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Seiva Bruta [Under the Heavens] Wins the Grand Chameleon Award

Best Narrative Feature – Corral

Best Documentary Feature – Life & Life

Brooklyn Film Festival’s 24th edition: The Clearing, which was staged both in person at Windmill Studios and online, wrapped up Sunday, June 13th, and has announced the winners of the festival awards. Three groups determined the winners: 1) The external panels of judges, 2) The festival Board of Directors, and 3) the Audience. Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, selected filmmakers have been awarded more than $50,000 in cash, products and services. To learn more about the BFF selection process and check the full awards breakdown: visit our Winners and Awards & Prizes.

SEIVA BRUTA [UNDER THE HEAVENS] directed by DIR. GUSTAVO MILAN picked up the coveted Grand Chameleon Award. CORRAL won Best Narrative Feature and LIFE & LIFE took home the award for Best Documentary Feature.

“A wonderful journey with a group of people the festival trusts. A diverse and eccentric film program and a group of programmers who made the 2021 fest, The Clearing, a truly remarkable venture that at the end was exactly what it was setup to be. An optimistic trajectory in the midst of one of the toughest human crises many of us had to experience for the very first time in our lifetime”, said Marco Ursino, Brooklyn Film Festival Executive Director. Thanks to indie filmmakers for helping us re-imagining a brand new world.

PRIZES SPONSORED BY: Brooklyn Film Society, Sobre Vista Resort, Blue Table Post, Xeno Lights, AbelCine, Be Electric, Final Draft, MPE, Media Services, Papapietro Perry, Lentini Communications, Noble Jewelry

And the winners are:

Grand Chameleon Award
SEIVA BRUTA (UNDER THE HEAVENS) by GUSTAVO MILAN

Best Narrative Feature
CORRAL by MARCELO BRENNAND

Best Documentary
LIFE & LIFE by NC HEIKIN

Best Short Documentary
MAKE HIM KNOWN by RUDY VALDEZ

Best Narrative Short
SEIVA BRUTA (UNDER THE HEAVENS) by GUSTAVO MILAN

Best Animation
THE GREAT MALAISE by CATHERINE LEPAGE

Best Experimental
OUR MINE by SHAYNA STRYPE

Best New Director
GOSSAMER FOLDS by LISA DONATO

Best Brooklyn Project
LITTLE PAKISTAN – FUTURE HISTORIES by SANA AKRAM

Spirit Awards
Feature Narrative: WALK WITH ME by ISABEL DEL ROSAL
Feature Documentary: AND SO I STAYED by NATALIE PATTILLO and DANIEL A. NELSON
Short Documentary: THE MOUNTAIN & THE MAIDEN by SHMUEL HOFFMAN and ANTON VON HEISELER
Short Narrative: THE TANK by MOJTABA POURABDOLLAH
Experimental: PERFECT AS CATS by KEVIN VU
Animation: THE BROKEN CANDLE by FELIX KINER

Audience Awards
Feature Narrative: KRINGLE TIME by MATTHEW LUCAS
Feature Documentary: AND SO I STAYED by NATALIE PATTILLO and DANIEL A. NELSON
Short Documentary: LITTLE BERLIN by KATE MCMULLEN
Short Narrative: THE GOLDFISH by ASHLEY PAIGE BRIM
Experimental: OUR MINE by SHAYNA STRYPE
Animation: OPEN MIC by JONATHAN ROSEN

Certificates of Outstanding Achievement
Producer: NATHAN FOLBRECHT for QUEENS OF PAIN
Screenplay: JOE BOLOGNA, JOS LANIADO, CLAUDIO LANIADO for TANGO SHALOM
Cinematography: SURESH DESHMANE for KALOKHACHYA PARAMBYA [PROP SHOOTS OF DARKNESS]
Editing: ROBERT CARTER for INTO THE LIGHT
Style: MATTHEW LUCAS for KRINGLE TIME
Original Score: GRACE MCLEAN for OUR MINE
Actor Female: BRIDGET BARKAN for WALK WITH ME
Actor Male: BENNY ELLEDGE for KRINGLE TIME

About Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF):
The organizers of the Brooklyn Film Festival have been staging International, competitive film events since 1998. BFF’s mission is to provide a public forum in Brooklyn in order to advance public interest in films and the independent production of films, to draw worldwide attention to Brooklyn as a center for cinema, to encourage the rights of all Brooklyn residents to access and experience the power of independent filmmaking, and to promote artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists without censure. BFF, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

For more info about the festival and the 2021 winners please visit: https://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/winners

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