Winners - February 2021
Best Picture
The Alpines - Dante Aubain
Best Narrative Feature
The Alpines - Dante Aubain
Best Narrative Short
The Letter - Kexin Cai
Best Indie Short
Skiff - Ethan Barsh, Andy Barsh
Best Comedy
The Letter - Kexin Cai
Best Fantasy Film
Fix Me - Woonyea Han
Best Experimental Film
Dear Name - Hillfinger (Hyung-kun) Hwang
Best Inspirational Film
Veteran Children: When Parents Go To War - Susan Hackley
Best Documentary Feature
The 108 Journey - Hugo Rozon, Mathieu Perrault Lapierre
Best Documentary Short
Home: The Homelessness Crisis in North Dakota (Chapter 2) - Sonya Jensen
Best Animation
Butterfly Orchid - Chia-Hui Lu
Best Music Video
Butterfly Orchid - Chia-Hui Lu
Best Student Film
Dear Name - Hillfinger (Hyung-kun) Hwang
Best Director
The Alpines - Dante Aubain
Best First Time Director
Dear Dublin - Evelyn Gustafson
Best Indie Filmmaker
Traveller - Rao Fu
Best Actor
The Alpines - Aaron Latta-Morissette
Best Actress
The Letter - Micharn Pollock
Best Young Actress
Dear Dublin - Katelyn Greene
Best Editing
Qafas - Zhe Song
Best Cinematography
The Letter - Shuntian Jiang
Best Score
The Letter - Siyang Chen, Qiuyi Wang
Best Song
Butterfly Orchid - Chia-Hui Lu
Best Sound Design
The Letter - Mingge Lin
Best Original Story
Dear Dublin - Evelyn Gustafson
Best Screenplay Feature
The Lies We Tell Ourselves - Courtney Froemming
Best Screenplay Short
Fatal Ambition - Angel Connell
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
The Mountains Are Calling - Eva Bennett
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Familial - Catherine Schetina
Winners may order the official New York Film Awards statuette
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