BEST ANIMATED SHORT
ON / OFF
Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal
(ARGENTINA)
BEST COMEDY SHORT
ANIMAL WORK
Directed by Zak Marrinan
(AUSTRALIA)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
50 YEAR STORM
Directed by Carlo Lowdon
(AUSTRALIA)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
THE LAND OF HARDWORKING SOULS
Directed by Mohammad Hasani
(IRAN)
BEST STUDENT SHORT
FAVOURITE DAUGHTER
Directed by Susi Haaning
(DENMARK)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
SUNSET ROLLERCOASTER
Directed by Parker Shen
(TAIWAN)
BEST TRAILER
BALTHAZAR & SNIRT
Directed by Jim McCullough and Anthony Ladesich
(USA)
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
YOUTH & AGE FLOWER
Written by András Attila Farkas
(HUNGARY)
BEST FEATURE
FALL BACK DOWN
Directed by Sara Beth Edwards
(CANADA)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
WE ARE VISIBLE
Written by Karina Sturm
(USA)
May 2021 Monthly Finalists
A Handkerchief's Tale | Jessica Lau (NETHERLANDS)
Call me by my name | Navid Aghajanpour (IRAN)
Comic Timings of Life | Mansi Mehta (AUSTRALIA)
Hacked | Ali Valente (USA)
Ken | Hannah Cabalse (AUSTRALIA)
Last Orders | Jason Housecroft (UK)
'Ori Tahiti Dancers | Nyko PK16 and Hugues Damesin (FRENCH POLYNESIA)
Return | Hongying Chen (CHINA/USA)
Seven Times | Ashlee Jensen (AUSTRALIA)
Unwelcomed Graveyard | Mohammad Hossein Mir Baba (IRAN)
May 2021 Bi-Annual Finalists
Am Rande der Zeiten | Jörg Reichlin (SWITZERLAND)
In Your Eyes | Barak Heymann (ISRAEL)
Leher | Livia Alcalde, Chiara Nardone (GERMANY/INDIA)
Six Months to Salvation | Lorenzo Benitez (AUSTRALIA)
White Fish Season | Ghorban Najafi (IRAN)
May 2021 Monthly Semi-Finalists
A Warm Winter's Day | Sean O'Brien (AUSTRALIA)
Actors By Actors Show | Arek Zasowski (UK)
Annunziata: An Italian Immigration Story | Natalie Cicciarelli (AUSTRALIA)
Blizzard | Ramtin Kouchaki Hassankiadeh (IRAN)
Coleman | Ken Gregory (USA)
For My Homies | Ludmilla Muse (USA)
Gone Bye Midnight | JW Richardson (USA)
Grazing Table | Alzbeta Rekosh (AUSTRALIA)
Growing Peace in the Middle East | Steven Hoffen (USA)
Guilty Conscience | Caitlin Barlow (AUSTRALIA)
Restless | Abbas Ghazali (IRAN)
R I S E | Guinevere Rose (AUSTRALIA)
The Amazon Artists | Eunsoo (Sunny) Kwon (AUSTRALIA)
The Box in the Basement | Mike Fox (USA)
The Day the Sky Fell | Karina Yager (USA)
May 2021 Bi-Annual Semi-Finalists
A Small Punch in a Little Town | Luke Robson (AUSTRALIA)
Amin | Mohamad Ahmadi (IRAN)
Comrade Dov | Barak Heymann (ISRAEL)
Devika | Jibin George James (INDIA)
Dreaming of Words | Nandan (INDIA)
Finding Home | Savanna Washington (USA)
Kaali Maati | Hemantkumar Mahale (INDIA)
Pacha | Sree Vallabhan (INDIA)
The Outcry of Ants | Mehdi Rezaei (IRAN)