{"id":1687,"date":"2021-11-30T23:39:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2021-11-30T23:39:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:39:50","slug":"soff-2021-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=1687","title":{"rendered":"SOFF 2021 Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grand Jury Award Winners<\/h3>\n

Best Feature Film – Arthouse\/Experimental – Bitter Taste of Ginger<\/a>
\nBest Feature Film – Comedy – Killer Whales<\/a>
\nBest Feature Film – Documentary – Like A Woman<\/a>
\nBest Feature Film – Drama – Bone Cage<\/a>
\nBest Feature Film – SciFi – Midnight Science<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Short Film \u2013 Animation – The Cat<\/a>
\nBest Short Film \u2013 Arthouse\/Experimental – CHIPOKO<\/a>
\nBest Short Film \u2013 Comedy – Squish (Spr\u00f6tch)<\/a>
\nBest Short Film \u2013 Comedy – The Best Orchestra in the World<\/a>
\nBest Short Film \u2013 Documentary – Tia Gong<\/a>
\nBest Short Film \u2013 Drama – EXITS<\/a>
\nBest Short Film \u2013 Drama – Shevolution<\/a>
\nBest Short Film \u2013 Horror – The Pey<\/a>
\nBest Short Film \u2013 SciFi – My Roommate the Jedi<\/a>
\nBest Music Video –\u00a0The Sword That Waits<\/a>
\nBest Web Series – EP<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Director, Feature Film – Alek Lev – What?<\/a>
\nBest Director, Short Film – Xavier Seron –Squish (Spr\u00f6tch)<\/a>
\nBest Actress in a Lead Role – Kathryne Isabelle Easton – Borrelia Borealis<\/a>
\nBest Actress in a Lead Role – Sarah Cugini – Bitter Taste of Ginger<\/a>
\nBest Actor in a Lead Role – John Maucere – What?<\/a>
\nBest Actor in a Lead Role – Taylor Olson\u00a0– Bone Cage<\/a>
\nBest Actress in a Supporting Role – Aadila Dosani\u00a0– Fall Back Down<\/a>
\nBest Actor in a Supporting Role – Anthony Goes – Borrelia Borealis<\/a>
\nBest Performance by a Full Cast – Bone Cage<\/a>
\nBest Screenplay – Eric DePriester – Treason<\/a>
\nBest Screenplay – Jonathan Anthony – Midnight Science<\/a>
\nBest Cinematography, Feature Film – Kevin A. Fraser – Bone Cage<\/a>
\nBest Cinematography, Short Film – Matthias Halibrand – The Best Orchestra in the World<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Screenplay – Feature (Unproduced) – The Passage of Sun by Aaron Braxton
\nBest Screenplay – Short (Unproduced) – Happy Ending Retirement Home by Kirsty Budding
\nBest Screenplay – Pilot\/Web Series (Unproduced) – Hollywood, Arkansas by Darren Coyle<\/p>\n

Audience Award Winners<\/h3>\n

Feature Film – Documentary – Keeping Inn<\/a>
\nFeature Film – Drama – What?<\/a>
\nShort Film \u2013 Animation – Exceptional Minds Pomo \u2013 What Is Your Superpower?<\/a>
\nShort Film \u2013 Arthouse\/Experimental – Lucky<\/a>
\nShort Film \u2013 Comedy – Guys Weekend<\/a>
\nShort Film \u2013 Comedy – Lou<\/a>
\nShort Film \u2013 Documentary – La Cita (The Appointment)<\/a>
\nShort Film \u2013 Drama – Contact High<\/a>
\nShort Film \u2013 Drama – Other<\/a>
\nShort Film \u2013 Horror – Escalation<\/a>
\nShort Film \u2013 SciFi – My Roommate the Jedi<\/a>
\nMusic Video – The World\u2019s Gone Nutz<\/a>
\nWeb Series – EP<\/a><\/p>\n

Filmmakers Award Winners<\/h3>\n

Outstanding Short Film – Animation – The Forgotten Floss<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Animation – The Passerby<\/a>
\nOutstanding Director – Animation – Mary Apick\u00a0– \u00a0The Cat<\/a>
\nOutstanding Screenplay – Animation – Pieter Coudyzer – The Passerby<\/a><\/p>\n

Outstanding Short Film – Arthouse\/Experimental – C A \u2022 D E N C E<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Arthouse\/Experimental – How To End A Conversation<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Arthouse\/Experimental – Lonely Night<\/a>
\nOutstanding Director – Arthouse\/Experimental – Tafadzwa R Nemarundwe – CHIPOKO<\/a>
\nOutstanding Screenplay – Arthouse\/Experimental – Sarah Lyddan – Lonely Night<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Individual – Arthouse\/Experimental – Syd Skidmore – CHIPOKO<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Cast – Arthouse\/Experimental – Skylar Adams, Sarah Lyddan, Lonely Night<\/a><\/p>\n

Outstanding Short Film – Comedy – Litany for Mister President<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Comedy – My Friends The Plants<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Comedy – yellow<\/a>
\nOutstanding Director – Comedy – Henning Backhaus\u00a0– The Best Orchestra in the World<\/a>
\nOutstanding Screenplay – Comedy – Xavier Seron – Squish (Spr\u00f6tch)<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Cast – Comedy – Guys Weekend<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Individual – Comedy – Jean Le Peltier\u00a0– Squish (Spr\u00f6tch)<\/a><\/p>\n

Outstanding Short Film – Documentary – The Depths of Ningaloo<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Documentary – The Forgotten Floss<\/a>
\nOutstanding Director – Documentary – Lee Jing Xin Enkainia\u00a0– Tia Gong<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Individual – Documentary – Frederick Taylor\u00a0– Pre-Existing Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n

Outstanding Short Film – Drama – HELPER<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Drama – The 5th of April<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Drama – Waves<\/a>
\nOutstanding Director – Drama – Seidy Lopez – Shevolution<\/a>
\nOutstanding Screenplay – Drama – Minerva Vier – Shevolution<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Cast – Drama – Kelly Lou Dennis, Jae Kim, EXITS<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Individual – Drama – Elinor McKenzie – The 5th of April<\/a><\/p>\n

Outstanding Short Film – SciFi – Soundproof<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – SciFi – Space Quest<\/a>
\nOutstanding Director – SciFi – Byrne Owens – My Roommate the Jedi<\/a>
\nOutstanding Screenplay – SciFi\u00a0– Byrne Owens – My Roommate the Jedi<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Cast – SciFi – My Roommate the Jedi<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Individual – SciFi – Mikiel Crosby\u00a0– Soundproof<\/a><\/p>\n

Outstanding Music Video – Doll Klaw \u2013 You Said<\/a>
\nOutstanding Director – Music Video – Eric Foss,\u00a0Doll Klaw \u2013 You Said<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance – Music Video – Billy William Keohavong,\u00a0Doll Klaw \u2013 You Said<\/a>Broken (The Video)<\/a>
\nOutstanding Screenplay – Music Video – Daniel Robert Cohn, The World\u2019s Gone Nutz<\/a><\/p>\n

Outstanding Web Series – Passport Chronicles<\/a>
\nOutstanding Web Series – The Odyssey Book 9<\/a>
\nOutstanding Director –\u00a0Web Series\u00a0– Pat Campo\u00a0– EP<\/a>
\nOutstanding Screenplay – Web Series\u00a0– Pat Campo\u00a0– EP<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Cast – Web Series – EP<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Individual – Web Series – Chevy Dant\u2019e Douglas\u00a0– Passport Chronicles<\/a><\/p>\n

Outstanding Performance, Puppetry & Voice – Ingbert Socke (Puppetry – ?,\u00a0Henning Backhaus – Voice) – The Best Orchestra in the World<\/a>
\nOutstanding Performance, Inanimate Object – Rubber Duck The Actor (David Agust\u00edn – Voice) – \u00a0yellow<\/a><\/p>\n

Programmer’s Prize<\/h3>\n

Uniquely Original Filmmaking That Must Be Acknowledged In Some Way:
\nFreak Grounds<\/a>, Jeff Can\u2019t Swim<\/a>. Me Is You<\/a>, My Own<\/a>,\u00a0Those People<\/a>, & What Happened<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prize Definitions\/Explanations<\/h3>\n

Grand Jury Awards<\/strong> \u2013 determined by the festival\u2019s official selection committee.
\nAudience Awards<\/strong> \u2013 determined by highly scientific instruments placed throughout the theater to determine audience satisfaction.
\nFilmmakers Awards<\/strong> \u2013 given only to short films, these are determined by a panel of filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections previous years.
\nProgrammer\u2019s Prize<\/strong> \u2013 given to film(s) that festival programmer Jeff Howard cannot bear to see go without an award.\u00a0These films are generally off the beaten path and break conventions of format and genre.<\/p>\n

Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grand Jury Award Winners Best Feature Film – Arthouse\/Experimental – Bitter Taste of Ginger Best Feature Film – Comedy – Killer Whales Best Feature Film – Documentary – Like A Woman Best Feature Film – Drama – Bone Cage Best Feature Film – SciFi – Midnight Science Best Short Film \u2013 Animation – The Cat … <\/p>\n

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