Two time Emmy winner Lars Deutsch was born into a non-musical family and was astounded when he discovered that a guitar needs tuning. After that he went from heavy metal guitarist, to singer, to songwriter, to a Masters in classical composition, to international performances of his classical works, to lecturing in composition and audio production.
Lars has scored over two hundred thirty films that have collected over one hundred awards, and his songs are also in high demand. As an audio branding expert, he has created audio logos for a range of companies.
Tab Murphy is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter who has worked extensively in both live action and animation.
He received an Academy Award nomination and a Writer’s Guild Award nomination for his work on ‘Gorillas in the Mist’, starring Sigourney Weaver.
He wrote and directed the western fantasy ‘Last of the Dogmen’, starring Tom Berenger and Barbra Hershey, and was nominated for Annie Awards (in animation) for his work on Disney’s ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’, ‘Tarzan’ and ‘Brother Bear’. He also wrote the screenplay for Disney’s ‘Atlantis, the Lost Empire’.
Silvia Schneider is an Austrian television host, actress and fashion designer.
In 2017 she was nominated for the Austrian film & television award “Romy” in the field of show/entertainment.
She is a TV producer (“Silvia kocht”) and hosts various TV shows for different television stations in Austria and Germany.
Gretchenfilm was founded in 2019 by Annegret Weitkämper-Krug with the aim of producing films that are related to visual arts, literature, music or theatre. The company founder's many years of expertise in the field of visual arts and corporate culture suggest this orientation. The co-production of the comedy "Faking Bullshit" for the German cinema market with Bjarne Mädel in the leading role (premiere at Filmfest München 2020) and the feature film "Nebenan" based on a script by Daniel Kehlmann with Daniel Brühl in the leading role (shooting May/June 2020) already show the dynamic development of the company as a partner for national and international film projects in the first year after its foundation.
Yessica Sanchez is a Swiss-Mexican actress and producer. She was born in Cancun, grew up in Switzerland, and moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to attend The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Bernadett Skoda is an Hungarian Costume Designer who works in theater, film & television. She currently resides in Vienna, Austria.
Tizian Gruner is an award winning producer.
In 2017, he founded his own full-service film production company GRUNERFILMS LLC.
The company specializes in advertising and narrative films.”
Alexander Bruckner is an award winning director and producer. He's a member of the Austrian Directors Association.
In 2014 he graduated from Danube University Krems in Film & TV production.
The same year he founded a film production company with the name “Live Free, Live Film Productions”.
Born in Germany and raised in Texas, Lester Greene is an actor and a film producer. Lester drove buses in New York City for 10 years before moving to the state of Georgia last year to pursue his filmmaking career full time. Lester launched his own film production company: Lubey Jube Productions, under which five of his films were picked up for worldwide distribution through AngerMan Distribution. Lester is the proud author of his book: Act Like You Love Yourself and hosts his own podcast show Out On The Front Lines.
Writer/Director Ali Reza Askari was born in New York. Askari studied film at the New York Film Academy and the Los Angeles Film School. His work includes the short film "Dark All Around", which premiered at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. He has worked with such actors as Michael Kenneth Williams ("The Wire"), Paul Sorvino ("Goodfellas"), Josh Helman ("Mad Max: Fury Road) and Yael Stone ("Orange is the New Black"). He recently released his second feature Film "as long as we both shall live"
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ames Edward Duval is an American actor, who is known for his roles in the Gregg Araki trilogy—Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere—in addition to Frank in Donnie Darko, Blank in May, Miguel in Independence Day and Singh in Go.
Grant MacAllister is an award winning Cinematographer who specializes in dramatic narrative film. He graduated Columbia College Chicago in 2012, and is a member of ICG Local 600. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Jessica Welsh is a Los Angeles-based writer who has written extensively in the kids animated television space for shows on Apple TV+, Netflix, Disney Jr. and more. She graduated from Princeton University and is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre workshop.
Sandra Hartlauer is an Austrian Actress and Singer.
She studied acting at the “Schauspielschule Krauss” in Vienna.
Sandra works in theater, film and television.
Her latest works appearead worldwide on renowned film festivals.
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2) Duration 20 minutes and under.
3) Films must be 2018 or newer to be able to submit.
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6) Student Films will require proof of student ID to qualify for the discounted rate. Any non-student films submitted into the category will be disqualified.
7) Only online submissions using FilmFreeway are accepted.
8) VIFA reserves the right to refuse acceptance of submissions deemed by the festival to be inappropriate and violating the Rules and Terms. Should you wish to question VIFA about the decision, you can contact us by email.
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Best Cinematography
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Production Design
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Thriller
Best Horror
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy
Best Documentary
Best Romance
Best Animated Film
Best Experimental
Best Peroid Film/Adventure
Best Music Video
Best Dance/Musical
AWARD WINNERS
BEST DRAMA
Keni - The otherkin (India)
BEST COMEDY
Suchtpotential (Austria)
BEST HORROR
Familiar (United Kingdom)
BEST ROMANCE
Pool (USA)
BEST THRILLER
Recrute-moi (France)
BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY
The tale of a cavity (China / Canada)
BEST PERIOD / ADVENTURE
Time will tell (Austria)
BEST DIRECTOR
Se un viaggio nel (Italy)
BEST DIRECTRESS
La casita de la mariposa (Peru / USA)
BEST ACTOR
The water sommelier (Germany)
BEST ACTRESS
Glaistig (USA)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Grace (Australia)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Babylon gardens (Egypt)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Burn out (Spain / Mexico)
BEST ANIMATED
Mila (USA)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
My Meditation (Netherlands)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Snakebite (USA)
Heartbeat Bangs (USA )
BEST OF IRAN
Inhale (Iran)
BEST DRAMA
Penology (USA)
The sound of the sea (Austria)
The invisible collection (Russia)
Jupiter
& Saturn (Mexico)
Keni -
The Otherkin (India)
Wolves
(Greece)
Grace
(Australia)
Glaistig (USA)
Holestepper (Peru)
About a girl (USA)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Genius
(India
Orion 1925
(Iceland)
Burn
Out (Spain)
Nadia
Mejia’s (USA)
Light
as Paper (USA)
Salto
(Germany)
Watch,
and Being Watched (China)
Princess Emma (UK)
Elle
s’appelle Beyrouth (Lebanon)
A skull for Kira (Mexico)
BEST ANIMATED
Ruby
& Roach (South Africa)
Do not
eat too much (Taiwan)
Soft
Rain (Singapore)
The
clouds (Russia
Blinke
(Australia)
How to
be Kong (France)
On /
Off (Argentina)
Sir
Beans and Dr Cookies (Hungary)
Forgot
your password? (France)
Mila (USA)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Always
Higher (Canada)
Moises
(Mexico)
Faces
After Suicide (USA)
Murmur
of Icebergs (Macao)
Last
Day Today (Singapore)
Land of
the Free (Australia)
My
Meditation (Netherlands)
Cold
feet (Austria)
Green
Panther (Switzerland)
The Covered Light (Canada)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Losing
You (Australia)
Strangelove (Russia)
Leisure Machine (Australia)
Florida (USA)
Friends (USA)
Snakebite (USA)
Im Fluss (Austria)
One
year from now (Austria)
Your
Love (Canada)
Heartbeat Bangs (USA)
BEST HORROR
Yahrzeit (USA)
The Monster (USA)
Fear the Unknown (Austria)
Untitled Bloody Project (Czech Republic)
Night
of the Devil (USA)
The
Candidate (Turkey)
Koreatown Ghost Story (USA)
Precipice (Spain)
Tio
(Mexico)
Familiar (UK)
BEST THRILLER
Colonia
(France)
Case #3809 (USA)
Woman
of your Dreams (UK)
Schauerfilm (Kosovo)
A
martyr of the pen (UK)
Age of
Doubtlessness (Austria)
Recrute-Moi (France)
Off
Limits (USA)
Mind in
Sight (Austria)
Zawal (Germany)
BEST ROMANCE / LOVE
Two
Rooms & Lounge (Egypt)
La
Casita de la Mariposa (USA)
Black
(Austria)
Pool
(USA)
Listen
to me (France)
The
taste of the stinging nettle (Poland)
Ellie
(New Zealand)
SnapShot (Turkey)
Undo
(Bulgaria)
Rimi (India)
BEST PERIOD / ADVENTURE FILM
No
Heroes (Austria)
Witchburn (Austria)
The Babylon Gardens (Egypt)
Wiedersehen (Austria)
Killer Miller (USA)
Partisan (USA)
Ballad of the Mouth of the Monkey (Austria)
D… Is
Dead (France)
Time
will tell (Austria)
Cleaning (UK)
BEST COMEDY
Suchtpotential
(Austria)
The
Water Sommelier (Germany)
The
Cupboard (Ireland)
Rockland Relay (USA)
The
Couch (Australia)
Flohplage (Germany)
A Short
Horror Film (Ireland)
Dolly
(USA)
The
Troll (UK)
Bucky (USA)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY
Day Zero
(Austria)
The
Tale of a Cavity (USA)
But
Happy (Ukraine)
A
Christmas Drop (Ireland)
Yaba
(Brazil)
Dieabolical (UK)
The
Man-Machine (UK)
Nobdody’s Crowd (Brazil)
The
Edited (USA)
Hunger for Freedom (Uruguay)
BEST OF IRAN
Restless
Viewpoint
12 o’clock
Short
Route
Even
from that world
I see
House
of Fortune
Witness
Inhale
Agnes Verda
BEST DIRECTOR
Suchtpotential
(Austria)
Giant
(UK)
Grace
(Australia)
Age of
doubtlessness (Austria)
Black
(Austria)
Zawal
(Germany)
Jupiter
& Saturn (Mexico)
Fathers
and sons (USA)
Se un
viaggio nel (Italy)
Trick shot (UK)
BEST DIRECTRESS
Normal (USA)
La casita de la mariposa (USA)
Ellie (New Zealand)
Verzasca in Red (Switzerland)
Otava (Slovenia)
The
forbidden cure (United Kingdom)
Drops
of Light (Italy)
Decomposing (Canada)
Time
will tell (Austria)
Bitter coffee (USA)
BEST ACTOR
Grace
(Australia)
Worried
about the matches? (Ukraine)
The
Babylon Gardens (Egypt)
Dawn of
the spectral darkness (Singapore)
The
water sommelier (Germany)
Age of
Doubtlessness (Austria)
Thames
(UK)
Holestepper (Peru)
Always
a father (Austria)
Time will tell (Austria)
BEST ACTRESS
Glaistig (USA)
Grace (Australia)
Pool (USA)
Si
(Australia)
The
Babylon Gardens (Egypt)
Keep
your head up, sweet pea! (USA)
Wolves
(Greece)
Days Later (Canada)
Decomposing (Canada)
Always a father (Austria)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Grace
(Australia)
Listen
to me (France)
The
Babylon Gardens (Egypt)
The
Candidate (Turkey)
The
beauty and the dishcloth (France)
Thames
(UK)
La
Stranza (Italy)
400 Days Later (Canada)
Swimming (Austria)
Partisan (USA)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
D Fin
House (USA)
The
house of the butterfly (USA)
The
Babylon Gardens (Egypt)
Meeting
with the devil (Saudia Arabia)
Wiedersehen (Austria)
Hunger
for freedom (Uruguay)
Time
will tell (Austria)
Break
Point (USA)
Ballad
of the mouth of the monkey (Austria)
Familiar (UK)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
The
little prince with a mask (USA)
Jayla
(Canada)
Tossed
out (USA)
When
the rabbit got the gun (USA)
Requiem
for a spoken word (USA)
Feed
the Ghosted (Germany)
Crokot
(Mexico)
I
showed him covid- (Poland)
Goodnight Mr Vincent Van Gogh (USA)
Tero Akvo (Austria)
A Journey to the Moon (USA)
Erlkönig (Austria)
3013 (France)
Wither (Australia)
Wolf in his belly (USA)
Tiago (Belgium)
Donkey’s tailor (Turkey)
Gimme some wine (UK)
this bond i and Bondi (Australia)
Die Saunagänger vom Attersee (Austria)
Honest Lie Jump (Austria)
Alligator on the Rocks (Austria)
Golden Heels (France)
Skin A
Fairy Tale (USA)
Gary (USA)
Home Office (Switzerland)
Unknown Caller (Canada)
About Love (Italy)
The Things I Miss (UK)
Twenty Decagrams Of Sugar (USA)
Buskers (Turkey)
The Case & My Life (USA)
Keith
(USA
Best Director (m/f)
Best Cinematography
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Production Design
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Thriller
Best Horror
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy
Best Documentary
Best Romance
Best Animated Film
Best Experimental
Best Peroid Film/Adventure
Best Music Video
Best Dance/Musical
WINNERS
Best Comedy
There is someone at home (France)
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy
The Last Reverie (USA)
Best Production Design
A Father’s Job (Germany)
Best Cinematography
A Father’s Job (Germany)
Best Animated Film
The Iron Woods (Canada)
Best Documentary
Rahmat creel (Iran)
Best Actress
TukTuk (Egypt)
Best Actor
It comes from the Heavens (Cuba)
Best Horror
It comes from the Heavens (Cuba)
Best Thriller
It’s Me, Sarah (Honduras)
Best Directress:
The Canyon (France)
Best Director
Anniversary (China)
Best Romance
The Gesture and the Word (USA)
Best Drama
TukTuk (Egypt)
BEST COMEDY
High and Dry (Ireland)
The Packages (Canada)
There is someone at home (France)
Three honest unemployed women (Italy)
You can’t castle anymore (Switzerland)
Chemical Industries vs Covid (Italy)
Matty Boy (United Kingdom)
The Fiendish Machinations of Lex Luthor (United States)
Hide your boyfriend (United Kingdom)
The Gift (United States)
BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY
John Parker and the Madman (Austria)
Earthbound (United States)
Back to the Dream (Croatia)
The Dry Salvages (United States)
Ashes (Macedonia)
Can’t Go Home Anymore (United Kingdom)
UV - A resistance story (Italy)
Aleph (Brazil)
The Visitor (Finland)
The Last Reverie (United States)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
TukTuk (Egypy)
Plague (United States)
Adam in Aeternum (Spain)
Shattered (United Kingdom)
A Father’s Job (Germany)
Dead Layer (United States)
The Little Death (Austria)
Wuquiao Circus (Austria)
Total shutdown 2 (Germany)
Limbus (Austria)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cycle (Australia)
The Interrogation (Netherlands)
A Father’s Job (Germany)
Spleen (Canada)
The Photographer (United States)
The Sicilian Widow (United States)
TukTuk (Egypt)
Work in Progress (Austria)
Valour (Canada)
It comes from the Heavens (Cuba)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Sebastiana (Brazil)
Film Found (Denmark)
Up and down - the wheel goes round (Austria)
The Hitman’s Brother (United States)
Lonely Graveyard (United States)
Sightseeing (Germany)
Stay Cat Smut (United States)
Husky (Ireland)
Roses in the Night (Bulgaria)
The Iron Woods (Canda)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Lene 1927 (Iran)
Distance (Canada)
Time - doing with applause (Germany)
Look At Us Now (United States)
Rahmat Creel (Iran)
How to Swim and not to Drown (Poland)
75 Winter After (Austria)
The Making of: Loving Arms (United States)
An Open Letter to My Younger Self (United States)
Safe (Germany)
BEST ACTRESS
Jen, 28 (United States)
TukTuk (Egypt)
Dark Hearts (United States)
All the poems I didn’t send (Netherlands)
Diaspora (Germany)
Although I am retired (China)
Brainsick (United States)
MacBeth (United Kingdom)
Care:y (Austria)
Colors (Germany)
BEST ACTOR
Angels do not die (Iran)
Spleen (Canada)
Dawn (United States)
Acceptance (United States)
A Father’s Job (Germany)
Hide your love away (United States)
1820 (Philipines)
Destitute Living (Palestine)
CTRL (Singapore)
It comes from the Heavens (Cuba)
BEST HORROR
The Coppice (United Kingdom)
Boneyard Racers (United States)
1820 (Philipines)
It comes form the Heavens (Cuba)
The Last Lullabye (United Kingdom)
Two Worlds, Not One (United Kingdom)
Voices (Slovenia)
Moonlit Requiem (United Kingdom)
Wild Red/Bloody Alpaca (Iran)
Script (Italy)
BEST THRILLER
In the Company of Cows (United States)
Dead Layer (United States)
It’s Me, Sarah (Honduras)
Red Carpet (United States)
Awakened (United States)
The Dinner (Austria)
The Cake (Spain)
The First Time (Italy)
I Never Really Left (Australia)
You get what you deserve (Germany)
BEST DIRECTRESS
Fear (Spain)
Queen Bee of the Middle School (United States)
Faded Memories (Italy)
The Dry Salvages (United States)
DACAmented (United States)
Career Shift (Egypt)
The Canyon (France)
The Careening (United States)
The Misfit (United States)
The High Tea (United States)
BEST DIRECTOR
TukTuk (Egypt)
Blue Girl (United States)
Vaccine (United States)
A Leaf (Egypt)
Dead or Die (Japan)
Bruno (India)
Anniversary (China)
Main Street (United States)
A Father’s Job (Germany)
Fuhrer’s Fate (United Kingdom)
BEST ROMANCE
Backbeat (United States)
This Is How You Cry (United States)
One More Cup of Coffee (Macedonia)
Birthday Card (United States)
Becoming Everything (United Kingdom)
What Was (Austria)
Deep dive (Poland)
The Life IS Colorful (Czech Republic)
The Gesture and the Word (United States)
Carolina & Jim (Netherlands)
BEST DRAMA
TukTuk (Egypt)
The Weapon (Iraq)
Like Father, Like Son (United Arab Emirates)
Selfless (United States)
Wooden Sword (Iran)
A Father’s Job (Germany)
I’m Sorry, Age don’t make you Grown (United States)
Family Salad (France)
Weightless (Switzerland)
I Forgot To SayThank You (United States)
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HONORABLE MENTIONS
Alone (United Kingdom)
Limbus (Austria)
Desire Line (United Kingdom)
Colors (Germany)
Jessica: Part Two (Denmark)
Ide Bear (Indonesia)
The Wheelchair And The Trap (Denmark)
Dawn (United States)
Blue Rose (United Kingdom)
P.N. our les lames d une bougie (Morocco)
Private Session (United States)
Bureaucardiocracy (Italy)
Shoe Horn/Office (Ireland)
Interview with (m)a Mum (Germany)
The game just got real (Switzerland)
Jessy (Belgium)
The Lonely Journey (United States)
Always Alice (United Kingdom)
For the time we will be human (Brazil)
- Steven Spielberg
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