The winners of the UNIFIED FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL 2021 have been announced!

During the award ceremony at RIO Filmpalast, hosted by FILMFEST MÜNCHEN on July 8th 2021, host Aline von Drateln announced and awarded the winners:

AUDIENCE AWARD: FILMS UP TO 5 MINUTES

1st Place: HOT WATER, dir. Sam Batour

2nd Place: BEING, dir. Malak El Araby

3rd Place: CIARAN, dir. Ruairi Bradley

AUDIENCE AWARD: FILMS FROM 5 TO 20 MINUTES

1st Place: THE PITCH, dir. Ken Kwek

2nd Place: MEETING FAREWELL, dir. Harashta

3rd Place: THE MISSION, dir. Marianna Ölmez

JURY AWARD: FILMS UP TO 5 MINUTES

1st Place: PHOSPHÔROS, dir. Susana Serrano

1st Place: RUN GIRL RUN, dir. Anna Roller

3rd Place: THE STAY-AT-HOME HEROES, dir. Todor Nikolov

Honorable Mentions:

WE WANT TO LIVE, dir. Mohammad Assaf, Mayzar Al-Moussar

NUMB, dir. Liv McNeil

THE INVISIBLE HUMANS, Aaron Mathew

JURY AWARD: FILMS FROM 5 TO 20 MINUTES

1st Place: SOMETIMES I WISH I WAS ON A DESERT ISLAND, dir. Eli Jean Tahchi

2nd Place: OK, KAREN, dir. Hugo L. V. e Oliveira

3rd Place: THE SHACK, dir. Tebogo Chologi

3rd Place: BONAPARTE, dir. Jesper Quistgaard

Honorable Mention:

SALIDAS, dir. Michael Fetter

Congratulations to all the winners!

A big thank you to Michael Pieroth for making our beautiful trophies!

See the program of the winners’ screening here.