Winners NIFF 2020
We are so very proud to announce our winners of NIFF 2020. We received such strong films this season and we were so happy to review and screen incredible work from our filmmakers, submitting under these rare circumstances.
Thanks again to all of our partners and sponsors who made this possible.
MY NAME IS BAGHDAD
WINNER - BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
FORCE OF HABIT
WINNER - BEST NORDIC FEATURE
EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CARU ALVES DE SOUZA
WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR, MY NAME IS BAGHDAD
CECILIE ELISABETH BOGØ BACH
WINNER - BEST FEMALE ACTOR, INCIDENT AT SCHOOL
SILICON VALLEY, BABY.
HONORABLE MENTION
INDEX
AURORA BOREALIS
L'ORO DI FAMIGLIA
WINNER - BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
DADDY’S GIRL
WINNER - BEST NORDIC SHORT
WASTELAND
WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
EIRIK EVJEN & AUDUN FJELDHEIM
WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
BEN IRVING & JACK IRVING
WINNER - BEST MALE ACTOR, GIANTS BEING LONELY
UNNUR
HONORABLE MENTION
Prizes - NIFF 2020
Best Nordic Feature - A half-day of screenplay analysis from Incline Productions.
Incline Productions is an award-winning, full-service production company specializing in everything from independent music videos to Super Bowl commercials to multi-million dollar feature films.
Best Documentary Feature - A half-day of remote color grading from Incline Productions.
Incline Productions is an award-winning, full-service production company specializing in everything from independent music videos to Super Bowl commercials to multi-million dollar feature films.
Aurora Borealis - New York Film Academy is donating tuition for a 4-week course.
New York Film Academy (NYFA) has built a reputation as one of the premier visual and performing arts colleges in the world. Since 2017, NYFA has been named by Variety as a Top Film School, demonstrating excellence in the numerous disciplines they offer.
Best International Feature - A full screenplay analysis and markup from Coverage Ink. Coverage Ink provides professional screenplay analysis, development, and editing to clients around the world and has empowered screenwriters since 2002. The winning entry receives a standard screenplay analysis (aka "coverage") from CoverageInk.com
Nominations - NIFF 2020
BEST FEMALE ACTOR
Julia Lappalainen - Force of Habit
Ylvali Rurling - I, Julia
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Kate Reid - Tin Luck
Chris Burkard, Ben Weiland, Jeff Taylor, Egill Halldorsson, Salvatore D'Alia - Unnur
Egil Håskjold Larsen - Where Man Returns
BEST MALE ACTOR
Simon Bennebjerg - A Report on the Party and the Guests
Samuel Adewunmi - Tin Luck
BEST DIRECTOR
Trond Kvig Andreassen - Everything That Could Have Been & Neighbours
Grear Patterson - Giants Being Lonely
Erik Nylander - 12 000 KM