The 2021 edition of RiverRun International Film Festival started May 6th and ended on 16th. The festival is Academy Award Qualifying with the prizes Best Documentary Short, Best Animated Short.
Winners have been announced. You can find all the winners on this page of their website, we are just listing the prizes concerning short films.
Narrative Shorts Competition
Best Narrative Short
White Eye by Tomer Shushan
Best Student Narrative Short
The Washing Machine by Dominik Hartl
Honorable Mention: Must Love Pie by Patrick Clement
Documentary Shorts Competition
Best Documentary Short
A Broken House by Jimmy Goldblum
Honorable Mention: Atomic Café: The Noisiest Corner in J-Town by Akira Boch, Tadashi Nakamura
Animated Shorts Competition
Best Animated Short
The Source of the Mountains by Adrien Communier, Camille Di Dio, Benjamin Francois, Pierre Gorichon, Briag Mallat, Marianne Moisy
Special Jury Award for Student Film
The Winter by Xin Li