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Rules
1. Online submissions only.
2. All submitted projects must have completion date of 2021 and later. Projects completed before 2021 is not eligible for entry.
3. By submitting you agree that you have read and understood the aforementioned Festival Description, Award Categories and Rules herein.
4. You agree and confirm that you are fully authorized to make a submission to the Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival.
5. Once a project is submitted, fees are not refundable.
6. Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival reserves the right to disqualify any submission without refund of submission fees.
7. All non-English language films must be subtitled in English.
8. ‘Submission’ , ‘Semi-Finalist’, and/or ‘Finalist’ designation of a film does not mean a project will be screened and/or streamed during the scheduled festival event. A curated selection of films determined to be “Winners” will be screened during the scheduled festival date(s) of the current season.
9. No premier status is required.
10. Multiple entries are allowed but separate entries are to be submitted for each film.
11. We treat all submissions with confidentiality. We will not screen, download your film or make it available online without your explicit permission.
12. -For Live Screenings; Our venue, Landmark Cinemas will requires a DCP format. DCP’s must be available 20 days before the event date(s).
(If required, DCP transfers is offered as a service for a small fee). To create DCP’s in house, .mov/mp4 files must be in 24fps.
-For Streaming; 1080p digital download will be required.
13. It is the responsibility of the submitter/ producer/filmmaker to secure authorization for any copyrighted material that are used in the film.
14. Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival and it’s affiliates; Directors Cut Film Society and/or Mya Studios Inc. is held harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (virtual and/or tangible) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, critique, or screening of any submitted film(s).
15. Directors Cut Film Festival reserves the right to add/change/cancel Categories, Awards, Event date(s) and/or Venue(s), and Screenings/Streaming due to circumstances beyond our control.
16. Any costs related to travel/accommodation, mail and/or digital downloads incurred by filmmakers or representatives of participating films are not the responsibility of Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival or it’s officials.
17. All decisions by official(s) at Directors Cut Film Festival is final.
November 2nd 2025
Finalists 2025:
| Project Title | Directors | Project Type | Country of Origin |
| Noor | Omer Yilmaz | Short | United States |
| Naked Jungle – It will be shortly | Aleix Barba Perarnau | Music Video | Not Specified |
| The cabin | Yordanis Baez, | Short, | Canada |
| Lavenza | Lauren Eden | Short, Student | Canada |
| Eugene O’Neill’s – The First Man | Hardeep Giani | Feature | United States |
| ONE FALL – “Lights Out | Matt Kristek | Music Video | United States |
| Crimson Pawprints | Christo Vutev… | Short | Canada |
| The Hallway | Shahar Shamay | Short | Israel |
| MOKSHAM | Music Video | India | |
| Seeding, Blossoming, Fruiting | Junsong Ling | China | |
| Like No Other | Vivienne Roe | Documentary, Short | United States, |
| Brothers | Darkhan Tulegenov | Feature | Kazakhstan |
| GHOSTED | Rebecca Daugherty | Short | United States |
| Nix’s Symphony | Karina Loerchner | Animation, Short, Student | Canada |
| Dear Universe | Greg Smith | Short | New Zealand |
| Where Do You Roam? Autism… | Leilani E Forby | Documentary, Short | Canada |
| Ballad of Father Fouquet | Troy D. Hunter | Music Video, Short, Experimental | Canada |
| Goddamn it! | Yann Cado, Julien Ordan | Short | France, Switzerland |
| Fish Delivery #95 | Luke Wolsko | Animation | United States |
| Hello, Wish You Well, Goodbye | Tommy Ngo | Short, Student | Canada |
| Ziad zaza / Beto2af Leih | Mostafa kashef | Music Video | Egypt |
| Trance | Aman Mann | Short | Canada |
| ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU | Ashish Chanana | Feature | United States |
| No soldier returns alive from war | Farzaneh Negar Jahantab | Short | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Alone with her soul | João Batista Melo | Short | Brazil |
| Whale Math | D. Andrew Hartfield | Short | United States |
| No Heretics Allowed | Connor Rielly | Short | Canada |
| PIECE | Marcus Nash | Short | United States |
| Benchless | Galiam Bruno HENRY | Short | France |
| Battlebox (Through the Soldier’s Eyes) | Craig McCourry | Music Video | United States |
Oct. 29th – Nov. 5th 2023.
Welcome to the “virtual” Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival.
Visit: https://xerb.tv/channel/directorscut/virtual-events
FINALISTS 2023:
| Project Title | Directors | Project Type | Country of Origin |
| Enter the Room | Harry Waldman | United States | |
| Dead End | Luis Sandoval | Short | Chile |
| Spilled Water Never Returns | Anthony Lee | Animation, Experimental, Short, Student | Canada |
| All Politics is Local | Chris Eipper, Declan Mortimer Eipper | Documentary | Australia |
| Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi | Aryana Farshad | Documentary, Television | United States |
| And outside life goes on | Daniel Maurer | Documentary | Switzerland |
| Noggin | Josh Hallem | Documentary | Canada |
| Tale and Corona | Tomislav Aleksov | Feature, Short | Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of |
| Journal of a Dreamer | Benjamin Hays | Short, Student | United States |
| Date-Saster | John Strahl | Short | Canada |
| Total Quarantine. | Sebastian Vaina | Short | Argentina |
| Duelo | Fernando Pliego García | Short | Spain |
| The Soul of the Lake | Mathieu Chéreau | Short, Student | United States |
| All for Naught | TL WESTGATE | Short | United States |
| Corporate Retreat | marc buzzell | Short | Canada |
| Remembering the Children: The Red Deer Indian Industrial School | Penny Gullion | Documentary | Canada |
| Desire in You | Vid Mercun | Feature | Slovenia |
| Chateau Laurier -Season 2 | James Stewart | Web / New Media | Canada |
| Peanut Butter | Maxime Divier | Short | Canada |
| The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth | Joël Gibbs | Animation, Music Video, Short | United States |
| IDEA – Miniatures by Improvisers | Ebba Jahn | Experimental, Feature, Music Video | Germany |
| Purpose | Christo Vutev | Animation, Short | Canada |
| Fatih the Conqueror | Onur Yagiz | Short | France |
| Our bodies like dams | Sarah Finn | Experimental, Short | United States |
| Wholistic Conversations on Liver Wellness: An Indigenous Perspective | Kate P.R. Dunn | Documentary, Student | Canada |
| Around the Same Table | Zeynep Üstünipek | Animation, Feature | Turkey |
| Repeat | Andros Georgiou | Experimental, Short, Other | Canada |
| Someone who is punctual | Haibo Wang | Short | China |
In the Wake of the Cedar Tree (2023) | Towustasin | Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media | Canada |
| Flammable Film | Olivier van Malderghem | Documentary, Experimental, Feature | Belgium |
| ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR | Phil Comeau | Documentary | Canada |
| The Milkman | Huzeifa Essaji | Short, Student | United Kingdom |
| Babushka | Simon Höbert | Short | Austria |
| Good Riddance | Jake Roth | Short | United States |
| The Founder Effect | Justin MacGregor | Feature | Canada |
| NAKED CAME THE STRANGER | Animation, Experimental, Short, Student | United Kingdom | |
| Atomic Love | Antoine Girard | Animation, Short, Student | Canada |
| WAKING UP A WIDOWER | david grewe | Documentary, Short | Not Specified |
| Supermodel | Nicole Wensel | United States | |
| ID | Kiran Kondamadugula | Feature | United States |
| Knife, Chocolate | Hooshmand Varaei | Experimental, Short | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Dawn of Decay | Ian Wright | Short | Canada |
| Through the Mirror | Jeff Evans-Todd | Short | Canada |
| Cherry Blossoms in March | Riley Rheyan | Short | Canada |
| Meera | Dilip Harnarayan Dixit | Feature | India |
| Pass | Elika Abdollahi | Short, Student, Other | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Hate Can Kill | Imtiaz Popat | Documentary, Short | Canada |
| Doctor’s Orders | Aaron Robert Newman | Short | United States |
| The Divorcees Of Casablanca | BENSOUDA MOHAMMED AHED | Feature | Morocco |
| Hockey Kid: On thin ice | Richard Leonard MacQueen | Documentary | Canada |
| The Ultimate Sacrifice | Riley Jackson | Short, Student | United States |
| Ujan Story | shahram Badakhshan mehr | Documentary, Feature | Armenia |
| Alive… aha, Fuck | Ivy Watson | Short, Student | Canada |
| Elektra | Hisham Bizri | Feature | Lebanon |
| The Last Fare | David Breckman | Short | United States |
| Buddy Love | Kiefer O’Reilly | Short, Student | Canada |
| PERPETUAL SEARCH | Gopal Shivakoti | Documentary | Nepal |
| Juana Banana | Matias Szulanski | Feature | Argentina |
| ALIKIJA | Short | Iran, Islamic Republic of | |
| In The End | Ishwar L. Maisuria | Feature, Television, Web / New Media | Canada |
| Entombed | Barry Ferrier | Animation, Experimental, Short | Australia |
November 15-20 2021.
Welcome to the “virtual”
5th Annual Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival
Visit: https://xerb.tv/channel/directorscut/virtual-events
FINALISTS 2021:
| Project Title | Directors | Project Type | Country of Origin |
| Exchange Offer | Saunak Mitra | Short | India |
| The Beds of Others | Jonay García | Short | Spain |
| Lila | Lamberto Guerra | Short | Spain |
| Replica | Álvaro de la Hoz | Short | Spain |
| Neighbooor | Paco León | Short | Spain |
| The Atoms of Reality | Marco Joubert | Experimental | Canada |
| Don’t Give Up | Janne Tavares | Short, Other | Sweden |
| A.D.A.M. | Pablo Roldan | Short | Chile |
| Sorrow | Stefan Teofilovic | Short | Serbia |
| IN MEDIAS RUSH | Esben Persson | Experimental | Denmark |
| Shop | Jesper Klevenås | Feature | Sweden |
| Sab Rab De Bande: | Sukhdeep Singh | Doc | India |
| Col & Ibri discover elec.. | Cosmin Dolea | Experimental | Romania |
| Plasmid | Roshni “Rush” Bhatia | Short | United States |
| Brr | K & B McQueeney, E Ojeda | Music Video | United States |
| The Complete Shutdown | Devpriya Paul | Documentary | India |
| Plan F | Igor Sobolev | Short | Czech Rep. |
| YAR | Aram Hassan | Documentary | Iraq |
| The Blue Bed | Alireza Kazemipour | Short | Iran |
| Inheritance | Eudald Corominas | Short | Spain |
| Hear, Eat, Home: | Hsuan Yu Pan | Documentary | United States |
| Incompleteness | David Ash | Television | United States |
| Paqui Conchi and The end.. | Adolfo Ontoba | Short | Spain |
| Pindorama | Wagner Cinelli, M Oliveira | Music | Brazil |
| Arcos da Lapa | Wagner Cinelli | Music Video | Brazil |
| An Ordinary Life | G Danon, E Shalom Danon | Documentary | Israel |
| Faded Memories | Valentina Galdi | Short | Italy |
| KAALIRAATHRI | BISHWAS BALAN | Short | India |
| Mandarina | Gabriel Bucher | Short, Other | Chile |
| Year Zero – Episode 1- | Isaac Rodriguez | Web media | United States |
| Rules of the Dead | Isaac Rodriguez | Other | United States |
| Can’t Go Home Again | Anthony J. Cook | Short | UK |
| Isolation | Justin MacGregor | Short | Canada |
| COVIDAMA | Andrei Gloria | Doc, Short | United Kingd |
| Anagnorisis | Arturo Dueñas Herrero | Short | Spain |
| Groundhog year | Fernanda Almeida | Short | Brazil |
| How to Fall in Love in a Brothel | Sunhui Chang | Short | United States |
| Deep Blue Something: | Music Video | United States | |
| Lady of the Sea | Emmett Sparling | Short | Canada |
| Evening Hymns – Heavy Nights | Monika Kraska | Music Video | Canada |
| For my daughter | mohammad ferajzade | Short | Iran |
| Dirty Dishes | A Goddard, M Ashman, J Roper | Short | Australia |
| Mike Barnes: Private Eye | Steven Ellis | Web Media | United States |
| Mid Life Conversations | Maria Filippone | Short | United States |
| Invocation to Isis | Giacomo Cataldo | Experimental | Canada |
| Anxiety | Blaine Thurier | Short | Canada |
| Reptile House | Tristan Risk | Short | Canada |
| Matty Boy | Dr Shahid Kamal | Short | United Kingd |
| Watch Your Six | Bryan Bostic | Feature | United States |
| The Beast of Our Time | Maaike Middleton | Documentary | United States |
| Untitled Thoughts | Eva Grzelak | Short | Australia |
| Cheaters, Robbers and Outlaws | Jason Steele | Short, Web | Canada |
| Mr. Emancipation:Walter Perry Story | Preston Chase | Documentary | Canada |
| See You Real Soon | Molly E. Smith | Music Video | United States |
| Where is Manjushri | Gosha Wen | Short | Canada |
| DOLLFACE | Titus Jackson | Short | United States |
| One Day At A Time | Vortre Williams | Feature | United Kingd |
| The Valravn | Spencer Hetherington | Short | Canada |
| Dentists | Paradox Delilah | Web Media | Canada |
| Ewa Goes Viral | Erik Anderson | Short | Canada |
| Deception | Barry Nerling | Short | Canada |
| One More Trip in the Bike | Dan J McDougall | Music Video | Canada |
| Dirty Laundry | Florence Hwang | Documentary | Canada |
| AL2-st (Altruist) | Christo Vutev | Animation | Canada |
| Displaced | Victor van Aswegen | Documentary | South Africa |
| The Sound of Water | J.B. Braud | Short | France |
| Journey 4 Justice | Jaylene Matthews | Documentary | Canada |
| Janani’s Juliet | pankaj rishi kumar | Documentary | India |
| Beautiful Violence | Joey Medina | Short | United States |
| Haleh | Jafar Mahyari | Short | Iran |
| The Colour of Spring | Paul Andrew Kimball | Feature | Canada |
| To The Wood | Miho Kahn | Short | United States |
| Mr Alemann | Stewart Nestor | Documentary | United States |
November 7th – 14th 2020.
Welcome to the “virtual”
4th Annual Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival
Visit: https://xerb.tv/channel/directorscut/virtual-events
| Project Title | Directors | Project Type | Status | Country | Duration |
| My Name Was January | Elina Gress, Lenee Son | Doc. Short | Winner | Canada | 00:25:45 |
| Shibil | Nikola Bozadzhiev | Feature | Winner | Bulgaria | 01:55:13 |
| Rock On, Dude! | Frank Appache | Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:10:00 |
| Ada | Steven Kammerer | Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:18:46 |
| Cashed Out | Michael Trainor | Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:12:12 |
| HEY SMARTBOX | Panta Mosleh | Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:05:15 |
| Doris’s flight | Gabriela Lima | Exp/Short | Finalist | US | 00:11:26 |
| Toby’s Tree | Screenplay | Finalist | US | 20 | |
| Wicca Book | Vahagn | Short | Finalist | Greece | 00:22:46 |
| UNTIMELY | Pouya Eshtehardi | Feature | Finalist | Iran | 01:18:00 |
| Waiting for the Salvation | Screenplay | Finalist | 8 | ||
| Soch | Ashish Dahal | Music Video | Finalist | Nepal | 00:03:42 |
| Goodnight | Jake Roth | Short | Finalist | US | 00:05:07 |
| Stood Up | Cjay Boisclair | Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:04:40 |
| Coffee and a Donut | Cary Patrick Martin | Short | Winner | United St | 00:11:28 |
| Blind Date | David Schumann | Short | Finalist | United St | 00:12:03 |
| Tabernacle 101 | Colm O’Murchu | Feature | Winner | Australia | 01:39:00 |
| DOG TAG | Short Script | Finalist | Canada | 5 Pages | |
| Ettù Parànu | Davide carbone | Documentary | Finalist | Italy | 00:51:36 |
| Sockeye Salmon. Red.. | D. Shpilenok , V. Grishin | Documentary | Winner | Russia | 00:51:00 |
| Bryers Cucumber Tost.. | Christopher Hall | Short | Finalist | United St | 00:16:12 |
| Flight of the Dodo | Taras Demian Groves | Short | Winner | Canada | 00:10:27 |
| Silent Movie | Melo Viana | Short | Winner | Brazil | 00:15:00 |
| La Ráfaga (The Gust) | Edgar García | Short | Finalist | PuertoRico | 00:30:00 |
| The Barber | Sergiy Pudich | Short | Finalist | Ukraine | 00:08:00 |
| Rumori | SÄMEN | Short | Finalist | Italy | 00:10:00 |
| Transient Souls | Christian Frosio | Music Video | Winner | Italy | 00:04:24 |
| Finding Filman | Kevin Anglin | Short | Finalist | US | 00:13:17 |
| It’s Your Turn | Rose , Oliver d | Short, Web | Finalist | Spain | 00:15:00 |
| The Unsuperheroes | Caitlynn Silvius | Student, Web | Finalist | United St | 00:06:30 |
| Quiver | Short Script | Finalist | Canada | 8 Pages | |
| The River | Benjamin Hargreaves | Doc. Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:16:40 |
| NEXT STOP | Weekes,Tapambwa, Wit. | Short, Web | Winner | Canada | 00:17:00 |
| Wednesday | L.Delhom, J.Paquet | Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:10:00 |
| LITTLE BIG-GO BANANAS | A. Pasok, I. Prusikin | Music Video | Finalist | Russian | 00:02:47 |
| Align | R.E. Wolfe | Short | Finalist | UK | 00:07:22 |
| River City Series Pilot | Script | Finalist | Canada | 23 | |
| Highland Home | Music,Short | Winner | United St | 00:04:59 | |
| Ekti Golpo | shan A Alavi | Music Video | Finalist | Bangla | 00:03:23 |
| Stro: The Michael D’Asaro.. | G.Lynch Jr, D.Nichols | Documentary | Winner | United St | 01:28:18 |
| Bambiland | Danilo Stanimirović | Short | Finalist | Serbia | 00:19:59 |
| Chances | Rob Heschl | Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:03:26 |
| Therapy Dogs | Short Script | Finalist | Canada | 18 | |
| A Momentary Yearning | Faraaz Husain Rahman | Short | Finalist | Australia | 00:11:27 |
| The Upward Cycle | Short Script | Finalist | Canada | 21 | |
| Cate | Terrell Ferguson | Short | Finalist | United St | 00:14:20 |
| (Dys)Functional | Adam Nowak | Short | Finalist | 00:12:41 | |
| Saudade | Mark D’Cruz | Short | Finalist | India | 00:10:05 |
| DADDY SITTER | Screenplay | Finalist | France | 17 | |
| We’re Fine | Short Script | Finalist | United St | 12 | |
| Ashes | Short Script | Finalist | United St | 15 | |
| What We Found Out There | Karl Kimmel | Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:09:00 |
| Malakout | Farnoosh Abedi | Animation,Short | Finalist | Iran | 00:11:24 |
| Feel India | Ion Sova | Documentary | Finalist | Moldova | 00:11:22 |
| A Few Flower Branches | Mehrdad Parvani | Student, Short | Finalist | Iran | 00:29:21 |
| ANNA – Cannes Official.. | Dekel Berenson | Short | Winner | UK. Ukrai. | 00:14:59 |
| The Horror Crowd | Ruben Pla | Documentary | Finalist | USA | 01:31:58 |
| Ukde | Ecem Çelik | Feature, Short, | Finalist | Turkey | 00:18:28 |
| Ionuț and Călin | Sorin Poamă | Short | Finalist | Romania | 00:17:44 |
| Rocking on Air | Kim Tran | Short | Finalist | Canada | 00:09:42 |
| Midnight Movie : Magnum.. | Myriam Khammassi | Student | Finalist | Tunisia | 00:12:48 |
| ARGON | Shoresh VAKILI | Student, Short | Finalist | Iran | 00:15:00 |
| Strut – 1980s (Music Video) | Tim Cash | Winner | Canada | 00:00:00 | |
| When The Music Changes | Lakshmi Devy | Feature, Short | Finalist | United St | 00:47:15 |
| The Breathing Moon | Screenplay | Winner | United St | 11 Pages |
(Archived Events)
October 27th and 28th 2019.
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival.
RESERVE TICKETS HERE
Sunday Oct.27th Shows and Times
12:00pm: The He without Him – Kolkata, India, 1hr50m
02:30pm: Beyond the Woods – BC Canada, 1hr41m
05:00pm: 2Below0 – Oregon USA, 50m
07:00pm: RECEPTION! Lets meet the filmmakers…
08:00pm: Aleksi – Croatia, 1hr30m
10:00pm: Greek Rock Revolution – Greece, 1hr36m
Monday Oct. 28th Shows and Times
12:00pm: Taming Wild:Pura Vida – Costa Rica/USA, 1hr
01:30pm: We are the Roots: Black Settlers of the Prairies – AB Canada 1hr
03:00pm:* International Shorts – 1hr30m
05:00pm:* USA Shorts – 1hr30m
07:00pm: Guca: Serbian Detox – Serbia/Canada, 1hr
08:00pm:*Canada Shorts (Local/National) – 1hr40m
CANADA SHORTS:
The First & Last Time, Peter Sacco,Music Video,00:05:27,Canada,
Shrink-Wrapped the Web Series, Paula Elle, Web / New Media,00:07:31,Canada
Dark Before Dawn, Brodie Spaull, Paul Krysinski”,Web / New Media, 5:46,Canada,
GRITZMORE S1, David K. Greene, Short,00:09:32,Canada,
Polar Tour, Dustin McGladrey,”Short, Student”,00:04:30,Canada
I’m Sorry, Gabriel Galand,”Short, Student”,00:04:00,Canada
Come Around, Andy Alvarez,”Short, Student”,00:07:20,Canada,
Send me to hell, Baby, Todd Davies, Short,00:19:10,Canada
In Service of Duality, Rogan Lovse,”Experimental, Short”,00:03:14,Canada,
Unmasking, Rob Comeau, Short,00:12:00,Canada,
One More Day, Brenda Grzetic,Documentary,00:13:42,Canada,
Venus Rising, Alexandra Noble,”Experimental, Short”,00:04:28,Canada
The Act, Raffinand Akiji, Short, 16:43, Canada
*INT’L SHORTS
In A Jungle, Uduak Etukudo,Short,00:12:00,Nigeria
Rebecca Gold, Ian Diaz,”Short, Web / New Media”,00:10:00,United Kingdom
Sound of Two, Sachin Ramdas,Short,00:12:23,United Arab Emirates
I Killed Vincent, Jean-Luc Blanchet,”Documentary, Short”,00:14:04,France
Nobody Dies Here,Simon Panay,Documentary,00:23:21,Benin
Allegro, Karl Bou-Rjeily,”Experimental, Short, Student”,00:06:27,Lebanon
Nemesis, Behzad Jafarimazhab Haghighi,”Short”,00:05:00,”Iran”
In Brief, Carlo Perassi,”Documentary, Experimental, Short”,00:06:32,Italy
You’re talking to me? Desalos Isabelle,Short,00:03:38,France
Coffin Decolleté, Nancy Kamal, Experimental,00:05:57,Egypt
We Meet On The Roof, Nicholas Sun,”Short, Student”,00:18:46,China
*USA SHORTS
Forbidden, Vibha Gulati,Short,00:20:00,United States
Method, Robert Grabow,Short,00:14:40,
The Ballad of Handsome Ned, Beth Harrington,Music Video,00:06:01,United States
Tomorrow, Karis Campbell,Short,00:06:42,United States
Platonic, David Leidy, Experimental, Short”,00:19:30,United States
EXTRA INNINGS, John Gray,Short, 00:08:34,United States
Shebbie’s Live Life Series, Justin R. Edelman, Web / New Media”,00:05:00, Tonga, US
THE DESECRATED, John Gray,Short, 00:07:48,United States
* ALL SHORT FORM FINALISTS: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEOS, SHORTS
The Ballad of Handsome Ned,Beth Harrington,Music Video,00:06:01,United States
Shrink-Wrapped the Web Series,Paula Elle,Web / New Media,00:07:31,Canada,https://youtu.be/WhhwzHctLqo
Tomorrow,Karis Campbell,Short,00:06:42,United States,
I’m Sorry,Gabriel Galand,”Short, Student”,00:04:00,Canada,https://vimeo.com/298057333
Down on the Sidewalk in Waikīkī,Justyn Ah Chong,Short,00:19:59,United States,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/11582905
In A Jungle,Uduak Etukudo,Short,00:12:00,Nigeria,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/11757365
REFUGE IN THE ROCKIES,Kaio Kathriner,”Documentary, Short”,00:12:18,Canada,https://vimeo.com/286565931
Come Around,Andy Alvarez,”Short, Student”,00:07:20,Canada,
Platonic,””,”Experimental, Short”,00:19:30,United States,https://vimeo.com/148441246
Rebecca Gold ,Ian Diaz,”Short, Web / New Media”,00:10:00,United Kingdom,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Pq4XRqDTg
Sound of Two,Sachin Ramdas,Short,00:12:23,United Arab Emirates,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA8Xpk9cy1w
In Service of Duality,Rogan Lovse,”Experimental, Short”,00:03:14,Canada,
“Dark Before Dawn | CARAVAN, CONVOY”,”Brodie Spaull, Paul Krysinski”,Web / New Media,00:00:00,Canada,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID8AUkNHkJw
I Killed Vincent,Jean-Luc Blanchet,”Documentary, Short”,00:14:04,France,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/12671474
One More Day,Brenda Grzetic,Documentary,00:13:42,Canada,
EXTRA INNINGS,John Gray,Short,00:08:34,United States,
Tattoo,Aleksandras Brokas,Music Video,00:03:07,Indonesia,
Nobody Dies Here,Simon Panay,Documentary,00:23:21,Benin,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13066832
The Music Sounds Better with Whom: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Music Experience,Chasson
Gracie,”Documentary, Short”,00:19:09,”Canada, Japan, United States”,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13094869
Shebbie’s Live Life Series,Justin R. Edelman,”Documentary, Web / New Media”,00:05:00,”Antarctica, Argentina, Australia,
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Polynesia, Maldives, Tonga, United States”,https://vimeo.com/350243883
GRITZMORE SEASON ONE,David K. Greene,Short,00:09:32,Canada,https://youtu.be/5rjw6Z5ITMY
THE DESECRATED,John Gray,Short,00:07:48,United States,
The First & Last Time,Peter Sacco,Music Video,00:05:27,Canada,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13256080
Method,Robert Grabow,Short,00:14:40,””,
Allegro,Karl Bou-Rjeily,”Experimental, Short, Student”,00:06:27,Lebanon,https://vimeo.com/363499450
Forbidden,Vibha Gulati,Short,00:20:00,United States,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13316690
Nemesis,Behzad Jafarimazhab Haghighi,”Experimental, Short”,00:05:00,”Iran, Islamic Republic of”,https://vimeo.com/320030106
In Brief,Carlo Perassi,”Documentary, Experimental, Short”,00:06:32,Italy,https://vimeo.com/313123181
You’re talking to me?,Desalos Isabelle,Short,00:03:38,France,
“Send me to hell,Baby”,Todd Davies,Short,00:19:10,Canada,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13348470
Coffin Decolleté,Nancy Kamal,”Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Music Video, Short”,00:05:57,Egypt,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13361221
We Meet On The Roof,Nicholas Sun,”Short, Student”,00:18:46,China,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13365139
Polar Tour,Dustin McGladrey,”Short, Student”,00:04:30,Canada,https://youtu.be/UXHzR1HsbNE
Unmasking,Rob,Short,00:12:00,Canada,
The Act,Raffinand Akiji,”Short, Student”,00:16:43,Canada,
Venus Rising,Alexandra Noble,”Experimental, Short”,00:04:28,Canada,
Awards
Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival Winners 2025:
| Project Title | Directors | Project Type | Country of Origin |
| Mother | Sebastian Kwidziński | Short, Student | Poland |
| GASPAR | ENRIQUE G. TAPIA | Animation, Short | Chile |
| John Qualcosa – Cani come figli | Silvano Richini | Music Video | Italy |
| Moon Over Capri (Ava Della Pietra | Nathan Levine-Heaney | Music Video | United States |
| Zhaza Trailer | Darkhan Tulegenov | Other | Kazakhstan |
| Sunshine on His Face | Jeana MacIsaac | Short | Canada |
| Kül “Ashes” | EZEL MANAY | Photography | Turkeye |
| Kathaakar Ki Diary, The Story of Ordinary Lives | Anwesh | Feature | India |
| joyful | Simantini Chakraborty | Documentary | United States |
| Panic Sets In | Dustin Morrow | Feature | United States, United States |
| Urban Chime | Eric Vincent Hinch | Music Video | Canada |
Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2023 Winners:
| Project Title | Director | Project Type/genre | Country of Origin |
| Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi | Aryana Farshad | Documentary, Television | United States |
| And outside life goes on | Daniel Maurer | Documentary | Switzerland |
| Chateau Laurier | James Stewart | Web / New Media | Canada |
| The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth | Joël Gibbs | Animation, Music Video, Short | United States |
| In the Wake of the Cedar Tree (2023) | Towustasin | Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media | Canada |
| ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR | Phil Comeau | Documentary | Canada |
| Babushka | Simon Höbert | Short | Austria |
| The Founder Effect | Justin MacGregor | Feature | Canada |
| WAKING UP A WIDOWER | david grewe | Documentary, Short | United States |
| ID | Kiran Kondamadugula | Feature | United States |
| The Divorcees Of Casablanca | BENSOUDA MOHAMMED AHED | Feature | Morocco |
| The Ultimate Sacrifice | Riley Jackson | Short, Student | United States |
| Buddy Love | Kiefer O’Reilly | Short, Student | Canada |
| PERPETUAL SEARCH | Gopal Shivakoti | Documentary | Nepal |
Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2021 Winners:
Best Documentary Int’l – An Ordinary Life (Israel)
Best Doc USA – The Beast of Our Times: Climate Change and Grizzly Bears
Best Documentary Canada – Mr. Emancipation: The Walter Perry Story
Best Feature Film Int’l — Shop (Sweden)
Best Feature Film Canada— The Colour of Spring
Best Short Film Int’l — Untitled Thoughts (Australia)
Best Short Film USA — Plasmid
Best Short Film Canada — Anxiety
Best Web Series Canada — Dentists
Best Web Series USA – Incompleteness
Best Music Video — Arcos Da Lapa (Brazil)
Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2020 Winners:
Best Documentary — Sockeye Salmon. Red fish (Russia)
Directors – Dmitriy Shpilenok & Vladislav Grishin
Best Documentary USA — Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story
Produced and Directed by — Greg Lynch Jr & Doug Nichols
Best Documentary (Short) — My Name Was January
Directors – Elina Gress & Lenee Son
Producers – Alex Sangha & Ash Brar
Best Feature Film — Shibil (Bulgaria)
Written & Directed by – Nikola Bozadzhiev
Best Feature Film Int’l — Tabernacle 101 (Australia)
Written Produced & Directed by Colm O’Murchu
Best Short Film Int’l — Cinema Mudo (Brazil)
Written and Directed by – Melo Viana
Best Short Film USA — Coffee and a Donut
Written and Directed by Cary Patrick Martin
Best Short Film Canada — Flight of the Dodo
Produced & Directed by Taras Demian Groves
Best Web Series — Next Stop (Canada)
Directed by Jabbari Omar Weekes, Tichaon Tapambwa, Phil Witmer
Best Music Video USA— Highland Home
Directed and Written by – Dan Schaefer
Music by Kurt Rosenberg
Best Music Video Int’l — Transient Souls (Italy)
Producer, Director and Song by Christian Frosio
Best Music Video Canada — Strut – 1980s
Produced & Directed by Tim Cash
Song by Pennan Brae
Best Short Script — The Breathing Moon
Screenwriter – Jeffrey Morin
Best Actress — Svetlana Barandich
for Anna (Ukraine)
Best Actor — Julien Rayn de Long
for Flight of the Dodo (Canada)
Best Director — Melo Viana
for Cinema Mudo (Brazil)
Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2019 Winners:
Best Web Series – Canada
Dark Before Dawn: Written and Directed by Brodie Spaull & Paul Krysinski
Best Short Film – Canada
Unmasking: Edited, Written, & Directed by Rob Comeau
Best Documentary – Canada/Serbia
GUCA: Serbian Detox: Produced and Directed by Igor S Rados
Best Actor: Pennan Brae for 2 Below Zero – USA/CANADA
Best Feature Film – Festival Favourite
2 Below 0 – USA/CANADA
Best Feature Film – Canada
Beyond the Woods: Written & Directed by Brayden DeMorest-Purdy
Best Cinematography: Zach Zhao
Beyond the Woods – Canada
Best Web Series – Int’l
Rebecca Gold – UK
Written, Co-Produced, & Directed by Ian Diaz
Best Short Film – Experimental
Allegro – Lebanon
Composed, Written, & Directed by Karl Bou-Rjeily
Best Short Film – Int’l
Coffin Decollete – Egypt
Written & Directed by Nancy Kamal
Best Short Film
Extra Innings – USA
Written, Produced, & Directed by John Gray
Best Documentary – Int’l
Greek Rock Revolution – Greece
Written, Produced, & Directed by Miguel Cano
Best Documentary
Taming Wild: Pura Vida – USA/Costa Rica
Written & Directed by Elsa Sinclair
Best Music Video
The Ballad of Handsome Ned – USA
Produced & Directed by Beth Harrington
Best Editor : Amartya Bhattacharyya
For Runanubandha -Kolkata, India
Best Actress: Tihana Lazovic
For Aleksi – Croatia
Best Screenplay: Amartya Bhattacharyya
For Runanubandha – Kolkata, India
Best Feature Film – Int’l
Runanubandha. Kolkata, India
Produced by Swastik Choudhary
Best Feature Film
Aleksi – Croatia
Written and Directed by Barbara Vekaric
Best Director: Barbara Vekaric
For Aleksi – Croatia
DCFF 2018…………WINNERS
Best Feature……………………………………The Astronot (Tim Cash)
Int’l Feature…………………………………….La dorMeuse Duval (Manuel Sanchez)
Canada Feature………………………………E-Hero (Joseph Procopio)
Vancouver Feature………………………….Vitreous (Brian MacDonald)
Best Short Film ……………………………..Are You Volleyball (Mohammad Bakhshi)
Canada Short…………………………………Sweetheart (Martha MacGrath)
Festival Favorite Short……………………D.A.T.E (Sai Deodhar Anand)
Best Web Series……………………………..Nemausus (Quentin Uriel)
Canada Web Series…………………………Chateau Laurier (James Stewart)
Best Music Video……………………………Son (Philippe Grenier)
Int’l Music Video……………………………Luka (Sergiy Pudich)
Festival Favorite Music Video…………Patrick Stewart Bakes a Cake (Chris Sivak)
Best Director………………………………..Manuel Sanchez (La dorMuese Duval)
Best Editor…………………………………..Tim Cash (The Astronot)
Best Screenplay……………………………Pennan Brae (The Astronot)
Best Actor……………………………………Dominique Pinon (La dorMeuse Duval )
Best Actress…………………………………Marina Tome (La dorMeuse Duval)
Best Music…………………………………..Pennan Brae (The Astronot)
CATEGORIES……2017 WINNERS
Best feature…………………………………BIKINI BLUE (Jarek Marszewsky)
Best Documentary……………………….ONE YEAR ON A BIKE (Martijn Doollard)
Best Short……………………………………POOL (Leadro Goddinho)
Best Web Series……………………………THIS IS DESMONDO RAY (Steve Baker)
Best Music Video………………………….TRAINS (Jola Kudela/ Poppy Ackroyd)
Best Director………………………………..Jarek Marszewsky (BIKINI BLUE)
Best Editor…………………………………..Martijn Doollard (ONE YEAR ON A BIKE)
Best Screenplay……………………………I AM ANNA (Timo Langer / Laura Anne Anderson)
Best Actor……………………………………Tomasz Kot (BIKINI BLUE)
Best Actress…………………………………Delphine Theodore (THE COURTESY OF ANGELS)
Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival aspires to acknowledge, reward, and promote exceptional emerging auteurs and their movies.
There is only one requirement: the Director ALSO functioned as at least ONE of the following positions: Producer, Writer, DP, Editor, Actor, Composer…
Yes, we are all about appreciation for the Versatile, Multi-Talented Director.
We value your cinematic endeavor and the intrinsic multidisciplinary aptitude and work ethic required to see a movie project through from inception to completion, and finally to exhibition.
Congratulations! And now, let’s get you and your masterwork the recognition it deserves…
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES (any genre)
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES (any and all genres)
-Feature films: 45 minutes and over
-Short films: less then 30 minutes
-Web series: at least 2 episodes, each up to 10 minutes
-Music videos: up to 10 minutes
-Photography
Directors Cut Int’l Film Film Festival holds its screening event at Landmark Cinemas 10 in New Westminster B.C. Canada.
