MARCH 2021

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FINALISTS

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Aphrodite by Zachary Zebrowitz
Avernus by Simon Ross
Bethel Drive by Benjamin Kim
Black Key by Yuchen Gao
Canelones by Nicolás Mayer
Clapper by Edoardo Pasquini
Crimson by Miguel Varela
Greetings From Sarajevo by Melissa Skirboll
Intact by Loris Hantzis
Mom and Dad by Chen Peng
Ole, Benni und der Rest des Universums by Anna Ludwig
Shimmer Summer by Tong Mao
Singing Alone With A Farewell by Yi Xiong
The Death Of My Father by Lex Kimbrough
The God by Shim Ik Tae
The Good Day by Zhixin Cheng
The Past Will Last by Sara Del Barba
Tom. by Matan Abramovitz
Unlawful Combatant by Jackson Fatheree
William and Alexander by Helene Sophie Højgaard

BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Grandfather and Grandson by Ilija Piperkoski
Hocus Focus by Pravin Dodeja
In The Shadows by Erdem Tepegöz
Rising Moon by Lydur Arnason
The Lost Thoughts of Midnight by Miguelangelo Hexylvania
You’re the Beginning, You’re the End by Darbuka Siva

BEST SHORT DOC

 

Belle-Ile in Acadie by Phil Comeau
Bussi, Baba by Bahare Ruch
Death is Silent by Jon Wendell Baldwin Quintanilla
Harsukh by Alejandro Matrán
Heart of Kenya by Patryk Majchrzak
Nanmin by Adam Shaw
Strange Uncle Gerry by Peter Evanchuck
The Beyond by Daniel Maurer
Women at War! by Daniel Sultan

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

 

Football Mad by Manuele Deho
Golden Dawn: A Public Affair by Angélique Kourounis
Pachamama by Loris Andreozzi and Alessio Garlaschelli
Route 4 by Martina Chamrad
The Bride Dress by Marwah Jbara Tibi
The Cost of Denial by Huw Christie
The New Whistlers of Aas by Richard Martin-Jordan
The Pace of Water by Antonio Di Biase

BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Gekou by Ajisa Asai
Horror by Atsuhiko Watanabe
On / Off by Nicolas P. Villarreal
Tempo d’Acqua by Uros Vukovic
The Alley by Andres Montenegro
The Moon Codex by Uros Vukovic

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Chimera by Gianmarco Liggieri
Contain by Dani Maloney
Geneva Jacuzzi’s Casket by Chris Friend
#Glitch: Objects by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
Milano di carta by Gianmarco Donaggio
Oblon by Fabio Falzarano
Saalheim’s Sleet by Kristian Panzer
The Mechanics by Christoph Janetzko
Trial by Peirui Yang

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

A Miserable Heart 3-28-21 by Wei Chen
Dust by Lamara Sogomonian
Flowers by Aydan Wilder
Flying by Alexandre Richard
Gør Det her by Niels Ostenfeld
Lazy Eyed Clown by Paolo Tresoldi
Rhizome by Olivier Samter
You Should Do Better by Jean-Vital Joliat

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

Bone & Flesh by Daniel Villareal-Alvarado
Conversations by Tomás Ratón
Daddydelphia by Harold Eric
Vif by Sébastien Iannuzzi

BEST POSTER

 

In The Shadows by Erdem Tepegöz
Oblon by Fabio Falzarano
Route 4 by Martina Chamrad
Shimmer Summer by Tong Mao
Singing Alone With A Farewell by Yi Xiong
The Good Day by Zhixin Cheng

BEST TRAILER

 

Gør Det her by Niels Ostenfeld
Grandfather and Grandson by Ilija Piperkoski
In The Shadows by Erdem Tepegöz
Pachamama by Loris Andreozzi and Alessio Garlaschelli
The God by Shim Ik Tae
Vif by Sébastien Iannuzzi

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Dance of the Gipsy by Pamela Perry
Graven by Michael Clifton
Grey by Marc Castaldo
Purgatorio by Hakan Ünal
The Impersonators by Mark Spurlock
There’s A Crowd by Hanna Field

BEST FEATURE/TV SCREENPLAY

 

Fitzwilliam High (Episode 1) by Steve Crawshaw, Mike Sockol, Tony Vale, Chris Kirk and Christine Free
Life in the Country by Justin Jackson
Lost in Mind by Umit Conay
Meet The Beatles by Adam Hall, Kahle McCann
The Ripple by Matthew Preston-Bloom
The Way Home by Ewa Stankiewicz