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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