The full list of the Black Film Festival of New Orleans’ 2021 Award Winners includes:
- Best Sound Design/Music: A Dream For Sale by Jonathan Isaac Jackson
- Best Makeup/Wardrobe: Rejoice Resist by Elisha Smith-Leverock
- Best Web Content: Shank’s Rain by Jonathan Rowan and Khyran Shank
- Best Animation: From Me To You: A Conversation with Animation by Leah Coleman
- Best Cinematography: Rejoice Resist by Elisha Smith-Leverock
- Best Writing: Keep Your Flowers by Sekou Brown and Ivory Adams
- Best Actor: Maynard Okereke in I’m Sorry
- Best Actress: Jasmine Guy in Illegal Rose
- Best Director: Deborah Riley Draper for Illegal Rose
- Best Documentary: A Placed Called Desire by Leonard Smith III
- Best Feature: Solomon by JB Armstrong
- Best New Orleans Project: A Dream For Sale by Jonathan Isaac Jackson
- Audience Jury Award: A Place Called Desire by Leonard Smith III
- Best Short Film: Rejoice Resist by Elisha Smith-Leverock
- Best Young Filmmaker: David Chambers for Blaming Cairo