Official list of award categories with finalists and winners of the 2015 International Peace and Film Festival. Selection was made from 1325 films, submitted from 87 countries worldwide. Award ceremony took place at the festival in Orlando, Florida on November 15, 2015. Film trailers and detail are available on the festival website www.PeaceFestival.us or via the official channel IPFF.TV on Roku/Amazon Fire.
IPFF 2015 Media Highlights
A clip from ‘Nerush’, 30 classical performers who flew from Belarus to participate in the cultural exchange program at the International Peace & Film Festival 2015 in Orlando, FL.
IPFF Offical Blogger Interviews Attending Filmmakers, Performers and Guests
AWARD LIST
Ambassador of Peace
The Ambassador of Peace is awarded to the film that illustrates the tangible engagement of peace. It is the highest award of the festival.
Winner:
Future Dreaming – Australia
Director: Kaya Finlayson
Producer: Dinah Wakefield
Featuring: Dr. David E. Martin, PhD
Avante-Garde
Avant Garde is awarded to the film with highest level of technical achievement used to present a story.
Winner:
Baobabs, between Land and Sea – France
Directing Producer: Cyrille Cornu
Standard Awards
- Best Screenplay: Fanos Christophides, 5 Ways to Die, Cyprus
- Best Direction: Asad Sikandar, Muhazir/The Refugee, Afghanistan
- Best Cinematography: Ashraf Shishir, Gaariwala/The Cart, Bangladesh
- Best Lead Actor: Polina Pahomova, The End of Epoch, Russian Federation
- Best Supporting Actor: Diana Sikandar, Muhazir/The Refugee, Afghanistan
Rising Star Award
Recognizing exceptional talent in the student film category: Winning nominee designated by *
- Enchanted Ink – University of Central Florida, Jo Anne Adams
- Pianino for Peace – Ukraine, Max Rykov *
- You Are Not Alone – China, Yufeng Li *
- End of Epoch – Russia, Sophie Chernysheva *
- Marshalling Peace – USA, Autumn Bordner
- The Golden Frog – India, Manish Pandit
Best Music Video
Recognizing the highest quality of music based cinema: Winning nominee designated by *
- Profides-Dragostea – Romania, Andrei Goaga & Craita Ene-Goaga*
- Human Smile – France, Virginie Vinet
- Knock Knock – India, Pramod Sahoo
- Ardoyne – Ireland, Philip Clayton-Thompson
- Save the Earth – Ukraine, Ruslan Bokach
Essence Awards
Essence is awarded to the top film in the shorts category. The award recognizes the films ability to creatively convey an idea in minimal time. Winning nominee designated by *
Short Drama
- Second Love, Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan Daria Korneeva / Bakhtiyar Islamov*
- Mungesa/Lack, Kosovo – Shqiprim Selimi*
- Yokes, Belarus – Igor Osmolovski *
- Common Man, Nigeria – Stanlee Ohikhuare*
- Let’s Our Men Dance, Iran – Hiwa Aminnejad
- L’Énigme, Morocco – Fidae Sbaai
- Nimbu Pani, India – Kishor Patil
- Crafts, Uganda – George Stanley Nsamba
- Sally, Syria – Zahra Alboudi
Short Comedy
- 5 Ways to Die, Cyprus – Daina Papadaki*
- Karma, Croatia – Dina Cvek & Kristian Došen*
- Ryggin Fri, Sweden – Viktor Hertz*
- Fuddu Boys, India – Hanish Kalia
- A Day in the Life of a Pint, Ireland – Robbie Walsh
- Die Ausgestossenen, Austria – Tim Ellrich
- The Push, Russian Federation – Alexey Naumov
Short Animation
- Give and Break, Norway – Nicolai Caspari Stigar*
- You Are Not Alone, China – Yufeng Li
- The Island, Taiwan – C. Jay Shih
- Predators of Transylvania, Slovakia – Julia Kolenakova
Short Documentary
- Bekendor, Ukraine – Anastasiya Kharchenko*
- Useless Eaters, Germany – Moritz Jakobi*
- Epidemic of Knowledge, United Kingdom – Olley Edwards*
- Trinity, Uganda – Ray Zablocki*
- Pozzallo Pirates, Belgium – Dimi Dumortier
Enlightenment Awards
The Award of Enlightenment is assigned to the films which best explore and document a cultural art, lifestyle or history. Winning nominee designated by *
- Liquid Borders, India – Barnali Rae Shukla*
- Troubled Water, Nepal – Govinda Nepal*
- Vasenin, Russian Federation – Pavel Sablin*
- A Woman’s Story, Canada – Azra Rashid*
- Baobabs Between Land and Sea, France – Cyrille Cornu*
- Hope, Myanmar – Min Min Hein
- Following Shira’s Journey, Greece – Natalie Cunningham
- Draw Not War, Italy – Matteo Valenti
Judges Choice Awards:
The five judge panel awards their “Choice” awards from the festival as follows: Winning nominee designated by *
- Vasenin, Russian Federation – Pavel Sablin
- Bekendor, Ukraine – Anastasiya Kharchenko
- Give and Break, Norway – Nicolai Caspari Stigar
- You Are Not Alone, China – Yufeng Li
- Second Love, Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan Daria Korneeva / Bakhtiyar Islamov
- Mercy’s Blessing, Malawi – May Taherzadeh
- Trinity, Uganda – Ray Zablocki
- Heavy Water, USA – Andrew Donoho
Knowledge Share Awards
The festival knowledge share sessions, where leading experts come to share their knowledge and skills for the good of mankind, presents awards to the top presentations as follows:
- Dr. David E. Martin, USA – M-Cam: Transforming Business And Social Models From Scarcity To Abundance
- Dr. Weiping Yu, PhD. NASA: Unlocking the Mysteries of Universe
- Olley Edwards, United Kingdom: Diagnosis of Autism in Girls