2020 – 2021

ANNUAL NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

 

A Day in the Life of a Boy by Niklas Bauer 
Em Chu Em Nie Zi Bo by Edward Lai
Grandma‘s House by Dante Jiayu Liu
It’s So Charming by Svend Colding
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischof
The Last Nazi Hunter by Yuval Berger and Matan Galin

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Astronauts by Mariano Cabaco
Haute Cuisine by Merryl Roche
Mars Colony by Noel Fuzellier
Rebel by Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Rosa by Jean-Michel Gervais and Gabriel J. Lemay
With Arms Wide Open by George Paraschiv

BEST FEATURE FILM

 

By the Grace of… by Dylan Reid
External by Jonathan and Leandro Taub
From Where There Is Nothing by Tylor Myers
Pulk by Julian Filigno
Senior Citizen by Marinos Kartikkis
Veneer by Maximillian Aguiar

BEST SHORT DOC

 

12th Street by Gregory Lovett and Matthijs Heesemans
Big Food: The Power of the Food Industries by Anderson dos Santos
Bussi, Baba by Bahare Ruch
Navras by Marco Huertas
Pathfinder by Adam Rubin and Dan Lior
The Flame of Memory by Rod Aloras

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

Alone Across the Arctic by Francis Luta
Elian by Julián Lona
Kiss the Ground by Josh Tickle and Rebecca Tickell
No Roses On A Sailor’s Grave by Daniel Oron
Under Threat by Ewa Stankiewicz
When The Roads End by Lorenzo Borghini

BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Birth on the Other Side of the Mountain by Arisa Wakami
Coffin by Y. Cai, N. Crabot, H. Huang, M. Janiw, M. Lebon and T. Tran Ngoc
Gekou by Ajisa Asai
Hostess by Alexander Bubnov
The Winter by Xin Li
To be a Goat by Milda Kargaudaitė

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Contain by Dani Maloneyv
Lyric Suite by Inaki Abalos and Samuel Gonzalez
Nexilis by Robin E. Lee
Rain Pot by Gordon Moore
Wild Will by Alan King
You are (not) the only one by Riccardo Albertazzi

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

2 Down by Sam Farage
Dormo Poco Sogno Molto by Paolo Santamaria        
Flux by DFTCNT
Flying by Alexandre Richard
Hey Boy by MissMe
Just A Candle by Berkay Türk

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

Dirty Sean by Nicolas Vasseur
Fish on a Stick by Jan Linhart
Nightfire by Brando Benetton
Resistance by Maxime Chefdeville
The Coroner by Fabio Soares and Mike Zonnenberg
Vif by Sébastien Iannuzzi

BEST TRAILER

 

 

By the Grace of… by Dylan Reid
Disconnected by Nard van Vrijaldenhoven
Pulk by Julian Filigno
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischof
Vif by Sébastien Iannuzzi
Wild Will by Alan King

BEST POSTER

 

 

It’s look Sunshine by Kim Seunghwan
Kiss me Through the Window by Kodaka Sari
Pulk by Julian Filigno
Rosa by Jean-Michel Gervais and Gabriel J. Lemay
Singing Alone With A Farewell by Yi Xiong
When the Tide Rises by Alex Jiang

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

By the Sea by Rona Castrioti
Firecracker by Robert L. Richard, William Stewart
Keep an Eye on David by Kevin Wilde
Mute by Stephanie Zachariadis
Ripple by Rory Tasker
Shooting Rats by Cameron Millar-Turner

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

1000 Pesos by Todd Tavolazzi
In Between by Piotr Tołoczko and Piotr J. Lewandowski
Paper Tiger by Brad Porter
Southern Gothic by John Budge and Adam Davenport
The Lamplighter by Pamela Hanson
The Red Cloth by Bo Svenson

BEST DIRECTOR

 

By the Grace of… by Dylan Reid
Haohao Yan for The Speech
Jonathan and Leandro Taub for External
Niklas Bauer for A Day in the Life of a Boy
Sébastien Petretti for Make Aliens Dance
Svend Colding for It’s So Charming

BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Chris Casey and Alex Redd for All the Changes
George Paraschiv for With Arms Wide Open
Jean-Michel Gervais for Rosa
Merryl Roche for Haute Cuisine
Noel Fuzellier for Mars Colony
Yuval Berger and Matan Galin for The Last Nazi Hunter

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Judith Stehlik for Servus Karl
Jaco Wong for Em Chu Em Nie Zi Bo
Lukas Daugbjerg for It’s So Charming
Ori Ben Ari for The Last Nazi Hunter
Sylvain Freyens for Make Aliens Dance
Wenchuan Lu for Shimmer Summer

 

BEST EDITING

 

Alan King for Wild Will
Éric Pinéda for Anna
Julian Filigno for Pulk
Kodaka Sari for Kiss Me through the Window
Miguel Lomana for Astronauts
Pier-Philippe Chevigny for Rebel

BEST SOUND

 

Cavallo Pazzo for Pachamama
Kwok Ka Ki, Chan Chi Fung and Fung Yiu Tong for Lemon Milk
Marco De Bonis for You are (not) the only one
Nicolas Rivière, Elias Cheyroux, Ronan Mallejac and Lionel Guenoun for Hannya
Sagtens Film Collective for Marbles
Wang Zhuo for Aquatic Bird

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Clemens Salesny for Servus Karl
Matúš Široký for The Silence
Michel Chereau for Sandier
Sagtens Film Collective for Marbles
Simon Greenberg for Contain
Vladimir Khlopovsky for Aquatoria

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Heike Mirbach for Servus Karl
Iria Cabado for De Perfil
Naomi Larocque for You Should Do Better
Oksana Markina and Alana Bitarova for Пuzzle
Teresa Grosser for Stand Up!
Xiao Fang for Em Chu Em Nie Zi Bo

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Ailís Logan for Wine Lake
Ailish Castillo for The Widow
Anai Gonzáles Prieto for De Perfil
Anaïs Parelló for Hannya
Fanny Bernth for It’s So Charming
Suzie Léger for Astronauts

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Dylan Reid for By the Grace of…
Eduardo Olmos for Grandma’s House
Raphael Reboul for Native Speaker
Theo Van de Voorde for Mars Colony
Théodore Pellerin for Rosa
Yuval Jonas for The Last Nazi Hunter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Au Ga Man Patra for Before It Melts
Brianna Leonard for From Where There Is Nothing
Evdokia Germanova for My Mom is (not) the best one
Minjia Zhao for Shimmer Summer
Sophie De Fürst for Hannya
Susan R. Taylor for Signals

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Augustin Groz for The Last Nazi Hunter
Henrik Birch for It’s So Charming
Homer Shew for By the Grace of…
Jasper Bagg for Rage
Philippe Rebbot for Mars Colony
Philippe Résimont and Sébastien Houbani for Haute Cuisine