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The Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) is proud to announce the winners for its annual festival, themed DECOY. The competitive event ran from June 1 through June 10 at indieScreen in Williamsburg and Brooklyn Heights Cinema.

Winners were chosen from 104 film premieres that were selected from over 2,000 submissions coming from 111 countries. This year, BFF featured more than 30 New York City based film directors with over a dozen projects shot in Brooklyn.

Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the Brooklyn Film Festival awarded the 2012 winners with a total of $57,000 in prizes and film services.

GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD
DEAR MANDELA by Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza

Best Narrative Feature
OLD DOG by Pema Tseden

Best Documentary
DEAR MANDELA by Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza

Best Narrative Short
CHEAP EXTERMINATION by Minka Farthing-kohl

Best Animation
THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD by Will Anderson

Best Experimental
MOVE by John Graham

Best New Director
BROOKLYN CASTLE by Katie Dellamaggiore

Spirit Awards
Feature Narrative 
GEORGE THE HEDGEHOG by W. Wawszczyk, J. Tarkowski, T. Lesniak 
Documentary 
[S] COMPARSE by Antonio Tibaldi 
Short Narrative 
PIGEON KICKER by Daniel Long 
Experimental 
PLACES OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LIVED by Laura Yilmaz 
Animation 
WE, THE MASSES by Eoghan Kidne 

Audience Awards
Feature  narrative 
CAT SCRATCH FEVER by Lisa Duva 
Documentary 
MY BROOKLYN by Kelly Anderson & GUT RENOVATION by Su Friedrich 
Short Narrative 
NANI by Justin Tipping 
Experimental 
SEA PAVILION by Marysia Makowska & Todd Somodevilla 
Animation 
OLD MAN by Leah Shore 

Certificates of Outstanding Achievement
Screenplay 
TINA GHARAVI for I AM NASRINE 
Producer 
CAITLYN COADY for PERCIVAL'S BIG NIGHT 
Cinematography 
PIOTR SOBOCINSKI for ROSE 
Editing 
LISA DUVA, KATHERINE NOLFI, BEN BROWN for CAT SCRATCH FEVER 
Original Score 
ROBERT AIKI AUBREY LOWE for LAST KIND WORDS 
Actor Female 
SARAH WHARTON for PERCIVAL'S BIG NIGHT 
Actor Male  
BRYAN KAPLAN for FRAY