Descendants of the Past, Ancestors of the Future won two awards at this weekend’s NYC Downtown Short Film Festival at the Duo Multicultural Arts Center. Out of the over 600 films considered, Albert scored the honor for Best Screenplay, while Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Tina Chen scored the honor for Best Actress for her performance in Albert’s film. The NYC Downtown Short Film Festival is a program of DMAC-Duo Multicultural Arts Center a (501 c3) non-profit organization located at 62 East 4th Street in New York City’s East Village. The mission of DMAC is to create, promote and celebrate multicultural arts through theater, music, dance, art and film.