2020 PRINCE OF PRESTIGE ACADEMY AWARD
The 2020 PAECA winners have been announced! This is the place to see who won the 9th Prince of Prestige Academy Awards including who took home Best Motion Picture, Best Performance by an Actor, and Best Performance by an Actress honors.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Devon Bostick
WINNER
Paeca®: 1 Nomination, 1 Win
Devon Bostick is the leading actress in the feature-length film Tuscaloosa (2019). Devon Bostick was born on November 13, 1991, in Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Okja (2017), Being Charlie (2015), and The 100 (2014).

Valery Dyachenko
Those Beautiful Moments

Poorva Wachh
Peppermint

Dixon Phillips
A New Place

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Natalia Dyer
WINNER
Paeca®: 1 Nomination, 1 Win
Natalia Dyer is the leading actress in the feature-length film Tuscaloosa (2019). She is also known for her role as “Nancy Wheeler” in the Netflix science fiction drama series Stranger Things (2016). Her career began around the age of twelve in 2009, in the family comedic drama Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) starring Miley Cyrus.

Faezeh Bakhtiar
Guise

Celina Jaitly
Seasons Greetings

Alexandria Crouse
Peppermint

BEST U.S. MADE SHORT FILM
Peppermint
WINNER
Paeca®: 5 Nominations, 2 Wins
After a failed marriage proposal, a young Indian writer and his American girlfriend are stuck in an argument about their cultural differences and their commitment towards one another.
Director: Shubham Sanjay Shevade

A New Place

Looking Glass

RenaiDance

Last Looks

Peter the Possessed

BEST ANIMATED PROJECT
RenaiDance
WINNER
Paeca®: 3 Nomination, 1 Win
“RenaiDance” is a 3D narrative emotional animation. The theme invigorates cultural inheritance and the integration of dreams, courage, and culture as transformation.
Directors: Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang

Thatching Eggs

Harra and the Donkey

Shadowland

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ODA
WINNER
Paeca®: 4 Nominations, 2 Wins
Latvian filmmakers Skilluminati (“Manifesto” 2012, “SKLMNTI” 2013) returns with a new story. The protagonist (Pauls Iklavs) portrays the events which skiers face while transcending social boundaries and stereotypes.
Cinematography by: Ansis Blumbergs, Emils Ozolins, Alberts Vieglins

Guise

Looking Glass

Peppermint

Those Beautiful Moments

Tuscaloosa

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Those Beautiful Moments
WINNER
Paeca®: 5 Nominations, 1 Win
“Those beautiful moments” tells the story of a scientist on the search for eternal beauty and life.
Director: Vasily Chuprina

Guise

'L Prascondù

Seasons Greetings

Paramapatham

Pass

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
ODA
WINNER
Paeca®: 4 Nominations, 2 Wins
Latvian filmmakers Skilluminati (“Manifesto” 2012, “SKLMNTI” 2013) returns with a new story. The protagonist (Pauls Iklavs) portrays the events which skiers face while transcending social boundaries and stereotypes.
Director: Edvards Lansmanis and Ernests Cerbulis

HIV Saved My Life

Zé Pedro
Rock n Roll

'L Prascondù

The Story of the
Hubble Space

The Adventures of
Ms. Glitch Live
Film Score

BEST SOUND (MIXING, SCORE, ORIGINAL MUSIC)
Guise
WINNER
Paeca®: 5 Nominations, 1 Win
Guise is the story of a girl living in poverty and comes from a lower social class. She is captured with absurd prejudices and baseless religious beliefs in a family in Iran.
Mehran Behrouzinia … sound recordist | Mohammad Mehdi Javaherizadeh … sound designer

Guise

ODA

Seasons Greetings

Huo Zhe

The Adventures of
Ms. Glitch
Live Film Score

BEST SHORT FILM
Peppermint
WINNER
Paeca®: 5 Nominations, 2 Wins
After a failed marriage proposal, a young Indian writer and his American girlfriend are stuck in an argument about their cultural differences and their commitment towards one another.
Director: Shubham Sanjay Shevade

A New Place

Those Beautiful
Moments

RenaiDance

Guise

Looking Glass

BEST MOTION PICTURE
Tuscaloosa
WINNER
Paeca®: 3 Nominations, 3 Wins
1972. Vietnam war protests and racial tension is sizzling in the late summer heat of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Director/Producer: Philip Harder

ODA

The Story of the
Hubble Space

Seasons Greetings

Zé Pedro
Rock n Roll

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
A New Place
WINNER
“Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast”
Once a valued war pilot, Henry Johnson is devastated by the idea of no longer being able to keep up with his wife’s dementia. “A New Place” is the story of the couple’s last sweet moments together.
Cast: Dixon Phillips, Toni Orans, Nina Jordan

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
Looking Glass
WINNER
“Original Concept”
LOOKING GLASS embraces the struggle to overcome complacency, and embodies the spirit of Oakland’s creative community.
Director: Joslyn Rose Lyons

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope
WINNER
“Film Editing”
Using mostly archival footage, this documentary is meant to celebrate the human spirit behind the legendary Hubble Space Telescope.
Director: Paul Morris
2020 OFFICIAL SELECTION

Seasons Greetings : A Tribute To Rituparno Ghosh
Dir. Ram Kamal Mukherjee

ODA
Dir. Edvards Lansmanis, Ernests Cerbulis

"HIV SAVED MY LIFE"
Dir. Paul Edward Foulkes and Aaron Yamashita

Rainfalls
Dir. Richard Poche

Tuscaloosa
Dir. Philip Harder

The Dental Plan
Dir. Wayne Diu

Last Looks
Dir. Renee J. Vaca

Thatching Eggs
Dir. Max Marlow

Guise
Dir. Ali Jalali

Zoom and Gloom
Dir. Nicholas Jones

Hoek's Delta
Dir. Vadim Lasca

RenaiDance
Dir. Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang

Bambiland
Dir. Danilo Stanimirović

Braxton
Dir. Mickey Deymon

The Adventures of Ms Glitch Live Film Score
Dir. Donny Walker

'L Prascondù (The Hidden Meadow)
Dir. Loris Di Giovanni

Chapter 9
Dir. Jake Brown

Zé Pedro Rock n Roll
Dir. Diogo Varela Silva

The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope
Dir. Paul Morris

Paramapatham
Dir. Thanesh Perrabu, Viknes Perrabu

A New Place
Dir. Jack Scano

Huo Zhe
Dir. Kino Lee

Rain Man Parody
Dir. Richard Ruisi

Cravings from Within
Dir. Dina McNeil

shadowland
Dir. Bellopropello

Those Beautiful Moments
Dir. Vasily Chuprina

Peppermint
Dir. Shubham Sanjay Shevade

Pass
Dir. Elika Abdollahi

Peter the Possessed
Dir. Gillian Naughton

Harra and the Donkey
Dir. Chris Malone

Future Fractal
Dir. Julia Deak

The frosty ground
Dir. Min Hee Sun

Looking Glass
Dir. Joslyn Rose Lyons
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