2021 Award Nominations

SHORTS

Documentary

The Saloon
Dir. Timothy Givens

Hammond’s Books
Dir. Joshua Mullins

It Gets in Your Blood
Dir. Ed Hartman

Sidetracked
Dir. Glen Muse

Under a Pagan Sky
Dir. Helen Browning

Fiction

ALONE
Dir. William Hellmuth

Billy
Dir. Jack Saxon

First Impressions
Dir. Michael Charron

Koreatown Ghost Story
Dir. Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum

My Dinner with Werner
Dir. Maverick Moore

Drama

Hatshepsut
Dir. Sonia Machado Hines

Hide Your Love Away
Dir. Dan Burns

Kingdom Come
Dir. Buddy Love

Man Seeking Man
Dir. Travis White

The Cause of Death
Dir. Tim McCarthy

Sci-Fi / Horror

ALONE
Dir. William Hellmuth

Amaranth
Dir. Robert Lloyd Moore

Koreatown Ghost Story
Dir. Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum

MUTE
Dir. Baldemar Garcia

Remembrance
Dir. Shane Joseph Willis

Comedy

Billy
Dir. Jack Saxon

First Impressions
Dir. Michael Charron

The Gratitude House AKA The Winner
Dir. Victoria Kodai

My Dinner with Werner
Dir. Maverick Moore

Production Values
Dir. Zac Loy

Dance

Al Qamar
Dir. Yasmina Ramzy

Colour Your Mind
Dir. Axel Werner​

The Escape
Dir. Liudmila Komrakova

She Moved the Prairie
Dir. Cheyla Clawson

Weight of the Moon
Dir. Lindsay Gilmour

Western

I’ve Got Your 6
Dir. Bill Foster​

Milk for Violence
Dir. Aaron Levine

Perdition
Dir. Paul Foster​

The Saloon
Dir. Timothy Givens

Foreign

Dragunov
Dir. Robin Kirwan

Milk
Dir. Cella Jaspers

Production Values
Dir. Cella Jaspers

Remembrance
Dir. Shane Joseph Willis

Under a Pagan Sky
Dir. Helen Browning

Texas

Billy
Dir. Jack Saxon​

First Impressions
Dir. Michael Charron

Kingdom Come
Dir. Buddy Love

Perdition
Dir. Paul Foster

My Dinner with Werner
Dir. Maverick Moore

Cinematography

ALONE
Dir. William Hellmuth

The Children’s Crusade
Dir. Joseph Mery

Dragunov
Dir. Robin Kirwan

Hatshepsut
Dir. Sonia Machado Hines

Kingdom Come
Dir. Buddy Love

Screenplay

ALONE
Dir. William Hellmuth

Gun and a Bottle
Dir. Shaun Robertson

Milk
Dir. Cella Jaspers

My Dinner with Werner
Dir. Maverick Moore

Production Values
Dir. Zac Loy

Production Design

ALONE
Dir. William Hellmuth

Hatshepsut
Dir. Sonia Machado Hines

Koreatown Ghost Story
Dir. Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum

Milk for Violence
Dir. Aaron Levine

Perdition
Dir. Paul Foster

Director, Documentary

Ed Hartman – It Gets in Your Blood

Glen Muse – Sidetracked

Helen Browning – Under a Pagan Sky

Joshua Mullins – Hammond’s Books

Timothy Givens – The Saloon

Director, Fiction

Jack Saxon – Billy

Maverick Moore – My Dinner with Werner

Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum – Koreatown Ghost Story

Sonia Machado Hines – Hatshepsut

William Hellmuth – ALONE

Best Supporting Actor

Andrew Perez as Klaus – My Dinner with Werner

Chingo Bling as Death – The Cause of Death

Delpaneaux Adetunji Willis as Senemut – Hatshepsut

Steve Brudaniak as N/A – Man Seeking Man

Thomas Wilson Brown as Hammer – ALONE

Best Supporting Actress

Alyssia Rivera as Denise – First Impressions

Christy-Anne Sullivan as Shop Keeper – Milk

Chynna Walker as Christine – My Dinner With Werner

Madison Pine as Alexis – Kingdom Come

Margaret Cho as Mrs. Moon – Koreatown Ghost Story

Best Actor

Erik Anderson as Randall – First Impressions

Justin Heller as 3 characters – Milk for Violence

Matthew Sanders as Werner – My Dinner With Werner

Trey Guinn as The Professor – Billy

Micah Lyons as Tom – Perdition

Best Actress

Kelsey Scott as Hatshepsut – Hatshepsut

Sarah Joy Byinton as Ana – Milk for Violence

Stephanie Barkley as Kaya Torres – ALONE

Brooke Lyons as Lilith – Perdition

Lyrica Okano as Hannah Li – Koreatown Ghost Story

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FEATURES

Documentary

An Encounter with Banting

Fearless

The State of Texas vs. Melissa

Searching for Skylab

The Cost of Denial

Narrative

The Colour of Spring

Half and Half

Lockdown

RUINS

Shellfish

Foreign

An Encounter with Banting

The State of Texas vs. Melissa

Searching for Skylab: America’s Forgotten Triumph

The Colour of Spring

Texas

Fearless

Lockdown

Half and Half

RUINS

Cinematography

The Colour of Spring

Half and Half

Lockdown

RUINS

Shellfish

Screenplay

The Colour of Spring

Half and Half

Lockdown

RUINS

Shellfish​

Production Design

The Colour of Spring

Half and Half

Lockdown

RUINS

Shellfish

Director (Documentary)

Wojciech Lorenc – Fearless

Dwight Steven-Boniecki – Skylab

Sabrina Van Tassel – State of Texas vs Melissa

Huw Christi – The Cost of Denial

Isabelle Depelteau – An Encounter with Banting

Best Supporting Actor

Mackenzie Amar as Bailey – Shellfish

Perry Bruno as Kruko – Shellfish

Nathan Nolan as Peter – The Colour of Spring

Best Actor

Hunter Hopewell as Keller – Shellfish

Jamie Muscato as Sam – The Colour of Spring

Johnny B Jordan Jr as Adam – Half and Half

REEL Jury Award

Fearless

The State of Texas vs. Melissa

Shellfish

The Colour of Spring

An Encounter with Banting

Director (Fiction)

Jay Mohan – RUINS

Sri Charan – Half & Half

Micah Lyons – Lockdown

Hunter Hopewell – Shellfish

Paul Andrew Kimball – The Colour of Spring

Best Supporting Actress

Tamara Albishah as Amira – Half and Half

Holly Stevens as Jordan – The Colour of Spring

Claudette Williams as Elizabeth – The Colour of Spring

Best Actress

Savanah Joeckel as Harper – Shellfish

Alexa Morden as Sarah – The Colour of Spring

Stephanie Kae Smith as Courtney – Lockdown

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SCREENPLAYS

Best Short Screenplay

A Stop in Destiny

Be My Guest

Clara’s Garden

Gloomy Sunday

Kiki

Say It​

Best Feature Screenplay

Execution Day

Little Compton

South Tower