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CINEQUEST FESTIVALS WRAP & ANNOUNCE AWARDS

Cinequest Virtual + In Person 2022 Award Wiinners

Renowned as the future of film and a bastion of film & media-tech discovery, Cinequest wrapped its In-Person Film Festival in the Silicon Valley. Previously this year, Cinequest's groundbreaking virtual event called Cinejoy served the globe online. Combined the Cinequest Festivals presented 107 Feature & 108 Short World & U.S. Film Premieres with 701 artists presenting, and audience participants from 53 countries and all 50 united states. 

 

CINEQUEST AUDIENCE AWARDS 2022:

AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST COMEDY

• Dealing With Dad
• Last Chance Charlene

AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST DRAMA

• Trust
• What We Do Next

AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST SCI-FI, HORROR, THRILLER

• Discontinued
• Fanga

AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Enduring Democracy: The Monterey Petition
• We Were Hyphy

AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM

• Freedom’s Path

CINEQUEST JURY AWARDS 2022:
 

BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE: DRAMA
Tehranto
Director: Faran Moradi
Producer: Jacqueline De Niverville

BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE: COMEDY
Alpha Male
Directors: Katarzyna Priwieziencew, Igor Priwieziencew
Producer: Katarzyna Priwieziencew

BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE: SCI-FI, HORROR, OR FANTASY
The Day I Found a Girl in the Trash
Director: Michal Krzywicki
Producer: Natalia Bednarska

SPECIAL JURY MENTION: SCI-FI, HORROR, OR FANTASY
The Family
Director: Dan Slater
Producers: Adam Booth, Dan Slater

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Out in the Ring
Director: Ryan Bruce Levey
Producers: Darren Dean, Ryan Bruce Levey, Brad Webb

BEST FEATURE: NEW VISIONS AWARD
Trust
Director: Almog Avidan Antonir
Producers: Max Landwirth, Kate Spare, Jennifer Levinson, Almog Avidan Antonir

BEST FEATURE: GLOBAL VISION
Salma’s Home
Director: Hanadi Elyan
Producer: Nathan Bennett

BEST TELEVISION PILOT/WEBISODE
Fatima
Director: Daniel Martin Rodriguez
Producer: Daniel Martin Rodriguez

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM: DRAMA
Love, Dad
Director: Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Producers: Karolína Davidová

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM: COMEDY
The Gangbuster
Director: Mark Adderley
Producer: Nadia Sawalha

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
The Hangman at Home
Directors: Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot
Producers: Lana Tankosa, Nikolic Emmanuel-Alain, Raynal Pierre Baussaron, Katayoun Dibamehr, Avi Amar, Marc Bertrand

BEST HORROR, THRILLER, SCI-FI SHORT FILM
Mirage
Director: Sil van der Woerd
Producers: Trent, Angelo Schuurmans, Oak Motion Pictures

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
First Down
Director: Carrie Stett
Producers: Carrie Stett, Whitney Clinkscales

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
John L - Black Midi
Director: Nina McNeely
Producer: Megan Gutman

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Little Sky
Director: Jess X. Snow
Producers: Andreas Nicholas, Eris Qian

 

VIRTUAL AND AUGEMENT REALITY AWARDS 2022:
 

Best AR
CrimeDoor

Best VR: Interactive
The Leap

Best VR: Animation
Once Upon a Story: The Boy's Triple Dream

Best VR: Narrative
Icarus

Best VR: Immersive
Marco & Polo Go Round

Best VR: Innovation
The Passengers

Best VR: Documentary
the root is more important than the flower

Best VR: Artistic
5 Stages of Drowning

Best VR: Horror
Haunted by the Future

Best VR: Social Impact
Container

Best Student VR
Home in the Distance