2021
The Results
Best Feature Film
Finalists
Director Joshua Belinfante
Director Øystein Kloster
Directors Hugo Morgan , Alessio Mazza
Winner
Director Joshua Belinfante
Best TV Pilot / Web Series
Finalists
Director Johnny James Perkins
Director Michael Alexander McDougall
Director Alberts Vieglins
Winner
Director Alberts Vieglins
Best Short Film
Quarter-Finalists
Director Konstantinos Pavlopoulos
Directors Kevin Paramananthan, Gowryshankar Mathankanna
Isolate
Director Matt Robinson
Director Dario Nipoti
Director Wilma Smith
Semi-Finalist
Directors Mahalia Jackson- Butler, Christopher Delao
Director Mann Shah
Director Martin William Daniels
Director Yaz Al-Shaater
Finalists
Director Victor De Almeida
Director Ivan Maria Friedman
Director Margarita Cadenas
Director Gino Evans
Winner
Director Margarita Cadenas
Student Short Film
Director Jeffrey Huang
Director Connor McCay
Winner
Director Jeffrey Huang
Best Original Song
Winner
Submitter Carlos de la Fuente Lucas-Torres
Best Feature Script
Quarter-Finalists
Writer Rod Kent
Writer David Gray
Submitter Ruth Finnegan
Writer Constantin G. M. Weber
Semi-Finalists
Submitter Brian Stoddart
Writer Georgia May
Writer Robert Gately
Finalists
Goons For Hire - The Rise of Norm
Writer Shawn L. Landrum
Submitter Jaik Andino
The Sicken
Writer Danny Alex
Writer Jonathan Zarantonello
Winner
The Sicken
Writer Danny Alex
Best Landscape Photograph
Winner
Submitter Anıl Ergin
Best Street Photography
Winner
Submitter Paul Gatto
Best Feature Documentary Film
Semi-Finalists
The Waters of Babylon
Director BerfiI DicleI Ogut
Director Oliver Guy-Watkins
Director Huw Christi
Finalists
Directors Susan Ruth Downs, MD, Alex Voss
The Game Is Up: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories
Director Melissa Jo Peltier
Director Mariam Avetisyan
Director Arturo Dueñas Herrero
Winner
The Game Is Up: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories
Director Melissa Jo Peltier
Short Documentary Film
FInalists
Director Jeffrey Huang
Covid Awareness Campaign - Panighatta
Director Lawrence Mondal
Director Johnnie O Michael
Director Terra Kitoko
The Challenge
Directors Mark Engelsman, Maurice Giltjes
Winner
The Challenge
Directors Mark Engelsman, Maurice Giltjes
Best Student Documentary Film
Finalists
Director David Peter Hansen
Director Jeffrey Huang
Winner
Director David Peter Hansen
Best Animation Film
Directors Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal
Best Short Animation
Semi-Finalists
Director Jeasy Sehgal
Director Nicolas P. Villarreal
Director Santiago Zorrilla Medina Luna
Finalists
Director Ivan Maria Friedman
Directors Anya Ru, Masha Rumyantseva
Director Randy Boyum
Winner
Directors Anya Ru, Masha Rumyantseva
Best Student Animation
Finalists
Cloud Boy: An Autistic Journey
Director Kieran Firth-Bernard
Director Tilly Wallace
Director Haraldur Pétursson
Winner
Director Haraldur Pétursson
Best Short Script
Quarter-Finalists
Boomerang
Writer Melchior Armas
Writer Olivia Silvia Loccisano
Writer Carl Burcham
Writer Mark Stokes
Semi-Finalists
End of Days
Writer Danny Alex
Writer William Scott Williams
Writer Shannon Ama Phelan
Writer Carl Burcham
Finalists
Writer Michael S.U. Hudson
Legends
Writer Danny Alex
Writer Bryan Huynh
Writer Gregory Vines
Winner
Writer Michael S.U. Hudson
Best Music / Performance Video
Semi-Finalists
Amber Lily live in concert at MAnaFest Big Island 2020
Director Zenne Seradwyn
Copper Lines by Banjii & Mayuri
Director Banjii, Mayuri
Director Rachel Garlin, Michael Paim
Director Justin Griffiths
Finalists
Director Alex Forster
Director Tamas Levardi
Director Michael S.U. Hudson
Director Viktor David Samuel Jonsson
Winner
Director Michael S.U. Hudson
Best Covid Films
Finalists
Director Zichen Liang
Director Daniel Noblom
When Life Hands You a Pandemic
Director Renee Braun
Director Jeffrey Huang
Director Ryan Ackland
Winner
When Life Hands You a Pandemic
Director Renee Braun
Best Covid Films
Quarter-Finalists
Director Mary Mullan
Director Judy Gordon
Director Andrew David Connor
Director Ramiro Zamora Cabrera
Semi-Finalists
Director Klaus Hoefs
Director Nina Baratta
Director Gaden Sousa
Director Pratima
Director Haddon Kime
Finalists
Director Daniel Noblom
When Life Hands You a Pandemic
Director Renee Braun
Director Zichen Liang
Director Jeffrey Huang
Director Ryan Ackland
Winner
When Life Hands You a Pandemic
Director Renee Braun
Best One Minute Film
Semi-Finalists
Director Alfonso Otero
Back Home
Director Luca Di Bartolo
Director Hiroshi Atobe
Director Donal O'Dea
Finalists
Unmask
Director Carlos Andrés Reyes
Director Roberto I. Ercolalo
Director Will Kenning
Director Jake Sefton
Winner
Director Roberto I. Ercolalo
Best Portrait Photograph
Finalists
Submitter Andrea Gluckman
Submitter Daniel Corey
Submitter Samson Sorluangsana
Submitter Paul Gatto
Submitter Paul Gatto
Winner
Submitter Paul Gatto