DECEMBER 2021

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Floaters by Tomek P. Chenczke
Hegoak by Andoni Betbeder
Kold by Marley Hasselbach
Mother in the Mist by Kay Niuyue Zhang 
Pops by Lewis Rose
The Swap by Chloé Dumond and Ananda Henry-Biabaud

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Mother in the Mist by Kay Niuyue Zhang 
Pops by Lewis Rose
The Swap by Chloé Dumond and Ananda Henry-Biabaud 

BEST FEATURE FILM

 

The Bunny Man by Bobby McGruther
The Vanished by Arben Thaçi 
When You Are Gone by Rafael Altamira 

BEST SHORT DOC

 

Gagua by Luka Kupunia 
Once upon a bridge in Vietnam by François Bibonne 
Surf in Rome by Javier Silva Signorelli

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

A Train to Utopia by Beth Sà Freire and Fabrizio Mambro
Finding Courage by Kay Rubacek
Listen to this: the untold story of Holophonics by Mariano Torres Negri and Pablo Abate

BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Kevin by Imogen Graham 
Lonely Souls by Finn Morgan-Roberts 
Nestling by Marat Narimanov

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

A Sand on the Seafloor by Joo Young Judy Kim
On the Bones by Anastasiya Sovashchenko
Stains by Roger Villarroya 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Close My Eyes by Viktor Jonsson  
Rhove – Jungle by Peter Marvu 
Weltschmerzdigest – Flat Earth by Whitehand  

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

Jenna The Great by Dan Tonkin
Love Undone by Joseph Goncalves and Sonya Joyner
Welcome To Melville by Brett Knickrehm and Andrew Mitchell   

BEST TRAILER

 

A Train to Utopia by Beth Sà Freire and Fabrizio Mambro
Listen to this: the untold story of Holophonics by Mariano Torres Negri and Pablo Abate
Mother in the Mist by Kay Niuyue Zhang 

BEST POSTER

 

A Sand on the Seafloor by Joo Young Judy Kim
Mother in the Mist by Kay Niuyue Zhang 
Pops by Lewis Rose

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Blood Is Thicker by Melissa Skirboll
Lucky by Carolyn Wagner 
Sweetbreads by Fred Perry

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Elvis & Jesse by Gary Porpora
Sapone by Nicholas Di Valerio 
Temporary Residents by Seppe Van Beneden 

BEST DIRECTOR

 

Andoni Betbeder for Hegoak
Kay Niuyue Zhang for Mother in the Mist 
Lewis Rose for Pops

BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Kay Niuyue Zhang for Mother in the Mist 
Lewis Rose for Pops
Marley Hasselbach for Kold

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

François Schneider for Hegoak  
Jiang Du for Mother in the Mist  
Olmo Sobrino for Stains  

 

 

 

 

 

BEST EDITING

 

Bjørn Vea for Kold 
Guangwei Du for Mother in the Mist
Josselin Pérot for Hegoak

BEST SOUND

 

Carles Prats and Xavi Saucedo for Stains  
Louis Morand for Pops
Théophile Chauchat for Hegoak

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Alvaro Balvin Benavides for Mother in the Mist 
Laetitia Pansanel-Garric for The Swap 
Robin Mark Schmidt for Kold

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Albulena Burovci for The Vanished
Beth Wooton for Pops
Li Li for Mother in the Mist

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Chloé Dumond for The Swap
Mikka Chantal Deleuran for Kold
Samantha Spiro for Pops

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Marcus Andre for Floaters
Nigel Lindsay for Pops
Paul Beaurepaire for Hegoak

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Frédérique Dufour for The Swap
Vianca Meyer for Floaters 
Wang Xiwen for Mother in the Mist

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Cyril Durel for Hegoak 
Matthieu Penchinat for The Swap  
Régis Romel for Hegoak