2021 EDITION
After a tough two years, the team behind the ABQ Indie Film Festival prepared a special online edition that included the screened films of the 2020, 2021 & 2022 editions of the festival.
The festival took place in collaboration with ENDAVO on June 2-5, 2022.
AWARD WINNERS
SCREENING SELECTION
AWARD NOMINATIONS
Best Feature Film
The Battle of Shangri-lá
The Big Ugly
PARKING
Best Short Film
Pops
JULIET
HOUSEHOLD DEMONS
Maximus
Crystal Horse
Best Comedy
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN IS GOD
Master Bassist
Best Drama
A Righteous Man
ALINA
Best Experimental
Face Me
Haiku
Best Feature Documentary
The new whistlers from Aas
The End of Blindness
Tribal Justice
Best Short Documentary
Founders
Light Side Up
Holding Silence
ULTRA
Sorojchi
Best Short Animation
The Snake Pit - Episode 1: "Tesla's AC Induction Motor"
à la fin…
Pick Your Poison
Homeward
Bolero Station
Best Foreign Film
The Pepperman
Toprak
ATHINA - STOCKHOLM
The waste Land
Best Student Film
There
Somewhere Out There
diminuendo
RenaiDance
Best Directing
Before
ALINA
Tribal Justice
Best Cinematography
Toprak
A Righteous Man
Best Editing
PRIMAVERA
The Battle of Shangri-lá
ALINA
Best Writing
The Ones Who Run Pilot
Limpet
ORADOUR
Best New Mexico Production
The Devil Knows More / Más Sabe El Diablo
My Walk Home
A Meal To Heal All Wounds
JURY PANEL
Varda Bar-Kar
Best Short Documentary 2021
Award-winning director Varda Bar-Kar’s childhood spanned a myriad of countries gifting her with an eclectic embrace of humanity. Her work explores the human condition in unexpectedly uplifting ways.
Her documentary Big Voice (Netflix, Hulu) captures the inspiring year-long
rollercoaster journey of high school choir director Jeffe Huls and his most advanced ensemble.
Varda recently completed Fandango at the Wall (HBO, HBO MAX) another feature music documentary that follows Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra founder Maestro Arturo O’Farrill to the United States-Mexico Border for a musical convergence with the masters of son jarocho that transforms the border wall from an object that divides to one that unites.
