BINFF 2025 NOMINEES
🎥 SHORT FILMS
BEST SHORT FILM
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Lotus — United States
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Shifting Winds — Canada
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My Son — United States
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Love and Choices — United States
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Change — Canada
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Journey of Resilience — Nigeria, Canada
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Old Faces — Australia
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UnMatched — Canada
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Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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Stonewalls — United States
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Clockwork Tension — Canada
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Ladies Dream Man — Nigeria
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Whispers on Red Lake — Canada
BEST SHORT FILM CANADA
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Let’s Smoke? — Canada
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Clockwork Tension — Canada
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Change — Canada
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UnMatched — Canada
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Finger Guns — Canada
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Whispers on Red Lake — Canada
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Shifting Winds — Canada
BEST SHORT FILM USA
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Lotus — United States
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My Son — United States
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Stonewalls — United States
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Three Gen Z Amigos — United States
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The Latin Grammy Nominated District Judge — United States
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2025’s First 5 Crop Circles - New Pope, Ukraine Strike, etc. — United States
SHORT FILM (BRAMPTON RESIDENTS )
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Let’s Smoke? — Brampton, ON
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Clockwork Tension — Brampton, ON
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I Know What You Did — Brampton, ON
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Whispers on Red Lake — Brampton, ON
BEST SHORT FILM INTERNATIONAL
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LESBIAN PSYCHO? — Poland
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CLIQUE — Nigeria
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Stonewalls — United States
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THEY CALL LAMBS HEROES — Nigeria
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Three Gen Z Amigos — United States
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The Latin Grammy Nominated District Judge — United States
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2025’s First 5 Crop Circles — United States
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Nostradamus on Tariff War - in Yoruba — Nigeria
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Sri Lanka - Pearl in Indian Ocean — Sri Lanka
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Love Game — Malaysia, Taiwan
BEST STUDENT FILM
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I Know What You Did — Canada
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Dance With Me — Canada
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Bridging the Gap — Nigeria
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Old Faces — Australia
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Finger Guns — Canada
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Duet of the Improvising Streets — Not Specified
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Let’s Smoke? — Canada
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Raizal: The Jamaican Connection — Colombia, Jamaica
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Lost in Translation — China
🎬 DIRECTION & PRODUCTION
BEST DIRECTOR
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Kisha C.G. – Stonewalls — USA
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Mina A. Soliman – Shifting Winds — Canada
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Uche Alexmoore – Through Her Eyes — Nigeria
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Owen Gee – Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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Ronya Man – They Call Lambs Heroes — Nigeria
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Toka McBaro – The Waiter — Nigeria
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Keny Basil – The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
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Maurice Moore – Finding Solace — USA
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Shihyun Wang – The Guardians — USA
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Patricia Bebia Mawa – The Life Coach — Canada
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Febe Chu – LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Grace Gahore – Dance With Me — Canada
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Srinivas Kasturi – Hrudayam — India, Canada
BEST DIRECTOR (DOCUMENTARY)
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Owen Gee – Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Shihyun Wang – Unfulfilled Forbidden Dreams — Taiwan
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Kirby Clements – Point Washington Outlaws — USA
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Brian Clancy – Rise of the Bird — USA
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Donald D’Haene – Interpreting Erik — Canada
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Shihyun Wang – Inside Forbidden Walls — USA
BEST PRODUCER
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Darlington Abuda – The Waiter — Nigeria
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Brown Nnaemeka Ene – The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
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Amaka Samuel-Okon – Through Her Eyes — Nigeria
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Ogechi Patience Eze – In My Circle — Nigeria
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Shamsiyyah Jibo, Bola Aina, Mirabel O. Suberu – Good Country — Nigeria
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Maurice Moore – Finding Solace — USA
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Patricia Bebia Mawa – The Life Coach — Canada
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Kisha C.G. – Stonewalls — USA
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Erica Chan – Dance With Me — Canada
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Owen Gee – Don’t Dull — Nigeria
📝 WRITING & POETRY
BEST SCREENPLAY
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Red in the Wood (English) — Writer Gerd Günter Witt — Germany
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The Other — Written by Line Rainville — Not Specified
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Lynch — Written by Peter Herlan — United States
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Indalo Man — Written by Rain Story — USA
BEST SPOKEN WORD POETRY
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Nostradamus on 2024 Election — United States
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Patient — Canada
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Duet of the Improvising Streets — Not Specified
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The Crying Muse – Video — Canada
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2025’s First 5 Crop Circles — USA
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De Tocht Alleen (The Journey Alone) — Netherlands
🧑🎭 ACTING AWARDS
BEST ACTOR
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Bryce Mackie – Lotus — United States
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Uday Kalluri – Hrudayam — India
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Michael Dappa – Through Her Eyes — Nigeria
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Jas Kambo – Shifting Winds — Canada
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Owen Gee – Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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Yoda Ba – Love Game — Malaysia, Taiwan
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Bassek Arielyn – A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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Magaji Mijinyawa – Good Country — Nigeria
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Maurice Moore – Finding Solace — USA
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Kosa Akaraiwe – The Life Coach — Canada
BEST ACTRESS
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Sravya Mantripragada – Hrudayam — India
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Nonso Afolabi – Through Her Eyes — Nigeria
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Sam Siskos – Shifting Winds — Canada
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Kiki Omeili – Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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Yuri Lai – Love Game — Malaysia, Taiwan
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Uchechi Treasure Okonkwo – In My Circle — Nigeria
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Angel Unigwe – In My Circle — Nigeria
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Shamsiyyah Jibo – Good Country — Nigeria
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Kelly Dealyn – Finding Solace — USA
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Lindo Osifo – The Life Coach — Canada
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Hannah-Maria Viola – Dance With Me — Canada
BEST ACTRESS INTERNATIONAL
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Darasimi Nadi – Through Her Eyes — Nigeria
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Sri Ranjani Kanduri – Hrudayam — India
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Kiki Omeili – Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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Yuri Lai – Love Game — Malaysia, Taiwan
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Uchechi Treasure Okonkwo – In My Circle — Nigeria
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Shamsiyyah Jibo – Good Country — Nigeria
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Marissa Falsone – Finding Solace — USA
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Fontessa E. Booker – Stonewalls — USA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
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Harsha Simham – Hrudayam — India
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Afeez Saka Oyetoro – Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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Obioha Ugo Chikezie – A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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Sylvain Plasse – The Life Coach — Canada
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Philip Asaya – Through Her Eyes — Nigeria
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Nosa Obaseki – The Life Coach — Canada
📝 WRITING & POETRY
BEST SCREENPLAY
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Red in the Wood (English) — Writer Gerd Günter Witt — Germany
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The Other — Written by Line Rainville — Not Specified
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Lynch — Written by Peter Herlan — United States
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Indalo Man — Written by Rain Story — USA
BEST SPOKEN WORD POETRY
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Nostradamus on 2024 Election — United States
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Patient — Canada
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Duet of the Improvising Streets — Not Specified
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The Crying Muse – Video — Canada
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2025’s First 5 Crop Circles — USA
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De Tocht Alleen (The Journey Alone) — Netherlands
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Maria Frankis – The Life Coach — Canada
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Peggy Schott – Finding Solace — USA
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Kelsea Paul – The Life Coach — Canada
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Angel Unigwe – In My Circle — Nigeria
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Lori Canlas De Pala – The Life Coach — Canada
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Adrianne Nixon – Finding Solace — USA
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Alia Ettienne – Dance With Me — Canada
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Amaka Samuel-Okon – Through Her Eyes — Nigeria
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Rosabelle Jeanne Iyafokhai – A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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Ifeanyi Ogwo – The Life Coach — Canada
📺 WEB, SCI-FI, CINEMATOGRAPHY & EDITING
BEST WEB SERIES
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A YouTube Filmmaker — United States
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Searching for the Great One — Taiwan
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Scapegoat – Dupin — Canada
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
BEST SCI-FI / VISUAL EFFECTS
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Lost in Translation — China
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The Iron Snail — United Kingdom
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A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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The Guardians — UK
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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Lotus — United States
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Hrudayam — India
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Shifting Winds — Canada
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Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
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A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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Good Country — Nigeria
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Finding Solace — USA
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Stonewalls — USA
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Hrudayam — India, Canada
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
BEST EDITING
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Dance With Me — Canada
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Stonewalls — USA
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Moji — Nigeria
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
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A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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Good Country — Nigeria
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Finding Solace — USA
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The Guardians — UK
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Point Washington Outlaws — USA
BEST MOVIE POSTER
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Moji — Nigeria
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Good Country — Nigeria
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Finding Solace — USA
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Dance With Me — Canada
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The Life Coach — Canada
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Hrudayam — India, Canada
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Ladies Dream Man — Nigeria
BEST MOVIE TRAILER
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Finding Solace — USA
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Life Coach — Canada
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Stonewalls — USA
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Dance With Me — Canada
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Valencia Spain — Spain
🎥 FEATURE FILMS
BEST FEATURE FILM
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Children of the Sky — Kyrgyzstan
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IYI – The Hearse Driver — Nigeria
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
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The Life Coach — Canada
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Finding Solace — United States
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Our Island — Dominican Republic
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The Guardians — United Kingdom
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The Great One – According to Nostradamus — Spain
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Nostradamus Warning on Flood and Rain — Germany, Spain
BEST FILM NOLLYWOOD
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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In My Circle — Nigeria
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I Am ANIS — Nigeria
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The Masked King — Nigeria
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A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
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Definitely Not An Angel (D.N.A) — Nigeria
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The Scar — Nigeria, United States
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Good Country — Nigeria
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Through Her Eyes — Nigeria
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Moji — Nigeria
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IYI – The Hearse Driver — Nigeria
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Built To Last — Nigeria
BEST FILM CANADA
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Regret — Canada
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The Life Coach — Canada
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Dance With Me — Canada
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Teri Meri Baatein — Canada, India
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Let’s Smoke? — Canada
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Clockwork Tension — Canada
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Change — Canada
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UnMatched — Canada
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Finger Guns — Canada
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Whispers on Red Lake — Canada
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Shifting Winds — Canada
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
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Our Island — Dominican Republic
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Inside Forbidden Walls – Untold Stories of Qing Dynasty — United States
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Inside Forbidden Walls – Empress Dowager Cixi — Taiwan
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Interpreting Erik — Canada
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Point Washington Outlaws — United States
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Rise of the Bird — United States
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Unfulfilled Forbidden Dreams — Taiwan
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Nostradamus Warning on Flood and Rain – Germany — Spain, Germany
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
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Hrudayam — India
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Unfulfilled Forbidden Dreams — Taiwan
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What is Love? — Canada
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Good Country — Nigeria
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The Great One – According to Nostradamus — Spain
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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2025’s First 5 Crop Circles in Yoruba — Nigeria
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Nwanyi Abacha — Nigeria
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
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Dance With Me — Canada
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Finding Solace — USA
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Good Country — Nigeria
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
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Canadian Adobo — Canada
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A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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I Swiped the Wrong One — Not Specified
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Point Washington Outlaws — USA
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Teri Meri Baatein — Canada, India
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
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Finding Solace — USA
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Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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Pregnancy Glow — Not Specified
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Dance With Me — Canada
BEST NEW MEDIA | MUSIC | TV | REALITY SHOW
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Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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Buzz Live With Owen Gee — Nigeria
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2025’s First 5 Crop Circles — USA
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I Want to Help — Nigeria, USA
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Showtime - Shihyun Wang — Namibia
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Lincoln’s Clan — Nigeria
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Anime Song "You Light the Stars" — Japan
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I’ll Whisper Your Name — Canada
📺 WEB, SCI-FI, CINEMATOGRAPHY & EDITING
BEST WEB SERIES
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A YouTube Filmmaker — United States
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Searching for the Great One — Taiwan
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Scapegoat – Dupin — Canada
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
BEST SCI-FI / VISUAL EFFECTS
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Lost in Translation — China
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The Iron Snail — United Kingdom
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A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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The Guardians — UK
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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Lotus — United States
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Hrudayam — India
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Shifting Winds — Canada
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Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
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A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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Good Country — Nigeria
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Finding Solace — USA
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Stonewalls — USA
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Hrudayam — India, Canada
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
BEST EDITING
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Dance With Me — Canada
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Stonewalls — USA
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Moji — Nigeria
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Thing About Pain — Nigeria
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A Christmas Bride — Nigeria
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Good Country — Nigeria
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Finding Solace — USA
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The Guardians — UK
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Point Washington Outlaws — USA
BEST MOVIE POSTER
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Moji — Nigeria
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Good Country — Nigeria
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Finding Solace — USA
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Dance With Me — Canada
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The Life Coach — Canada
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Hrudayam — India, Canada
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Ladies Dream Man — Nigeria
BEST MOVIE TRAILER
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Finding Solace — USA
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The Waiter — Nigeria
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The Life Coach — Canada
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Stonewalls — USA
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Dance With Me — Canada
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Valencia Spain — Spain
🎞️ FEMALE FILMMAKERS & GENRE CATEGORIES
BEST FILM BY A FEMALE FILMMAKER
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Stonewalls — United States
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They Call Lambs Heroes — Nigeria
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Through Her Eyes — Nigeria
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In My Circle — Nigeria
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Good Country — Nigeria
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The Guardians — UK
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Dance With Me — Canada
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The Life Coach — Canada
PERFORMANCE – ANY GENRE
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The Guardians — UK
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Ladies Dream Man — Nigeria
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Stonewalls — USA
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Dance With Me — Canada
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Unfulfilled Forbidden Dreams — Taiwan
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The Life Coach — Canada
BEST COMEDY FILM
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UnMatched — Canada
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The Wrong Recruit — Nigeria
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
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Don’t Judge Me — Nigeria
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Lincoln’s Clan — Not Specified
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Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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The Perfect Girl — Canada
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
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Out for Just? — United States
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The Maya Encounter — Mexico
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The Giant of Africa — Nigeria
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Destination Oscar — Nigeria
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Inside Forbidden Walls – Emperor TongZhi — Taiwan
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Nostradamus ‘Warning on Rain’ — Spain
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India Today — India
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The Iron Snail — United Kingdom
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Indonesia - Emerald of Equator — Indonesia
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Nostradamus ‘Warning On Rain’ — Spain
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We Need the Great One — USA
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Raizal: The Jamaican Connection — Colombia, Jamaica
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We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes — Canada
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
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Law of the Concrete Jungle — China
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Lost in Translation — China
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The Crying Muse – Video — Canada
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Abandoned in the 6ix — Canada
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Don’t Dull — Nigeria
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Shifting Winds — Canada
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Clockwork Tension — Canada
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Good Country — Nigeria
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The Guardians — UK
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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Dance With Me — Canada
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Nigeria Laughs 2 — Nigeria
BEST LGBT FILM
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LGBT Love, Freedom be Ourselves — France
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DADDYLOVE (BLURRED CUT) — United States
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The Helper — United States
