PHOTO © Mathilde Gardel

Refocused on the discovery of emerging filmmakers, the 2021 Un Certain Regard has offered twenty features in its competition. Six of them were first films that compete as well for the Caméra d'or. The opening film was Arthur Harari's Onoda - 10 000 nights in the jungle.

Lead by the director and screenwriter Andrea Arnold, the Jury was made up of the director and screenwriter Mounia Meddour, the actress Elsa Zylberstein, the director and screenwriter Daniel Burman and Michael Covino, director and actor.

Un Certain Regard Prize
Razzhimaya Kulaki (Unclenching The Fists / Les Poings Désserrés)
directed by Kira KOVALENKO

Jury Prize
Die Grosse Freiheit (Great Freedom)
directed by Sebastian MEISE

Ensemble Prize
Bonne Mère (Good Mother)
directed by Hafsia HERZI

Courage Prize
La Civil 
directed by Teodora Ana MIHAI 

Prize of Originality
Lamb
directed by Valdimar JÓHANNSSON 

Special Mention 
Noche de Fuego (Prayers for the Stolen)
directed by Tatiana HUEZO