9th Edition
Oct, 2021
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Best Narrative Feature
Bolivar
Director: Nell Teare
Best Narrative Short
Allegiance
Director: Mandy Brown
Best Feature Documentary
Riverbanks
Director: Lucia Taut
Best Short Documentary
Journey 4 Justice
Director: Jaylene Matthews
JUTE STORY BEYOND BARS
Director: CHAITALI DAS
Best Experimental
Behind The Loom
Director: Heejoo Kim
Best Comedy
The Drive-Thru Therapist
Director: Mariah Marasco
Best Science Fiction
Five Minutes
Director: Genesis Lence
Best Horror
The Axe Game
Director: Cynthia A. Cherry
Best Animation
The Fairy Dream of Yeloli
Director: Jin Jin
Best Web/TV/Pilot
The Newbees - A Band & A Van
Director: Misty Perholtz, Jeff Perholtz
Best Music Video
Space
Director: Lilee Neururer, Tanja Eva Gruber
Best Student Film
Iced
Director: Fatima Fakih
Best Actress
Helen Kennedy Wasted Seed and K Callan Pie in the Sky
Best Female Cinematographe
Brittany App
Where There Once Was Water
Best Female Scriptwriter
ILEEN COLIN DEL RIO
Liberty
Best Female Producer
Kaye Cleave
Catherine's Kindergarten
Best Female Editor
Katherine Dudley
Caged
Best Female Director
Maria Gobetti
Pie in the Sky
Best Female Composer
Eimear MacCarrick
Dentists
Best LGBTQ
Trashed
Director: Kate Johnston
Best Human Rights
Caged
Director: Leeza Ann Mathew
Best Poster
Basic Needs
Director: Karla Espino
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Best Film About Women
Mudlarks
Director: Dominic Gilday
Best Canadian Female Filmmaker
39 1/2
Director: Kara Herold
Best Environmental
Food for the Rest of Us
Director: Caroline Cox
Best First Time Female Filmmaker
JADED
Director: Marcia Carroll
Best thriller
The Maid
Director: Kristin Goodman
Best Unproduced Script
Asylum
Kathryn Orzech
Best Historical Film
Daughters of Eve
Director: Zanah Thirus
Best Biographical Film
The Sally Dixon Story
Director: Brigid Mahe
Best Sport Film
I just went for a swim
Director: Adam Dostalek
Best Youth Artist
Kamil De Chickera and Nayana Crowe
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