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BSFF24 Audience Award Winners

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Favorite Short Narrative

Burnt Milk

dir. Joseph Douglas Elmhirst


Favorite Short Documentary

A Symphony of Tiny Lights

dirs. Nadia Gill & Dominic Gill


Favorite Experimental Film

Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)

dir. Suneil Sanzgiri


Favorite Feature Narrative

Inky Pinky Ponky - the Odd One Out

dirs. Damon Fepule'ai & Ramon Te Wake


Favorite Feature Documentary

You Don't Have to Go Home, But...

dir. Aidan Un


You Don’t Have to Go Home, but . . . is an ode to dancing bodies, a grimy love letter to Philadelphia, a story about what to do when the DJ has played the last song, the club’s lights have come on and you gotta go . . . somewhere. Following three dancers at different stages of their lives, with legendary Philly dance party Second Sundae as backdrop, this documentary film examines the possibility of spiritual fulfillment in a socioeconomic configuration that ultimately doesn’t value the practices that make us free.


Thank you to our screening partners: Collective Climb and Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival and urban movement arts and Philadelphia Dance Company (philadanco)


Watch the Q&A conversation here.

  • Runtime
    80 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    World
  • Director
    Aidan Un
  • Screenwriter
    Aidan Un & Vince Johnson
  • Producer
    Mark Wong
  • Executive Producer
    Steve Lunger
  • Cast
    Bryant Lee (“Diddy”), Jazmin Gilbert (“Jenesis”), Christian Walker (“Mach Phive”), Anthony Lloyd (“Steps”)
  • Cinematographer
    Aidan Un
  • Editor
    Aidan Un
  • Composer
    Alex Shaw, Daniel Barbiero