The 2022 9FilmFest Award-Winning Films were Announced:

 

BEST FILM  – DEFENSELESS  –  Canada  –  Director  Javier Augusto Nunez

BEST ANIMATION FILM  –  THE LITTLE HAND  –  Thailand  –  Director Nattaphong Srichaikit

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM  –  HEARTS ROAD  – USA  –  Director  Colin Finlay

BEST DIRECTOR  –  A LOVE OF MY OWN  –  USA  –  Director  William LiPera

BEST ACTRESS  –  FARAWAY  –  USA/THAI  –  Director   Penny Sruta Mongkolsutee

BEST SOUND  –  THE MEAL MAKER  –  USA  –  Director  Deepak Paida

BEST SCRIPT  –  FOOD DATING  –  THAILAND  –  Director  GeorgeK

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY  –  OUTCRY  –  USA  –  P.M. Lipscomb

TAKE THE VAX

USA  15:30

Director:  Edsta

After the COVID-19 pandemic subsided, and people are getting back to their lives, Mark, a vaccine skeptic, soon realizes that he has no other choice but to take the vax.

FARAWAY

USA/THAI   29:53

Director:  Penny Sruta Mongkolsutee

Nina Tagaki’s dreams of an art-driven future are threatened by her mother’s efforts to induct her into medical school. After receiving her acceptance letter in the mail, Nina conspires to hide the truth and fabricate a rejection.

LOVE

UK  18:47

Director:  Jane Ashmore

LOVE Challenges Common Misconceptions on Autism and Love

A LOVE OF MY OWN

USA 19:00

DIRECTOR:  WILLIAM LiPERA

A jilted woman seeks revenge, but only in her imagination which stops after she finds her true love.

THE LITTLE HAND

Thailand   4:51

 

 

Director:   Nattaphong Srichaikit

 

An animation music video in “Love can be pass down through generations” concept.

 

 

 

FOOD DATING

THAILAND  14:22

Director:  GeorgeK

A boy on his journey to find love through food.

DEFENSELESS  

CANADA  16:00

Director – Javier Augusto Nunez

After years of being the victim of domestic violence, Dolores gathers the courage to conquer her fears.

MARRIAGE FIT  

USA  13:16

Director – Rob DiNinni, Jeffrey Palmer

A disconnected couple is alerted their marriage has three years remaining which sets in motion an artificial intelligence (AI) mobile app to reconnect the relationship puzzle pieces that truly make us human.

THE MEAL MAKER

USA   19:59

Director:  Deepak Paida

A brilliant film delving into the flaws in human laws impacting the sustainability of human and animal life.

OUTCRY

USA  20:51

Director:  p.m. lipscomb

On the anniversary of his late wife’s first meeting, an aging man shares honest unrevealed truths with dishonest strangers. Over the course of the evening, everyone gets both fresh starts and overdue, second chances.

UNCUT

USA   19:00

Director:  Mark Hensley

After the New Republic Patriot Party seizes control in America , and passes a law requiring all males over 35 to have a vasectomy to keep the number of babies with birth defects down, Jamie decides to flee to Canada on the eve of his 35th birthday.
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