XII. BROOKLYN INT'L FILM FESTIVAL June 5 - June 14 @ Brooklyn Heights Cinema 2009 WINNERS GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD BREAKING UPWARDS by DARYL WEIN   Best Feature Film BREAKING UPWARDS by DARYL WEIN   Best Documentary (AKA Diane Seligman Award) THE HILLSIDE CROWD by BERNI GOLDBLAT   Best Short Subject: THE CHAMBERMAID by ANN HOLMGREN   Best Animation PASSAGES by MARIE-JOSEE SAINT-PIERRE   Best Experimenta...

XII. BROOKLYN INT'L FILM FESTIVALJune 5 - June 14 @ Brooklyn Heights Cinema 2009 WINNERS GRAND CHAMELEON AWARDBREAKING UPWARDS by DARYL WEIN Best Feature Film BREAKING UPWARDS by DARYL WEIN Best Documentary (AKA Diane Seligman Award) THE HILLSIDE CROWD by BERNI GOLDBLAT Best Short Subject: THE CHAMBERMAID by ANN HOLMGREN Best AnimationPASSAGES by MARIE-JOSEE SAINT-PIERRE Best Experimental filmSOARING, ROARING, DIVING by MIRIAM HARRIS & JULIET PALMER SPIRIT AWARDS Short Subject THE DI...

GRAND CHAMELEON AWARDFIX directed by TAO RUSPOLIBEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FIX directed by TAO RUSPOLIBEST DOCUMENTARY - Diane Seligman Award CARNY directed by ALISON MURRAYBEST NARRATIVE SHORT ON THE LINE directed by RETO CAFFIBEST EXPERIMENTAL FLYING LESSON directed by R. CHAMECKI, P. HARDER, A. LERNERBEST ANIMATION 24 FRAMES directed by BRAD PATTULLOSPIRIT AWARDSFeature APOLLO 54 directed by GIORDANO GIULIVIDocumentary ABC COLOMBIA directed by ENRICA COLUSSOShort THE LINE directed by KENT BASSETT...

2007 edition winnersGrand Chameleon AwardARRANGED Best Narrative Feature ARRANGED Best Documentary - Diane Seligman Award CHILDREN OF THE WAR Best Narrative Short SMALL AVALANCHES Best Experimental RAYMOND Best Animation DOG DAYS Spirit Awards - films in which the festival recognizes its own spiritNarrative Feature SALTY AIR Documentary THE EDGE OF HOPE Narrative Short CONTACT Experimental STARTLE PATTERN Animation I MET THE WALRUS Best new directorFELICITAS KORN for AM...

Friday, June 1-------On its tenth anniversary, the Brooklyn International Film Festival (BIFF) is reinventing itself. The Festival has launched a thematic challenge entitled IDENTITY, which is in part a self-search to find its unique identity in a sea of New York film events, and to assist its audiences in redefining what it means to be Brooklynites, now that the outer borough is going through a cultural renaissance and is one of New York's "cool" destinations.The Festival, runnin...

9th BROOKLYN INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (BiFF)2006 edition winnersGrand Chameleon AwardBLOOD: DEATH DOES NOT EXISTBest FeatureBLOOD: DEATH DOES NOT EXISTBest Documentary / Diane Seligman AwardRADIOPHOBIABest ShortOUSMANEBest ExperimentalCAROUSEL RITEBest Animation (ex-equo)JOURNEY TO MARSCRAB REVOLUTIONBrooklyn Excellence AwardDOUGLAS STEINER, Chairman of Steiner Studios Spirit Awards:films in which the festival recognizes its own spiritFeature: AHLAAMDocumentary: BEFORE FLYING BACK TO THE EARTHShort:...