Official Selection September 2021

RedWood Film Festival announces the list of Official Selected films of September 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 Films
Walking The Dog-30sec | Lawrence Whitener
The Beginning | José Bibian

Short Films
Imitation of Life – A Machine Learning Story | Øyvind Knustad
Unhappy | Thomas Goersch
HoneyDough | Jillian Vitko
The Companion | Helen McKenzie Ross
Grave Talk | Andrew Huggins
Yard Sale – Final Cut A ver 4 | Andrew Huggins, Donna Whitmore-Sexton
Curb Service | Andrew Huggins, John R Sexton
The MARS Experiment | Lori Saux
What I Want to Say, Burn! | Luís Damas
The Supers | Manoj Adhikari
A Time of Fire | Mimi Garrard
Smoking Kills | Steven Luchel

Student Short Film
Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash Re-opening | Sophia Haber Brock & Joanna Downing
This Is For Us | Roshan Hill
Smorgasbord | Roshan Hill

LGBT Film
Let Us Eat Cake!: Asexuality in the 21st Century | Maddy Heller

Web Series
FAME – The Show Can Not Stop! | Brunno Rodrigues
FaceTime With The Rickkenbakker Family | Thomas Connelly
I Am Who I Am | Izaskun Arandia

Music Video
Panties And Chocolate – Love Song For Cuckold Teens | Shawy, Jeremiaah Bourgeois
Food To Ate | Randy J. Huling

Action Film
Not Enough Entries

Animation Film
The Penguin | Matt Bissett-Johnson

Documentary Films
Four Motherless Children | Ralph Isenberg, Joe De La Fuente
Who Will Remain? | Emily Felder, Christa Whitney
In Their Eyes | Arnaud Blin
The Builder | Ryan Lauterio, Nick Seitz

Comedy Film
Not Enough Entries

Crime Film
Not Enough Entries

Dark Comedy
Where’s The Will | Paul Laudicano
Routine | Russ Emanuel

Drama Films
Athame | Dimitrios Karas
I Want To Do It | Roshan Hill
Inside Me | Mateusz Kułacz

Experiment Film
Cornered | Raquel Salvatella de Prada

Horror Film
Loyal? | Felicia Rivers

Mystery Film
Not Enough Entries

Noir Film
Not Enough Entries

Non Fiction Film
Not Enough Entries

Romantic Films
Her & Him | Julian Morales

Sci-Fi Films
Take Me | Kenneth Bordes-Hollon
Lemon Tea | Maurizio Venturiero

Women Film
Not Enough Entries

Thriller Film
Not Enough Entries

Best Trailer
Not Enough Entries

Best Director
Bruce Wayne Begins | Kevin Ruiz
Routine | Russ Emanuel
Smoking Kills | Steven Luchel

Best Female Director
Dear Quarantine | Tuğba Yiğitcan

Best Producer
Not Enough Entries

Best Cinematographer/D.O.P
Not Enough Entries

Best Art Director
Not Enough Entries

Best Editor
Not Enough Entries

Best Screenwriter
Beautiful Sunshine Script | JW Richardson

Best Sound
Not Enough Entries

Best VFX
Not Enough Entries

Best Actor – Male
Unhappy | Thomas Goersch
…And He Found Me… | Aniez Atlas

Best Actor – Female
HoneyDough | Jillian Vitko
Routine | Russ Emanuel

Best Child Actor
Not Enough Entries

Best Supporting Actor Male/Female
Not Enough Entries

Screenplay
Ruse | Deric Olsen
A Good Example | Lawrence Whitener
Somebody That I Used to Know | Robert Leo Cox
Arcturus Rising | Robert Cox
Beautiful Sunshine Script | JW Richardson