Sixth Edition
Announced June 11th, 2021
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Best Narative Feature:
Sunflower
Dir: Elmira Gilma
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Best Narrative Short:
Boundless
Dir: Kate Campbell
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Best Feature Documentary:
Abbas 36
Dir: Marwa Jbara Tibi
Honorable mention Feature Documentary:
A Letter to A’ma
Dir: Hui-Ling CHEN
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Best Short Documentary:
Women of Resilience
Dir: Roselyn Kelada-Sedra
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Best Experimental:
In Her Image
Dir: Yael Solomonovich
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Honorable mention Best Experimental:
Possible Fragments
Dir: Gabriela Mellao
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Best Comedy:
Beach Cops
Dir: Laura Flakowski
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Best Science Fiction :
Skylight
Dir: Michelle Godoy Priske
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Best Horror:
The Going
Dir: Mairin O'Hagan
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Best Animation:
On the inside
Dir: Anna Luisa Schmid
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Best Web/TV/Pilot :
PRISONER
Dir: Ingrid FRANCHI
Best Music Video:
Bella Rosa - Dead Lies
Dir: Paula Vergara
Best Student Film:
Dedication
Dir: Selina Sondermann
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Best Actress:
Astrid Van Wieren
THE RIVER YOU STEP IN
Best Female Cinematographer
Victoria Bridges
Roberta on the Road
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Best Female Scriptwriter:
Sandra Tingalay
A Road to Freedom of Myanmar
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Best Female Producer:
Tara Donovan
Guide On
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Best Female Director:
Yoshino Takemoto
Left of Chopin
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Best Female Composer:
Yifeng Yuan
Time to Dream
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Best LGBTQ:
JULKA AND JULIE
Dir: Gloria Stern
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Best Human Rights:
Three Corners of Deception
Dir: Dr. Meleeka Clary
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Best Poster:
Alma
Dir: Lorraine Jones Molina
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Best Films About Women:
My Tibetan Godchild
Dir: Andy Svensson
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Best Canadian Female Filmmaker:
Ana Carrizales
A Pregnant Woman
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Best Environmental: Ama'ara - the Song of the Whales Dir: Sebastian Jobst
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Honorable mention Best Environmental:
Returning to Strength Lessons about development from Tlamacazapa, Mexico
Dir: Susan Smith
Best First Time Female Filmmaker:
The Chased
Dir: Emily Isaacs, Gino Isaacs
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Best Thriller:
The Things in Between
Dir: Rosario Rieger
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Best Unproduced Script:
There Were Signs Writer
Dr. Anne Watson
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Best Historical Film:
Votes for Women: The History of Women’s Suffrage Through Song
Dir: Barbara Cray
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Honorable Mention Best Historical:
A Tale of Three Chinatowns
Dir: Lisa Mao
Producer: Penny Lee
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Best Biographical Film:
DECODING SHANKAR
Dir: DEEPTI PILLAY SIVAN
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