In our last article, we went over the history and exciting things the Brooklyn Film Festival offers its contestants. And now it’s time to meet the films and the winners.
16MMONSTER: directed by Jacob Kindlon; a 12 minute short from the US.
20 YEARS OF MADNESS: directed by Jeremy Royce; a 90 minute documentary from the US.
ABBY SINGER/SONGWRITER: Directed by Onur Tukel , a 75 minute film from the US.
ABIGAIL DEVILLE’S HARLEM STORIES: Directed by Nick Ravich, a 7 minute American documentary.
AFTER A DREAM: Directed by Tobias Schmuecking, a 17 minute short from Germany.
AND IT WAS GOOD: Directed by Graham Waterston, a 19 minute short from the US.
WINNER of the SHORT NARRATIVE SPIRIT AWARD
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BIG BAG: Directed by Ricardo Martin Coloma, a 13 minute animation from Spain.
BLOCK AND PILED: Directed by Marc Riba & Anna Solanas, a 5 minute animation from Spain.
BLUE-EYED ME: Directed by Alexey Marfin, a 7 minute short from England.
BOLES: Directed by Špela Čadež, a 12 minute German animation.
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BORN INTO THIS: Directed by Lea Scruggs & Sean Ryon, a 23 minute American documentary.
WINNER of the AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
BORN TO BE MILD: Directed by Andy Oxley, a 15 minute English documentary.
BOYLAND: Directed by Gabe Rubin & Felix Bernstein, a 19 minute US short.
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BREAKING IN: Directed by Adepero Oduye, a 4 minute US short.
BUGSTEP: Directed by Ilana Morgan Schwartz, a 4 minute American animation.
BUT NOT FOR ME: Directed by Ryan Carmichael, a 102 minute American feature.
WINNER of the AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE and CERTIFICATE OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
CASTILLO Y EL ARMADO: Directed by Pedro Harres, a 13 minute Brazilian animation.
CHAMELEON: Directed by Ryan Mullins, a 78 minute Canadian documentary.
COLLECTORS: Directed by Marcel Hobi, 5 min animation from Switzerland.
COMIC BOOK HEAVEN: Directed by E.J. Mcleavey-Fisher, a 12 minute US documentary.
CRAZY FOR YOU: Directed by Marcelo Kiwi Beiger, an 11 minute documentary from Chile.
CYLBURN PARK: Directed by Julia Kim Smith, a 10 minute US short.
DAGHWAH: Directed by Moe Najati, a 10 minute short from the United Arab Emirates.
DAY 40: Directed by Sol Friedman, a Canadian 5 min animation.
WINNER of the BEST ANIMATION
DEATH SONGS & CAR BOMBS: Directed by Brendan & Jeremy Smyth, a 6 minute US short.
DEEP WEB: Directed by Alex Winter, a 90 minute American documentary.
DEVIL TOWN: Directed by Harvey Mitkas, a 99 minute American film.
WINNER of the BEST BROOKLYN PROJECT
DICTATION: Directed by Christoph Müller, a Mexican 5 minute animation.
DISAPPEAR: Directed by Simon Direen & Kaz Ceh, an Australian 8 minute short.
DIVISION AVENUE: Directed by Janna Kyllästinen & Anne-Katrine Hansen, a Canada 13 minute short.
WINNER of the EXPERIMENTAL SPIRIT AWARD
EADWEARD: Directed by Kyle Rideout, a Canada 104 minute film.
EAT ME: Directed by Xiangtian Zheng, 6 minute short from the US.
ENSEMBLE EPISODE01&2: Directed by Toowa 2, a Japanese 26 minute short.
ERIC, WINTER TO SPRING: Directed by Danya Abt, an America 15 minute documentary.
WINNER of the BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
THE FALLEN PHOENIX: Directed by Gwen Barriac & Heather Larkin, 5 minute American animation.
FIRST LESSON: Directed by Nick Paley & Dawn Kim, an American 6 minute documentary.
FLIPPING: Directed by Jin Kyu Ahn, United States, 8 min, 2014, Experimental
FRAME BY FRAME: Directed by Mo Scarpelli & Alexandria Bombach, an 85 minute documentary from Afghanistan.
WINNER of the SPIRIT AWARD for FEATURE DOCUMENTARY and FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD
FROM BED THOU AROSE: Directed by Bartek Konopka, a 25 minute short from Poland.
WINNER of the BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
FROM WATER: Directed by Aykhan Tan, a 17 minute short from Azerbaijan.
FUNNY BUNNY: Directed by Alison Bagnall, an 85 minute film from the US.
WINNER of the CERTIFICATE OF OUTSTANDING ACHEIVEMENT for the BEST EDITING and MALE ACTOR
GIRLS GONE J-1: Directed by Mikhail Shraga Alina Smirnova, a 16 minute US short.
GIVE HIM SOMETHING RED: Directed by Greg Accetta , a 5 minute US documentary.
GOD BLESS THE CHILD: Directed by Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, a 92 minute US film.
WINNER of the CERTIFICATE OF OUTSTANDING ACHEIVEMENT for the BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
GOLDEN AGE: Directed by Maija Blåfield, a Finnish 19 minute short.
GREEN CARD: Directed by Pilar Rico & David Whitmer, a 19 minute US film.
HELP US FIND SUNIL TRIPATHI: Directed by Neal Broffman, a 74 minute doc.
WINNER of the AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
THE HERMIT: Directed by Lena Friedrich, a 23 minute US documentary.
HIGHWAY OF HELL: Directed by Carolyn & Andy London, an American 7 minute animation.
HOME RANGE: Directed by Natalia Kaniasty, a 14 minute American short.
HOW TO BE A BLACK PANTHER: Directed by Daisy Zhou, a 21 minute American short.
WINNER of the AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
I AM THOR: Directed by Ryan Wise, an 84 minute documentary from the US.
I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!!: Directed by Charlie Tyrell, a 12 minute Canadian short.
IN THE FUTURE LOVE WILL ALSO: Directed by Clayton Allis & Alfie Lee, a 19 minute American short.
WINNER of the BEST EXPERIMENTAL and EXPERIMENTAL AUDIENCE AWARD
INFERNO: Directed by Vinko Möderndorfer, a 113 minute Slovenian film.
WINNER of the SPIRIT AWARD for FEATURE NARRATIVE
INVISIBLE: Directed by Zofia Pregowska, a 22 minute Polish documentary.
JOE IS DEAD: Directed by Lucía García-Lubén , an 8 minute Spanish short.
THE LAST ARTIST: Directed by Allysha Webber, a 7 minute Australian animation.
LAST REEL: Directed by Steven Bognar, an 8 minute American short.
LISTEN: Directed by Monteith Mccollum, a 10 minute American short.
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MARCH MADNESS: Directed by Melissa Johnson & Robertino Zambrano, a 9 minute Australian short.
WINNER of the ANIMATION SPIRIT AWARD
LUNGI DANCE: Directed by Subrata Kar, a 20 minute Indian short.
MANSON FAMILY VACATION: Directed by J. Davis, a 85 minute American film.
MARIO: Directed by Tess Martin a 3 minute American animation.
MEANWHILE: Directed by Stephen Mcnally, a 5 minute Irish animation
MILKY BROTHER: Directed by Vahram Mkhitaryan, a 30 minute Armenian short.
MORT: Directed by Vito Ferber, a 5 minute American animation.
GOLD: Directed by Brian Carlson, a 4 minute American documentary.
MY NAME IS FRANCO AND I LIKE DARK CHOCOLATE: Directed by Silvia De Gennaro, a 7 
minute Italian short.
N64Q: BORN FREE: Directed by Sasha Gransjean, a 7 minute Japanese documentary.
NEEDLE TOWN: Directed by Henrik Hylland Uhlving & Kaspar Synnevaag, a 2 minute Norwegian short.
NOWHERE: Directed by I-Cheng Lee, a 2 minute American animation
PAD WITH ME: Directed by Chia-ching Chu, a 5 minute animation from Taiwan.
PARADISO: Directed by Omar Al Abdul Razzak, a 73 minute documentary from Spain.
PAWO: Directed by Antje Heyn, an 8 minute German animation.
THE PERFECT SODA: Directed by Oriel Danielson, a 19 minute Swedish documentary.
PET THERAPY: Directed by Catherine Orchard, a 7 minute American short.
PLACEBO: Directed by Abhay Kumar, a 96 minute Indian documentary.
POCKET FULL OF DETRITUS: Directed by Michael Barnett, a 6 minute American short.
PREGGO: Directed by Kristin Slaysman, a 7 minute American short.
THE PRESENT: Directed by Jacob Frey, a 5 minute German animation.
QUESTION LINGERS: Directed by Kenneth Feinstein, a 6 minute short from Singapore.
THE RAT SLAYER OF HILLSIDE NJ: Directed by Andrew Keogh Ruotolo, an 18 minute American short.
RED SPIDER LILY: Directed by John Clang & Wai Thong Chow, a 10 minute short from Singapore.
THE REFRIGERATOR: Directed by Robert Gregson, an 11 minute American short.
WINNER of the BEST NEW DIRECTOR
THE REGULARS: Directed by Zoe Graham, a 12 minute American short.
RHYTHM OF THE CITY: Directed by Julie Gratz, a 2 minute American animation.
RICE AND MATCHSTICKS: Directed by Javier Beltramino, a 9 minute Argentinian animation.
ROCK IS NOT AN ATTITUDE: Directed by Xiaoxiao Tang, a 5 minute American short.
SAMUEL-613: Directed by Billy Lumby, a 14 minute Englishn short.
SHIT EATERS: Directed by Agata Wojcierowska, a 7 minute Polish short.
A SINGLE BODY: Directed by Sotiris Dounoukos, a 19 minute French short.
SOMETHING ABOUT WHICH NOTHING CAN BE SAID: Directed by Theodore Kennedy, a 14 minute American short.
SUPER UNIT: Directed by Teresa Czepiec, a 20 minute Polish documentary.
SWEATY BETTY: Directed by Joseph Frank & Zachary Reed, a 93 minute American film.
WINNER OF THE GREAT CHAMELEON AWARD and BEST NARATIVE FEATURE.
T.P: Directed by Bob Blevins & Bradly Werley, a 10 minute American animation.
WINNER of the AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST ANIMATION
TEETH: Directed by Tom Brown & Daniel Gray, a 6 minute English animation.
TERMS OF INTIMACY: Directed by Melissa Langer, an 8 minute American doc.
TIM AND HIS BOOKS: Directed by Animesh Nigam, a 3 minute Indian short.
TO GET IN: Directed by Anna Sarukhanova, a 30 minute film from Georgia.
TREASURE ISLAND: Directed by Elizabeth Lo & Melissa Langer, a 6 minute American short.
WINNER of the SPIRIT AWARD for SHORT DOCUMENTARY
UNORDINARY JOURNEY IN AN ORDINARY DAY: Directed by Yoshino Aoki, a 3 minute Canadian short.
VALEDICTORIAN: Directed by Matthew Yeager, a 78 minute American film.
WE WERE COLORS: Directed by Marcos Almada Rivero & Carlos Azcuaga Hernández, a 7 minute Mexican animation.
WE WERE REBELS: Directed by Katharina von Schroeder & Florian Schewe, a German 93 minute animation.
WINNER OF THE BEST DOCUMENTARY
WHALE VALLEY: Directed by Gudmundur Arnar, a 15 minute short from Denmark.
WINNER of the CERTIFICATE OF OUTSTANDING ACHEIVEMENT for the BEST MALE ACTOR
WILD HOME: Directed by Jack & Robert Schurman, a 75 minute American documentary.
WILDLIKE: Directed by Frank Hall Green, a 98 minute American film.
WINNER of the CERTIFICATE OF OUTSTANDING ACHEIVEMENT for the BEST PRODUCER, BEST SCREENPLAY, and BEST ACTRESS
ZEPO: Directed by César Díaz Meléndez, a 3 minute Spanish animation.
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