ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL + CREATIVE CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES 2021 AWARD WINNERS
The 45th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) is proud to announce the award winners for the 2021 festival, running from April 22-May 2, 2021.
Winners of the Narrative Short, Animated Short and Documentary Short Jury Awards not only took home their awards, but now also qualify for the 2022 Academy Awards®. The Atlanta Film Festival is one of less than twenty US film festivals that is Academy Award®-qualifying in all three shorts categories: Narrative Short, Documentary Short, and Animated Short.
Audience Awards will be announced following the conclusion of the festival. For information on the 2021 Jurors (and the competition films), please visit www.atlantafilmfestival.com/2021/jury.
2021 ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CARTERLAND – directed by Jim Pattiz & Will Pattiz
SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR ARTISTIC SPIRIT AND INGENUITY (DOCUMENTARY FEATURE)
SOCKS ON FIRE – directed by Bo McGuire
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
CULPA – directed by Ulrike Grote
SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR RISING DIRECTOR AND LEAD ACTOR (NARRATIVE FEATURE)
LUDI – directed by Edson Jean, starring Shein Mompremier
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
UN DIABLE DANS LA POCHE – directed by Antoine Bonnet & Mathilde Loubes
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
SEAHORSE – directed by Nele Dehnenkamp
HONORABLE MENTION (DOCUMENTARY SHORT)
SCARLET MEDUSA – directed by Spencer MacDonald
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
THE DRESS – directed by Tadeusz Łysiak
HONORABLE MENTION (NARRATIVE SHORT)
ANITA – directed by Sushma Khadepaun
HONORABLE MENTION (NARRATIVE SHORT)
BORN AGAIN – directed by Candice Onyeama
HONORABLE MENTION (NARRATIVE SHORT)
GEORGIA – directed by Jayil Pak
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (SPONSORED BY PANAVISION AND LIGHT IRON)
OFF THE ROAD – cinematography by Ernesto Trujillo
HONORABLE MENTION (CINEMATOGRAPHY)
SOCKS ON FIRE – cinematography by Matt Clegg
GEORGIA FILM AWARD
bustitOpen – directed by Danielle Deadwyler
FILMMAKER-TO-WATCH
Justice Jamal Jones – director of HOW TO RAISE A BLACK BOY
SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND FILMMAKER AWARD (PRESENTED BY THE SDF)
Recognizing excellence in documentary storytelling through a Southern lens.
SOCKS ON FIRE – directed by Bo McGuire
TEN LEAVES DILATED – directed by Kate E. Hinshaw, co-directed by Ebony Blanding