Best Picture: Devil (Maupassant's Le Diable)
Directed by Kshitij SharmaIndia
Dev Bhramar strikes an unusual deal with home-care nurse Maya, to look after his ailing mother in her last days. This triggers a chain of events which will plunge all of them into an abyss of unimaginable darkness. An adaptation of legendary author Guy De Maupassant's short story, "Le Diable".
Best Screenplay: The Sessions
Directed by Bobby PimentelUS
Due to childhood trauma, a man struggles to connect with people. With the help of his therapist, he begins to find what it means to love and live for the first time.
Best Cinematography: Tibetan Illusion Destroyer
Directed by Tom VendettiUS
The Mani Rimdu Festival is held in the shadows of the highest mountains near Mount Everest. The purpose of the festival is to destroy illusions that lead to human suffering.
Best Documentary: Living on a Dollar a Day
Directed by Thomas Nazario
Special Mention: Bent on Somnolence
Directed by Timothy McCarthy
Bent on Somnolence tells a deep story of how a lonely man, tortured by his insomnia, breaks free from his hamster-wheel job, his money traps, and changes his life. He then discovers some life-changing science about medicine which can help repair the brain and restore the youthful mindset that he remembers.
Best Editing: extinction
Directed by Monica
The Earth's resources have been seriously damaged and the authorities are trying to find a viable solution. Oxygen is becoming a priority and a major concern for governments. For the first time in human history, severe and persistent air pollution forced people into specially equipped basements with self-managed ventilation. For two weeks, people have been living in a rhythm of alarm that has already been communicated. Every day, everyone had to be in jail for two hours at 20 o'clock every day for the next seven days.
Best Director: Matt Mirams, the big plan
Directed by Matt Miramsaustralia
Special mention: the growth of cycling
Directed by Bertrand lemeunier Canada
Growing up on a bike tells the story of Vanessa's love affair with cycling. Over time, the challenge becomes very different when riding with your family. Traveling between the ages of 32 and 40, she learned to overcome her doubts and step out of her comfort zone.
Best Art Direction: The Boy and the mountain
Directed by Santiago Aguilera and Gabriel Baudouin Charles Marie Monrel Chile
Hernán is a daydreamer, but he doesn't do well in his studies. His father kept urging him to improve, suggesting that he must reach very high levels of life success. Hernán gave up on his dream, gradually forgetting it and devoting himself to his research. Over time, Hernán became a successful entrepreneur, living the dream his father had instilled in him, to great heights, until one day he realized, he didn't really achieve what he had always wanted. Then he will make the crucial decision to realize his dream, but fate will play a trick on him. Hernán will have to face a new challenge that will change the meaning of his life.