Announcing the Winners
After much deliberation, our distinguished panel of judges has selected this year’s winning films. Congratulations to all of the filmmakers and teams who participated. We are proud to announce our winners.
Kudos to EasyLiving Films for winning Best Film of 2021. Their film What A Bucket! will go on to represent Shanghai against all the other city winners around the world at Filmapalooza 2022.
1st Place: Best Film of 2021
What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
2nd Place: Best Film of 2021
Unscripted by B9
3rd Place: Best Film of 2021
Stunt People by WMF
Required Elements
- Character: 麦常心（男）/ 米常心（女）- 侦探 (Milos Everheart (M) / Miya Everheart (F) - Detective)
- Prop: 水桶 (A Water Bucket)
- Line: "我不相信你而且永远也不会相信你。 OR 我不相信你，永远也不会。" ("I do not trust you and I never will.. OR "I don't trust you and I never will."")
Audience Favorite: Group A
Stunt People by WMF
Best Writing
Nikita Moldovanov What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Editing
David Sanchez A Case of Covetousness by Team Totes
Best Directing
Sergiy Pudich What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Cinematography
Rouman Kang What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Sound Design
David Fujioka Stunt People by WMF
Best Musical Score
Kim Lustig - Borderline Surface Tension by Bounce House Productions
Best Music
What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Actor
Jason Delfino Stunt People by WMF
Best Actress
Natasha Portwood Surface Tension by Bounce House Productions
Best Supporting Actor
Gregory Byler A Case of Covetousness by Team Totes
Best Supporting Actress
Shelly Pryde Feeling Revenge by A&T Entertainment
Best Ensemble Acting
What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Special Effects
What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Make Up
Feeling Revenge by A&T Entertainment
Best Use of Character
What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Use of Prop
What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Use of Line
Surface Tension by Bounce House Productions
Best Use of Genre
Stunt People by WMF
Best Practical Effects
What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Visual Effects
Stunt People by WMF
Best Stunts
Stunt People by WMF
Best Sound Recording
Stunt People by WMF
Best Student Film
Deep End by 12 Angry Sharks
Best Technical Lighting
What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Best Use of Blood
"Eternal Friendship" by Constantis Production
Best Voice Over
Bittersweet by Underaged
Emerging Actor
Anna Samranchit Deep End by 12 Angry Sharks
Emerging Filmmaker
Mountain of Mind 迷途 by A TEAM
Hasan Boylu by A to Z and a bit of Popcorn
Ghost Detective 灵探正传 by 只要干不碎就往碎里干
Special Mention
"You too" by Donkey‘s Bone
We Need to Talk About the Body by Penguin Pictures
Escort the Yellow Fish by 刀叉兄弟 Knives and Forks
Built for Sin by Plan C
Memoriam by The Buckingham Paladins
The Case by Kinoglaz
Sinfully Loved by 千羽象（Winged Elephant）
Water Only by Golden Irises
60% by Gandules Productions
2021 Film List
60% by Gandules Productions
"I do not trust you and I never will"
A Case of Covetousness by Team Totes
Coveting can Kill
A Screw by Kipchoge
A person is a screw.
Bittersweet by Underaged
I don't trust you. And I never will.
Built for Sin by Plan C
Deep End by 12 Angry Sharks
Tipping point
Earth Boy by Studio RGON
The search for home never ends
Escort the Yellow Fish by 刀叉兄弟 Knives and Forks
Escort the yellow fish!
Feeling Revenge by A&T Entertainment
A women's feelings about her revenge
Memoriam by The Buckingham Paladins
You can't bury the truth.
Metempsychosis by Hakka Film
Can YOU handle the truth?
Miss X by Haemon FIlms
Miss X lost her dog.
Mountain of Mind 迷途 by A TEAM
心灵迷途
Sinfully Loved by 千羽象（Winged Elephant）
A love indulging revenge
Stunt People by WMF
Props or People?
Surface Tension by Bounce House Productions
When sanity drops away
The Bucket 水桶怪人 by The Foul 乌烟瘴气
One Breaking Couple，One Bucket Man.
The Case by Kinoglaz
He is onto something...
The Sleeping Dragon by Green Venus
When she awakes, she will shake the world.
Unscripted by B9
Fish Always Find Their Way
Water Only by Golden Irises
Water Only
We Need to Talk About the Body by Penguin Pictures
What is there to talk about?
What A Bucket! by EasyLiving Films
Beware of the bucket
