International Filmmaker Festival of New York (IFFNY)
2021 Official Selection Results – 10th Jubilee Edition
(May 21-24, 2021)
-FEATURE FILMS
* INVISIBLE LOVE/ XIANG GUO / VIETNAM/ 1H 50min.
* KING OF THE PARTY / Salomon Askenazi/ MEXICO/ 1H 30min.
* JASMIN ROAD/ Warren Sulatcycky/ CANADA/ 2H.
* IN MY DREAM/ Murat Çeri/ TURKEY / 1H 40min.
* MOTHER OF APOSTLES/ Zaza Buadze/ UKRAINE/ 2H.
* LE CAFE DE MES SOUVENIRS/ Valto Baltzar/ FINLAND/ 1H 45min.
* RISED UP IN SOULS/ César Pérez Arboleda/ COLOMBIA/ 1H 11min.
* SENSATION/ Martin Grof/ UK/ 1H 36min.
* RIVER OF SALVATION/ Qisheng Gao / CHINA/ 2 H.
* THE LION ROCK/ Rosario Scandura/ ITALY / 1H 36min.
* BOLERO IN THE ELDER HOUSE/ Spartak Pecani / ALBANIA/ 1H 48 min.
* UTOPIA, THE MOVIE/ Gino Tassara/ PERU/ 1H 55min.
* FISH ALSO DROWN/ Robert Yun/ ISRAEL/ 1H 25min.
* WITHOUT SKIN/ Utan Hud/ SWEDEN/ 1H 40min.
-SHORT FILMS
*DEATH OFFERS LIFE – VAN GOGH/ Saheer Abbas/ INDIA/ 8min.
*FORGIVE ME, FATHER/ Jona Schlosser/ GERMANY/ 21min.
*HUMAN TRASH/ Aitor Almuedo Esteban/ SPAIN/ 16min.
*THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE/ Felipe Espinosa/ SPAIN/ 13min.
*MY KIPPAH/Ilan Rosenfeld/ SPAIN/ 16min.
*HEIRS/ Txema Ballano/ SPAIN/ 15min.
*PRAGUE / Reda Mustafa / FRANCE/ 24min.
*STUFF/ Malu Janssen / NETHERLANDS/ 13min.
*SOYKA / Anastasiya Sergienya/ USA/ 15min.
*MOTHER NATURE/ Natalia Shaufert/ MOLDOVA/ 23min.
*ANTIOTPAD/ Tin Zanic/ CROATIA/ 18min.
*SOFT CREATURES/ Ivana Skrabalo/ CROATIA/ 20min.
*HAPPY HOUR KARAOKE/ Solax Zhu/ CHINA/ 24min.
*BRANCH/ Karim Goury/ FRANCE/ 8min.
*LUZ/ Emilio Torres/ CHILE/ 20min.
*PAINTING CLASS/ Yifei Song/ CHINA/ 10min.
*FIRST STOP/ Blai Baker/ USA/ 10min.
*LUCID DREAMS/ Adrii Didyk/ USA/ 5min.
*DISCOVERY/ Mikhail Saburov/ RUSSIA/ 7min.
*THUS BEGAN ANTOINE’S DOWN-GOING/ Paul Rigoux/ FRANCE/22min.
*MID LIFE CONVERSATIONS/ Maria Filippone/ USA/ 18min.
*LET ME IN / Jonas Solberg Rydningen/ NORWAY/ 10min.
*CYCLONE/ Austin Tsung-Fu Chang/ USA/ 12min.
*PRINCESSPROBLEMS/ Maritza Gomez/ USA/ 19min.
*GLASS CEILING/ Marta Soria/ SPAIN/ 10min.
*91 STEPS/ Larry A Manuel/ USA / 10min.
*MAUNGA / David J Strong & Wanda Lepionka/ NEW ZELAND/ 15min.
*DREAMING TANGO/ Frances Barth / USA/ 15min.
*BACK HOME/ Arber Krasniqi/ KOSOVA/ 10min.
*RULES OF ART/ Sabedin Selmani/NORTH MACEDONIA/ 20min.
*MATTY BOY/ Dr Shahid Kamal/ UK/ 14min.
*FIX/ Kevin Orzel/ USA/ 10min.
*KAAL TEEKA/ Jahnivi Mody/ INDIA/ 18min
*LIFE APPOINTMENT/ Amr Elbehidy/ EGYPT/ 30min.
*THE SHACK, AN ATMOS-FEARIC/ Dark Hoffman/USA/ 15min.
*SKILLEVEIENE/ Peter Bjerre Salling/ DENMARK/ 29min.
*FU/ Matthew McCracken/ AUSTRALIA/ 18min.
*IKTAM/ Natasha Mashkevich/ FRANCE/ 30min.
*A HARD GOODBYE/ Angel Andreu/ SPAIN/ 12min.
*SONJA / Ambra Cani/ ALBANIA/ 12min.
*FIRST DAY/Veon Jung Wook/ KOREA/ 14min.
* The GOD/ Ik Tae Shim/ KOREA/ 19min.
*FAIR PLAY / Besnik Prekazi/ KOSOVA/ 10 min.
*TIAR/ Arturo Zuniga/ USA/ 12:53 min.
-FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
*WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT/ Matthew Nevin/ IRELAND/1H 10min.
*ON THE FRONT LINE/ Matteo Balsamo & Francesco Del Grosso/ ITALY /1H 22min .
*NO ROSES ON A SAILOR’S GRAVE/ Daniel Oron/CANADA/ 1H 23min.
*I WAS 10 YEARS OLD/ Velibor Covic/MONTENEGRO/ 60min.
*LOST IN MEMORIES/ Ruud Lenssen/ NETHERLANDS/ 1H 11min
*OUTSIDERS – THE FACES OF HOMELESSNESS/ Carlos Freire/USA/ 53min.
*BUILT LANDS/ Arturo Duenas Herrero/SPAIN/ 1H 21min.
*A BEEHIVE IN MY HEART/ Kjersti Vetterstad/ NORWAY/ 1H.
*ONE MORE JUMP/Emanuele Gerosa/ ITALY/ 1H 22min.
*DAMIEN/ Bobby Marno/ UK/ 1H 28min.
*CORCHED LAND/ Antonio Ferrer/ SPAIN/ 1H 10min.
*BRICOLEURS/ Hanna Volbeda/ NETHERLANDS/ 1H 8min.
*NEZO/ Merita Cocoli/ NORTH MACEDONIA/ 60min.
-SHORT DOCUMENTARY
*MAMMA/ Pablo Cires/ FRANCE/ 26min.
* BEYOND THE CITY SKYLINE/ Tom Franz/ USA/ 30min.
* DOWN THE ROAD/ A.W. Stevenson/IRELAND/ 13min.
* THE LAST LIGHTKEEPER/ Niamh Hayes/ IRELAND/ 9min.
* AS WE ARE PLANTED/ Anna Lee Ackermann/ USA/ 7min.
* PORTRAIT OF MY CITY BREATHING/ Vanessa Shah/ CANADA/ 5min.
*THE SHADOW OF THE RAIN/ Kenan Gurgurovci/ KOSOVO/ 21min.
*7 YEARS ART FROM BERLIN ’BRUCKENKUNST” /Gilbert Bruning/ GERMANY/ 20min.
– MUSIC VIDEO
* HOW LONG/ Matt Mahurin/ CANADA/ 3min 30 sec.
* BIG YELLOW TAXI/ Matt Mahurin/ CANADA/ 3min 28sec.
*ALAMPA – STORM/ Artemy Ortus/ RUSSIA/ 4min.
* SEVEN DREAMS/ Kira Bursky / USA/ 3min 37sec.
* CLASS REUNION /Mihnea Cernat / Romania/ 4 min.
*BEAUTIFUL WOUNDS/ Phil Gould/ UK/ 4min.
– ANIMATION
*THE WINTER/ Xin Li/ AUSTRALIA/ 5min.
*WITHER/ Nicolette Axiak/ AUSTRALIA/ 3min.
*THE LONELY ORBIT/ Frederic Siegel & Benjamin Morard/ SWITZERLAND/ 9min.
*LILIANA/ Milanka Fabjancic/ SLOVENIA/ 7min.
*THE JOURNEY WITH / Yo Kohatsu/ JAPAN/ 3 min.
*ON/OFF/ Nicolas P.Villarreal/ ARGENTINA/ 7min.
*WORLDS APART /Oliver Paterson/ AUSTRALIA/ 5min.
*ON / Jelena Sinik/ AUSTRALIA/ 2min.
*QUIET/ Marianne Bundgaard Nielsen/ NORWAY/ 6min 40sc.
*ONE OF MANY/ Petra Zlonoga/ CROATIA/ 5mi 32 sc.
*.COCKPERA/ Kata Gugic/ CROATIA/ 4min.
*SMOKING KILLS/ Jerca Oblak/ SLOVENIA/ 9min.
*DADDYDELPHIA/ Harold Eric/ USA/ 30min.
Total: 891 applications
Selected: 100 projects
Countries: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Austria, France, Romania, Sweden, Denmark, Israel, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland , Italy, Norway, Spain, Macedonia, China, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Belgium, New Zeeland, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Ireland, Netherlands, Vietnam, Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Egypt, Turkey and India.
Category 6:
-Feature Film
-Short Film
-Feature Documentary
-Short Documentary
-Animation
-Music Video
Awards for 2021:
*Best Feature Film
*Best Short Film
*Best feature Documentary
*Best short Documentary
*Best Animation
*Best Music Video
*Best Actor Award
*Best Actress Award
*Best Screenplay Award
*Best Cinematography