Thank you to everyone who screened and participated in our 4th Annual New Faces New Voices Festival! It was an honor to select almost 40 Official Selections from the staggering amount of submissions received this year, and we appreciate everyone who submitted to the festival. Last week, we screened a grand total of 31 selections at The Alamo and 7 selections (three features and four shorts) through our online platform on XerbTV. This year, NFNV was home to 10 premieres and several directorial debuts. It was our pleasure to feature some of the finest independent selections from diverse, underrepresented, and overshadowed voices in filmmaking. We are grateful to all our filmmakers and participants for your continued support of the Katra Film Series and independent cinema!
Special HUGE thanks to all of our amazing sponsors and supporters Digital Ocean, Canon, JMR Rentals, NYC’s Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, Freelancers Union, Media Makers, UKW Media, Urbn-TV, Final Draft, Screenblade, BKLYN Commons, NYWIFT, International Screenwriters Association, Meditative Writing, Brooklyn Brewery, GPop TV, and more!
Below are this year’s winners for New Faces New Voices 2022:
Audience Choice Award: PG 13 – directed by Tiffani Holland
Best Narrative Feature: Night, Mother – directed by John Patrick Lowrie
Best Short Film: Sitting – directed by Jones
Best Short Documentary: Food In Your Belly – directed by Gabriella Medrano & Lukas Chin
Outstanding Female Filmmaker: 40ish… – directed by Traci Hayes
Best Animated Short: Macrocosm – directed by Clayton High
Best Feature Screenplay: Sugartime – written by Catherine Moore Ware
Best Short Screenplay: FOU – written by Gabrielle Barlatier
Best TV Pilot Screenplay: Unchained Melodee – written by Carl Burcham
Runner Up – Feature Screenplay: Voices – written by Susan Klos
Runner Up – Short Screenplay: Cake – written by Ashleigh Awusie
Runner Up – TV Pilot Screenplay: Somethin’ X-tra! – written by William C Swett
Check out ALL of the 2022 NFNV Official Selections below:
- ONLINE SELECTIONS
- TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH: BLOCK ONE
- TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH: BLOCK TWO
- WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH: BLOCK ONE
- WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH: BLOCK TWO
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