The Micheaux Film Festival concluded its week-long run on Sunday with a ceremony honoring iconic actor and filmmaker Robert Townsend with the Oscar Micheaux Trailblazer of Excellence Award.
Actors that attended the event included Amin Joseph, Slink Johnson, Brely Evans, Reagan Gomez-Preston and Skye Townsend. The festival also included workshops and conversations featuring Jill Marie Jones, Maahra Hill, Bridgid Coulter Cheadle, Steve Pink, Deborah Riley Draper, Whitney Valcin, Christian Bustamante, Jamie Castro and Renita Gale.
This year’s hybrid festival had in-person programming at the TCL Chinese Theatre. The fest gave honors in 40 over categories that include film, shorts, digital series, music and social influence.
This year’s event sponsors included the Oprah Winfrey Network, SONY Pictures Entertainment, Panavision and IMDbPro. Panavision also contributed $75,000 in grant funds to award winners of the festival.
Check out the full list of winners below:
Outstanding Music Video
Black Leather
Outstanding Student Project
Furthest From
Outstanding Action/Suspense
Rules to Rule
Outstanding Horror/Thriller
10 Years in 40 Seconds
Outstanding Sci-Fi
Navel Gazers
Outstanding Short Documentary
Free to Be
Outstanding Feature Documentary
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Outstanding Special Programming
Black Girl, Bleu
Outstanding Editing
I Love You, I’m Sorry
Outstanding Performance Piece
Hues & Hidden Kings
Outstanding Music
Harana (Serenade)
Outstanding VFX
Dark Lights
Outstanding Cinematography
Distance
Outstanding Podcast, Digital Talk, or Vlog
All Things Undone – podcast
Savage Chat Series – digital talk
Externo – Vlog
Outstanding Dramatic Short
Circuit
Outstanding Comedic Short
$tack$
Outstanding Animated Short
Kapaemahu
Outstanding Dramatic Actress (short form)
Frencheska Farr as “Maya” – Harana
Outstanding Comedic Actress (short form)
Bria Henderson as “Mia” – Prepared
Outstanding Dramatic Actor (short form)
Telvin Griffin as “David Carter” – A Blue Shroud
Outstanding Comedic Actor (short form)
Sandro Iocolano as “Guido Gaguzzi” – How to Do Sh!t with Guido Gagootz
Outstanding Actor (Feature)
Kim Estes as “Detective Travis” – Loyalty
Outstanding Actress (Feature)
Denise Yolèn as “Monika” – Sundays in July
Outstanding Dramatic Writing
The Ice Cream Stop
Outstanding Comedic Writing
December 21st
Outstanding Writing (Feature)
Asking For It
Outstanding Directing Comedic Short Form
How to Do Sh!t with Guido Gagootz
Outstanding Directing Dramatic Short Form
The Fixer
Outstanding Directing (Feature)
Red Pill
Outstanding Dramatic Digital Series
Incompleteness
Outstanding Comedic Digital Series
The Gaze
Outstanding Unscripted Digital Series
Content is King
Outstanding International Short
Ashmina
Outstanding Panavision Short
Piece
Outstanding Panavision Feature Film
Sunday’s in July
Oscar Micheaux Trailblazer of Excellence Award
Robert Townsend
Cesar Chavez Civic Impact Award
Kevin Welbeck
Michael Ajakwe Pioneer of Influence Award
Gregori J. Martin
Learn more about the fest at www.micheauxfilmfest.com
