Award Winners: December 2021

Special Jury Awards

Best Film of the Month

Paradis by Chris Charles Akoury (Lebanon)

paradis.
paradis.

Best Foreign-Language Film of the Month (Special Jury Mention)

All Because Of The Damned Blonde’s Son by Danilo Vargas Martinez and Cristian Roberto Hernández Figueroa (Dominican Republic)

All Because Of The Damned Blonde's Son
All Because Of The Damned Blonde's Son

Film of the Month: Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Feet on the Back by Ruotong Wu and Zhichao Zhang (China)

Feet on the back
Feet on the back
Feet on the back

Film of the Month: Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

The Case by Patrick House (USA)

The Case
The Case

Best Film of the Month (Runners-up)

Mark My Words by Joseph Fletcher (USA)

Outside The Consulting Room by Fangming Liu (China)

Sorry For My Loss by D’Adonis Moquette (USA)

Young Love In a Dirty Place by Reinis Spaile (Latvia)

Mark My Words
Outside The Consulting Room
Young Love In a Dirty Place

Platinum Awards

Best Indie Short: All Because Of The Damned Blonde’s Son by Danilo Vargas Martinez and Cristian Roberto Hernández Figueroa (Dominican Republic)

Best Drama Short: Paradis by Chris Charles Akoury (Lebanon)

Best Dark Comedy Short: At the Strawberry Stand by Gerald Gerhard Pribek (Austria)

Best Crime Short: The Case by Patrick House (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Mark My Words by Joseph Fletcher (USA)

Best Student Short: Feet on the Back by Ruotong Wu and Zhichao Zhang (China)

Best Women Short: Reshape by Siming Zheng (USA)

Best Microfilm: Young Love In a Dirty Place by Reinis Spaile (Latvia)

Best Music Video: Silicone Wave by Jeff Hilliard (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Case by Patrick House (USA)

Best Director (Male): Reinis Spaile for Young Love In a Dirty Place (Latvia)

Best Student Director (Female): Ruotong Wu and Zhichao Zhang for Feet on the Back (China)

Best Child/Young Actress: Azra Kearns for Maron Doll (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Charles Sullivan and Michael Robert Anderson for Buddy Mills (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Nikolai Tsankov, Delissa Reynolds, Steve Mason, Paul Hickert, Katya Pylova, Tony D. Head, Hadrian Castro, Eugene Mishin, and Ruslana Sokolovskaya for The Case (USA)

Best Cinematography: Tom Payne for Zmora (UK)

Best Original Score: John King for The Last Christmas (Canada)

Best Short Script: The Mountain by Ruth Finnegan (UK)

At the Strawberry Stand
Reshape
Jeff Hilliard - Silicone Wave
Maron Doll
Buddy Mills
ZMORA
The Last Christmas

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