BEYOND THE CURVE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

MAY – JUNE RESULTS, 2021

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Jacqueline By Christopher Johnson

COMPETING FINALISTS

A  Walk in the Park By Marco Infante

REPENTANCE By GNASSOUNOU KOFFI CHICO

Into the Dreams… and Horror Experiences By Taka Octz

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

DADA LAKHMI By yashpal sharma

BEST SHORT FILM (MAIN CATEGORY): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

The Runaway By Jack Ruefli

COMPETING FINALISTS

Interdiction By Emmy Newman

Pul – Bridge By Anupam Dhyani

Floppy Toast with Drippy Butter By Paul Stainthorpe

Fragile Like Concrete By Travis Hadley

A Nice Chat With Grandma ByJohn Schugard

The Black League of Superheroes By Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm, Steven Alan Davis , Joe Chacon

The War after the War By Stone J Mason

Sweet Rind By Andre Wynter

Child’s Best Friend ( spell dog backwards ) By Catherine Gropper

Danny Boy By Cory DeMeyers

Super 8 Hockey (2021) By Nicholas Rousseau 

Loyalites By Derick Thomas

Pretty By Alexandre Mourani

Valvonauta  By Riccardo Romano

Deuteronomy 31:8 By DARSHELL SANDERFER, Calvin Griffin 

This Case & My Life By Ana A P Braunstein

Fools Dimension By Aram Voves

How do I shine!? RWLCV1 By Carrie K. Thomas, Lamar Thomas Jr. 

LIFTOFF By Pete Berger

Tawny eyes By Irene Salvador

HoneyDough By Jillian Vitko

AMERICAN’T By Erick Geovanny Balderas Ortiz

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

A BUSINESS INTERVIEW ABOUT LIFE By Eli Erol Kebudi-FILMS

Gramophone By Pete Berge

SEX, DRUGS AND MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE  By Anthony Bates

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY (NARRATIVE/SHORT) (MAIN CATEGORY): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Fascination: Helena’s Story by Karen Goldfarb  

COMPETING FINALISTS

Voyeur to the Paranormal  By Maiya Kenick

The Flowers of Rojava – A Feminist Revolution in Northern Syria By  Selene Verri

The Meeting, the interpreter ( Don Junior ) by   Catherine Gropper

Displaced By Victor van Aswegen

In the Blood  By David Jester

HELLO SUNSHINE  By Joe Quint

Hautism and Wilderwood  By Christopher Michael Roybal

Bodyslammed: Folk Hero vs. Billionaire  By  Guthrie Quist

                                 Milennials leave in peace By Louise Marie Beauchamp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT or SCREENPLAY(Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Delta By Daniel Corey

COMPETING FINALISTS

Face Painters By Giovanni Sanseviero

Elemental Knight By   Cory Gilchrist

Imago  By   Sean Mannion

Legal Passion  By    JK Jones

Prelude To A Dream By David McDermott

The Perfect Shape By Annalisa Consolo

The Last Prison  By Richard Geiwitz

Math Hildj  By Mary Laura Santonocito

The Split  By nicola green

Victorious Red By Immanuel Baldwin, Mitchell Toler, Emily Robyn Clark , Anna Ebell

Patrice Lumumba (French) By Margaret B. Young, Tshoper Kabambi, Veron Blaise On Okundji

BEST SHORT SCRIPT/SCREENPLAY (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

The Chairiot By Sylvia Longmire

COMPETING FINALISTS

Two Women By Ken White

Crispin, Clown of Earth By Stephen Dickey

MAIKEN By Howard Perry

The Gods Method By Catarina César

BEST WEB SERIES PILOT (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

What Brings You In? EP1 By Emmy Newman

COMPETING FINALISTS

Marsh and the Moshki-Mallow By Seaton Kay-Smith

BEST WEB SERIES PILOT SCRIPT (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Remember Me? (Pilot) By Marc Castaldo

BEST MUSIC VIDEO(Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Flux By DFTCNT

COMPETING FINALISTS

Let me in By Richie Valentino

Do The Math By Robert Young, Raphael Xavier

By Def By Travis Hadley

Don’t You Think I Know By Davina Hader, Jeffrey Round

Azez Alaya By Davina Hader

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

Love By Anaya Music

Good Day Bad Trip By Tone Davies

ONE MINUTE FILM-Films under 60 sec(Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

The Intruder By Shaun Travis Pulsifer

BEST WOMEN’S FILM(Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Jewels of Light By Fanny Pierre

COMPETING FINALISTS

The Stronger By Paul S. Mauch

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

Deep In Her Heart By Isabel Canzoneri

BEST ANIMATED FILM (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

On / Off By Nicolas P. Villarreal

COMPETING FINALISTS

Barking Orders By Alex Tullo

The Trail Beyond Highland Road By Eli Copperman

Stalled Trek: The City On the Edge of Foreclosure By Mark R Largent

 

 

 

 

BEST COMEDY (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

WHO IS BAD ?〜The shouting of Rock-and-roll Samurai〜 By Yuri Sasamoto

COMPETING FINALISTS

STUDENT FITNESS By Yuri Maslak, Olga Tugaeva

BEST STUDENT FILM (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Koselig (noun/verb) By Cassie LeFevre

COMPETING FINALISTS

ROGUE By Lina Larson

Love Conquers…[short film] By Eric Bendross

 

 

 

BEST HORROR (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Highway 13 By Stan Papulkas

COMPETING FINALISTS

The Stay By Frazer Lee

Aswang By Keshi Sacdalan

The Man in the Shadows By Tom Kircher

Into the Dreams… and Horror Experiences By Taka Octz

BEST ROMANCE (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Say No More By Ryan Orizabal

 

BEST SILENT FILM (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Voyeur Secrets By Maiya Kenick

BEST THRILLER (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Killer Highway By Thomas Valencia

COMPETING FINALIST

I NEVER REALLY LEFT By Izaak Love

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Love By AnayaMusic

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COMPETING FINALIST

MoonShot: The Remarkable Journey of Apollo Chamber Players By Jeffrey Mills

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Good Day Bad Trip By Tone Davies

BEST SCI-FI MOVIE(Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

99 PROBLEMS By Michael G Kehoe

COMPETING FINALIST

LUNA-TIC By Maria Brenda, Binjal Patel- Co-director

BEST DRAMA(Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

The Woes of Angele // Les maux d’Angèle By François Zaïdi

COMPETING FINALIST

OUT OF TIME  By DELPHINE MONTAIGNE

QUARANTINE STORIES (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Say No For A Kiss By Mazahir Rahim

COMPETING FINALISTS

SANITIZE THIS! By DJ Higgins, Stefan Fulton

Isolation Animation By Ruth Ducker

BEST DIRECTOR (Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

DADA LAKHMI By yashpal sharma

COMPETING FINALISTS

Fragile Like Concrete By Travis Hadley

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

The Runaway By Jack Ruefli

SEX, DRUGS AND MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE  By Anthony Bates

Highway 13 By Stan Papulkas

 

 

 

BEST EDITOR (Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

BEST ACTOR (Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Anthony Bates FOR SEX, DRUGS AND MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE 

BEST ACTRESS (Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Maiya Kenick For Voyeur Secrets

COMPETING FINALISTS

Jillian Vitko For HoneyDough

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Sub Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Isabel Canzoneri  For Deep In Her Heart

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM (Main Category): BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

“Imagine This: A Story Told With Sound Effects” By Dick Jordan

 

COMPETING FINALISTS

The Marriage Proposal By Swachata Guha Mallik

Earthing July By Rebecca Palmer/Morag McKinnon