Award Winners: May 2021

Best Film of the Month

Runner by Joel Cocciolone (USA)

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

The King of Nowhere by Victor Harder Hesel (Denmark)

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

Limbo by Hsin Yu Chang (UK)

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

Restless by Asger Krøjer Kallesøe (Denmark)

Best Film of the Month (Runner-ups)

American Immigrant by Shady A Mawajdeh (USA)

Forget Me Not by Saige Guevara and Courtney LeBlanc (USA)

In_Sect Day by Polina Dvoretskaya (Russia)

Moon in the Cloud by Liliya Roys (Canada)

Sixteenth Week by Hashem Jahromi (Iran)

The Dolls Game by Mehdi Mahaei (Iran)

Best Indie ShortThe King of Nowhere by Victor Harder Hesel (Denmark)

Best Drama ShortRestless by Asger Krøjer Kallesøe (Denmark)

Best Documentary Short: Gregoris Mountain by Julius Ernst (Greece)

Best Thriller ShortRunner by Joel Cocciolone (USA)

Best Crime ShortRunner by Joel Cocciolone (USA)

Best Fantasy ShortLimbo by Hsin Yu Chang (UK)

Best Experimental ShortMirror Matter by Emilija Skarnulyte (Lithuania)

Best Student ShortLimbo by Hsin Yu Chang (UK)

Best Animation ShortForget Me Not by Saige Guevara and Courtney LeBlanc (USA)

Best Children ShortSymfaunic by Erin Bergin and Darby Kate Snyder (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: As Organism by Moe Taylor and Kathryn E F Taylor (USA)

Best Director (Male): Joel Cocciolone for Runner (USA)

Best Student Director (Female): Liliya Roys for Moon in the Cloud (Canada)

Best First Time Director (Female): Hsin Yu Chang for Limbo (UK)

Best Actress: Sarah Boberg for Restless (Denmark)

Best Actor: Joel Cocciolone for Runner (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Maria Rita Silva for Pinnacle (Brazil)

Best Acting Duo: Andriu Freitas and Maria Rita Silva for Pinnacle (Brazil)

Best Acting Ensemble: John McCabe, Joel Cocciolone, Sophia Gasca, Erica Jean Mungor, Joshua Bitton, Henry Pitman, Kiara Chavez, and Steven Marcus Releford for Runner (USA)

Best Production Design: Fabricio Brandi for Limbo (UK)

Best Sound DesignRunner (USA)

Best Original Score: Manu Martin, Ron J Danziger, Joi Barua, and Matthieu Eymard for Ode to an Inanimate Companion (Singapore)

Best Original Story: Hsin Yu Chang for Limbo (UK)

Best Short ScriptSizwe by Micharn Pollock (South Africa)

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SILVER AWARDS

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

FINALISTS

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