Official Selection December 2021

RedWood Film Festival announces the list of Official Selected 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. 

1-Minute Short Film
Vortex | Shrikant Prabhu

Short Films
The Promenade | Nico Falcone Georgiadis
Attached | Jeramie Sandor
Being Brave | Joffre Faria Silva
You’re Early | Mark Hensley
The Healing Touch | Sweta Kumar Dash
Alles hat Grenzen NUR DER MONDFISCH NICHT | Sylvia Eckermann & Gerald Nestler
Wrong Time, Wrong Place | Marian Bruchholz
Book Worms | Steven M Hirohama
MASK | Dr. Sweta Kumar Dash

Student Short Film
7_minutos | Christian Schneider

LGBTQ Films
A Chit Tu | Dylan Chow
Safe Distance | Artur Wyrzykowski

Web Series
HOTBUNNY420 | Francisco García
Ten Points of Joy | William Carl Grout
Famous Gays And Lesbians… Alleged And Otherwise (15 Episodes) | Thomas Connelly

Music Videos
Moth On Fire | Kiddo Pan
Pluto: The Bringer of Transformation (2020-) | Carolyn Downie
Spirit Walk | Charles J. Griffin
Love Comes Quietly | George Kostopoulos

Action Film
Not Enough Entries

Animation Film
CEASG The Mermaid | Carmen Pérez González
Moth On Fire | Kiddo Pan
The Boy and The Mountain | Santiago Aguilera & Gabriel Monreal
Mountain Bear | Jeremy Northcote

Documentary Films
Forgotten Victory | Christopher HK Lee
Today’s Kindness | Bill Grout & Jade Grout
Vulnerable Innocence | Charlene Elizabeth Doak-Gebauer & Nancy Anne Lynch
Dajla: Cinema and Oblivion | Arturo Dueñas
Dual Threat – Football & Family | Donnie Dodge

Comedy Film
Cucked | Kendall Christianson

Crime Film
Beale Street Blues | Daniel R. Ferrell
The Big Apple Grind | Bruno Taniguchi

Dark Comedy
I See My Beauty in You | George Kostopoulos

Drama Films
Salam | Ahmed Akbar

Experiment Film
The Butterfly Keeper | Guy Mayfield
The Mechanics | Christoph Janetzko

Horror Film
Wrong Time, Wrong Place | Marian Bruchholz

Mystery Film
Not Enough Entries

Noir Film
Not Enough Entries

Non Fiction Film
Future Memories | Federico Ferraro & Simone Concilio

Romantic Films
Not Enough Entries

Sci-Fi Films
Can’t Go Home Again | Anthony J. Cook

Women Film
Not Enough Entries

Thriller Film
Not Enough Entries

Best Trailer
Vulnerable Innocence | Charlene Elizabeth Doak-Gebauer & Nancy Anne Lynch

Best Director
The 7 Lives of Sara Blanchard | Kevin Ruiz
The Breakfast | Varunagini
You’re Early | Mark Hensley
Dual Threat – Football & Family | Donnie Dodge

Best Female Director
Not Enough Entries

Best Producer
Not Enough Entries

Best Cinematographer/D.O.P
Not Enough Entries

Best Art Director
Not Enough Entries

Best Editor
You’re Early | Mark Hensley
TASTEless | Joshua Collins
Dual Threat – Football & Family | Donnie Dodge

Best Screenwriter
Soul’s On Fire | Joseph Lincoln Harrison
You’re Early | Mark Hensley
Desires and Rib Steaks | Philippe Solange

Best Sound
You’re Early | Mark Hensley
The Mechanics | Christoph Janetzko

Best VFX
Dual Threat – Football & Family | Donnie Dodge

Best Actor – Male
Vulnerable Innocence | Charlene Elizabeth Doak-Gebauer & Nancy Anne Lynch
Rumi’s Rumba | George Kostopoulos
Salam | Ahmed Akbar

Best Actress – Female
Cucked | Kendall Christianson
You’re Early | Mark Hensley

Best Child Actor
Being Brave | Joffre Faria Silva
Can’t Go Home Again | Anthony J. Cook

Best Supporting Actor Male/Female
You’re Early | Mark Hensley

Screenplay
Soul’s On Fire | Joseph Lincoln Harrison