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 Hazel Mill for winning Best Film of 2021. Their film Deliver Me will go on to represent Asheville against all the other city winners around the world at Filmapalooza 2022.
1st Place: Best Film of 2021
Deliver Me by Hazel Mill
2nd Place: Best Film of 2021
Between Roy Biv by Sabal Studio
Required Elements
- Character: Joe or Jolene Detweiler, painter
- Prop: A pill
- Line: ""I'd really like to know what goes on in that head of yours." OR "I would really like to know what goes on in that head of yours.""
Audience Favorite: Group A
Remembering Dreams by All Around Artsy
Honorable Mentions
Masterpiece by Hats Away Productions
Bare by Team Cat Fly
Audience Favorite: Group B
Peeling Paint by Team Long Shot
Honorable Mentions
Deliver Me by Hazel Mill
Cardboard Canvas by One-Man Band
Best Writing
Noble Robinette Peeling Paint by Team Long Shot
Best Editing
Simon Bonneau Deliver Me by Hazel Mill
Best Directing
David Gwaltney Cardboard Canvas by One-Man Band
Honorable Mention
Simon Bonneau Deliver Me by Hazel Mill
Best Cinematography
Simon Bonneau Deliver Me by Hazel Mill
Honorable Mention
Ben Lochen The Dreamer's Plague by Four Brothers Films
Best Sound Design
Remembering Dreams by All Around Artsy
Best Musical Score
Robert Gowan Remembering Dreams by All Around Artsy
Best Acting (in a leading role)
Tammy Mattox Between Roy Biv by Sabal Studio
Honorable Mention
Ronnie Hooks Deliver Me by Hazel Mill
Best Supporting Actor
Matthew Thompson Deliver Me by Hazel Mill
Best Ensemble Acting
Fantasy Girl by Team Turbo
Best Special Effects
The Medium by The Holophonic Theatre
Best Costumes
The Medium by The Holophonic Theatre
Best Use of Character
Wedding Bales by Kongfather Media
Best Use of Prop
Peeling Paint by Team Long Shot
Best Use of Line
Crimson Mercy by Colony 9 Productions
Honorable Mention
Bare by Team Cat Fly
Best Use of Genre
Gallery of Terrors by Artificial Ink
Best Choreography: Dance, Stunt or Fight
Wedding Bales by Kongfather Media
Best New Artist
Hazel Gowan Remembering Dreams by All Around Artsy
Honorable Mention
Julia Young Fantasy Girl by Team Turbo
Best Production Design
Zachary Gladwin Bare by Team Cat Fly
2021 Film List
A DROP IN DEEP WATERS by Know Budget Films
What lies inside the human mind
A Hard Pill To Swallow by Short Line Studios
A night drive takes a turn.
Alone in Time by Film Pilot
Man in time
Anti-climactic by The Cinemates
All that for nothing?
Armchair Revolutionaries by BullMooseFilms
plotting a revolution isn't easy.
Bare by Team Cat Fly
You're going to burn in hell for this.
Below Snakes by Breaking Glass Films
No blessings come with road down
Between Roy Biv by Sabal Studio
Do you want to bounce back?
Cardboard Canvas by One-Man Band
Art is Long. Life is Short.
Coming Into My Own by R&B Horton Studios
I coming into my own
Crimson Mercy by Colony 9 Productions
Closer than you think
Deliver Me by Hazel Mill
Catherine discovers what happens when death takes you places you never planned to go.
Fantasy Girl by Team Turbo
When reality is blurred, fantasies shine through.
Gallery of Terrors by Artificial Ink
An artist investigating his nightmarish visions receives more than one unannounced visitor.
Masterpiece by Hats Away Productions
Matter of Time by Electric Eclectic
The past can propel you to your future.
Mom by HareFamily
Never give up on mom
On the Edge of a Knife by Bone and Brine Productions
A mother-daughter story as told through the eyes of an addict house painter.
Peeling Paint by Team Long Shot
It just gives you that little nudge.
Remembering Dreams by All Around Artsy
Am I awake or am I dreaming?
The Dreamer's Plague by Four Brothers Films
Some say a healer. Others, a devil.
The Dumpee by Rotten Apples
Cheering up is hard to do.
The Medium by The Holophonic Theatre
A tricky medium...
The Perfect Picture by Last Picture Show
Raw, ravenous... Red!
The Road to Shamballa by Street Creatures
Is that skeleton biker friend or foe?
The Siren by AVLFilm
Welcome to The Mermaid, a Psychic Bar
The Ugly Poetic by Branchaloris
He has to see what he can't unsee
Wedding Bales by Kongfather Media
If you can't trust a salesman, who can you trust? Yourself?
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