ORION IFF
  • ORION IFF
  • AWARDS 2022
    • AWARDS 2022
    • FILMS 2022
    • AWARDS 2019
    • FILMS 2019
    • AWARDS 2018
    • FILMS 2018
    • AWARDS 2017
    • FILMS 2017
  • SUBMIT 2023
    • AWARD CATEGORIES
    • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
    • TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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​ORION IFF 2022

FILM AWARDS
Winners / Nominations / Finalists
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AUDIENCE AWARD (Australia)
"Dead End" Director Amirhossein Ghabosi. Iran - Winner
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Best Feature Documentary
"General Hercules" Directed by Brodie Poole. Australia ​- Winner
"The Neighborhood Storyteller" Directed by Alejandra Alcala. United Arab Emirates - Highly Commended
"​Displaced" Directed by Victor van Aswegen. South Africa  - Nominated
"Flat 6" Directed by Adam Sejk. Czech Republic - Nominated

Best Short Documentary
"Survivors of Wadjemup " Directed by Glen Paul Stasiuk. Australia - Winner
"The last Potter" Directed by Fábio Oliveira. Portugal  - Nominated
"Batk" Directed by Mehdi Mahan. Iran - Nominated

Best Animation
"Heavy Rain" Directed by Zhao Xiancheng. China - Winner
"There is exactly enough time" Directed by Oskar Salomonowitz. Austria - Highly Commended
"The Flood" Directed by Sofya Nabok. Poland - Nominated
"Swallow Flying to the South" Mochi Lin. Canada - Nominated ​

Best Feature Narrative
"Facing the Silence" Directed by Emilio Ruiz Barrachina. Spain - Winner
"Inside a Funeral Hall" Directed by Ho-hyun Lee. Korea - Nominated
"In the Belley of the Sea" Directed by Agustí Villaronga. Spain - Nominated

Best Short Narrative
"Fuochi" by Mirko Genduso. Italy  - Winner
"Voices and Locks" Directed by Ilham Bakır. Turkey - Highly Commended
"Made of Flesh" Directed by Florence Rochat, Séréna Robin. France - Nominated
"The Delay" Directed by Mattia Napoli. Italy - Nominated

Best Indigenous Film
"Ablaze" Directed by Alec Morgan, Tiriki Onus. Australia - Winner
"Daniel's Story" Directed by Katrina Channells and Simon Rose Birriah. Australia - Highly Commended
"Unborn Biru" Directed by Inga Elin Marakatt. Norway - Nominated
"Perfect Storm" Directed by Morag Brownlie. New Zealand - Nominated

Best Music Clip

"Sure As Hell" by Michael Roberts. Australia - Winner
"Playdate" Directed by Cory Snearowski. United States - Nominated
"Fatty Tissue Torn" by Adina E. United States - Nominated

Best Experimental
"The Stream XII" Directed by Hiroya Sakurai. Japan - Winner
"Little Yellow Flower" Directed by Chien-Ping Lin. Taiwan - Nominated
"Bagatelle" Directed by László Csáki. Hungary - Nominated
​"Vultures" Director Daniel Denegre. United States - Nominated

Best Drone Film
"Awakening" Directed by Enrique Alexander Gracia Herrara. France - Winner
"Incorporeal" Directed by Ian Montgomery. United States - Nominated

Best Web Series / New Media
"Chateau Laurier - Season 2" Directed by James Stewart. Canada - Winner
"Intertwined - Doubt" Directed by Gabriel Bergeron. Canada - Nominated
"Mars Mission" Directed by Pedro L Filizzola, Tarley McCartiney de Sousa. Brazil - Nominated

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Best Film Human Rights
"Borderlands" Director Mackenzie Trudy Baradic. United States ​- ​Winner

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Best Virtual Reality
"In Phase" - Directed by Adam Pilipovic. Canada - Winner

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Best Actor
 Bryan Nason "Not to Be" Directed by Katrina Channels. Australia - Winner


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Best Cinematography
"Beyond the White" - Directed by Evgeny Kalachikhin, Cinematography by Aleksandra Medianikova. Germany  - Winner
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Best Editing
"Flat 6" Directed by Adam Sejk, Edited by Jakub Voves, and story editor Ivo Bystřičan. Czech Republic  - Winner

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​Best Sound Design
"Mouse House" Director by Timon Leder, Sound Design by Julij Zornik. Slovenia - Winner

Best Feature Screenplay
"Winter Bird" by Stephen Delos Treacy. United States - Winner
Best Short Screenplay 
"Salamon" by Ashkan Chavoshi. Iran - Winner


FINALIST FILMS 2022

100 Cans 
Director Mazen Al Khayrat 
in Best Feature Documentary 
United Arab Emirates 

​Bullets over Marseille
Director Gordan Matic 
in Best Feature Documentary 
Serbia 

Steps of Freedom - The Story of Irish Dance
Director Ruan Magan 
in Best Feature Documentary 
Ireland 

On the bridge
Directors Guillaume Samuel, Guillaume Frédéric 
in Best Feature Documentary 
Switzerland 

The Innocents
Director Wojciech Lorenc 
in Best Feature Documentary 
United States 

Rooftop
Directors Nevena Nikolova, Petar Gerzilov 
in Best Short Narrative 
Bulgaria 

Score Until The Last Day
Director Aris Tsiaras 
in Best Feature Documentary 
Greece 

Scattered People
Director John Swatland 
in Best Feature Documentary, Best Human Rights Film 
Australia 

A Better Place
Director Jennifer Fearnley 
in Best Short Documentary, Best Human Rights Film 
United Kingdom 


Surviving Sunset An Actor's Hollywood Journey.
Director Shaun Anthony Robinson 
in Best Feature Documentary 
Australia 

Cattle Duff
Director Katrina Channells 
in Best Short Documentary 
Australia 

Rohingya Boy
Directors Timothy James Bateman, Brin Paulsen 
in Best Short Documentary 
Australia 

Where The Dreamings Come From
Director Matthew Deavin 
in Best Short Documentary 
Australia 

Kallawayas
Director Alvaro Mercado 
in Best Short Documentary, Best Indigenous Film 
United States 

Skimboard Nazaré
Director Loïc Wirth 
in Best Short Documentary 
Brazil 

Spark
Director BETO SPORKENS 
in Best Short Documentary 
Brazil 

Things We Shouldn't Talk About
Director Robbie Kruithoff 
in Best Short Documentary

The Rhythm of My Land
Director Mohammed Hashim Didari 
in Best Short Documentary 
Finland 

KUMARI: A Father's Dream
Director Sean O'Connor 
in Best Short Documentary
United States 

Our Aotearoa
Director Monica Cordero 
in Best Short Documentary 
New Zealand 

1A.M. In Hong Kong 
Director Zhang Yiling
in Best Short Documentary

Nameless Natives
Director Utsav Mukherjee 
in Best Short Documentary 
India 

Qurgushum
Directors Hossein Najjari, Fatemeh Siahati 
in Best Short Documentary 
Iran

Silence 
Director Saeed Zare Lieh 
in Best Short Documentary 
Iran

Through Her Eyes
Director Jason Haji-Ali 
in Best Short Documentary, Best Indigenous Film 
Australia 

The Year of Crane
Director Tianlin XU 
in Best Short Documentary 
Germany 

Pacing the Pool
Director Radheya Jegatheva 
in Best Short Documentary 
Australia 

On Sacred Ground
Directors Rebbecca Tickell, Josh Tickell 
in Best Feature Narrative 
United States 

The scent of the wormwood
Director Aibek Daiyrbekov 
in Best Feature Narrative 
Kyrgyzstan 

TSU
Director Ü Inose 
in Best Feature Narrative 
Japan 

Ammana
Director Sundaryyar K.C. 
in Best Feature Narrative 
India 

Dreams Live in Trees
Director Marco Della Fonte 
in Best Feature Narrative 
United Kingdom 

Trapped in Makyo
Director Tomojiro Amano 
in Best Feature Narrative 
Japan 

Moles
Director Carlos Zapata 
in Best Feature Narrative
Colombia 

Vagenda Stories
Director Natascha Beller 
in Best Feature Narrative 
Switzerland 


Porcelain
Director Jenneke Boeijink 
in Best Feature Narrative 
Netherlands 

Facing the Silence
Director Emilio Ruiz Barrachina 
in Best Feature Narrative 
Spain 


Aygol
Director Dimitris Argyriou 
in Best Short Narrative 
Germany ​
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Squid in the Oven
Director Sasha Aubort 
in Best Short Narrative 
Australia 

The Stage of Golden Beach
Director Xiang Tiange 
in Best Short Narrative 
China 

The Grey Unknown 
Director Jessica Sherlock 
in Best Short Narrative 
Australia 


Ammana
Director Sundaryyar K.C. 
in Best Short Narrative 
India 

The Pleasure of Meeting Someone
Director Callum Flinn 
in Best Short Narrative 
Australia 

I Heard They Change Color
Director Nizar Saleh Mohamed 
in Best Short Narrative 
Congo

Impasse 
Director Ehsan Norouzi 
in Best Short Narrative 
Iran

K2 TOG
Director Ari Veach 
in Best Short Narrative - Under 30 minutes 
United States

Lens
Director Huang Manting 
in Best Short Narrative 
Hong Kong 

Dead End
Director Amirhossein Ghabosi 
in Best Short Narrative 
Iran

To Father
Director Jae-Feel Hwang 
in Best Short Narrative 
Korea

Daniel's Story
Directors Katrina Channells, Simon Rose Birriah 
in Best Indigenous Film 
Australia

Through Her Eyes
Director Jason Haji-Ali 
in Best Indigenous Film 
Australia 

Mouse House
Director Timon Leder 
in Best Animation 
Slovenia 

Fearless: Bev Grant Lipscombe
Director Katie Tonkin 
in Best Indigenous Film 
Australia 

Shoom's Odyssey
Director Julien Bisaro 
in Best Animation 
France 

Mr.Mellow & Bones
Director Jim Valkanis 
in Best Animation
Australia 

Between Two Fires
Submitter 圣邦 陈 
in Best Animation 
China 

Crab
Director Piotr Chmielewski 
in Best Animation 
Poland 

Spoon
Director Arthur Chays 
in Best Animation 
France 

Grave
Director Javid Rouh Fada 
in Best Animation 
Iran

Thrown Away Book
Director Agata Gorzadek 
in Best Animation 
Poland 

Bird
Director Wu-Ching Chang 
in Best Animation 
Taiwan 

The Bridge
Director Izumi Yoshida 
in Best Animation 
Poland 

Mercy
Directors Mia Mormino, Drip Drizza 
in Best Music Video 
United States 

Playdate
Director Cory Snearowski 
in Best Music Video 
United States

Like I'm Trapped
Submitter Moonboy Studios 
in Best Music Video 
Australia 

The Life We Live Is Not Life Itself
Director Ian Gibbins 
in Best Experimental 
Greece 

Estuary
Director Warren Bass 
in Best Experimental 
United States

First Step Swim
Director Caitlin McMullan 
in Best Experimental 
United Kingdom 

Parenthesis
Director Vasilios Papaioannu 
in Best Experimental 
United States 

Dark Room
Director Juha Antero Lilja 
in Best Experimental 
Finland 

Transform
Directors Wu-Ching Chang, Sanjana Chandrasekhar, Joumana Ismail, Chen Tan 
in Best Experimental 
United Kingdom 


Phoenix
Director Farzin Nobarani 
in Best Experimental 
Iran
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The Impermanent Sea
Director Wu-Ching Chang 
in Best Experimental 
Taiwan 
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ORION​ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022
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  • ORION IFF
  • AWARDS 2022
    • AWARDS 2022
    • FILMS 2022
    • AWARDS 2019
    • FILMS 2019
    • AWARDS 2018
    • FILMS 2018
    • AWARDS 2017
    • FILMS 2017
  • SUBMIT 2023
    • AWARD CATEGORIES
    • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
    • TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    • ENTRY FORM
  • CONTACT