2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS
AFMX 2021 ROBERT & SIBYLLE REDFORD AWARD FOR CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
AFMX IMPACT AWARD
Warrior Spirit Documentary, Landon Dyksterhouse
AFMX AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD: (TIE)
Warrior Spirit, Landon Dyksterhouse
Shellfish, Hunter Hopewell
BEST ANIMATION
Winner – Le Desert et La Mar, Ryan Rivard
1st Runner Up – Carnival Knowledge, Alec Brown
2nd Runner Up – Shellfish, Hunter Hopewell
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Winner – You Can't See Through Me, Tim Roth
1st Runner Up – How Was I Supposed to Know, Tim Janssens
2nd Runner Up – The Shins - The Great Divide, Paul Trillo
BEST STUDENT FILM
Winner – Shellfish, Hunter Hopewell
1st Runner Up – Caravan, William Michael Anderson
2nd Runner Up – Calla Lillies, Aidan Hamell
BEST NATIVE/INDIGENOUS FILM
Winner – Becoming: Orlando Dugi, Kaela Waldstein
1st Runner Up – Can't Have It Both Ways, Morningstar Angeline
2nd Runner Up – Witness, Penny Phillips
BEST NEW MEXICO FILM
Winner – Conductor, Royce Leii
1st Runner Up – Becoming: Orlando Dugi Kaela Waldstein
2nd Runner Up – Charro Beans, Eric Barragan
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Winner – Everything in Hardware, Jamie Wright
1st Runner Up – Unearthing Ogawa, Steve Meixell
2nd Runner Up – Witness, Penny Phillips
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Winner – Pigeon Therapy, Nadia Masri
1st Runner Up – The Book of Ruth, Becca Roth
2nd Runner Up – My Dinner with Werner, Maverick Moore
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Co-Winners:
The Sound of Us, Chris Gero
Fanny: The Right to Rock, Bobbi Jo Hart
1st Runner Up – The Album, Kevin Hosmann
2nd Runner Up – Vinyl Nation, Christopher Boone and Kevin Smokler
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner – Bone Cage, Taylor Olson
1st Runner Up – I'm an Electric Lampshade, John Clayton Doyle
2nd Runner Up – Shellfish, Hunter Hopewell
BEST ACTOR
Winner – Matthew Sanders, My Dinner With Werner
1st Runner Up – Luis Bordonada, Conductor
2nd Runner Up – Doug McCorkle, I'm an Electric Lampshade
BEST ACTRESS
Winner – Chynna Walker, My Dinner with Werner
1st Runner Up – Tovah Feldshuh, The Book of Ruth
2nd Runner Up – Lisa Coronado, The Space Between Never and Always
Honorable Mention - Presley Alexander, Planet Cozmo
BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE FEATURE
John Clayton Doyle, I'm An Electric Lampshade
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Chris Gero, The Sound of Us
BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE SHORT
Maverick Moore, My Dinner with Werner
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Souki Mehdaoui, Firelei Báez: An Open Horizon