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7th Annual Top Shorts 2021 Winners



Best of Fest 2021

The Morning Walk - Louise Hylland, Marc Harpsøe


Jury President Award

Sleepwalk - Filipe Melo


Special Jury Award

Until - Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick


Best Narrative Film of the Year

Sleepwalk - Filipe Melo


Best Indie Film of the Year

A Threat to Justice - Chris Files


Best Drama of the Year

Becoming Everything - Dan Lowënstein


Best Comedy of the Year

A Girl and a Gun - Pierre-Edouard Joubert


Best Thriller of the Year

Windblown - Usher Morgan, Katie Vincent


Best Horror of the Year

Vincent - Nicholas Andrews


Best Action Film of the Year

RED - David Newton, Beau Fowler


Best Sci-Fi of the Year

The Counterfeit Mind - Malek Haneen


Best Experimental Film of the Year

clarity. - Daisy Paroczy Hickey


Best Inspirational Film of the Year

Making Waves - Laura Zéphirin


Best Fantasy Film of the Year

Fulgidusen - Alexander Feichter


Best Romance Film of the Year

Manasanamaha - Deepak


Best Mystery Film of the Year

Acid Fantasy - Lorenzo Lanzillotti


Best Parody of the Year

Chronicles of Gnarnia: The Rex Chadwick Story - Brian Colin Foley


Best Dark Comedy of the Year

Hero - Jayson Martin


Best Romantic Comedy of the Year

We Met in Quarantine - Rob Seiffert, Rob Wagner


Best Crime Film of the Year

Lockbox - Jake Noecker


Best LGBTQ Film of the Year

Underneath - Lena Weller


Best Film Noir of the Year

The Widow - Brendan Young


Best Web/TV Pilot of the Year

Sharp - Sander Ligthart


Best Web Series of the Year

Divorce School - Dana Marisa Schoenfeld, Julie Zelman


Best Documentary of the Year

Inhale - Brian Chambers


Best Animation of the Year

The Heretic - Veselin Efremov


Best Music Video of the Year

Supersonics / Caravan Palace - Béchir "Jiwee" Jouini


Best Student Film of the Year

Pork Chop - Katherine Guggenberger


Best Microfilm of the Year

Made With Love - Chloé Robichaud


Best Director of the Year

RED - David Newton


Best First Time Director of the Year

Big Break - Dicle Ozcer