WINNERS OF THE OCTOBER-NOVEMBER BIMONTHLY COMPETITION

Official selections for the 2021 Dumbo Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE

Duration: 02:07:50
Director: LEE Hwan
Producer: LEE Hwan
Cast: AHN Hee-yeon, LEE Yu-mi, LEE Hwan, SHIN Haet-bit

YOUNG ADULT MATTERS

A drama about the wanderings of teenagers and the process of getting to know the world.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Duration: 01:34:00
Director: John Carluccio
Producer: John Carluccio, Tracy E. Hopkins, Debbie Allen, Charles Randolph-Wright, Ron Gillyard
Writer: Tracy E. Hopkins
Cast: Maurice Hines, Gregory Hines, Chita Rivera, Debbie Allen, Mercedes Ellington

MAURICE HINES: BRING THEM BACK

An intimate portrait of an outspoken showman who with humor and grace has navigated the highs and lows of a seven-decade career, and a complex relationship with his superstar brother.

BEST SHORT NARRATIVE

Duration: 00:29:57
Director: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
Producer: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, Kamonlak Jirahitapat, Chonlasit Upanigkit
Cast: Atikhun Adulpocatorn, Sarut Komalittipong

RED ANINSRI

A ladyboy prostitute-cum-secret-agent is assigned a mission to spy on a student activist. A queer espionage film made in the tradition of a dubbed Thai film from the Cold War era.

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Duration: 00:14:00
Directors: Jamie Meltzer and Chris Filippone

HUNTSVILLE STATION

Every weekday, inmates are released from Huntsville State Penitentiary, taking in their first moments of freedom with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block.

BEST EXPERIMENTAL

Duration: 00:05:35
Director: Viktor Witkowski

THE TWINS (RISE & FALL)

The split screen throughout the video tells a story of the various kinds of labor that surround the rise and fall of the Twin Towers: first the construction of the towers and then the clean-up following the terror attacks.

BEST ANIMATION

Duration: 00:16:47
Director: Anne-Sophie Girault and Clémence Bouchereau

CHLOÉ VAN HERZEELE

Chloé, an old lady, organizes screenings in an underground space. She shows a journalist her galleries where her collection of silver films is stored. Through the descent, we dive with her in her altered world.