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Call for IFFNY Volunteers 2023
Join our team as a volunteer for IFFNY 2023 – the International Filmmaker Festival of New York is now accepting applications!
International Filmmaker Film Festival of New York is looking for volunteers to help and contribute to the 12th edition of IFFNY, which will be held on May 8 to 11, 2023 in NYC.
We are looking for volunteers to help with hospitality, ticket check, handing the program and welcoming VIP and guests.
Date: Monday, May 8th & Tuesday May 9th from 6pm to 10pm.
Location: Dolby Laboratories Inc, 1350 6th Avenue, New York, NY
Date: Wednesday, May 10, from 1pm to 10pm, and Thursday, May 11th, from 5pm till 10pm.
Location: Allora Fifth Ave, 292 5th Ave, New York, NY 10001
At the end of the Festival, every volunteer will receive a recognition certificate from the IFFNY festival for the given contribution.
If interested, please send your professional CV at: iffnymedia@gmail.com
Thank you,
IFFNY Team
2023 Official Selection Results – 12th Edition
International Filmmaker Festival of New York (IFFNY)
2023 Official Selection Results – 12th Edition
(May 8th to 11th, 2023)
FEATURE FILMS:
– When will you return? / Emmanuel Celestino Ventura Mendoza, Erick Alberto Ventura Mendoza / 01:10:00 / Mexico
– Po tamburi / Stanislav Tomic / 01:26:00 / Croatia
– Just Let Me Go / Luís Diogo / 01:30:00 / Portugal
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY:
– Cannes Actors / Mentor Spahiu / 01:12:10 / Kosovo
– White Yet Black / Steven Chikosi / 60:03 / Zimbabwe
– Mrs. Death / Silvia Ventayol / 01:00:00 / Spain
– Tutti In Scena / Laura Caparrotti / 47:00 / US
SHORT FILMS:
– No Witnesses / Rob Watt / 15:00 / US
– Slam Dunk, Sehaj! / Asis Sethi / 9:22 / Canada
– Subterranean Love (Olga) / Robert Haufrecht / 15:00 / US
– Two Men Escape / Chi Lap Chan / 3:40 / Hong Kong
– Why We’re Single / Jett Miller / 3:51 / US
– Stopover / Mäx Modestus / 5:31 / Germany
– 12 / Hussain Mohammed Alahmed / 12:12 / United Arab Emirates
– Lost Acoustic / Ortac Genc / 10:36 / Turkey
– Life is a two-way dream / Gjert Rognli / 8:00 / Norway
– New York I’m breaking Up With You / Pepi Kokab / 3:40 / US
– C’era una volta a Ribolla / Giovanni Guidelli / 19:29 / Italy
– God doesn’t write poetry / Alberto Pino / 20:00 / Spain
– Entitled / Jen Oh / 9:06 / US
– The worst scenario / Elena Tara / 9:00 / Spain
– Two Eggs, Scrambled / Melissa Dimetres / 17:42 / US
– Shuffle, Tumble, Soar / Eric Sciole / 4:44 / US
– The Neverending Game / José Colmenarejo, Nacho Nava / 12:41 / Spain
– April at the End of the Month/ Tim Disbrow / 6:00 / US
– Begone Love / Chaoqun Wang / 4:47 / US
-Tree House / Soo-Min Park / 12:00 / Korea
-Flow / Robert Rabanal Ramírez /7:00 / Spain -Milton / Kevin Machate / 11:59/ USA
SHORT DOCUMENTARY:
– Kambana / Samuel Pastor / 15:00 / Spain
-Garden State / Julie Langsam / 11:36 / US
– She Survived / Judi Polanco / 13:25 / US
– Bird / Jacek J?drzejczak / 5:33 / Poland
-Make Way / Álvaro Gauna Castillo / 7:00 /Chile
MUSIC VIDEO:
– “Secrets” by Zach Fields / Bill Klages, Ben Drumm / 3:24 / US
– Scoundrel / Thomas Baldinger / 3:56 / US
– Back to 1964 / Philip Curcuru, James Ceribello / 4:42 / US
– New York Tango / Pablo Raul / 5:08 / US
-Hidden Treasures / Zoe Abatino / 5:15 / Malta
ANIMATION:
– A Familiar Face / Lara Parizek / 3:55 / US
– Closer / Sea Moon Song / 2:40 / China
– Tops of Memory II Illusion / Jialiang LIU/ 3:08 / Japan
Total: 532 applications
Selected: 45 projects
Countries: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Austria, France, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine, Denmark, Israel, Kosovo, Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland, Slovenia, Singapore , Italy, Norway, Spain, Macedonia, China, Japan, Korea, Israel, Belgium, Romania, New Zealand, Ukraine, Moldova, Ireland, Netherlands, Vietnam, Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Poland, Morocco, Lebanon, Iraq, Hong Kong, Greece, Georgia, Finland, El Salvador, Colombia, Estonia, Tunisia, Chile, Iran, Taiwan, Venezuela, Uruguay, Syria, South Africa, Cayman Islands, Belarus, Bulgaria, Algeria and India, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Serbia, Russian Federation, Malta, Chez Republic, Jamaica, Libya, .
Category 6:
-Feature Film
-Short Film
-Feature Documentary
-Short Documentary
-Animation
-Music Video
Awards for 2023:
*Best Feature Film
*Best Short Film
*Best feature Documentary
*Best short Documentary
*Best Animation
*Best Music Video
*Best Actor Award
*Best Actress Award
*Best Screenplay Award
*Best Cinematography
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ISC Open Calls for its 9th edition of 2024
The Winners of International Screenwriting Competition 2023
Congratulations to the winners of 8th Edition of ISC – 2023.
Thanks to everyone who participated and helped to make this competition a success! It has been a great pleasure receiving your screenplays, they were all amazing!
Twelve (12) award winners of 1846 screenplays (75 finalists), who competed from all around the world in the Competition, were selected by the ISC Jury composed by: Sarah Birdd-screenwriter, Danny J. G- screenwriter-producer, F. Müller –screenwriter, Johan Friedmann -Screenwriter, and Mrika Krasniqi-producer-screenwriter-director and ISC Founder.
And the winners are:
Feature films:
– Richard Pierre / Glass Moon /$7,000.00s
– Eric Martinez / Your summer / $5,000.00
-Garry Moore / Grandmother /$4,000.00
-Anna T. B / Wall Street Birds / $3,000.00
-Beata Löhr / Kettenbach Family / $2,000.00
-Joe Forster (EH) / Green Sky / $1,000.00
Short films:
-Aaron Smith/ Dinning Table / $5,000.00
-Dimitri Saragov / Goodbye World / $4,000.00
-Xin San Toe/ Summer Snow / $3,000.00
-Luka Thomas /Masks/ $2,000.00
-Paola M. Rosser/ Hasta La Vista / $1,000.00
-Taylor A. / Together / $500.00
Outstanding Achievement in Writing:
– Tom McCown – DOCTOR X
-Alexander Julian III – Exterminator
– Phillip Hollins – Beneath the Brimstone
– Larry Coleman – EBO
– John McCarney – Home for Christmas
– Girma Negash – Fleeting Honor
– Marina Tetari? Prusec – Wild Time
– Carlos Alex Ceni – The Trip
– Isaac Ballesteros Barba – Woodpusher
– Joey Kent, T. D. Antoine – Flood of Lies
– Leticia Agudo – Casa de Sullivan
– M Rowan Meyer – Deathless
– Mark Amador – The Q Factor
– Nicholas Capodilupo – I Am Still Right Here
– Wissem Rahmoune – Justice of the Soul
– Sharron Miller – Comeback Player
For more information and further steps on receiving the monetary award, we will contact you soon.
Stay tuned. Our next competition starts on January 15, 2023!
In case you missed it, you can check out the competition here:
https://www.instagram.com/isc.nyc/
https://www.facebook.com/InternationalScreenwritingCompetition/
12th Edition of IFFNY accept applications for its next year of 2023
ISC continues to accept applications for its 8th Edition of 2023
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IFFNY AWARDS OF 2022
–BEST FEATURE FILM AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*WHY AM I ALIVE/Vilen Novak / Ukraine
*HOY/ Ricardo B’atz’ / El Salvador
*THE STICKY SIDE OF BAKLAVA/ Maryanne Zehil / Canada
THE WINNER IS:
*WHY AM I ALIVE/Vilen Novak / Ukraine
-BEST ACTOR AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*VIKTOR ZHDANOV FOR “WHY AM I ALIVE” Ukraine
*JEAN NICOLAS VERREAULT FOR “THE STICKY SIDE OF BAKLAVA” Canada
*JUNG MING KANG FOR “LIGHT SLEEP” Korea
THE WINNER IS:
*VIKTOR ZHDANOV FOR “WHY AM I ALIVE” Ukraine
-BEST ACTRESS AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*AITZIBER GARMENDIA FOR “FROM ME” Spain
*SARAH HENOCHSBERG FOR “DIRTY HANDS” France
*SARA VIDORRETA FOR “VALERIA” Spain
THE WINNER IS:
*AITZIBER GARMENDIA FOR “FROM ME” Spain
-BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*FORBIDDEN WOMANHOOD/ Maryam Zahirimehr / Iran
*WHY AM I ALIVE/Eugene Mitko / Ukraine
*LIGHT SLEEP / Jitaek Bae / Korea
THE WINNER IS:
*FORBIDDEN WOMANHOOD/ Maryam Zahirimehr / Iran
-BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*AKI HUTTUNEN FOR “NORTHERN QUALITY” Finland
*RICARDO A. LEIVA FOR “HOY” El Salvador
*DANIIL DEDKOV FOR “WHY AM I ALIVE” Ukraine
THE WINNER IS:
*AKI HUTTUNEN FOR “NORTHERN QUALITY” Finland
-BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*WITH A GUN IN THEIR HANDS/ Omar Tuero/ Spain
*HOPE/ Vjosa Abazi/ Kosovo
*THE GOLD MACHNE/ Grant Gee/ Peru
THE WINNER IS:
*WITH A GUN IN THEIR HANDS/ Omar Tuero/ Spain
-BEST SHORT FILM AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*THE PROMENADE/ Nico Falcone Georgiadis / Sweden
*MANUEL/ Mario d’ anna & Stefano Mangoni /Italy
*IMITITATION YAKUZA / Kentaro Yamagishi/Japan
THE WINNER IS:
*THE PROMENADE/ Nico Falcone Georgiadis / Sweden
-BEST MUSIC VIDEO AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*AGAINST THE GROUND/ Gianinni Semedo Moreira, Jamila Hache/ Venezuela
*ASTRONAUTS/ Pauline Moreau/ France
*MONTAIN BEAR / Jeremy Northcote/Australia
THE WINNER IS:
*AGAINST THE GROUND/ Gianinni Semedo Moreira, Jamila Hache/ Venezuela
-BEST ANIMATION AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*THE BOY AND THE MOUNTAIN/Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal/ Chile
*ALL THOSE SENSATIONS IN MY BELLY/ Marko Djeska/ Croatia
*RETURN TO THEIR ORIGIN/ Hsin-Rou Shiau/ Taiwan
THE WINNER IS:
*THE BOY AND THE MOUNTAIN/Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal/ Chile
-BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY AWARD:
THE NOMINATION ARE:
*THE AUTISM CYCLE: Parent- Provider-Organizations/Eurydice Roman/US
*A LOVE LETTER TO ESTONIA/ Nicholas Amorim /Estonia
*THE SOLDIER’S UNIFORM/ Gary Kent/Australia
THE WINNER IS:
*THE AUTISM CYCLE: Parent- Provider-Organizations/Eurydice Roman/US
SPECIAL AWARDS:
-BEST DIRECTOR AWARD:
*HOY/ Ricardo B’atz’ /El Salvador
-BEST HUMAN RIGHT AWARD:
*HOPE/ Vjosa Abazi/Kosovo
-Outstanding Achievement in Documentary
*GRANT GEE FOR “THE GOLD MACHNE” Peru
-Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking
*ARBEN THACI FOR “THE VANISHED” North Macedonia
*MARIO d’ ANNA & STEFANO MANGONI FOR “MANUEL” Italy
*KENTARO YAMAGSHI FOR “IMITITATION YAKUZA” Japan
-Outstanding Achievement in Animation
*MARKO DJESKA FOR “ALL THOSE SENSATIONS IN MY BELLY” Croatia
Congratulations to all winners of the 2022 IFFNY, 11th Edition.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the overwhelming support received in making our 11th Edition of 2022 IFFNY a Great Success.