Top Shorts Winners - February 2021
Film of the Month
The Stranger - Katherine Oostman
Best Narrative Film
The Stranger - Katherine Oostman
Best Indie Film
Awakened - Yulian Mateo
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
Etch - Kenneth Perkins
Best Drama
Becoming Everything - Dan Lowënstein
Best Comedy
Matty Boy - Dr Shahid Kamal
Best Experimental Film
The Accident - Paul Brian Osorio, Jayasinhji Jhala
Best Inspirational Film
Pivot - Robert Hunkele, Tom DiDonato
Best Mystery Film
Hal - Josh Flaherty, Caleb Yellin-Flaherty
Best Parody
Panic in Valley City - Antonio Harper, Abby Burton
Best Dark Comedy
Hero - Jayson Martin
Best Romantic Comedy
Girl Night Stand: Chapter Two - Jenna Laurenzo
Best Web/TV Pilot
Atlas - Ayman Chaudhry
Best Web Series
Good Monsters - Johannes Muhr, Julia Zimth
Honorable Mention: Web Series
Another Time, With Paul - Elena Saurel
Best Documentary
Driving La Carrera: Rally Brothers - Fernando Cum Marin
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Veteran Children: When Parents Go To War - Susan Hackley
Best Animation
Hope - Abdulla Al-Janahi
Best Music Video
Woman's Enlightenment - Koutaro Ishida
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Take Me as I Am - Eric Wolford
Best Student Film
The Q - Hannah Gordon
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Followed - Michael Salvino
Best Microfilm
Unspeakable BLM - Emmai Alaquiva
Best Director
The Stranger - Katherine Oostman
Honorable Mention: Director
The Funny Runner - Rob Steger
Best First Time Director
In Isolation - Edmund C. Short
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
Company - Lam Tsz Him
Best Indie Filmmaker
Impermanence - Josh Yellin-Flaherty
Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker
Skiff - Ethan Barsh, Andy Barsh
Best Young Filmmaker
Consent: How Rape Culture Affects Teen Development and Relationships - Georgia Kate Sasso
Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker
Haphephobia - Aiko Loza
Best Actor
Becoming Everything - Steve Leeds
Honorable Mention: Actor
Matty Boy - Vincent De Paul
Best Actress
The Stranger - Melissa Saint-Amand
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Alison - Jessica Rose
Best Supporting Actress
Company - Nina Paw Hee Ching
Best Child/Young Actor
Solitaire - Jacob C. Schultz
Best Child/Young Actress
Becoming Everything - Diaana Babnicova
Best Duo
The Argument - Shalini Bathina & Vance Lovett
Best Ensemble
The Stranger - Melissa Saint-Amand, Autumn Dial, Ashley LeConte Campbell
Best Cinematography
Eyes Behind the Wind - Richard Weston
Best Editing
The Stranger - Carolina Garrigo
Best Score
Hope - Caturadi Septembrianto
Honorable Mention: Score
The Stranger - David Urbinati
Best Song
Straight Into The Ocean - Allen Ling
Inspiring Woman in a Film
The Funny Runner - Brittany Charboneau
Best Commercial
Operation Chrono - Irmaos Meirelles
Best Original Story
Company - Tony Lam Tsz Him, June Chung Hoi Man
Honorable Mention: Original Story
Happily ever after - James Coare
Best Screenplay
Come Closer - Pierre Langenegger
Honorable Mention: Screenplay
Love and Loneliness in an Advanced Technological Age - Warren Paul Glover
Best Drama Screenplay
Fatal Ambition - Angel Connell
Best Comedy Screenplay
Hanging Buddy - John Kestner
Best Horror Screenplay
Come Closer - Pierre Langenegger
Best Thriller Screenplay
Familial - Catherine Schetina
Best First Time Screenwriter
Grey - Marc Castaldo
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