2021 Winners & Nominees

The Awards Showcase

Watch the event recording

The full list of the Black Film Festival of New Orleans’ 2021 Award Winners includes:

  • Best Sound Design/Music: A Dream For Sale by Jonathan Isaac Jackson
  • Best Makeup/Wardrobe: Rejoice Resist by Elisha Smith-Leverock
  • Best Web Content: Shank’s Rain by Jonathan Rowan and Khyran Shank
  • Best Animation: From Me To You: A Conversation with Animation by Leah Coleman
  • Best Cinematography: Rejoice Resist by Elisha Smith-Leverock
  • Best Writing: Keep Your Flowers by Sekou Brown and Ivory Adams
  • Best Actor: Maynard Okereke in I’m Sorry
  • Best Actress: Jasmine Guy in Illegal Rose
  • Best Director: Deborah Riley Draper for Illegal Rose
  • Best Documentary: A Placed Called Desire by Leonard Smith III
  • Best Feature: Solomon by JB Armstrong
  • Best New Orleans Project: A Dream For Sale by Jonathan Isaac Jackson
  • Audience Jury Award: A Place Called Desire by Leonard Smith III
  • Best Short Film: Rejoice Resist by Elisha Smith-Leverock
  • Best Young Filmmaker: David Chambers for Blaming Cairo

BFFNO Night #1

Friday: In-Person Events
Festival Poster for Night 1 Events

BFFNO Night #2

Saturday: In-Person Events
BFFNO Festival Night 2 event poster

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BFFNO Award Winners

Best Feature- Low Key, Solomon, Pink Opaque
Best Short Film- Rejoice Resist, Puppy Love, I Hate This Fkn Job, Illegal Rose
Best Web Content-Couch Coins, The Pot, Maternally Yours
Best New Orleans Project-None Of Your Business, A Dream For Sale, The Pot, The Truth
Best Documentary-Fierce, Funny & Fly, A Place Called Desire, Balloon Man
Best Animation- Couch Coins, Genesis, From Me To You: A Conversation With Animation
Best Actress- Sierra Laporte “I Hate This Fkn Job”, Jasmine Guy “Illegal Rose”, Jasmine Runnels “January 14th”, Starletta Dupois “Lessons Learned”
Best Actor- Travis Carter “Blaming Cairo”, Barrington Vaxter “Broke is The Reason”, Martin “Bats” Bradford “The Pot”, Maynard Okereke “I’m Sorry”
Best Director- Nicole Collins-Maternally Yours, Elisha Smith-Leverock “Rejoice, Resist”, Issa Currie “Silent Partner”, Deborah Riley Draper “Illegal Rose”
Best Cinematography- Rejoice Resist, A Dream For Sale, Illegal Rose
Best Writing-I Hate This Fkn Job, SIlent Partner, Maternally Yours
Best Sound Design/Music- Broke Is The Reason, Rejoice, Resist, A Dream For Sale
Best Makeup/Wardrobe- Rejoice Resist, Such An Honor