Here Are The ‘Formula’ Brooklyn Film Fest Winners

The oldest international competitive festival in New York just completed its 17th annual run. The Brooklyn Film Festival was held May 30-June 8 in Williamsburg this year, presenting 107 films from 34 countries. “Formula” was the theme, and the prizes totaled over $50,000 in film services and products. 

Check out the list of winners below: 

GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD:

Jadrien Steele for Victoriana

• Panavision (camera package rental)

• Xeno lights (lighting rental)

BEST IN CATEGORY:

Narrative Feature – Jadrien Steele for Victoriana

• AbelCine (toward any camera package rental for 7 days)

• 7-day release at indieScreen

Documentary Feature – Nima Sarvestani for No Burqas Behind Bars

• 7-day release at indieScreen

Narrative Short – Mauricio Osaki for My Father’s Truck

• 7-day release at indieScreen

• One-week usage of a film studio at Windmill Studios

Documentary Short – Anthony Simon for Third Shift

• 7-day release at indieScreen

• Cinecall soundtracks (music rights and/or sound services)

Animation – Uri Kranot & Michelle Kranot for Hollow Land

• 7-day release at indieScreen

Experimental – Charles Griffin Gibson for The Meteor

• 7-day release at indieScreen

• Film Friends equipment rental and Mik Cribben Steadicam services

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

Documentary Feature – David Beilinson, Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley for Who Took Johnny

Narrative Feature – Alexis Boling for Movement and Location

Narrative Short – Jacob Kindlon for Vocabulary of the Mysteries

Documentary Short – Thomas Wood for LA Miner

Animation – Rick Manlapig for Fakie

Experimental – Augusto Giachino for Third Sister

CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT:

Best New Director – Matan Guggenheim for Paradise Cruise

• Media Services software: The Showbiz scheduling & budgeting

Best Producer – Christophe Nick and Victor Ede  for Boy Saloum

• Media Services software: The Showbiz scheduling & budgeting

Best Screenplay – Bodine Boling for Movement and Location

• Media Services software: The Showbiz scheduling & budgeting

Best Cinematography – Franz Dude for My Blind Heart

• Media Services software: The Showbiz scheduling & budgeting

Best Editing – T.J. Misny for Intimate Semaphores

• Avid Software: Media Composer 6.5

Best Original Score – Dan Tepfer for Movement and Location

Best Actor (Female) – Rezeta Veliu for Rezeta

Best Actor (Male) – Christos Haas for My Blind Heart

BROOKLYN PRIDE AWARD:

Beyza Boyacioglu & Sebastian Diaz Aguirre for Toñita’s

Media Services software: The Showbiz scheduling & budgeting

SPIRIT AWARDS:

Narrative Feature – Fernando Frias for Rezeta

Documentary Feature – Mladen Kovacevic for Unplugged

Narrative Short – Peter Vack for Send

Documentary Short – Stephen Greenwood for Tunnel Vision

Experimental – Miriam Harris & Juliet Palner for Warsaw, January 2011

Animation – Catya Plate for Hanging By a Thread

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