AFIN 2021 WINNERS
Congratulations to all winners in our 2021 season!
Winners are being updated as they are released
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Evangeline Lilly
for South of Heaven (Feature Film - United States)
BEST ACTRESS
"Convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life - unfortunately it's not that simple."
Director
Writers
Aharon Keshales(screenplay by)
Navot Papushado(screenplay by)
Kai Mark(screenplay by)
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Jason Sudeikis
for South of Heaven (Feature Film - United States)
BEST ACTOR
"Convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life - unfortunately it's not that simple."
Director
Writers
Aharon Keshales(screenplay by)
Navot Papushado(screenplay by)
Kai Mark(screenplay by)
Thaddeus J. Mixson
For South of Heaven (Feature Film - United States)
BEST YOUNG ARTIST
"Convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life - unfortunately it's not that simple."
Director
Writers
Aharon Keshales(screenplay by)
Navot Papushado(screenplay by)
Kai Mark(screenplay by)
South Of Heaven
Feature Film - United States
BEST DIRECTOR (Aharon Keshales)
BEST FEATURE FILM
"Convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life - unfortunately it's not that simple."
Director
Writers
Aharon Keshales(screenplay by)
Navot Papushado(screenplay by)
Kai Mark(screenplay by)
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In The Heart Of The Machine
Feature Film (Bulgaria)
BEST SOUND
BEST EDITING
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Humanity hides in the deepest, darkest places.
Director
Writers
Martin Makariev(story by)
Boby Zahariev(screenplay by)
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Samantha Mcclurg
For A Godless Country (Short Film - Australia)
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS
"Moreton Bay, 1832. Following the loss of their beloved daughter, an Irish convict pair escape to the bush in a desperate attempt to return home."
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A Godless Country
Short Film (Australia)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
"Moreton Bay, 1832. Following the loss of their beloved daughter, an Irish convict pair escape to the bush in a desperate attempt to return home
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Ikarus
Short Film (United States)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Teenage scavengers, Queen and her older brother, Birdie, are on their usual hustle of hunting down cargo drones. However, unbeknownst to Birdie, Queen has navigated the pair onto new paths, with the hopes of landing the ultimate payload, Nano-biotics. Queen’s plans go awry when her home-made honing device accidentally sounds, attracting unwanted attention. The siblings narrowly escape capture but, during the chaos, Birdie is shot in the stomach. With Birdie unconscious and consumed by a high fever, Queen must now attempt to hunt these very Nano-biotics on her own, if she’s to save her brother’s life."
Diamonds
Music Video (Australia)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
The first music video ever produced entirely in isolation; “Diamonds” is a spirited account of life brought to a stand-still across the globe, at the very beginning of the 2020 Pandemic.
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Garage Romantic
Short Documentary (New Zealand)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
"A big dreamer from the small town of Togliatti, Russia ponders life while building a rocket powered sled made from discarded trash."
Director
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Killing Escobar
Feature Documentary (United Kingdom)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
"The untold story of the attempted assassination of Pablo Escobar, while at the height of his powers, by a small team of elite mercenaries."
Director
Writer
Stars
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Berlin Lu
For A Meal To Share (Short Film - Australia)
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTOR
“A slice of life drama about the struggling relationship between a Chinese-Australian father and son.”
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A Meal To Share
Short Film - Australia
BEST STUDENT FILM
“A slice of life drama about the struggling relationship between a Chinese-Australian father and son.”
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Blind Bitter Happiness
Web Series (New Zealand)
BEST WEB SERIES
"Girl swallows Universe: 'Blind Bitter Happiness' is story of the Fahey family, growing up in New Zealand’s suburban heartland, observed in full technicolour horror through eyes of the hard case, passionate and explosive Scarlett Fahey, 9 years old.
The show captures the messy awkwardness of family life while keeping things unpredictable, hilarious, fresh, funny, and unflinching.
Written by Peter Feeney, produced by Peter Feeney, Brogan Wilkinson and Kaye Lindsay.
Based on Peter’s novel of the same name available as a Kindle book on Amazon.com"
Director
Stars
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The Ice Cream Stop
Short Film (United States)
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER (RAUL PEREZ)
BEST SHORT FILM
"When the American Dream meets tragedy, the course of many lives changes forever."
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The Plumber
Short Film (United States)
BEST EMERGING FEMALE DIRECTOR
"In this adventure/suspense take, inspired by Irena Sendler and her network: As curfew approaches, an everyday heroine risks it all in a smuggling operation from Nazi-occupied Poland."
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Dads Don't Dance
Feature Screenplay (Australia)
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
"Poppy loves to dance. When she is encouraged to try out for a lead in the musical by her family and friends, she never dreams she will get in. She is short, clumsy and wears glasses. Even her pop idol doesn’t think she has a chance. Will Poppy dare to follow her dreams and be the star of the stage she has always wanted to be? She thought only Dance Mums were crazy until her Dad decides to help her follow her dreams of dancing on stage and nothing will stop him, not even lycra."
Writer: Michelle Worthington
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Hail Of Bullets
Short Screenplay (Australia)
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
"In an age of connectivity, it's sometimes hard to stay connected."
Writer: Joseph G Pothin
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Gorilla my Dreams: Mime of my Life
Comic Book (Australia)
BEST COMIC
"In Struggle-Town the streets are protected by KNOCKAROUNDGUY, a depressed gorilla who fancies himself a superhero.
But when a street mime is found dead (asphyxiated inside an actual invisible box), KNOCKAROUND-GUY soon finds himself wading through the ugly and dangerous underbelly of Struggle-Town and before too long, face-to-face with LUCIFER BIM-BOM and his KILLER KLOWN SYNDICATE."
Writer: Big Tim Stiles
AFIN 2021 AWARD NOMINEES
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LIST OF NOMINEES & FINALISTS BELOW
2021 Nominees & Finalists
BEST COMIC
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Gorilla my Dreams: Mime of my Life, by Big Tim Stiles (Big Tim's Funny Books), AUSTRALIA
🌟 XCT: Fractured World (Xtreme Champion Tournament), by Shaun Keenan & Ben Rosenthal, AUSTRALIA
🌟 Crucifix Executioner: Killer Instinct, by Duncan Cunningham (Killer Comics), AUSTRALIA
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Nominees
🌟 The Adventuress, by Damien Mulvany, AUSTRALIA
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Dads Don't Dance, by Michelle Worthington - Author, AUSTRALIA
🌟 The Imbalance, by Naomi Lisner, AUSTRALIA
🌟 Sea Of Pearls, by Ahmad Marouf, CANADA
🌟 12 Hours 2 Steal by Justin K Hayward, UNITED KINGDOM
Finalist
👍 Princess Loading, by Christopher Sartorius, USA
👍 SOS United States, by Mark Lund, USA
👍 The Love Palace, by Justin St. Pierre, AUSTRALIA
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Nominees
🌟 Christmas Feathers, by Christopher Sartorius, USA
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Hail Of Bullets, by Joseph G Pothin, AUSTRALIA
🌟 Fatal Ambition, by Angel Connell, USA
🌟 Knitting Out, by Catarina De Cèzanne, PORTUGAL
🌟 Death Offers Life, by Madhu R, INDIA
Finalist
👍 Zeda The Hunter, by Alexandru Ranta Gheorghe, ROMANIA
👍 Boomerang, by Melchior Armas, AUSTRALIA
👍 A War of Souls, by Naomi Robinson, AUSTRALIA
BEST FEATURE FILM
Nominees
🌟 In The Heart Of The Machine (В сърцето на машината), by Martin Makariev, BULGARIA
🌟 Sold Out the movie, by Tim Dahlseid, USA
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 South of Heaven, by Aharon Keshales, USA
🌟 My True Fairytale Film, by D. Mitry, USA
🌟 Fires in the Dark, by Dominique Lienhard, FRANCE
Finalist
👍 We all lie my Darling, by Pierre-Nicolas Panasci, AUSTRALIA
👍 Entwined, by Minos Nikolakakis, GREECE
👍 Я працюю на цвинтарі / I Work At The Cemetery, by Oleksii Taranenko, UKRAINE
BEST DIRECTOR
Nominees
🌟 Raul Perez, The ICE CREAM STOP (Short Film), USA
🌟 Martin Makariev, In The Heart Of The Machine (В сърцето на машината) (Feature Film), BULGARIA
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Aharon Keshales, South of Heaven (Feature Film), USA
🌟 McClain Lindquist, The Tell Tale Heart Short Movie, AUSTRALIA
🌟 Tim Dahlseid, Sold Out the movie, USA
Finalist
👍 John Gray, Household Demons (Short Film), USA
👍 Leo Ma, A Meal to Share - Deakin Honours Short Film 2020, AUSTRALIA
👍 Cate Carson, The Plumber (Sensorium Pictures) (Short Film), USA
BEST ACTOR
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟Jason Sudeikis, South Of Heaven (Feature Film), USA
🌟Thai "The Thaiga" Edwards, The ICE CREAM STOP (Short Film) USA
🌟Sam Bardwell, Sold Out the movie (Feature Film), USA
🌟Shea Whigham, South Of Heaven (Feature Film), USA
🌟Alexander Sano, In The Heart Of The Machine (В сърцето на машината) (Feature Film), BULGARIA
Finalist
👍Mike Colter, South Of Heaven (Feature Film), USA
👍Berlin Wu, A Meal to Share - Deakin Honours Short Film 2020, AUSTRALIA
👍Igor Van Dessel, Fires In The Dark (Feature Film), FRANCE
BEST YOUNG ARTIST
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟Thaddeus J. Mixson, South Of Heaven (Feature Film), USA
🌟Paul Luke Bonenfant, Household Demons (Short Film) USA
🌟Igor Van Dessel, Fires In The Dark (Feature Film), FRANCE
🌟Chloe-Jean Vincent, FadingNumbers (Short Film), AUSTRALIA
🌟Anna Ivanova, Я працюю на цвинтарі / I Work At The Cemetery (Feature Film), UKRAINE
Finalist
👍Austin Foxx, Mom the Movie (Short Film) USA
👍Jamal Mutrahji, Short Film - A Star in The Desert, USA
👍Oscar Bailey, These Walls, AUSTRALIA
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Nominees
🌟South Of Heaven by Aharon Keshales (Feature Film), USA
🏆 (WINNER)🌟In The Heart Of The Machine (В сърцето на машината) by Martin Makariev (Feature Film), BULGARIA
🌟Sold Out the movie by Tim Dahlseid (Feature Film) USA
🌟My True Fairytale Film by D. Mitry (Feature Film) USA
🌟We all lie my Darling by Pierre-Nicolas Panasci (Feature Film) AUSTRALIA
Finalist
👍The ICE CREAM STOP by Raul Perez (Short Film) USA
👍A Godless Country by Jesse Richardson (Short Film) AUSTRALIA
👍The Plumber (Sensorium Pictures) by Cate Carson (Short Film) USA
BEST ACTRESS
Nominees
🌟Nicola Lambo in The ICE CREAM STOP (Short Film), UNITED STATES
🏆 (WINNER)🌟Evangeline Lilly in South of Heaven (Feature Film) UNITED STATES
🌟Christine Celozzi in The Plumber (Sensorium Pictures) (Short Film) UNITED STATES
🌟Kelsey McMahon in Sold Out the movie (Feature Film) UNITED STATES
🌟Daniella Serret in We all lie my Darling (Feature Film) AUSTRALIA
Finalist
👍Emma Kennedy in My True Fairytale Film (Feature Film) UNITED STATES
👍Ana Girardot in Fires In The Dark (Feature Film) FRANCE
👍Colleen Clinton in Household Demons (Short Film) UNITED STATES
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟IKARUS (Short Film), by Shaun Escayg, UNITED STATES
🌟Household Demons (Short Film), by John Gray, UNITED STATES
🌟Remembrance (Short Film), by Shane Joseph Willis - AUSTRALIA
🌟In the Heart of the Machine (Feature Film) (В сърцето на машината) by Martin Makariev - BULGARIA
🌟Soul Prison Film (Feature Film), by Nipan Chawcharernpon - THAILAND
Finalist
👍The Last Movie Painter (Renato Casaro - Il Film) (Feature Documentary) by Walter Bencini - ITALY
👍Making Peace (Short Film) by Judah Ray - UNITED STATES
👍 Grounded by Jesse Richards - AUSTRALIA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nominees
🌟Six Angry Women (Feature Documentary), by Megan Jones - NEW ZEALAND
🌟In the Heart of the Machine (Feature Film) (В сърцето на машината) by Martin Makariev - BULGARIA
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 A Godless Country (Short Film), by Jesse Richardson - AUSTRALIA
🌟Soul Prison Film (Feature Film), by Nipan Chawcharernpon - THAILAND
🌟Garage Romantic (Short Documentary), by Dan Sadgrove - NEW ZEALAND
Finalist
👍The Plumber (Short Film) (Sensorium Pictures), by Cate Carson - UNITED STATES
👍Blue Ridge (Feature Doc), by Ralph Lucchese - UNITED STATES
👍 Killing Escobar (Feature Doc), by David Whitney - UNITED KINGDOM
BEST EDITING
Nominees
🌟 The Plumber (Short Film) (Sensorium Pictures), by Cate Carson - UNITED STATES
🌟 The Last Movie Painter (Feature Documentary) (Renato Casaro - Il Film), by Walter Bencini - ITALY
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 In The Heart Of The Machine (Feature Film) (В сърцето на машината), by Martin Makariev - BULGARIA
🌟 Blue Ridge: The Randy Detrick Story (Feature Documentary), by Ralph Lucchese - UNITED STATES
🌟 Household Demons (Short Film), by John Gray - UNITED STATES
Finalist
👍 Six Angry Women (Feature Documentary), by Megan Jones - NEW ZEALAND
👍 The ICE CREAM STOP (Short Film), by Raul Perez - UNITED STATES
👍 Killing Escobar (Feature Documentary), by David Whitney -
UNITED KINGDOM
BEST SOUND
Nominees
🌟 The Last Movie Painter (Renato Casaro - Il Film) (Feature Film), by Walter Bencini, ITALY
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 In The Heart Of The machine (В сърцето на машината) (Feature Film), by Martin Makariev, BULGARIA
🌟 Six Angry Women (Feature Documentary), by Megan Jones, NEW ZEALAND
🌟 Killing Escobar (Feature Documentary), by David Whitney, UNITED KINGDOM
🌟 The ICE CREAM STOP (Short Film), by Raul Perez, UNITED STATES
Finalist
👍 Unearthing Ogawa (Feature Documentary), by Steve Meixell, UNITED STATES
👍 Blue Ridge (Feature Documentary), by Ralph Lucchese, UNITED STATES
👍 The Tell Tale Heart Short Movie, by McClain Lindquist, AUSTRALIA
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Killing Escobar, by David Whitney, UNITED KINGDOM
🌟 Six Angry Women, by Megan Jones, NEW ZEALAND
🌟 Blue Ridge: The Randy Detrick Story, by Ralph Lucchese, UNITED STATES
🌟 Unearthing Ogawa, by Steve Meixell, UNITED STATES
🌟 The Last Movie Painter (Renato Casaro - Il Film), by Walter Bencini, ITALY
Finalist
👍 Directed By, by Steve Race, UNITED STATES
👍 Untouched (Feature Doc), by Timothy Clough, AUSTRALIA
👍 Sleeping Warrior (Feature Doc), by Janet Wells, Mwaura Timothy, UNITED KINGDOM
BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 The ICE CREAM STOP (Short FIlm), by Raul Perez, UNITED STATES
🌟 The Tell Tale Heart Short Movie, by McClain Lindquist, AUSTRALIA
🌟 Sold Out the movie (Feature Film), by Tim Dahlseid, UNITED STATES
🌟 Six Angry Women (Feature Doc), by Megan Jones, NEW ZEALAND
🌟 Unearthing Ogawa (Feature Doc), by Steve Meixell, UNITED STATES
Finalist
👍 A Meal to Share - Deakin Honours Short Film 2020, by Leo Ma, AUSTRALIA
👍 Untouched (Feature Doc), by Timothy Clough, AUSTRALIA
👍 Sleeping Warrior (Feature Doc), by Janet Wells, Mwaura Timothy, UNITED KINGDOM
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTOR
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Berlin Lu for A Meal to Share - Deakin Honours Short Film 2020
🌟 Brent Dunner for A Godless Country (Short Film)
🌟 Marshall Napier for Earl's Town (Short Film)
🌟 Kristian Boulter, for We all lie my Darling (Feature Film)
🌟 Jesse Richardson for A Godless Country (Short Film)
Finalist
👍 Wan Li Ma, for A Meal to Share - Deakin Honours Short Film 2020
👍 Michael Shanahan, for Remembrance (Short Film)
👍 Connor Clarke, for Effigy (Short Film)
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS
Nominees
🌟 Shannon Brooke, for Flat Hill (Short Film)
🌟 Josephine Croft - Actor, for Grounded (Short Film)
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Samantha McClurg, for A Godless Country (Short Film)
🌟 Daniella Serrett, for We all lie my Darling (Feature Film)
🌟 Jess Waterhouse, for Becoming Emma Braintree (Short Film)
Finalist
👍 Sarah Hallam, for The Funeral (Short Film)
👍 Alice Chaston, for Remembrance (Short Film)
👍 Tara Ramsay, for Motel (Web Series)
BEST STUDENT FILM
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 A Meal to Share - Deakin Honours Short Film 2020 (Short Film), by Leo Ma, AUSTRALIA
🌟 Pop N Possum (Short FIlm), by Christian Staats & Aminah A Malek, AUSTRALIA
🌟 The World’s Best Film (Feature Documentary), by Joshua Belinfante, AUSTRALIA
🌟 Road Dogs (Short Film), by Emma Thomason, AUSTRALIA
🌟 Mom the Movie (Short Film), by Austin Foxx, USA
Finalist
👍 Monochrome (Short FIlm), by Robert Plaza, AUSTRALIA
👍 Hearmeoutdoco (Short Documentary), by Marcus Van Altena, AUSTRALIA
👍 In Your Hands (Short Film), by Lorenzo Maria Chierici, ITALY
BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
Nominees
🌟 Pop N Possum (Short Film), by Christian Staats & Aminah A Malek
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 A Godless Country (Short Film), by Jesse Richardson
🌟 Earl's Town (Short Film) , by Matt Cerwen
🌟 We all lie my Darling (Feature Film), by Pierre-Nicolas Panasci
🌟 A Meal to Share - Deakin Honours Short Film 2020, by Leo Ma
Finalist
👍 Effigy (Short Film), by Connor Clarke
👍 Road Dogs (Short FIlm), by Emma Thomason
BEST EMERGING FEMALE DIRECTOR
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🙍♀️ Cate Carson, for The Plumber (Sensorium Pictures) (Short Film) - USA
🙍♀️ Andrea Sheeman & Renny Grames, for Side Effect (Short Film) - USA
🙍♀️ Emma Thomason, for Road Dogs (Short Film), AUSTRALIA
🙍♀️ Anastasiya Sergienya, for Soyka (Short Film), USA
🙍♀️ Cinzia Angelini, for Mila (Short Film) - USA
Finalist
👍 Penny Moore, for Trust Frank (Short Film) - AUSTRALIA
👍 Criss Gidas, for Motel (Web Series) - AUSTRALIA
👍 Susanna van Aswegen, for These Walls (Short Film) - AUSTRALIA
BEST SHORT FILM
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 The ICE CREAM STOP, by Raul Perez - USA
🌟 The Plumber (Sensorium Pictures), by Cate Carson - USA
🌟 Side Effect, by Andrea Shreeman & Renny Grames, USA
🌟 The Tell Tale Heart Short Movie, by McClain Lindquist - AUSTRALIA
🌟 Mila, by Cinzia Angelini - USA
Finalist
👍 Household Demons, by John Gray - USA
👍 Earl's Town, by Matt Cerwen - AUSTRALIA
👍 A Godless Country, by Jesse Richardson - AUSTRALIA
BEST WEB SERIES
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Blind Bitter Happiness, by Peter Feeney - NEW ZEALAND
🌟 Motel, by Criss Gidas - AUSTRALIA
🌟 Smile The Series, by Natalie Simonov, AUSTRALIA
🌟 Diversity Hires, by Tevin Everett - UNITED STATES
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Nominees
🌟 Mycelium - An Urban Food Uprising, by Christine Schindler, Nathan Gibson - AUSTRALIA
🌟 Through the Eyes of Children, by James Lingwood - AUSTRALIA
🌟 One-Way Ticket (Pasaje de Ida), by Víctor Augusto Mendívil, PERU
🌟 Hear Me Out (Hearmeoutdoco), by Marcus Van Altena - AUSTRALIA
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Garage Romantic, by Dan Sadgrove - NEW ZEALAND
Finalist
👍 Inner Portraits, Christian Berzi - AUSTRALIA
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Nominees
🏆 (WINNER)🌟 Diamonds, by Shaun David Baker - AUSTRALIA
🌟 Monska (C.R. Robin), by Isabella Andronos - AUSTRALIA
🌟 Mail Box (Voicemail), by Leonardo Fiorito, Bruno Levinson, BRAZIL
🌟 All Hours 'Before I Go', by Jonathan Creed - AUSTRALIA
🌟 Skarlett Riot 'Human', by Shaun Hodson - UNITED KINGDOM
Finalists
🎵 Bitaya, by Satyam Parkhi - AUSTRALIA
🎵 The Nothing, by Arron Millikin - AUSTRALIA