
Metropolitan Film Festival of NYC LA


2021
Metropolitan Film Festival Winners
Season 6
Best of Festival
"Snitches" Directed By Steve Rahaman
Best Narrative Short
"Across the Tracks" Directed by Michael Cooke
Best Narrative Feature
"Live Love" Directed by Rob Levy
Best Documentary Feature
"Poverty Inc" Directed by Gary Null
Best Documentary Short
"Makin Noize" Directed by Holly Kaplan
Best Animation
"FiFl A La Plage" Directed by Kathryn Roake
Best Student Film
"Murphy's Law" Directed by Brian Blum
Best Music Video
"Hard to Say" Directed by Ted Sharks
Best Script
"The Investigator" Written by Paul Barnaby
Honarable Mention
"One Last Drag" Directed by Gus Scharr
Metropolitan Film Festival Winners
Season 5
Best of Festival
“Wildlike” Directed by Frank Green
Best Narrative Feature
“Completely Normal” Directed by Robert Vornkahl
Best Narrative Short
“The Lucky One” Directed by Cyrus Salvia
Best Documentary Short
“New York Vet” Directed by Megumi Smiros
Best Documentary Feature
“West 4th Street: Portrait of a Park’ Directed by Simeon Soffer
Best Student Film
“The Girl From the Wilderness” Directed by Alpern Guman
Best Animation
“My Kingdom” Directed by Debra Solomon
Best Script
“ My Fathers Joy” Written by Gunnar Garrett
Best Music Video
“Hunt” Directed by Sean Partick McAuliffe
Metropolitan Film Festival Best Winners
Season 4
Best of Festival
“The Collapsed” Directed by Justin McConnell
Best Narrative Short
“The F Bomb” Directed by Tyler Wallach
Best Narrative Feature
“To Be King” Directed by Steve Rahaman
Best Documentary Short
“Graffiti Fine Art” Directed by Jared Levy
Best Documentary Feature
“Death By Medicine” Directed by Gary Null
Best Student Film
“Chinese Takeout” Directed by James Brandenburg
Best Animation
“Desperate Crossing” Directed by MinSeok Jeon
Best Script
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Accident Written by David J. Schroeder
Best Music Video
“Harpies” Directed by Jeff Allyn Szwast
Metropolitan Film Festival Winners
Season 3
Narrative Short
“Two Weeks Notice” Directed by Theron James
“Small Talk” Directed by Matt Grinter
“Shuffle” Directed by Garrett Bennett
Narrative Feature
“A Pornstar is Born” Directed by Cory Bishop
“Snatch ‘N’ Grab” Directed by James Christopher
“Subprime” Directed by James Repici
“365 Days” Directed by Menetie T. Ejeye
Documentary Short
“Number 21: The Chris Dhume Story” Directed by Aaron Hobson
“The Indies” Directed by Mark Rattelle
“Raiders Remembered” Directed by Rick Avery
Documentary Feature
“Day By Day” Directed by Christine Frisbee
Student Film
“Stayed For” Directed by Devereux Milburn
“An Outstanding Performer” Directed by Jonathan Schey
“I Am Alive” Directed by A. James Marcolin
“Delivery Boy” Directed by Benjamin Berger
Animation
“Being Bradford Dillman” Directed by Emma Burch
“Live Outside the Box” Directed by Shu-Hsuan Lin
“8 Second Dance” Directed by Trey Moya
Music Video
“When I Get Home” Directed by Andrius Mazeika
“Have You Heard” Directed by Roberto Marrero
“Five Boroughs” Directed by Jason Delgado
“National AIDS Memorial Grove Tribute” Directed by Andrew Ehrenfeld
Script
“Viking on the Subway” Written by William Torgerson
“Paranoia” Written by Marion Black
“Nkosi King” of New York Written by Theresa Gayles
“The Man From Nowhere” Written by Roberto Marrero
Metropolitan Film Festival Best Winners
Season 2
Best of Festival
“What Comes Around” Directed by Jason Levy
Best Narrative Short
“Shadows” directed by Nuno Dias
Best Narrative Feature
“Bullycam” Directed by Brian Sizensky
Best Documentary Short
“Odysseus Gambit” Directed by Alex Lora Cercos
Best Documentary Feature
“Zero Percent” Directed by Tim Skousen
Best Student Film
“Earthship” Directed by David Wilson
Best Animation
“Escape of the Gingerbread Man” Directed by Tod Polson
Best Script
“Circle of Six” Written by Janyce Lapore
Best Music Video
“Elana Read All That I Am” Directed by Collen Doyle