2021 AWARD WINNERS
Cinema Dulce – Best of Fest
Last Night in Rozzie | directed by Sean Gannet
Audience Choice Award
Truly Texas Mexican | directed by Anibal Capoano
Best Feature Film
Last Night in Rozzie | directed by Sean Gannet
Best Short Film
Boys | directed by Luke Benward
Best Texas Film
John Wilcox: The Relinquishment of Time | directed by Daniel Driensky and Sarah Reyes
Best Documentary Film
Sophie and the Baron | directed by Alexandria Jackson
Best Student Short Film
01' Escalade | directed by Lincoln Edwards
Best Director
Mylissa Fitzsimmons | Everything in the End
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Best Actress
Karie Ann Randol | Malignant
Best Actor
Hugo de Souza | Everything in the End
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS
Everything in The End | USA | Drama | Mylissa Fitzsimmons
The Good Hearts Club | USA | Comedy | William F. Reed | Special Screening/Out-of-Competition
Last Night in Rozzie | USA | Drama | Sean Gannet
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Spy Kids | USA | Adventure | Robert Rodriguez | Special Screening
Sneak Preview/Special Screening -- TBA
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS
Clean Slate | USA | Jared Callahan
John Wilcox - The Relinquishment of Time | USA | Daniel Driensky and Sarah Reyes
Truly Texas Mexican | USA | Anibal Capoano
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS
American Ocelot | USA | Ben Masters
Bryan Zanisnik's Big Pivot | USA | Nick Ravich
Colt Wrangler | USA | Evan Falbaum
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It's Rocket Science | USA | Rachel Knoll
Mustang Moments | USA | Jamie Williams
San Marcos River Project | USA | Nick Breaux
Shaun Leonardo: The Freedom to Move | USA | Nick Ravich
Sophie and the Baron | USA | Alexandria Jackson
Rise Above: WASP | USA | Kara White
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - STUDENT SHORT FILMS
'01 Escalade | USA | Thriller | Lincoln Edwards
Adam | China | Drama | Shoki Lin
Face to Face | USA | Documentary | Robert Hope
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Gatcha | USA | Animation | Susan Huang, Stacy Moon and Nadya Sugiarto
Go Fetch | USA | Animation | David Coole
The Lost Melody | USA | Drama | Jake Gum
Painting Class | China | Drama | Yifei Song
Tejano Night | USA | Dramedy | Alexander Rosales
The Train to Qinling | USA | Animation | Shir Baron
Trial By Fire | USA | Documentary | Alex Astrella
Tricked | USA | Animation | Mengyuan Guo, Naicheng Liu and Suhn Young Chung
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS
Almost a Jingle | USA | Dramedy | Bishen Sen
Away | USA | Drama | Anne Nichols Brown
Beggars Can't Be Choosers | France | Drama | François Lluelles and Vincent Lluelles
Body of the Mined | USA | Thriller | Eric Jungmann
Boys | USA | Drama | Luke Benward
The Cause of Death | USA | Drama | Timothy McCarthy
Changing Tides | USA | Drama | Joshua Ulmer
Closer | Germany | Drama | Gerrit Mangus Beduhn
Feeling Through | USA | Drama | Doug Roland
First Day | USA | Comedy | Julia Barnett and Suzanne Weinert
The Fixer | USA | Drama | Michael Schilf
A Grievance With Gravity | USA | Sci-Fi | Kelli Horan
The Internet Kills | USA | Horror | Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu
Karate Belt | USA | Comedy | Stephen Huff
Last Summer | USA | Drama | Asha Bynum
The Lonely Types | USA | Drama | Paden Fallis
Lunch Hour with the President | USA | Drama | Pamela Perrine
Malignant | USA | Drama | Morgan Bond and Nickolas Grisham
Meet Cute | USA | Comedy | Jason C. Brown
Message From the Future | USA | Animation/Comedy | Dano Johnson
The Night Passenger | USA | Thriller | Josh Bowman
The Other Morgan | USA | Comedy | Alison Rich
The Pandemic Chronicles | USA | Drama | Ya'Ke Smith
The Ritual | Spain | Dramedy | Álvaro Moriano
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SaaSy | USA | Comedy | Joe Stanton Kelly
Salting the Fly | USA | Drama | Craig Mooneyham and Jacob Reynolds
Sarino | Italy | Drama | Valerio Filardo
The She-Wolf | France | Dramedy | Svetlana Trébulle
Sidestep | USA | Drama | Natasha Straley
Softcore | USA | Drama | Travis Jones and Austin Tinius
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Space Case | USA | Comedy | Zachary T Scott
Two Missing Hours | USA | Drama | Jean-Claude Thibaut
Walking Point | USA | Drama | RJ Nevens, Jr.
Zhen Zhen | USA | Drama | Simiao Sun