Brooklyn Film Festival is undergoing a change in leadership with the departure of its founder and Executive Director, Marco Ursino and the Director of Development, Susan Mackell as of September 17, 2025.
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Brooklyn Film Festival Founder Marco Ursino Steps Down
Marco Ursino at Brooklyn Film Festival (Lou Aguilar)
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28th Brooklyn Film Festival Winners – Kenny Riches’ Mouse Wins Grand Chameleon and Best Narrative Feature
Mouse by Kenny Riches (Dualist) Mouse by Kenny Riches has won the top prize – the Grand Chameleon along with the Best Narrative Feature award at the Brooklyn Film Festival’s 28th edition, “Pause,” which wrapped up on Sunday, June 8th. In Mouse, a petty thief living with his mother, signs up for a penpal service in hopes of finding a friend, or maybe more. Unfortunately, his penpal has other plans.
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World Premiere of ‘This Will Never Work’ to Open 28th Brooklyn Film Festival Lineup
This Will Never Work by Marina Tempelsman, Niccolo Aeed (courtesy Brooklyn Film Festival) The 28th edition of Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), themed Pause, unveiled the film lineup of 145 features and shorts from 34 countries. The full lineup includes 15 narrative features and 10 documentary features, highlighted below. The festival runs May 30th through June 8th, 2025.
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28th Brooklyn Film Festival Titled ‘Pause’ to Run May 30-June 8
Brooklyn Film Festival (credit Lou Aguilar / Flickr) Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) announced its 28th edition titled Pause taking place from May 30-June 8, in-person at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint. Additional screenings will be held on June 2 through June 5 at the Wythe Hotel Cinema in Williamsburg. BFF will also run online via the festival’s website from May 31-June 8 (24/7).
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Chloé Leriche’s ‘Atikamekw Suns’ Wins Grand Chameleon Award at 27th Brooklyn Film Festival
Atikamekw Suns Atikamekw Suns by Chloé Leriche won the coveted Grand Chameleon and the Best Narrative Feature awards at the 27th edition of the Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) which wrapped up on Sunday, June 9th. Impossible Town by Meg Griffiths and Scott Faris took home the award for Best Documentary Feature.
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27th Brooklyn Film Festival Announces Line Up, Opens with Chloé Leriche’s ‘Atikamekw Suns’
Atikamekw Suns Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) announced the film lineup of 12 narrative features and 10 documentary features, for its 27th edition, Immersion. The 2024 edition will also present 40 narrative shorts, 24 documentary shorts, 28 animations, and 24 experimental films. Furthermore, 20 films will be shown, online only, as part of kidsfilmfest, now in its 20th year.
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27th Brooklyn Film Festival Themed ‘Immersion’ Announces 2024 Dates
Brooklyn Film Festival (credit Lou Aguilar / Flickr) Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) returns for its 27th edition: Immersion, from May 31-June 9, in-person at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint with additional screenings being held on June 3-June 6, at the Wythe Hotel Cinema in Williamsburg.
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Ciela, Coyote and Sweetheart Deal Take Top Prizes at 26th Brooklyn Film Festival
Ciela directed by Mauricio Sierra Ciela directed by Mauricio Sierra won the coveted Grand Chameleon and the Best Narrative Short awards at Brooklyn Film Festival’s 26th edition, “Human Times,” which wrapped on Sunday, June 11th. The film is described as an impressionistic fable, seen through the eyes of a young misfit named Ciela, who forms a secret friendship with an octopus. As her fantasy world collides with reality, Ciela sets off a chain of events that disrupt her sleepy fishing village.
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David Sabshon’s Copyright Infringement Documentary Featuring Artist CJ Hendry Premieres at Brooklyn Film Festival
Copyright Infringement directed by David Sabshon (screenshot) Brooklyn based director David Sabshon explores the law of copyright infringement, social media’s effect on the art world, and the value systems of the contemporary art market in his new documentary Copyright Infringement premiering as an Official Section of 2023 Brooklyn Film Festival on Friday, June 9
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Joshua Burge Stars as a Troubled Insomniac in NY in Alex Andre’s PRATFALL Premiering at Brooklyn Film Festival
Chloé Groussard and Joshua Burge in Pratfall (Credit – Alex Andre) Joshua Burge (“Buzzard,” “Relaxer,” “The Revenant”) plays Eli, a troubled insomniac who encounters Joelle (Chloé Groussard), an enigmatic French tourist in Central Park. The two set off on a sleepless New York adventure as the city casts a shadow over them in the new independent film Pratfall.
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Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 Themed ‘Human Times’ Reveals Lineup, Opens with Premiere of ‘Forgive Me Father’
Forgive Me Father directed by James Biberi (screenshot) Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) announced the film lineup for its 26th edition, themed Human Times. The 2023 edition will show in competition 155 features and shorts from over 30 countries. 10 films will also play as part of one of the most successful BFF programs, now in its 19th year, kidsfilmfest.
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POUR L’AMOUR and FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER Win Top Prizes at 25th Brooklyn Film Festival
Pour L’Amour and From the Hood to the Holler win at 25th Brooklyn Film Festival Pour L’Amour picked up the coveted Grand Chameleon and the Best Narrative Feature awards, and From the Hood to the Holler took home the award for Best Documentary Feature at the 25th Brooklyn Film Festival “Unthinkable Edition” which ended on Sunday, June 12th.