LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2014

The festival director Rosana Golden and producer Dean Bentley would like to acknowledge the Eritrean-Italian actress and film preservation activist Zeudi Araya Cristaldi for her contribution to Italian Cinema with a lifetime achievement award. Zeudi Araya devoted herself to the restoration and preservation of her huge library of the most important classic movies of Italian Cinema history, now distributed in Italy and abroad.

2014 Feature Film - Winning Categories:

THE ANGEL TROPHY AWARD
FOR THE FILM THAT BEST EXPRESSES THE SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL
"A DREAM OF RED MANSIONS" directed by GONG YINGTIAN (China)


2. Best Feature Film: "EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE" directed by POURYA AZARBAYJANI (Iran)

3. Best Cinematographer: GRIGOR KUMITSKY "LIVING LEGENDS" (Bulgaria)

4. Best Male Actor: YOICHI HAYASHI "SUMMER KYOTO" (Japan)

5. Best Female Actor: MARZIEH VALIPOOR "EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE" (Iran)

6. Best Director: HIROSHI TODA "SUMMER KYOTO" (Japan)

7. Best Ensemble Cast: "LIVING LEGENDS" ORLIN PAVLOV; NIKI ILIEV; SHEVANYA BORISOVA; DIMO ALEXIEV; LIUBOMIR KOVACHEV (Bulgaria)

8. Best Producer: POURYA AZARBAYJANI "EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE" (Iran)

9. Best Original Music: KUNQU OPERA: WANG DAYUAN "A DREAM OF RED MANSIONS" (CHINA)

10. Best Male Supporting Actor: MICHELE PLACIDO "LIVING LEGENDS" (Bulgaria)

11. Best Female Supporting Actor: HITOMI WAKAHARA "SUMMER KYOTO" (Japan)

12. Best Film Editing: (in kind memory of ) ALEXANDER ETIMOV "LIVING LEGENDS" (Bulgaria)

13. Independent Spirit Award: "SUMMER KYOTO" directed by HIROSHI TODA (Japan)

14. Best Feature Film Script: HIROSHI TODA "SUMMER KYOTO" (Japan)

15. Best Costume Design: "A DREAM OF RED MANSIONS" PENG DINGHUANG (China)

16. The Humanitarian Angel Film Award: "EVERTHING IS FINE HERE" directed by POURYA AZARBAYJANI (Iran)

17. Special Mention Angel Film Award: "RUSH" (Documentary) (USA)


2014 Short Film - Winning Categories:

1. Best Female Actress: LUCY JENNER "BINKY" (USA)

2. Best Male Actor: ANDREAS BECKETT "MY CHRISTMAS WISH" (USA)

3. Best Cinematographer: SIMONE GALLORINI "I KNOW YOU" (UK)

4. Best Director: JAMES TUMMINIA "MY CHRISTMAS WISH" (USA)

5. Best Ensemble Cast: "MY CHRISTMAS WISH" (USA) - ANDREAS BECKETT; LOUIS DEZSERAN; JOHN C EPPERSON; TARA EMERSON; HEATHER HARPER; GREG JACKSON; ANNE LEIGHTON; IAN ROBERTS; ASHLEY LYNN SWITZER; MAKAYL WALSH; NICK STEELE

6. Best Short Film: "MADE OF STONE" (CHILE)

7. Best Newcomer: ADAM THOMAS WRIGHT "LADY LUCK" (UK)

8. Best Producer: JUNICHI KAJIOKA "IMPHAL 1944" (Japan)

9. Best Original Music: ANA LOURDES RODRIGUEZ "EL MAGO" (USA)

10. Best Female Supporting Actor: SHINA SHIHOKO NAGAI "IMPHAL 1944" (UK/JAPAN)

11. Best Male Supporting Actor: IAN ROBERTS "MY CHRISTMAS WISH" (USA)

12. Best Film Editing Short Film: ULRICH TEIGER "ILONA IN THE FOREST" (Switzerland)

13. Independent Spirit Award: "LIFE" directed by MARIANA PREDA (Holland/Italy)

15. Best Arthouse Film Award: "EL MAGO" (USA)

16. Best Short Film Script: STEPHEN DAVID BROOKS "BINKY" (USA)

17. Best Costume Design: "MADE OF STONE" (CHILE)

18. Best Short Narration: MAKAYL WALSH "MY CHRISTMAS WISH" (USA)


2014 Short Documentary Film - Winning Categories:

1. Best Short Documentary Film: "THE OWEN HART FOUNDATION" ‘A LOOK BACK’ (Canada)

2. Best Short Documentary Director: MARTHA HART "THE OWEN HART FOUNDATION" ‘A LOOK BACK’ (Canada)

3. Best Film Editing Short Documentary: WES BEIKO “THE OWEN HART FOUNDATION" ‘A LOOK BACK’ (Canada)

4. The Humanitarian Angel Film Award: "THE OWEN HART FOUNDATION" ‘A LOOK BACK’ (Canada)


2014 Short Animation Film:

Best Animation: "ARLENE" directed by MIKE COLQUHOUN (France/UK)