Fourth Edition 

July, 2021

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Best Narrative Feature & Best Feature Film Director
The Short Straw
Director: Dimiter Petkov

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Best Documentary Feature
Happy Princes
Director: Panos Deligiannis

Best Documentary Short
Homecoming Song
Director: Daniel Janke

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Best Indie Short Film
Last Days
Director:  Diana Frei

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Best Screenplay
Hide&Sniff
Writer: kousuke hishinuma

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Best Actor
Frédéric Chau
for: Hanakotoba

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Best Actress
Lucia Tong
For: excuse me

Best Youth Actress
Lola Daisy Wheldon
for: Lola

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Best Youth Actor
Ethan Hemenway
for: Mind Breaking

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Best Indie Feature Film
Penitent
Director: Martin Webster

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Best Student Film
12 (Twelve)
Director: JJyri Pitkänen

 

Best Experimental
IF ONLY
Director: John Behring

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Best Narrative Short
Hot Take
Directors:  Arthur Glover

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Best Short Film Director
Beautiful Moment
Director: Berkan Dörtkardeş

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Best Animation
Three Jumps to Happiness
Director: Artur Hanaj

Best Music Video
Mature Musical Pictures "Counterfeits of Control" (feat Kahra) Official Music Video

Best Composer
THE BACK

Best Cinematographer
Dos De Asada
DOP: Shu An

Best Comedy
LIVING THE DREAM
Directors: Yuri Maslak, Olga Tugaeva

Best Unproduced Screenplay
COUNTING NEEDLES FROM A HILL
Written by Lovely Carter

Best Web-Series-Pilot
Open Ethnicity Pilot
Director:  Sunny Chen

Best Sci-Fi
211220 - The Age of Aquarius
Director: Caroline Viitanen

Best Horror
The Doctor
Directors: Avery Meier, Michael Dahl

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Best First Time Feature
DIVASWAPNA
Director: Satish Davara

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Best First Time Short
excuse me
Director: Vanessa Rose

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Best Female Filmmaker
Last Days
Director: Diana Frei

Best Thriller
Amazon Queen
Director: Marlin Darrah

Best Trailer
Just Another Dream

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Best Photography
For old times sake

Tiago Mesquita

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Best Producer
Just Another Dream

Jennifer Nichole Lee, Joel Paul Reisig, Ele Bardha, Eugene Brave Rock

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Best Musician
O Sweet Woods

Jessica Gould

 

Best Poster
SoulMate