BEYOND THE CURVE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

DECEMBER-JANUARY RESULTS, 2020-2021

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BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Riptide by Tim Barrow

COMPETING FINALISTS:

MADE IN CHINA by Brendan Merrill
Can’t Be Undone by Dan Castle
Passionflower by Shelagh Carter
THE FLOOD by Victoria Wharfe McIntyre
Miracle in the Fall by NÃ©stor Zapata

BEST SHORT FILM (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Two Hues by Weaam Williams, Dominique Josie

COMPETING FINALISTS:

LILLIAN by Molly Vernon
Blood is My Fate by Zach Ball
Soldier On! by Isaac Doman
Echoes of Kerberos by Steve Brock
Champion by Sylvain Begert
Hopeless Romantic by Stephen Beason

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT:

Empty Shelf Film by Matthew Lee

BEST DOCUMENTARY (NARRATIVE/SHORT)FILM (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Food for Others by Layth Alwatban

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Roots of Lacrosse by Shelby Tsioweri:iohsta Adams, Joanne Storkan
NEWS FROM FUKUSHIMA: Meditation on an Under-Reported Catastrophe by a Poet by Yoshiaki Tago
One more year by Juli SuÃ rez
BRIGHT PEOPLE by Yuri Sasamoto
Hungry by LINDA NOTELOVITZ, LINDA NOTELOVITZ
BORN JUST NOW by Robert Adanto

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT:

The Making of: LOVING ARMS by Apolonia Davalos

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT or SCREENPLAY(Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Mixtape â€˜95 BY Chris Watt

COMPETING FINALISTS:

TILL DEATH DO US PART BY Kasia Tomashevska
S.T.A.N.E BY FRANK P MANCUSO
The Secret Bloodline BY Devin Dugan
Jozefin Escapes BY Pamela PERRY
THE OPERATOR BY Pamela PERRY
Seeker Warrior BY Michelle Worthington
Tomorrow After Supper BY Zangba Thomson
TROPHY BY Jody Ellis
Jacky BY Rose
One Way Out BY Alyxandrya Prynce
Children’s Theater BY Andrew Saxena
The Death of Jeremy BY David Seader

BEST MUSIC VIDEO (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Chupi Chupi [Silently] BY Ban Brothers

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Immortal BY AnayaMusic
AloneTogether BY Cherie Carson

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT:

INFINITE LOVE BY AnayaMusic

BEST SHORT SCRIPT/SCREENPLAY (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Worst Critic BY Alyxandrya Prynce

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Strike BY Shane J. Collins, Daniel Wade
What Lurks BY Patty Ray

BEST WEB SERIES PILOT (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Assigned Female at Birth BY Lyralen Kaye

COMPETING FINALISTS:

“Caught In The Middle-Anthologies The Don’s Love Birds” (Pilot) BY Jay Nunez

BEST WEB SERIES PILOT SCRIPT (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

It Happened One Night In Space PILOT Episode “Take Me To Your Leadership Attitude” BY Pamela Perry Goulardt

COMPETING FINALISTS:

A Bridge To Water ( Half Hour) BY Anthony colombini

BEST QUEER NARRATIVE(SHORT/FEATURE/DOCUMENTARY) (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

TRUE BY Shane J. Collins

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Ghost Light Chronicles BY Tamzin Cook
Is this Queensland in the 20s? BY Caroline Layt

BEST MIDNIGHT MOVIES (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Grandtrauma BY Andrew Saxena

BEST WOMAN’S FILM(Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

LILLIAN BY Molly Vernon

BEST ANIMATED FILM (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Metanoia BY Astrid Rothaug

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Magic Dream BY TomÃ¡s Welss Barkan

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT:

Kenya’s Symphony BY Carlos Douglas Jr

BEST Thriller (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Clash BY Orlando Giraldo

BEST Drama (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Guilty Bunch of Flowers BY Wayne Kelly , Matt Holt

COMPETING FINALISTS:

AVA BY FRANK P MANCUSO
Kaali Maati BY Hemantkumar Mahale

BEST HORROR (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

a night in BY Max Aaron

Best Experimental Film (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Shoe Horn/Office BY Ingrid Nachstern

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Hungry BY LINDA NOTELOVITZ
Mojo Tango BY Jonny Stranger

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT:

Put The Devil Back In Hell BY Francesca Jandasek

BEST DIRECTOR (Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Shelagh Carter for Passionflower

COMPETING FINALISTS:

AnayaMusic for INFINITE LOVE

One Minute Film - Films under the duration of 60 seconds (Main Category) BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Traffic BY Pietro Sargentelli

BEST ACTOR(Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Skyler Pinkerton for Stray Dogs

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Darcy Fehr for Passionflower

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR(Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Richard Stephenson Winter for Empty Shelf Film

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Passionflower BY Shelagh Carter

BEST ACTRESS(Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Kristen Harris for Passionflower

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Izzy Roy for Empty Shelf Film

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS(Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Kassidy Love Brown for Passionflower

COMPETING FINALISTS:

April Martucci for Stray Dogs

BEST EDITOR (Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Caroline Layt for Is this Queensland in the 20s?

Best Cinematographer (Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Gurdeep Singh for From a Barren State

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Erik Akervall for The hunt for sea’s black gold

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC(Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Jason Halogen for Stray Dogs

COMPETING FINALISTS:

AnayaMusic for Immortal
Shelagh Carter for Passionflower
AnayaMusic for INFINITE LOVE

BEST Background Score : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

May McDonough for a night in

Quarantine Stories (Main Category) BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

The Portrait Of Loneliness in Quarantine by Miguel Reyes

COMPETING FINALISTS:

You Will Never Beat New York by Roberta Fineberg
Alert! Go Inside by Andrew Saxena

Best Comedy Short (Main Category) BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Inn Communication BY Esther Mira

COMPETING FINALISTS:

Suspicious Attitude BY Pietro Sargentelli
The Fiendish Machinations of Lex Luthor BY Sam Locke