Queens World Film Festival 2019 Award Winners (released 4/9/2019) By Douglas Lorah The 9th annual Queens World Film Festival ran March 21-31 at locations including the Museum of the Moving Image and Kaufman Astoria Studios.  Award winners were announced at a presentation on Sunday, March 31 at MoMI.  Congratulations to all the winners listed below. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Sammy Sayed - Deeply Absurd lucidity BEST ANIMATION My Moon BEST EXPERIMENTAL The Widow BEST LGBTQ SHORT Marguerite BEST SHORT SHORT Welcome to the Ball EMERGING FILMMAKERS Jingjing Tian: Cowboy Joe Adonis Williams: Civic Mind Catalina Jordan Alvarez: Mune HUMANITARIAN AWARD Ginger FEMALE ACTOR SHORT Paola Bontempi - Mask of Sanity FEMALE ACTOR FEATURE Kim So Min - The gift of love MALE ACTOR SHORT Jesse James Keitel - Like glass MALE ACTOR FEATURE Joe Martyn Ricke - Palace ENSEMBLE NARRATIVE SHORT Like Glass ENSEMBLE NARRATIVE FEATURE Rag Doll LOIS WEBER PIONEER AWARD Christina Raia BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY SHORT (A TIE) Angels Guard Thee Seventy BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE Bad Bad Winter BEST FAMILY FRIENDLY Miikshi the Meek Sheep in the Cosmic Potato SPECIAL JURY AWARD: FOSTERING AND PRESERVING ORAL HISTORY The Little Fish and The Crockadile BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY DOC SHORT The Swimmer BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY DOC FEATURE Harvest Season BEST SCREENPLAY NARRATIVE SHORT The Apologizers BEST SCREENPLAY NARRATIVE FEATURE Rag Doll INKTIP MEMBERSHIPS Adonis Williams and Galia Barkol BEST DIRECTOR DOC SHORT For a better life BEST DIRECTOR DOC FEATURE Quiet Storm BEST DOC SHORT Born in Gambia BEST DOC FEATURE The Sweetest Land SPECIAL JURY AWARD: WORLD SOCIAL JUSTICE Abby Ginsberg And Ken Schnieder Then They Came For Us SPECIAL JURY AWARD BEST FIRST FEATURE Pamela SPECIAL JURY AWARD BROOKLYN FIREPROOF STAGES PRODUCTION PACKAGE Jean Goto and Adam Lim BEST DIRECTOR NARRATIVE SHORT Heimlich BEST DIRECTOR NARRATIVE FEATURE Rag Doll BEST COMEDY SHORT Best Wishes BEST COMEDY FEATURE Poor Greg Drowning BEST NARRATIVE SHORT Tsar Bomba BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE Bad Bad Winter FOUNDER’S CHOICE Dot - Marie Jones Print this article

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