IIAC 2015 received 820 entries from 47 countries and areas.
TOP 50 IIAC 2015 WORLD RANKING
01st place – China – Ye Yi – Samsara – 200L 320L02nd place – China – Zhang Jianpeng – The Taking of Tiger Mountain – 320L03rd place – China – Nguyen Van Lam – Returning – 320L04th place – France – Julien Voultoury – Escaping the stranglers – 120L 200L05th place – Indonesia – Amiri Lubis – Oges Mawut – 200L 320L06th place – Indonesia – Heri Amir – Suro Badock – 200L 320L07th place – Taiwan – Liu Hanyi – The Mysterious Forest – 320L08th place – Taiwan – Chen Songxi – Mountain Stream, Birds Choiring –320L09th place – China – Fan Zhemin - The Mysterious Place – 320L10th place – Viet Nam – Tan Nguyen Van – Wild Nature – 60L 120L11th place – Ukraine – Grigoriy Polishchuk – Meandering – 200L 320L12th place – Brazil – Fabricio Rufino de Souza – River Stream of Enchanted Mountains – 200L 320L13th place – Malaysia – Josh Sim – Dark Side of Eden – 320L14th place – France – Michael Leroy – Shilin – 320L15th place – Viet Nam – Trieu Duong Le – The Memories –320L16th place – Morocco – Adil Chaouki – The Breeze – 200L 320L17th place – Hungary – Andras Peter – Pangea – 60L 120L18th place – China – Fan Zhemin – Sunshine After the Rainfall – 320L19th place – Brazil – Fabian Kussakawa – Finding your roots – 200L 320L20th place – China – Pan Junfeng – The Sunset – 200L 320L21st place – Thailand – Chonlatee Jaturonrusmee – Dipterocarp Forest V2 – 200L 320L22nd place – Singapore – Robertus Hartono – Ravine – 120L 200L23rd place – Viet Nam – The Le Van – To The Sea – 320L24th place – China – Yang Yuanzhi – Giants Valley – 200L 320L25th place – Turkey – Serkan Cetinkol – Iron Hills – 320L26th place – Maxico – Bernardo Salas Perez – Season I ( The coming of the Rain) – 200L 320L27th place – Thailand – Watana Supukpongvilai – On the Rock – 28L28th place – Brazil – Gregory Thom – Into the Atlantic Forest – 28L 60L29th place – Portugal – Luis Cardoso – Tropical Bay – 200L 320L30th place – Malaysia – Josh Sim – The Origin – 120L 200L31st place – Indonesia – Tinton aryo – Iron bridge – 200L 320L32nd place – Malaysia – Kevin Teoh – Eden – 200L 320L33rd place – Thailand – Chonlatee Jaturonrusmee – Ancient Forest – 28L 60L34th place – Brazil – Rodrigo Dutra – Vale das Três Marias – 28L 60L35th place – Indonesia – Kadek Nata Wirajaya – BUNUT BOLONG FOREST – 60L 120L36th place – China – Chen Chunxing – Jurassic – 200L 320L37th place – China – Ye Yi – The Coming of Great Forest – 200L 320L38th place – Indonesia – Rendi Prasetyo – Ongis nade – 320L39th place – Brazil – Carlos Eduardo Pires Gonçalves – Paradise – 120L 200L40th place – Viet Nam – Ngoc Mai The – The Wild Dance – 320L41st place – Thailand – Yimyou Nobphacha – WORLDWIDE GREEN – 200L 320L42nd place – China – Chen Weijian – Dragon Valley – 200L 320L43rd place – China – Chen Wei – Senyun – 320L44th place – Brazil – Rodrigo Augusto Carvalho – Nagareboshi – 200L 320L45th place – Poland – PIOTR BECZYNSKI – The Crying stones – 200L 320L46th place – France – Gregory CHARLET – Col de La Faucille – 200L 320L47th place – Turkey – Omer Nadir KOCAOGLU – The way of light – 28L 60L48th place – Taiwan – Zhan Yanbin – The Mysterious Place – 200L 320L49th place – Brazil – Sidney Cordeiro – NEPAL – 28L 60L50th place – France – Emmanuel BULTEL – Les Piliers de la Nature – 200L 320L
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