By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The 25th annual Boston Underground Film Festival concluded last night with the presentation of the Bacchus Awards, including Director’s Choice (chosen by the festival staff) and Audience Choice Awards. This year saw an especially strong lineup of feature and short presentations (and also–full disclosure–the world premiere of the new 4K restoration of RE-ANIMATOR, with yours truly moderating a Q&A with Barbara Crampton), and these were the movies voted best of the fest:
Director’s Choice: Best Feature
THE UGLY STEPSISTER (pictured), dir. Emilie Blichfeldt
Director’s Choice: Best Short
MAKE ME A PIZZA, dir. Talia Shea Levin
Audience Choice Award: Best of Fest Feature
ALMA & THE WOLF, dir. Michael Patrick Jann
Audience Choice Award, Best Debut Feature
FUCKTOYS, dir. Annapurna Sriram
Audience Choice Award: Best of Fest Short
SOGNO ROSSO, dir. Coco Roy
Best New England Film (David Kleiler Memorial Award)
NADIR: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SURFING IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND IN THE SUMMER AND MOST OF THE OTHER TIMES AS WELL, dir. Jack Galvin
Congratulations to all the winners, and to the BUFF ’25 team for another great event! To learn more about the fest, head over to its official website.
