These are the awarded films from the 21st edition of Media City Film Festival. This year's jury, composed by Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA), Jeremy Rossen (Harvard Film Archive, USA) and Lauren Howes (CFMDC, Canada), selected the following films:

• Grand Prize: Occidente, by Ana Vaz, Brazil.
• Second Prize: Neither God nor Santa María, by Samuel M. Delgado and Helena Girón (La Banda Negra), Spain.
• Third Prize: Jáaji Approx., by Sky Hopinka, USA.
• Honourable Mention: Blue and Red, by Zhou Tao, China.
• Regional Award: The Fortune Teller, by Annie MacDonell, Canada.
• Honourable Mention (Regional): Who Painted the Sky with Wispy Clouds?, by Miranda Dershimer, USA.