Cinematography Awards

"Mavka: The Forest Song" (Ukraine) Director - Oleg Malamuzh & Oleksandra Ruban 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 (𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐅𝐀) Best Animation Feature Film Mavka - a soul of the Forest - faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human - the talented young musician Lukash. Our story is about the magical power of love. That kind of love that enables human nature to find the magic within and reveals abilities and qualities that empower a person to reach beyond possible and to hold against evil and human vice. #film #filmawards #filmfestival #winners #awards #cawards

"REALIGN" (Taiwan) Director - Ruei-Feng Huang 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 (𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐅𝐀) Best Animation Short Film “REALIGN” is an animation film about space and time dimension. It depicts a boy who reverberate confusedly around the room, street and the lake outside the gigantic wall, which he decided to take the step toward the line that behold the gravity of whole after thunderstorms corroded the time. Director Biography: Starting animation creation since 2000, is distinctive for his narrative rhythm within lens and blocking, especially specialized in layout and composition sensation. Fond of raining days which brings inspiration and sense of full life. #film #filmawards #filmfestival #winners #awards #cawards

"10:35" (Mexico) Director - Alan Sánchez 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 (𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐅𝐀) Best Sound in Animation Film "10:35" is the third short film made at Spaceboy, using Motion Capture technology (Vicon & Faceware) and full of learning, telling a touching story that makes us reflect about life. Director Biography - Alan Sánchez I am a Motion Designer and 3D generalist, currently based in Mexico City. I am passionate about creating ideas and translate them visually. Since I was 23 years old, I have been involved in the world of design and animation, my professional development has allowed me to get involved in advertising and film projects using different tools and techniques, 10:35 is the first short film I have directed in spaceboy and leaves me with a great experience and desire to continue learning. #film #filmawards #filmfestival #winners #awards #cawards

"Blue" (United States) Director - Robert Petrie 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 (𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐅𝐀) Best Animation Film Cinematography The film leans into the sci-fi genre in creating a space of wonder and heroism for young people amidst a time where the world can be a scary place with a lot of fear and uncertainty. Our protagonist Jules looks up to the stars and wonders if we will ever get to explore the worlds and galaxies we are yet to see, or even begin to imagine. Love and exploration are the central themes that bind the story together. And, of course, there are some intergalactic villains along the way. Director Biography - Robert Petrie Rob’s love of art was born from age 7, when his father, an illustrator in London’s Soho, put an airbrush in his hands and said, “Push on the nozzle and see what happens.” As a stream of bright red paint sprayed across the page as if by magic, it ignited his lifelong love for art and his passion for visual storytelling. Throughout his career as an animator, director and designer at companies including The Mill, Moving Picture Company and most recently with Preymaker, Rob has found ways to fuse technology, art and emotion into compelling and original human stories. His work has garnered awards at the prestigious Cannes Lions, the Paris OFFF Design Festival, CLIOS and VES Awards. A lifelong music lover and guitarist, Rob has also collaborated with Depeche Mode, creating the tour visuals for their 2017 world tour, and most recently has worked personally with Lady Gaga, using Unreal Engine to create and direct 8 minutes of real-time animated content for her year-long Las Vegas residency. With a natural drive for creative collaboration, over 20 years Rob has worked with some of the world’s leading filmmakers, directors and cinematographers, from Hoyte Van Hoytema (Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet) to Wally Pfister (Batman The Dark Knight, Ince

LACA - BEST PICTURE OF THE MONTH HOOK (Iraq) - 5 AWARDS DIRECTOR: YASIR ASSIM Al A’ASAM PRODUCER: ESAGIELLA PRODUCTION STUDIO DOP: YASIR ASSIM Al A’ASAM About the Film: Muhannad is a professional hunter, but he is a hunter of another kind! He inherited this profession from his father, in this gloomy city, many wars took place, especially near this deep river. Director Biography: Director & DOP .. From Iraq / Babylon , I got a B.Sc degree in cinema from Babylon / Iraq , And i had M.A. in photography & cinema and TV from Egypt . Eager to start living as a professional director and dop , looking for the opportunities to improve technical and professional acumen and to enhance my skills and experience by working to high repute companies ad with high repute directors and filmmakers, keen to face challenges assignments and give them a better shape through innovative ideas in my field.

European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA) IVALU (Denmark) - Best Film of the Month / 6 AWARDS DIRECTOR: Anders Walter, Pipaluk Kreutzmann Jørgensen PRODUCER: Rebecca Pruzan, Kim Magnusson DOP: Rasmus Heise About the Film: Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. The search for Ivalu is on. #eca #cawards #amsterdam #cinematography #film #awards #filmfestival #filmawards

"DARK CELL" (France) DIRECTOR: Jean-Michel Tari / DOP: Jean-Baptiste Rière New York Cinematography Awards - BEST FILM OF THE MONTH / 5 AWARDS About the Film: Two convicts in an orbital prison are doing what they usually do, which is to say, not much. Suddenly, two panicked guards armed to the teeth burst into their cell. The guards tell them that the orbital prison has just been invaded by blood-thirsty zombie-type creatures. If they want to survive, their only solution is to eject their cell and return to Earth. But when the ejection order is entered into the computer, it refuses it. The cell, designed for two occupants only, now holds four people. There can only be two lucky winners… and there’s not much time to pick them. Director Biography: Jean-Michel first worked as a creative in advertising in Nice (France). Then he was hired by the famous video game company UBISOFT where he stayed for about fifteen years. He worked in Montreal, Shanghai, Hong-Kong, Tokyo and finally Paris in 2007. But, passionate about cinema, he left Ubisoft in 2013 to create his own special effects and production company, AJM STUDIO. He produces special effects for many French feature films and television programs. He also writes and directs several short films that won many awards around the world. Dark Cell is his last short film because he intends to move on to feature films or series. For the record, the feature script of “Dark Cell” is already written. #cawards #nyca #cinematography #awards #filmfestival #goldeneagles #filmawards #newyork #usa #winners

"in too deep" (United Kingdom) - Director: Chris Overton CACA - BEST FILM OF THE MONTH / 7 AWARDS http://canada.cawards.org/index.php/february-2023-winners/ From the Oscar® Winning team behind The Silent Child comes 'in too deep'. Mourning the death of his young daughter, a grieving father goes to extreme measures to relive their fondest memories. Starring Academy Award® Winner Rachel Shenton and Olivier Award Nominee Stephen Wight. Director Biography - Chris Overton: Chris Overton (neurodiverse) was born into a working class family from the West Midlands, UK. He started experimenting with his first handy camera at the age of 13 where he would make films at the weekend to keep himself and his friends out of trouble. He would later sell them around his neighbourhood, learning distribution from a very young age. Years later, Chris is now an Oscar® winning director. He began his career as an actor and worked on various television and film projects with directors including Joel Schumacher and Roman Polanski. He also played a lead role in the BAFTA Award-winning film Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus. Chris made his directorial debut with The Silent Child, for which he received the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film. He won Best Director at The River Bend Film Festival and has won over 50 international awards with The Silent Child. It continues to play in film festivals and television channels around the world. Chris has also directed commercials with Havas, FCB Inferno, Wunderman Thompson and Beiersdorf. His debut commercial in the UK for the hugely successful Huawei Story Sign Christmas campaign, won seven Lions at Cannes in 2019 (four of which were Gold), eight One Show awards, three D&ADs, a Grand Prix at Eurobest and a BAFTA nomination. #cawards #caca #cinematography #filmfestival #goldeneagles #filmawards #canada #toronto #winners

"MINGMING" (China), Director: Rongxin Zhang / 荣欣 张 Producer: 剑莹 陈 / DOP: Chen Li New York Cinematography AWARDS - Best Film of the Month / 6 AWARDS: http://newyork.cawards.org/january-2023-winners/ #cawards #nyca #cinematography #awards #filmfestival #goldeneagles #filmawards #newyork #usa #winners

"THE BALLAD OF PIARGY" (Slovakia) - Director: Ivo Trajkov CACA - BEST FILM OF THE MONTH / 5 AWARDS http://canada.cawards.org/index.php/january-2023-winners/ A story of a young woman, Juliši, who marries the son of the richest landowner in the village, but does not resist her father-in-law’s violent seduction and inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a rough love triangle. The ballad of Piargy is a symbol of modern Sodom and Gomorrah, a mirror of the distorted morals of the society. At the same time, it is a naturalistic metaphor for the subordinate position of women in the patriarchal society. #cawards #caca #cinematography #filmfestival #goldeneagles #filmawards #canada #toronto #winners

Los Angeles Cinematography Awards (LACA) BEST FILM OF THE MONTH - "Chateau Laurier - Season 2" Director: James Stewart Season 2 of the hugely successful award-winning series (3 million views). Edwardian newlyweds Hattie and Vivian navigate their lives on the other side of happily ever after and learn that life as heirs to the grand Chateau Laurier hotel comes with slings, arrows, enemies, opportunities and strife. When the grand hotel was opened in Ottawa in 1912 it represented all that was extravagant and privileged at the dawn of a new century. The surrounding town was little more than a frontier. This is Canada in the moment it blooms onto the world stage, growing pains and all. Chateau Laurier follows the struggle to control power of the hotel (and beyond) between Briar Hays (Tymika Tafari), the new owner of the hotel, her estranged brother Vivian (Luke Humphrey), his wide-eyed new wife Hattie (Kate Ross Leckie), her acerbic Aunt Esme (Fiona Reid)…and Gabriel Sabot, the Cajun-creole boss of Lowertown (Emmanuel Kabongo). The show has a core cast of recurring characters vying for power in the family-run hotel in 1912 Ottawa. Uniquely Canadian, Chateau Laurier is told with a flair for the dramatic, with diverse, distinct, entertaining characters and a dose of humour. New Season 2 cast include Tymika Tafari (Apple TV+ The Marijuana Conspiracy), Emmanuel Kobongo (21 Thunder), Joel Oulette (Trickster), Brittany Raymond (The Next Step), Katie Uhlmann (Nurses) and Jason Gray (Reign). Retuning cast include series leads Kate Ross Leckie (Alias Grace), Luke Humphrey (Tiny Pretty Things), Fiona Reid (Harry Potter on Broadway), Kent Staines (Anne with an E) and Fraser Elsdon (Y: The Last Man). Director Biography - James Stewart: James Stewart was the creative force behind the 3D version of Werner Herzog’s CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, a film that won the 2010 Lumière Award for Best 3D Documentary, a film that regularly makes the lists of All-time Best 3D films and was des

European Cinematography Awards (ECA) BEST FILM OF THE MONTH - "Hookah" (Egypt) Director: Yazid Eldaly A poor housemaid, lives with her abusive unemployed husband. Swamped in poverty and domestic violence, She decides to break free from her sad reality and buys herself a nice present. When her husband notices the present, a series of events will unfold.

"Aquarium In The Fishbowl" (China), Director: Sabrina Jane New York Cinematography AWARDS - Best Film of the Month http://newyork.cawards.org/november-2022-winners/ Yang, an underground killer with something on his mind worry, came to the fantasy underground billiard hall. In order to find his lover's whereabouts, he met Nuo, a young billiard hall shopkeeper, but was involved in another long-planned "revenge"…

"THE BALLAD OF PIARGY" (Slovakia) LACA - BEST PICTURE OF THE MONTH / 6 AWARDS http://losangeles.cawards.org/november-2022-winners/ A story of a young woman, Juliši, who marries the son of the richest landowner in the village, but does not resist her father-in-law’s violent seduction and inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a rough love triangle. The ballad of Piargy is a symbol of modern Sodom and Gomorrah, a mirror of the distorted morals of the society. At the same time, it is a naturalistic metaphor for the subordinate position of women in the patriarchal society.

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