The night of June 16 was quite exciting!
[slideshow]The Lower East Side Film Festival announced their 2016 winners at its Closing Night Party. The winners were chosen by Oscar nominated actor Ethan Hawke, casting director and producer Cindy Tolan, Steve Farneth and Raul Castillo.
The festival included films from all categories including Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Short Film, The LESFF Neighborhood Award, Best of Fest-The L.E.S. Prix DβOr and more.
Some of the big winners of the night were Art of the Prank, written and directed by Andrea Marini who won the Best of Fest award and The Babymooners, written and directed by Shaina Feinberg and Chris Manley who won The LESFF Audience Award.
A full list of the Festivalβs winners can be seen below:
Β Best Feature Film -Americanaβ¨Written & Directed by Zachary Shedd
Best Live Action Short Film –Killerβ¨Written & Directed by Matt Kazman
Best Animated Short Filmβ¨-The Mega Plush: Episode I Written and Directed by Matt Burniston
Best Music Videoβ¨The Knocks βCollect My Loveββ¨Directed by Austin Petersβ¨Music by The Knocks, featuring Alex Newell
Best Documentary Short Filmβ¨Erosionβ¨Directed by Brandon Bloch, Tim Sessler and Brandon Bray
The LESFF Audience Awardβ¨The Babymoonersβ¨Written & Directed by Shaina Feinberg & Chris Manley
The Advocacy Award Presented by Here TV Videoβ¨Written & Directed by Randy Yang
The LESFF Neighborhood Awardβ¨Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dreamβ¨Written & Directed by Michael Levine
Best of Fest β The LESFF Prix DβOr -Art of the Prank Written & Directed by Andrea Marini
