Winners for Workers Unite Film Festival 2024!
/We are proud to announce the winners for #WUFF13.
For our 13th season, we maintained a hybrid festival, with in-person screenings and talkbacks at Cinema Village October 18th to October 24th followed by a virtual festival on our Eventive streaming page Oct 25-30th. We also saw the return of Poetry Night and our Activist Filmmaker Bootcamp, partnering with The Lost & Found Bar and NYU KJCC, respectively. Additional venues/partners included Empire State University's Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies and the Penn South Mutual Redevelopment Houses for additional in-person screenings through November 12th. Plus one encore screening at Cinema Village due to popular demand.
Special Jury Award (Feature)
Fire Department, Inc. - Directed by Colin C. Hughes
Special Jury Award (Short)
The Presidents' Tailor: From Auschwitz to the White House - Directed by Rick Minnich
Best Documentary Feature
Gumbo Coalition - Directed by Barbara Kopple
Honorable Mention • Documentary Feature
Limits of Europe - Directed by Apolena Rychliková
Audience Favorite (Feature)
No Somos Máquinas (We Are Not Machines) - Directed by Mark Nistico
Audience Favorite (Short)
The Cooperators - Directed by Ruth Sergel
Audience Favorite (Virtual Fest Balloting)
The History Of Work - Directed by Wendy Russ
Best Narrative
Artificial - Directed by Jeffrey Carrillo Proano
Honorable Mention • Narrative
The Fuse - Directed by Kevin Haefelin
Best Documentary Short
Out Of Office - Directed by Will Roberts
Honorable Mention • Documentary Short
Adidas Owns the Reality - Directed by Keil Orion Troisi and Igor Vamos
Best Film from the Frontlines
Stories From the Heart of Public Education: Nicole - Directed by Thien Dinh
Honorable Mention • Films from the Frontlines
Building A Life - Directed by Claire Guyer
Best Screenplay
Two Kinds of People - Written by Thomas Pace
Honorable Mention • Screenplay
Ludlow - Written by Jake Caddeau and Matt Silverman
Trailers Below:
Read summaries on the Films and Directors list.