All the films in the Festival lineup were winners in our eyes, but here are the official award recipients…
Best Film
Wheels
Best World Film
Doing Money
Best Documentary
The Last American Colony: One Man’s Revolution
Best World Documentary
Eliades Ochoa: From Cuba to the World
Audience Award
Strive
Best Director
Mirko & Dario Bischofberger for Katrina’s Dream
Best Documentary Director
Cam Cowan for Madagasikara
Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker
Bridget Stokes for Boy Genius
Best Actress
Joi Starr for her performance in Strive
Best Actor
Sven Schelker for his performance in Goliath
Best Cinematography
No Way Out
New York Showcase Award
Decade of Fire
Best Short
83 Days
Best Short Short
The Highbridge
Best Short Documentary
The Man of the Trees
Harlem Spotlight (Feature)
When Harlem Saved a King
Uptown Award (Feature)
Seaman and 207
Uptown Award (Short)
Chevere con Salsa
Best Youth Short
We the Children
Best Animation
Substance
Best Experimental Film
Salt Water
Best Music Video
Ice Moon
Winning Webisode
Gray Ground
Best Virtual Reality
The Negro Building VR Experience
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Winning Feature Screenplay
Harlem Fever
Winning Short Script
Woke?
Feature Screenplay Finalists
Diversity
Ida
Ivy League
Marvel Rose
Robert Smalls
Short Screenplay Finalists
Fury of A Woman Scorned
Love – Love