And The Prize Goes To.... Brooklyn Film Festival Winners Announced

And The Winner Of The 'Grand Chameleon Award' Is...

After ten days of screenings, the 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival has just concluded and the winners have been announced. Suki Hawley's and Michael Galinski's documentary "Battle For Brooklyn" took the Grand Chameleon Prize, and "W. Zappatore" by Massimiliano Verdesca won for best documentary.

Nathan Kensinger, the festival's director of programing, writes: "It's a wrap! After selecting 101 films from over 2,400 submissions, presenting 10 days of screenings with filmmakers from 26 countries, and awarding over $50,000 in prizes to 24 award winning films... the 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival has now concluded! Thanks to all the filmmakers and attendees for making this a great festival."

Here is the complete list of 2011 winners.

GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN by Suki Hawley & Michael Galinsky

Best Narrative Feature

W. ZAPPATORE by Massimiliano Verdesca

Best Documentary

BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN by Suki Hawley & Michael Galinsky

Best Narrative Short

RITA by Antonio Piazza & Fabio Grassadonia

Best Animation

A MORNING STROLL by Grant Orchard

Best Experimental

DAME FACTORY by Melanie Abramov

Best New Director

SLAVA ROSS for Siberia Monamour

Spirit Awards
Feature Narrative Documentary Short Narrative Experimental Animation	AMY GEORGE by Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas SCRAPPER by Stephan Wassmann GOWANUS 83 by Michael Wood TO BE IN ME by Marina Mello AMAR by Isabel Herguera

Audience Awards
Feature Narrative Documentary Short Narrative Experimental Animation	DAVID by Joel Fendelman BED STUY DO OR DIE by Daniel Bishop TEARDROP by Damian John Harper POSE by Ivaylo Getov FALLING UP by Djuna Wahlrab

Certificates of Outstanding Achievement
Screenplay Producer Cinematography Editing Original Score Actor Female Actor Male	ANNA KERRIGAN for Five Days Gone S. SCHAEFER, D. CRESPO, C. SILBER for My Last Day Without You MAGELA CROSIGNANI for Mary Marie TAKASHI DOSCHER for Snow on tha Bluff FALL ON YOUR SWORD for Aardvark MARIELENA LOGSDON for Babyland & SANDRA MILO for W. Zappatore RASSELAS LAKEW for The Athlete

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Great Line-Up For The 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival

The 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival

June 3rd to June 12th, 2011

at IndieScreen & the Brooklyn Heights Cinema

Got a pen? Got your calendar? Great. Because you will want to mark down the just released screening dates of the upcoming 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival. The list of films is stellar. They were chosen from 2,400 submissions from 26 countries. The selected movies will be presented over 10 days in June both at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema and at IndieScreen in Williamsburg. So get your festival passes early here.

Here is a note from Nathan Kensinger, the director of programming for the festival:

We have some great Brooklyn stories in the festival this year, including these documentaries:

Battle For Brooklyn - (USA Premiere) Our opening night film, 7 years in the making, follows Daniel Goldstein of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, as he fights against the Atlantic Yards development, trying to save his home.

http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=1112

Bed Stuy - Do or Die - (World Premiere) The Bed Stuy volunteer ambulance corp struggles to survive on the gritty streets of Brooklyn.

http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=1140

Skydancer (World Premiere) - Mohawk Indians help build NYC's skyscrapers, living in Brooklyn during the week and returning to their reservation on weekends.

http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=1182

Damn! (World Premiere) - A portrait of Brooklynite Jimmy McMillan of the Rent is 2 Damn High party!

http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=1135

The Best Thing I Ever Done (east coast premiere) - a portrait of Domenico DeMarco of Di Faras Pizza!

http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=1162

See you at the movies!!

Nathan

For the complete list of movies and screening times, click here

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More Than 2,200 Films From 111 Countries Submitted To The 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival

Proving that the popularity of the Brooklyn Film Festival is growing every year, the organizers have received over 2,200 film submissions, 120 of which will be presented in June both at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema and at IndieScreen in Williamsburg. Mark your calendars and make sure to get your festival passes early here.

BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL

ANNOUNCES 2011 Edition: Plot

Received over 2,200 films from 111 countries

The Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF- formerly known as Brooklyn International Film Festival) is proud to announce its 2011 annual festival themed Plot. The festival has received over 2,200 films from 111 countries. 1,200 are US productions. The competitive event will run from June 3rd through June 12th at indieScreen, a brand new venue in Williamsburg, and the Brooklyn Heights Cinemas. The festival will present 120 film

premieres and each film will be shown twice. The full festival lineup will be announced in May 2011.

Opening night film presentation will be staged on June 3rd at Brooklyn Heights Cinema (8pm). Party at The powerHouse Arena in Dumbo will follow (10pm-1am). From Saturday, June 4th through Sunday, June 12th, programming will run at both indieScreen and Brooklyn Heights Cinemas. Several networking events will run at various Brooklyn hot spots.

Festival executive director, Marco Ursino, said of the 2011 edition, “With Plot, the festival

intends to take a snapshot at the most controversial issues of our times while analyzing the

evolution of plotting both in real life and in story telling. The focus will be on the political and cultural behavior of individuals, groups, regions, and countries. The issues will range from corporate takeovers to wars, from abusive relationships to the role of government in modern society".

This year’s festival film trailer will be directed and produced by the winners of the 2010 festival (with the film The Minutemen): Corey Wascinski and Nicholas Weissman.

On June 4th, BFF will present the 7th annual kidsfilmfest. kidsfilmfest will also be staged at

various museums in Manhattan and Long Island.

The festival was established in 1998 as the first international competitive film festival

in New York. BFF’s primary goal is to connect filmmakers to distribution companies and expose them to the media. Many films that have premiered at BFF in past years went on to be released theatrically and/or are available at video stores near you.

BFF will award the winners with prizes totaling over $50,000 in film services, products, and cash.

For more info about the festival please visit www.brooklynfilmfestival.org.

For more info about kidsfilmfest, visit www.kidsfilmfest.org or contact Lisa King at 646-234-5080 or lisa@wbff.org.

For info about the main venue, check www.indieScreen.com.

To get tickets, click here.

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