Nice IFF 2021 Winners

Congratulations to all the nominees of the 2021 Nice International Film Festival.

Winning laurels can be found at this link.

Best Unproduced Scripts

Angels’ Palace
Eric Zoa

Unison Kismet: The Twin Samaritan
Francesco Capussela

Hurricane
Mitchell Colley

The Keys
Paul Grammatico

Filmmaker Awards

Best Original Screenplay of a Short Foreign Language Film
Balivernes

Best Director of a Short Foreign Language Film
The Golden Pond
Valérian Denis

Best Short Foreign Language Film
Flow

Best Costume
Anna Rosenberg

Best Set Design
The House of Terror

Best Hair, Makeup & Body Design
Sang Del Drac

Best Music Video
Funky Cha

Best Editing of a Short Film
Breach Investigation

Best Cinematography in a Short Film
Wake

Best Original Screenplay of a Short Film
August in the City

Best Short Under 5 Minutes
The Watchmaker

Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film
House of La Reine
Julia Fae

Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film
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Alan Heillig

Best Lead Actress in a Short Film
An Urban Tale
Diamond Taylor

Best Lead Actor in a Short Film
True
Rory Mullen

Best Director of a Short Film
Tamar Rising
Alexandra Tebano & Matthew Charof

Best Short Film
Falafel

Best Visual Effects
The Winter Solstice

Best Animation
Bugbottle

Science Award
Talk For Life: English as an Additional Language

Historical Interest Award
USA on PARADE: 2019

Exceptional Showcase of the Arts Award
Restoration: A Concert Film

Best Original Score
The Fisherman’s Diary

Best Editing of a Documentary
Man on the Bus

Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Fly Greenland

Best Director of a Foreign Language Documentary
The South Wind
Zhang Zhiqiang

Best Foreign Language Documentary
The New Abolitionists

Best Director of a Short Documentary
Man 2.0 Revolution
Massimo Brega

Best Short Documentary
The Watchmaker

Best Director of a Feature Documentary
The Great Suppression: How Covid-19 Reignited the Fight for Life & Liberty
Deborah Wright

Best Feature Documentary
The Girl Who Wore Freedom

Jury Award
Pulse

Talented New Director
Acting. First Lessons.
Piotr Głowacki

Best Sound Design
The Sound of Silence

Best Editing of a Foreign Language Film
Beautiful Lure – A Modern Tale of “Painted Skin”

Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Film
Embers

Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Foreign Language Film
Left of Chopin

Best Supporting Actress in a Foreign Language Film
Sang Del Drac
Claudia Esquival

Best Supporting Actor in a Foreign Language Film
Funeral
Tian Kun

Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language Film
The Eagle’s Nest
Felicity Asseh

Best Lead Actor in a Foreign Language Film
Goro’s 400 Million Yen
Youdai Uenishi

Best Director of a Foreign Language Feature Film
Smoky & Bitter
Kyoji Kamui

Best Foreign Language Feature Film
Goro’s 400 Million Yen

Best Editing of a Feature Film
The Corruption Of Divine Providence

Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Mount Umer

Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Film
The Subject

Best Feature Film
Life After You

Best Supporting Actress
The Fisherman’s Diary
Faith Fidel

Best Supporting Actor
Full Circle
Mark Schrier

Best Lead Actress
Life After You
Florencia Lozano

Best Lead Actor
The Subject
Jason Biggs

Best Director
Flying Without Wings
Shen Zhu, Chu Wang & Weijun Zhang

Best Film
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