CIFF 2021 Nominees & Winners

Grand Jury Awards

Best of the Fest  Short Film - Like the Ones I Used to Know presented by Mikael Salomon

THE CRIMINALS; Like the Ones I Used to Know; Distancias (Distances); DA YIE; A Concerto Is a Conversation

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Best of Best Screenplay - The Minefield presented by Hunt Lowry

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Best of Fest Feature - Executive Order presented by Peter Menzies Jr.

NOT GOING QUIETLY; Executive Order; Potato Dreams of America; Women Is Losers

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Special Jury Awards

Best Nevada Film - All-in presented by Danette Tull

Stuck; BRAILLE; All-In; The Job Interview; Aurora

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Best Indigenous film - Joe Buffalo presented by Jake Hart 

Joe Buffalo; The Water Walker; Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty; 

SWIPE; Black Warrior of Pyramid Lake; We Will Always Be Here

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Best Female Filmmaker - Ala Kachuu presented by Barbara Chase

AT LAST - Lorena Gordon; A Woman - Tahmina Rafaella; Like the Ones I Used to Know - Annie St-Pierre;

AVALANCHE - Heather Jack; Ala Kachuu - Maria Brendle

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Best LBTQ award - At Last presented by Ty DeFoe

The Tailor; At Last; Fabiu; Liminal; The Ephemeral

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Innovate Award - Sloan Hearts Neckface presented by Kristoffer Polaha 

Black Thoughts; Sloan Hearts Neckface; Going Down Alone; How To End A Conversation;

What Could Have Happened

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John Singleton Impact Award - A Concerto is a Conversation presented by Selenesol Singleton & Peter Menzies Jr.

A Concerto Is a Conversation; Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd; Dolapo is Fine; Etana; Red Horizon

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PitchFest! Winner

Eileen Grubba - with her project: A Life Unworthy

The winner receives a 1ooK package that includes a $60K camera package grant from Panavision, 15K production consultation presented by the Film Nevada Initiative, and an Entertainment Law package valued at $25K courtesy of David Rubenstein Law.

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Audience Choice Awards

Best Short Film - Sloan Hearts Neckface

Best Feature Film - Small Town Wisconsin

Best Screenplay - Body of Chris

Best Nevada Film with a $500 cash prize - Stuck

Best of Festival with a $500 cash prize - Beans
 

Jury Awards

Best Music Video - We Can’t Breathe presented by Emma Sydney Menzies

We Can't Breathe; Heartbeat to Heartbeat, Eye to Eye; Storm; Her Cold Hands; The End

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Best Documentary Short - Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd presented by Mikael Salomon

Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd; A Concerto Is a Conversation; Joe Buffalo;

Welcome Strangers; The Little Tea Shop

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Best Family Short - Graceland presented by Elizabeth Frances

Graceland; Maximus; Oeil Pour Oeil; Zog and the Flying Doctors; Windup

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Best Animated Short - Migrants presented by Bill Farmer

Migrants; Mishou; The Parrot Lady; Tales from the Multiverse; Mila

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Best Sci-fi/Fantasy short - Charon presented by Jasmeet Baduwalia

Jack and Jo Don't Want to Die; I Can Change; Sea Dragon; Charon; Post Sentence

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Best Horror Short - Dead End Drive presented by Dick Walsh

Your Monster; Koreatown Ghost Story; Dead End Drive; Réplica; The Last Queen on Earth

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Best Thriller Short - Blue Bison presented by Kristoffer Polaha

Blue Bison; Officer Down; We Came From the Sea; Class; Waffle

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Best Comedy Short - I Can Change presented by Bill Farmer

Sloan Hearts Neckface; Jesus 2020; I Can Change; Cuckoo!; Swipe

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Best Drama Short - The Criminals presented by Hunt Lowry 

The Criminals; Over My Dead Body; The Violin; Super Ma; Like the Ones I Used to Know

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Best Intl Short - Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran presented by Mitch Paulson

Chen Chen; Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran; The Handyman; One for the Road; Groundhog Night

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Best Student Short - Bittu presented by DeLanna Studi

I Never Picked Cotton; Masel Tov Cocktail; Misfits; Bittu; Dinner

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Best Performance in a Short - Hiro Kanagawa in The Tailor presented by Antonio Jaramillo

Meats - Ashley Williams; Moon - Joanie Martel; The Handyman -Elise Trenorden; The Tailor - Hiro Kanagawa;

Class - David Krumholtz

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Best Director of a Short - Annie St-Pierre - Like the Ones I Used to Know presented by Rainbow Dickerson

Like the Ones I Used to Know - Annie St-Pierre; Estilo Americano - Miriam Kruishoop; The Ephemeral - Jorge Murie;

Sloan Hearts Neckface - Justin Fair; The Criminals - Serhat Karaaslan

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Best Genre Screenplay - Lawman presented by Kelly Lynne D'Angelo

Best Comedy Screenplay - Emergency Contact presented by Mitch Paulson 

Best Dramatic Screenplay - Connect presented by Camrus Johnson

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Best Documentary Feature - Not Going Quietly presented by Mikael Salomon

Not Going Quietly; Lily Topples the World; Soy Cubana

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Best Narrative Feature - Women is Losers presented by Dick Walsh

Women Is Losers; Executive Order; Riding with Sugar; Peace by Chocolate

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Best Performance in a Feature - Riz Ahmed - Mogul Mowgli presented by Kristoffer Polaha

Mogul Mowgli - Riz Ahmed; Small Town Wisconsin - David Sullivan; Beans - Rainbow Dickerson; 

Women is Losers - Lorenza Izzo; Riding with Sugar - Charles Mnene

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Best Director of a Feature - Jonathan Keijser - Peace by Chocolate presented by Peter Menzies Jr.

Peace by Chocolate - Jonathan Keijser; Riding with Sugar - Sunu Gonera; Women is Losers - Lissette Feliciano;

Executive Order - Lázaro Ramos; Small Town Wisconsin - David Sullivan

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Best Short Screenplay - Tree o’ Mine presented by DeLanna Studi

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