The Brooklyn Film Festival has just wrapped its 28th film festival.

This year, 130 countries submitted over 3,000 films. 145 films were selected and screened between two physical locations and the BFF virtual library.

The theme for this year’s festival is PAUSE.

“PAUSE” is the theme of the 28th Brooklyn Film Festival.

In a world of distractions – popping notifications, infinite scroll with fabricated truths, content that demands constant attention – what if the solution isn’t more noise, but a Pause?
The 28th BFF plans to grab the audience's attention amongst the chaos and underscore the relief associated with smart, honest, quality screen time and the clarity that comes from taking a break, finding focus, and tuning in.

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The films were great. The competition was solid. And the results are in.

Grand Chameleon Award — Mouse by Kenny Riches

Best Narrative Feature — Mouse by Kenny Riches

Best Documentary — Cycle by Laura Dyan Kezman and William Howell

Best Short Documentary — Salt by Alice Ward

Best Narrative Short — Dandelion by Fiona Obertinca

Best Animation — Humantis by Paris Baillie (check out our review here)

Best Experimental — A is for Ant by Jack Davison

Spirit Awards

Feature Narrative — Violent Butterflies by Adolfo Davila

Feature Documentary — Tight Lines by Gagga Jonsdottir

Short Documentary — Talking Drum by Alexandre Gougeon

Short Narrative — Pedigree by Kai Wen Hu

Experimental — High Street Repeat by Osbert Parker and Laurie Hill

Animation — The Death Of James by Sam Chou

Audience Awards

Feature Narrative — Alice-Heart by Mike Macera (check out our review here)

Feature Documentary — Roads Of Fire by Nathaniel Lezra

Short Documentary — Even In Darkness by Kitalé Wilson

Short Narrative — Brunch! by Matthew Farrell

Experimental — Rocco by Summayya Wagenseil and Lucia Buricelli

Animation — The 12 Inch Pianist by Lucas Ansel

Certificates of Outstanding Achievement

Best New Director — Tight Lines by Gagga Jonsdottir

Best Brooklyn Project — Dead Serious by Lizi Latimer and Myriam Schroeter

Producer — Geneviève Gosselin-G. for Mercenaire

Screenplay — Marina Tempelsman & Niccolo Aeed for This Will Never Work (check out our review here)

Cinematography — Federico Barbabosa for Violent Butterflies

Editing — Spencer Browne for Even In Darkness

Style — Alex Loucas for Grey Scale

Original Score — Harkness for Harkness (check out our review here)

Actor Female — Zana Berisha for Era

Actor Male — Mallo Breysse for Chico

To learn more about the BFF selection process and check the full awards breakdown, visit the Winners and Awards & Prizes pages on their website.

Prizes sponsored by: Brooklyn Film Society, Be Electric, Cinelease, Phygital FX, MPE, AbelCine, Media Services, Lentini Communications.

Until next year, Brooklyn Film Festival!

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