Winner December 2021

RedWood Film Festival announces the list of Winner films of December 2021.

  • Redwood Film Festival is an Online Film Festival. 

  • Our Jury screens the selections Privately and from there we select the winners. Only the winning films will get a chance to participate in a second selection at the end of the year. If they pass the second selection, we'll screen them at our annual live online screening. Where one film from each category will be awarded. 

BEST 1- MINUTE SHORT FILM

Film: Vortex
Directed by: Shrikant Prabhu
Award Goes to – Shrikant Prabhu


BEST SHORT FILM

Film: Being Brave
Directed by: Joffre Faria Silva
Award Goes to – Joffre Faria Silva


BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

Film: 7_minutos
Directed by: Christian Schneider
Award Goes to – Christian Schneider


BEST LGBTQ FILM

Film: A Chit Tu
Directed by: Dylan Chow
Award Goes to – Dylan Chow


BEST WEB SERIES

Film: HOTBUNNY420
Directed by: Francisco García
Award Goes to – Francisco García


BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Film: Moth On Fire
Directed by: Kiddo Pan
Award Goes to – Kiddo Pan


BEST ANIMATION FILM

Film: The Boy and The Mountain
Directed by: Santiago Aguilera & Gabriel Monreal
Award Goes to – Santiago Aguilera & Gabriel Monreal


BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Film: Forgotten Victory
Directed by: Christopher HK Lee
Award Goes to – Christopher HK Lee


BEST COMEDY FILM

Film: Cucked
Directed by: Kendall Christianson
Award Goes to – Kendall Christianson


BEST CRIME FILM

Film: Beale Street Blues
Directed by: Daniel R. Ferrell
Award Goes to – Daniel R. Ferrell


BEST DARK COMEDY

Film: I See My Beauty in You
Directed by: George Kostopoulos
Award Goes to – George Kostopoulos


BEST DRAMA FILM

Film: SALAM
Directed by: Ahmed Akbar
Award Goes to – Ahmed Akbar


BEST EXPERIMENT FILM

Film: The Butterfly Keeper
Directed by: Guy Mayfield
Award Goes to – Guy Mayfield


BEST HORROR FILM

Film: Wrong Time, Wrong Place
Directed by: Marian Bruchholz
Award Goes to – Marian Bruchholz


BEST NON-FICTION FILM

Film: Future Memories
Directed by: Federico Ferraro & Simone Concilio
Award Goes to – Federico Ferraro & Simone Concilio


BEST SCI-FI FILM

Film: Can’t Go Home Again
Directed by: Anthony J. Cook
Award Goes to – Anthony J. Cook


BEST WOMEN FILM

Film: Vulnerable Innocence
Directed by: Charlene Elizabeth Doak-Gebauer & Nancy Anne Lynch
Award Goes to – Charlene Elizabeth Doak-Gebauer & Nancy Anne Lynch


BEST TRAILER

Film: Vulnerable Innocence
Directed by: Charlene Elizabeth Doak-Gebauer & Nancy Anne Lynch
Award Goes to – Charlene Elizabeth Doak-Gebauer & Nancy Anne Lynch


BEST DIRECTOR

Film: The Breakfast
Directed by: Varunagini
Award Goes to – Varunagini


BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

Film: The Breakfast
Directed by: Varunagini
Award Goes to – Varunagini


BEST PRODUCER

Film: The Promenade
Directed by: Nico Falcone Georgiadis
Award Goes to – Nico Falcone Georgiadis & Kimmo Salmela


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Film: Being Brave
Directed by: Joffre Faria Silva
Award Goes to – Max Putintsev


BEST ART DIRECTOR

Film: Can’t Go Home Again
Directed by: Anthony J. Cook
Award Goes to – Anthony J. Cook


BEST EDITOR

Film: TASTEless
Directed by: Joshua Collins
Award Goes to – Joshua Collins


BEST SCREENWRITER

Film: You’re Early
Directed by: Mark Hensley
Award Goes to – Robert Bruinewoud


BEST SOUND

Film: The Mechanics
Directed by: Christoph Janetzko
Award Goes to – Makin Fung Bin Fai


BEST VFX

Film: Dual Threat – Football & Family
Directed by: Donnie Dodge
Award Goes to – Donnie Dodge


BEST ACTOR – MALE

Film: Rumi’s Rumba
Directed by: George Kostopoulos
Award Goes to – Greg Amici


BEST ACTRESS – FEMALE

Film: You’re Early
Directed by: Mark Hensley
Award Goes to – Hayley McLaughlin


BEST CHILD ACTOR

Film: Can’t Go Home Again
Directed by: Anthony J. Cook
Award Goes to – Anthony J. Cook


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE/FEMALE)

Film: You’re Early
Directed by: Mark Hensley
Award Goes to – Sam Meader


BEST SCREENPLAY

Film: SOUL’S ON FIRE
Written by: Joseph Lincoln Harrison
Award Goes to – Joseph Lincoln Harrison