CONGRATULATIONS to our 2021 festival winners!

Best of Festival

Summer of Soul

Audience Favorite - Feature

EXECUTIVE ORDER

Audience Favorite - Short

lake women

Best Narrative Feature

memoirs of a black girl

Honorable Mention - Best Narrative Feature

last night in rozzie

Best Narrative Short

boxed

Honorable Mention - Narrative Short

the last starship

Special Jury Award - Narrative Short

checkout time

Best Documentary Feature

James Hemings: A Ghost In America's Kitchen

Honorable Mention - Documentary Feature

Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy

Special Jury Award - Documentary Feature

the bengali

Best Documentary Short

Wade in the Water: Drowning in Racism

Honorable Mention - Documentary Short

the heartland

Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking

ailey

Kay Bourne Emerging Filmmaker

Exodia Demosthene

(ROXBURY LOVE STORY)

Best Youth Award

neko wong-houle

(OTANIMM/ONNIMM)

RoxFilm Vision Award

Given out to the filmmaker who has gone beyond the traditional narrative to create and tell stories that engage, educate, inspire, and challenge the way we think about ourselves, our environment, and our narrative.

Wanjiru M Njendu

(BOXED, STRAY)