Best Drama
“Echoes of the Past”
Director: Marco Rossi (Italy)
Introduce: narrated the moving story that a family struggles between historical heritage and individual choice.
“The Silent Shore”
Directed by Ava Thompson
Introduce: the deep-seated complexity that revealed human emotion through the secret of a small town.
“Beneath the Surface”
Director: Hiroshi Tanaka (Japan)
Introduce: depicted the psychological course that a marine researcher faces his heart fear.
Best Director
Marco Rossi
Echoes of the Past
Nationality: Italy
Ava Thompson
The Silent Shore
Nationality: United States
Hiroshi Tanaka
Beneath the Surface
Nationality: Japan
The National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Award
James Anderson
Production: “Shattered Reflections”
Nationality: UK
Introduce: in this film, he showed the complicated emotion of a role that falls into the edge of self-destruction.
Luca Giordano
Echoes of the Past
Nationality: Italy
Introduce: he deduce the father of a trapped in family dispute deeply in the film.
Takumi Nakamura
Beneath the Surface
Nationality: Japan
Introduce: with exquisite acting skill presented the image of scientist of a deep-seated inner conflict.
The Telling Maria 2 award
Sophia Clark
The Silent Shore
Nationality: United States
Introduce: she acted the female role that faced individual and family secret in the film, performance is outstanding.
Elena Rossi
Echoes of the Past
Nationality: Italy
Introduce: her performance showed a mother that struggles in complex family relation.
Yuki Saito
“Silent Waters”
Nationality: Japan
Introduce: the wonderful deduce that passes to a lonely girl researcher, won the resonance of the audience.
Best Screenplay
David Smith
The Last Horizon
Nationality: United States
Introduce: narrated the profound story that a human explores unknown world.
Mia Chen
[ Whispers in the Wind ]
Nationality: China
Introduce: depicted the interpersonal relationship under the collision of traditional culture and modern life.
Giuseppe Moretti
Echoes of the Past
Nationality: Italy
Introduce: with artful narrative structure demonstrated the complex interweave of family and history.
Best Documentary
“A Journey Through Time”
Director: Carlos Gomez (Spain)
Introduce: record a person to the in-depth exploration of historical site and its influence.
“Voices of Change”
Directed by Nadia Khan (Pakistan)
Introduce: Focus on the real person and story in social change.
“Under the Stars”
Directed by Zoe Carter (Australia)
Introduction: the influence of astronomy on human culture and science is discussed.
Best Animated Feature
“The Enchanted Forest”
Director: Hiroshi Matsumoto (Japan)
Introduce: narrated a forest world that is full of fantasy and adventure.
“Skybound Dreams”
Director: Emma Reynolds (UK)
Introduce: depicted the fantasy story that a child flies in the dream.
“Lost and Found”
Director: Isabella Martinez (Mexico)
Introduce: the moving story that narrated a paragraph to seek and reunite through vivid vision style.
Best Short Film
“Silent Echoes”
Directed by Thomas Lee (USA)
Introduce: a short film that touches People's heart, explored the theme that lost and discovery.
“A Single Moment”
Director: Clara Dupont (France)
Introduce: depicted the story that changed two people's fates at a critical moment.
“City Lights”
Director: Raj Patel (India)
Introduce: through the small story in a city daily life demonstrated human nature.
Best Student Film Award
“Reflections”
Directed by Lily Johnson (USA)
Introduce: narrated the story that a young person faces the challenge of ego cognition.
“The Last Train”
Directed by Ahmed Khan (Egypt)
Introduce: through the experience of a section of train to discuss culture and interpersonal relation.
“Echoes of Youth”
Directed by Sofia Rodrigues (Portugal)
Introduce: depicted the conflict that adolescent experiences and discovery in growth process.
Best New Director
Rafael Santos
Winds of Change
Nationality: Brazil
Introduce: his first work profoundly explored social and environmental vicissitudes.
Elena Volkova
“Shadowed Memories”
Nationality: Russia
Introduce: her film showed the unique angle of view to historical memory.
Maya Williams
Forgotten Paths
Nationality: Canada
Introduce: win acclaim through bright narrative style and emotional depth.
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Luca Ricci
Work: “Eclipsed”
Nationality: Italy
Introduce: with its exquisite photographic style captured the light and shadow change in the film and emotional depth.
Maria Gonzalez
Desert Mirage
Nationality: Spain
Introduce: her photograph work showed the grandeur and mystery of desert scenery.
Kenji Suzuki
“Cityscape”
Nationality: Japan
Introduce: through clever lens language displayed the dynamic of city and quiet.
Best Editing
Alice Harper
Fragments
Nationality: UK
Introduce: raised the narrative rhythm and emotional impact of film through compact clip.
Miguel Ortega
Crossroads
Nationality: Mexico
Introduce: he strengthened the theme of film and rhythm sense with unique clip technique.
Yuki Matsumoto
The Lost Tale
Nationality: Japan
Introduce: with fluent clip style will complex story line cleverly combine together.
Best Original Music Award
Elena Russo
“Whispers of the Heart”
Nationality: Italy
Introduce: the music that she creates for film is affectionate moving, added emotional level for the story.
David Chang
Beyond the Horizon
Nationality: China
Introduce: With its innovation music idea and rich expressiveness of score move people's heart.
Anna Peterson
Starlit Dreams
Nationality: Sweden
Introduce: the atmosphere that her music built dreamy and immersive for film.
