Grand Chameleon Award, Brooklyn Film Festival

2019 WINNERS

Winners of the 2019 edition will be listed here on June 9 or 10, stay tuned!

2018 WINNERS

Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the Brooklyn Film Festival awards the winners with products, services, and cash.

PRIZES SPONSORED BY: Abelcine, Xeno Lights, NYC Camera Company, Be Electric, Cinecall Soundtracks, MPE, Media Services, Noble Jewelry, Sobrevista Resort, Bluetablepost, Bric, Brooklyn Film Society.

GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD

BREACH by LORENZO MONTI

Best Narrative Feature

NOSOTROS by FELIPE VARA DE REY

Best Documentary Feature

AFGHAN CYCLES by SARAH MENZIES

Best Short Documentary

GIVE by DAVID DE ROZAS

Best Narrative Short

COUNTERFEIT KUNKOO by REEMA SENGUPTA

Best Animation

LA MORT, PERE & FILS by VINCENT PARONNAUD

Best Experimental

BREACH by LORENZO MONTI

Best New Director

BROTHERS by BRAM SCHOUW

Best Brooklyn Project

ONE BEDROOM by DARIEN SILLS-EVANS

Spirit Awards

Feature Narrative

ICE CREAM by SABA RIAZI

Feature Documentary

STREET FIGHTING MEN by ANDREW JAMES

Short Documentary

CRISANTO STREET by PALOMA MARTINEZ

Short Narrative

BONOBO by ZOEL AESCHBACHER

Experimental

GENESIS by ABTIN MOZAFARI

Animation

LES ANIMAUX DOMESTIQUES by JEAN LECOINTRE

Audience Awards

Feature Narrative

GENESIS by NOOR FAY GHARZEDDINE

Feature Documentary

MY NAME IS PEDRO by LILLIAN LASALLE

Short Documentary

DAVID’S VOICE by GRAHAM HILL

Short Narrative

CASUALTIES by HOLLY VOGES

Experimental

DUPPY by JUSTIN MORRIS

Animation

HI-FIVE THE CACTUS by CHRISTOPHER THOMAS

Certificates of Outstanding Achievement

Producer

MICHAEL ANGELO ZERVOS & LUKE SHIROCK for TOMMY BATTLES THE SILVER SEA DRAGON

Screenplay

MARINA MICHELSON for BIOPHILIA

Cinematography

VLADIMIR EGOROV for FAITH

Editing

ROMANY MALCO JR for PRISON LOGIC

Style

WENDY MALCOLM for BIRDS WITHOUT FEATHERS

Original Score

SIMON TAUFIQUE for ARE YOU GLAD I’M HERE

Actor Female

LAURA ESTERMAN for CAN HITLER HAPPEN HERE?

Actor Male

ROMANY MALCO for PRISON LOGIC

2018 JUDGES

FEATURE NARRATIVE

Karl Jacobs, Filmmaker, producer, programmer (local)
Sloan Copeland, BFF Filmmaker Alumni
Laurie Weltz, Filmmaker / Film Fatales
Sarah Pirozek, Filmmaker / Film Fatales
Karl Bardosh, NYU Professor

SHORT NARRATIVE

Amy Howard, Director / Producer
Nina Fry, Actress
Sorrel Brae, BFF Filmmaker Alumni
Sandra Mitrovic, BFF Filmmaker Alumni

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Sam Adams, Slate Senior Editor
Nathan Kensinger, BFF Alumni Documentary Programmer
Nicholas Camacho, Director of Marketing Oscilloscope Laboratories
Dara Bratt, Filmmaker
Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Filmmaker
Eliza Licht, VP, Content Strategy and Engagement at American Documentary | POV

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Chloe Gbai, Filmmaker / Producer / POV
Steven Mosely, Senior Writer Producer at HBO
Dara Messinger, Director of Public Programs – DCTVNY
Hannah Jayanti, Filmmaker

ANIMATION/EXPERIMENTAL

Christain Calabro, Artist / Designer
Trilby Schreiber, SVA Animation Professor
Catya Plate, Animator
Fatrin Krajka, Experimental Filmmaker

Grand Chameleon Award, Brooklyn Film Festival

2017 WINNERS

Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the Brooklyn Film Festival awards the winners with a total of $60,000 in prizes (products, services, and cash).

PRIZES SPONSORED BY: NYC Camera Company, Abelcine, Xeno Lights, Media Services, G-Star, Cinecall Soundtracks, Windmill Studios NYC, Noble Jewelry, Brooklyn Film Society

GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD

LUPE UNDER THE SUN by RODRIGO REYES

Best Narrative Feature

LUPE UNDER THE SUN by RODRIGO REYES

Best Documentary Feature

A CAMBODIAN SPRING by CHRIS KELLY

AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN by KHUSHBOO RANKA & VINAY SHUKLA

Best Short Documentary

THE FOURTH KINGDOM by ALEX LORA & ADAN ALIAGA

Best Narrative Short

WATU WOTE: All of Us by KATJA BENRATH

Best Animation