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2021 Award Winners

JURY AWARDS

Best Documentary Short
WINNER  •  A Concerto is a Conversation by Kris Bowers & Ben Proudfoot
Runner Up •  R.I.P. T-Shirts by Kate Davis & David Heilbroner

Best Comedy Feature
WINNER •  The Daphne Project by Zora Iman Crews & Alec Tibaldi
Runner Up •  Events Transpiring Before, During, and After a High School Basketball Game by Ted Stenson

Best Dramatic Feature
WINNER •  Small Town Wisconsin by Niels Mueller
Runner Up •  Everything in The End by Mylissa Fitzsimmons

Best Dramatic Short
WINNER •  Ruwatan by Ernest Lesmana
Runner Up •  Synthetic Love by Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix

Best Documentary Feature
WINNER •  YOUTH v GOV by Christi Cooper
Runner Up •  Storm Lake by Jerry Risius & Beth Levison
Special Humanitarian Award •  For the Left Hand by Gordon Quinn & Leslie Simmer

Best Comedy Short
WINNER •  Photo Op by Dava Whisenant

Best Animated Short
WINNER •  Lines by Claire Fleming

 

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Best Animated Short
WINNER •  Lines by Claire Fleming
Runner Up •  Souvenir Souvenir by Bastien Dubois
2nd Runner Up •  Annah la Javanaise by Fatimah Tobing Rony

Best Comedy Short
WINNER •  GraceLand by Bonnie Discepolo
Runner Up •  Brief Survey by Dava Whisenant
2nd Runner Up •  Numb by Natasha Jatania

Best Documentary Short
WINNER •  A Concerto is a Conversation by Kris Bowers & Ben Proudfoot
Runner Up •  Eddy’s World by Lyn Goldfarb
2nd Runner Up •  Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color by Cheri Gaulke

Best Dramatic Short
WINNER •  Hook and Chain by Shay Hayden
Runner Up •  Victim No. 6 by Nancy Menagh
2nd Runner Up •  Cassandra by Lia Lenart

Best Documentary Feature
WINNER •  YOUTH v GOV by Christi Cooper
Runner Up •  For the Left Hand by Gordon Quinn & Leslie Simmer
2nd Runner Up •  The First Step by Brandon Kramer

Best Narrative Feature
WINNER •  Peace by Chocolate by Jonathan Keijser
Runner Up •  This Is Not A War Story by Talia Lugacy
2nd Runner Up •  Last Night in Rozzie by Sean Gannet

Best of the Fest
WINNER •  YOUTH v GOV by Christi Cooper

 

DIRECTORS CHOICE AWARDS

Best Acting: Feature Film (Adult)  •  Zora Iman Crews (The Daphne Project)
Best Acting: Short Film (Adult)  •  Lucia Sawh (Gabriela)
Best Acting: Feature Film (Youth)  •  Cooper J. Friedman (Small Town Wisconsin)
Best Acting: Short Film (Youth)  •  Isabella Haddock (Leylak)
Best Ensemble Cast  •  Events Transpiring Before, During, and After a High School Basketball Game

Emerging Filmmaker  •  Alana Waksman (We Burn Like This)
Emerging Filmmaker  •  Ryan McDonough (Last Night in Rozzie)

Best Cinematography

Documentary Feature  •  Martin Benoist (The Crab Season)
Narrative Feature  •  Josh Kundert-Gibbs (DimLand)
Documentary Short  •  Daniel Principe (Last Meal)
Narrative Short Winner  •  Aram “Spike” Bauman (Victim No. 6)
Narrative Short Runner-Up  • Lee Man-Oh (Pit-A-Pat)

Fortitude in Filmmaking  •  Beth Balaban & Beth Murphy (Son of Fukushima)

Sound Design
WINNER  •  Dennis Lee & Lars Bo Kjær (A Beautiful Curse)
Runner Up  •  Matt Drake (Monkey Beach)
2nd Runner Up  •  Luc Bouchard (Peace by Chocolate)

 

SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

Short Comedy
WINNER  •  “Argie Bergman” by Suzy Stein and Fernando Perez

Short Dramatic
WINNER  •  “37th Floor” by Steve Spremo

Feature Comedy
WINNER  •  “Loonatoona” by Shockadelic

Feature Dramatic
WINNER  •  “The Orchestra” by Curtis Matzke