by Nathaniel R
You may recall that in January we shared the news that Michael Douglas was the guest of honor at this year's "Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival". (That's quite a mouthful of a title to try to say. Perhaps they need an acronym or nickname?) But their core team this year actually had three Oscar winners on it, Douglas, Binoche, and composer Tan Dun. This year the festivalhad 2431 contestants from 110 countries. The winners (which were unfortunately awarded in crypto and NFTs -- agh stop the madness) are after the jump...
Grand Prize Winner ($20k in crypto currency)
REFUGEE BY MISTAKE (Andre Diwisch, Germany)
In addition to the Grand Prize winner there are several other prizes
Narrative
Gold
REFUGEE BY MISTAKE (Andre Diwisch, Germany)
Silver
BIG GUY (Hicham and Samir Harrag, France)
UKOY (Aman Azhymat, Kyrgyzstan)
Bronze
WELL-DYING (Nuri Oh, South Korea)
COLORS ARE FREE (Behham Mohammadi, Iran)
GEORGY (Maxim Pinchuk, Russian Federation)
Documentary Films
Gold
PEPE & NANA (Water 4 Studios, Japan)
Silver
THE MARSHES OF IRAQ (Ali Mohammed, Iraq)
KAMBANA (Samuel Pastor, Spain)
Bronze
THE UMAMI CAPSULE- UNI (MengXi Wang, China)
THE TRADITIONAL BRAZILIAN FAMILY KATU (Rodrigo Sena, Brazil)
ROAD AHEAD IS THE WAY HOME (Si Yuan Huang, China)
Music Videos
(not strickly music videos but from the looks of them, music themed shorts)
Gold
IN REHEARSAL (Colombe Rubini, France)
Silver
STREET POET (Samgar Rakym, Kazakhstan)
FACES OF TIME (MengXi Wang, China)
Bronze
A LOVING TENDER (Stella Marlena, Indonesia)
APPASSIONATA (Hiu Nam Tang, Hong Kong)
PRIMITIVE DIET (Ang Li, China)
Here is the awards ceremony in full for those who are interested.