WINNERS
January 2020
Best Picture
Parisian Jam
Rohan Bates
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Best Narrative Film
Butterfly
Bonnie Foster
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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film
The Long Game
Mustafa Abbas
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Best Indie Film
Parisian Jam
Rohan Bates
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Honorable Mention: Indie Film
If We Have Next Life
Mingzhu Ye
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Best Drama
The Unknown Mother
Wai Yin Wong, John Y
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Best Thriller
Parisian Jam
Rohan Bates
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Best Horror
The Ways of Misery
Erik de la Serna
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Best Sci-Fi
Safety Space
Rohil Aniruth
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Best Experimental Film
About Maddy
Sage Drake
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Best Documentary
In the Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial
Alexander Craven, Jeff Pifher, Merlin Showalter
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Best Student Film
Abroad
Enrique Suarez
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Honorable Mention: Student Film
What We Talk About When We Talk About Lights, Camera, Action
Jianle Liu
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Best Director
Birthday
Mojtaba Mirshekari
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Honorable Mention: Director
Parisian Jam
Rohan Bates
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Best Actor
Birthday
Joseph Lopez
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Honorable Mention: Actor
Forest of Light
Roberto Rios
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Best Actress
Tell Tale
Ashley Bilik
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Honorable Mention: Actress
Ethnically Ambiguous
Tiffany Phillips
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Best Supporting Actor
Forest of Light
Allan Riggs
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Best Supporting Actress
Parisian Jam
Freyja Benjamin
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Best Duo
Butterfly
Micah Fitzgerald & Jade Lorna Sullivan
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Best Ensemble
What We Talk About When We Talk About Lights, Camera, Action
Thomas Alexander, Chengjin Zhuang, Xiaoshiyan Liang, Ruoxi Yang, Banghui Zhang, Ling Lin
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Best Editing
Birthday
Mojtaba Mirshekari
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Best Cinematography
Butterfly
Sean McDaniel
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Best Score
CAPCOM GO! The Apollo Story
Rhian Sheehan
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Best Song
My Amazing Grace
Debra Gussin, Dale Effren
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Best Original Story
Butterfly
Bonnie Foster
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Best Screenplay
In Your Dreams
Arteta Stephane
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Best First Time Screenwriter
Chukchi Made Vlog in America
Gankhulug Mahanaim Baatar
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PARTNER FESTIVALS
OFFICIAL
STATUETTE
Winners may order the official
NY Film Awards statuette