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CCMA
MOVIE OF THE MONTH
December 2022
CATEGORY: Animated FilmWINNEROut of control
Directed by Bellopropello
Switzerland
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDBoOzy’ OS and the Cristal Gem
Directed by J.K. Arsyn
France
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Full Moon
Directed by John Vo, Ken Yoffe, Ellen Weisberg
United States
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CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDBarsaat – A Musical Short
Directed by Vipin Samuel
India
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Yellow Dove Aftermath
Directed by Rony A. Abovitz
United States
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CATEGORY: Best ActressWINNERThe Source
Acted by Enzo Zelocchi
United States
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ID
Acted by Rakesh Galebhe
United States
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1y ago
The Struggle | Reviewed by Gaurav Dutta
“The Struggle” is a short comedy film directed by Keith Armonaitis dealing with the most simple and daily tasks of the day and how logically he makes it “funnier” than it actually is. The creativity portrayed by the director in just under five minutes is amazing. The movie starts off with a couple sleeping in bed with bright music playing in the background.
The lazy couple seems to be in deep sleep with all the bed covers, pillows shattered around the bed. Suddenly the alarm starts ringing, breaking their peace at 8:00 AM. The wife in her sleepines ..read more
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1y ago
In a Tamasic World | Reviewed by Snigdha Sen
A dreamlike symbolic journey into the modern world. Anima – the human soul – is threatened by dark forces, who besiege her as hooded strangers. Hyperion – the mad sage, and Clotho – the Moira seamstress of fate who spins the thread of human life, measure up against infinity and fate. Maya – queen of fire and illusion, evokes the life forces needed to sustain Anima in the confrontation that awaits her. On the chessboard of good and evil, where the struggle is being fought with tamasic forces, Anima appears to capitulate – but the immortal current of ..read more
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1y ago
Robo99 | Reviewed by Gaurav Dutta
“Robo99”, a short animated film directed by SUNG CHEOL KIM is a beautiful tale which starts from a scene of rainy weather with our main character “Robo99” who is a robot comes in with a bird friend of his named “Dodo.” Robo99 appears to have lost his heart and is in search of a new one which can match his frequency!
A cute little adventure where things start turning intriguing as the story goes on. Due to heavy rain they stop at a shed where another robot fills them in about a story in the past at a nearby village where there are robot hearts, also that some ..read more
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1y ago
My Mom Wants to Kill Me | Reviewed by Gaurav Dutta
“My Mom Wants to Kill Me” a film directed by Shuojia Chen is a 14 minute film with some scares and dares on the way. The movie begins with a little girl sitting with her mother doing something on the ground, and we hear a voice claiming “Your mother is going to kill you, pulling the attention of the viewers instantly. The mother offers a glass to the kid, which she is scared to drink after she has heard such a voice. Her mother makes her gulp it down and she suddenly faints, switching us to another scenario where both of them are in a c ..read more
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1y ago
Beyond Human: The Last Call | Reviewed by Gaurav Dutta
Beyond Human: The Last Call, a documentary movie one-hour long directed by James Matthew Storm taking into consideration the real life event done by the Heaven’s Gate Cult in the year of 1997, known to be the biggest mass suicide in the history of America. A cult formed by Marshall Applewhite had committed suicide and he himself preached that he was a follower of Jesus.
In this movie, a group is on their way to the place known as the Heaven’s Gate and has only directions to reach the place, no specific location has been provided. They all ..read more
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1y ago
The Country House and its Karma | Reviewed by Gaurav Dutta
The Country House and its Karma, a short film directed by Juan Pablo Bornio. A short 1o minutes film starting with a dark ambience where a house is portrayed with big gates and the on screen captions tell us, it is based on the time of militarism in the late 1800s, such a time where slaves were tortured. In this movie it is said that, there were jaguars kept in this house which were fed with slave fleshes.
The movie starts by a pair of detectives going to this house where a crime of a dead girl has been reported. Ivanna, one of the de ..read more
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1y ago
Menti Minda- Mother Tongue| Reviewed by Gaurav Dutta
Menti Minda- Mother Tongue, a short film with a total run time of 6 minutes deals with widespread insomnia throughout the globe. The movie directed by Karin Balog focusing on something that is a daily thing we may see people facing.
The whole movie is filtered in an animated style where a girl starts by throwing some clothes in the ground, and also removes some of her worn clothes and places them on the ground just to dance in with the music playing and specific words as they are displayed in the background. The clothes seem to be dep ..read more
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1y ago
CCMA
MOVIE OF THE MONTH
December 2022
CATEGORY: Animated Film
WINNERThe Two Doors
Directed by Joey Agbayani
Philippines
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A Boy of May
Directed by Seung-il Chon
Korea, Republic of
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On / Off
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Argentina
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CATEGORY: Best Actress
WINNER
Who I Am
Acted by Jaimy Rose Gardner
United States
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CATEGORY: Best Cinematography
WINNER
GUNCHAKKAR
Cinematographed by Radheya Anuradha
India
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Nameless Natives
Cinematographed by Somak Bhattacharya
India
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The Muse
Cinematographed by Ilya Sveliev
United States
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1y ago
“Tutopique #Slogan” by Maurice Huvelin | Review by; Barry John Terblanche.
Tutopique #Slogan. Comes in at just 2:10 minutes. It’s not a short film as you’d know one to be. This is abstract art… at its best. Author, creator, actor, and director Maurice Huvelin explains and shows us how to write a good “connected slogan”, a tagline if you wish. Not in a manner you’d think… as Maurice Huvelin puts it “Coherent talk is heresy – pompous speeches are logically fallacious”.
Here he teaches us the “correct way”. Take a dictionary, open it and flip through the pages with your fingers – stop at a ..read more