MADFLASH FILM FEST RETURNS!
100 seconds on film, 29 Official Selections, One Night – October 9th!
MADFLASH Film Fest 2021 Winners
BEST ANIMATION
Tormenta
Cyrielle Deblangy, France
Tormenta is a parallel between bullfighting and sexual assault.
BEST DOCUMENTARY
HOMA Studios
Kaan Oguz, United States
A short documentary about Altarik Banks and his company, HOMA Studios, where he handcrafts home decor from locally sourced raw materials.
BEST NARRATIVE / PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
Around the Grind
Jessica Arena, Andrew Sivera, United States
A woman struggles to find the time for a good cup of coffee.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Homage to Nature
Harold Olejarz, United States
Kaleidoscopic images of nature.
BEST TRAILER
Outward
Matylda Gurne, Poland
A lone figure wakes up on a desolate planet, surrounded by remnants of a long-forgotten civilization. There is a long journey ahead of them through fantastic landscapes to reach closure. “Outward” tells of known and unknown places and changes brought by time.
BEST STUDENT
Bad Bugs
Bryn Wright, United States
10 year old Bryn made a claymation movie about the importance of using "natural solutions for your bug problems" - something she's passionate about. The idea came after one of her "grub hunting" sessions (she loves gathering grubs for the birds and lizards). She loves gardening almost as much as animation, so it was a perfect fit.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sundae Afternoon
Lauren Hammersley, United Kingdom
Charming tale about father and son, gently touching upon 'great minds think alike' idiom, presented as a comedy in a stop motion format.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Now
Kasia Skorynkiewicz, United States
A visual experience of what it feels like living in the hectic present-day, where we are simultaneously inundated by our modern environment involving trains, planes, and automobiles, all the while nature strives to exist in the background.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Void
Berna Yıldız, Turkey
When everything is going well in her life, a young girl suddenly experiences an event that will turn her upside down. This trauma changes her and leaves a void. Whatever she does to close the gap is useless. Finally, nature guides.