2016 Milwaukee Film Festival sees 8% increase in attendance over 2015
The 8th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival included 283 films from 51 countries at five venues on six screens, and saw continued growth in overall event attendance — 76,899 in 2016, compared to 70,885 in 2015. Public film screenings included a total of 58,355 attendees, while private weekday education screenings hosted a total of 8,290 students (grades 1 through 12) at the Landmark Oriental Theatre. In addition, this year’s festival had 87 sold-out screenings.
The 2016 Allan H. (Bud) and Suzanne L. Selig Audience Award Winners were:
Feature Film – Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, directed by Rita Coburn-Whack and Bob Hercules
Short Film – Joe’s Violin, directed by Kahane Cooperman
The 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival Jury Awards included:
Abele Catalyst Award – Katie Heil
Black Lens Jury Award – Can You Dig This, directed by Delila Vallot
Brico Forward Fund Winners –
Give Me Liberty, directed by Kirill Mikhanovsky
Plucked, directed by Joel Van Haren
Black Box, directed by Jon Phillips
Popper Baxton’s Sickly Stew, directed by John Roberts
Kaukauna & King: 50 Years Later, directed by Joanne Williams
Mothers for Justice, directed by Erik Ljung
Lunar Lords, directed by Kyle James
A Walk With My Brother, directed by Sitora Takanaev
Cream City Cinema College Filmmaker Award – Sterile, directed by Matthew Klein
Cream City Cinema Jury Award – Twin Sister (Jimagua), directed by Sitora Takanaev
Documentary Jury Award – NUTS!, directed by Penny Lane
Herzfeld Competition Award – The Fits, directed by Anna Rose Holmer
Kids Choice Short Film Award – MOOM, directed by Robert Kondo, Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi
Milwaukee Music Video Award – Webster X – Lately, directed by Damien Blue, Cody LaPlant
Shorter Is Better Award – Bird Hearts (Fuglehjerter), directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Pitch Us Your Doc! Contest Winner – Malignant Practice directed by Kristin Catalano
For more information on Milwaukee Film, visit mkefilm.org.
