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2007 Film Awards

Following is a list of this year's 3rd Annual Brownstone Award winning films. We congratulate the winners and applaud all the filmmakers who took part in this year's Festival. We look forward to more great work from all of them in the future.

Audience Feature Film Award
“Sarbane’s Oxley”
Directed by Ramcess Jean-Louis

Best Film
"On the Other Side"
Directed by Shanthikumar Chilumula

Best American Film
"August the First"
Directed by Lanre Olabisi

Best Director
Nasser Bakhti
for “Aux Frontieres de la Nuit (Night Shadows)”

Best Actor
Brandon T. Jackson - “Cuttin’ Da Mustard”

Best Actress
Kerisse Hutchinson – “August the First”

Best Documentary
“Original Intent”
Directed by Anthony Sherin

Best International Documentary
“I Love Hip Hop in Morocco” 
Directed by Joshua Asen & Jennifer Needleman

Best Mockumentary Feature
"Poet Heads"
Directed by Rawle D. Lewis

Best Mockumentary Short Film
"Faizon Love's The Tao of the Golden Mask"
Directed by Faizon Love

Audience Short Film Award
“Rhyme Animal”
Directed by Phil Roc

 

The Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker
Daphne Valerius, director/producer of"The Souls of Black Girls"

Best Shorts
“A Period Piece”
Directed by Camille Holder-Brown

“Abajee”
Directed by Maureen Bharoocha

“Demain la Veille (Waiting For Yesterday)”
Directed by Julien Lecat & Sylvain Pioutaz

“Eli’s Liquor Store”
Directed by Arnold Chun & Alonzo Jones

“Pop Foul”
Directed by Moon Molson

“Shadow Ball”
Directed by Ruben Grijalva

“Two Birds”
Directed by Juan Jose Rivera

“Weekend’s in Brooklyn”
Directed by David Canady

Emerging Young Filmmaker
“Escape From the Fire”
Directed by Joel Dunn
 
“New Harlem”
Directed by Tamara Davidson

Best Animation
“Agnieszka 2039”
Directed by Martin Gauvreau

“Fission”
Directed by Kun-I Chang




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