FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

29th BFF WINNERS

On June 7, 2026, 29th Brooklyn Film Festival prizes were assigned during the Awards Ceremony at 100 Sutton Studios. 1001 Frames by Mehrnoush Alia won the Best Narrative Feature and picked up the Grand Chameleon Award. Celtic Utopia by Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén won the Best Documentary Feature. Rodrigo by Jacob Vaughan took home the award for Best Narrative Short. Click here to check the full list.

BFF Exchange 2026 - Pitch Competition Winners

During the Documentary Day (Wednesday, June 3), BFF Exchange panels discussed sports, law and contracts, music. Congratulations to the winner of the Short Doc Pitch competition, Neha Aziz, whose film Wagah now has a guaranteed screening slot in BFF 2027! The Narrative Day (Thursday, June 4) focused on narrative filmmaking with panels discussing casting, writing for the screen, and film funding along with the Narrative Pitch Competition. Congratulations to the winner of the Brooklyn Exchange Final Pitch Competition, The Fall by Kiana Rawji! Our student pitch winner was Would You Hold Me Just One Last Time by Myles Jackson. An honorable mention went to It Can't Be You by Nawal Mubin.

2026 BFF's Festival Trailer

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Press Releases and Media Coverage

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Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television

Brooklyn Film Festival is a proud Canadian Screen Awards Qualifying Festival.

BFF - Top 50 Best Film Festivals in the world

Did you know that there are at least ten thousand film festivals in the world? Final Cut Magazine includes Brooklyn Film Festival in the Top 50 Best Film Festivals in the world

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Archival Images on Display. Opening and Closing Nights. Filmmaker Parties from the 2010 festival onwards.