• BEST OF FEST •
LET YOUR FILM DO THE TALKING
• BEST OF FEST •
LET YOUR FILM DO THE TALKING
SEPTEMBER
2021
WINNERS & NOMINEES
BEST SHORT FILM
WINNER - Best Short Film
Troubled Times
directed by
Jared Crowelle
NOMINEE - Best Short Film
Soft Creatures
directed by
Ivana Skrabalo
NOMINEE - Best Short Film
Echo
directed by
Kamil Olejnik
BEST STUDENT FILM
SPECIAL MENTION - Best Student Film
The Vow
directed by
Charles Sweeney
BEST DOCUMENTARY
NOMINEE - Best Documentary
So far, yet so close - Encounter in Shanghai
directed by
Raissa und Simon Axmann
WINNER - Best Documentary
S'Avanzada
directed by
Francesco Palomba
NOMINEE - Best Documentary
Made With Love
directed by
Calum Macdiarmid
BEST ANIMATION
NOMINEE - Best Animation
Cloud Boy: An Autistic Journey
directed by
Kieran Firth-Bernard
NOMINEE - Best Animation
Live
directed by
Meg Dupont
WINNER - Best Animation
Justin and the Werloobee
directed by
Ken Yoffe & Ellen Weisberg, John Vo
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
SPECIAL MENTION - Best Music Video
Aufm Deich
directed by
Jakob Reuter
BEST ACTOR
Category WINNER - Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (Troubled Times)
Troubled Times
directed by
Jared Crowelle
Category NOMINEE - Firas Saayed (The Babylon Gardens)
The Babylon Gardens
directed by
Karim Moussa
Category NOMINEE - Karol Olejnik (Echo)
Echo
directed by
Kamil Olejnik
BEST ACTRESS
Category NOMINEE - Valentina Loncaric (Soft Creatures)
Soft Creatures
directed by
Ivana Skrabalo
Category NOMINEE - Florence Branger (Echo)
Echo
directed by
Kamil Olejnik
Category WINNER - Ann-Sofie Rase (BitterSweet)
BitterSweet
directed by
SUSANNA EKMAN
BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER - Best Director
Troubled Times
directed by
Jared Crowelle
NOMINEE - Best Director
Soft Creatures
directed by
Ivana Skrabalo
NOMINEE - Best Director
Echo
directed by
Kamil Olejnik
BEST SCREENPLAY
WINNER - Best Screenplay
Troubled Times
directed by
Jared Crowelle
NOMINEE - Best Screenplay
Echo
directed by
Kamil Olejnik
NOMINEE - Best Screenplay
BitterSweet
directed by
SUSANNA EKMAN
BEST EDITOR
NOMINEE - Best Editor
Troubled Times
directed by
Jared Crowelle
WINNER - Best Editor
Echo
directed by
Kamil Olejnik
NOMINEE - Best Editor
BitterSweet
directed by
SUSANNA EKMAN
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER - Best Cinematography
Troubled Times
directed by
Jared Crowelle
NOMINEE - Best Cinematography
Soft Creatures
directed by
Ivana Skrabalo
NOMINEE - Best Cinematography
Echo
directed by
Kamil Olejnik
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
NOMINEE - Best Original Score
Troubled Times
directed by
Jared Crowelle
NOMINEE - Best Original Score
The Babylon Gardens
directed by
Karim Moussa
WINNER - Best Original Score
Soft Creatures
directed by
Ivana Skrabalo