MAY (2021)
Best Istanbul Film Festival
WINNERS
Best Short Film
NOCTURNAL – Cédric Spozio
Best Short Documentary
Boris Blank. MАSTER-CLASS – Irina Izmailova
Best Feature Documentary
The Jewels of the Salton Sea – Steven Vitali
Best Short Horror/Crime/Thriller Film
Split – Richard Anthony Dunford
Best Short Comedy Film
Mi Piaci – Iván Guerra
Best Short Drama Film
Signals – Louis Bennies
Best Feature Drama Film
Égalité – Kida Khodr Ramadan
Best Short Animation
Butterfly & Mouse – Mira Yankova
Best Director
Touch me – Rossano B. Maniscalchi
Best Female Performance
TrainFish – Kathrin Müller – Grüss
Director Christian Ewald
Best First Time Director (Short Film)
Vanish – Arundip Chowdhury
Best First Time Director (Feature Film)
39 1/2 – Kara Herold
Best Experimental Short Film
Dreams I Recall – Vasco Ayala
Best Student Filmmaker
Heads or Tails – Jenny Elisabeth Kleine
SPECIAL WINNERS
Best Short Film
SAFAR ( Journey) – Nikhil Prakash
Best Short Documentary
Poro Forever – Gary Winstead
Best Feature Documentary
When It Ends – Achille Brice
Best Short Comedy Film
Detective And Heretic – WU MINGLANG
Best Short Drama Film
It Looks Like Rain – Biriz Aydinç Öztüzemen
Best Male Performance
PandI – Aniez Atlas, Marco Castro
Best Female Performance
Ayesha – Aishwarya Sonar
Director Shriya Rana
Best First Time Director (Short Film)
PRAESIDIUM – ALEJANDRO D LOMAS
Best First Time Director (Feature Film)
A Double Take – Richard Oretsky
Best Editor
Fragmented Interpretations – Greg W. Locke
Best Student Filmmaker
Day off – Liliya Duplinskaya
SPECIAL GOLDEN WINNERS
Best Short Film
Small World -memory of love- Yuya Yoshizaki
Best Feature Documentary
Film-Wen – Lee Chien-Cheng
SPECIAL SILVER WINNERS
Best Short Film
This Case & My Life – Ana A P Braunstein
Best Feature Documentary
Out of Chaos, an Artist’s Journey in Haiti – Pascal Giacomini
