The New York City International Film Festival hosted their Sixth Annual Awards on Thursday night, where they also announced that “Family on Board” and “Malan Breton: A Journey to Taiwan” would be submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for an Academy Award consideration.
Closing out the festival was the film “Winter” by Heidi Greensmith, featuring Tommy Flanagan.
Here is the list of a few of the winners from NYCIFF’s website. It is not the complete list.
You will find a special thank you video from William Shatner posted on their site. Shatner won multiple awards for his film “Chaos on the Bridge.” Sebastian Roché also picked up the Matthew Cowles Award for acting.
THE NYCIFF 2015 AWARD WINNERS
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
THE SINKING OF SOZOPOL – BULGARIA
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BEST USA FEATURE FILM
PHANTOM HALO
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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
TOMMY FLANAGAN FOR WINTER – UK
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BEST DRAMA FILM
WINTER – UK*****
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORHEIDI GREENSMITH
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BEST USA DIRECTOR
ANTONIA BOGDANOVICH
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BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
IT’S ME – LEBANON
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BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
ASSIL AND JAD By BANE FAKIH – LEBANON
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BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM – USA
FAMILY ON BOARD
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BEST DIRECTOR IN A NARRATIVE SHORT
GEORGE POGATSIA – FAMILY ON BOARD
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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A SHORT NARRATIVE FILM
GEORGE POGATSIA – FAMILY ON BOARD
*****BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A SHORT FILM
WALLIS MURPHY-MUNN – SANDBOY – USA / IRELAND
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BEST USA ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A SHORT FILM
ELISABETH JAMISON – FALLING TO PIECES – USA
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BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
A JOURNEY TO TAIWAN – USA/TAIWAN by MALAN BRETON
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BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT
MYRIAM OBIN – ÉLOÏSE, LITTLE DREAMER – QUEBEC / CANADA
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BEST USA ANIMATED SHORT
YVONNE GRZENKOWICZ – ARCHAEOLOGY – USA
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BEST TV PILOT
TOPSY MCGEE – USA
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BEST MUSICAL VIDEO
STELLA – UK
Congratulations to all of the winners. Many of these films are heading to the Cannes Film Festival.