The Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) announced the winners for its annual festival, themed DECOY. The competitive event ran from June 1 through June 10 at indieScreen in Williamsburg and Brooklyn Heights Cinema.
Winners were chosen from 104 film premieres that were selected from over 2,000 submissions coming from 111 countries. This year, BFF featured more than 30 New York City based film directors with over a dozen projects shot in Brooklyn.
Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the Brooklyn Film Festival awarded the 2012 winners with a total of $57,000 in prizes and film services.
GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD
DEAR MANDELA by Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza
Best Narrative Feature
OLD DOG by Pema Tseden
Best Documentary
DEAR MANDELA by Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza
Best Narrative Short
CHEAP EXTERMINATION by Minka Farthing-kohl
Best Animation
THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD by Will Anderson
Best Experimental
MOVE by John Graham
Best New Director
BROOKLYN CASTLE by Katie Dellamaggiore
Spirit Awards
Feature Narrative: GEORGE THE HEDGEHOG by W. Wawszczyk, J. Tarkowski, T. Lesniak
Documentary: [S]COMPARSE by Antonio Tibaldi
Short Narrative: PIGEON KICKER by Daniel Long
Experimental: PLACES OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LIVED by Laura Yilmaz
Animation: WE, THE MASSES by Eoghan Kidne
Audience Awards
Feature Narrative: CAT SCRATCH FEVER by Lisa Duva
Documentary: MY BROOKLYN by Kelly Anderson & GUT RENOVATION by Su Friedrich
Short Narrative: NANI by Justin Tipping
Experimental: SEA PAVILION by Marysia Makowska & Todd Somodevilla
Animation: OLD MAN by Leah Shore
Certificates of Outstanding Achievement
Screenplay: TINA GHARAVI for I AM NASRINE
Producer: CAITLYN COADY for PERCIVAL’S BIG NIGHT
Cinematography: PIOTR SOBOCINSKI for ROSE
Editing: LISA DUVA, KATHERINE NOLFI, BEN BROWN for CAT SCRATCH FEVER
Original Score: ROBERT AIKI AUBREY LOWE for LAST KIND WORDS
Actor Female: SARAH WHARTON for PERCIVAL’S BIG NIGHT
Actor Male: BRYAN KAPLAN for FRAY