Best Film Awards (2021) - IMDb

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Best Screenplay

Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
Ace
Jacobo Fe Gismera
Devine Intervention (Second Chances)
Shanelle Monique(Writer)
A Soul of Endless Fears
Shanelle Monique(writer)

Best Short Script

Winner
A Deadly Conversation
9.5 (30)
Vincent Edwards(writer)
A Soul of Endless Fears
Shanelle Monique(writer)

Documentary

Winner
Alexander Odyssey
7.4 (15)
Pedro Pires
Josiane Lapointe

Best Medium-Length Script

On the Mark
Vincent Edwards(writer)

Best Director

Best Director

Winner
Scott McCullough
Three Days Gone: Based on the Life of Lucas Snow
Finalist
Winner
Scott McCullough
Sore Loser
Winner
Sonny P. Louis
Eve 2021
M.I.H. Entertainment
Winner
James Huang
Night Out
Ten Ten Productions
Winner
Kristian Solin(director)
Winner
Abhay Thakur(director)
Enigma - The Fallen Angel
Dream Catcher Company
Winner
Jörg Reichlin
Am Rande der Zeiten
Winners
Luis Galán(Director)
Ramón Campoamor(Co-director)
The First Outbreak
Winner
Logan Mansberger(Director)
Contingency
Penalty Productions
Winner
Sonny P. Louis
Eve 2021
M.I.H. Entertainment
Luca Guardabascio
I Believe in One Only Father
Alejandro Chapa(writer/director)
I'm Looking for You
Timoth Conrad
Nothing Else
Timamu Movies Production
Manuel Siles(director)
Vivir Ilesos
Ross Kolton
Echoes of Kerberos
Dimitris Galatas(director)
Fragkiskos Arapai(co-director)
Magda
Sonny P. Louis
Night Shifters
M.I.H. Entertainment

Best Director Action Short Film

Winner
Márk G. Lakatos
The Siege
DecentEye Productions

Best Director Comedy Film

Winner
Luis Galán
Madrid, Drawings... And Foreign Girls
Producciones Luz de Mar
Winner
Chris Hallas
Four Minute Warning

Best Director Drama Film

Winner
Baptiste Perraudin(director)
45 Days Later - Official Film
Luis Galán
Constelación Urbana
Producciones Luz de Mar

Best Director Experimental

Winner
Dmitri Frolov(director)
Astronaut's Uniform
Winner
Klaverna
It's Cool to Become Me
Dmitri Frolov(director)
Astronaut's Uniform

Best Director Feature Documentary

Winners
Luis Galán(Director)
Ramón Campoamor(Co-director)
The First Outbreak

Best Director Horror

Winner
D.J. Remark
What It Takes
Winner
James Dobbins Jones
Charlotte's Net
Sonny P. Louis
Night Shifters
M.I.H. Entertainment
David Tybor(director)
Invisible World
Circle Trail Productions

Best Director Indie Short Film, March 2021

Winner
Daria Elena Dashunina
From Khovrino
Nerpa Film

Best Director Mobile Film

Winner
Sergei Tymchenko
The Balcony
William Morgan
Abducted?

Best Director Parody Film

Winner
Brian Colin Foley(Director)
Chronicles of Gnarnia: The Rex Chadwick Story

Best Director Sci-Fi Short Film

Winner
Márk G. Lakatos
House of Babel
DecentEye Productions

Best Director Short Documentary

Winner
Christos N. Karakasis
Take a Trip
Koyinta Productions

Best Director Super Short Film

Best Director Thriller Film

Best Director War Film

Winner
Kate Campbell
Boundless
Winner
Caleb Fanning(Director)
Blood on the Risers
Rockhill Studios
Winner
Tomas Simonsen
Flukten fra Katterat
Winner
Kris Scott
St Valery

Best Director Web/TV Series

Winner
Trent Walker(director)
Gaybors
Trent Walker Films
Winners
Andrei 'Wolf' Constantinescu(director)
Mihai Constantinescu(director)
Cities in the Air
Wolf Brothers Cinema

Best Director Western Film

Winner
Freddy Moyano(director) (producer)
No Duck Land
Moyano Lingua Consulting and Productions

Best Director action film

Winner
Sonny P. Louis
Eve 2021
M.I.H. Entertainment

Best European Director

Winner
Christos N. Karakasis
Take a Trip
Koyinta Productions

Best First-Time Director (Feature)

Winners
Luis Galán(Director)
Ramón Campoamor(Co-director)
The First Outbreak

Best Male Director

Winner
Sergio Fernandez(director)
Holestepper
Winner
Timoth Conrad
Nothing Else
Timamu Movies Production

Best Physiological film Director

Winner
Caleb Fanning(Director)
Blood on the Risers
Rockhill Studios

Director Feature Documentary

Director Indie Feature Film

Winner
Blake Ridder
Help
Ridder Films
Winner
Dante Aubain
The Alpines
MQB Films
Winner
Clint Horvath
Blank Canvas
Between Renders

Director Sci Fi

Winner
Adam Nowak
Jestem tu

European Director

Winner
Adam Nowak
Jestem tu

Finalist

First Time Director (Feature)

Winner
Blake Ridder
Help
Ridder Films
Winner
Dante Aubain
The Alpines
MQB Films

Actor LGBT Film (Short/Feature) March Semi-Finalist

Xavier D. Elliton(actor)
Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...

Actor Student Film March Semi-Finalist

Xavier D. Elliton(actor)
Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...

Actress LGBT Film (Short/Feature) March Semi-Finalist

Nikkie Bendross(actress) (co-executive producer)
Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...

Actress Student Film March Semi-Finalist

Nikkie Bendross(actress) (co-executive producer)
Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...

Best Director First-Time Short Film

Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...

Best Director Short Film

Ross Kolton
Echoes of Kerberos
Baptiste Perraudin(director)
45 Days Later - Official Film
Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...
Matt Poidevin
Forever House
Eyre Highway Productions

Best Female Director Music Video

Elizabeth Kennedy(director)
Do Not Shoot
Elizabeth A Kennedy
DO NOT SHOOT

Best Music Video

Sore Loser
Scott McCullough(director, cinematographer, editor)

Director Drama Film March Finalist

Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...

Director Indie Short Film March Finalist

Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...

Director LGBT Film March Finalist

Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...

Director Student Film March Finalist

Eric Bendross(director) (producer) (executive producer)
Love Conquers...

Semi-Finalist

Susan (Rays of Hope)
Sean Mukherjee(producer)
Auteur Film Productions UK

Short documentary

Honour Me
8.5 (8)
Alex Tweddle
Angry Man Pictures

Best Student Director

Best Director Student

Henrique Bouduard(director)
Lone Rider Animation
Cultzone Filmes

Best First Time Screenwriter

Best Short Script

Winner
Man Eater (The Story of Tanesha Michaels)
Serenity Speaks(writer)
Winner
Pandora's Adversaries
Jason Harley

Feature Screenplay

Winner
Joshua's Exceptional Pheromones
Nili Rain Segal(writer)
Vol et Nocturne
Shaun Rylee
Cinema Dandan

Best First Time Director

Winner
Lost in Berlin
9.3 (37)
Rodney S. Martel(writer/director)
Martel Productions
Winner
Pra onde levam as ondas
9.2 (10)
Dan Albuk(director)
A World Apart
B&C Produções Artísticas

Best Music Video

Best Cinematography

Winner
Jorge Moniz - Vejle
Fernando Manuel Nascimento Silva(director)

Best Drama Music Video

Winner
In infinity
Anastasia Fomina(Composer)
Fedor Romm(director)
Anna Fomina(Composer)
Romm Production

Best Music Video Cover

Winner
Ashen Ringlets - A kissed out red floatboat
Fernando Manuel Nascimento Silva(director)

Best Picture Music Video

Winner
Jorge Moniz - Dreams
Fernando Manuel Nascimento Silva(director)

Best Pop Music Video

Winner
Jorge Moniz - Dreams
Fernando Manuel Nascimento Silva(director)

Best music video

Winner
Jorge Moniz - Forest suite
Fernando Manuel Nascimento Silva(director)
Poems by Two Emperor Poets
Shihyun Wang

Dance Music Video

Winner
Philippe Funk feat. Liz Kretschmer: Love's Worst Nightmare
Philippe Funk

Editing

Winner
Dardem: El Reloj
7.5 (6)
Azahara Gómez
Lorenzo Ayuso

First-Time Director Music Video

Winner
Philippe Funk
Philippe Funk feat. Liz Kretschmer: Love's Worst Nightmare

Low Budget Music Video

Makeup

Winner
Jabberwocky
Dorothy Petersen

Male Director Music Video

Winner
Philippe Funk
Philippe Funk feat. Liz Kretschmer: Love's Worst Nightmare

Rock Music Video

Winner
Lighthouse - The ShopWindow
Darren Stokes
Carl Mann

VFX

Winner
Dardem: El Reloj
7.5 (6)
Azahara Gómez
Winner
Zero atmospheres
Davide Perico(CG artist)

Actor

Zachary James
The Raven
Amaru(actor)
Tell Me

Actress Music Video

Elizabeth Kennedy
August 8
Elizabeth A Kennedy

Best Female Vocalist

The Way I Used to Know
Mia Zanotti(singer)
Spruce Films

First-Time Director

Zachary James
The Raven

Original Song

Do Not Shoot
Elizabeth Kennedy(director) (composer)
Elizabeth A Kennedy
Jabberwocky
Rene Orth
Zachary James

Best Action Film

Best Action Short Film

Winner
The Siege
6.9 (12)
Márk G. Lakatos
DecentEye Productions

Best Actor

Winner
Guy Mayfield
Contingency

Best Script

Winner
Kaden Gelber(written by)

Best Short Film

Best Actor

Guy Mayfield
Contingency

Best Actress Award

(Jury Award) Best Actress

Winner
Leona Clarke
Faith
Faith Movie UK

Best Actress

Winner
Silke Franz
Am Rande der Zeiten
Winner
Charlotte Ysnel
Realistic
Winner
Shira Alon(actress)
Through Her Glasses
ASAProductions
Winner
Lydie Misiek
Contre ma volonté
Elizabeth Kennedy(director) (actress)
Spider
Elizabeth A Kennedy
Carolyn Meyer
Echoes of Kerberos
Darya Mina(actress)
Wake Up Sleeping Beauty

Best Actress Comedy Film

Winner
Elizabeth Kennedy
Do Not Shoot
Elizabeth A Kennedy

Best Actress Drama Film

Winner
Charlotte Ysnel
Realistic

Best Actress Indie Film

Winner
Silke Franz
Am Rande der Zeiten

Best Actress Short Film

Winner
Hilarie Grace
Euphorium: Chronicles
5280 Film Company
Winner
Charlotte Ysnel
Realistic
Winner
Lauren Jenna
Brainsick
Tessa Moon Productions
Winner
Lauren Sugihara(actor)
Invisible World
Circle Trail Productions
Carolyn Meyer
Echoes of Kerberos

Best Actress TV Series

Winner
Felise Garcia
The Honey Trapper
Winner
Oana Lacramioara Berbec(actress)
Some are Silent - a Lovecraftian story
Wolf Brothers Cinema

Best Actress in a Drama

Winner
Michelle J. Wright
Waiting for Nicko

Best Female Actress Award, Comedy Film

Winner
Emma Richardson(actress)
Self-Help

Best Supporting Actress in Indie Short Film

Winner
Ariane Louis
Realistic

Best Supporting Actress, Short Film

Winner
Sally Paffett(actress)
Self-Help

Experimental Film

Winner
Question Everything
9.9 (18)
Shaun Rylee
Cinema Dandan

Best Actor Award

Best Acting Debut

Winner
Support Group Olympus
6.2 (94)
Georgandreas Kalaritis
Wildwind Pictures

Best Actor

Winner
Jörg Reichlin
Am Rande der Zeiten
Winner
Gian Paolo Mai(actor)
Dead Man Wait
Winner
Steve Brock
Echoes of Kerberos
Winner
Simon Gagnage
Contre ma volonté
Winner
Hassan Daffur
Nothing Else
Timamu Movies Production
Winner
Gian Paolo Mai(actor)
Dead Man Wait
Winner
Amrit
Aftermath
Hassan Daffur
Nothing Else
Timamu Movies Production

Best Actor Drama Film

Winner
Oswaldo Salas(actor)
Sonata Para Un Calendario

Best Actor Indie Film

Winner
Jörg Reichlin
Am Rande der Zeiten
Winner
Abe Alford(actor)
Wolves

Best Actor Short Film

Winner
Oswaldo Salas(actor)
Holestepper

Best Actor in a Comedy Film

Winner
Luis Galán
Madrid, Drawings... And Foreign Girls

Best Actor in a TV Series

Winner
Matt Bailey
Incompleteness
Winner
Andrei Mihnea Radu
Some are Silent - a Lovecraftian story
Wolf Brothers Cinema

Best Supporting Actor Short Film

Winner
Steve Brock
Echoes of Kerberos

Best Western Short

Winner
Adversary
Shawn C. Hansen(Actor)
Korea Black Productions

Experimental Film

Winner
Luca and Iso
Ed Cali
Question Everything
9.9 (18)
Jason R. Moore
Cinema Dandan

Best Action Short

Dead Souls: Apocrypha Black
Ryan Andrew Smith(Actor)
Korea Black Productions

Best Indie Film Award

Best Actor

Winner
Gianfranco Miranda(actor)
Magenta
Galaxia Prime Production

Best Comedy

Winner
Detective MJ: Shadow of a Hero
5.6 (16)
Winner
Living the dream
Yuri Maslak
Olga Tugaeva
I.E. Yuri Maslak

Best Fantasy Film

Winner
The Inverted Woman
5.9 (7)
Santi Planet
Planetario Media

Best India Animation Film

Winner
Wish to See You Smile
Aneek Ray
Aneek Ray Art & Films

Best Indie Animation Short Film

Winner
Beatrice
Vincenzo De Sio(producer)

Best Indie Comedy

Winner
Inn Communication
Esther Mira(executive producer, director, co-writer, actress)
Jasmine Akakpo(producer)
Max Calder(producer)
Jessica Connel(producer)
Gordon Meacham(producer)
Yana Moskalova(associate producer)
Team Rebelution Films
LOLI a Daca Mockumentary
Fernanda Tapia
Productions Tapia

Best Indie Crime Film

Winner
The Coffin Bound Kings
Matthew Ewald(Actor & Director)

Best Indie Drama Film

Winner
Wish to See You Smile
Aneek Ray
Aneek Ray Art & Films
Winner
La casa del padre
Vincenzo Totaro(director)
Winner
The Coffin Bound Kings
Matthew Ewald(Actor & Director)
Holestepper
7.2 (11)
Sergio Fernandez(director)

Best Indie Feature Film

Winner
The Debt of Maximillian
6.3 (9)
Saxon Moen
Saxon Films

Best Indie Film

Winner
Episode dated 6 October 2017
Elizabeth Kennedy
Elizabeth A Kennedy
Winner
Pra onde levam as ondas
9.2 (10)
A World Apart
B&C Produções Artísticas
The Dirty Hands Man
6.2 (5)
Jason Winn 'J.B. Destiny' Bareford(producer/director)
Christian Bareford(producer/director)
Boomer Payne(co-producer)
Nick M. D'Onofrio(co-producer)
Anderson Bareford(associate producer)
Image 987

Best Indie Historical Short Film

Winner
Beatrice
Vincenzo De Sio(producer)
Winner
Episode dated 12 January 2017
Elizabeth Kennedy(director)
Elizabeth A Kennedy

Best Indie Historical film

Winner
Seven Thousand Souls
9.3 (83)
Sanjin Miric(director)
Rodoljub

Best Indie Sci-Fi Film (Short)