NRFF Amsterdam 2018 – Winners
NEW RENAISSANCE BEST OF FEST
Celebrating outstanding story-telling, acting, production and direction.
Two Balloons (USA)
directed by Mark Smith
NEW RENAISSANCE HUMANITY AWARD
An award that highlights and supports films that carry an important social message.
#tagged (NE)
directed by Martijn Winkler
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Phantomschmerz (Phantom Pain) (DE)
directed by Andreas Olenberg
BEST LGBT MEDIUM LENGTH/FEATURE
URSINHO (FR)
directed by Stéphane Olijnyk
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
The Sacred Disease (USA)
directed by Erica Scoggins
BEST BENELUX SHORT
Remue-Meninges (Brainstorm) (BE)
directed by Christophe Clin
BEST LGBT SHORT
Calamity (BE)
directed by Séverine De Streyker & Maxime Feyers
BEST DIRECTOR OF AN INTERNATIONAL FILM
Andreas Olenberg
director of Phantomschmerz (Phantom Pain) (DE)
BEST DIRECTOR OF AN LGBT FILM
Tavo Ruiz
director of Juan Gabriel is Dead (MX)
BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER
Reema Sengupta
director of Counterfeit Kunkoo (IN)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Les Démantlai (LB)
directed by Reem Samarani
BEST ACTOR IN AN INTERNATIONAL FILM
Daniel Littau
Phantomschmerz (Phantom Pain) (DE) directed by Andreas Olenberg
BEST ACTRESS IN AN INTERNATIONAL FILM
Kyla Ledes
The Sacred Disease (USA) directed by Erica Scoggins
BEST ACTOR IN AN LGBT FILM
Daniel Cornelissen
Buddy (NE) directed by Niels Bourgonje
BEST ACTRESS IN AN LGBT FILM
Ingrid Heiderscheidt
Calamity (BE) directed by Séverine De Streyker & Maxime Feyers
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
Doing Nothing All Day (DE)
directed by Margarete Hentze & Yuval Tzafrir
BEST LGBT DOCUMENTARY
FUEGO (UK)
directed by Alice McKinney
BEST STORY
Xavier (IT)
directed by Giovanni Coda
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM DEBUT
Hurry Slowly (NO)
directed by Anders Emblem
BEST LGBT FILM DEBUT
BO & MEI (UK)
directed by Camille Nock
BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION SHORT
Two Balloons (USA)
directed by Mark Smith
BEST LGBT ANIMATION SHORT
Cuddlefish (USA)
directed by Brianna Jaeger
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Story For An Empty Theatre (IT)
directed by Aleksandr Balagura and Cesare Bedogné
BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER SHORT
Whoever Was Using This Bed (AUS)
directed by Andrew Kotatko
BEST DARK COMEDY SHORT
Go Paul (DE)
directed by Felix Karolus
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT
POPULACE (UK)
directed by Aaron Bevan Bailey
BEST ART FILM
She is Juiced (UK)
directed by Lois Norman
BEST FANTASY SHORT
Forest of Echoes (AT)
directed by Luz Olivares Capelle
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC/DANCE SHORT
Nurse Me (NZ)
directed by Kezia Barnett. Choreographer – MaryJane O’Reilly. Music composed by Mahuia Bridgman Cooper.
BEST LGBT MUSIC/DANCE SHORT
Not Immune (USA)
directed by Andrew Abaria & Ian Asbjornsen
BEST HISTORIC SHORT
Memories Wrapped in Paper Planes (NE)
directed by Antonia Rehnen
BEST SHORT SHORT
Rembrandt’s Etching (FR)
Directed by Thomas Grascoeur
BEST SOCIAL DRAMA SHORT
Written/Unwritten (RO)
directed by Adrian Silisteanu
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jann Döppert
Peculiar Abilities of Mr. Mahler (DE) directed by Paul Philipp
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Marc Bitz and Sarah Wibbeler
Nicole’s Cage (DE) directed by Josef Brandl
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
Peter Broderick
Two Balloons (USA) directed by Mark Smith
BEST DRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY
As An Actress (AT)
written by Maria Hinterkoerner
BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Eyes Of Dawn (USA)
written by Sheri Davenport
BEST LGBT FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Anh Sang (USA)
written by Barry Brennessel
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY
Empathic (USA)
written by John Burdeaux
BEST LGBT SHORT SCREENPLAY
In Orbit (IE)
written by Katie McNeice
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
But…Sometimes, Chen Chen, Closed, Eaglehawk, Food First, How You Left Us, Nation Down, Near Change, Out & About, Platypus, Pool, Regina B, Silence, Stealing Silver, The Beach Boy, The Last Goldfish, The Patient – A One Act
WINNER’S LAUREL
