ABOUT AROUND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Around International Film Festival is an Independent annual event with four major live screenings for all Feature, Documentary, Short, Commercial, Music Video, Animations, Student Films, TV, Series and New Media as an IMDb Award Listing Qualifier.
Monthly Official Selections & Yearly 4 International Screenings
at the Annual Award Ceremony at Berlin.
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ARFF International –
Goal of Around Film Festival is to provide homes to group of film enthusiasts who are committed in creating spaces for film industry and devoted to spreading the knowledge of the modern visual art for filmmakers to present it all in one single platform.
All editions of ARFF International such as ARFF Berlin, ARFF Amsterdam, ARFF Paris and ARFF Barcelona are directed by Onur Yayla aka Onno Mara with the guidance of Around Films.
January 2019 Award Board
BEST DIRECTOR : “No news” – Miguel Berzal de Miguel (ES)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : Ballet and Bullets: Dancing Out of the Favela – Frederick Bernas & Rayan Hindi (BR)
BEST SHORT FILM : Stealth – Astor Stark (KR)
ARFF JURY AWARD : Chances Equality – Lane Forbes (FR)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : Le sourire de l’aube – Noureddine Ayouch (MA)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : Life! – Ramesh Jai (GH)
ARFF AUDIENCE AWARD : 2 Nations, 1 Obsession – Peter Dickson (AU)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : Asanawa-The art of Shibari – Assi Sultan Sultan (AU)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : Goldfingers – Iliona Blanc (FR)
BEST ANIMATION : Loving is not Owning – Carolina Melis (IT)
BEST STUDENT FILM : Wild Butterfly – Yuen Ching Yip (CN)
ARFF INTERNATIONAL MENTIONS : Lalo’s House – Kelley Kali (HT – US) & Chew You – Yonatan Elkayam (US)
BEST TRAILER : The Killer Postman – Micah Ellars (US)
Around International – Paris
January 2019 Selection
BEST FEATURE FILM : Time Out – Matti Kinnunen (FI)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY : LOVE IS TOLERANCE – TOLERANCE IS LOVE – Hubertus Hoffmann (DE)
BEST SHORT FILM : Thirsty in the Tank – Melisa ?ahin (TR)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY : From The Afghan People For Americans – Esther Hyneman (US)
ARFF JURY AWARD : Make Europe Great Again – Ike Novikoff & Cilla Mattheiszen (UK – FI)
BEST DIRECTOR : Coming Home – Russell Leadbeater (AU)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : The Wait is Done – Anthony Venitis (GR)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : Round – Hasty Mohammai (AE)
ARFF AUDIENCE AWARD : Burying Mitchell – Sam Williamson (US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : Jump – Clea van der Grijn (IE)
BEST STUDENT FILM : Catching Glimpse – Mirko Witzki (DE)
ARFF INTERNATIONAL MENTIONS : The First Year of Its Reign – Zixuan Zhu (HK) & Chodakowski sisters – Ramune Kudzmanaite (LT)
BEST TRAILER : Dust – Nigel Mulligan (IE)
Around International – Amsterdam
January 2019 Selection
BEST DIRECTOR : Made in The Wild – Mario Giua Marassi (IT)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : The Mountain Pact – Manuele Cecconello (IT)
BEST SHORT FILM : The Paper Window – Hongsuk Han (KR)
ARFF JURY AWARD : Breathe Life – Ricky Kej – Lonnie Park – Dominic D’Cruz / dir: Sairam Sagiraju (IN)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : The Barcelona Experiment – Mimi Thian / dir: Triffany Leo (ES – MY)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : One With Earth Song – Ricky Kej – Alexis D’Souza / dir: Sairam Sagiraju (IN)
ARFF AUDIENCE AWARD : Global Dance Heroes – Global Inspiration! – Teresa Taylor (US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : Monk – Aly Rose (CN)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : Raabta – Yeva Deli (UK – IS)
BEST ANIMATION : Don’t Feed These Animals – Guilherme Afonso & Miguel Madaíl de Freitas (PT)
BEST STUDENT FILM : Marion – Robert Piel (DE)
ARFF INTERNATIONAL MENTIONS : Regret – Anas Mohamed Awal (ML) & Bartók – Jozsef Sipos (HU)
BEST TRAILER : Vikings Now – Gemma Laurelle & Adrian Castro (AU)
Around International – Barcelona
January 2019 Selection
BEST DIRECTOR : “No news” – Miguel Berzal de Miguel (ES)
BEST DOCUMENTARY : Ballet and Bullets: Dancing Out of the Favela – Frederick Bernas & Rayan Hindi (BR)
BEST SHORT FILM : Stealth – Astor Stark (KR)
ARFF JURY AWARD : Chances Equality – Lane Forbes (FR)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : Le sourire de l’aube – Noureddine Ayouch (MA)
ARFF GLOBE AWARD : Life! – Ramesh Jai (GH)
ARFF AUDIENCE AWARD : 2 Nations, 1 Obsession – Peter Dickson (AU)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM : Asanawa-The art of Shibari – Assi Sultan Sultan (AU)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO : Goldfingers – Iliona Blanc (FR)
BEST ANIMATION : Loving is not Owning – Carolina Melis (IT)
BEST STUDENT FILM : Wild Butterfly – Yuen Ching Yip (CN)
ARFF INTERNATIONAL MENTIONS : Lalo’s House – Kelley Kali (HT – US) & Chew You – Yonatan Elkayam (US)
BEST TRAILER : The Killer Postman – Micah Ellars (US)