Chelsea Film Festival

Chelsea Film Festival
LocationNew York City, United States
Founded2013
Founded byIngrid Jean-Baptiste
Sonia Jean-Baptiste
Websitewww.chelseafilm.org

Chelsea Film Festival (CFF) is an international film festival and a non-profit organization based in New York which screens independent films from emerging and established directors. The festival offers a wide range of films, including documentaries and feature-lengths, focusing on the theme of “Global Issues”.[1]

History

Chelsea Film Festival was founded in 2013 by French actresses Ingrid Jean-Baptiste[2] & Sonia Jean-Baptiste.[3]

An advisory board was set up to oversee the selection of the films and the operation of the festival.

The first edition of the Chelsea Film Festival presented nine feature length-films and eight short films, representing 13 countries and 17 first-time filmmakers, including seven in competition. Eight of the films at the Festival were United States premieres, and one was a world premiere.

In March 2019, Chelsea Film Festival was featured in the Top 10 Best Film Festivals in North America by the American Newspaper USA Today.

Awards

Awards are presented in several categories; the winning films are selected by a jury of film experts as well as the audience. The "Charging Bull" replica for a time was the official trophy, until 2021 when the Chelsea Film Festival presented Acrylic trophies.

Grand Prix Award

Year Film Director Nationality of Director
2025 Death of My Youth Timo Jacobs  Germany[4]
2021 The Parent Vlad Furman  Russia[5]
2020 Keeping the Bees Eylem Kaftan  Turkey[6]
2019 Bilched Jeremy Cumpston Australia[7][8]
2013 LICKS Jonathan Singer-Vine  United States[9][10][11]

Best Documentary Award

Year Film Director Nationality of Director
2025 Deepfaking Sam Altman (feature) Adam Bhala Lough  United States[12]
2025 Found Frequency (short) Jack Hillyer  United States[13][14]
2024 Sono Lino (feature) Jacob Patrick  United States[15]
2024 The Final Copy of Ilon Specht (short) Ben Proudfoot  Canada[16]

Audience Award

Year Film Director Nationality of Director
2021 Surviving on LES Tony Amatullo  United States[5]
2020 Greyscale Yaniel Paulino  United States  Dominican Republic[17]

Best Director Award

Year Film(s) Director(s) Nationality of Director(s)
2021 The Parent Vlad Furman  Russia[5]
2020 Keeping the Bees Eylem Kaftan  Turkey[6]
2019 Ticket Yoh Komaya  Japan[7]
2013 LICKS & Les Petits Princes Jonathan Singer-Vine & Vianney Lebasque  United States  France

Best Screenplay Award

Year Film Screenwriter Nationality of Director
2021 The Parent Andrey Shishov, Christina Kuzmina, & Vlad Furman  Russia[5]
2020 Keeping the Bees Eylem Kaftan  Turkey[6]
2019 Bilched Hal Cumpston Australia[18][8]
2013 Halima's Path Fedja Isovic  Bosnia

Best Actress Award

Year Film Actress Nationality of Director
2021 The Parent Angelina Strechina  Russia[5]
2020 Keeping the Bees Meryem Uzerli  Turkey[6]
2019 Rag Doll Shannon Murray  United States[7]
2015 Marry Me Sirin Zahed  Belgium
2013 Halima's Path Alma Prica  Bosnia

Best Actor Award

Year Film Actor Nationality of Director
2021 The Parent Vladislav Bulanov (Vlad Furman) & Mikhail Porechenkov  Russia[5]
2020 A Case Blue Stephen Schnetzer  United States[6]
2019 Last Koan Schidor Rahaman  Australia[7]
2013 LICKS Stanley Doe Hunt  United States

Best Supporting Actor Award

Year Film Actor(s) Nationality of Director
2021 East of Middle West Joris Jarsky  United States[5]
2020 Keeping the Bees Hakan Karsak  Turkey[6]
2019 Bilched Frederick Du Rietz Australia[7][8]
2013 LICKS Devon Libran & Koran Streets  United States

Best Supporting Actress Award

Year Film Supporting Actress Nationality of Director
2021 The Parent Maria Shukshina  Russia[5]
2020 Donna Stronger Than Pretty Brittany Molnar  United States[6]
2019 Rag Doll Stephanie Erb  United States[7]
2013 Halima's Path Olga Pakalovic  Bosnia

References

  1. ^ "A Complete Guide to NYC Fall Film Festivals". September 3, 2014, Glenwood.
  2. ^ "La fondatrice du Chelsea Film Festival : Ingrid Jean-Baptiste, dans Le Grand Journal de New York - 19/10 2/4". Boursorama.
  3. ^ "New Film Festival Aims to Bring World Cinema to Chelsea" Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. DNA Info, By Mathew Katz | July 1, 2013.
  4. ^ "DEATH OF MY YOUTH". Chelsea Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
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  6. ^ a b c d e f g "2020 CFF WINNERS". Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Winners of Chelsea Film Festival 2019". www.chelseafilm.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  8. ^ a b c "Bilched". My Sunshine Coast. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  9. ^ "Jonathan Singer-Vine’s LICKS Wins Big at the Chelsea Film Festival". East Bay Times, November 1, 2013 Adam Patterson
  10. ^ "Berkeley director wins New York film festival’s top prize for Oakland-based feature “Licks”". Contra Costa Times,
  11. ^ "YAK Films will show off Oakland-based Turf Feinz at San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay". By Lou Fancher, Mercury News.
  12. ^ "DEEPFAKING SAM ALTMAN". Chelsea Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  13. ^ "FOUND FREQUENCY". Chelsea Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  14. ^ Fine Cut | Found Frequency | Season 26 | Episode 3. Retrieved 2025-10-28 – via www.pbs.org.
  15. ^ "SONO LINO". Chelsea Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  16. ^ "Ben Proudfoot | Director, Producer, Cinematographer". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  17. ^ "Yaniel Paulino, un joven talento dominicano que brilla con luz propia en EEUU". El Nuevo Diario (República Dominicana) (in Spanish). 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  18. ^ Moore, Camille (2020-09-08). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Hal Cumpston". TVOvermind. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
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