLICKERING STAR
Directed by Quan yintao
When there is an autistic child in the family, their life is chaotic.
The uninspiring mother and the cancer father had a huge disagreement over whether to have a second child and how to give this child a better future. The peaceful life of the family was broken.
With the unexpected death of my father, it left the mother and son with a difficult problem in how to continue their lives. Mother did not choose to bow to fate again, and bravely took the child to live. She tried to find a way for autistic patients to be self-reliant. She used the last money left by her husband to set up a mutual aid group for the disabled. With the help of kind people, they got a new life.
best documentary
LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS
Directed by Antonia Salter
This films follows Andrew Paddison , a Thalidomider,challenge himself by handcycling around the north coast of Scotland and raise awareness and money for SafeLives Charity, a domestic abuse charity.
Best experimental
A WALK IN THE FOREST
Directed by Johanne Chagnon
Walks in the forest can be surprising. You never know what might be waiting for you at the bend of a tree. In the darkness of this maze, on this wallpaper open to all possibilities, attachments can arise, experiences can be lived. A universe where you can face what you can extract from it. Blood beats in the breath. These strolls are revealing when one is ready to venture there.
Best NARRATIVE
FENICE (PHOENIX)
Directed by Lena e Lorenzo Mariotti
A personal story about identity crisis through the exploration of Veneto, Italy
Best FANTASY
MONKEY ENTERS LANKA
Directed by Saie Surendra
The ancient city of Lanka suffers under a tyrant. Concubines are being abducted from all over the world. One special princess disappears and that’s when a legendary folk hero is called for once again, his name, feared throughout the heavens and hells.. the Monkey King.
Best student
LADS
Directed by Charlie Hunter
After the wake of his father a young Londoner faces his greatest fear, losing one of his chosen family. A modern friend circle in disarray.
Best LGBTQ
PAS DE DEUX
Directed by Rebekah Fortune
A heart breaking tale told entirely through feet. When smart and uptight Brogues falls in love with colourful fun and playful Sparkly Toes, she feels complete. but like any couple the two have their ups and downs, their highs and their lows. When tragedy strikes and Brogues finds herself alone again, she must find a way to keep on moving while keeping Sparkly Toes with her always.
Best THRILLER
THE GIRL OF THE STRANGE SECRET
Directed by Anaís Medina, Tony Navarro
Eva, a mysterious librarian, meets with Gabriel, a passionate admirer who seems to know each and every secret that she is hiding. A pop-style thriller with a pinch of fantasy.
Best MUSICAL
BRIDES OF JESUS SHORT FILM
Directed by Joe Bartone, Jose Zambrano Cassella
A young nun auditions for a girl rock band.
Best HORROr
EVE
Directed by Luca Machnich
Simon is an eight-year-old boy who seems to have everything from life. He’s a handsome child, he’s rich yet unhappy. He senses that there’s something wrong with his life and this leads him to wander off thanks to his fervid imagination.
Best INSPIRATIONAL
RESPONSIBILTY
Directed by Zhao Tian
This story tells a student lost wedding material.It emphasizes responsibility,and shows the emotion between teachers and students.
Best DRAMA
RUN TO YOU
Directed by Derek Li
In Wuhan in the early 1980s, Grandma was an ordinary and hardworking housewife. Just because of the disease of lupus erythematosus, people in the whole street mistakenly think it is a venereal disease and a prostitute! Grandma and grandson live together and are bullied by neighbors! Grandma endured humiliation strongly and optimistically, and grandson Hansheng shouldered the mission of protecting grandma since he was a child! I thought all this would get better with the return of Hansheng's parents. However, it is not only outsiders who dislike grandma, but MoMo from his family is even more worrying. Young Hansheng is very sad. He wants to take his grandmother away from this unhappy family and live a happy life far away ...
Best romantic film
PRISON CITY
Directed by Zeng Jianwu
In the city where the new coronavirus-infected pneumonia epidemic is raging, The girl Chu Yue and her boyfriend Han Wei have gone from panic and despair when they just closed the city to face the reality bravely, showing incomparable tenacity and the courage to overcome the epidemic, and to cherish the life spirit with the strong and powerful support and encouragement of hundreds of millions of Chinese people, this spirit will be transformed into a huge Chinese force, and a strong China will be more confident and greater in the challenge.
Best social film
FUNERAL
Directed by Peter
Through a seemingly absurd rural farce, the film maps out many social issues, such as the cultural and ideological differences between rural and urban areas, family education and family conflicts, which leads to a rethink of China’s binary structure of urban and rural. It is a black humor about the selfish human heart that is slowly exposed after the fake death of the old grandma. The main character of the film the youngest grandson was brought up by his grandmother, and his longing for the simplicity of the countryside, his longing for his grandmother and his childhood friends, his youthful ignorance and innocence, and his love of opera after his grandmother's death were all buried with the funeral.
Best COMEDY
MULTI DATES
Directed by GUILLAUME MOREELS
John has a date with Lisa...
