2017 Winners
WIIFA 2017 AUTUMN SEASON WINNERS
Best Feature Narrative – „Just a Fling“, director Gorune Aprikian, France;
Best Short Narrative – „Lasting Beast“, director Nagi Gianni, Switzerland;
Best Feature Documentary – „Lullaby for Dragon“, director Igor Osipov, Russian Federation;
Best Short Documentary – „The Tiger Who Crossed The Line“, director Krishnendu Bose, India;
Best Animation – „Kcloc“, director Ninaad Kulkarni, United States;
Best Director – „Apricot Groves“, director Pouria Heidary Oureh, Armenia;
Best Actor – Paul Conolly, „The Walk“, director Daniel Lasker, Zimbabwe;
Official selection:
Two For The Show, director Michael McCallum, United States;
Kcloc, director Ninaad Kulkarni, United States;
Apricot Groves, director Pouria Heidary Oureh, Armenia;
Born A Believer, director Darius Norowzian, United Kingdom;
Born In Angola, director Rui Goulart, Portugal;
Messi, The Man At Barca, director Kiran Marahatta, Nepal;
Calamity, director Severine De Streyker, Belgium;
The Walk, director Daniel Lasker, Zimbabwe;
Il Viaggio, director Alfredo Arciero, Italy;
Lullaby for Dragon, director Igor Osipov, Russian Federation;
The Tiger Who Crossed The Line, director Krishnendu Bose, India;
Creature, director Federico Natali, Uruguay;
Just a Fling, director Gorune Aprikian, France;
Lasting Beast, director Nagi Gianni, Switzerland;
Adaptation, director Bartosz Kruhlik, Poland;
Fountain Of Youth, director Paul Tunge, Norway;
WIIFA 2017 SUMMER SEASON WINNERS
Best Feature Narrative: Counterfeiters, Director Bryce Hirschberg, United States;
Best Short Narrative: I Will Crush You & Go To Hell, Director Fabio Soares, Célia Paysan, France;
Best Feature Documentary: No Smoking in Sarajevo, Director Tristan Guerlotté, Italy
Best Short Documentary: The Game of Life, Director Yaroslav Dimont, Germany
Best Animation: The Loneliest, Director Dan Azoulay, Israel
Best Actor: The Embroidered Dress, Director Doğuş Algün, Turkey
Best Actress: Key Cast Delphine Theodore, The Courtesy of Angels, Director Valérie Théodore, France
Best Director: The Man Who Wasn’t Here, Director Ata Mojabi, Iran
Best Cinematography: „Gods", Director Gustavo Coletti, United States
Best Editing: Golden Time, Director Atefeh Rahmani, Iran
Best Sound: Numbness, Director Milad Jarmooz, Iran
Official Selected:
"101", Director Josef Roman Luszpinski, Germany;
The Hill of Witches, Director Frank Barnas, Lithuania;
After Hours Trading, Director Fredrick Johnson, United States;
Dad where are you ı am lost, Director Ahmet Karaman, Turkey;
Chidra, Director Nadav Harel, Israel;
Glory, Director Assaf Hayut, Israel;
A Crude Injustice Director Jane Hammond, Australia;
The Austrian Road, Director Ruslana Berndl, Austria;
Dish Life, Director Chloe Thomas, United Kingdom;
Cronos, Director Hasan Ersan Sezer, Turkey;
Thoughts of Love, Director Agneszka Gasiorek, Denmark;
Leipzig Fairy Tale, Director Anaïs Clerc-Bedouet, Germany;
Who are you October?, Director Julie Jaroszewski, Belgium;
DJS, Director Eric Buisson, France;
MetaFilm, Director Chiva MF, Mexico;
The Guy Came on Horseback, Director Hossein Rabiei Dastjerdi, Iran;
Swan Lake, Director Saeed Mayahy - Hamid Jamali, Iran;
The Swing, Director David Witchell, United Kingdom;
Madayen, Director Ayman Tamano, Saudi Arabia;
Seita, Director Lauri Autere, Finland;
Mononykus crest, Director Isa Roche, Japan;
The Bench, Director Mary Mullan, United Kingdom;
Death Dreams, Director Chris Mills, United States;
Limit, Director Javad Daraei, Iran;
Weavers of Imagination, Director Sadegh Jafari, Iran;
Reflection, Director Alla Damsker, Russian FederationPrairie Dog;
Director C. Blake Evernden, Canada
WIIFA 2017 SPRING SEASON WINNERS
Best Feature Narrative: XOLO, director Giuseppe Valentino, Italy;
Best Short Narrative: BETWEEN SECONDS, director Nora Jaenicke, United States;
Best Feature Narrative: THE TORTOISE AND THE TAPIR, director Eliza Capai, Brazil;
Best Short Documentary: ALONE WITH WOLVES, director Vasiliy Sarana, Russian Federation;
Best Animation: LIGHT SIGHT, director Seyed M. Tabatabaei, Iran;
Best Director: VENUS OBSCURA, director Christophe Karabache, France;
Best Cinematography: THE AMERICAN SKIN, director Christy Rose, United States;
Best Actor: Fahad Olayan, LOSING LIFE, director Musab Alamri, United States;
Best Editing: FILLING IN, director Bradley Hawkins, United States;
OFFICIAL SELECTED WINTER SEASON 2017
THEOLOGY OF A DIFFERENT KIND, director TMJ, Finland;
BELIEVERS, director Stephen M. Hunt, Ireland;
ANTARCTICA, director Andrii Andreiev, Ukraine;
GATORAIDE, director Alex Witkowicz, United States;
BUILDING NO.13, director Amir Gholami, Iran;
INTERNAL FLIGHT, director Andrii Andreiev, Ukraine;
THE HIMALAYAN WOLF, director Geraldine Werhahn, Switzerland;
SLEEPING VOLCANO ISLAND, director Carlos Virgili, Spain;
ANTARCTICA - THE JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH, director Artem Gordina, Andrii Andreiev, Ukraine;
LYCANTROPHY - TALES OF MEN AND WOLVES, director Alessandro Riccardi, Italy;
GORGEOUS SISTERS, director Inesa Kurklietyte, Lithuania;
QUANTUM EARTH, director Frederic Eger, Israel;
BEWARE, THE BEAST I WORSHIP, director Adam Chitayat, United States;
MY HOME IS MY HAVEN, director Brendan Coote, United Kingdom;
NYMPHADELLE, director Quentin de Jubécourt, France;
LOVE IN DEAD PLACES, director Mark A. France, United States;
WIIFA 2017 WINTER SEASON WINNERS
Best Feature Narrative: „Tatara Samurai“, director Yoshinari Nishikôri, Japan
Best Short Narrative: „A Whole World for a Little World“, director Fabrice Bracq, France
Best Feature Documentary: „A Film Less Happy, More Sad, Poetical and Wise“, director Cornel Mihalache, Romania
Best Short Documentary: „In Search of Devaki“, director Devaki Bist, Nepal
Best Animation: „Cupid is Not a Terrorist“, director Bellopropello, Switzerland
Best Director: „Huldra - Lady of the Forest“, director Ove Valeskog, Sweden
Best Cinematography: „Beijing New York“, director Rain Li, United States
Best Actress: Priscila Sol, „My One and Only“, director Jonathan Albert Murphy, Brazil
Best Actor: Sho Aoyagi, „Tatara Samurai“, director Yoshinari Nishikôri, Japan
Best Editing: „Best before end...“, director Nicolas Fogliarini, France
Best Sound: Rossi Hugo „Pulse“, director Caresio Léo, France
OFFICIAL SELECTED WINTER SEASON 2017
„Mwah“, director Sara Soheili, Iran, Islamic Republic of
„Gandhi, Untouchables and Me“, director Rao Rampilla, United States
„Rosethorn“, director Aditya Patwardhan, United States
„I.o.T.“, director Jos den Brok, Netherlands
„Run / Flucht“, director Frank Blau, Germany
„"Vilsen" /Ave Mater“, director Rasmus Tirzitis, Sweden
„The Gaelic Curse“, director Jack Conroy, Ireland
„Bitch“, director Csaba Bene Perlenberg, Sweden
„Cinephiliac – 30“, director Matthew Tichenor, Canada
„Hooked - Pilot Extended Version“, director Luca Vecchi, Italy
„Timed Expectancy“, director Riccardo Pittaluga, Italy
„Lulu and the right words“, director Enrico Le Pera, United States
„Outcaste - The House that Carol Built“, director Colin Graham and Laura Graham, United Kingdom
„Elephants in the Coffee“, director Thomas Grant, D.K. Bhaskar, United States
„The Deepest Man in a Swimsuit“, director Haidy Kancler, Slovenia
„Guardians of the Aegean“, director Omiros Evangelinos, Greece
„Melanie“, director Susanne Helmer, Netherlands
„Beyond Abandonment“, director Aljaž Novak, Slovenia
„Inner Me“, director Antonio Spanò, Italy
„Silent Invaders“, director Szabolcs Mosonyi, Hungary
„Boujeloud: Father of Skins“, director Daragh McCarthy, Ireland
„The Riders of the Arctic“, director Hilse De Groote, Belgium
„The Bus Trip“, director Sarah Gampel, Sweden
„Eyes in the Deep“, director Handan Erdoğan, Turkey
„The Hidden Corner“, director Jaicheng Jai Dohutia, India
„Hard Shoulder“, director Nicholas David Lean, United Kingdom
Awards
Best Feature Narrative
Best Short Narrative
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Animation
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound
Rules & Terms
All movies must meet the following requirements to take part in this competition. The entrant/submitter/moviemaker/controlling company accepts all of the rules and terms in full by sending in a movie for consideration.
1) Anyone profesional filmmaker, from any country can participate in this competition. Movies of any length are allowed to enter the competition, but all dialogue must either be spoken in English or the movie must have English subtitles.
2) The entrant can submit as many entries separate, as they want. Submissions can include short films, feature films, documentary and other categories. With or without notice, a category may be removed from consideration at any time. For the purposes of these Rules and Terms categories that contain moving images are considered movie(s).
3) Previously entered movies can be re-submitted if they did not previously win any awards in past editions of the WIIFA.
4) Please double check the exact length of your movie, including opening credits, closing credits, bumpers, etc. and submit into the appropriate category or else your movie may be disqualified if improperly submitted. Submission fees will not be returned in such cases. (Short 0 – 50 Minutes,
Feature, 50+ Minutes)
5) The entrant/submitter/moviemaker hereby certifies that they possess the right(s) and all of the proper clearances to submit the movie, including, but not limited to image rights, talent releases, soundtrack and/or source music releases; and assumes all responsibility for their material. The WIIFA accepts no responsibility, financial or otherwise, for any movie submitted to the festival.
6) The participants will not get feedback.
7) Every entry/submission will be judged based on its directing, acting, technical, and artistic merits, as related to the submission.
8) The WIIFA only accepts online screeners. Please submit screeners via FilmFreeway.com. Please don't send discs or any downloadable files.
9) The WIIFA does not refund fees after an entry has been submitted, especially if a submission has already been adjudicated and/or the deadline for the current submission period has passed. Moviemakers/submitters should familiarize themselves with the Rules and Terms prior to submission. Questions asked after submission may or may not receive a response.
10) The submitter/moviemaker grants the Wolves Independent International Film Awards the right to use the movie’s trailer and/or other materials (such as the poster, headshots, bios, etc.) for promotional purposes, in perpetuity, without any further consideration, and accepts sole responsibility for the use of all materials.
11) All decisions made by the judge(s) are considered final and incontestable. We reserve the right to not give all of the awards possible if we didn't receive enough entries in a particular category or if none of the submissions met our high judging standards. If we deem it appropriate, additional categories of awards may be presented as well.
12) Laurels in PDF format will be sent to all winners. Best Of Show Winner, will receive and Official WIIFA Trophy and a guaranteed spot in our next Wolves Independent International Film Festival screening schedule, by the decision of the jury.
13) At the end of adjudication, the results of the Wolves Independent International Film Awards will be made public and accessible on the official website of the WIIFA.
14) Movies containing overly vulgar pornographic content, obscene titles and/or content deemed hateful, racist, or in poor taste may be disqualified.
15) The WIIFA reserves the right to add, modify, or discard rules and terms, if needed, as needed, at any time, at its sole discretion, with or without notification
16) By submitting an entry to the WIIFA, the entrant(s)/submitter(s)/moviemaker(s)/controlling company accept(s) all of the rules and terms herein, in their entirety, without modification. Entrant/submitter/moviemaker further acknowledges that remediation of any sort will be limited to a refund of their submission fees. If entrant/submitter/moviemaker does not agree with these terms, do not submit your entry. By submitting, entrant/submitter/filmmaker indicates that they have read, understand, agree with, and will comply will all of the Rules and Terms stated in items 1-16 above.
17) We support the sanctions imposed on the aggressors states by the democratic world community.
All movies must meet the following requirements to take part in this competition. The entrant/submitter/moviemaker/controlling company accepts all of the rules and terms in full by sending in a movie for consideration.
1) Anyone profesional filmmaker, from any country can participate in this competition. Movies of any length are allowed to enter the competition, but all dialogue must either be spoken in English or the movie must have English subtitles.
2) The entrant can submit as many entries separate, as they want. Submissions can include short films, feature films, documentary and other categories. With or without notice, a category may be removed from consideration at any time. For the purposes of these Rules and Terms categories that contain moving images are considered movie(s).
3) Previously entered movies can be re-submitted if they did not previously win any awards in past editions of the WIIFA.
4) Please double check the exact length of your movie, including opening credits, closing credits, bumpers, etc. and submit into the appropriate category or else your movie may be disqualified if improperly submitted. Submission fees will not be returned in such cases. (Short 0 – 50 Minutes,
Feature, 50+ Minutes)
5) The entrant/submitter/moviemaker hereby certifies that they possess the right(s) and all of the proper clearances to submit the movie, including, but not limited to image rights, talent releases, soundtrack and/or source music releases; and assumes all responsibility for their material. The WIIFA accepts no responsibility, financial or otherwise, for any movie submitted to the festival.
6) The participants will not get feedback.
7) Every entry/submission will be judged based on its directing, acting, technical, and artistic merits, as related to the submission.
8) The WIIFA only accepts online screeners. Please submit screeners via FilmFreeway.com. Please don't send discs or any downloadable files.
9) The WIIFA does not refund fees after an entry has been submitted, especially if a submission has already been adjudicated and/or the deadline for the current submission period has passed. Moviemakers/submitters should familiarize themselves with the Rules and Terms prior to submission. Questions asked after submission may or may not receive a response.
10) The submitter/moviemaker grants the Wolves Independent International Film Awards the right to use the movie’s trailer and/or other materials (such as the poster, headshots, bios, etc.) for promotional purposes, in perpetuity, without any further consideration, and accepts sole responsibility for the use of all materials.
11) All decisions made by the judge(s) are considered final and incontestable. We reserve the right to not give all of the awards possible if we didn't receive enough entries in a particular category or if none of the submissions met our high judging standards. If we deem it appropriate, additional categories of awards may be presented as well.
12) Laurels in PDF format will be sent to all winners. Best Of Show Winner, will receive and Official WIIFA Trophy and a guaranteed spot in our next Wolves Independent International Film Festival screening schedule, by the decision of the jury.
13) At the end of adjudication, the results of the Wolves Independent International Film Awards will be made public and accessible on the official website of the WIIFA.
14) Movies containing overly vulgar pornographic content, obscene titles and/or content deemed hateful, racist, or in poor taste may be disqualified.
15) The WIIFA reserves the right to add, modify, or discard rules and terms, if needed, as needed, at any time, at its sole discretion, with or without notification
16) By submitting an entry to the WIIFA, the entrant(s)/submitter(s)/moviemaker(s)/controlling company accept(s) all of the rules and terms herein, in their entirety, without modification. Entrant/submitter/moviemaker further acknowledges that remediation of any sort will be limited to a refund of their submission fees. If entrant/submitter/moviemaker does not agree with these terms, do not submit your entry. By submitting, entrant/submitter/filmmaker indicates that they have read, understand, agree with, and will comply will all of the Rules and Terms stated in items 1-16 above.
17) We support the sanctions imposed on the aggressors states by the democratic world community.
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