Feature Film-Best Debut/First-Time Filmmaker (new for 2026)
Director
On the last day at the closing Royal Alamo Cinema, employees, outcasts and oddballs cross paths in interwoven stories of rejection, redemption, and fate.
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Biography
Mas Bouzidi is a Canadian-Algerian filmmaker from New York. He is fully dedicated to the tradition of shooting and presenting his work on film, and counts Robert Altman, Richard Linklater, Eric Rohmer, and Eagle Pennell as some of his greatest influences. When he's not making movies, Mas is behind the counter at Film Forum in Manhattan, serving popcorn, snapping tickets and declining senior discounts. Concessions is his first feature.