The 6th International Activism Film Festival Announces Awards

Updated Friday, Sept. 23rd Greetings! We received 92 submissions this season for the 6th International Activism Film Festival #IAFF2022. Our judges have decided on 41 nominations. Here are the (updated) awards, #IAFF2022, PDF.

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Fighting Indians (1 Hour 56 Mins) by Mark Cooley, Derek Ellis – USA

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The Trust Game Episode 1 Crowns & Sovereigns (46 Mins 12 Secs) by Aaron Dykes, Melissa Dykes – USA

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Nominations:

The Innocents (1 Hour 20 Mins) by Wojciech Lorenc – USA
The Power of Connection (1 Hour 4 Mins) by Isabel Hundt – USA
In Search of a Better World (1 Hour 18 Mins) by Mary Darling, Robbie Hart – CANADA
Activismo: Art & Dissidence in Cuba (43 Mins 10 Secs) by Philip Sugden, Carole Elchert – CANADA
Myrtle (15 Mins 39 Secs) by Patricia McCormack – United Kingdom
Running Home: The Run4Water Story (25 Mins 32 Secs) by Katie Spotz – USA
Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire (5 Mins 44 Secs) by Jerry van de Beek, Betsy De Fries – USA
Tahriib (Those Who Travel North) (1 Hour 26 Mins 30 Secs) by Daniel Smith – USA
A Better Place (32 Mins 44 Secs) by Jennifer Fearnley – United Kingdom
Unconquered (44 Mins 13 Secs) by Fredrick Earl Mosley – USA
In a Whole New Way (31 Mins 06 Secs) by Jonathan Fisher – USA
Beyond Sand Creek (1 Hour) by Alan O’Hashi – USA
The Trust Game Episode 1 Crowns & Sovereigns (46 Mins 12 Secs) by Aaron Dykes, Melissa Dykes – USA
The Dalmatians: Far Away Man by (4 Mins 15 Secs) by William (Wil) Bryant Allen – Australia
Fighting Indians (1 Hour 56 Mins) by Mark Cooley, Derek Ellis – USA
Pinks (11 Mins 52 Secs) by Emilie Biason – Portugal
The Turtles of Ontario (30 Mins 01 Secs) by Egor Trushin – Canada
Apache Leap (1 Hour 22 Mins 41 Secs) by Christian Rozier – USA
Indiana Baby (1 Hour 22 Min 33 Secs) by Jennifer Martin Eliason – USA
The Fellowship of the Springs (1 Hour 37 Mins 45 Secs) by Oscar Corral – USA
Maybe Not Today (15 Mins 24 Secs) by Obi Martins – USA
Who Will Remain? (1 Hour) by Emily Felder, Christa Whitney – USA
Hardest Day (2 Hours 14 Mins 3 Secs) by Robert F Carter – USA
#tresdancing (22 Mins) by Hingman Leung – Canada
Night, Mother (1 Hour 4 Mins 44 Secs) by John Patrick Lowri – USA
Who Cares About DC? (56 Mins 37 Secs) by Stephen Kolb – USA
Skin Deep Fear (54 Mins 46 Secs) by Franck – France
Uncovering the Permian Climate Bomb (13 Mins 46 Secs) by Miguel Escoto, Sharon Wilson – USA
Aquariums: The Dark Hobby(55 Mins 42 Secs) by Paula Fouce – USA
The Game is Up: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories (1 Hour 53 Mins 38 Secs) by Melissa Jo Peltier – USA
Poetry Zaban (58 Mins 33 Secs) by Prof. Amir Har-Gil – Israel
Living in a Postcard (53 Mins 25 Secs) by Christian Nicoletta – Italy
However Wide the Sky: Places of Power (57 mins 9 Secs) by David Aubrey – USA
Ha Nii Tokxw: Our Food Table (39 Mins 19 Secs) by Farhan Umedaly – Canada
1986. December chronicles. A glimmer of the truth. (1 Hour 39 Mins 41 Secs) by Assiya Baigozhina – Kazakhstan
Expedition Tribuga (53 Mins 40 Secs) by Luis Vellegas, Felipe Mesa, Francisco Acosta – Columbia
Motherland (2 Hours 1 Mins 50 Secs) by Vic Gerami – USA
Muco – Contradiction Within Tradition (1 Hour 49 Mins 40 Secs) – Brazil
Barcelona – a Welcoming City (55 Mins 30 Secs) Christin Schuchardt
Field of Weeds (script) by Kelly Jean Karam – USA
To Die For (script) by Daniel Rehder – Peru

Most Entertaining Script:

Field of Weeds – script – USA

Best Script:

To Die For – script – PERU

Best in Show, Direction, Production Design Awards for USA/INTL Feature Film/MV:

The Fellowship of the Springs (1 Hour 37 Mins 45Secs) by Oscar Corral – USA

However Wide the Sky: Places of Power (57 mins 9 Secs) by David Aubrey – USA

Best in Show, Production Design Awards for USA/INTL Short Film/MV:

Myrtle (15 Mins 39 Secs) by Patricia McCormack – United Kingdom

Awards are continued. Please see the PDF for all awards & details.

Here are #IAFF2022 “All Submitters” – please see, PDF

Award Winner

#tresdancing by Hingman Leung
Apache Leap by Christian Rozier
Field of Weeds (script) by Kelly Jean Karam
FIGHTING INDIANS by Mark Cooley, Derek Ellis
HA NII TOKXW: OUR FOOD TABLE by Farhan Umedaly
However Wide the Sky: Places of Power by David Aubrey
In a Whole New Way by Jonathan Fisher
Myrtle by Patricia McCormack
PINKS by Emilie Biason
The Fellowship of the Springs by Oscar Corral
The Game Is Up: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories by Melissa Jo Peltier
The Trust Game Episode 1 Crowns & Sovereigns by Aaron Dykes, Melissa Dykes
To Die For (script) by Daniel Rehder
Who Will Remain? by Emily Felder, Christa Whitney
Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire by Jerry van de Beek, Betsy De Fries

Nominee

1986. December chronicles. A glimmer of the truth. by Assiya Baigozhina
A Better Place by Jennifer Fearnley
Activismo: Art & Dissidence in Cuba by Philip Sugden, Carole Elchert
Aquariums: The Dark Hobby by Paula Fouce
Barcelona – A Welcoming City by Christin Schuchardt
Beyond Sand Creek by Alan O’Hashi
EXPEDICIÓN TRIBUGÁ by Luis Villegas, Felipe Mesa, Francisco Acosta
Far Away Man by William (Wil) Bryant Allen
Hardest Day by Robert F Carter
In Search of a Better World by Mary Darling, Robbie Hart
Indiana Baby by Jennifer Martin Eliason
Living in a postcard by Christian Nicoletta
Maybe Not Today by Obi Martins
Motherland by Vic Gerami
Muco: Contradiction Within Tradition by Oberom Silva
Night, Mother by John Patrick Lowrie
Poetry Zaban by Prof. Amir Har-Gil
Running Home – The Run4Water Story by Katie Spotz
SKIN DEEP FEAR by Franck
Tahriib (Those Who Travel North) by Daniel Smith
The Innocents by Wojciech Lorenc
The Power of Connection – Change The World By Changing Your Perception by Isabel Hundt
Turtles of Ontario Silent Cry for Help by Egor Trushin
UNCONQUERED by Fredrick Earl Mosley
Uncovering the Permian Climate Bomb by Miguel Escoto, Sharon Wilson
Who Cares About DC? by STEPHEN KOLB

Quarter Finalist

“Lifers Madness The Movie” by Jeffrey Stephen Eichen
A complicated word by Albor Rodríguez, Héctor Torres
Celebrating Caren by Daniel DeFabio
Common Grounds? by Raed Truett Gilliam
Flow & Rive (ENG) by Danielle Rotholi
Iric by Sandra Tamkin
My mom’s Co-op by Ève Lamont
Sea Beyond the Glitz by Anna Maité Kaplan
Synergy by Max Alzamora
The cost of free water / La goutte de trop by Jérémie Battaglia
The Melody Lingers On by Kimberley R. WIlliams
The Power of the People: A Collective Struggle for Life and the Environment by José Luis Baerga Aguirre

Semi-Finalist

An Unlikely Insurgency, the entire webseries by Kathie Kelly
BEAM ME UP by Lana Boy
Change of Course by Andreas Ortner
Daffodils by David Collier
Fleeting Structure by Patrick Lysaght
Il n’y aura pas de montagnes assez hautes : No mountains will ever be high enough by Jérôme de Gerlache
In the Stream of Consciousness by Carlos Severe Marcelin
Locked On by Matt Hrkac
On the Brink by Jeremy MATHIEU
Seaturtle watcher by Andrea Fiorito
South32 Mining’s EXIT ROUTE by Michele Gisser
The Count by Jake Isaacs
The Energy of Water by Jennifer Jordon, Sean Sullivan
The Trail Docent by Shannon Keri Hogan

Finalist

Best of Me by DIEGO STAVITZKI, GIL MOURA
Green forests and red carpet by Luc Marescot
Skin On Fire by James Keach
THE POWER OF Activism by Steven Pasvolsky
Uncut by Mark Hensley
Why I’m A Vegan by Lindsay Hicks

Selected

BLUE & RED by Marc Kornblatt
The Feverbreakers: Change of Heart (mp3) by Gleeson Rebello
Deep clean water by Kevin Rumley
Heal.Thy Neighbor – Denver by Mark Decena
I HAVE A DREAM by Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye
Mountain Bear by Jeremy Northcote
My Whole Life Changed by Joel Bowling, Kymaree Carter, Amari Dooley, Amya Eley, Jana Horner, Shaye Lyons, Abigail Meyers, Kayden Shelton, Whitney Thuma, Torrie Woodrow, Robyn Benedek, Tom Dugdale, April Deacon
Princess Di and the Lesbians (script) by Lesley Hoyt-Croft
Self Defense by Joni Whitworth, Sam Tam Ham
The Long Cold Winter by Peter Sterling
The Sooty Owls: War With China by Peter C Downey