Award Winners of May 2021: Technical Categories

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Best Producer: Moe Taylor and Ekta Ratnakar for As Organism (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Producer): Julian Simon Pache and Lukas Soboll for Trees Under Water (Germany)

Best Director (Female): Nisreen Alsbeihi for What Remains of Me (Jordan)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Director – Female): Hemma Kearney for Two Worlds, Not One (UK)

Best Director (Male): Victor Harder Hesel for The King of Nowhere (Denmark)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Director – Male): Damir Yaqouti and Hassan Yaqouti for Morning Flavors (Morocco)

Best Student Director (Female): Morgan M. Montgomery for Astral (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Director – Female): Onna Pluciennik for Honey! (Canada)

Best Student Director (Male): Julian Simon Pache for Trees Under Water (Germany)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Director – Male): Dusan Brown for Cereal (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Cleo Brown for The Young Wife (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (First Time Director – Female): Elizabeth Godar for Change for a Five (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Noah Benjamin Miller for Lapse (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (First Time Director – Male): Jack Fay for Bird Feeder (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Young Filmmaker – Male): Hao Zhenjia for What If (China)

Best Actress: Arlene Arnone Bibbs for Bird Feeder (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Actress): Natasha Luna for What We Find in the Night (USA)

Best Actor: Howard Raik for Bird Feeder (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Actor): Noah Miller for Lapse (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Brooke Lyons for Perdition (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Ema Pacaut for Automne (France)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Child/Young Actress): Lexie Lovering for Miss Mary Mack (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Benjamin Yung for Who Is Jerry Adams? (Switzerland)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Child/Young Actor): Keveon Keggler for Man (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Billy Baker and Michael Dean for Blue Heron (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Acting Duo): Tashan Thornton and Michael Haggerty for Sundown Town (USA)

Best Child Acting Duo (Special Jury Mention): Paloma Zampieri and Magnolia Zampieri for Birdhouse (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Elias Allaf, Hasnaa Moumni, Zakaria Atifi, Hamza Nhaila, and Yassir El Fakri for Morning Flavors (Morocco)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Acting Ensemble): Jee Heng Liao, David Dotterer, Wataru Nishida, Audrey Yeoman, Jess Renee, Sarah Jayne Rothkopf, Sui Nakashima, Kochatorn Boonmark, Jasmina Makota, and Mallory Moser for The Porns (USA)

Best Production Design: Laura Yurko for Pretty Metal (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Production Design): The Porns (USA)

Best Original Screenplay: Victor Harder Hesel, Troels Jensen, and Simone Korfix for The King of Nowhere (Denmark)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Screenplay): Damir Yaqouti and Hassan Yaqouti for Morning Flavors (Morocco)

Best Student Original Screenplay (Special Jury Mention): Elias Gandy for Hen & Ham (USA)

Best Cinematography: Jade Ingram for Wander (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Cinematography): Eline Ødegaard for All Roads Lead Home (Norway)

Best Editing: As Organism (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Editing): Paul N Foster for Perdition (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Design): Michael Benhayon for Two Worlds, Not One (UK)

Best Sound Editing: Stefano Civetta, Stephane Reichart, and Greg Calbi for Fantasy of Companionship Between Human and Inanimate (Singapore)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Editing): As Organism (USA)

Best Sound Mixing: Stefano Civetta, Stephane Reichart, and Greg Calbi for Fantasy of Companionship Between Human and Inanimate (Singapore)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Mixing): Perdition (USA)

Honorable Mention (Special FX): Kevin Tofalo for Out of This World: The Ricky Lyme Story (USA)

Best Visual FX: Seung Joon An, Jiwon Kang, and Min Jae Kim for Bon Appetite (South Korea)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Visual FX): Christina Agapitou for The Spray (Germany)

Best Costume Design: Lina Edwards for Pretty Metal (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Costume Design): Bailey Soudelier for Blue Heron (USA)

Best Special Makeup: Jada Lewter for Sundown Town (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Special Makeup): Madelyn She for Holy Zombie (USA)

Best Original Score: Manu Martin, Ron J Danziger, and Joi Barua for Fantasy of Companionship Between Human and Inanimate (Singapore)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Score): Alessandro Cerino for Who Is Jerry Adams? (Switzerland)

Best Original Song: A La Mode by Champagne Perfume, for She’s No Bodies Baby (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Song): Rai (Heaven) by Cristian Balint (Romania)

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