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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