Milan 2017 Winners

What an incredible night our awards ceremony turned out to be. We concluded our festival week with a bang! Congratulations to all nominees. The calibre of films present this year once again did not disappoint. Filmmakers from around the world brought their talents to our screens and worked collectively over the festival week to support each other and forge new friendships and alliances, unlocking future opportunities and filmmaking ventures. Our awards ceremony marked the final night of our festival and awarded the best in each of our categories with a prestigious trophy award. Here is a rundown of our amazing winners.

Unproduced Scripts

The Door Keepers
Al Tevanyan

Fraulein
Sheila Robinson

The MacKenzie Breakout
Scott Simpson

The Silent Seed
Nancy Haverington

A Day Like This Pack
Lisa Frasconi

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Film Winners

November 10th (Battle of Surabaya)
M. Suyanto & Hery Soelistio & Adi Djayusman & Aryanto Yuniawan

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White Balloon
Scientific & Educational Award
Nihad Ademi & Manitoba Film and Music

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Alzhaïmour
Best Original Screenplay of a Short Foreign Language Film
Pierre Van de Kerckhove & Daphnis Boelens

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TEK
Best Costume
Laura Zaccheo & Brunella Lamachia & Michela Nacci

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A New End
Best Editing of a Documentary
Rufus Paisley & Shane McKinnon

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My Brother’s Voice
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Andrea Bersani

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Assault to Freedom
Best Director of a Foreign Language Documentary
Marcos Moreno

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To Valhalla
Best Foreign Language Documentary
Even Evensen

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Birth of a Pipe Organ
Best Director of a Short Documentary
Dana Plays

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A New End
Best Short Documentary
Nia Sounds

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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Best Director of a Feature Documentary
Herbert Golder

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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Best Feature Documentary
Herbert Golder

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Across the River
Best Hair, Makeup & Body Design
Lillie Lindh

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Alpha
Best Original Score
Nick Ferla

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Purple Horizons
Best Original Screenplay of a Foreign Language Feature Film
Olgun Özdemir

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Private Cemetery
Best Editing of a Foreign Language Film
Semih Gülcüoglu

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Bandidos and Balentes “The Unwritten Code”
Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Film
Fabio Manuel Mulas & Stefano Desole

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Wake Me Up
Best Director of a Short Foreign Language Film
Reem Sameer Al-Bayyat

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Anna e Marco … And The Deep Blue Sea
Best Short Foreign Language Film
Leonardo Birindelli & Pietro Birindelli

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UMA
Best Supporting Actress in a Foreign Language Film
Ana Turpin

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Dad Where Are You I Am Lost
Best Supporting Actor in a Foreign Language Film
Yigit Kirazci

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UMA
Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language Film
Alexandra Braun

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Lemon & Letter
Best Lead Actor in a Foreign Language Film
Makoto Shinada

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UMA
Best Director of a Foreign Language Feature Film
Alain Maiki

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Purple Horizons
Best Foreign Language Feature Film
Osman Subasi

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Lordemani
Best Sound Design
Luis Bragado

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Tek
Best Visual Effects or Design
Giulio De Lorenzo

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Now Boarding 2
Best Original Screenplay of a Short Film
Dr. Teresa Mular

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What Happened Here
Best Editing of a Short Film
Heinz Riemer

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The Bridge
Best Cinematography in a Short Film
John Kuamo’o

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The Gaelic Curse
Best Comedy
Brian Walsh

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Growing up FAT and Albanian
Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film
Isabella Knight

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The Third Wheel
Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film
Steven Smith

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Perfect Worlds
Best Lead Actress in a Short Film
Mori Christain

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The Other Side of the Shadows
Best Lead Actor in a Short Film
Khiry Williams

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Invisible Alice
Best Director of a Short Film
Anna Fishbeyn

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The Admired
Best Short Film
Jacqueline Murphy

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A Tale of Water, Palm Trees and Family
Best Story
Nasser Aldhaheri

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Assault to Freedom
Jury Award
Marcos Moreno & Ramon Garcia

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You Have A Nice Flight
Talented New Filmmaker
Jimmy Dinh

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Zora’s Dream
Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Film
Andrew Millington

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Mixed Medium
Best Editing of a Feature Film
Priyank Yadav

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Before Anything You Say
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Ousama Rawi

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Fighters
Best Feature Film
Allen Ai

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The Unwilling
Best Supporting Actress
Austin Highsmith

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The Gaelic Curse
Best Supporting Actor
Brian Walsh

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The Valley
Best Lead Actress
Suchitra Pillai

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Bikini Blue
Best Lead Actor
Tomasz Kot

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Before Anything You Say
Best Director
Shelagh Carter

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Lordemani
Best Film