Harlem International Film Festival
| Location | Harlem, New York City, New York |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Festival date | September |
| Language | English |
| Website |
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The Harlem International Film Festival (Hi) is an annual five-day film festival in Harlem, New York.[1] The first festival took place in 2005.[2] Michael Franti's I Know I'm Not Alone was named Best International Documentary at the festival that year.[3] The short film Eme Nakia was selected to be screened at the 2006 festival.[4] Also that year, The Hip Hop Project produced by Queen Latifah and Bruce Willis was named Best Documentary Film.[5] Nigerian film Anchor Baby was named Best Film at the 2010 festival and won another award there as well.[6] Omoni Oboli was named Best Actress that year.[7] Najat Jellab's short film The Projectionist premiered at the 2013 festival.[8] The festival named Vanessa L. Williams Best Actress one year.[9] Short film In The Field, directed by Matthew Hope, was screened at the festival one year.[10]
Harlem International Film Festival 2014 award winners
| Award | Film | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Kamkam | |
| Best World Film | Depois da Chuva | |
| Best Documentary | The Cooler Bandits | |
| Best World Doc | Brown Bread | |
| Best Director | Tempo Girl | Dominik Locher |
| Best Documentary Director | You have his Eyes | Christopher Wilson |
| Mira Nair Award For Rising Female Filmmaker |
Redemption Trail | Britta Sjogren |
| Audience Award | Children of the Light | |
| Best Experimental Film | Duran / Circling | |
| Best Actor | Magkakabaung | Allen Dizon |
| 101 Chodyangal | Minon | |
| Best Actress | Love Me | Viktoria Spesyvtseva |
| Best Cinematography | Si-o-se Pol | Kristian Leschner |
| Best Short Documentary | The Game Changer | Indrani Kopal |
| Best Short Shorts | 18 Seconds | |
| Berxen Kulek | ||
| La Loteria | ||
| One Question | ||
| The Devil Goes Down | ||
| The Way You Love | ||
| Best Short | 0.60 MG | |
| Battle Of Island Mound | ||
| Fleecing Led Zeppelin | ||
| Into The Silent Sea | ||
| Kasita | ||
| La Donna | ||
| The Perfect Sacrifice | ||
| Best Animation | Le Gouffre | |
| Puggums | ||
| Best Youth Feature | Flying Paper | |
| Best Youth Short Documentary | A Teen's Guide to Understanding and Communicating with People with Autism | |
| Best Youth Short | Perfect Day | |
| Best Music Video | The Lion | |
| Harlem Spotlight (feature) | Know How | |
| Harlem Spotlight (documentary) | Changing Face of Harlem | |
| Winning Feature Script | The Blacktivist | |
| Winning Short Script | Brewster Commons |
Harlem International Film Festival 2013 award winners
| Award | Film | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Clutter | Diane Crespo |
| Best World Film | Tu Seras Un Homme (You’ll Be A Man) | Benoit Cohen |
| Best Documentary | Lessons of Hayti | Edward J. Harris II and Byron Hunter |
| Best World Doc | Post 9-11: Fear, Anger & Politics | Nadia Zouaoui |
| Best Director | Four of Hearts | Eric Haywood |
| Best Documentary Director | 16 Acres | Richard Hankin |
| Mira Nair Award For Rising Female Filmmaker |
Bittersweet Monday | Jaime Lee |
| Audience Award | Sex, Love & Salsa | Adrian Manzano |
| Best Experimental Film | Objects Attack! | Rona Mark |
| Best Actor | Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till | Mike Wiley |
| Best Actress | Nuwebe | Barbara Miguel |
| Best Cinematography | The Passage | Alexander Douglas |
| Best Short Documentary | Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution | Matthew Vandyke |
| Best Short | Daughter | Assia Lakhlif |
| Empty Paper Bag | Majid Sarvini | |
| Farewell Jimmy | Sanghyun Kim | |
| Kombra | Ali Kamanda | |
| Pillowcase | David Lombroso | |
| Sum-ba-kok-jil (Hide ‘n Seek) | Hanuk Lee | |
| Sweet, Sweet Country | Dehanza Rogers | |
| The Projectionist | Najat Jellab | |
| Best Animation | Daddy ABC | Hamad Alawar |
| Ed | Gabriel Garcia | |
| Best Youth Short | Remain Still | Armaan Uplekar |
| Best Music Video | Sufferin’ Till You’re Straight | David Scheve |
| Harlem Spotlight (feature) | Fight, Dance Sing | Kamal Robinson |
| Harlem Spotlight (short) | Happy New Year! | Judianny Compres |
| Winning Feature Script | The Rose That Grew From Concrete: The Story of Tupac Amaru Shakur |
Reginald Jackson |
| Winning Short Script | She Was Left Alone | Bela Wolf |
Harlem International Film Festival 2012 award winners
| Award | Film | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | True Bromance | Sebastian Doggart (UK, US) |
| Best World Film | A.L.F. | Jérôme Lescure (France) |
| Best Documentary | Herman’s House (Canada, US) | Angad Bhalla |
| Best World Documentary | Not My Life (Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Italy, Romania, Senegal, US) |
Robert Bilheimer |
| Best Director | The Talk Man (US) | Gene Gallerano |
| Best Documentary Director | Mas Man (Trinidad & Tobago, US) | Dalton Narine |
| Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker |
A Gran Plan (Singapore) | Sangeeta Nambiar |
| Audience Award | The Glamorous Lie (US) | |
| Best Actor | Hombre y Tierra (US) | Maurice Ripke directed by Christian Cisneros |
| Best Actress | A Gran Plan (Singapore) | Farida Jalal directed by Sangeeta Nambiar |
| Best Short Documentary | Check the Rhyme (US) | Tim Smoove |
| Top Seven Shorts (narrative) |
Amos (US) | Taylor Maxwell |
| I Can Smoke? (US) | Tony Ducret | |
| Playing Grown Up (Mexico) | Javier Solorzano Casarin | |
| Shoot the Moon | Alexander Gaeta (US) | |
| The Darkness is Close Behind (US) | Sheena Mccann | |
| The Hole (South Korea) | Joon Seong Ahn | |
| The Pilgrim & the Private Eye (US) | Joel Johnstone | |
| Best Short Shorts (12 Minutes And Under) |
And I on the Opposite Shore (US) | Mozell Miley-Bailey |
| Co Raz Zostalo Zapisane (Poland) | Martin Rath | |
| Raise My Hands (Ireland) | Frank Kelly | |
| The Future (Australia) | Venetia Taylor | |
| The World Outside (US) | Zachary Kerschberg | |
| Best Animation | The Hopper Alex Brüel Flagstad (Denmark) | Wolf Dog Tales Bernadine Santistevan (US) |
| Best Youth (Feature) Film | Brooklyn Bridges (Palestine, US) | Fran Tarr |
| Best Youth Short | Cross Court (US) | Rafael Cortina |
| Best Music Video | Soldier (US) | Cinque Northern |
| Harlem Spotlight | Stonefaced (US) | Vivian Ducat |
| Winning Feature Script | Eternal Spring Fist | Erik Bernard |
| Winning Short Script | The Tenth Door | Michael D. Lies |
| Screenplay Finalists | Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow | Harold Brown |
| Resilience | Lena Slachmuijlder | |
| You Dresses, Me Shoes | S. A. Green | |
| Screenplay Semi-finalists | Fall Out | Michael Gold |
| In 2 Me U | Kimberly Fernandez & Jeanette Villafane | |
| Kingpin | R. M. Chepesiuk | |
| Undivided | Trevor and Troy Parham |
References
- ↑ Michael J. Feeney (September 11, 2013). "Harlem International Film Festival to include films about hip hop and 9/11". Daily News. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Hi-story". Harlem International Film Festival. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Spearhead frontman to play prison show". NME. May 3, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Sparta's Short Film Trailer: 'Eme Nakia'". Ultimate Guitar Archive. September 5, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ↑ Gregg Goldstein (October 30, 2006). "ThinkFilm backs new 'Project'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ↑ Patrice Peck (August 19, 2013). "Lonzo Nzekwe Spotlights African Immigration in "Anchor Baby"". Black Entertainment Television. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ↑ Chris Ajaero (August 3, 2011). "The Stars of Nollywood". Modern Ghana. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ↑ "The Projectionist Gets US Premiere 9/15". Broadway World. September 6, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ↑ Marti Parham (November 20, 2006). "Vanessa Williams Proves that Having the Right Stuff has Paid Off". Jet: 63.
- ↑ "People news from Nice Shoes, Publicis Mojo and more". Creativity. April 11, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
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