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Berlin Indie Film Festival

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Festival Award

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Best Actor

  • Andrew Joshi
    Winner
    • Andrew Joshi(actor)
    • The Fort
    Sawscale Films
  • Francisco Martos
    Winner
    • Francisco Martos
    • Clear Water

Best Actor (short film)

  • Tom Martin
    Winner
    • Tom Martin
    • The Call

Best Actor Short Film

  • Clemens Schick
    Winner
    • Clemens Schick
    • Geography of the Heart
  • Al Nazemian
    Winner
    • Al Nazemian
    • For I Am Dead
  • Winner
    • Armin Culic
    • How to disappear completely and become funny

Best Actress - Best Feature Film

  • Cheyenne Goode
    Winner
    • Cheyenne Goode(actress)
    • Little Johnny Jewel

Best Actress - Short Film

  • Paige Laree Poucel
    Winner
    • Paige Laree Poucel(actress)
    • Routine
    Russem Productions

Best Actress Short Film

  • Headshot
    Winner
    • Jessica Rookeward(actor)
    • The Out-Fit
  • Caroline Felber
    Winner
    • Caroline Felber
    • La vengeance d'une grand-mère
  • Winner
      Peace of Mind

    Best Animation

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      Winner

      Miss Shaguna's Chickens

      Nicole Russin-McFarland(director)
      Mari Sherkin(executive producer)
      Lucky Pineapple Films

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La vengeance d'une grand-mère

      Timur Orge

    Best Comedy Short

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      Winner

      Appointment with the Devil

      Natasha Kinaru
      Sean Cronin
      David Brückner
      Robert Ford
      Luca Strappazzon
      Wiggy

    Best Director (short film)

    • Ryan Jafri
      Winner
      • Ryan Jafri
      • The Call

    Best Director - Best Feature Film

    • Jude Rawlins at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
      Winner
      • Jude Rawlins(director)
      • Little Johnny Jewel

    Best Director Feature Film

    • Fabien Dufils
      Winner
      • Fabien Dufils
      • Implanted
      Mad Street Motion Pictures
    • Douglas Cubin
      Winner
      • Douglas Cubin(director)
      • The Fort
      Sawscale Films

    Best Director Short Film

    • Michael Ringdal
      Winner
      • Michael Ringdal
      • Brave
      Michael R Productions
    • Nika Agiashvili
      Winner
      • Nika Agiashvili
      • Delilah
      Storyman Pictures

    Best Documentary

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      Winner

      Battleground Melbourne

      5.8 (3.5K)
      Topher Field(director)
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      Winner

      Finding Light

      Paul Michael Bloodgood
      Stephen Mills(Choreographer / Executive Producer)
      Cookie Ruiz(Executive Producer)
      Ballet Austin
      Bloodygood Pictures

    Best Editing

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      Winner

      Implanted

      4.5 (4.9K)
      Olivier Wicki
      Mad Street Motion Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Little Johnny Jewel

      Jude Rawlins(editor)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Implanted

      4.5 (4.9K)
      Fabien Dufils
      Mad Street Motion Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Fort

      5.5 (15)
      Douglas Cubin(director)
      Sawscale Films
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      Winner

      Inexistentia

      5.9 (9)
      Salvatore Vitiello(director)
      SNCI production

    Best First Time Director, Documentary

    • Topher Field
      Winner
      • Topher Field(director)
      • Battleground Melbourne

    Best Historical

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Fort

      5.5 (15)
      Douglas Cubin(writer)
      Sawscale Films

    Best Mobile Feature Film

    • Winner
      • Sami Çatak(director)

    Best Original Score

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      Winner

      The Out-Fit

      Nina Baumer
      Kian Fuertes
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Fort

      5.5 (15)
      Douglas Cubin(director)
      Sawscale Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Routine

      7.9 (25)
      Vasilis Milesis(composer)
      Russem Productions

    Best Short Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rebetiko Underground: A Research on Rebetiko

      Apostolos Polymeris(director)
      Georgios Polymeris(director)
    • [object Object]

      AYNI (Reciprocity)

      Rita Panahi(director)

    Best Sound Design

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      Winner

      The Fort

      5.5 (15)
      Keith Tinman(supervising sound editor)
      Sawscale Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      For I Am Dead

      9.0 (18)
      David Ferral

    Best Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Metempsychosis - Nocturnal Whispers

      Sam Iwata aka Liu(Director)
      38pro Film
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Doppelgänger

      Juan Lume(writer/director/producer)

    Best Thriller Film (short)

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      Winner

      The Call

      8.0 (20)
      Ryan Jafri

    Best Travel Award

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      Winner

      Spicy Calabria

      8.5 (21)
      Giacomo Arrigoni
      Esmeralda Spadea
      Pietro Peligra
      OPLUS Europe Srl
      RS Productions.

    Best Short Film

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      ECHO (Volutes des Anges)

      Réka Temple
      Felix Baudouin
      Cinemon Entertainment
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      Ashes

      Daniel J. Egbert
      Siwei Li
      Xue'Sophie'Hou

    Honorable Mention

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    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fear Frequency

      7.2 (22)
      Laura Russo
      Tim Huddleston
      Julienne Davis

    Feature Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wilde Zeiten - Das Festival und die Pandemie

      8.9 (9)
      Patrick Protz(director)
      Dennis Gross(director)

    April Award

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    Best Actress

    • Caro Pampillo
      Winner
      • Caro Pampillo
      • Peace of Mind

    Best Cinematographer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      For I Am Dead

      9.0 (18)
      Dominika Podczaska

    October Award

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    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Samuel McClenahen Brooks(actor)
      • Neck Deep

    Best Actress

    • Teisha Lowry
      Winner
      • Teisha Lowry(actress)
      • Habitat
    • Celine Li
      Winner
      • Celine Li(actress)
      • When He Comes Back
      Imagespring Group

    Best Comedy Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ashes Over Coffee

      Hamid Khosravanipour

    Commercial & Advertising

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      8102 ARIM

      Brice Blanloeil

    February Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Anxiety Overcome

      Philippe Hamelle

    Best First Time Director

    • Winner
      • Helmut Karner
      • Ground Control

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Anxiety Overcome

      Aydin Thill

    November Award

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    Best Director

    • Rayna Campbell
      Winner
      • Rayna Campbell
      • The Spell That Backfired
    • Looking forward
      Winner
      • Samik Roy Choudhury(director)
      • Mushroom

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Colfax

      Jesse Theobald

    December Award

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    Best Director Short Film

    • Winners
      • Natasha Kinaru
      • James Tratas
      • Carlotta Morelli
      • Jack McCallum
      • Robert Ford
      • Wiggy
      • Luca Strappazzon
      • Paule Mickeviciute
      • Kerry Matthew
      • Mario Gennari
      • Billy Marsh
      • The Menu

    September Award

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    Best Short Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      We Are an Image from the Future

      Jascha Müller-Guthof
      Katharin Ahrend

    Best War Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      No War

      3.6 (16K)
      Enzo Zelocchi
      Produzioni Italiane Z

    Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Club

      Kristen Gao(director of photography)

    June Award

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    Artist Film (Short)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rudolf Duala Manga Bell - a German Story

      Henrik Langsdorf(Director)

    Best Short Drama Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Phoenix 2021/ A Survival Guide

      Stilvi Psilopoulou(Director)

    March Award

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    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Coin Toss

      Ruiyan Li
      Hengrui Zhang

    Best First Time Director

    • Winners
      • Qinwei 'Judy' Li(director)
      • Tingfeng Jimmy Zhu(director)
      • Behind

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Behind

      Qinwei 'Judy' Li(director)
      Tingfeng Jimmy Zhu(director)

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