The 24th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, along with founding partner HBO and prestige partner WarnerMedia, announced the 2020 award winners for the best narrative feature (U.S. and World Cinema), documentary feature, documentary short, young creator, narrative short, animation short, web original, music video, screenplay, as well as the Vimeo Staff Pick award; as it closed its virtual festival today.
The nation’s largest competitive multicultural film festival screened 98 official selections, four spotlight screenings with conversations, eight spotlight conversations, seven Creativity Uncovered conversations and featured four original screenplay finalists.
Stacey Abrams, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Ava DuVernay, David Oyelewo, Rosario Dawson, Lena Waithe, Luis A. Miranda, Jr., Nia DaCosta, Teyonah Parris, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Kelly Rowland, Robert Townsend, Alice Smith, Radha Blank, David E. Talbert, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Will Catlett, DeRay McKesson, Chino Braxton, Pearl Thusi, Amy Schumer, 2020 Urbanworld festival ambassador Justin Simien, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Chief Operating Officer Christine Simmons and MGM’s Orion Pictures President Alana Mayo were among the many that appeared throughout the five day virtual edition and its pre-festival events this year.
The 2020 Urbanworld Film Festival winners are:
- BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE (U.S. CINEMA) – The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain – Directed by David Midell https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/the-killing-of-kenneth-chamberlain
- BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE (WORLD CINEMA) – Salvation – Directed by Carmen Sangion https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/salvation / Honorable Mention – Hoy – Directed by Ricardo B’atz’ https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/hoy
- BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – The Donut King – Directed by Alice Gu https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/the-donut-king
- BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT – My Father The Mover – Directed by Julia Jansch https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/my-father-the-mover
- BEST YOUNG CREATOR – Nahjum – Directed by Sebastian Torres Greene & Manuel Del Valle https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/nahjum
- BEST NARRATIVE SHORT – White Eye – Directed by Tomer Shushan Presented by WarnerMedia—$5,000 Prize https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/white-eye / Honorable Mention – Elephant – Directed by Gladys San Juan https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/elephant
- BEST ANIMATION SHORT – Windup – Directed by Yibing Jiang https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/windup
- BEST WEB ORIGINAL – East of LaBrea – Directed by Sam Bailey https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/east-of-la-brea
- BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Rapsody Feat. Leikeli 47 “Oprah” – Directed by Farah X https://www.urbanworld.org/2020/rapsody-feat-leikeli-47-oprah
- BEST SCREENPLAY – If You Seek Britney – Written by Ama Quao Presented by BET Networks—$5,000 Prize https://www.urbanworld.org/screenplays
- VIMEO STAFF PICK – Eagle – Directed by Jose Acevedo Presented by Vimeo—$2,500 Prize and inclusion on Vimeo Staff Pick list https://vimeo.com/staffpicks
ABOUT URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL
The Urbanworld Film Festival was launched in 1997 by founder Stacy Spikes, original founder of MoviePass and current founder of PreShow. With estimated attendance reaching over 15,000 in-person, the five-day festival showcases narrative features, documentaries, short films, web originals, spotlight screenings, conversations and music performances. Urbanworld’s 2020 edition will be available exclusively online, with additional programming made available digitally, beyond the festival season. Hollywood studios, networks and streamers, as well as established and emerging content creators, have consistently chosen Urbanworld to premiere box office hits and award-winning projects. Anchored in creativity, culture and community, Urbanworld is an initiative of the Urbanworld Foundation, which advances the inclusion and impact of diverse content creators through its platforms provided to storytellers from around the world. Gabrielle Glore serves as Festival Director and Head of Programming. The organization’s website is www.urbanworld.org.
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