Shiver International Film Festival 2021 Winners

Thanks to all the filmmakers for being part of SHIVER 2021!

Our Judges and Audiences helped to choose the Winners from our official selections of the best short and micro-short films in the world:

​Best Comedy Film -​

THE ASSASSINATION OF A MAN

​Best Drama Film -

BLACK BOYS CAN'T CRY

​Best Action Film -

THE POLITENESS OF KINGS

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​Best Horror Film -
WOODLAND CEMETERY

Best Sci-Fi Film -

THE PURPLE IRIS

Best Thriller Film -

SWIPE

Best Fantasy Film -

WHITE ELEPHANT

​Best Animation Film -

Spirit of the Drowning Girls

Best Experimental Film -
DESERT MOSS

Best Foreign Language Film -

O RAGE!

Best Music Video -

FREEDOM

Best Student Film -

TELL-TALE HEART

Best Documentary -
#EVERYTHINGWILLBEFINE

Best Male Performance -
Phrederic Semaj (black boys can't cry)

Nominees:

todd stroik (the assassination of a man)

nic termer (tell-tale heart)
john ennis (this is not acting, this is hell!)

Best Female Performance -
ksenia nesterova (the purple iris)

Nominees:

ebony obsidian (swipe)

lilian manansala (white elephant)
rachael drummond (the devil's harp)

Best Director -
niels bourgonje (woodland cemetery)

Shiver Short of the Year -
WOODLAND CEMETERY

Shiver Micro-Short of the Year -

BLACK BOYS CAN' T CRY