2018 Award Winners
RISING STAR AWARD
STEFON BRISTOL
This year The Bushwick Film Festival presented the 2nd Annual Rising Star Award to BFF alum and director Stefon Bristol.
The Rising Star Award was created to acknowledge Bushwick Film Festival alumni who have broken new ground in the Film and TV industry and are achieving notable levels of success. It’s a testament to the recipient’s hard work and to the festival’s continued commitment to give incredibly talented filmmakers and creators a spotlight.
In 2017, BFF had the honor of screening Bristol’s short film See You Yesterday and he is currently post production for the feature length version, which is produced by Spike Lee.
BEST FILM AWARDS
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Anissa 2002, Fabienne Facco
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Victorious, dir. Robert Mac
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
The Shuttle, dir. Lu Han
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Oleg, dir. Boris Krichevsky & Alexander A. Brodsky
BEST WEB SERIES
Brooklynification, dir. Keith Miller
RUNNERS UP
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Are You Glad I'm Here, dir. Noor Gharzeddine
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
A Day With Martha, dir. Josh Ethan Johnson
NARRATIVE SHORT
Babs, dir. Celine Held & Logan George
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The World's Greatest Storyteller, dir. Horatio Baltz
WEB SERIES
Kynnstlah, dir. Sandra Bertalanffy & Joel Fendelman
PROGRAMMER’S CHOICE AWARD
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Sange i Solen (Songs in the Sun), dir. Kristian Sejrbo Lidegaard
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Seaman and 207, dir. Sophia Tewa
NARRATIVE SHORT
The Shit! (An Opera), dir. Kevin Rios
ANIMATION SHORT
ねこ の ひ (CAT DAYS), dir. Jon Frickey
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Coronados (Crowned), dir. Josefina Alen & Abril Lucini
NARRATIVE SHORT
Allen Anders - Live at the Comedy Castle (circa 1987), dir. Laura Moss