While we love every film in the festival, at the end only a few can take home the coveted Bacchus Awards…

Best Feature
WATCHER by Chloe Okuno

Best Debut Feature
NEPTUNE FROST by Saul Williams + Anisia Uzeyman

Best Short
TOSHIE THE NIHILIST by Matthew Chozick

Best New England Film
POOR GLENNA by Jean-Paul Disciscio

Best Animated Short
EVERYBODY GOES TO THE HOSPITAL by Tiffany Kimmel

We’d like to express our most sincere thanks and gratitude the Brattle Theatre, Final Draft for supporting our shorts filmmakers, and to all the volunteers, filmmakers, and fans who came out over the past five days. It was thrilling to come back together after so long to collectively explore some strange, difficult, and wonderful films. It’s truly a labor of love to put these screenings and shorts blocks and events together year after year and we do it with just a handful of cash, almost no corporate sponsorship, and very few hours of sleep. Against all odds, we’ve made it here – exhausted and victorious – to the end of another festival, and we can’t wait to see you back at the Brattle this time next year.