This page is dedicated to the films, videos and screenplays on the Film Festival Circuit that have been selected for the Austin Micro Film Festival Spring 2021 competition. This live screening event will take place on Sunday May 16, 2021 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lakeline from 3:00pm - 6:00pm. Genres included Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Experimental, Music Videos, Science Fiction and more. Each films screening is si minute or less and length. These films were created in 11 different countries and 30 US States including the great state of Texas. Most of these films have never been screened live in the United States. Below is the list of 100 international independent films and 20 screenplays selected by the judges. Each of these submissions rated in the top 25% of the nearly 450 total submissions to this event. Please note that this event was previously named the Austin Micro Short Film Festival. 2021 is the first year of the name change to the Austin Micro Film Festival. Tickets are now available on Eventbrite. (LINK)
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Spring 2021 Award Winners
- Best Animated Film - Two Different Kinds of Love, directed by Alyce Vest (Georgia)
- Best Comedy Film - [BRAND] directed by Ian Loyd and Catrin Blythe (Texas)
- Best Comedy Screenplay - Anya, screenplay written by Mike Greenwood (Illinois)
- Best Dark Comedy Film - The Ex, directed by Neil D'Monte (California)
- Best Dark Comedy Screenplay - The Chet, screenplay written by Trevor Smith (New York)
- Best Dark Drama Film - Effigy, directed by Josh Quillin (California)
- Best Dark Drama Screenplay - Veil, screenplay written by Peter Hardy (Georgia)
- Best Documentary Film - To My Younger Self, directed by Owain Astles (United Kingdom)
- Best Drama Film - Keep In Touch, directed by Paige Glover (Texas)
- Best Drama Screenplay - Lone, screenplay written by Bill Redding (Illinois)
- Best Experimental Film - Black & White, directed by Edgar Garcia Chavez (Oregon)
- Best Fantasy Film - Did You Lock The Door? directed by Harry Valentine (California)
- Best Horror Comedy Film - Chompers, directed by Stanley Twobricks (Texas)
- Best Horror Comedy Screenplay - Immortal Befuddled, screenplay written by Jeffrey B. Wayne (Texas)
- Best Horror Film - Read All About It, directed by Josh Dubock (Texas)
- Best Horror Screenplay - RING, screenplay written by Ally May and Fran Frazier (California)
- Best International Film - Love Connection, directed by Hendrik Harms (United Kingdom)
- Best Mockumentary Film - Happy Birthday, Carol, directed by Sean Abplanalp (Oregon)
- Best Music Video - Time, directed by Arty Sandler and Milana Zilnik (Canada)
- Best Relationship Drama Screenplay - Judy and Roxanne, screenplay written by Amy Berryman (New York)
- Best Romantic Comedy Film - Coming Clean, directed by Bara Kim (California)
- Best Science Fiction Film - Mirum, directed by Matt Davies-Morris (California)
- Best Science Fiction Screenplay - Pron, screenplay written by Hyrum Hansen (Arizona)
- Best Series Episode Award - Check, Please! Pilot , directed by Éléa Clair (New York)
Spring 2021 Award Finalists
The following films, videos in screenplays are ranked in the top 30% of submissions and were also finalists in their individual submission categories for awards. Not every film, video and screenplay is nominated for an award.
Best Animated Film Award Finalists
Best Comedy Film Award Finalists
- No Signal, directed by Paris Anne Herbert-Taylor (California)
- The Five Stages Of Quarantine, directed by Dan Bricker (New York)
- One Minute to Explosion, directed by Avery Lenz (Ohio)
- Pay The Toilet, directed by Yinwen "Wendy" Mu (Georgia)
- [BRAND], directed by Ian Loyd and Catrin Blythe (Texas) - Award Winner
Best Dark Comedy Film Award Finalists
Best Comedy Screenplay Award Finalists
- The Pink Pig, screenplay written by Euan Mitchell (Australia)
- The Race, screenplay written by Mac McStravick (Texas)
- Anya, screenplay written by Mike Greenwood (Illinois) - Award Winner
Best Dark Comedy Screenplay Award Finalist
Best Dark Drama Film Award Finalists
- The Next Stop, directed by Janice Derosier (Florida)
- Convergence, directed by Samuel G. Davey (Canada)
- In Plane English, directed by Brian Plonka (Oregon)
- The two missing hours, directed by jean claude thibaut (California)
- Effigy, directed by Josh Quillin (California) - Award Winner
Best Dark Drama Screenplay Award Finalists
- Bird Call, screenplay written by David-Matthew Barnes (Colorado)
- Three. Two. Gone., screenplay written by Russell Southam (Australia)
- Windswept, screenplay written by Deric Olsen (Canada)
- Veil, screenplay written by Peter Hardy (Georgia) - Award Winner
Best Relationship Drama Screenplay Award Winner
Best Documentary Film Award Finalists
- That Week Each Year, directed by Lynnette Oostmeyer (Washington)
- A Story of Courage, directed by Ariana Feiner (Georgia)
- Day 1, directed by Josh Berman (Colorado)
- Hands, directed by Rob Ayling (United Kingdom)
- To My Younger Self, directed by Owain Astles (United Kingdom) - Award Winner
Best Drama Film Award Finalists
Best Drama Screenplay Award Finalists
- Aloha, My Sweets, screenplay written by Ally May (California)
- My Sweet Buttercup, screenplay written by Bridget Pervalle (Texas)
- Shoes, screenplay written by Matthew Dean (Texas)
- The Prodigal, screenplay written by Stuart Creque (California)
- Lone, screenplay written by Bill Redding (Illinois) - Award Winner
Best Experimental Film Award Finalists
- Black & White, directed by Edgar Garcia Chavez (Oregon) - Award Winner
- Red Watch, directed by David Kennedy (California)
- Trees, directed by Ryan Webb (Oregon)
- Little Angel's, directed by Jamale Ellison (Texas)
- Recaptcha, directed by Heather Warren-Crow (Texas)
Best Fantasy Film Award Winner
Best Horror Comedy Film Award Finalists
- The Monster, directed by Dan Sinclair (California)
- Chompers, directed by Stanley Twobricks (Texas) - Award Winner
- Skateblood, directed by Maxime Laurin (Canada)
Best Horror Comedy Screenplay Award Finalists
- VoiDead, screenplay written by Karina Kalaydzhyan (California)
- Zell Murder Mystery, screenplay written by Mac Brodus (Oregon)
- Immortal Befuddled, screenplay written by Jeffrey B. Wayne (Texas) - Award Winner
Best Horror Film Award Finalists
Best Horror Screenplay Award Winner
- RING, screenplay written by Ally May and Fran Frazier (California) - Award Winner
Best International Film Award Finalists
- FREE, directed by JP Snell (Finland)
- Love Connection, directed by Hendrik Harms (United Kingdom) - Award Winner
- The Fix, directed by Tina Prud'homme and Stacie Prudhomme (Canada)
- Flex, directed by Josefin Malmen and David Strindberg (Sweden)
- Public School in Russia, directed by Vas Iron (Russia)
Best Mockumentary Film Award Finalists
Best Music Video Award Finalists
Best Romantic Comedy Film Award Finalists
- TINA, directed by Steve Delgado (Nevada)
- Closest to the Pin, directed by Andrew Broadhurst (West Virginia)
- Coming Clean, directed by Bara Kim (California) - Award Winner
- Rendezvous, directed by Hiroki Utsunomiya (Japan)
- Carriage 14, directed by Mark Kiefer (Massachusetts)
Best Science Fiction Film Award Finalists
Best Science Fiction Screenplay Award Winner
- Pron, screenplay written by Hyrum Hansen (Arizona) - Award Winner
Best Series Episode Award Finalists
- breatHHelmet Presents: "Oh, Los Angeles." directed by Matt Dean (California)
- Check, Please! Pilot, directed by Éléa Clair (New York) - Award Winner
- The Mick Chronicles, directed by Roger Aylward (Connecticut)
- Anti-Socialites, directed by Kat Roman and Sean Sonnenburg (New York)
- The Endless Sleepover, directed by Allegra Oxborough (United States)
Spring 2021 Official Selections
- A Map of the World, directed by Vera Graziadei (United Kingdom)
- A Miracle On Jay Ave, directed by Bernie Rieser (Ohio)
- Bathroom Window, directed by Julia Gil de Freitas (California)
- Blue Gamble, directed by Heather Terbell (California)
- Buzz Boy, directed by Peter Swehla (California)
- Deep Fears, directed by Ryan Chu (California)
- Fabulous, directed by James Skinner (United Kingdom)
- First Love, directed by Ziyao Susan Xie (California)
- God And Alexa, directed by Amelia Cameron (North Carolina)
- Honeymoon, directed by Anaëlle Morf (Switzerland)
- In Case We Get Found, directed by Sarah Young (New York)
- Look Out, directed by Steve Delgado (Nevada)
- NEUL未知ND (The Unknown), directed by Eddie Shieh (New York)
- Nifty Fifties - Sledgehammer and Muck, Private Investigators, directed by Devin Dugan (California)
- Parkour Is Easy, directed by Andrea Ross (Canada)
- Shade Guzzling, directed by Ulrike Korbach (Germany)
- Shakkar ke paanch daane ( 5 grains of sugar ), directed by Chinmaya sharma (India)
- Sick in Africa episode 2 - Reverse the Curse, directed by Tim Cowley (Mozambique)
- SOS, you’re 30 and still single?, directed by Amy Lynssia (France)
- Stable, directed by Travis Patten (United States)
- Stage, directed by Kazuya Ashizawa (Japan)
- Sweetie Pie, directed by Mary Clare Plaschke (New York)
- The American Dream, directed by Baldev Sandhu (California)
- The Call, directed by Craig Murray (Tennessee, Nevada)
- The Parlor with Jeff + Cosgrove, directed by Daniel Maggio (California)
- The Room With a View, directed by Surender Singh (California)
- The Tea, directed by Levi Austin Morris (California)
- tx-reverse, directed by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich (Austria, Germany)
- Unspeakable BLM, directed by Emmai Alaquiva (Pennsylvania)
- Waiting Games, directed by Thea Balich (United Kingdom)
- Yuluu, directed by Fatima Kried (United Kingdom)
