NOVEMBER 2021

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

 

Absence by Wu Lang
De.Ville – Water by Jean-Vital Joliat
Guardians of Paradise by Ivan Maria Friedman
I still remember by Flora Chilton
Shabnam by Zabiullah Saifi Askari
The Best Orchestra in the World by Henning Backhaus

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Absence by Wu Lang
Shabnam by Zabiullah Saifi Askari
The Best Orchestra in the World by Henning Backhaus

BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Ali’s Nature by Levent Cetin
Where the Merrows Roam by Colin Hickey
Whistle Blowers by Antoine Collin

BEST SHORT DOC

 

Guardians of Paradise by Ivan Maria Friedman
La Lixeira: the Invisibles’ Dignity by Guido Galante and Antonio Notarangelo
Team Lioness: Kenya’s All-Female Anti-Poaching Unit by Jake Tupman and Jack Somerville

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

Before the Close of Day by Peter Lucas
Forgotten Dreams by Marwa El Sharkawy
Grass Between Cobblestones by Jorge Ruiz Abánades

BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Ethereal Shift by Julie Goldstein
I still remember by Flora Chilton
Santiago by Andrey Koulev

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Cold Single by Mel Hsieh and Item Idem
Humanic Disorder by Harry Liang
Tempest by Jāzeps Podnieks

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Célestin – Miss Lune by Geoffroy Virgery
De.Ville – Water by Jean-Vital Joliat
Hush Forte – Look Closely by Cam DeMars, Simon Morrison and Hush Forte

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

All Good by Alberts Vieglins
Arthur II by Nick Rusconi
Soiled Shorts: The Series by Giles Sander

BEST TRAILER

 

Ali’s Nature by Levent Çetin
Before the Close of Day by Peter Lucas
Forget me not by Giuseppe Petruzzellis and Fabio Marin

BEST POSTER

 

Absence by Wu Lang
Night, Mother by John Patrick Lowrie
The Station Caretaker by Vladislav Emelin

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Colosseum by Adam Jay Crawford
Odette by Pascot Sebastien
She Will Never Learn by Shannon Phelan

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

2nd Date by Jaik Andino
Moment of Glory by Ben Fiore
The Sicken by Danny Alex

BEST DIRECTOR

 

Jean-Vital Joliat for De.Ville – Water
Wu Lang for Absence
Zabiullah Saifi Askari for Shabnam

BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Henning Backhaus, Rafael Haider and Albert Meisl for The Best Orchestra in the World
Özgür Şeyben and Levent Çetin for Ali’s Nature
Wu Lang for Absence

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Görüntü Yönetmeni for Ali’s Nature
Ivan Maria Friedman for Guardians of Paradise
Ritvars Bluka for Tempest

 

 

 

 

 

BEST EDITING

 

Giuseppe Petruzzellis for Forget me not
Ivan Maria Friedman for Guardians of Paradise
Jana Libnik for The Best Orchestra in the World

BEST SOUND

 

Gyuricza Ferenc for I still remember
Klevr, Lennart Kleinen, Alan Van Ramshorst and Kirill Den Outer for Barrier
Nora Czamler for The Best Orchestra in the World

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Ben Kruse for Before the Close of Day
Cyrille Marchesseau for The Wet Nurse
Diego Felipe Gaitan Lozano for Where the Merrows Roam

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Arnold de Parscau for The Wet Nurse
Charo Guo for Drowning Fish
Julija Volkensteina for Young Love In a Dirty Place

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Judith State for Memories of Crossing
Marie-Reine Poyteau for The Wet Nurse
Natalie Tannous for De.Ville – Water

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Didier Forest for Us Two Or Nothing
Nissim Renard for Bluestar
Walt Klink for Barrier

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Edith Alibec for Memories of Crossing
Eowyn Personne for Us Two Or Nothing
Tong Xu for Drowning Fish

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Alain Eloy for Bluestar
Mehmet Usta for Ali’s Nature
Moussa Sylla for The Wolf