Ojai Film Festival 2021 Awards

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Lion on the Mat
Asali Echols

Honorable Mention
Life, Again
Anna Maité Kaplan & Orion Huang

Honorable Mention
Sfumato
Amirali Mirderikvand


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
In the Dark of the Valley
Nicholas MihmIn the Dark of the Valley award-winning film at the 2021 ojai film festival

Honorable Mention
Missing in Brooks County
Lisa Molomot & Jeff Bemiss


BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Undercut
Kelly Pike

award-winning filmmakers at the 2021 ojai film festival

Honorable Mention
Faranak
Mehrnoush Alia

Honorable Mention
My Dear Corpses
German Golub


BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Tall Tales
Attila Szász

Honorable Mention
All the World is Sleeping
Ryan Lacen

Honorable Mention
Los Angeles
Mitch Temple


LIMELIGHT AWARD – BEST STUDENT FILM
Voodoo Macbeth
Miles Alva, Jason Phillips, and Ivy Xiao

award-winning student filmmakers at the 2021 ojai film festival


SERGIO ARAGONES AWARD – BEST ANIMATED FILM
Yes – People
Gísli Darri Halldórsson

Honorable Mention
Am I a Wolf
Amir Houshang Moein


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
School Story
Jit Fong Oon

screenplay competition winner at the 2021 ojai film festival


BILL PAXTON AWARD – BEST GOLD COAST FILM
The Revolution Generation
Josh & Rebecca Tickell


FESTIVAL THEME AWARD
The Conductor
Bernadette Wegenstein


SOCIAL IMPACT AND VISION AWARD
Jasmine Road
Warren Sulatycky

award-winning filmmakers at the 2021 ojai film festivalHonorable Mention
Missing in Brooks County
Lisa Molomot & Jeff Bemiss

Honorable Mention
The Forgotten Place
Oscar Rene Lozoya


OUTSTANDING YOUTUBE FILMMAKER
Kinga Tanajewska
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