Couch Film Festival Winter 2021 Edition
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
BEST of the FESTIVAL
BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL: Remnants - Dir. by Kevin Khachan (Australia)
1ST RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Apple Tree - Dir. by Olya Azhnakina (Russia)
2ND RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Dajla: Cinema and Oblivion - Dir. by Arturo Dueñas (Spain)
3RD RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Rudolfo - Dir. by Christian Koopman (Netherlands)
HONOURABLE MENTION for BEST FILM: A Peek Inside the Christchurch Internet Troll Agency - Dir. by Lucinda Jones and Genevieve Kent (New Zealand)
CATEGORY SEMI-FINALISTS
1:00 to 5:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Animation North America
Yee-Caw (I Wanna Be A Cowboy) - Dir. by Hannah Jackson (USA)
Grumpy Shark - Dir. by John Maslowski (USA)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Dir. by Jaime Bird (USA)
The Awakening - Dir. by C Diamant (USA)
Enter The Dragon, the Animated Short - Dir. by Eugene Yuxuan Wong (USA)
Ping - Dir. by Sam Minner (USA)
The Lonely Ghost - Dir. by Jude Duarte (USA)
Once There Was a Girl - Dir. by Deb Ethier (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation International
Closet - Dir. by Claire Walka (Germany)
Unstitching - Dir. by Claudia Jane Leonard (Australia)
Kui Tume (What Darkness) - Dir. by Kalli Paakspuu (Estonia)
Nominees for Best Comedy
It's Over - Dir. by Charlie Andelman (USA)
Can You Check In The Back? - Dir. by Gee Stewart (Canada)
Mud Turners - Dir. by Alex McPake (UK)
Full Bloom - Dir. by Raquel Graston (Canada)
Nominees for Best Dance Film
The Unblemished One - Dir. by Anjana Ghonasgi (India)
And Still We Rise - Dir. by Kate Martelle (USA)
INVaaDERS - Dir. by Didier Mulleras (France)
The Musical Magician - Dir. by Jeremy Todd Shinder (USA)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Feel Remote Energy by Looking at this Video - Dir. by Zen Won (Taiwan)
Wu Lord Prophecy in One Minute - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Tui Bei Tu in One Minute - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Hidden Poem Prophecy in One Minute - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Plum Prophecy in One Minute - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Omicron According to Nostradamus - Trailer - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Nominees for Best Experimental North America
Circles - Dir. by James Paul (Canada)
Test Kitchen - Pandemic Dance No. 5 - Dir. by Richard Daniels (USA)
Anxiety Dream - Dir. by Michael Dennis McGeehan (USA)
Space Force - Dir. by Johnny Hoffa (USA)
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Closet - Dir. by Claire Walka (Germany)
blackanimal69 - Dir. by Armin Čulić (Slovenia)
No Smoking Please - Dir. by Shailesh Bhimrao Dupare and Mangesh Bhimrao Dupare (India)
Ignorance - Dir. by Maren Nordtorp Larsen (Norway)
Infinituum_national - Dir. by Alfonso Otero (Mexico)
Skier + FPV Drone + 360° GoPro = EPICNESS - Dir. by Moritz Krause (Germany)
Nominees for Best Music Video
Elvis & the Monsters - Dir.by Davis Banta (USA)
Circles - Dir. by James Paul (Canada)
Keep Life Sweet - Dir. by Elena M. (USA)
Nominees for Best Student Film
Kaatralai - Dir. by Vignesh JK (India)
Yesterday - Dir. by Poramet Ariyakusonsuthi (Thailand)
Flip Flop Killer - Dir. by Hiromu Yamawaki (Canada)
The Musical Magician - Dir. by Jeremy Todd Shinder (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Adam Muxlow - Flip Flop Killer (Canada)
Donovan Andrew Santiago - Randalf vs Big Nasty (USA)
Daya S. - Kaatralai (India)
Jon Piperatto - Infinituum_national (Mexico)
Nominees for Best Actress
Catarina Sousa - A Social(Media)Construct (USA)
Amy Coutts - Lasagna (Australia)
Shaylynn MacMaster - Can You Check In The Back? (Canada)
Anna Nugent - Full Bloom (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast
Each Had Their Roll - Dir. by Brett Russell (USA)
It's Over - Dir. by Charlie Andelman (USA)
Superman - Dir. by Jiaqi Xia (China)
Noel - Dir. by Robert Rabanal Ramírez (Spain)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Ruoyu Zhang - It's Over (USA)
Alex McPake - Mud Turners (UK)
Sachin Sonawane - No Smoking Please (India)
Raquel Graston - Full Bloom (Canada)
Nominees for Best Writer
Chris Lodge - A Walk in the Park (Ireland)
Brett Russell - Each Had Their Roll (USA)
Donovan Andrew Santiago - Randalf vs Big Nasty (USA)
Robert Rabanal Ramírez - Noel (Spain)
Shihyun Wang - Gin Lin Tower Poem in One Minute (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Director
Jiaqi Xia - Superman (China)
Christopher Cox - Sweet Dreams (USA)
Chris Lodge - A Walk in the Park (Ireland)
Shihyun Wang - Prophecy Bu Shu Monk in One Minute (Taiwan)
Shihyun Wang - Biscuit Tale Prophecy in One Minute (Taiwan)
5:01 to 20:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Animation
Manga Girls - Dir. by Yuki Kedoin and Takashi Okado (Japan)
Unnecessary Things - Dir. by Dmytro Lisenbart (Ukraine)
Marky: Life Be Buggin - Dir. by Ricky Clover (USA)
Nominees for Best Comedy
Resting Bike Face - Dir. by Oliver Lessard (Canada)
Better Luck Next Time - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Whip Lord - Dir. by David Kepner (USA)
The Sugar Cougars Present: Welcome to the Pussy Palace - Dir. by Karissa Strain and Kat Strain (Canada)
RaRa My Lifestyle - Dir. by Matt Snell (Canada)
Stuck Inside - Dir. by JP Morselli (Italy)
Nominees for Best Documentary
My Hollywood - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Justin's One Year With His Taxidermy Leg: Recovery Story - Dir. by Joe Smith (Canada)
10 Chinese Prophecy Songs in English - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Win(d) Over Cancer - Dir. by Andrew Jowett (USA)
What Should We Do? - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Overweight - Dir. by Alan J. Chriest (USA)
Nominees for Best Drama
The Subject's Attribute - Dir. by Emile Garçon (France)
Beautiful Violence - Dir. by Joey Medina (USA)
The Frontiers Are My Prison - Dir. by Eli Ricanati (USA)
Friends - A Covid19 Journal - Dir. by Adrian Popa (USA)
The Last 8 Minutes of Her Life - Dir. by Adam Parliman (USA)
Delivery Failed - Dir. by Montgomery Sutton (USA)
Desperado - Beauty and Beast - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Nominees for Best Experimental
The Overwhelmed - Dir. by Zach Diotte (Australia)
The Vibes - Dir. by Mark Tyler Rénfro (India)
A Grimmsfield Carol - Dir. by Simon C. Hussey (Canada)
Nominees for Best Horror
The Sack Man - Dir. by Antoine M. Dillard (USA)
End of Shift - Dir. by Telio F. Espinoza (Mexico)
From Where It Came - Dir. by David Nguyen (Canada)
The Boxening - Dir. by Daniel Sadler (USA)
The Shack-An Atmos-Fearic Thriller-New Grade - Dir. by Dark Hoffman (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Finding Yourself - Dir. by Tom Bedford (UK)
A Movie with Subtitles - Dir. by Ömer Faruk Aykut (Turkey)
The Star Spangled Spaceman - Dir. by Andrew Ramlet (USA)
The Dreams We Are - Dir. by Julius Kett (Germany)
The Boxening - Dir. by Daniel Sadler (USA)
The Station Caretaker - Dir. by Vladislav Emelin (Russia)
Existence - Dir. by James Boutcher (Canada)
Stargazer - Dir. by Anjishnu Noor Purnota (UK)
Nominees for Best Thriller
The One You Want - Dir. by Bryan T. Bostic (USA)
All That You Loved - Dir. by Lucio Vasquez (USA)
The Roomie - Dir. by Mauro A. Diaz and Jesus M.Rouco (USA)
Du Producrions: The Emotion - Dir. by Devin Derek Saddler (USA)
Existence - Dir. by James Boutcher (Canada)
Love at Last Sight - Dir. by Velton Lishke (UK)
Crumble Part 1 - Dir. by Jasmine Deanne Andrews (USA)
Nominees for Best Student Film
Mirror Me - Dir. by Ben Frondorf (USA)
Mort and Mary's Mortuary - Dir. by Chris Crandall and Sam McKenney (USA)
The Hunt for Craggy Maw - Dir. by Jacob Saenger (USA)
I Want To Be Your Friend - Dir. by Eric Corrado Genier (Canada)
Goor - Dir. by Tamar Schwarz (Israel)
Stargazer - Dir. by Anjishnu Noor Purnota (UK)
Two Beers - Dir. by Zach Robinson (USA)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Harry Oram - Black Ice (New Zealand)
Gemma Massot - Good Grief (USA)
Raphael Stompe - The Summoning (Austria)
Josh Aubin - Charade (Canada)
Ömer Faruk Aykut - A Movie with Subtitles (Turkey)
Nominees for Best Actor
Mervin Stokes - The Beetle Survey (Isle of Man)
Jerry Depree - Better Luck Next Time (USA)
Doug Grant - Love at Last Sight (UK)
Lior Naaman - Goor (Israel)
Justin Mane - The Shack - An Atmos-Fearic Thriller (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress
Madalena Brancatella - Terminal (Canada)
Corinne Laurance - Fading Star (Taiwan)
Christina Goodwin - Message From Unknown (USA)
Jade Walsh - Love at Last Sight (UK)
Anna Storm - Desperado - Beauty and Beast (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Three Lost Causes - Dir. by Reza Tavakoli (Sweden)
IRL - Dir. by Pamela Jikiemi (UK)
Follow the Crow - Dir. by Arta Kallaba and Jessika Quintana (USA)
The Shave - Dir. by Hanna Khoury (Canada)
Cookies n Screams - Dir. by Carlos J. Benitez (USA)
Two Beers - Dir. by Zach Robinson (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Joshua Blewitt - Love at Last Sight (UK)
Itamar Meyer - Goor (Israel)
Kyle Morgan - The Shack - An Atmos-Fearic Thriller (USA)
Andrey Popov - The Station Caretaker (Russia)
Liam Black - The Overwhelmed (Australia)
Nominees for Best Writer
Ariela Rozentul - Follow the Crow (USA)
Gemma Massot - Good Grief (USA)
Simon C. Hussey - A Grimmsfield Carol (Canada)
Devin Saddler - The Emotion (USA)
Monica Furman and Rachel Schmeling - Delivery Failed (USA)
Nominees for Best Director
Andrew Jowett - Win(d) Over Cancer (USA)
Daniel Sadler - The Boxening (USA)
Andrew Ramlet - The Star Spangled Spaceman (USA)
David Nguyen - From Where It Came (Canada)
David Kepner - Whip Lord (USA)
20:01 to 45:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Documentary
Omicron According to Nostradamus - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Learning The Covid Way - Dir. by Liliane Chretien and Dave Mende (Canada)
Independent Filmmaking - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Team Pierre - Dir. by Pete Koff (USA)
Childfree - Dir. by Sara Bahramjahan (Iran)
Nominees for Best Drama
A Full Buck Moon - Dir. by Susan Howe (Cayman Islands)
Spy - Dir. by Natalie Spence (Australia)
15 Roses - Dir. by Joe Schufreider (USA)
Dawn After You - Dir. by Terry Misseraoui (France)
Il Malego - Dir. by Valerio Vena (Italy)
Nominees for Best Thriller
Godforsaken - Dir. by Olga Makarova and Eva Gir (Russia)
Death Doesn't Love You - Dir. by Fábio Brandão (Brazil)
Ryn - Dir. by Jacob Matthew Baldy (USA)
My Friend Wally - Dir. by Ian Rayburn (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor
Ian Rayburn - My Friend Wally (Canada)
Mike Provenzano - 15 Roses (USA)
Théo Pano - Dawn After You (France)
Nominees for Best Actress
Giovanna Muricy - Death Doesn't Love You (Brazil)
Laura Charpentier - Dawn After You (France)
Cailey Merulla - Ryn (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Evening Into Night - Dir. by A.J. Ogilvie (USA)
Ryn - Dir. by Jacob Matthew Baldy (USA)
Wild Within - Dir. by Victor Tapia (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Victor Tapia - Wild Within (USA)
Marie Cheignon - Dawn After You (France)
Jacob A. Hauser - Evening Into Night (USA)
Nominees for Best Writer
A.J. Ogilvie - Evening Into Night (USA)
Brian Rock - 15 Roses (USA)
Fábio Brandão - Death Doesn't Love You (Brazil)
Nominees for Best Director
Shihyun Wang - Ernest (USA)
Ian Rayburn - My Friend Wally (Canada)
Joe Schufreider - 15 Roses (USA)
45:01 to 120 Minutes
Nominees for Best Feature Film
Vengeance Served Cold - Dir. by Shaan Davis (USA)
Displaced - Dir. by Victor van Aswegen (South Africa)
What's in a Name - Dir. by Jon Tracy (USA)
Search Operation: The New Town Survivor - Dir. by Mingu Kang (Korea)
The Restless Soul - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Expected Unexpected - Dir. by Sisi Theo (Canada)
Third Act - Dir. by Doug Montoya and Phillip G. (USA)
A Domestic Incident - John Lawson and Jamie Lawson (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Basil Hoffmann - Third Act (USA)
James Chen - The Restless Soul (Taiwan)
Joel Theo - Expected Unexpected (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Jodi Lynn Thomas - Third Act (USA)
Ceia Zhou - The Restless Soul (Taiwan)
Heysun Lee - Search Operation: The New Town Survivor (Korea)
Nominees for Best Cast
Vengeance Served Cold - Dir. by Shaan Davis (USA)
Third Act - Dir. by Doug Montoya and Phillip G. (USA)
A Domestic Incident - John Lawson and Jamie Lawson (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Victor van Aswegen - Displaced (South Africa)
Sebastian Vallin - What's in a Name (USA)
Chun Ho Park - Search Operation: The New Town Survivor (Korea)
Nominees for Best Writer
John Lawson and Jamie Lawson - A Domestic Incident (USA)
Sisi Theo - Expected Unexpected (Canada)
Doug Montoya - Third Act (USA)
Nominees for Best Director
Victor van Aswegen - Displaced (South Africa)
Doug Montoya and Phillip G. - Third Act (USA)
Shaan Davis - Vengeance Served Cold (USA)
Quarantine Category
Best Quarantine Film: Sector 9S, The Director's Cut - Dir. by Timo Hensen (Netherlands)
1st Runner Up: Slanted Gutter - Dir. by John Kokkinias (Australia)
2nd Runner Up: Convictions - Dir. by Matthew Gaines (Canada)
3rd Runner Up: Crossover - Dir. by Sam Boe Nielsen (Australia)
201 Days - Dir. by Anne Zinn-Justin (France)
Dissimulate - Dir. by Bryan Hughes (USA)
Black Collar - Dir. by Gwenyth Rogers (Canada)
Notice Me - Dir. by Yesi Rodriguez (USA)
Aror - Dir. by Nishanth V (India)
ParaGenex Season 2 Episode 1 Evening Before The Terror - Dir. by Da'Rell Miller and Christian Griffith (USA)
A Man Without Future - Dir. by Fatih Yürür (Turkey)
Fantasmagoria - Dir. by Byron Rink (Italy)
Forgotten - Dir. by Brad James (UK)
The Big Choice - Dir. by Kiersten Houser (USA)
Intruder - Dir. by Conner James Nikides (Canada)
2006 - Dir. by Brittany Samson (USA)
A Dialogue with Pandora - Dir. by Paul Greene (Canada)
Desaparecido (Missing) - Dir. by Jorge Esteban Pardo (Panama)
The Drum - Dir. by Nikita Tkachev (Russia)
I AM THE ONE : Episode I - Dir. by JD May (USA)
Claret - Dir. by Orlando Luis Catoggio (Australia)
Distance - Dir. by Richard Schertzer (USA)
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