Winners for Workers Unite Film Festival 2020!
/We are proud to announce the winners for #WUFF9.
This was a hard year with the COVID-19 pandemic, and movie theaters shutting their doors as a result. But, we debuted three virtual film festivals in 2020 (May and July in part and for free on Vimeo), the last round of which involved our move to Eventive, a major virtual streaming platform, to showcase all films Oct 8th-18th.
We will continue to present content on this platform year-round (workersunitefilmfest2020.eventive.org) and are very excited about what's to come.
Now, without further ado, here are the winners for Season 9 of the Workers Unite Film Festival! We added two categories: “Audience Favorite - Eventive Balloting” (how online viewers rated the film) and “Special Jury Award - Short”.
Audience Favorite
Veins of Resistance - Directed by Joshua Tucker
Audience Favorite (Eventive Balloting)
Nightshift Spitalfields - Directed by Julius-Cezar MacQuarie
Special Jury Award (Feature)
Digging for Weldon Irvine - Directed by Victorious DeCosta
Special Jury Award (Short)
We Can't Breathe - Directed by Clarence Williams IV
Best Documentary Feature
The Great Postal Heist - Directed by Jay Galione
Honorable Mention • Documentary Feature (tie)
Town of Widows - Directed by Natasha Luckhardt and Rob Viscardis
Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union - Directed by George Bogdanich
Best Narrative Feature
Fall Back Down - Directed by S.B. Edwards
Honorable Mention • Narrative Feature
Pureza - Directed by Renato Barbieri
Best Narrative Short
In the Basement There's Some Money - Directed by Gianluca Randazzo
Honorable Mention • Narrative Short
Out of Order - Directed by Brandon Laventure and Cameron Laventure
Best Documentary Short
COVER/AGE - Directed by Set Hernandez Rongkilyo
Honorable Mention • Documentary Short (tie)
Sophia Dawson: Purpose - Directed by Justin M. Thomas
Night Cleaners - Directed by Hanna Nordenswan
Best Film from the Frontlines
LSI: Under Construction - Directed Frank D'Ambrosio
Honorable Mention • Films from the Frontlines (tie)
Healthcare Worker Day of Action - Directed by Eloise Sherrid and Yoni Golijov
Feet On the Street: Dirty Patti at the L.A. Teacher's Strike - Directed by Christina Elaine Vasquez (a.k.a., Dirty Patti) and Crispin Rosenkranz
Best Screenplay
Rednecks - Written by Christopher Byram
Honorable Mention • Screenplay
Beguiling Dreams - Written by Fred Stemme
Trailers Below:
Veins of Resistance
Digging for Weldon Irvine
The Great Postal Heist
Town of Widows
Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union
Pureza
In the Basement There’s Some Money
Night Cleaners
Sophia Dawson: Purpose
Read summaries on the 2020 Films and Directors List.