Celebrating diverse stories while finding the next generation of storytellers, is what the 13th Annual NBCUniversal Short Film Festival is all about!
Among the six finalist films and filmmakers honored, were the six finalist shorts, B.U.T.S.: Spanish Class, Kyenvu, Masks, Monday, Rani and We Know Where You Live. The 13th Annual NBCUniversal Short Film Festival attracts an audience of industry professionals including network, cable and film executives as well as managers, producers and agents.
The list of presenters included Melissa Barrera (Vida), Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Akbar Gbajabiamila (American Ninja Warrior), Joseph Lee (Searching), Lyric Lewis (A.P. Bio), Trace Lysette (Midnight, Texas, Transparent), writer-producer Kay Oyegun (This Is Us), Tess Parass (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Claudia Puig (President, Los Angeles Film Critics Association), Bernardo Saracino (Midnight,Texas), Mary Sohn (A.P. Bio), Kellee Stewart (Midnight, Texas), writer-director David E. Talbert (Almost Christmas), and Wilmer Valderrama (NCIS, HARNESS co-Founder) handed out awards in nine categories including Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Comedy, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Writer, Outstanding Actor, the Next Generation Filmmaker Award, the HARNESS Social Impact Award, Critics’ Choice Award and the Audience Award.
Outstanding Comedy award went to B.U.T.S: Spanish Class co-creators and writers, Irene Lucio and Emma Ramos. They were presented with a $5,000 cash prize and a DJI OSMO+ Handheld Gimbal 4K camera with full accessory kit for a sketch comedy that parodies and satirizes the many “afflictions” of the modern-day woman through a Latina lens. In the webisode Spanish Class, a couple gets way more than they bargained for when they set out to learn Spanish in a week.
B.U.T.S: Spanish Class aka “Bilingual, Underrepresented, Tit-less Sally’s” is a short film that takes a comedic look at Latinx stereotypes in language learning.
The NBC Universal Short Film Festival is presented by NBC Universal and NBC Entertainment with Title partners: Universal Pictures, Panavision, Xfinity and the NBCUniversal Division for Social Responsibility. Additional 2018 festival partners include Focus Features, Oxygen, USA Network, Bravo, Syfy, Fandango, E! Entertainment Telemundo and Hulu, as well as industry partners including Creative Artists Agency (CAA), SAG-AFTRA, HARNESS, Tandem Productions, Final Draft, Everybody Digital, Writers Guild of America/West, DGA and PGA
HARNESS Social Impact Award: KyenvuOutstanding Drama: Masks Outstanding Writer: Hammad Rizvi, Rani Outstanding Actor: Kevin David Lin, Monday Outstanding Director: Dinh Thai, Monday Next Generation Filmmaker Award: Dinh Thai, Monday Critics’ Choice Award: Masks Audience Award: Masks
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