The Fourth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival selected “Refugee by Mistake,” by German filmmaker Andre Diwisch, as the Grand Prize Award winner today, taking home $30,000 in cryptocurrency, as well as a custom NFT trophy signed by Oscar winners Michael Douglas and Juliette Binoche.

Douglas, the festival’s 2022 Guest of Honor, presented Diwisch with the prize during a virtual awards ceremony that streamed on YouTube and was produced by Meihodo’s New York headquarters.

The Meihodo Festival, which is aimed at young filmmakers, is the biggest short film festival in the world. This year, the global Meihodo Festival awarded the winners with NFTs or cryptocurrency.

“Thanks so much for the amazing honor, jury and Meihodo Committee.”
Diwisch stated that he was originally from Germany.

Thank you to the supporters and my team for making this possible. “I’m inspired to keep working on current and future projects and this project is important and essential.
“Refugee By Mistake,” which uses a smart comedic tone to address serious issues like immigration and race relations, landed Diwisch $20,000 in crypto for the Grand Prize. The Narrative Feature winner was awarded the Gold Prize, and Diwisch received a second NFT trophy, as well as $10,000 more, totaling $30,000 in prize money. Other Gold Prize winners were “Pepe & Nana” (Documentary) by Water 4 Studios from Japan and “In Rehearsal” (Music Video) by Colombe Rubini from France.

“I hope that your love and joy in filmmaking will keep you all happy,”
Douglas spoke during the ceremony.

“I am looking forward to see how your work explores how we connect with ourselves and one another.”
said Binoche, who served as this year’s Honorary Chairperson of the Jury.

Silver and bronze winners were also announced in Narrative Feature and Documentary categories. Each of them took home NFTs, $5,000, and $3,000 prizes. From 110 countries, 2,431 entries were submitted. The winner was selected. Over 100 entries came from Brazil, Spain, India and China.

Their work embodied the 2022 festival theme of “Dreaming Big in the Digital Revolution,” which focused on innovation and possibility as new technology like NFTs, crypto and the metaverse influence the future of filmmaking.

“We were astonished by the variety of talent we witnessed reflected in this years winners and all its entrants.”
said James Zhang, Vice Chairman of the festival, who credited festival ambassador Frederic Golchan for connecting Meihodo’s executive committee with major talents in the film industry.

“At Meihodo we always look toward the future film medium and, based upon what was shown at this festival, it looks bright.”
All the festival’s top award winners are currently available to watch on Meihodo’s YouTube channel and on Meihodo’s website.

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