27th Brooklyn Film Festival “Immersion” Announces Award Winners

Atikamekw Suns by Chloé Leriche wins Grand Chameleon Award


Brooklyn, NY (June 11, 2024) – The 27th edition of the Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), which was staged both in person at Windmill Studios, the Wythe Hotel Theater, and online, wrapped up Sunday, June 9th, and has announced the award winners. ATIKAMEKW SUNS by Chloé Leriche picked up the coveted Grand Chameleon and the Best Narrative Feature awards, while IMPOSSIBLE TOWN by Meg Griffiths and Scott Faris took home the award for Best Documentary Feature. A full list of award winners is below.

Three groups determined the winners: 1) The external panel of judges; 2) The festival Board of Directors; and 3) the Audience. Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, selected filmmakers are awarded prizes 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 pages on our website.

Marco Ursino, BFF Director, said this, “All of the films selected to screen at this year’s BFF are winners. We had 3,351 films, a festival record, from 103 countries for our 27th edition. I think that being part of the 158 films selected (including KidsFilmFest program) to be presented at the festival, it’s already a big win. We are thrilled to once again show our audiences what the world of filmmaking has to offer. Thank you to all of the filmmakers for sharing their immersive films with us.”

Prizes sponsored by: Brooklyn Film Society, Jack Studios, Be Electric, Blue Table Post, Cinelease, Phygital FX, MPE, Media Services, AbelCine, Lentini Communications, Wythe Hotel, and Bar Blondeau.

And the awards go to:


Grand Chameleon Award
ATIKAMEKW SUNS by CHLOÉ LERICHE




Best Narrative Feature
ATIKAMEKW SUNS by CHLOÉ LERICHE




Best Documentary
IMPOSSIBLE TOWN by MEG GRIFFITHS and SCOTT FARIS




Best Short Documentary
SHOTPLAYER by SAM SHAINBERG




Best Narrative Short
BLOOD LIKE WATER by DIMA HAMDAN




Best Animation
TOMORROW by ARYASB FEIZ




Best Experimental
REANIMATIONS by BENJAMIN BERTRAM GOLDMAN




Best New Director
DISTANCIA by T.S. MEEKS




Best Brooklyn Project
BEN AND SUZANNE, A REUNION IN 4 PARTS by SHAUN SENEVIRATNE





Spirit Awards
Feature Narrative: UNDER MY SKIN by PASCAL TESSAUD
Feature Documentary: ALL WE CARRY by CADY VOGE
Short Documentary: MY QUEERCEAÑERA by MARCOS NIEVES
Short Narrative: DECISION by NEGAR EBNALI
Experimental: THE TIGHTROPE WALKER WITH HIS DAUGHTER ON HIS SHOULDERS CROSSING THE DANUBE CANAL AT A HEIGHT OF 40 METRES by VICTORIA HALPER
Animation: JUS D’ORANGE by ALEXANDRE ATHANÉ





Audience Awards
Feature Narrative: THE TEACHER by FARAH NABULSI
Feature Documentary: SMALL TOWN UNIVERSE by KATIE DELLAMAGGIORE
Short Documentary: DAYS OF HATE by OLIVER SHAHERY
Short Narrative: BLOQUÉ by MIGUEL ORTIZ
Experimental: LIVING REALITY by PHILIP THOMPSON
Animation: MIRA by EVA LOUISE HALL
KidsFilmFest: LOW DOWN LARRY VERSUS THE GIANT REPTILE by SAMMY VERNI





Certificates of Outstanding Achievement
Producer: WILLIAM ANDREW WEN, ZOE XUE & LULU LU for GARDEN IN THE SKY
Screenplay: KATHY MENG & HARRY BACON for WILLOW AND WU
Cinematography: PETRUS CARIRY for HEAVIER IS THE SKY
Editing: CHIARA MAROTTA for Z.O. (EASTERN ZONE)
Style: LIANNE SONIA WALDEN for DÉRIVE
Original Score: DAN DEACON for A BODY CALLED LIFE
Actor Female: MITZI AKAHA for CHAPERONE
Actor Male: NAIM BAKHTIAR for DOM JUAN





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, visit here. For more info about KidsFilmFest, visit here or contact Lisa King at lisa@wbff.org. For BFF press inquiries and interview requests with Executive Director Marco Ursino and Festival Programmers, contact: Lisa King, BFF PR Manager, at 646-234-5080 or lisa@wbff.org. BFF Social Media Links are here.