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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