2021 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Explained
The 2021 edition of the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the 33rd edition in the event's history, was held from September 18 to 26, 2021 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
The 2021 festival was presented under a hybrid model due to the COVID-19 pandemic with both in-person and online screenings.[1] The festival also introduced a number of juried film awards, following several years of only presenting audience choice-based awards; the new awards program includes cash prizes for Outstanding Canadian Feature, Outstanding International Feature, Outstanding Female-Led Feature, Cinema Indigenized Outstanding Talent, French-Language Feature, Inspiring Voices and Perspectives Feature, Outstanding Short, Outstanding Emerging Canadian Short, and Outstanding Animated Short.[2]
Awards
Official selections
Gala Presentations
Special Presentations
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Best Sellers | Lina Roessler | Canada, United States |
| Charlotte | Eric Warin, Tahir Rana | Canada, France, Belgium |
| Dear Future Children | Franz Böhm | Germany, United Kingdom, Austria |
| Delicious | Délicieux | Éric Besnard | Belgium, France |
| Everything Went Fine | Tout s'est bien passé | | France |
| Jockey | Clint Bentley | United States |
| Julia | Julie Cohen and Betsy West | United States |
| Maria Chapdelaine | | Canada |
| The Middle Man | | Canada, Denmark, Germany, Norway |
| Mothering Sunday | | United Kingdom |
| Ninjababy | Yngvild Sve Flikke | Norway |
| Paris, 13th District | Les Olympiades | | France |
| The Perfect Victim | La victime parfaite | Monic Néron, Émilie Perreault | Canada |
| Petite Maman | | France |
| Sam | | Canada |
| Underground | Souterrain | | Canada |
| The Worst Person in the World | Verdens verste menneske | | Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden | |
Features Canada
Documentaries
World Cinema
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Arthur Rambo | | France |
| The Big Hit | Un triomphe | Emmanuel Courcol | France |
| Broken Diamonds | Peter Sattler | United States |
| Compartment No. 6 | Hytti nro 6 | | Finland, Estonia, Germany, Russia |
| A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | Ça tourne à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | Christian Monnier | France |
| Ma Belle, My Beauty | Marion Hill | United States |
| Memory Box | | France, Lebanon, Canada, Qatar |
| Nowhere Special | | Italy, France |
| Wife of a Spy | スパイの妻, Supai no tsuma | | Japan | |
Cinema Indigenized
In Full View: Crisis, Conflict, Conscience
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Mass | | United States |
| Memoria | | Thailand, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, China | |
Stir Crazy Frights and Fantasies
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Cyst | Tyler Russell | United States |
| Friday the 13th | | United States |
| Kicking Blood | | Canada |
| Titane | | France | |
Festival Favourites
Shorts
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Bad Seeds | Mauvaises herbes | | Canada |
| Bleach | Mattias Graham | Canada |
| Evan's Drum | Ossie Michelin | Canada |
| Frimas | | Canada |
| The Frost | Le Froid | Natalia Duguay | Canada |
| The Hangman at Home | | Canada, Denmark, France |
| Into Light | Sheona McDonald | Canada |
| Itchy the Camel: Rakes | Anders Beer, PH Dallair | Canada |
| Jeep Boys | Alec Pronovost | Canada |
| Marked | Matthew Avery Berg | United States |
| Pipo and Blind Love | Pipo et l’amour aveugle | Hugo Le Gourrierec | France |
| The Lost Seahorse | Benjamin Fieschi-Rose | Canada |
| The Robbery | Nika Belianina | Canada |
| Stereotype | Nahyun Beak, Dahyun Beak | South Korea, United States |
| Talk | Trivelle Simpson | Canada |
| Then Sings My Soul | Susan Rodgers | Canada |
| An Uninvited Guest | Richard B. Pierre | Canada | |
Notes and References
- Colleen Romaniuk, "Cinéfest Sudbury unveils its 2021 program; will follow a hybrid format". Toronto Star, August 27, 2021.
- https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/local-arts/sudburys-cinefest-unveils-new-awards-and-major-cash-prizes "Sudbury's Cinefest unveils new awards and major cash prizes"
- Donald Macdonald, "Sudbury entertainment briefs: New novel; Cinefest awards". Sudbury Star, October 3, 2021.
