2021 ReelHeART Film and Screenplay Winners Announced

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We Are Pleased to Announce the Winners of Our 17th Annual ReelHeART 2021

Honorable Mention

• Sunglow Gecko – Dir. Kendra Epik – Dance Film Category
• The Escape (Побег) – Dir. Liudmila Komrakova – Dance Film Category
• Ophelia – Dir. Hadi Moussally – Experimental Film Category
• My Boyfriend The Boogeyman – Dir. Nikhail Asnani – Best Web Film
• When I Was Human
  Dir. Thomas Florek, Featuring Kurt Tazelaar – Music Video Category

Best Music Video

• Infected – Dir. Alfonso ‘Cronopio’ Moreno – Spain

Best Animated Film

• Kenya’s Symphony – Dir. Carlos Douglas Jr. – USA

Best Student/Thesis Film

• Wild Grass – Dir. Shan Wu – USA, Taiwan

Best First Time Filmmaker

• Shellfish – Dir. Hunter Hopewell – USA

Best Web Film/ Web Series

• Derek And Daisy Do… – by Dir. Gareth Brierley – United Kingdom

Best Experimental Film

• The Mechanics Of Intimacy – Dir. Benjamin Filinson – USA

Best LGBTQ Film

• The Lonely Prince – Dir. Sunny, Dir. Shivin – India

Best Dance Film

• Between Silences – Dir. Rich Ferrie, Dir. Ali Kenner Brodsky – USA
• Toporzeł – Dir. Iwona Pasińska – Poland 2^nd
• When Snow Falls – Dir. Anthony Morigerato – USA 3^rd

Best Documentary Short

• 5 x 7 – Dir. Michele Citoni – Italy
• Expiration Term Of Service – Dir. Benjamin Kegan – USA 2^nd

Best Documentary Feature

• Dave Not Coming Back – Dir. Jonah Malak – Australia, South Africa, Lebanon
• A Stray Dog’s Ruff Life – Dir. Tom McPhee – USA 2^nd
• When All That’s Left Is Love – Dir. Eric Gordon – USA 3^rd

Best International Short Film

• Brothers Noir (Fratelli Noir) – Dir. Daniele Gangemi – Italy

Best International Feature Film

• Manhattan Odyssey (Menhetenska odiseja)
  Dir. Mario Vrbančić – Croatia

Best French/French Language Film

• The Acrobat (L’Acrobate) – Dir. Rodrigue Jean – Quebec, Canada

Best Canadian Film or Documentary

• The Acrobat (L’Acrobate) – Dir. Rodrigue Jean – Quebec, Canada

Best Film Short

• My Dinner With Werner – Dir. Maverick Moore – USA
• Hide & Sniff – Dir. Kousuke Hishinuma – Japan 2^nd
• Making Peace – Dir. Judah Ray – USA 3^rd

Best Film Feature

• Mambo Man – Dir. Mo Fini – United Kingdom, Dir. Edesio Alejandro – Cuba

Best Sci-Fi Film*

• Veneer – by Dir. Maximillian Aguiar – USA
  *Inaugural Award Year 2021

Best Horror / Thriller Film

• Companion – by Dir. John Darbonne – USA

Best Wardrobe

• Making Peace – Dir. Judah Ray
• Wardrobe/Costume Design – Kiara Geller

Best Set Decoration

• Alina – Dir. Rami Kodeih – USA
  
• Production Designer – Jessee J. Clarkson

Best Cinematography

• Mambo Man – Dir. Mo Fini – United Kingdom, Dir. Edesio Alejandro – Cuba
  
• DOP – Luis Alberto
• DOP – Gonzalez Garcia

Best Editing

• Jiyan (la vie)
• Editor – Vincent Savoy

Best Sound

• Mambo Man – Dir. Mo Fini – United Kingdom, Director Edesio Alejandro – Cuba
  Sound Editor – Edesio Alejandro

Best Original Score/Original Music

• Kenya’s Symphony – Dir. Carlos Douglas Jr – USA
  Composer and Trumpet – Michael Van Bodegom Smith

Best Actor *TIE*

• Mathias “Matthew” Sanders as “Werner Herzog” – My Dinner With Werner
  Dir. Maverick Moore – USA
• Mohammed Mohammed as “Nerol” – Jiyan (la vie)
  Dir. Otis Birdy – Switzerland

Best Actress *TIE*

• Bernadette Russell as “Daisy” – Derek And Daisy Do…
  Dir. Gareth Brierley – United Kingdom
• Nalini Sharma as “J”– One Bedroom, One Bath
  Dir. Mischa Livingstone – USA, Scotland, Israel

Best Ensemble Cast

• Miyuu Teshima as “Arika”
  Kouta Fudauchi as “Kouki”
  Haruka Imou as “Kasumi”
  
• Hide & Sniff  Dir. Kousuke Hishinuma – Japan

ReelHeART Spirit Award

• The Mechanics Of Intimacy – Dir. Benjamin Filinson – USA

Best of Fest

• Dave Not Coming Back – Dir. Jonah Malak – Australia, South Africa, Lebanon

WRITING AWARDS

Top Short Screenplays

• Monster – Screenwriter, Kurt Choate –  USA
• Things Misnamed – Screenwriter, T.J. Barkwill – USA 2^nd

Top Feature Screenplays

• Consent – Frank J. Avella – USA
• The Man In Yellow – Conor Frank Gleeson – Canada 2^ndCanada 3^rd

Top TV Pilots

• Saturn’s Return – Sam Callahan – USA
• Wolfe Pack – Lindsay Heiman – USA 2^nd
  
• The Crime Readers – Devin O’Neill – USA 3^rd

Best Overall Script

• TBD

NB All Scripts Compete For Best Overall from Both our Competitions

• ReelHeART International Screenplay and TV Pilot Script Competition
  
• ReelHeART International Film And Screenplay Festival