9th Edition
August 4th, 2021
Best Narrative Feature & Best Director:
The Ravine
Dir: Keoni Waxman
Honorable Mention Narrative Feature:
ZERIA
Dir: Harry Cleven
Best Narrative Short:
Closed Heart
Dir: Gabriele Di Sazio
Best Documentary Feature :
Unearthing Ogawa
Dir: Steve Meixell
Best Documentary short:
Fashion victims
Dir: Alessandro Brasile
Best Experimental :
Ghost Dance for America, 1890
Dir: Karl Nussbaum
Best Animation :
The Hairy Notion of a Green Afternoon
Dir: Susanne Deeken
Best Science Fiction:
The Aspirant
Dir: Adam Orton
Best Horror :
Into the Dreams... and Horror Experiences
Dir: Taka Octz
Best Edit:
The Ravine
Best Producer:
JAEYOUNG KIM and KWANGHON WOO
The Hijras we met : The 3rd Gender
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Best Actress :
Simona Sciarabba
Closed Heart
Best Actor :
Ariel Semmel
MOLOTOV
Best Script :
Out of My Comfort Zone
Writer: Ivy Vale, Rick Reil
Best Unproduced script:
Sergeant Freeman
Writer: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web:
Daddy Diaper Diaries
Dir: Edy Soto
Best Comedy:
Sparky
Dir: Ashley Ephraim
Best Student Film:
VENUS OF KOREA
Dir: Jer Ju Liao
Best Music Video:
Pseudonym
Dir: Paul Boyd
Best Thriller:
Chapter Two Dir: Claudia Bento, Glenn Smith
Best Trailer:
Kissing Gaia Dir: Jerry Toth
Best Composer:
Joi Barua New World Order
Best First Time Filmmaker :
Get Out Alive
Dir: Roger Ellis
Best Female Filmmaker :
Katrina Nelson Red Sky
Best Indie :
39 1/2 Dir: Kara Herold