The Brooklyn International Film Festival concluded on Sunday with fanfare and a closing party at Speak Low-Below Rice in DUMBO. For a list of 2009 winners, read more, and for selected press coverage of the event and films, click here.
2009 edition winners
GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD
BREAKING UPWARDS by DARYL WEIN
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
BREAKING UPWARDS by DARYL WEIN
BEST DOCUMENTARY (AKA Diane Seligman Award)
THE HILLSIDE CROWD by BERNI GOLDBLAT
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
THE CHAMBERMAID by ANN HOLMGREN
BEST ANIMATION
PASSAGES by MARIE-JOSEE SAINT-PIERRE
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
SOARING, ROARING, DIVING by MIRIAM HARRIS & JULIET PALMER
SPIRIT AWARDS
Short Subject THE DINNER by KARCHI PERLMANN
Experimental Film NAIADE by NADIA MICAULT & LORENZO NANNI
Documentary THE SARI SOLDIERS by JULIE BRIDGHAM
Animation TRICKSTER by ALEXANDER POHL
Feature Narrative DR. ALEMÁN by TOM SCHREIBER
Best New Director
CARLO MIRABELLA-DAVIS for KNIFE POINT
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Short Subject PINCHAS by PINI TAVGER
Experimental Film FLYING LOTUS by DANIEL GARCIA
Documentary BETWEEN THE FOLDS by VANESSA GOULD
Animation SKHIZEIN by JEREMY CLAPIN
Feature Narrative SEA LEGS by CRAIG BUTTA
CERTIFICATES OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Screenplay VINKO MODERNDORFER for LANSCAPE No. 2
Producer JIM JERMANOK and HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS for EM
Cinematography STEEVE ASSELIN for BORDERLINE
Editing JUSTIN KELLY for CRYPTIC
Original Score BEN LOVETT for THE LAST LULLABY
Actor Female KATE LYN SHEIL for KNIFE POINT
Actor Male JOSH PEACE for YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE
