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“Our 2021 Grand Jury prize-winning film THE VAN is a heartbreaking work with a shocking twist.”

Barry Smoot—24fps Festival Director

2021 Jury Awards

  • GRAND JURY PRIZE

    THE VAN
    Director: Erenik Bequiri
    France/Albania

  • SILVER MEDAL

    FEELING THROUGH
    Director: Doug Roland
    USA

  • BRONZE MEDAL

    LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW
    Director: Annie St-Pierre
    Canada

  • MEDAL ALTERNATE

    THE CRIMINALS
    Director: Serhat Karaaslan
    France/Romania/Turkey

  • AUDIENCE AWARD

    BJ’S MOBILE GIFT SHOP
    Director: Jason Park
    USA

  • HORIZON AWARD

    TRUMPET
    Director: Kevin Haefelin
    Switzerland

  • KUROSAWA AWARD--Creative Excellence

    STUFFED
    Director: Theo Rhys
    United Kingdom

  • LUMINARIA AWARD--Cinematography

    YALLA
    Director of Photography: Tommie Ferreras
    Italy

  • RED CITATION HUMANITARIAN AWARD

    AGUILAS
    Directors: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Maite Zubiaurre
    USA

  • BEST DIRECTOR

    FEELING THROUGH
    Director: Doug Roland
    USA

  • BEST ACTOR

    LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW
    Steve Laplante
    Canada

  • BEST ACTRESS

    THE CRIMINALS
    Deniz Altan
    France/Romania/Turkey

  • BEST SCREENPPLAY

    LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW
    Writer: Annie St-Pierre
    Canada

  • Special Citation--INTERNATIONAL FICTION

    UNLIVEABLE
    Directors: Matheus Farias, Enock Carvalho
    Brazil

  • Special Citation--US FICTION

    TRUMPET
    Director: Kevin Haefelin
    USA

  • Special Citation--NON-FICTION

    SNOWY
    Directors: Kaitlyn Schwalje, Alex Wolf Lewis
    USA

  • Special Citation--Animation

    SOUVENIR SOUVENIR
    Director: Bastien DuBois
    France

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    STUFFED
    Production Design: Elizabeth el-Kadhi
    United Kingdom

  • BEST EDITING

    THE VAN
    Editor: Pauline Pallier
    France/Romania/Turkey

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

    STUFFED
    Composer: Joss Holden-Rea
    United Kingdom

The next 24fps Public Exhibitions are
NOVEMBER 4-5, 2022

 

2021 OFFICIAL JURY

2021 REMOTE JURY

CAMERON MCHARG (Chair), Los Angeles, CA (Director, filmmaker, photographer)
BRADLEY GARLOCK, Marfa, TX and Dallas, TX (Production Designer)
RAN BARKER, Hollywood, CA (Retired Producer)
ROBERT ERIN LEEPER, Dallas, TX (Filmmaker, Digital Designer)
DUSTIN REID, New York, NY (Senior Creative Producer at Red Hot Organization)
R. DEAN NOLEN, Lubbock, TX (Texas Tech University)
GADHI ELKON, Dallas, TX (Film Critic)
BARRY SMOOT, Abilene, TX (24fps Festival Director)

2021 LOCAL JURY

NIL SANTANA (local chair), Assistant Professor of Art and Design
LORI SIMS, Musician
KYLE DICKSON, Professor, Department of Literature
RICHARD TRANSKI, Costume Designer
SARA MCKNIGHT, Business Manager, Paramount Theatre
JOHN-MARK LAPHAM, Film Musician, Composer, Arts Advocate
GRAYSON ALLRED, Technical Director, Paramount Theatre
VICTOR UDEATA, Arts Advocate
REBECCA BRIDGES, Director, Center for Contemporary Arts
JASON BAUMGARDNER, Film Director, Producer
PIERCE LOPACHIN, Actor, Arts Advocate
NATHAN GIBBS, Assistant Professor, Mass Communications
KATIE HAHN, Director of Programming, Paramount Theatre
DEBORAH MEADOR, Director, Global Samaritan Resources
ERICA PANGBURN, Director of Development, GSR.