MAY 2021

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

 

Astronauts by Mariano Cabaco
External by Jonathan and Leandro Taub
Mist and Blood by Roland Collin
Native Speaker by Alex Ochman
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischof
When the Tide Rises by Alex Jiang

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Astronauts by Mariano Cabaco
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischof
When the Tide Rises by Alex Jiang

BEST FEATURE FILM

 

External by Jonathan and Leandro Taub
Raindrops from the Sun by Tomonao Sakurayashiki
Until the Night Arrives by Richard Thornéus

BEST SHORT DOC

 

Āmra by Imri Agmon
Mimmo by Matthew Bell
World Without Boundaries by Gisela Arantes

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

And Crying Out I’m Going To Die by Luis Bruzón Delgado
Making an Exoneree by Rob and Cindy Dorfmann
Spanish Olive Grove by Francisco Javier Fernández Bordonada

BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Forget Me Not by Courtney LeBlanc and Saige Guevara
Knatataar by Deepayan Purkait
The Promise by Boris Bubnov

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Anietié, and the Sky will be there by Teymour Tehrani
In Remembrance by Hali Traina
Mantra by James Autery

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Dive, Dive, Dive by Dong Sub Kim
Hand of Time by Lejla Subasic
Let It Out by Ben Woolf

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

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

BEST TRAILER

 

 

Astronauts by Mariano Cabaco
External by Jonathan and Leandro Taub
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischo

BEST POSTER

 

 

A Boat Heading for the Desert by Zhaoke 
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischof
When the Tide Rises by Alex Jiang

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Casablanca by Dale Hogarth and Giorgio La Rosa
One More California by Dean H Huh
Ripple by Rory Tasker

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Oreb&Zeeb by Giacomo Seca
Southern Gothic by John Budge and Adam Davenport
Still Waters by James Everett

BEST DIRECTOR

 

 

Alex Jiang for When the Tide Rises
Jonathan and Leandro Taub for External
Mariano Cabaco for Astronauts

BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Alex Ochman for Native Speaker
Suzie Léger and Mariano Cabaco for Astronauts
Thomas Bischof for Servus Karl

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

 

Hans Selikovsky for Astronauts
Judith Stehlik for Servus Karl
Kio Qiu for When the Tide Rises

 

BEST EDITING

 

Jonathan and Leandro Taub, Benjamin De Vuyst and Alfredo Acevedo for External
Miguel Lomana for Astronauts
Sara Schober for Servus Karl

BEST SOUND

 

James Autery for Mantra
Jean Pourchier for Mist and Blood
Mariusz Orchel for Servus Karl

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Austin Buckett for Mantra
Clemens Salesny for Servus Karl
Lincoln Jaeger for Mimmo

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Ge Gao for When the Tide Rises
Heike Mirbach for Servus Karl
Marta Kozioł for Native Speaker

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Junfan Wei and Jing Fang for When the Tide Rises
Marie Le Cam for Mist and Blood
Suzie Léger for Astronauts

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Erwin Steinhauer for Servus Karl
Laurent Maurel for Mist and Blood
Raphael Reboul for Native Speaker

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Elizabeth Ehrlich for External
May Garzon for Servus Karl
Laëtitia Rosier for Mist and Blood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Bartosz Szpak for Native Speaker
Mariano Cabaco for Astronauts
Mateusz Malecki for Native Speaker