By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The 2024 Boston Underground Film Festival concluded on Sunday, and the winners of the fest’s annual Bacchus Awards have been announced. It was a strong lineup of features and shorts this year, and those named as the very best were:
Audience Choice Award: Best of Fest Feature
HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON (pictured), dir. Ariane Louis-Seize
Audience Choice Award: Best Debut Feature
OFF RAMP, dir. Nathan Tape
Audience Choice Award: Best of Fest Short
THE THAW, dir. Sarah Wisner and Sean Temple
Best New England Film (David Kleiler Memorial Award)
STRANGE KINDNESS, dir. Joseph Mault
Director’s Choice: Best Short
LIPSTICK & LIGHT BULBS, dir. Tamara Hernandez
Director’s Choice: Best Feature
WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN, dir. Kim Albright
Congratulations to all the winners, and to the BUFF team for an event full of great cinema!
