CONGRATULATIONS to our 2023 festival winners!

Audience Favorite

WELCOMING THE EMBRACE

Best Documentary Feature

A STORY OF BONES

Honorable Mention - Best Documentary Feature

GAINING GROUND: THE FIGHT FOR BLACK LAND

Best Documentary Short

SAVI THE CAT

Honorable Mention - Best Documentary Short

TEAM DREAM

Best Narrative Feature

PATTERN

Honorable Mention - Best Narrative Feature

MICKEY HARDAWAY

Best Narrative Short

FIFTY-FOUR DAYS

Honorable Mention - Best Narrative Short

RO AND STARDUST

Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking

THE FIVE DEMANDS

Kay Bourne Emerging Filmmaker

Chaney Carlson-Bullock and Mikayla Litevich

(NXT-ERA - MORE THAN FOOTBALL)

Amy Hood Visionary Award

KAELA WALDSTEIN

(CARA ROMERO: FOLLOWING THE LIGHT)

Honorable Mention - Amy Hood Visionary Award

JOHN OLUWOLE ADEKOJE

(YE!)

Best Youth Film

BOSTON BOUND

Honorable Mention - Best Youth Film

TRAPPED SHADOWS

Special Jury Prizes

BLACK: NARRATIVES IN BOSTON BLACK QUEER AND TRANS HISTORY

KENYATTA: DO NOT WAIT YOUR TURN

MIWENE