7th Annual Festigious 2021 - The Nominees
We're excited to announce nominees for the 7th annual Festigious 2021:
Best of Fest 2021
Flesh - Tim Poon
Dead In The Water - Nanea Miyata
Deep Shock - Davide Melini
The Great Artist - Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
Bi-2 — God of the Jilted - Vladimir Besedin
Pretty Metal - Mikhail Tot
All Blood Runs Red - Paul Mignot
Kaali Maati - Hemantkumar Mahale
The Sky Below - Charlie Rose
Incognito - Jacky Song
Deus Ex Machina - Jessy Langlois
Beta - Kevin M Turner
Best Narrative Feature
Twiceborn - Hiroshi Akabane - contact - Serina Aramaki
Hidden Love - Dream International Pictures
The Colour of Spring - Paul Andrew Kimball
Beautiful Lure - Hiroshi Akabane
Used and Borrowed Time - Sophia Romma
Exist, Not Exist: Zero Tolerance For Silence - Hee chul Kwon
Kaali Maati - Hemantkumar Mahale
Sweet Destiny - Arash Sobhani, Kajeh Mehrizi, Taravat Khalili, Hamidreza Safipoor
Murder Bury Win - Michael Lovan
Shocking Marriage - Demetrio Casile
Best Narrative Short
Rum Go! - Markus Thorington
Come Home To Me - Gavin Bradley
Reflection Point - Deryck Broom
The Callouts - Harrison Gabriel
Reappear - Tommy Clarke
Behind Your Skin - Evouna Michele
All Blood Runs Red - Paul Mignot
Out of Time - Delphine Montaigne
There's No Hell Like Home - Russell Southam
Incognito - Jacky Song
Deus Ex Machina - Jessy Langlois
Beta - Kevin M Turner
Best Indie Feature
Solitary - Jack Linsdell
Ramesses - Kevin Austra
Crisis In The City By The Bay - Vishal Krishnaiah
Enfer & Paradis - Antoine Chicoye, Michael Darrigade, Alex Lesbats
Runaway - Ralph Smith
Jiyan - Otis Birdy Dear Name - Hillfinger (Hyung-kun) Hwang
A Wink from Death - Renata Beck
Happy's - Don Tjernagel
Best Indie Short
Tahz - Nepal Arslan
Lady Lazarus - Jamie Lou
Jesus of New York - Joe Benedetto
Gunther - Ryan Rowley
A Simple Twist Of Fate - Fynn Lithgow
Circulation - Anthony Casabianca, Izzy Esber
Fix Me - Woonyea Han
HomeTown - Mikhail Tot
There's No Hell Like Home - Russell Southam
Lolo - Keone & Mari Madrid
Family Frenzy - Cody Dalton
Her Place - Matt Guajardo Kelsey
Best Web/TV Pilot
In Two Minds - Fabian Schwab
Atlas - Ayman Chaudhry
ProDogTV - Randall Owens
Marvel-less - Christopher Kelley
Human Spectrum - Eduardo Ramirez
Best Web/TV Series
Coasters - Sam Jacks, Doug Rogers, L.P. Dohi, Sandi Todorović
Hotline - Vanessa Rodriguez
White Crow - George Threadgold
Incompleteness - David Ash
Undateable - Matt Mahaffey, Brittany Bookbinder
Good Monsters - Johannes Muhr, Julia Zimth
The OMG! Oriental Medical Guru - Jamie Tran
Audition - Cosimo Tucci
Best Documentary Feature
Until the Last Drop - Mike Daniel, Sam Kneiss
Roger Grein: An Empowering Philanthropist - Bob Kelly
Yokosuka 1953 - Journey to her mother in memory - Tsuyoshi Kigawa
The Sporting Bubble - Peter Dickson
Shave to Reborn - Ellen Pun
A Wink from Death - Renata Beck
Master Sheng Yen - Chang Chao-wei
Jerry Quarry: Boxing's Hard Luck Warrior - Richard Poche
Pat Walsh - Michael Benson
Best Documentary Short
Kite - Yumeng He
ProDogTV - Randall Owens - contact - John Gardner
Frank Little - Daniel Stanislawski
Dekora - Jan Sokala
Fly Myself Home - Jose Restrepo
Company Culture - Ran Zhang
The Reality of Abandoned Dogs in South Korea - Jitae (Andrew) Kim
Lolo - Keone & Mari Madrid
Polar Reversal 2021 cut - Alistair Johnson
Waterboo - Jeremy Klapprodt
Cogs - Minah Son
Walls That Matter - Tanmay Shah
Best Animation
My BFF - Che Shi Ou (Chris), Shuqi Yin (Skye), Xueqi Song, Heng Yao
Lea's Secret - Rico Gutierrez
A Trout's Journey - Felix Emmanuel, Nanna Anna
The Breath of Life - Anna Gerasimova
My Babushka Smokes A Pipe - Ivan Pavlov
Forget Me Not - Saige Guevara, Courtney LeBlanc
Symfaunic - Erin Bergin, Darby Kate Snyder
A Trout's Journey - Felix Emmanuel, Nanna Anna
52 - A Tale of Loneliness - Johnny DePalma
The Sky Below - Charlie Rose
Best Music Video
That's Alright Mama / Blue Moon - Laurent Mercier
Hebe Tien - One, after another - Muh Chen
Rainie Yang - Like a Star - Muh Chen
S.H.E. - 17 - Muh Chen
Bi-2 — God of the Jilted - Vladimir Besedin
Keralam - The Signature of God - Thomas Sebastian, Leeladeviamma Bhavaniamma
George Floyd: Say Their Names - Christopher R. Owens, Alyssa Dann
Eden Neville - Video Games - Addison Neville, Eden Neville
Let It Out / Stay Homas - Ben Woolf
Sweet Destiny - Arash Sobhani, Kajeh Mehrizi, Taravat Khalili, Hamidreza Safipoor
Purpose of Life - Mohammed K Paika
New Mexico - Garrett Randol
Best Student Film
The Decay - Murvin Allen
Benny - Julianna Coscia
Screen Girl - J.D. MacNutt
The Guardian - Yifan Huo
Woods in The Rain - Jim Zou
You're With Me. Always. - Seda Anbarci
Starry Sky - Yi Lu
Self Portrait - Jonah Cohen
Kintsugi - Justine Kaneda
AfterLife - Andy Lam Wai Hin
Dear Name - Hillfinger (Hyung-kun) Hwang
Five Days Straight - Michaela Stewart
Best Director
Flesh - Tim Poon
Lady Lazarus - Jamie Lou
Deep Shock - Davide Melini
S.H.E. - 17 - Muh Chen
Bi-2 — God of the Jilted - Vladimir Besedin
Behind Your Skin - Evouna Michele
All Blood Runs Red - Paul Mignot
Anomaly - Michael Jeanpert
The Final Code - Carlo Fusco
Incognito - Jacky Song
Deus Ex Machina - Jessy Langlois
Beta - Kevin M Turner
Best First Time Director
The Decay - Murvin Allen
Vinny Mancuso's Rules for Good Business - Spartan Daggenhurst
Chronicles of Gnarnia: The Rex Chadwick Story - Brian Colin Foley
The Butcher - Bruce Liang
Reappear - Tommy Clarke
Company - Lam Tsz Him
Starry Sky - Yi Lu
Holy Zombie - Cam Marshall
One Afternoon - Yumin Zhang
Goodbye to Yesterday - Chae Talley
Hanakotoba - Franck Lahoui, Jowkid
The Memories of A Song - Sibo Zhu
Best Actor
Rum Go! - Glen McDougal
Dead In The Water - Peter Porte
Reflection Point - Nathan Castle
The Great Artist - Matthew Postlethwaite
First Time - Germano Blanco
The Parable of Amos Moses - Mason Beals
Solitary - Dan Rutter
Anomaly - Roberto Calvet
Deus Ex Machina - Tom Leeb
Beta - William Nicol
Gunther - Joel Wetterstein
Reappear - Freddie Wise
Best Actress
Flesh - Nina Paw
Dead In The Water - Catherine Lidstone
Asleep - Célia Alturas
The Colour of Spring - Alexa Morden
Reappear - Ellise Chappell
Pretty Metal - Katelynn Newberry
Incognito - Autumn Harrison
The Memories of A Song - Yidi Zhang
There's No Hell Like Home - Amber Louise
Astronauts - Suzie Léger
Hanakotoba - Lena Shan
Beta - Aubree Lea Bouche
Best Duo
Velvet Crush - Michael Boston & Dani Savka
Reappear - Freddie Wise & Ellise Chappell
Screen Girl - Daniel Curalli & Marina Vandegraaf
This Day That Year - Parag Kilche & Roshni Datta
Anomaly - Roberto Calvet & Fleur Geffrier
Gunther - Brittany Underwood & Joel Wetterstein
One Afternoon - Zifei QI & Shuhang Liu
Beta - William Nicol & Aubree Lea Bouche
Best Ensemble
Murder Bury Win - Mikelen Walker, Erich Lane, Henry Alexander Kelly, Craig Cackowski, Brian Slaten
Estilo Americano - Lidia Porto, Antonio Jaramillo, Zuleyka Silver, Lombardo Boyar, Goya Robles, Ruben Garfias, J. Teddy Garces, Jessica Meza
Just Another Birthday in Bedlam - Amanda Carlin, Tezz Yancey, Colin Thomas Jennings, Lily Rains, Tamika Simpkins, Alexandra Wright, Marc Valera, Fred Sanders, Kristen Egermeier, Anthony Wofford
Incognito - Autumn Harrison, Tom Wade, Jodi Bianca Wise, Greg Kriek
Deus Ex Machina - Tom Leeb, Christian Charmetant, Dorcas Coppin, Florence Monge
Pretty Metal - Angela Cole, Lina Edwards, Katelynn Newberry
Wellness - Sonja Inge, George Capacete, Cori Allison, Christopher Moaney-Lawson, Paola Calliari, Peyton Grufik
The Meeting - Danny Bass, Jessy Leigh, Sean Manos, Taylor Adams, Jesse DiFranco, Brendan Firem, Diana Franhauser, Rob Grant III, Greg A. Smith, Julie Temple
Best Cinematography
Flesh - Geoffrey So
XIETY - Jake Slonecker
Deep Shock - Juanma Postigo, AEC
Incognito - Logan Fulton
Mary Mary Quite Contrary -TinNgai Chan
The Parable of Amos Moses - Joey Hunt
All Blood Runs Red - Eric Dumont
There's No Hell Like Home - Giulio Raimondo
Anomaly - Thomas Cousin
Deus Ex Machina - Emerson Lefrancois
Hanakotoba - Julien Bullat
The Great Artist - Ray Wongchinda
