2022 Nominees & Winners by Category
* BOLD INDICATE CATEGORY WINNER
Outstanding Narrative Short
Georgia by Jayil Pak
There’s Something Wrong with Paul by Mark Clauburg
SauerDogs by Guillermo de Oliveira
Bayard Street by Cindy Chu
MAD / WOMAN by Marc Acito
By Way of Water by Alexander Spenser
On / Off by Jurg Slabbert
BLUE FiRE by Directed by Nick Ronan*
How She Didn’t Die by Antonio Tibaldi*
Loose by Javier Pereira
In The Valley of the Moon by Luca Massimiliano Pizzoleo
Suite Night by Mahtab Pishghadam
ELEVATE by Dylan Boom
We Are the Apocalypse! by Charles William Lane
Best Narrative Feature
Song of the Fly by Michele Pagano
THE INSTINCT by Juboraj Shamim
MAALI (GARDENER) by Shiv C Shetty
TRAP by Anthony Curry
IT’S SPRING by Roman Musheghyan*
Hideout by Yen Kuang Chen
Papaw Land by Justin Blake Crum
Best Documentary Short
Ripples Under The Skin by Farha Khatun*
A Highrise Laundry Room by Fernando Sancho
Cooking Inside: From Prison to Home by Brent Lambert-Zaffino
Hate Crime in Howard Beach by Stephen J Woods, Eric Notar
Silent Night by Barbara Medajska
Best Documentary Feature
Real Fur by Taimoor Choudhry
Nun of Your Business by Ivana Marinic Kragic
The Prediction Of Extreme Events by David Ruf*
Take The Ice by Rachel Koteen
How Does it Feel to be a Problem? by Thomas Edward Keith
Charm Circle by Nira Burstein
Best Experimental
Sally by Philip Russell
Lessons on Life and Death by Lionel R. Jefferies*
Often We Connect Through our Wounds by Jess Levey
Outstanding Dance Film
Composure by Eric DePriester
Wo by Jiemin Yang*
I AM NOT OK by Gabrielle Lansner
Enantiodromia by Kristi Cole
Due North by Chantal Caron *
Best LGBTQIA+ Short
Different by Alexys Giraud
Let’s Do This Again Sometime by Petrus van Staden*
Flirting (With Possibilities) by Garrett Zuercher
Monologue by Pilar García Elegido
Novena by Fernando Lopez
Best Stories of Healing
Dial-up Sound by Özer Arslan
The Wind Girl by Dana Karim*
JOE by Noah Rogers
MyEndo by Ellen Andries
How We Remember by Joshua Estrada, Cait McCarthy
Eyes Upon Waking by Timothy Zwica
Best Animated Short
Boys Clap, Girls Dance by Dena Springer*
A Forest Haunt by Edward Jesse, Toff Mazery
The Social Chameleon by Alex Ross
Joe by Noah Rogers
1979 by Mike Taylor
Overcome by Trinity Anash
Put It Back by Diane Catsburrow Linnet
Best Cinematography – Narrative Short
Ain’t No Mercy for Rabbits by Aliza Brugger
Artsanity by Aleksandar Kostic
SauerDogs by Guillermo de Oliveira*
Bow by Isaiah Smith
In The Valley of the Moon by Luca Massimiliano Pizzoleo
North Star by PJ Palmer
Best Cinematography – Narrative Feature
IT’S SPRING by Roman Musheghyan
THE INSTINCT by Juboraj Shamim
Esme, My Love by Cory Choy
Met Mes by Sam de Jong*
Song of the Fly by Michele Pagano
Best Cinematography – Documentary Short
Silent Night by Barbara Medajska*
Ripples Under The Skin by Farha Khatun
Life on the Edge by Daniel Nalladurai, Helena Kincaid-Nalladurai
Best Cinematography – Documentary Feature
Nun of your business by Ivana Marinic Kragic
How Does it Feel to be a Problem? by Thomas Edward Keith
Charm Circle by Nira Burstein*
Best Screenplay – Narrative Short
Winner of Complimentary 4 month membership with Inktip: Where Everyone goes for scripts and writers.
The Game by Aldo Vassallo
What a Shitty Day! by Vanessa Romero
Lunch Box by Anne Hu
In The Valley of the Moon by Luca Massimiliano Pizzoleo
North Star by PJ Palmer*
The Edge of Town by Matthew Curtis Gerrish
Best Screenplay – Narrative Feature
Winner of Complimentary 4 month membership with Inktip: Where Everyone goes for scripts and writers.
Papaw Land by Justin Blake Crum
Hideout by Yen Kuang Chen
Song of the Fly by Michele Pagano*
Eyes Upon Waking by Timothy Zwica
East Bay by Daniel Yoon
IT’S SPRING by Roman Musheghyan
Best Director – Documentary Short
Songs for You, Always by Jiale Hu*
Silent Night by Barbara Medajska
Cooking Inside: From Prison to Home by Brent Lambert-Zaffino
Ripples Under The Skin by Farha Khatun
Best Director – Documentary Feature
We still here by Eli Jacob-Fantauzzi
Nun of your business by Ivana Marinic Kragic
How Does it Feel to be a Problem? by Thomas Edward Keith*
Charm Circle by Nira Burstein
Outstanding Director – Narrative Short
Georgia by Jayil Pak
By Way of Water by Alexander Spenser*
Lunch Box by Anne Hu
A Father’s Son by Patrick Chen
Loose by Javier Pereira
SauerDogs by Guillermo de Oliveira
North Star by PJ Palmer
MAD / WOMAN by Marc Acito*
The Edge of Town by Matthew Curtis Gerrish
How She Didn’t Die by Antonio Tibaldi
Best Director – Narrative Feature
THE INSTINCT by Juboraj Shamim
TRAP by Anthony Curry
MAALI (GARDENER) by Shiv C Shetty*
IT’S SPRING by Roman Musheghyan
Hideout by Yen Kuang Chen
Outstanding Actor Male – Narrative Short
Nicolas Calero in The Game (kid) by Aldo Vassallo*
Our Lady Lupe (kid) by Dominique Nieves
Raz Fritz in The Valley of the Moon by Luca Massimiliano Pizzoleo*
Georgia by Jayil Pak
North Star by PJ Palmer
BLUE FiRE by Directed by Nick Ronan
Deaf by Nuria Muñoz-Ortín, Eva Libertad
Best Actor Male – Narrative Feature
Song of the Fly by Michele Pagano
THE INSTINCT by Juboraj Shamim
Alexander Khachatryan in IT’S SPRING by Roman Musheghyan*
Best Actor Female – Narrative Short
Amber by Sashia Dumont
Georgia by Jayil Pak
Ellie by Fernando Bonelli
Ain’t No Mercy for Rabbits by Aliza Brugger
A Bellevue Love Story by Michael Wolfe
AVA by Directed by Ayoub El Jamal
On / Off by Jurg Slabbert
Olivia Baglivi in Suelta (Loose) by Javier Pereira*
Deaf by Nuria Muñoz-Ortín, Eva Libertad
Best Actor Female – Narrative Feature
Eyes Upon Waking by Timothy Zwica
Here for us by Brendan Patrick Ward
Esme, My Love by Cory Choy
Ali Edwards in august at twenty two by Sophia Castuera*
Best Animated Feature
The Success of Love by Oliverio Pablo*
Outstanding Achievement in Stop Motion
Noah Rogers for JOE*
Best Narrative Short Short
To Be Honest by John Robert Hammerer*
Best Comedy Short
Amber by Sashia Dumont*
Best International Narrative Short
Back into your Arms by Behrad Sahebgharani*
Best Ensemble
Ellie by Fernando Bonelli*
Queens World Auteur Cinema Award
TRAP by Anthony Edward Curry*
Queens World Special Award for Social Justice
Real Fur by Taimoor Choudhry*
Founder’s Choice
MAD / WOMAN by Marc Acito*
Queens World Truth Seeker
Hate Crime in Howard Beach by Stephen J Woods and Eric Notar*
Best of the Fest
The Instinct by Juboraj Shamim*
Filmmaker of the Year
Rachel Koteen for Take the Ice*