Winners for Workers Unite Film Festival 2025!

We are proud to announce the winners for #WUFF14.

For our 14th season, we maintained a hybrid festival, with in-person screenings and talkbacks at Cinema Village October 17th to October 23rd followed by a virtual festival on our Eventive streaming page Oct 24-30th. We also returned to the Espacio de Culturas auditorium at NYU KJCC for our day-long Activist Filmmaker Bootcamp November 1st. Additional venues/partners included two spaces at RWDSU for in-person screenings and Cafe Flor in Chelsea for a filmmaker meet-and-greet party.

Special Jury Award (Feature)

Heart & Soul: A Love Story - Directed by Kenny Vance

Special Jury Award (Short)

Interwoven - Directed by Dawn Carpenter

Best Documentary Feature

Baristas vs Billionaires - Directed by Mark Mori

Honorable Mention • Documentary Feature

Threads Of A Revolution - Directed by Danny Mitchell and Ross Domoney

Audience Favorite (Tie)

Sex Work: It's Just A Job - Directed by Tami Kashia Gold

We Only Want the Earth: The Life and Ideas of James Connolly - Directed by Alan Gilsenan

Audience Favorite (Virtual Fest Balloting)

White Mountains - Directed by Alexandros Papathanasiou

Best Narrative Feature

Rosinante - Directed by Baran Gunduzalp

Honorable Mention • Narrative Feature

LILLY - Directed by Rachel Feldman

Best Narrative Short

Gold Status - Directed by Charles Haine

Honorable Mention • Narrative Short

NOVA - Directed by Yuma Terada

Best Documentary Short

Bev Grant: A Lifetime Of Liberation - Directed by Agitator Index

Honorable Mention • Documentary Short (Tie)

Freedom Waders: The Struggle to Integrate Chicago's Rainbow Beach - Directed by Alex Hinton

Motown South: Organized Labor In the Battery Belt - Directed by Samuel George

Best Film from the Frontlines

Public Good: A Fight for Democracy (Cricket) - Directed by Thien Dinh

Honorable Mention • Films from the Frontlines (Tie)

IBEW Local 3 Apprentice Shorts

MuskNet - Directed by Spencer Rubow

When the Breaker Trips - Directed by Ryan Krasnoff

Best Screenplay

The High Priestess of Anarchy and The Man Who Loved Her - Written by Dennis Michael Foley

Honorable Mention • Screenplay

Michael AKA Michael Myers - Written by Charles Dillon Ward

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Read summaries on the Films and Directors list.