Teaneck International Award for 2024
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
Politics is a Mother, Raising Hell is Part of the Job
2024 AUdience Award: Best of Festival
Freedom Hair
2024 Audience Award: Best Narrative
Politics is a Mother, Raising Hell is Part of the Job
2024 Audience Award: Best Documentary
Daughter of Mine
2024 Audience Award: Best Short
JURIED AWARD WINNERS:
Freedom Hair
2024 Juried Award: Best narrative
Politics is a Mother, Raising Hell is Part of the Job
2024 Juried Award: Best Documentary
Save the Cat
2024 JURIED Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2023
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
Bella!
2023 AUdience Award: Best of Festival
The Old Oak
2023 Audience Award: Best Feature
Bella!
2023 Audience Award: Best Documentary
Under G-d
2023 Audience Award: Best Short
JURIED AWARD WINNERS:
The Old Oak
2023 Juried Award: Best Feature
Invisible Beauty
2023 Juried Award: Best Documentary
Under G-d
2023 JURIED Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2022
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
Hallelujah
2022 AUdience Award: Best of Festival
MASS
2022 Audience Award: Best Feature
Hallelujah
2022 Audience Award: Best Documentary
Tomaro
2022 Audience Award: Best Short
JURIED AWARD WINNERS:
Utama
2022 Juried Award: Best Feature
Aftershock
2022 Juried Award: Best Documentary
Tomaro
2022 JURIED Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2021
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
American River
WORLD PREMIERE - TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (4/29/19) - In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus embarks on a tour of the American Deep South.
2021 AUdience Award: Best of Festival
My Name is Sara
An elderly Holocaust survivor decides to undertake a trip from Argentina to Poland to tie up some unfinished business in this charming, funny and notably poignant new film from Argentine director Pablo Solarz. Starring Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina, and Natalia Verbeke. Coming to theaters September 21, 2018.
2021 Audience Award: Best Feature
American River
WORLD PREMIERE - TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (4/29/19) - In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus embarks on a tour of the American Deep South.
2021 Audience Award: Best Documentary
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2021 Audience Award: Best Short
JURIED AWARD WINNERS:
My Name is Sara
A Film by Isaac Cherem Coming Soon from Menemsha Films http://www.MenemshaFilms.com
2021 Juried Award: Best Feature
Little Girl
Amidst some of the most tumultuous times in our nation's history, one unlikely figure finds himself in the eye of the storm as he works to advance the causes of peace and equal rights for all people. He is Father Theodore Hesburgh, long-time president of the University of Notre Dame.
2021 Juried Award: Best Documentary
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2021 JURIED Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2020
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
John Lewis: Good Trouble
WORLD PREMIERE - TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (4/29/19) - In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus embarks on a tour of the American Deep South.
2020 AUdience Award: Best of Festival
Crescendo
An elderly Holocaust survivor decides to undertake a trip from Argentina to Poland to tie up some unfinished business in this charming, funny and notably poignant new film from Argentine director Pablo Solarz. Starring Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina, and Natalia Verbeke. Coming to theaters September 21, 2018.
2020 Audience Award: Best Feature
John Lewis: Good Trouble
WORLD PREMIERE - TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (4/29/19) - In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus embarks on a tour of the American Deep South.
2020 Audience Award: Best Documentary
Generation Lockdown
Directed by Tracy "Twinkie" Byrd Trailer Edited by Ashley Jackson www.thecounter1960.com Social Media: @thecounter1960 Music: "Stand Up And Sit In" by Ashley Jackson
2020 Audience Award: Best Short
JURIED AWARD WINNERS:
Tu Me Manques
A Film by Isaac Cherem Coming Soon from Menemsha Films http://www.MenemshaFilms.com
2020 Juried Award: Best Feature
Mama Gloria
Amidst some of the most tumultuous times in our nation's history, one unlikely figure finds himself in the eye of the storm as he works to advance the causes of peace and equal rights for all people. He is Father Theodore Hesburgh, long-time president of the University of Notre Dame.
2020 Juried Award: Best Documentary
Generation Lockdown
Sign up to be the first to watch Suppressed: The Fight To Vote: https://bit.ly/2Gr6fIo #FightToVote Voter suppression has become one of the biggest dangers of American elections. During the 2018 midterm elections, millions of voters experienced suppression ranging from voter purges, to poll closures, to long lines of over 4 hours, to strict voter id issues that disproportionately block Brown and Black citizens from their constitutional right to vote.
2020 JURIED Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2019
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
Gay Chorus Deep South
WORLD PREMIERE - TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (4/29/19) - In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus embarks on a tour of the American Deep South.
2019 AUdience Award: Best of Festival
The Last Suit
An elderly Holocaust survivor decides to undertake a trip from Argentina to Poland to tie up some unfinished business in this charming, funny and notably poignant new film from Argentine director Pablo Solarz. Starring Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina, and Natalia Verbeke. Coming to theaters September 21, 2018.
2019 Audience Award: Best Feature
Gay Chorus Deep South
WORLD PREMIERE - TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (4/29/19) - In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus embarks on a tour of the American Deep South.
2019 Audience Award: Best Documentary
The Counter
Directed by Tracy "Twinkie" Byrd Trailer Edited by Ashley Jackson www.thecounter1960.com Social Media: @thecounter1960 Music: "Stand Up And Sit In" by Ashley Jackson
2019 Audience Award: Best Short
JURIED AWARD WINNERS:
Leona
2019 Juried Award: Best Feature
A Film by Isaac Cherem Coming Soon from Menemsha Films http://www.MenemshaFilms.com
2019 Juried Award: Best Feature
Hesburgh
Amidst some of the most tumultuous times in our nation's history, one unlikely figure finds himself in the eye of the storm as he works to advance the causes of peace and equal rights for all people. He is Father Theodore Hesburgh, long-time president of the University of Notre Dame.
2019 Juried Award: Best Documentary
Suppressed: The Fight to Vote
Sign up to be the first to watch Suppressed: The Fight To Vote: https://bit.ly/2Gr6fIo #FightToVote Voter suppression has become one of the biggest dangers of American elections. During the 2018 midterm elections, millions of voters experienced suppression ranging from voter purges, to poll closures, to long lines of over 4 hours, to strict voter id issues that disproportionately block Brown and Black citizens from their constitutional right to vote.
2019 JURIED Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2018
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
AYLA: DAUGHTER OF WAR
This is the official trailer of movie Ayla. Don't forget to subscribe!
2018 Audience Award: Best of Festival
2018 Audience Award: Best Feature
BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY
2018 Audience Award: Best Documentary
My Annie Hall
Uploaded by Matt Starr on 2018-06-10.
2018 Audience Award: Tied for Best Short
Wendy’s Shabbat
Wendy's Shabbat is screening at the 30th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival (November 7-19, 2018). For showtimes and more information, visit http://www.bostonjfilm.org/.
2018 Audience Award: Tied for Best Short
JURIED AWARD WINNERS:
An Act of Defiance
Uploaded by UKJewishFilmFestival on 2017-09-25.
2018 Juried Award: Best Feature
BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY
2018 JURIED Award: Best Documentary
Love Wins
2018 JURIED Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2010
Promised Land
Promised Land follows two black communities in South Africa that are trying to get land back from which their ancestors were removed during apartheid. Through their stories, the epic battle over land and race is played out with very real consequences for all sides. Promised Land will premiere on the PBS program POV on July 6th.
2010 Audience Award
Eyes Wide Open
In UK Cinemas 14th May 2010 "An intense, restrained drama... quietly devastating" - Variety SHOWING AS PART OF THE LONDON LESBIAN AND GAY FILM FESTIVAL 2010 Aaron (Zohar Strauss), a respectable butcher in Jerusalems ultra-orthodox Jewish community, is married to Rivka (Tinkerbell) and is a dedicated father of four children.
2010 Best Feature
Neshoba: The Prince of Freedom
http://firstrunfeatures.com/neshobadvd.html In 1964, a mob of Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers in Mississippi (the 'Mississippi Burning' murders). Neshoba tells the story of these three American heroes and the long struggle to bring their killers to justice.
2010 Best Documentary
Teaneck International Award for 2011
Ahead of Time (The Ruth Gruber Movie)
Buy tickets & check out the full program: http://www.hraff.org.au Check out the full program: http://www.hraff.org.au HRAFF on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humanrightsfest HRAFF on Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanrightsfest HRAFF on Instagram: http://instagram.com/humanrightsfest Dr. Maya Angelou's legendary writings including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Phenomenal Woman and On the Pulse of Morning are merely a few examples of how words can truly change the world.
2011 Audience Award
Children of God (Bahamas)
Children of God http://www.tlavideo.com/gay-children-of-god/p-310462-2 The gorgeous beaches and towns of the Bahamas are the setting for Children of God, a strong and tender romantic drama from first-time filmmaker Kareem Mortimer. Percolating under the hot sun and sand are religious intolerance, political grand-standing, family woes and hopefully enough love to conquer them all.
2011 Best Feature
To Be Heard
This is the two minute trailer for To Be Heard: the story of young people empowering themselves through their own poetry. It is a universal tale of the power of words made especially poignant because the Bronx kids featured in this film have been programmed to fail by our society and by the schools they attend.
2011 Best Documentary
After the Fire
A film by Guido Verweyen Inspired by the Pulitzer Prize story & NY Times bestseller by Robin G. Fisher After The Fire tells the inspiring story of survival and friendship following the tragic Seton Hall university fire in NJ. It also follows the dramatic arson investigation of the two arsonists and a vast conspiracy to hide the truth.
2011 Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2012
The Well Digger's Daughter
Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMINGSOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn The Well-Digger's Daughter Official Trailer #1 (2012) HD Movie Twenty-five years after rising to international acclaim in JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON OF THE SPRING, Daniel Auteuil returns to the world of Marcel Pagnol for his directorial debut, a celebrated remake of the 1940s classic.
2012 Audience Award: Best Feature
Crime After Crime
CRIME AFTER CRIME is the exclusive documentary film on the dramatic legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her.
2012 Audience Award: Best Documentary
Crackers
2012 Audience Award: Best Short
2012 Juried Award: Best Short
Princess
Official Trailer of the Princess Directed by: Arto Halonen Written by: Paavo Westerberg, Pirjo Toikka, Arto Halonen Cast: Katja Kukkola, Samuli Edelmann, Krista Kosonen, Irma Junnilainen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Peter Franzén, Antti Litja, Paavo Westerberg, Paula Vesala, Joanna Haartti, Tapio Liinoja, Pertti Koivula, Ulla Tapaninen A film about a woman, judged to be sick by society, who heals and brings joy to others around her with her presence and personality.
2012 Juried Award: Best Feature
The Contradictions of Fair Hope
The documentary sets the stage in rural Alabama, prior to Emancipation, and traces the development, struggles, contributions and gradual loss of tradition of one of the last remaining African American benevolent societies, known as "The Fair Hope Benevolent Society" in Uniontown, Alabama.
Dressing America
Pacific Street Films production, DRESSING AMERICA. 86-year old fabric salesman, Charlie Edelstein, still makes the trek from his Long Island home to New York's Garment Center. A salesman for more than 55 years, Charlie's has become somewhat of an iconic (if not lonely) presence in a business once dominated by Jews.
2012 Juried Award: Best Documentary (Tie)
Teaneck International Award for 2013
English Vinglish
Watch Full Free Movies Here: http://bit.ly/WatchOnlineFreeMovies Eros International presents a R.Balki productions film 'English Vinglish' directed by Gauri Shinde. Check out the exclusive theatrical trailer of English Vinglish starring the gorgeous Sridevi who is all set to make a comeback after 14 years. English Vinglish is a tri-lingual movie shot in three languages i.e.
2013 Audience Award: Best Feature
Daisy Bates: The First Lady of Little Rock
As a black woman who was a feminist before the term was invented, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society. Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock tells the story of her life and public support of nine black students who registered to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, which culminated in a constitutional crisis, pitting a president against a governor and a community against itself.
2013 Audience Award: Best Documentary
A Girl Like You with a Boy Like Me
2013 Audience Award: Best Short
Stones in the Sun
Uploaded by Enel Sanon on 2017-03-01.
2013 Juried Award: Best Feature
Valentine Road
QUEER YOUTH AWARD 2013: BEST FEATURE
LØRDAG 14. SEPT. kl. 18.00 /// Saturday Sept. 14th at 6pm
12. februar 2008 skyter 15-årige Brandon McInerney sin klassekamerat Larry King to ganger i bakhodet midt under en skoletime i Oxnard, California.
Larry dør av skadene to dager senere, og hele nasjonen rystes av det brutale drapet.
Var dette hatkriminalitet utført av en gryende nynazist? Som følte sin maskulinitet truet av en klassekamerat som åpent uttrykte sin seksuelle identitet? Eller lå det enda mer bak avisoverskriftene?
Den sensasjonaliserte historien om en ung mørkhudet LHBT-gutt som drev en ung hvit suprematist til bristepunktet ga mediene gode overskrifter. Samtidig satte det fokus på amerikanske LHBT-tenåringers kamp, i tillegg til å belyse et tydelig overveldet utdannings- og strafferettssystem for ungdom.
Regissør Cunningham utforsker årsakene til denne tragiske historien, og avdekker både offerets og gjerningsmannens vonde fortid. Hvordan kan vi hjelpe unge gutter som Brandon og Larry før tragedien rammer?
En viktig dokumentar som både informerer og sjokkerer.
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In February 2008, a classroom shooting shattered the town of Oxnard, California.
A 15-year-old lay dead and his 14-year-old killer awaited trial for murder. Was this a hate crime, retaliation for unwanted playground flirting or something more complex?
The sensationalized tale of a young, biracial LGBT teen pushing an emerging young white supremacist to his breaking point made for great headlines and drew attention to the plight of USA’s LGBT teens, as well as the overwhelmed educational and juvenile justice systems.
VALENTINE ROAD picks up where the traditional media coverage left off, delving deeper to explore the entwined paths of victim Lawrence “Larry” King and his killer, Brandon McInerney.
Family, friends, teachers and classmates of the two young men, as well as their attorneys, law enforcement officials, jurors and mental health professionals, discuss the aftermath of the deadly incident, the trial and its impact on the community.
USA 2012, 89 min
Regi/Dir: Marta Cunningham
Engelsk tale, utekstet / In English
2013 Juried Award: Best Documentary
Second Skin
2013 Juried Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2014
Boy Meets Girl
Uploaded by Peter Knegt on 2014-12-22.
2014 Audience Award: Best Feature
Little White Lie
This is a trailer for the documentary film, Little White Lie. (c) OTB Productions LLC 2014
2014 Audience Award: Best Documentary
2014 juried Award: Best Documentary
Two Days in Harlem
The Story
Two Days in Harlem examines the relationship between the NYPD and the citizens of Harlem, NYC. The film takes an unvarnished and unbiased look at the highly publicized and polarizing stop and frisk policy as well as the role police have in the community. The story is told through the eyes of Jason Farmer a veteran NYPD Detective and Harlem native. Jason’s unique view of the community in which he lives and works offers a keen insight into the life of officers who have a difficult and often thankless job. He encounters three young men Omar, James and Eric on separate occasions and his judgment of who each of these men is will cost someone their life. The film stars Jason Hurt, Yandy Smith, Gabrielle Ryan and a strong ensemble cast of characters.
2014 Audience Award: Best Short
A Thousand Times Good Night
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau from Game of Thrones & The Other Woman now in A Thousand Times Good Night! This is the official trailer for the movie 'A Thousand Times Good Night".
2014 Juried Award: Best Feature
Refugee Kids: One Small School Takes on the World
2014 Juried Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2015
Secrets of War
During WWII, the friendship of two boys is at risk when a girl tells a very personal secret to only one of them.
2015 Audience Award: Best Feature
I am Big Bird
Available on iTunes and On Demand May 5 Opening in Select Theaters May 6 For 45 years, Caroll Spinney has been beloved by generations of children as the man behind Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch - and at 80 years old, he has no intention of stopping.
2015 Audience Award: Best Documentary
Locked Out
2015 Audience Award: Best Short
Margarita, With a Straw
In selection at Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - Contemporary World Cinema Section. Synopsis : A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves her home in India to study in New York, unexpectedly falls in love, and embarks on an exhilarating journey of self-discovery.
2015 Juried Award: Best Feature
Rosenwald
http://rosenwaldfilm.org/ Aviva Kempner's Rosenwald is the incredible story of Julius Rosenwald, who never finished high school, but rose to become the President of Sears. Influenced by the writings of the educator Booker T. Washington, this Jewish philanthropist joined forces with African American communities during the Jim Crow South to build over 5,300 schools during the early part of the 20th century.
2015 Juried Award: Best Documentary
Boxed In
Struggling with identity, in a world where their future is unclear, three teenager's lives intertwine to reach fateful consequences... Written and Directed by Jack Fontaine. Fontaine Films Original soundtrack by kyo. https://soundcloud.com/cityofkyoto https://www.facebook.com/boxedinofficial @BoxedInFilm https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1373079873/boxed-in
2015 Juried Award: Best Short
Teaneck International Award for 2017
Restless Creature
In 1984, Wendy Whelan joined the New York City Ballet as an apprentice; by 1991, she had been promoted to Principal Dancer. She quickly became a revered and beloved figure throughout the dance world. Wrote Roslyn Sulcas, "her sinewy physicality, her kinetic clarity, and her dramatic, otherworldly intensity have created a quite distinct and unusual identity."
2017 Audience Award: Best of Festival
2017 Audience Award: Best Documentary
The Divine Order
Switzerland, 1971: Nora is a young housewife and mother who lives with her husband and their two sons in a peaceful little village. Here, in the Swiss countryside, little or nothing is felt of the huge social upheavals that the movement of May 1968 has caused.
2017 Audience Award: Best Feature
The Last Blintz
wwww.7thart.com - The closing of the The Cafe Edison (aka The Polish Tea Room), the Broadway diner immortalized in Neil Simon's 45 Seconds from Broadway, is not just a story about another famous show business haunt shutting its doors, it is the fading away of a piece of an America past.
2017 Audience Award: Best Short
Strange Fruit
2017 Juried Award: Best Documentary
Fanny's Journey
A Film by Lola Doillon - Based on a True Story Coming Soon to Theaters from Menemsha Films http://www.MenemshaFilms.com
2017 Juried Award: Best Feature
Teaneck International Award for 2016
Maya Angelou
Buy tickets & check out the full program: http://www.hraff.org.au Check out the full program: http://www.hraff.org.au HRAFF on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humanrightsfest HRAFF on Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanrightsfest HRAFF on Instagram: http://instagram.com/humanrightsfest Dr. Maya Angelou's legendary writings including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Phenomenal Woman and On the Pulse of Morning are merely a few examples of how words can truly change the world.
2016 Audience Award: Best of Festival
2016 Audience Award: Best Documentary
2016 Juried Award: Best Documentary
The Innocents
The Innocents Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Drama HD Subscribe to INDIE & FILM FESTIVALS: http://bit.ly/1wbkfYg Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Like us on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/1QyRMsE Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt In 1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent.
2016 Audience Award: Best Feature
2016 Juried Award: Best Feature
Miss Diamond
An incredibly talented artist and a fierce activist, Miss Diamond, knew from a young age what other people saw, was not who she was. Her journey was long and her journey was hard, but according to Ms. Diamond, “I didn’t want to die pretending, I didn’t want to die living for everybody else. I wanted to die being happy.”
In a world that constantly asserts that transgender people are garbage, those transphobic messages are deeply ingrained and have devastating impacts –
41% of transgender people attempt suicide
62% of transgender woman report depression
Drug abuse is 3 times higher than that of the general public
Rejected from their families, housing, jobs; many transgender people have to figure out other means of survival. This community is intensely profiled by the police and when incarcerated rates of sexual assault and abuse at the hands of both inmates and guards are 10 times higher for the transgender community as compared to the general population. Most transgender people are forced to serve time in facilities that don’t align with their gender identity. Ms. Diamond’s story unfortunately is only one of many.
“There are a lot of risks of saying no when you’re incarcerated, saying no to inmates and saying no to the correctional officers.” – Miss Diamond
