Queens World Film Festival Winners

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BEST FIRST FEATURE
Love Happens by Liza Rafael

BEST ANIMATION
The Girl with the Rivet Gun by Anne de Mare, Kristen Kelly

BEST FAMILY FRIENDLY
Roberto by Carmen Córdoba González

BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Lilies by Joni Renee Whitworth

BEST LGBTQ – SHORT
Doesn’t Fall Far by Joshua Michael Payne

BEST LGBTQ – FEATURE
Lust Life Love by Stephanie Sellars, Benjamin Feuer

BEST SHORT SHORT (UNDER 5 Minutes)
The Doors by Woraphan Klawklat

BEST FEMALE ACTOR – NARRATIVE SHORT
Eve Austin in Confidant by  Debra Markowitz

BEST FEMALE ACTOR – NARRATIVE FEATURE
Lisa Ludwig in Mother’s Day by Travis Carlson

BEST MALE ACTOR – NARRATIVE SHORT
Ethan Itzkow in High Score by Serena Ryen & Ethan Itzkow

BEST MALE ACTOR – NARRATIVE FEATURE
Taylor Olson in Bone Cage by Taylor Olson – TIE!
Joel Bernard in Mouse by Adam Engel – TIE!

BEST ENSEMBLE – NARRATIVE SHORT
Orquesta Los Bengalas (The Flares) by David Valero Simón

BEST ENSEMBLE – NARRATIVE FEATURE
Shellfish by Hunter Hopewell

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – NARRATIVE SHORT
Fire by Daniele Martinis

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – NARRATIVE FEATURE
Externo (External) by Jonathan Taub, Leandro Taub

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – DOCUMENTARY SHORT
From the Ground Up by Trent Zulkiewicz and Will Brenninkmeyer

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Last Call: The Shutdown of NYC Bars by Johnny Sweet

BEST SCREENPLAY – NARRATIVE SHORT
Family History by Mark J. Parker

BEST SCREENPLAY – NARRATIVE FEATURE
Latay (Battered Husband) by Ralston Gonzales Jover

BEST DIRECTOR – DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Super by Callie Rose Hanau

BEST DIRECTOR – DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Gosia@Tomek by Christine Jezior

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
El Monstruo Invisible (The Invisible Monster) by Guillermo Fesser Perez de Petinto, Javier Fesser Perez de Petinto

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Forbidden Strings by Hasan Noori

BEST DIRECTOR – NARRATIVE SHORT
Following… by Karla Lulic

BEST DIRECTOR – NARRATIVE FEATURE
Basenji by Ian Scott Clement

BEST COMEDY SHORT
The Dump by Neil Holland

BEST WEB CONTENT
Rockaway by Andrea Ashton

BEST INTEGRATION OF MUSIC AND DANCE
Faces by Charly Wenzel

BEST BLAME IT ON THE PANDEMIC
Henrietta by Jessy Holtermann

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
My Mother Went with the Cows by Maria José Ibarra Valdez

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Bone Cage by Taylor Olson

QUEENS WORLD SPECIAL AWARD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
SURVIVING THE SILENCE: The Untold Story Of Two Women In Love Who Helped Change Military Policy by Cindy Abel

QUEENS WORLD TRUTH SEEKER: FEATURE FILM
Ultraviolence by Ken Fero

QUEENS WORLD TRUTH SEEKER: SHORT FILM
Before I Die by Iker Esteibarlanda

POETIC CINEMA SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Ama’ara – The Song of the Whales by Sebastian Jobst

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
1618 by Luis Ismael

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN – SHORT FILM
The Secret Walls by Anne Charrin, Lise Charrin, Aude Charrin, Jean-Marie Gatin

BEST OF FEST
Mother’s Day by Travis Carlson

FOUNDERS CHOICE – NARRATIVE
Basenji by Ian Scott Clement

AUTEUR CINEMA AWARD
Externo by Jonathan Taub and Leandro Taub

EMERGING ARTIST
JULIAN GREEN – Elsagate by Julian Green

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
When Fire Flies by Das Fuerst

AUDIENCE AWARD NARRATIVE FEATURE
Mouse by Adam Engel

AUDIENCE AWARD DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Walk with Frank by Ryan Mayers and Matt Mayers

THE LOIS WEBER PIONEER AWARD
Catya Plate

QUEENS WORLD TRAILBLAZER
Opal Hope Bennett