Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the Brooklyn Film Festival will award the 2011 winners with a total of $50,000 in prizes, and film services.

PRIZES SPONSORED BY: PANAVISION NY, ABEL CINETECH, XENO LIGHTS, MEDIA SERVICES, AVID TECHNOLOGIES, FILM FRIENDS, MIK CRIBBEN STEADY-CAM, CINECALL SOUNDTRACKS

GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD
This Award is intended to reward the best film of the year
Eligibility: All the films in the competition are eligible for this award regardless of their length, category, or format
Jury: This award is assigned by the Board of Directors of the Festival and chosen among the winners of the Chameleon Statuette

BEST IN CATEGORY AWARD
Assigned to the best film in each category
Chameleon Statuette by Don Everhart II
Eligibility: Feature, Documentary, Short, Animation, and Experimental films in competition
Jury: Chameleon Statuettes are assigned by the panels of Judges.

BEST NEW DIRECTOR
Assigned to the best upcoming director
Eligibility: All filmmakers in competition are eligible
Jury: Assigned by the panels of Judges.

SPIRIT AWARD
Films in which the festival recognizes its own spirit
Spirit Awards are assigned in each category
Eligibility: All films in competition are eligible
Jury: Spirit Awards are assigned by the Board of Directors of the Festival.

CERTIFICATE OF EXELLENCE
Certificates are assigned for outstanding achievement in the following categories: Production, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, Acting (female), Acting (male).
Eligibility: All films in competition are eligible
Jury: Certificate Awards are assigned by the panels of Judges

AUDIENCE AWARD
Audience Awards are assigned in each category as follows: Feature, Documentary, Short Subject, Animation and Experimental.
Eligibility: All films in competition are eligible.
Jury: Festival Audience.

judges

Karl Bardosh - Professor, New York University, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television
David Chachere - Publisher, New York Independent Film & Video Monitor
John Columbus - Festival Director, Black Maria Film & Video Festival
Danielle DiGiacomo - Community Manager, IFP
Bilge Ebiri - Film Critic and Writer for New York Magazine
Michael Galinsky - Brooklyn Filmmaker and Partner in Rumur
Suki Hawley - Brooklyn Filmmaker and Partner in Rumur
Aaron Hughes - Brooklyn Animator
Rene Ifrah - Brooklyn-Based Actor
Amy Mascena - Visual Artist, GM & Film Booker, Brooklyn Heights Cinema
Joe Pacheco - Filmmaker & Director of the Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series
Trilby Schreiber - Professor of Computer Animation, SVA
Jay Arthur Sterrenberg - Filmmaker, Meerkat Media Collective
Ari Taub - Brooklyn Filmmaker
Leslie J. Taubman, PhD - Fulbright Scholar & Professor
John Woods - Brooklyn-Based Writer & Filmmaker
Naeif Yehya - Film Critic, Journalist and Writer, La Jornada, México

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