Couch Fall 2021
*Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Best of the Festival
Best Film of the Festival: Balthazar and Madalena - Dir. by Gabriel Colban (Switzerland)
1st Runner Up: MLK Jr. Blvd - Dir. by Kareem McMichael (USA)
2nd Runner Up: My Friends The Plants - Dir. by Christine Celozzi (USA)
3rd Runner Up: Ohnmacht - Dir. by Timon Gabriel Meyer (Switzerland)
Honourable Mentions for Best Film
After All This Time - Dir. by Liam Connaughton (USA)
Royal Beasts - Dir. by Rachele Terrinoni (UK)
Category Semi-Finalists
1:00-5:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Animation
Eternity Trailer - Dir. by Katie Carlton (USA)
Fireworks - Dir. by Nicolas Leclerc (Canada)
Moments in Paradise - Dir. by bellopropello (Switzerland)
The Gate - Dir. by Kino Jin (USA)
The Vaccine Has a Computer Chip In it - Dir. by John Maslowski (USA)
Oh Crap... - Dir. by Oscar Li (USA)
The Right Wing - Dir. by Donal O'Dea (Ireland)
Guts - Dir. by Byung Gun Park (USA)
Bearly Awake - Dir. by Sydney Geiger (USA)
Downfall - Dir. by Rona Fayad (Lebanon)
Ode to Claire - Dir. by Faith Leone Howe (Canada)
Nominees for Best Comedy
The First Jewish Surfer - Dir. by Brett Maline (USA)
Two Brothers: Talking To A Trump-er - Dir. by Thomas Connelly (USA)
Captivating Love - Dir. by Lotta M.E. Forsberg and Elin Gustafsson (Sweden)
The Degerfors Date - Dir. by Emil T. Jonsson (Sweden)
Anti-Mask Bank Robber - Dir. by Andrew Barr (Canada)
The Zoom Date - Dir. by Helen McKenzie Ross (Australia)
Nominees for Best Dance Film
Garden Party - Dir. by Didier Mulleras (France)
About Jia - Dir. by Haruka Motohashi (USA)
Downfall - Dir. by Rona Fayad (Lebanon)
La Sabina - Dir. by Ana Baer and Rocio Luna (Mexico)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Neurosynergy - Dir. by Oscar Li (USA)
About Jia - Dir. by Haruka Motohashi (USA)
Secret Revealed in Tui Bei 44 - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Wind of Sorrow - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Drama
Everyday Magic - Dir. by G Rockk (Sweden)
Willard's Parable - Dir. by Christian Acosta (USA)
Transition -Dir. by Cat Sole (Australia)
Fitting In - Dir. by Sidney Quesnelle (Canada)
Nominees for Best Experimental
Catch Me If You Can 2021- Dir. by JC Jessie (Hong Kong)
A Video That Will Change Your Coffee - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Visions - Dir. by Gratian Vitus D'Souza (Canada)
Feim - Dir. by Pablo Pedrera (Spain)
Nominees for Best Music Video
Olorun Maje - Dir. by Ajay Mohamed (Nigeria)
Kinetical & P.tah - Mmmh - Dir. by Kubakub (Austria)
Breathe - Dir. by Christina Estillore (Canada)
12h03 - Dir.by Sacha Vucinic (France)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy
The Appointment - Dir. by Marlies Dubois (Canada)
Ro-Boob: The Farting Robot Monster (Color Cut) - Dir. by Logan Fry (USA)
It Came From the Sink - Dir. by Ryan McGrady Grace Noble (USA)
They Sense Your Fear - Dir. by Aramis Tatu (USA)
Nominees for Best Thriller
Ego Te Absolvo - Dir. by Telio F. Espinoza (Mexico)
60 Second Horror - Dir. by Skye Bailey (USA)
They Sense Your Fear - Dir. by Aramis Tatu (USA)
Control - Dir. by Leonidas Gioldasis (Australia)
Nominees for Best Student Film
Willard's Parable - Dir. by Christian Acosta (USA)
Reverse - Dir. by Java Eladisoy (Canada)
Egg - Dir. by Chun Hei Chow, Siu Lun Leung and Man Hin Lee (Hong Kong)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Chris Lucas - Chillin' With Merle (USA)
Andrew Barr - Anti-Mask Bank Robber (Canada)
Chun Hei Chow, Siu Lun Leung and Man Hin Lee - Egg (Hong Kong)
Christian Acosta - Willard's Parable (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Thomas Connelly - Two Brothers: Talking To A Trump-er (USA)
Tommy Kelly - Everyday Magic (Sweden)
Mattias Königsson - The Degerfors Date (Sweden)
Jamal Yahya - Reverse (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Helen McKenzie Ross - The Zoom Date (Australia)
Kasha Goodenough - Everyday Magic (Sweden)
Ava Senf - Fitting In (Canada)
Grace Noble - It Came From the Sink (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Appointment - Dir. by Marlies Dubois (Canada)
Captivating Love - Dir. by Lotta M.E. Forsberg and Elin Gustafsson (Sweden)
Ego Te Absolvo - Dir. by Telio F. Espinoza (Mexico)
The First Jewish Surfer - Dir. by Brett Maline (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Justin Knodel - Olorun Maje (Nigeria)
Rasmus Callmer - Transition (Australia)
Telio F. Espinoza - Ego Te Absolvo (Mexico)
Ana Baer - La Sabina (Mexico)
Nominees for Best Writer
Helen McKenzie Ross - Sliced Off (Australia)
JC Jessie - Catch Me If You Can 2021(Hong Kong)
Byung Gun Park - Guts (USA)
John Maslowski - The Vaccine Has a Computer Chip In it (USA)
Nominees for Best Director
Nolan Schmidt - Smushed, Soggy Sandwiches (USA)
Didier Mulleras - Garden Party (France)
Aramis Tatu - They Sense Your Fear (USA)
Sacha Vucinic - 12h03 (France)
5:01-20:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Animation
Ruth & Nick: A Confectionery Tale - Dir. by Carter Rostron (USA)
Rabbit And Bear - Dir. by Zhaocongbo (China)
How Are You? Dir. by Chia Ling Chiang (Taiwan)
iWish - Dir. by Taliaferro Alexander (USA)
Nominees for Best Comedy
It's Desmond (Your Misguided Tour Guide) - Dir. by Daniela Di Salvo (Canada)
Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, - Dir. by Andrew Bramble (Korea)
The Starter - Dir. by Victoria Pilot and Cameron McLean (Canada)
Demon Bitch - Dir. by Ryan Mannix (Australia)
The Pastor's Son - Dir. by Liam Connaughton (USA)
Giraffe - Dir. by Dan Nicholls (Canada)
Nominees for Best Documentary
White Privilege - Dir. by Finley Greer Partin, Cynthia Irene Macias and Xelena Rene Salazar (USA)
Madeline: Take 2 - Dir. by Howard Forman (Canada)
A Man And His Murals - Dir. by Adam Bowman (Canada)
Poems by Emperor Lee, Jin - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Alone Beneath the Northern Lights - Dir. by Valentin Boitel-Denyset (France)
15 - I. M. FANEROMENIS - Dir. by Aris Katsigiannis (Greece)
Nominees for Best Drama North America
Becoming You - Dir. by Daniel Sadler and Erica Rowe (USA)
Civil Lies - Dir. by Ryan Taylor (Canada)
Butterfly - Dir. by Arta Kallaba and Jessika Quintana (USA)
Heartache - Dir. by Kris Langford (Canada)
The Last Will and Testament of Jonathan Parker - Dir. by Kyle Carrie-Mattimoe (Canada)
Damage and Shame - Dir. by William Stancik (USA)
Nominees for Best Drama International
Rien que ça - Dir. by Léo Colomina (France)
The Motor Kings - Dir. by Denis Pavlov (Australia)
Take a Step - Dir. by Ben Corlett (Australia)
Hit List // The Love Project - Dir. by Jamie Kassler (Japan)
Tsurezure Kankan - Dir. by Yuki Kedoin and Takashi Okado (Japan)
Nominees for Best Experimental
(memes) - Dir. by Adrian Paul Beqiri (USA)
So, Where's the Sun's Home? - Dir. by Parisa Zandbaf (Iran)
How Are You? Dir. by Chia Ling Chiang (Taiwan)
Not Of This World - Dir. by Michael Sanders (Canada)
Moorugy - Dir. by Sung Min Park (Korea)
Nominees for Best Horror
Blunda - Dir. by Fredrik Hellqvist (Sweden)
Athame - Dir. by Dimitrios Karas (Greece)
Demon Bitch - Dir. by Ryan Mannix (Australia)
The Last Will and Testament of Jonathan Parker - Dir. by Kyle Carrie-Mattimoe (Canada)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Trucked - Dir. by Philip Snyder and Robert M. Snyder (USA)
Identity - Dir. by Devin Collins (USA)
Breathe - Dir. by Jacqueline M.Druga (USA)
Make No Sound - Dir. by Chris Miller (USA)
Nominees for Best Thriller
Make No Sound - Dir. by Chris Miller (USA)
Mikey "Can Fight" Jackson - Dir. by Jaspaul Seehra (Canada)
Damn - Dir. by Jorge Antares (Puerto Rico)
Nominees for Best Student Film
Restless - Dir. by Ian Stephenson (USA)
The Motor Kings - Dir. by Denis Pavlov (Australia)
Me Vale! - Dir. by Christian Acosta (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Alan Dalziel - Take a Step (Australia)
Peter Hawping Hsui - The End of the Road (Taiwan)
Corey Schmitt - Giraffe (Canada)
Pete Smith - Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, (Korea)
Nominees for Best Actress
Alanis Rose - Damn (Puerto Rico)
Ceia Zhou - The Dream Lovers (Taiwan)
Claire Coyle - Becoming You (USA)
Victoria Pilot - The Starter (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Youth of Nature - Dir. by Cameron Moon (UK)
DID/didn’t - Dir. by Nicholas Bromund (USA)
Where is My Sister - Dir. by Tom Young (Australia)
Demon Bitch - Dir. by Ryan Mannix (Australia)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Daniela Di Salvo - It's Desmond (Your Misguided Tour Guide) (Canada)
Javier Flores - Damn (Puerto Rico)
Gary Antony Rogers - The Youth of Nature (UK)
Rylan James Gladson - Giraffe (Canada)
Nominees for Best Writer
Fena LeChuck and Taliaferro Alexander - iWish (USA)
Shihyun Wang - The Coming Missile Crisis in Chinese prophecy Tui Bei Tu (Taiwan)
Shihyun Wang - The Legendary Comet in Prophecies (USA)
Sung Min Park - Moorugy (Korea)
Nominees for Best Director
Nicholas Bromund - DID/didn’t (USA)
Shihyun Wang - Messages from Another Time (USA)
James Fink-Jensen - Influencer (New Zealand)
Jaspaul Seehra - Mikey "Can Fight" Jackson (Canada)
20:01 to 45:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Documentary
The Romans - Dir. by Maurice Micallef (Malta)
The Next Antichrist According to Nostradamus - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
The Comet in Doomsday Prophecy - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Nominees for Best Drama
In the Spiral of a Vice - Dir. by Skyler Thomas (USA)
Cupid - Dir. by Francesco De Francesco and Rob Iannitti (Canada)
Stray Identity - Dir. by Daniel Youssefi, Michael Kim (Canada)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Warp Trio's Pandemic Disco Fantasy - Dir. by Josh William Henderson and Andrew Wells-Ryder (USA)
Dystopia - Dir. by Marco Bolognesi (Italy)
Senshin - Dir. by Robert Woodman (Spain)
Nominees for Best Thriller
Sorry, Wrong Text - Dir. by Tonya Cannon (USA)
Cupid - Dir. by Francesco De Francesco and Rob Iannitti (Canada)
Senshin - Dir. by Robert Woodman (Spain)
Nominees for Best Actor
James Kim - Stray Identity (Canada)
Rob Iannitti - Cupid (Canada)
Jake Blakeman - In the Spiral of a Vice (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress
Karrie Kwong - Cupid (Canada)
Samantha Potrykus - In the Spiral of a Vice (USA)
Tonya Cannon - Sorry, Wrong Text (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Senshin - Dir. by Robert Woodman (Spain)
Stray Identity - Dir. by Daniel Youssefi, Michael Kim (Canada)
The Romans - Dir. by Maurice Micallef (Malta)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Robert López - Senshin (Spain)
Daniel Youssefi - Stray Identity (Canada)
The Romans - Dir. by Maurice Micallef (Malta)
Nominees for Best Writer
Daniel Youssefi and Michael Kim - Stray Identity (Canada)
Shihyun Wang - The Comet in Doomsday Prophecy (USA)
Francesco De Francesco and Rob Iannitti - Cupid (Canada)
Nominees for Best Director
Maurice Micallef - The Romans (Malta)
Francesco De Francesco and Rob Iannitti - Cupid (Canada)
Tonya Cannon - Sorry, Wrong Text (USA)
45:01 to 120:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Feature Film
Until We Live Again - Dir. by Mathias Falcone (UK)
Four Motherless Children - Dir. by Ralph Isenberg and Joe De La Fuente (USA)
Exchange Eternal - Dir. by Paint VK (USA)
Before Breaker Wakes - Dir. by Charles Stanley (USA)
The Place We're Going - Dir. by Shamus Hays (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
JT Underwood - The Place We’re Going (USA)
Ron Cazolari - Before Breaker Wakes (USA)
Ivan Michel - Exchange Eternal (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress
Sarah Michelle - The Place We’re Going (USA)
Cassandra Enzler - Before Breaker Wakes (USA)
Allison Offend - Before Breaker Wakes (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Place We're Going - Dir. by Shamus Hays (USA)
Until We Live Again - Dir. by Mathias Falcone (UK)
Four Motherless Children - Dir. by Ralph Isenberg and Joe De La Fuente (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Anthony J. Marotta - The Place We’re Going (USA)
Ernesto Gonzalez, Jr. - Four Motherless Children (USA)
Randy Traxler - Before Breaker Wakes (USA)
Nominees for Best Writer
Paint VK and Patrick Riley - Exchange Eternal (USA)
Ralph Isenberg and Joe De La Fuente - Four Motherless Children (USA)
Matt Jenkins - Before Breaker Wakes (USA)
Nominees for Best Director
Mathias Falcone - Until We Live Again (UK)
Ralph Isenberg and Joe De La Fuente - Four Motherless Children (USA)
Shamus Hays - The Place We're Going (USA)
Quarantine Category
(Nominees for Best Quarantine Film)
BEST QUARANTINE FILM: The Portrait - Dir. by Rodrigo Venegas and Vicente Venegas (Chile)
1st RUNNER UP: Abducted - Dir. by Vincent Augusto (USA)
2nd RUNNER UP: A Conversation with E - Dir. by Esabella Strickland, Taylor Mitchell and Skylar A (Canada)
3rd RUNNER UP: Eraser // The Love Project - Dir. by Jamie Kassler (Japan)
Life After Living - Dir. by Jackson Alexander Tyndall (Canada)
Sharnam - Dir. by Vineet Khanna (India)
Steve's Extraordinary Cure - Dir. by Logan Fry (USA)
La Bruja De Los Colores Infinitos - Dir. by Assur Avendaño (Mexico)
ZombiTlan! - Dir. by Assur Avendaño (Mexico)
Intrusion - Dir. by Nicholas Carrodo (USA)
Last Man (A Pandemic Tale) - Dir. by Ian Johnston (Canada)
Robosh!t - Dir. by Ben Wells and Itay Zurek (Israel)
Paranoia - Dir. by Avia Makovsky (Israel)
Embryo - Dir. by Noah Logan (USA)
Inside - Dir. by Alok Narekkattuvalappil Revi (Canada)
Autopsy : Project S.A.M. - Dir. by Caitlin Benton (Canada)
Georgina - Dir. by Carolina Batista (Brazil)
No Such Thing - Dir. by Shaylyn Gibson (UK)
Limb - Dir. by Pavel Matveev (Russia)
Within Me - Dir. by VViktoria Lewandowska (UK)
Plu-ral - Dir. by Kevin Lucero Less (USA)
Skin of Your Teeth - Dir. by Yiwen Shen Covacevich (USA)
Her Own End - Dir. by Dani Ben Halevi (Canada)
A Good Girl's Guide - Dir. Madison Dilts, Alexia Mychal Ross (USA)
The Joggers - Dir. by Angel Garmont (Mexico)
"Twenty-Twenty" Ruckzuck Music Video - Dir. by Nick Kelly and Faith Kelly (USA)
Spyware - Dir. by Blesson Thomas (India)
Promised Land - Dir. by Rafał Baszczyński (Poland)
Who Has Stolen My Heart? - Dir. by Stephany Calderón (Peru)
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