Award Winners of November 2021: Technical Categories

Best Producer: Sean O’Hare, Stephen Turturici, Danny Burke, and Marc Barats for I Miss Us (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Producer): Patrick Lazzara, Auriel Jimenez, and Carlos M. Jimenez for Restless (USA)

Best Director (Male): Vasileios Billy Blioumis for Paradox (Greece)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Director – Male): Roth Rind for I Miss Us (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Director – Female): Jiaqi Xia for Superman (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Director – Male): Victor Santos for The Elevator (Canada)

Honorable Mention (Student Director – Male): Matt Wasserman for Pariah (USA)

Honorable Mention (First Time Director – Female): Keisha Boston Gallagher for Hard Sale (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Christian Bachini for Escalation (Italy)

Outstanding Achievement Award (First Time Director – Male): Gerald Gerhard Pribek and Marc Weber for At the Strawberry Stand (Austria)

Best Young Filmmaker (Female): Koko VanDernoot for Why I Give (USA)

Honorable Mention (Young Filmmaker – Male): Hunter Paul Nickless for Haunted for Life (USA)

Honorable Mention (Actress): Ragon Miller for Restless (USA)

Best Actor: Christian Bachini for Escalation (Italy)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Actor): Patrick Lazzara for Restless (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: A.C Peterson for The Last Christmas (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Miley Haik for The Last Christmas (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Child/Young Actress): Emily Gornshteyn for The Jump (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Child/Young Actor): Cameron Judd for Pariah (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Duy Nguyễn and Daniel Sullivan for The Elevator (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Acting Duo): Elisabeth Kanettis and Gerald Gerhard Pribek for At the Strawberry Stand (Austria)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Ensemble Cast): Gil Damon, Kathleen Kozak, David Amadio, and Steve Kuzmick for Awkward Endeavors (USA)

Best Original Screenplay: Vasileios Billy Blioumis for Paradox (Greece)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Adapted Screenplay): Steve Dixon for Revisiting T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (Singapore)

Best Production Design: Freaks (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Production Design): Chris Crane for The Last Christmas (Canada)

Best Cinematography: Christian Bachini for Escalation (Italy)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Cinematography): Carlos M. Jimenez for Restless (USA)

Best Editing: Kevin Lee Loader for I Miss Us (USA)

Best Special FX: Segundo Fernandez for Escalation (Italy)

Best Sound Design: Kelwin Hernandez for I Miss Us (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Design): Gilberto Santiago for Restless (USA)

Best Original Score: John King for The Last Christmas (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Score): Christos Antoniou for Paradox (Greece)

Honorable Mention (Costume Design): Norma Doesn’t Know She’s Magic (USA)

Best Special Makeup: Melissa Capristrano for I Miss Us (USA)

Honorable Mention (Special Makeup): Carlos Henriques for The Last Christmas (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Song): Somos De America by Michael O’Neill (USA)

Honorable Mention (Original Song): Ancient Lover by Banjii & Mayuri (USA)