APRIL 2021

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

 

Coffin by Y. Cai, N. Crabot, H. Huang, M. Janiw, M. Lebon and T. Tran Ngoc
Marbles by Sagtens Film Collective
Once Upon a Revolution by Soha Shukayr
The Hanging Garden by Tang Xiaohu
The Speech by Haohao Yan
Wild Will by Alan King

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Once Upon a Revolution by Soha Shukayr
The Hanging Garden by Tang Xiaohu
The Speech by Haohao Yan

BEST FEATURE FILM

 

I Eye Aye by Richard Philpott
Our Country’s beauty by Leandra Marie Hoffmann
STAND UP! Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places by Timo Jacobs

BEST SHORT DOC

 

Artificial Dreams by Steve Conway
Fluffypunk by Thomas Harman
The Mechanics by Christoph Janetzko

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

La Alameda 2018 by Rocío Huertas
The Unlost Homeland by Eftychia Fragou
When The Roads End by Lorenzo Borghini

BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Coffin by Y. Cai, N. Crabot, H. Huang, M. Janiw, M. Lebon and T. Tran Ngoc
Revenge by Mikhail Somov
The Reset by Samuel Thompson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

The Caretaker by Emil Engesnes Bråthen
What If by Hao Zhenjia
Wild Will by Alan King

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Astronauts by Pauline Moreau
Past & Present by Juliette Balthazard
Schwimm by Felix Pitscheneder

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

Meaningful web-series didn’t show up this month, see you the next one!

BEST TRAILER

 

 

Once Upon a Revolution by Soha Shukayr
When The Roads End by Lorenzo Borghini
Wild Will by Alan King

BEST POSTER

 

 

Always Be Green by Hu Yudi
Scarlet by Lisa Ranran Hu
The Hanging Garden by Tang Xiaohu

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

I’m in love with a serial killer by Matthew Fearney
Mute by Stephanie Zachariadis
Sorry for my loss by Jared Becker

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Dying for the suburbs by Rick Purdy
Red Sequin by Erik Sudberg
The Red Cloth by Bo Svenson

BEST DIRECTOR

 

Alan King for Wild Will
Haohao Yan for The Speech
Hu Yudi for Always Be Green

BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Alan King for Wild Will
Haohao Yan for The Speech
Hu Yudi for Always Be Green

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Anton Shavlik for The Speech
Ran Liu for Always Be Green
The light department of The Hanging Garden

 

BEST EDITING

 

Alan King for Wild Will
Richard Philpott for I Eye Aye
Sagtens Film Collective for Marbles

BEST SOUND

 

Alan King for Wild Will
Mathieu Tiger and Christophe Burdet for Coffin
Sagtens Film Collective for Marbles

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Francesco Bondi for When The Road Ends
Hong Minyi for Always Be Green
Sagtens Film Collective for Marbles

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Annaelle Mans for Astronauts
Nan Zhou for The Speech
Teresa Grosser for Stand Up!

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Fairuz abou Hassan for Once Upon A Revolution
Gao Yunli for Always Be Green
Li Ningyue for The Hanging Garden

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Hadi Bou Ayash for Once Upon A Revolution
Lo Chun Yip for Before It Melts
Timo Jacobs for Stand Up!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Au Ga Man Patra for Before It Melts
Mona Arkin for The Speech
Pegah Ferydoni for Stand Up!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Friedrich Liechtenstein for Stand Up!
Lam Wai Nin for Before It Melts
Liao Jiajun for The Hanging Garden