2021 Winners

Here are the winners of the 2021 New York Short Film Festival:

Best Short Documentary — Clerc’s Inferno: From Page to Sign by Rod Jorge
Best Short Horror — The Horror, The Horror by Lachlan Smith
Best Comedy — Shallow by Paul Ashton
Best Short Sci-Fi — Mars Zone by Anastasia Arsan
Best Short Drama — Mousie by David Bartlett
Best Short Thriller — Phoenix by Fabio Stecher
Best International Short — Snorrie by Victoria Warmerdam
Best Short Experimental — Louder Is Not Always Clearer by Toby Cameron
Best Short Animation – Scarlet Red by Toon Loenders
Best Music Video – The Chill by Sol
Best Short: Jury Award — Embers by Tom Ganley
Best Short: Festival Director’s Award — Carlota by Malu Solís
Best Short: Audience Award — Yellow Alienation No.1 by Uli Ap

Here is the screening schedule for the 2021 NYSFF

Tickets are available from Eventive 
(Tickets are sold for $10 per 60 minute Block and films can be viewed online at any time during the festival run, Dec 10-16. Be sure to vote in our online audience awards!)

SHORTS BLOCK 1 (buy here)
PAW by Riley Eli Jones
Monkey Business by Everon Jackson Hooi
Yellow Alienation No.1 by Uli Ap
Mars Zone by Anastasia Arsan

SHORTS BLOCK 2 (buy here)
Embers by Tom Ganley
Clerc’s Inferno: from page to Sign by Rod Jorge
The Heart Races by Clayton Burns
Moment of Impact by Blair Stewart

SHORTS BLOCK 3 (buy here)
Hope Incorporated by Sam Reed
Will You Find Me? by William Atkinson
Piñata by Ted Deacey
Retake by Takayuki Kayano

SHORTS BLOCK 4 (buy here)
On Charge by Jeannie Stachniewska
Piano by Steven Clarke
Scarlet Red by Toon Loenders
Shallow by Paul Ashton
The Chosen Ones by Rogier Schalkien

SHORTS BLOCK 5 (buy here)
Dying Into Becoming: How A Potter Mirror’s Earth’s Evolution by Nancy Rosenblum
Shout to the Sea by Sarah England & Bill Bradshaw
Phoenix by Fabio Stecher
The Horror, The Horror by Lachlan Smith

SHORTS BLOCK 6 (buy here)
Tooth by Alasdair Hankinson
The Fishermen’s Lodges by Barbara Santi
Good Times, Bad Moon by Kristian Taylor-Wood
Helena’s dream by Marie Liesse

SHORTS BLOCK 7 (buy here)
Holy Hen by Tanne Sommer
UltraSounding by Antonina Ewa Szram
My Name Is. by Tony Giroux
Laid by Daniel York Loh

SHORTS BLOCK 8 (buy here)
The Chill by Sol
Jungle by Kieran Wheeler
rEvolve by Nancy Black
Grace by Brian Patto

SHORTS BLOCK 9 (buy here)
Christmas Street by John Young
The Favor by Henry Bruno
It could happen to you by Rick Sims
Snorrie (Mustachio) by Victoria Warmerdam

SHORTS BLOCK 10 (buy here)
Louder Is Not Always Clearer by Toby Cameron
Mousie by David Bartlett
From the Ruins by Ewan Forster
Carlota by Malu Solís
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2021 NETWORKING EVENTS

*Thursday, December 9th at 7pm EST - NYSFF 2021 Pre-Opening Virtual Cocktail Hour!*
Join us virtually with your favorite cocktail, mocktail, or a cozy hot beverage to socialize with your fellow filmmakers of NYSFF 2021! Discuss your films, find out which screening blocks you won't want to miss, and maybe find your next collaborator. 

*Saturday, December 11th at 3pm EST - Making Your First Feature - Advice Panel*
In partnership with the 2021 New York Short Film Festival, our friends at The Filmshop share their advice for experienced short filmmakers considering making their first feature length work. This will be a virtual event conducted via Zoom and will consist of panel discussion followed by time at the end for audience questions! Tickets available at the eventbrite link above. 

*12pm & 5pm EST on Saturday, December 11th and Sunday, December 12th  - Filmmaker Talkbacks*
Discuss your process and pick the brains of fellow filmmakers! We are holding four sessions for filmmaker talkback and Q&A. 

*Friday, December 17th at 7pm EST - NYSFF 2021 Awards Announcement and Closing Celebration
Learn the winning filmmakers and celebrate ALL the works in this great lineup with a virtual closing night party! Dress to impress on top, wear some comfy PJ's on the bottom, toast the winners and pat yourselves on the back for a job well done! 

For those who find it easier to share via facebook, event links to all our public offerings are now live at our Page here!

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Here’s the Official Selection for the 2021 New York Short Film Festival:

Phoenix by Fabio Stecher
Snorrie (Mustachio) by Victoria Warmerdam
Shallow by Paul Ashton
Holy Hen by Tanne Sommer
It could happen to you by Rick Sims
Piano by Steven Clarke
Christmas Street by John Young
Miranda’s New Friend by Leasal Liddle-Pirouet
Shout to the Sea by Sarah England & Bill Bradshaw
Dying Into Becoming: How A Potter Mirror’s Earth’s Evolution by Nancy Rosenblum
Good Times, Bad Moon by Kristian Taylor-Wood
Jungle by Kieran Wheeler
Grace by Brian Patto
In Her Dreams by Edward Kondracki
Helena’s dream by Marie Liesse
Monkey Business by Everon Jackson Hooi
Piñata by Ted Deacey
Moment of Impact by Blair Stewart
Semiramis by Edith Tvede
Mars Zone by Anastasia Arsan
Embers by Tom Ganley
PAW by Riley Eli Jones
rEvolve by Nancy Black
Carlota by Malu Solís
The Chill by Sol
Scarlet Red by Toon Loenders
Yellow Alienation No.1 by Uli Ap
My Name Is. by Tony Giroux
Louder Is Not Always Clearer by Toby Cameron
Will You Find Me? by William Atkinson
The Chosen Ones by Rogier Schalkien
The Fishermen’s Lodges by Barbara Santi
UltraSounding by Antonina Ewa Szram
Mousie by David Bartlett
Hope Incorporated by Sam Reed
The Horror, The Horror by Lachlan Smith
Tooth by Alasdair Hankinson
On Charge by Jeannie Stachniewska
Retake by Takayuki Kayano
The Favor by Henry Bruno
Laid by Daniel York Loh
The Heart Races by Clayton Burns
From the Ruins by Ewan Forster
Clerc’s Inferno: from page to Sign by Rod Jorge