Folkestone Short Film Festival Winners
After what turned out to be yet another disruptive year, we are delighted to announce the 2021 Folkestone Short Film Festival winners.
We had hoped that, after a year to forget, 2021’s festival would be a great way for us to return to normality. Alas, it was not to be. For the second year running the Folkestone Short Film Festival was held behind closed doors. This year’s festival was the most difficult we’ve hosted and tinged with disappointment because we couldn’t host it in front of a live audience. However, we are eternally grateful for the messages of support and goodwill we’ve received from so many people. We will strive to ensure the 2022 festival will be the best yet and you are all invited!
So, without further ado, after 12 months, 100 submissions from 28 countries, 17 shortlisted and one big day, here are the winners of the 2021 Folkestone Short Film Festival.
Folkestone Short Film Festival 2021 Winners
Best Director
Laurent Ardoint & Stephane Duprat
“The Killer in Cursed Water” / “La Tueur du Lac Maudit”
(France)
Best Cinematography
“The Boy and the Mountain” / “El Niño y la Montaña”
Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal
(Chile)
Best Storyline (Writers)
Pablo Aguirre, Santiago Aguilera, Kulie Trupp & Gabriel Monreal
“The Boy and the Mountain”
Best Soundtrack
Nathan Sellam & Stephane Duprat
“The Killer in Cursed Water”
Best Acting
Gabrielle Chabot, Thomas Grascoeur, Marine Toulet & Stella
“The Killer in Cursed Water”
Best Editing
“The Boy and the Mountain”
Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal
And the big one…
Best Film
“The Killer in Cursed Water”
Laurent Ardoint & Stephane Duprat
Two films really ran away with it this year, a first for our festival. A huge congratulations go to the cast and crew of the two films. Also congratulations to the cast and crew of the fifteen other selected films who unfortunately did not pick up any awards.
The persons who submitted the two winning films will be contacted in due course to arrange the delivery of their trophies.
We would like to wish one of our regular judges, Frank Jakeman, our very best wishes after he recently underwent major surgery and thus was unable to judge this year’s event.
Submissions for the 2022 Folkestone Short Film Festival will open on Sunday 1st August at 12pm BST via FilmFreeway.
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