The 14th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by BET Networks, announced the winners of the narrative feature, documentary feature, narrative short, documentary short, screenplay, teleplay and audience award categories. The five-day festival, held Sept. 15-19 in New York City, concluded with an awards brunch, hosted by TV-radio personality FREE and Vibe editorial director Datwon Thomas, at Tribeca Grill Loft. The winners are as follows:
Best Narrative Feature
MOOZ-LUM
Written and directed by Qasim Basir; produced by Dana Offenbach and Samad Davis
Best Narrative Short
KATRINA'S SON
Written and directed by Ya'Ke; produced by Ya'Ke and Ralph Lopez
Best Documentary Feature
BOUNCING CATS
Written and directed by Nabil Elderkin, Isaac Hagy; produced by Nyla Hassell, George Mays, Claude Merkel and Charles Spano
Best Documentary Short
ONE OF THESE MORNINGS
Directed and produced by Valery Lyman
Best Screenplay
GRACEY
Written by Julian Breece
Best Teleplay
LOVE AND POLITICS
Written by Tracy Oliver
Audience Award
FINDING GOD IN THE CITY OF ANGELS
Written by Simon J. Joseph, Ph.D.; directed by Jennifer Jessum; produced by Jennifer Jessum, Simon J. Joseph and Edward Osei-Gyimah
Audience Award Honorable Mention
I WILL FOLLOW
Written, directed and produced by Ava DuVernay
Founded by Stacie Spikes, Urbanworld screened 71 films this year. Check out the official trailer for MOOZ-lum, which stars Evan Ross, Nia Long, Danny Glover and Roger Guenevere Smith: