Below is the #25th Official Selection of the Paris Play Film Festival.
This edition shows 36 selected titles from 18 different countries.
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Best Feature
| September | Hudson Glauber | Brazil | WINNER |
| MAKEUP | Hugo André | UK/France | FINALIST |
Best Drama short
| GLASS DOOR | Katherine King | US | WINNER |
| FALLOW | Chandler Bradley | US | FINALIST |
| Love exhaustion | Sam Janot | Switzerland | SEMI FINALIST |
| Heartache | Jakob Forslin, Antonio Tengroth | Sweden | SEMI FINALIST |
Best Feature Script
| Amelia Earhart | Michael Dunker | US | WINNER |
| LEGENDS | Danny Alex | US | FINALIST |
Best Short Script
| Applicant American | John Kestner | US | WINNER |
| The Letter | Brett Howard Nelson | US | FINALIST |
| “Havana in the Snow” | Karla Bryant | US | SEMI FINALIST |
Best Short Documentary
| PLAYERS vs COVID | Tomislav Zaja | Croatia | WINNER |
| Evolve | John Christopher | Ireland | FINALIST |
Best Feature Documentary
| Committed to the Craft – The Story of Global Filmz | Nathan “Taupez” Scinto | US | WINNER |
Best Experimental
| THE ANGRY SMILE | Vanja Holmaa | Denmark | WINNER |
| Forest Halloween | Shane P. Condino | US | FINALIST |
Best Animation
| LAST CIGARETTE | animation | Jiacun Li | UK | WINNER |
Best Music Video
| We Are William – Oceanic | Jeffrey Riley | US | WINNER |
Best LGBTQIA+
| JUMPING | Mohsen Nabavi | Iran | WINNER |
| GLASS DOOR | Katherine King | US | FINALIST |
Best Dance Film
| KERN | dance | Isabelle Nelson | Netherlands | WINNER |
| Who am i? Who i am | dance | Sofia Kruusamagi | Estonia | FINALIST |
Best Score / Song
| La Bataille des Alpes | Jeremie Francois | France | WINNER |
Best Director
| JUMPING | Director | Mohsen Nabavi | Iran | WINNER |
| September | director | Hudson Glauber | Brazil | FINALIST |
Best Student Short
| The Day I Grew Up | Aloÿs PRUNET | France (Lyon | WINNER |
| Selaginaella | Yazan Khadur | Russian Fed | FINALIST |
Best Thriller
| A Drivers Tale | DeMarcus Brown | US | WINNER |
Best Comedy
| Bussin’ | comedy | Esther B. Chance | UK | WINNER |
| Collateral | comedy | Marc Puetro | Portugal | FINALIST |
Best Poster
| MAKEUP | Hugo André | UK/France | WINNER |
| KERN | Isabelle Nelson | Netherlands | FINALIST |
Best DOP
| Selaginaell | Yazan Khadur | Russian Fed | WINNER |
Best Web Series
| Whirld Web Series | Karen Illesca | Australia | WINNER |
| Sofa | Donald Whittier | Mexico | FINALIST |
Best Drone
| Mineral – Kivennäinen | Olli Huttunen | Finland | WINNER |
| Zion | Dmitriy Arbatov | US | FINALIST |
Best Lead Performance
| Beth Champion – Whirld Web Series | Karen Illesca | Australia | WINNER |
Best Commercial
| Chanel 30 | commercial | Neil Payne | US | WINNER |
| Forever Connected | commercial | Vinícius de Barros Gonçalves, Tom Silveira | Brazil | FINALIST |
| West Coast Fashion 2020 TVC Look Book | commercial | James Pratt | SEMI FINALIST |
Best Action Short Film
| Last left after the sign | action | Ken Phillips. | US | WINNER |
Best Editor
| KERN | Isabelle Nelson | Netherlands | WINNER |
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