The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival closed June 12th and the winners of awards were announced at Windmill Studios. Three groups picked this year's winners: 1) The external panels of judges, 2) the festival Board of Directors, and 3) the Audience.

"A wonderful journey with a group of people the festival trusts in full. A diverse and eccentric film program and a group of programmers who made the 2022 fest, Unthinkable Edition, a truly remarkable adventure that at the end was pretty much what it was setup to be. A quirky, but optimistic trajectory in the midst of one of the toughest human crises many of us had to experience for the very first time in our lifetime", said Marco Ursino, Brooklyn Film Festival Executive Director. "Thanks to indie filmmakers for helping us re-imagining a brand new world".

And the winners are:

POUR L'AMOUR by ANDRZEJ MANKOWSKI

POUR L'AMOUR by ANDRZEJ MANKOWSKI

FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER by PAT McGEE

KEYS TO THE CITY by IAN MOUBAYED

ACT OF GOD by SPENCER COOK and PARKER SMITH

MY YEAR OF DICKS by SARA GUNNARRSDÓTTIR

DREAM CHILD by LEAH BROWN

SIGNS OF LOVE by CLARENCE FULLER

LEON'S FANTASY CUT by JOSH CARAS and JON VALDE

Feature Narrative: WELCOME, VIOLETA! by FERNANDO FRAIHA

Feature Documentary: MERRY CHRISTMAS, YIWU by MLADEN KOVACEVIC

Short Documentary: NOAH by MONTY MARSH

Short Narrative: MOVER by JACKSON JARVIS

Experimental: BEEF by BRENDON KINGSBURY and SEAN WEBLEY

Animation: THE BROTHER MIKE TAPES by RODD PERRY and MIKE COHEN

Feature Narrative: LEON'S FANTASY CUT by JOSH CARAS and JON VALDE

Feature Documentary: DROWNING IN SILENCE by CHEZIK TSUNODA

Short Documentary: MY OWN COLORS by BRENDA ELIZABETH

Short Narrative: EL CARRITO by ZAHIDA PIRANI

Experimental: I'M AT HOME by PHILIP THOMPSON

Animation: BETWEEN LINES by SARAH BETH MORGAN

KidsFilmFest: IT'S ALRIGHT, DAD by Lynn Dow

Producer: ALONA METZER for LEARN TO SWIM

Screenplay: AMELIE BONNIN & DIMITRI LUCAS for BYE BYE

Cinematography: AKZHOL BEKBOLOTOV & MURAT ALIYEV for SHAMBALA

Editing: FAUSTINE CROS for RANDOM PATROL

Style: EM JOHNSON for BALLOON ANIMAL

Original Score: MICHAEL BACON for FREE RENTY: LANIER v. HARVARD

Actor Female: ZOË BLEU for SIGNS OF LOVE

Actor Male: EDDIE CRADDOCK for RAGGED HEART

The organizers of the Brooklyn Film Festival have been staging International, competitive film events since 1998. BFF's mission is to provide a public forum in Brooklyn in order to advance public interest in films and the independent production of films, to draw worldwide attention to Brooklyn as a center for cinema, to encourage the rights of all Brooklyn residents to access and experience the power of independent filmmaking, and to promote artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists without censure. BFF, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

For more info about the festival and the 2022 winners, please visit: www.brooklynfilmfestival.org