Preslee Tucker
Under
18 Leading Actress:
"If I could Run"
GOLD: EXCELLENCE
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Shannon
Spangler
Leading
Actress
"Awesome
Gal"
GOLD:
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
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Sonjja
Baram
Leading
Actress - Director
"Hannah
Can You Hear Me?
BOTH
GOLD: Outstanding Excellence
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DIRECTOR
I
was born in Southern Brazil as the seventh of ten children to a single
mother after the death of my father. I grew up around simplicity, with
little money to buy toys, so creativity and imagination was a must to
help my siblings and I entertain ourselves. When our TV would break, my
brothers and I would climb on the neighbor’s window to watch “The Three
Stooges” or sexy Marilyn Monroe in “Some Like it Hot,” and my favorite,
“Gone With the Wind,” which made me look into the intrinsic strength of
women in always rising up with innovation and grace.
“Hannah,
Can You Hear Me?” is about a single mother who went through
the struggles and discrimination of mental illness, poverty, and
raising a child on her own; a creative artist trying to make it in an
era where women’s talent were not recognized. She still managed to make
a huge impact on the lives of her children, resembling my own
upbringing and my resilient mother struggling to survive. |
Mustafa
A. Kuzu
Supporting
Actor
"Chocolate
Man"
GOLD:
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
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John
Y
Lead
Actor
"Million
Loves in Me"
GOLD:
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
GOLD: DIRECTION, Sampson Yuen
GOLD: OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE Male Actor in a Monologue, John Y
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John Y
began his career as a lawyer after his pursuit of legal studies in Hong
Kong and London. In 2015, John decided to leave the legal
profession to pursue his long-dreamed career in acting and film
production. In 2016, he produced and acted in two short films,
“My Dear Banquet” and “The Unknown Mother”, with the unconditional love
of a mother to her child as the main theme.
John
made his feature film acting debut in “Million Loves in Me”.
Although this is his first time taking up the lead in a feature film,
his performance in the film is highly appraised by a number of movie
critics and audience who commented that “his acting is very truthful
and convincing” and “it is one of the very rare cases that a male actor
brilliantly played the female role”. “Million Loves in Me” earned
John eight Best Actor awards and a number of Best Lead Actor
nominations from film festivals worldwide. John has also been
awarded with 15 Best Film Awards and 2 Best Producer awards as producer
to the film and a number of Best Screenplay Writer awards. These
awards and recognitions have given John tremendous push and
encouragement to excel in future feature film writing, production and
acting.
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Jamal James
Lead
Actor
&
Male
actor in a monologue
"Lost
Time"
GOLD:
Outstanding Excellence
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Wesley Ward
DIRECTOR
"Faithless"
GOLD:
Outstanding Excellence
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Faithless
is about the internal dualism of the Christian faith. There
is no dualism in the cosmology of Christianity, no grand eternal war
between good and evil, however there is a war, a finite war, inside the
believer. On the surface, the contest between the zealot and the
deserter allegories historical divisions in Christian thought. Where
does a Christina’s loyalty lie, in the Church, or to God? Who has
authority over Christian life, the Church or the Bible? However, on a
deeper level the deserter and the zealot are entities within a single
believer. |
Yosuke Minokawa
Lead Actor: Closet
GOLD: Outstanding
Excellence |
Yosuke
Minokawa Official profile
Date of
birth：1988/12/17
Height:177cm Weight:
62kg Eyes: brown Hair:
brown
Special skills : Action、Baseball（pitcher）、Japanese drum
An actor appearinge in the stage, TV drama, and movie in Japan。
The first starring movie is “Closet”.
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Noah
K Pepaj
Lead
Actor: Hannah Can You Hear me?
GOLD: Excellence
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Sonjja
Baram
Lead
Actress: Hannah Can You Hear me?
GOLD:
Excellence
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As
Sonjja embraces this exciting new chapter of her life as a storyteller,
documentarian and environmental activist, she looks forward to
continuing to use film to create vibrant images and captivating stories
and to spread urgent messages. Sonjja’s spirit is her guide, and the
journey continues. |
Danny Ashkenasi
DIRECTOR:
The Tell-Tale Heart - a musicabre
GOLD:
Outstanding Excellence
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anny
Ashkenasi has been acting professionally since the age of ten and
composing musical works that have been publicly produced since the age
of fourteen. In pursuing these arts, he has also developed his
expertise as a writer, singer, director, producer and teaching artist.
In recent years he has focused on creating and performing musical works
that highlight the American experience, by adapting American literary
masters and focusing on pertinent American historical and social themes.
Danny Ashkenasi is just completed his first film project, the short
film of his theatrical Poe adaptation “The Tell-Tale Heart – a
musicabre”, for which he wrote the screenplay, produced, directed and
performed the role of the narrator.
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