BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
GRAND Prize:
Sandstorm | directed by Seemab Gul | Pakistan (RIIFF’s Official Academy Nomination)
FIRST Prize:
Titan | directed by Valéry Carnoy | Belgium
Tied With:
Joy | directed by Alexandra Brodski | United Kingdom
BEST SHORT ANIMATION
GRAND Prize:
The Fall of the lbis King | directed by Mikai Geronimo and Josh O’Caimh | Ireland (RIIFF’s Official Academy Nomination)
FIRST Prize:
The Seine’s Tears | directed by Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur | France
Tied With:
Hi! How are you? | directed by Gaïa Grandin-Mendzylewski | France
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
GRAND Prize:
Almeda | directed by Paul Hairston | United States (RIFF’s Official Academy Nomination)
FIRST Prize:
Gina | directed by Kathryn Prescott | United States
Tied With:
Holy Cowboys | directed by Varun Chopra | India
BEST FEATURE
GRAND Prize:
Unidentified Objects | directed by Juan Felipe Zuleta | United States
FIRST Prize:
Nowhere | directed by Peter Monsaert | Belgium
Tied With:
Baby Pyramid | directed by Cecilie McNair | Denmark
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
GRAND Prize:
Of Medicine and Miracles | directed by Ross Kauffman | United States
FIRST Prize:
The Book of Harth | directed by Pierre Guillet | United States
Tied With:
Being Michelle | directed by Atin Mehra | United States
FILMMAKER OF THE FUTURE AWARD
Presented to a filmmaker whose vision excites audiences and judges alike about the potential to produce compelling and successful films in the future.
Frankie Kraft | director of “Help Her Live” | United States
BEST ACTOR:
William Sadler | for his performance in “A Stage of Twilight ” | directed by Sarah T.
Schwab | United States
BEST ACTRESS:
Nessa Norich | for her performance in “Jelly Bean” | which she wrote and directed as well.
BEST COMEDY SHORT
GRAND Prize:
Goodnight Henry | directed by Isher Sahota | United Kingdom
FIRST Prize:
The F-Word | directed by Alex Cannon and Paul Cannon | United States
Tied With:
Half | directed by Jacob Roberts | United States
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
GRAND Prize:
I’m Late | directed by Sawako Kabuki | Japan
FIRST Prize:
Hypernormality | directed by Jordan Illel Cardoso | France
Ted in I’s Real I directed by Alexia Oldini, sieven Gray I United States
BEST DIRECTOR
GRAND Prize:
Here Ends The World We’ve Known | directed Anne-Sophie Nanki | France
FIRST PiT airected by Leyla Josephine ColORelly I reland
Tea Wi directed by John Sheedy I Australia
THE MARLYN MASON AWARD
New voices, new perspectives by women in film
Every dy oes to the Hospital I directed by Tifany Kimmel | United Staes
FIRST Prize:
The Country Club | directed by Fiona Robert | United States
Tied With:
Americanized | directed by Erica Eng | United States
DIRECTORIAL DISCOVERY AWARD
GRAND Prize:
Yield | directed by Ani Schroeter | United States
FIRST Prize:
Sucking Diesel | directed by Sam McGrath | Ireland
Tied With:
Cherry | directed by Naama Lahav | Israel
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
GRAND Prize:
How She Didn’t Die | Cinematogarpher: Jeff Bierman | directed by Antonio Tibaldi |
Switzerland, United States, Spain
FIRST Prize:
First Prize: Oh It Hertz | Cinematographer: Mans Berthas | Directed by Gunnar Hall
Jensen | Norway/Sweden
Tied With:
The Speed of Sound | Cinematographer: Matthew Tyler | directed by Matthew Tyler |
United States
IAND ENGLAND DIRECTORS AWARD
Dad and Me I directed by David H. Angell | United States peguesence I directed by Manya Branham I Unied Stales
Tip Wil directed by Josh Kirk 1 United States
SOLDIERS AND SACRIFICE AWARD:
Celebrating Stories That Commemorate America’s Heroes
GRAND PRIZE:
The Metal Detector | directed by Brendan Hughes | United States
First Prize:
EYEHOLES | directed by Paisley Valentine Walsh | United Kingdom
llan co i Baram / United States
HEARTS, MINDS, SOULS AWARD
Celebrating Films that Reflect the Jewish Experience.
GRAND Prize:
Holy Holocaust | directed by Osi Wald and Noa Berman-Herzberg
By Means: Manny Kirchheimer Makes Sons at 90 / irected by Taiki Sugioka | Japan
Tied with:
I’ll Be Frank | directed by Aaron Lucas | Germany
BEST EDITING GRAND Prize:
Neige | edited by Sophie Farkas Bolla | directed by Paule Beaudoin | Canada
FIRST PRIZE:
Astor Place the American Dream | edited by Daniele di Maio | directed by Giuseppe Malpasso | United States
FIRST Prize:
Solarium | edited by Daniel Darmon | directed by Jonathan Koulavsky | France
BEST SCREENPLAY
Grand Prize:
Lilian | written and directed by Cathy Tyson | United Kingdom
First Prize:
Lamb | directed by Sinéad O’Loughlin | Ireland
Tied With:
Dealing with Dad | written and directed by Tom Huang | United States
FLICKERS’ AMBASSADOR AWARD
Presented to an individual who inspires and empowers communication and cultural
understanding.
Michael Cuomo, actor
FLICKERS’ INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Given annually to films or filmmakers who inspire social change and community outreach and strive to better the world in which we live.
Grand Prize:
Covid Century – The Pandemic Preparedness Dilemma | directed by Michael Wech |
Germany
No Prie To Fall I directed by Sara Archambault, Margo Guernsey | United States
Thing oiStoties Idiected by Indrani Noyar-Cal | United States
ALTERNATIVE SPIRIT AWARD (LGBTQ) SHORT
GRAND Prize:
Parrot | directed by Kyle B. Thompson | United States
FIRST Prize:
Hard | directed by Robin Takao D’Oench | United States
The Syed Famly Xmas Eve Game Night I directed by Faizia Miza 1 United States
GRAND ATE SPIRIT AWARD (DOCUMENTARY)
Not a Tame Lion | directed by Craig Bettendorf | United States
First Prize:
Hard Labour | directed by Apolla Echino | Canada
ALTERNATIVE SPIRIT AWARD (FEATURE)
Cany Pid Cordlyn I directed by James Andrew Wait United Siales
First Prize:
Magdalena | directed by Filip Gieldon | Poland
RISEN INTERNATIONAl Flone win the finaker within both chiden and adults
BEST CHILDREN’S ANIMATION
Kayak | directed by Solene Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi | France
FIRST Prize:
Run Totti Run | directed by Shad Lee Bardbury | United States
Tied With:
Black Slide | directed by Uri Lotan | Israel
ON PICAL DOCUMENTARY
Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums | directed by Soren Sorenson | United States
For lue: James Colonis life of the Blues I directed by Bestor Cram | United Stares
GREEN PLANET AWARD
Celebrating the vision of man’s shared humanity and achieving sustain ability on our planet.
TeRAN PR irected by Nono Ayuso, Rodigo Inada | Unied Kingdom First Prize:
Nuisance Bear | directed by Jack Weisman, Gabriela Vanden | Canada Turi The HilI directed by Carolyn Decker | United Stais
VORTEX SCI-FI & FANTASY AWARD
GRAND Prize:
Killing the eunuch KHAN | directed by Abed Abest, Iran
FIRST Prize:
Cub Scout | directed by Matt Heder | United States
He wi directed by Arturo R. Jiménez | Russia
BREAKING BOUNDARIES
Films that celebrate the endurance of the human spirit and resilience in the face of injustice.
GRAND Prize:
From Hood to Holler | directed by Pat McGee | United States
Fig Pree of the Month I directed by Goga Clay I Nigeria/USA Man MiMian I directed by Shehroze Khan 1 Unifed Kingdom
BEST STUDENT FILM AWARD
GRAND Prize:
Dying to Survive | directed by Anna Sorig | United States sus ierd directed by Eva Neuwith Unie Startes
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
GRAND PRIZE:
Rodney Chrome – To The Money | directed by Zac Dov Wiesel | United States
HE become belter directed by Adzej Gavis | Latvia/Russia
BEST PODCAST GRAND PRIZE:
All Night Radio | Ali Silva, Gustavo Rodriguez | United States Muster she Told | Kisten Seavey United States
BEST TELEVISION PILOT/Webisode
GRAND:
Happily Married | Jean-François Rivard | Canada
FIRST Prize:
Why are you like this | directed by Jessie Oldfield and Adam Murfet | Australia
Tied With:
Phantom Feelings | directed by Rikke Kolding | Denmark