UNOFEX International Film Awards
The UNOFEX International Film Awards is a semi-annual film competition organized by the UNOFEX LLC Organization (Union of Excellence) based in New York City. It was introduced for the first time during the outbreak of the Covid-19 disease and was listed as a non-profit film festival to support filmmakers worldwide.
History[edit]
In 2016 UNOFEX Director Deivis H. Valdes launched the UNOFEX as a platform to unite and form an exceptional community of accredited professionals worldwide working within the Film & TV, Fashion, Entertainment, and Art Industry. In 2017 the UNOFEX (Union of Excellence) remains as the first organization who assigns accreditation badges in 5 major areas of the creative industry. Established by a panel of industry experts the UNOFEX has accredited hundreds of members including award winning talent, leaders and global operating institutions.
In 2020, UNOFEX initiated a way to support filmmakers during the COVID-19 crisis, since the coronavirus pandemic has created disruptions all over the globe, and filmmakers as well as artists have not been spared from its effects. In fact production companies have been held back as releases are put on hold until the crisis is over.
Forced by the circumstances and global requests by filmmakers to establish a solution, the UNOFEX organization decided to create an international film festival in digital format. The idea first came up at the beginning of March 2020 and was officially announced shortly after the cancellation of the Cannes Film Festival on March 20, 2020.
The UNOFEX International Film Awards 2020 was the first online non-profit festival during the corona outbreak which was held strictly in digital format. This means film submission, selection, nomination, and the award ceremony is held completely online. UNOFEX partnered with the film submission platform FestHome where more than 70 percent of all film submissions of the UNOFEX Awards were collected. The Festival Director Deivis H. Valdes, and their panel of experts hosted the first edition of the film competition free of charge.
Submission for the first edition of the UNOFEX Film Awards began on April 27, 2020 (one month after finding and announcing the idea of the digital film awards) and ended on July 20, 2020. The Nominees were announced and notified on July 31, 2020. The award ceremony was held on August 10, 2020 in digital format. The award categories includes the best feature film, the best short film, best actress/actor, the best director, the best documentary, and the best music video.
Nominees 2020[edit]
With over 550 film submissions from all over the world, the UNOFEX has announced nominees every day since July 24, 2020.
The official list of all nominations were published on July 31, 2020. Here is the list of all nominees of the UNOFEX International Film Awards 2020.
| Selection 25 July, 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Film | Director | Category | Nomination |
| The Third Part | Paco Cavero | Adventure; Human Rights; Drama | Best Short Film |
| Teacher's Keys | Rut García; David García | Drama; Human Rights; Melodrama; Teen Movie | Best Short Film |
| They remained Silent | Albert Folk | Fiction; Children; Crime; Human Right; | Best Short Film |
| Prim's Exhumation | Víctor Cerdán | Drama; Historical; | Best Documentary |
| Amandine | Juan Carlos Mostaza | Fantasy; Psychological; Thriller | Best Short Film |
| Teleapàtic | Sito Ruiz, Esteve Puig Glanadell | Fantasty; Musical | Best Music Video |
| Gorten Miller | David García Díaz | Fantastic; Fiction; Horror; Psychological; | Best Short Film |
| The Flat | Alberto Evangelio | Crime; Drama; Thriller | Best Short Film |
| Mantis | Hugo Fernández | Crime; Fiction; Teen Movie; Thriller; | Best Short Film |
| Indebted to All Women | María Lobo | Human Rights | Best Documentary |
| Day X | Katharina Rivilis | Children; Drama; Historical; | Best Short Film |
| November 1st Fiction | Charlie Manton | Drama; Human Rights; | Best Short Film |
| Echo | Aitor De Miguel | Adventure; Fantasy; Science Fiction; | Best Short Film |
| The Perfect Autistic | Sonia Nona | Fiction; Thriller; | Best Short Film |
| Memories | Jose Vega | Fiction; Drama; | Best Short Film |
| Jackie Kane | Jose Luis Velázquez | Fantastic; Science Fiction; | Best Short Film |
| I am new here | Tadeusz Kabicz | Science Fiction; | Best Music Video |
| The Heartbreaker | Santiago Vallado | Documentary; Portrait; | Best Documentary |
| Arizona 1878 | Manuel Jose Olaya Muñoz | Fiction; Western; | Best Short Film |
| In the Blue Hour | Emir Luciano Tlachi Sandoval | Fiction; Drama; | Best Short Film |
| Chameleon | Pau Torrano | Music Video; Animation; Human Rights; | Best Music Video |
| Selection 26 July, 2020 | |||
| Polvotron | Silvia Conesa | Fantrastic; Fiction; | Best Short Film |
| OBSOLESCENCE | Jesús Martínez Tormo | Animation; Human Rights | Best Animation Short Film |
| Mare | Guille Vázquez | Fantastic Fiction; Horror | Best Short Film, Silent |
| Chica | Sara Escudero | Fiction; Drama; | Best Short Film |
| Sin Ti | Allan J. Arcal | Experimental; Crime; Drama | Best Short Film |
| Smiles | Javier Chavanel | Science Fiction; Comedy; Crime | Best Short Film |
| Other Lives | Xuan Linh Hoang; Cuba | Drama; Melodrama; Romantic | Best Short Film |
| Papa X 3 | Sandro Ventura Mantilla | Comedy; Drama; Children | Best Short Film |
| Atacamex, Exploring The Unknown | Julian Rosenblatt | Documentary; Adventure | Best Documentary |
| The Magical Cart | Emmanuel Vidal; Rafael Porto Hill | Fantastic; Fiction; Teen Movie | Best Short Film |
| The Last Delivery | Vlad Klimchuk | Comedy; | Best Short Film |
| Julia | Mateo Nicolau | Drama; | Best Short Film |
| En El Aire - Vega Almohalla | Alex Esteve | Fiction; Dance | Best Music Video |
| 13 Años | Francisco Yélamos Martín | Human Rights; Drama; Psychologica | Best Short Film |
| Selection 27 July, 2020 | |||
| IZAN | Manuel Navarro Forcada | Drama; | Best Short Film |
| The Extremes of Love | Roger Liang | Short Film, Thriller; | Best Short Film |
| My Kippah | Ilan Rosenfeld | Comedy; Crime; Thriller | Best Short Film |
| Fendas | Carlos Segundo | Carlos Segundo | Best Short Film |
| Equals | Javier Yañez Sanz | Horror; Thriller; | Best Short Film |
| La Menace - The Threat | Recchia Sébastien; Virginie Recchia | Action; Catastrophe; Drama; Psychological | Best Short Film |
| Pipo And Blind Love | Le Gourrierec Hugo; Igal Kohen | Short Film; Art; Drama; Human Rights | Best Short Film |
| The Eyes Of The Land | Marcos Altuve Marquina | Documentary; Adventure; Wildlife Movie | Best Documentary |
| Itchy | Asif Limbada; Alireza Shojaei | Horror; Thriller; | Best Short Film |
| The Inevitable Death Of The Crab | Ahcitz Azcona; Juan Manuel Azcona | Drama; Human Rights; | Best Feature Film |
| Dead Model, Life Model | Iuri Bermudes Weinberger | Art; Drama; Human Rights; Romantic | Best Short Film |
| Selection 28 July, 2020 | |||
| Beyond Eva's Challenge | Eloi Tomas Sanz | Documentary; Adventure; Sports; Human Rights | Best Documentary |
| Terre Ferme | Ivän James Hayward | Fiction; Drama | Best Short Film |
| Mouth Of Truth | Barbara Vekarić | Drama; Psychological Romantic; Teen Movie; | Best Short Film |
| Shout (El Grito) | Analucía Morgan Fogliani; Andrés Orozco Quintero | Fiction; Drama | Best Short Film |
| Behaviour Pattern | Manuel Martin | Fiction; Crime; Psychological | Best Short Film |
| Coming Ashore | Santi Palacios, Mikel Konate | Adventure; War Movie; Catastrophe; Human Rights; Drama | Best Documentary |
| Prunelle (The Apple of my Eye) | François Szabowski | Fiction; Drama; Melodrama; Psychological | Best Short Film |
| Fireflies (Les Enfants Du Rivage) | Amelia Nanni | Children; Drama; Human Rights; Romantic | Best Short Film |
| By The Sea | Rut Angielina | Fiction; Experimental; Video Art; | Best Experimental Short Film |
| Inner Journey | Gloria Matamala | Biopic; Psychological | Best Documentary |
| Selection 29 July, 2020 | |||
| The Last Of The Last | Patrice Guillain | Fiction; Historical; Drama | Best Short Film |
| Border Memories (A Memoria Da Raia) | Iris Justo; Miriam Rodríguez; Francisco González | Documentary; Human Rights; Historical; | Best Documentary |
| Hay Coca | Jose Issa | Fiction; Human Rights; | Best Short Film |
| Pretty Men (My Bittersweet Family) | Director: Kim Wook; | Comedy; Melodrama; | Best Feature Film |
| Aline's Dream | Marcos Moreno | Documentary; Human Rights; Children | Best Documentary |
| First Communion (La Comulgante) | Ignacio Lasierra | Fiction; Drama | Best Short Film |
| De Perfil (Outline) | Alejandro Renedo Villagrán | Experimental Fiction; Drama; | Best Short Film |
| Casiopea | Fernando Manso | Experimental; Video Art; Fantasy | Best Experimental Short Film |
| Selection 30 July, 2020 | |||
| A Suitable Role (Un Rôle Sur Mesure) | Xiaoxing Cheng | Comedy; Best Short | Best Short Film |
| Mr. Hugo | François Le Guen | Comedy; Fiction | Best Short Film |
| The Errand Boy | Carlos Del Castillo | Drama | Best Feature Film - Pre Selected |
| En Las Redes (Network) | Antonio Villazan Ruiz | Terror; | Best Short Film |
| Accomplices | Rubén Guindo Nova | Teen Movie; Human Rights; Drama; | Best Short Film |
| A Barrel | Carlos Augusto Rojas | Thriller; | Best Short Film |
| Selection 31 July, 2020 | |||
| 5 Hours, 39 Minutes, 25 Seconds | Tomy Rojo | Drama; Melodrama; Romantic | Best Short Film |
| A Gift? (Un Dono?) | Giovanni Loriga | Drama; | Best Short Film |
| Cuando La Rumorosa Calla | Santiago Madera | Human Rights; Drama; Psychological | Best Short Film |
| Jackpot | Cristian Casado | Comedy; | Best Short Film |
References[edit]
"Atacamex" was crowned the "Best Documentary" at the UNOFEX International Film Awards elmostrador.cl/. Retrieved 11 August, 2020.
"Exploring the Unknown" competes for Best Documentary at the UNOFEX film festival 2020 TVU.cl - Television University of Concepcion. Retrieved 07 August, 2020.
UNOFEX - The Millennium Institute of Oceanography (IMO) es.imo-chile.cl/. Retrieved 10 August, 2020.
Nostalgica CL Portal with UNOFEX Nominee Atacamex nostalgica.cl/. Retrieved 11 August, 2020.
'Arizona 1878', by Manuel Olaya, triumphs in the UNOFEX Awards latribunadealbacete.es/. Retrieved 12 August, 2020.
Federation of Journalists of Peru FPP.org.pe Retrieved 14 August, 2020
MSN Microsoft News msn.com. Retrieved 17 August, 2020
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