2021 Golden Gate Awards Official Selections
Documentary Feature
Writing With Fire—McBaine Documentary Feature Award Winner
Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh, India
After Antarctica—McBaine Bay Area Documentary Feature Award Winner
(Bay Area)
Tasha Van Zandt, USA/Canada
Captains of Zaatari
Ali El Arabi, Egypt
In the Same Breath
Nanfu Wang, USA/China
Radiograph of a Family
Firouzeh Khosrovani, Iran/Switzerland/Norway
Seyran Ateş: Sex, Revolution and Islam
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, Norway
Unseen Skies
Yaara Bou Melhem, Australia
We Are As Gods
(Bay Area)
David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg, USA
New Directors Prize
This Is My Desire—New Directors Jury Prize Winner
Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, Nigeria/USA
A Leave—New Directors Jury Special Mention
Lee Ran-hee, South Korea
Holler
Nicole Riegel, USA
Home
Franka Potente, Germany/Netherlands
I’M FINE (Thanks for Asking)
Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina, USA
Poppy Field
Eugen Jebeleanu, Romania
Skies of Lebanon
Chloé Mazlo, France
The Whaler Boy
Philipp Yuryev, Russia
Critics Jury Prize
Nudo Mixteco—Critics Jury Award Winner
Angeles Cruz, Mexico
Cruz
Teresa Camou Guerrero, Mexico
The Dance of the 41
David Pablos, Mexico
Fauna
Nicolás Pereda, Mexico/Canada
Son of Monarchs
Alexis Gambis, Mexico
The Spokeswoman
Luciana Kaplan, Mexico
Animated Short
In the Shadow of the Pines—Animated Short Films Jury Prize Winner
Anne Koizumi, Canada
The Fire Next Time
Renaldho Pelle, United Kingdom
Step into the River
Weijia Ma, China
Documentary Short
Dial Home—Documentary Short Films Jury Prize Winner
César Martínez Barba, USA/Mexico
American Wildlife
Elizabeth Lo, USA
Halpate
Adam Piron, Adam Khalil, USA
Since you arrived, my heart stopped belonging to me
(Bay Area)
Erin Semine Kökdil, USA
Wavelengths
(Bay Area)
Jessie Zinn, USA
Family Films
To: Gerard—Family Films Jury Prize Winner
Taylor Meacham, USA
A Concerto Is a Conversation—Family Films Jury Honorable Mention
Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers, USA
Broken Bird
Rachel Harrison Gordon, USA
Intermission
Simon de Glanville, Alice Jones, Freddie Claire, UK
Kapaemahu
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, USA
The Magical Forest and the Things
Dave Russo, USA
Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug
Galen Fott, USA
Tulip
Andrea Love, Phoebe Wahl, USA
Mid-Lengths
Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Mama—Mid-Length Films Jury Prize Winner
Topaz Jones, rubberband. (Simon Davis, Jason Sondock), USA
Cloudscape
Sofía Gallisá Muriente, USA/Puerto Rico
Mum Is Pouring Rain
Hugo de Faucompret, France
Sing Me a Lullaby
Tiffany Hsiung, Canada
Tales of the Accidental City
Maïmouna Jallow, Kenya
Narrative Shorts
Jeûne d’été (Summer Fasting)—Narrative Short Films Jury Prize Winner
Abdenoure Ziane, France
Doretha’s Blues
Channing Godrey Peoples, USA
Freezerburn
(Bay Area)
Sarah Rattay-Maloney, USA
The Night Train
Jerry Carlsson, Sweden
New Visions
Here, Here New—Visions Short Films Jury Prize Winner
Joanne Cesario, Philippines
If You Hum at the Right Frequency
(Bay Area)
Daniel Freeman, USA
Signal 8
Simon Liu, Hong Kong
Youth Works
Through Their Eyes—Youth Works Jury Prize
Alisha Heng, USA
Music for the End of the World—Youth Works Jury Honorable Mention
Emmanuel Li, UK
A Cure for Humanity
(Bay Area)
Jared Fontecha, Iziyah Robinson, USA
Greta
Sofie Verweyen, USA
i hate winters.
Shivesh Pandey, India
ILEA
Samuel Correa, USA
Just as I am
Arianna Azzaro, Italy
Kozan
İlayda İşeri, Turkey
A LOCO VIVID DREAM
Marek Ścibior, Poland
Stranger Strings
Ava Salomon, USA
What’s that sound?
(Bay Area)
Tanya Cyster, USA