Milan 2017 Winners
15/12/2017What 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
Film Winners
November 10th (Battle of Surabaya)
M. Suyanto & Hery Soelistio & Adi Djayusman & Aryanto Yuniawan
White Balloon
Scientific & Educational Award
Nihad Ademi & Manitoba Film and Music
Alzhaïmour
Best Original Screenplay of a Short Foreign Language Film
Pierre Van de Kerckhove & Daphnis Boelens
TEK
Best Costume
Laura Zaccheo & Brunella Lamachia & Michela Nacci
A New End
Best Editing of a Documentary
Rufus Paisley & Shane McKinnon
My Brother’s Voice
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Andrea Bersani
Assault to Freedom
Best Director of a Foreign Language Documentary
Marcos Moreno
To Valhalla
Best Foreign Language Documentary
Even Evensen
Birth of a Pipe Organ
Best Director of a Short Documentary
Dana Plays
A New End
Best Short Documentary
Nia Sounds
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Best Director of a Feature Documentary
Herbert Golder
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Best Feature Documentary
Herbert Golder
Across the River
Best Hair, Makeup & Body Design
Lillie Lindh
Alpha
Best Original Score
Nick Ferla
Purple Horizons
Best Original Screenplay of a Foreign Language Feature Film
Olgun Özdemir
Private Cemetery
Best Editing of a Foreign Language Film
Semih Gülcüoglu
Bandidos and Balentes “The Unwritten Code”
Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Film
Fabio Manuel Mulas & Stefano Desole
Wake Me Up
Best Director of a Short Foreign Language Film
Reem Sameer Al-Bayyat
Anna e Marco … And The Deep Blue Sea
Best Short Foreign Language Film
Leonardo Birindelli & Pietro Birindelli
UMA
Best Supporting Actress in a Foreign Language Film
Ana Turpin
Dad Where Are You I Am Lost
Best Supporting Actor in a Foreign Language Film
Yigit Kirazci
UMA
Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language Film
Alexandra Braun
Lemon & Letter
Best Lead Actor in a Foreign Language Film
Makoto Shinada
UMA
Best Director of a Foreign Language Feature Film
Alain Maiki
Purple Horizons
Best Foreign Language Feature Film
Osman Subasi
Lordemani
Best Sound Design
Luis Bragado
Tek
Best Visual Effects or Design
Giulio De Lorenzo
Now Boarding 2
Best Original Screenplay of a Short Film
Dr. Teresa Mular
What Happened Here
Best Editing of a Short Film
Heinz Riemer
The Bridge
Best Cinematography in a Short Film
John Kuamo’o
The Gaelic Curse
Best Comedy
Brian Walsh
Growing up FAT and Albanian
Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film
Isabella Knight
The Third Wheel
Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film
Steven Smith
Perfect Worlds
Best Lead Actress in a Short Film
Mori Christain
The Other Side of the Shadows
Best Lead Actor in a Short Film
Khiry Williams
Invisible Alice
Best Director of a Short Film
Anna Fishbeyn
The Admired
Best Short Film
Jacqueline Murphy
A Tale of Water, Palm Trees and Family
Best Story
Nasser Aldhaheri
Assault to Freedom
Jury Award
Marcos Moreno & Ramon Garcia
You Have A Nice Flight
Talented New Filmmaker
Jimmy Dinh
Zora’s Dream
Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Film
Andrew Millington
Mixed Medium
Best Editing of a Feature Film
Priyank Yadav
Before Anything You Say
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Ousama Rawi
Fighters
Best Feature Film
Allen Ai
The Unwilling
Best Supporting Actress
Austin Highsmith
The Gaelic Curse
Best Supporting Actor
Brian Walsh
The Valley
Best Lead Actress
Suchitra Pillai
Bikini Blue
Best Lead Actor
Tomasz Kot
Before Anything You Say
Best Director
Shelagh Carter
Lordemani
Best Film