Documentary

All on a Mardi Gras Day: Big Chief Demond of the Young Seminole Hunters

An intimate portrait of Big Chief Demond Melancon’s obsessive journey through the secret 200-year culture known as the Black Masking Culture of New Orleans. The documentary short touches on the social and cultural significance of the Black Masking Culture of New Orleans with an observation on the many ways the city is changing.

Accepted into over 40 film festivals (in 12 countries) and nominated for Best Short Film at the Berlinale and Best Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival, two of most prestigious film festivals in the world. With key grand prize wins at three Oscar-qualifying film festivals in Seattle, Rhode Island, and Australia, this documentary short went on to be qualified for an Academy Award in 2020.

Title
All on a Mardi Gras Day: Big Chief Demond of the Young Seminole Hunters

Category
Documentary Short, USA, 2019

US Premiere
Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, UT

International Premiere
Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany

New York Premiere
Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY

Awards & Recognition

Best Documentary Short Nominee
Tribeca Film Festival

Best Short Film Nominee
Berlin International Film Festival

Grand Jury Prize Winner
Seattle International Film Festival

First Prize Best Short Documentary
Rhode Island International Film Festival

Best Documentary Short
Sidewalk Film Festival

Best Documentary Short
BendFilm Festival

Special Mention Short Film
Traverse City Film Festival

Best Short Film Special Mention
Milano Film Festival

Audience Award for Best Short Film
Chicago International Film Festival

Film Festivals

KUKI International Short Film Festival
November 18 - 25, 2019
Berlin, Germany

St. Louis International Film Festival
November 7 - 17, 2019
St. Louis, MO

Washington West Film Festival
October 24 - 28, 2019
Washington, D.C.

WOMEX Film Programme
October 23 - 27, 2019
Tampere, Finland

Uppsala International Film Festival
October 21 - 27, 2019
Uppsala, Sweden

Valladolid International Film Festival
October 19 - 26, 2019
Valladolid, Spain

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
October 18 - 26, 2019
Hot Springs, AR

Milwaukee Film Festival
October 17 - 31, 2019
Milwaukee, WI

Chicago International Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Short Film
October 16 - 27, 2019
Chicago, IL

New Orleans Film Festival
October 16 - 23, 2019
New Orleans, LA 

Tallgrass Film Festival
October 16 - 20, 2019
Wichita, KS

International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
October 12 - 18, 2019
Limassol, Cyprus

BendFilm Festival
Best Documentary Short
October 10 - 13, 2019
Bend, OR

Show Me Shorts Film Festival
October 5 - 24, 2019
New Zealand

Milano Film Festival
Best Short Film Special Mention
October 4 - 10, 2019
Milan, Italy

Nashville Film Festival
October 3 - 12, 2019
Nashville, TN

Sioux City International Film Festival
October 3 - 5, 2019
Sioux City, IA

Tirana International Film Festival
September 23 - 29, 2019
Tirana, Albania

DC Shorts Film Festival
September 19 - 28, 2019
Washington, D.C.

Tacoma Film Festival
September 17 - 23, 2019
Tacoma, WA

Odense International Film Festival
August 26 - September 1, 2019
Odense, Denmark

Nevada City Film Festival
August 23 - 30, 2019
Nevada City, CA

MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival
August 20 - 26, 2019
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Sidewalk Film Festival
Best Documentary Short
August 19 - 25, 2019
Birmingham, AL

Rhode Island International Film Festival
First Prize Best Short Documentary
August 6 - 11, 2019
Providence, RI

Traverse City Film Festival
Special Mention Short Film
July 30 - August 4, 2019
Traverse City, MI

Indy Shorts International Film Festival
July 25 - 28, 2019
Indianapolis, IN

Lower East Side Film Festival
June 6 - 10, 2019
New York, NY

Rooftop Film Festival
May 17 - August 24, 2019
Brooklyn, NY

Seattle International Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize Winner
May 16 - June 9, 2019
Seattle, WA

Tribeca Film Festival
Best Documentary Short Nominee
April 24 - May 5, 2019
New York, NY

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
February 15 - 24, 2019
Missoula, MT

Berlin International Film Festival
Best Short Film Nominee
February 7 - 17, 2019
Berlin, Germany

Slamdance Film Festival
January 25 - 31, 2019
Park City, UT