September 14-18, 2011
15th UrbanWorld Film Festival
New York, NY
Opening Night
15th UrbanWorld Film Festival
New York, NY
Opening Night
Mario Van Peebles
Bianca Laverne Jones
Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles
Davetta Sherwood
Daysha
Diane Paragas
Egypt Sherrod
Giancarlo Esposito
Hassan Johnson
Mike Jackson, Egypt Sherrod
Jas Anderson
John Boyega
Marlo Hampton
Marlo Hampton
Meeka Claxton, Speedy Claxton
Meeka Claxton
Mike Jackson, Egypt Sherrod
Nakee, John Boyega, Spike Lee, Julito McCullum
Nelson George
Nelson George, Chris Rock, Diane Paragas
Osas Ighodaro
Ms. Black USA
QMichaela Angela Davis, Diane Paragas, Nelson George
Qasim Basir
Shola Lynch, Michaela Angela Davis
Spike Lee
Stacy Spikes
Stephen Hill
The Paragas Family
The Horne Brothers
Tommi
Victoria Mahoney
Photos by Jerome Shaw / UrbanWorld
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Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Mario Van Peebles
50 Cent
Andrew Dosunmu, Victoria Mahoney
Andrew Dosunmu
Hassan Johnson
Ian Edelman, Victor Rasuk, xxx, Luis Guzman
Ian Edelman
Jerry Lamothe
Julito McCullum
Kel Mitchell
Khalil Kain
Luis Guzman
Lynn Whitfield
Mario Van Peebles, Lynn Whitfield, Stacy Spikes
Mario Van Peebles, Lynn Whitfield, Stacy Spikes
Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles, Warrington Hudlin
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Sonia Sanchez
Sonia Sanchez
Stacy Spikes, 50 Cent, Mario Van Peebles
Stacy Spikes, Steven Hill
Stacy Spikes
Stephen Hill (BET)
Stephen Hill, Stephen Hill (BET)
Sugar Hill Gang, Stephen Hill (BET)
Tami Roman
Toure
Victor Rasuk, Luis Guzman
Victor Rasuk
Victor Rasuk
Photos by Stephen Knight © 2011 UrbanWorld
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September 18, 2011
Closing Night
Allen West
"Life Love Soul"
Alrick Brown, Dorector
'"Kinyarwanda"
Byron Horne, Ryon Horne, Tyson Horne,
'The Start of Dreams"
Cassandra Freeman
"Kinyarwanda"
Darren Dean, Producer
"Kinyarwanda"
Dedra Tate, Allen West
"Life Love Soul"
Deidre Harris, Alrick Brown, Cassandra Freeman, Darren Dean
Egypt Sherrod, Amber Noble
Egypt Sherrod, Mike Jackson
Egypt Sherrod, Mike Jackson
Egypt, Mike Jackson
Egypt Sherrod
"Life Love Soul'
Egypt Sherrod
Jamil Walker Smith, Director
"Make a Movie Like Spike"
"Life Love Soul"
Nasser Metcalfe
Nelson George, Yolonda Ross
Noel Calloway, Director
"Life Love Soul"
Sonequa Martin, Victoria Mahoney, Zoe Kravitz, Yolonda Ross
"Yelling to the Sky"
Sonequa Martin
Victoria Mahoney, Director
"Yelling to the Sky"
Yolonda Ross
"Yelling to the Sky"
Zoe Kravitz
Zoe Kravitz
Zoe Kravitz, Victoria Mahoney-----------------------------
The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival winners are:
Best Narrative Feature
MAMITAS
Written and Directed by Nicholas Ozeki; Produced by Adam Renehan, Andrew Daniel Wells
Honorable Mention:
Make a Movie Like Spike (Written and Directed by Jamil Walker Smith)
Restless City (for Cinematography – Bradford Young; Directed by Andrew Dosunmu)
Best Narrative Short
WAKE
Written and Directed by Bree Newsome; Produced by Valerie Champagne, Bree Newsome
Honorable Mention:
Counterfeit (Written and Directed by Geoff Bailey)
The Man in the Glass Case (Written and Directed by Maxwell Addae)
Best Documentary Feature
ZERO PERCENT
Written and Directed by Tom Skousen; Produced by Robert Fernandez, Tom Skousen
Best Documentary Short
LOVE LOCKDOWN
Directed by Nadia Hallgren; Produced by Jamie-James Medina
Honorable Mention:
Common Ground (for cinematography – Eduard Jakaj, Stephen Dwight; Directed by Hollie Fifer)
Best Screenplay
AFTER THE STORM
Written by Cole Wiley
Honorable Mention:
Blackbird (Written by David Polk)
The Divide (Written by Rashmi Singh)
Best Teleplay
WHITEHALL
Written by Dawn M. Green and Aliza Pearl Kennerly
Audience Award
LIFE LOVE SOUL
Written and Directed by Noel Calloway; Produced by Allen J. West, Benny Pough, Dedra N. Tate
Honorable Mention:
Brooklyn Boheme (Directed by Diane Paragas and Nelson George)
The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival Jurors are:
Narrative Shorts Jurors
• Alyce Myatt – Director of Media Arts, NEA (National Endowment for the Arts)
• Tambay Obenson – Filmmaker, Film Critic and Creator, Shadow & Act
• Effie T. Brown – Producer (Rocket Science)
Narrative Features Jurors
• Lauren Craniotes – VP of Productions, Sony Pictures
• Barry Jenkins – Writer & Director (Medicine for Melancholy)
• Stephanie Allain – Producer (Hustle & Flow)
• Dori Begley – Head of Acquisitions, Magnolia Pictures
• Roger Bobb – President, Bobbcat Films (House Of Payne)
Documentary Shorts & Features Jurors
• Jeff Zimbalist – Writer & Director (Favela Rising)
• Jackie Glover – VP of Documentary Films, HBO
• Valerie Watts Meraz – VP of Content Acquisitions, Showtime Networks
Screenplays Jurors
• Moikgantsi Kgama – Founder, ImageNation
• Jae Kim – Senior Director of Original Programming, BET Networks
• Glendon Palmer – VP of Development, Our Stories Films
• Paul Hall – CEO/Founder, Paul Hall Productions (For Colored Girls)
• Ava DuVernay – Writer, Director, & Producer (I Will Follow)
Teleplay Jurors
• Jae Kim – Senior Director, Original Programming, BET Networks
• Tamara Gregory – Senior Director, Original Programming, BET Networks
• Rickey Austyn Biggers – Senior Director, Development, BET Networks
For more information on the Urbanworld Film Festival, visit www.urbanworld.org.
About Urbanworld
The Urbanworld® Film Festival is the largest internationally competitive festival of its kind. The five-day festival includes features, documentaries, short films, as well as panel discussions, live staged screenplay readings, and the 2nd Annual Urbanworld® Digital, a 1-day Conference during the festival focused on digital and social media. Over the last fourteen years, Hollywood studios and talent-driven independent films have consistently chosen Urbanworld® to premiere box office and award-winning hits. Urbanworld® has also become home to some of today's top brands who wish to reach key influencers and media & entertainment leaders across the multicultural landscape. The Urbanworld® Film Festival is an initiative of the Urbanworld® Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 by Stacy Spikes dedicated to redefining the multicultural roles in contemporary cinema, television, and online, by implementing programs and initiatives that support the development of the urban content creation community. Gabrielle Glore serves as Executive Producer of the Urbanworld Film Festival, as well as ancillary Urbanworld Foundation endeavors. For this year’s 2011 festival, BET Networks returns as the Presenting Sponsor. HBO continues support as the Founding Sponsor. E&J Brandy and MoviePass join as Principal Sponsors. Media Sponsors include Vibe, Uptown, BET.com, TheUrbanDaily, Hello Beautiful, Essence, Rolling Out, Carter Magazine KISS FM, and HOT 97. Benefactor Sponsors include AMC Theatres, Directors Guild of America - New York, and Warner Bros. Entertainment. The festival website is www.urbanworld.org.
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to 54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks - BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company with festivals and live events spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the extension of BET network programming for global distribution.
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Photos by Photos by Stephen Knight © 2011 UrbanWorld
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