Nominated Films at 2019 Arpa IFF

August 20, 2019 2019, News, Nominated Films (2019)

BEST FEATURE FILM

 COMING HOME / 86 min, Russia, Armenia, 2018 / Director: Daria Shumakova (2019 Award Winner)

 LORIK / 95 min, Armenia, 2018 / Director: Alexey Zlobin

 SAND AND FIRE (IMPOSSIBLE DREAM!) / 115 min, Morocco, Italy, 2019 / Director: Souheil Benbarka

BEST DIRECTOR

 COMING HOME / 86 min, Russia, Armenia, 2018 / Director: Daria Shumakova (2019 Award Winner)

 LORIK / 95 min, Armenia, 2018 / Director: Alexey Zlobin

 SAND AND FIRE (IMPOSSIBLE DREAM!) / 115 min, Morocco, Italy, 2019 / Director: Souheil Benbarka

BEST SCREENPLAY

 COMING HOME / 86 min, Russia, Armenia, 2018 / Writer: Daria Shumakova

 LORIK / 95 min, Armenia, 2018 / Writers: Michael Poghosyan, Alexey Zlobin, Maria Sahakyan (2019 Award Winner)

 SAND AND FIRE (IMPOSSIBLE DREAM!) / 115 min, Morocco, Italy, 2019 / Writers: Souheil Benbarka, Monica Giansanti, Bernard Stora

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

 100 YEARS FROM HOME / 56 min, United States, 2018 / Director: Jared White

 REINVENTING ROSALEE / 80 min, United States, 2018 / Director: Lillian Glass (2019 Award Winner)

 THE DEAD SOLDIER / 43 min, Denmark, 2019 / Director: Jesper Ærø (2019 Award Winner)

 THE HIDDEN MAP / 50 min, United States, 2019 / Director: Ani Hovannisian

BEST SHORT FILM

 8 / 18 min, United States, 2019 / Director: Gabriele Fabbro

 IN COLORS / 16 min, United States, 2019 / Director: Stephanie Willis

 PRE MORTEM / 29 min, United States, 2019 / Director: Danny Simonzad

 SO CLOSE AWAY / 30 min, Bulgaria, 2019 / Director: Dimitris Georgiev

 THE SEA / 14 min, UK, 2019 / Director: Cameron Richards (2019 Award Winner)

 WEAPONLESS / 28 min, Republic of Korea, 2019 / Director: Gun Huh

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

 ANACRONTE / 15 min, Argentina, 2018 / Director: Raúl Koler (2019 Award Winner)

 THE SPIRIT OF THE DROWNING GIRLS / 11 min, China, 2019 / Director: Runze Cao

 THE RIBBON / 5 min, United States, 2019 / Director: Polla-Ilariya Kozino

 WATERS OF MARCH / 4 min, Canada, 2019 / Director: Elizabeth Lewis

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 BLOOM / 5 min, United States, 2019 / Director: Ben Phillippo

 SOUTH CENTRAL STATE OF MIND / 5 min, United States, 2019 / Director: Timur Bootzin (2019 Award Winner)

 SUITE AFTER THE FURIES / 4 min, Italy, 2018 / Director: Kevin McGloughlin

 SUNNY AFTERNOON / 4 min, United States, 2019 / Director: Peter Wesley