Nominees and
Official Selections 2021
NYWFF Nominations 2021
Narrative Short
In the Company of Crows - Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
The Way To Snow - Fong Win
Inhale - Nasser Zamiri
The Set-Up - Malika Pellicioli
Experimental Short
Dirt - Helanius J. Wilkins, Roma Flowers
Bella - Sarah Stolar, Seth D. Meyers
Shivering wall - Tseng Yu Chin
Student Short
Empty Spaces - Clara Stephanie Schieber Lorenesi
Midnight Movie : Magnum Opus - Myriam Khammassi
Coming to Light - Hector Bell
Documentary Short
The Hill Witches of Nevada County - Rick Beaty
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants - Josh Sabey
The River That Flows Both Ways - Kirk Muir Horton, Brendan P. Davis
Micro Short
ROMAN CANDLES - Kevin V. Doan
The Assassination of a Man - Daniel Riser
Convergence - Samuel G. Davey
Amparo’s Offerings - Leonel Chee
First - Time Director
Shimmer Summer - Tong Mao
Let the World go on Sleeping - Michael Charles Slavich
Young Directors
(18 y.o. and Under)
Distortion (Verzerrung) - Samuel J Punto
CAPTIVE - Philippe Vanasse-Paquet
PIMPLES - Jack Kendall
NYWFF Official Selections 2021
Narrative Short
Matty Boy - Dr Shahid Kamal
Frank - Luna Alaina
Double Exposure - Daryl Getman
Horn - Ghasideh Golmakani
Experimental Short
ONE1 - Annie Y. Hui
Planet M in Outer Space - Peter Meng
Anxiety 0.60 - Vicente Mínguez Muñoz
"Realeyes" - Mimi Garrard
Student Short
Double Protection - Jacqui Bril Ruberto
Mammoth - Jiamin Huang
Surrendering Nina - Jeremy Jung
Sempiternal - Maya Alfreds
Documentary Short
Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock - Michele Noble
Slick Willy - Derek Goulet
REYNA - Stella Franceskides
SFUMATO - Amirali Mirderikvand
Micro Short
THE PEN - Jack Hsu
Do Geese See God - Natalie Theron
First - Time Director
Ritornato - Michael Cavalieri
Cacti and Weed - Zoe Ho
Help Me, Please - Sergio Muñoz Esquer
Young Directors
(18 y.o. and Under)
Death By Handshake - Hudson Flynn
The Humanity Test - Samuel Mitchell, Lily Kaplan
Her Rising in Grace - Sebastian Alexandre, Essence Bishop