IndieX Film Festival (2025)

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Best Film Noir Short

Winner
Jane
Kelby Thwaits(writer/director/producer)
E-Fusion Studios

Best Horror Short

Winner
Shut the Door at 10:04
6.5 (56)
Zachary Padgett

Best Music Video

Winner
Southern Love
Jaime Zevallos(director)

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Pizza Hunt
Naomi Frenette(director /writer)
Thomas Lorber(director/cinematographer)
Underdog Pictures

Best Short Script

Winner
The Pact
Zach Montou

Sci-Fi Short

Winner
Quarantine
Russ Emanuel(producer, director)

Trailer/Teaser

Winner
Chthonic
Tremayne LaMont
Cyberai Studios

Visual FX

Winner
E.V.E.
Alexander Atallah
Graham Ros

Best Actress

Caitlin Burt
Carissa Tells It All
Five Clover Films

Best Drama Short

Reignite
C.J. Stanton

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Carissa Tells It All
Evaline Selaty
Five Clover Films

Best Romantic Short

Fading Silver
Sean Nyambayo
Sean Nyambayo

Best Sound Design

Reignite
Damian Morgan-Fleming

Outstanding Achievement Award

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Best Animation Short

Winner
The Straight Poop

Best Microfilm

Winner
What Dreams May Come
Anthony Cally

Best Romantic Short

Winner
Dating Audrey
Dan Hertzog
In the Wee hours
Winner
Ada & Jayson
Mozart Louis(director)
MZ3 Pictures

Best Young Actor/Child Actor

Winner
Mellony Ledo(actress)
What Remains of Us

Best Young Filmmaker (Male)

Winner
What Remains of Us
Solomon Fezer(director)

Editing

Winner
The Allure
Josh Wood
Wood Motion Pictures

LGBTQ Short

Winner
The Clownfish
Robert Slotnick
David Charles Bird(Director)
3 Legged Bird

Original Score

Winner
E.V.E.
Logyn Okuda

Outstanding Achievement Award (Cinematography)

Winner
The Allure
Steve Bagshaw
Wood Motion Pictures

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short)

Winner
Red Rain
Samer Saifan

Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short)

Winner
Passage
Jigme Tenzin Salto(director)
Objets
Winner
L'Empreinte
Janet Roston

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short)

Winner
BETTER FATE THAN NEVER
Isabella Blake-Thomas(director)
Female Funded Films

Women Short

Winner
All That Glitters Is Not Marigold
Evey Yu
71 Floof Studios

June Award

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Best Indie Short

Winner
Crop Duster
9.6 (24)
Oyster Sea
Yixi Luo(cinematographer)
Yulin Chen(producer)
Chengyu Lu(writer/director/editor)
Pei Liu(colorist)
Ming Lou(gaffer)
Demi Gao(production designer)
Marco Chiavetta(sound Supervisor)
Yefan Zhang(composer)

Best Comedy Short

Back to Normal
4.6 (16)
Sam Bhat
Shimaro Entertainment

Best Drama Short

The Mirror
Meimei Liu(director)

Best Editing

The Mirror
Meimei Liu(editor)

Best Student Director (Male)

Chengyu Lu(Director)
Oyster Sea

Best Producer

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Best Producer

Winner
The Last Take
8.5 (7)
Michael McCartney
Hicks Street
Winner
Jules
9.2 (18)
Tiffany Abney
53rd & Gainor
Winner
The Mix
Alex Seefried
Maxwell Seiler
Christian La Morte
Anthony Altamura
Banjo
9.0 (6)
Trevor Gautereaux(producer)
More Than a Test: The Rise of the Unsilenced Movement
Shelby Maya Smith
BETTER FATE THAN NEVER
Kathryn Hollis Peters(producer)
Female Funded Films
When the Clocks Stop
9.7 (6)
Brett Willis(producer)

Actor Award

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Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Will Hughs
Liminal
Janelle Christa Productions

February Award

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Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Winner
Come and Find Me
Carmine Carpenito

Best Editing

Winner
Come and Find Me
Daniel Reich

Best First Time Male Director

Winner
Carmine Carpenito
Come and Find Me

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Come and Find Me
Carmine Carpenito

Best Original Score

Winner
Come and Find Me
Raphael Sommer
Björn Pankratz
Vali Herrera
House Rules
Andrew Stirling MacDonald(composer)
Jarden Films

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Come and Find Me
Carmine Carpenito

Best Production Design

Winner
Come and Find Me
Carmine Carpenito

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Nikolai Bosshardt
Come and Find Me

Best Young Actor

Winner
Fflyn Edwards
Come and Find Me

Best Cinematography

Come and Find Me
Ben Zäch

Best Horror Short

House Rules
Melanie Rosedale(director)
Jeffrey Harvey(director)
Jarden Films

Best Producer

Come and Find Me
Carmine Carpenito

Annual Award

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Best Animation Short

Winner
Lifted
Daniel Robichaud(Director)

Best Cinematography of the Year

Winner
Come and Find Me
Ben Zäch

Best Film Noir Short

Winner
The Americano
Timothy de León
Nolan Tondreau

Best First Time Male Director of the Year

Winner
Carmine Carpenito
Come and Find Me

Best Music Video

Best Mystery Short of the Year

Winner
Come and Find Me
Carmine Carpenito

Best Original Score of the Year

Winner
Come and Find Me
Vali Herrera
Björn Pankratz
Raphael Sommer

Best Romantic Film

Winner
All I Am
Vivian True(as Vanessa)
Travis Lincoln Cox(as Damian)
Nick Ritacco(as Luca)

Best Young Actor of the Year

Winner
Fflyn Edwards
Come and Find Me

Best Documentary Short

Find Yourself
Seth Deter
4-Alarm Film

Award of Excellence

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Best Short of the Season

Winner
Liminal
Janelle Christa
Robert Day
Edward Kasper
Rafael Reis
Janelle Christa Productions

Special Jury Mention

Winner
Down
Ben Rogers

Best Sci-Fi Short

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Best Sci-Fi Short

Parallel Partners
Melissa Vitello
Christopher Sheffield
Francisco Marquez

Best Production Design

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Best Production Design

Winner
The Last Take
8.5 (7)
Yingxi Wang
Hicks Street
The Portrait
6.3 (6)
Zachary Padgett
General Assembly
Ira Irvani(production designer)
Bubblegum Dog Productions

Best Student Comedy Short

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Best Student Comedy Short

Winner
Inflight Inflatables
John Mac Menamie(director)

Best TV Pilot

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Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Deviants
McKinley Parker(director)
General Assembly
Brianna Titone(writer)
Bubblegum Dog Productions

Best First Time Director (Male)

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Best First Time Director

Winner
Brett Willis(director)
When the Clocks Stop
McKinley Parker(director)
Deviants

Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
Cameron Poletti(director)
Banjo

Best Ensemble Cast

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Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Banjo
9.0 (6)
Alex Poletti
Claire Rice
T.J. Sullinger
Hunter Torr
Winner
When the Clocks Stop
9.7 (6)
Grant Merritt(actor)
Carissa Rhea Tajudeen(actor)
Mary Cameron Rogers(actress)
Andrew Tamarkin(actor)
Angel Garet(actor)
Seth Goodfellow(actor)
Kevin Evans Johnson(actor)
Eric Lutz(actor)
Priscilla Valldejuli(actress)
Jules
9.2 (18)
Eric C. Lynch
Renelle Nicole
Mike Merrill
53rd & Gainor
Pizza Hunt
Penande Estime
Max Laferriere
Kenny Parent
Akotene Chanoine
Naomi Frenette
Underdog Pictures

September Award

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Best Acting Duo

Dating Audrey
Kendal Brenneman
Edmund C. Short
In the Wee hours

Best Cinematography

Dating Audrey
Dan Hertzog
In the Wee hours

Best Director (Male)

Dan Hertzog
Dating Audrey
In the Wee hours

Best Horror Short

Just a Picture
Lisa Singletary
Cipher Cat Films

Best Producer

Dating Audrey
Andrew Martin
Ganna Hertzog
Géraldine Lavie
In the Wee hours

Best Director (Male)

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Best Director

Best Director (Male)

Winner
Nolan Tondreau
The Americano

Best Music Video

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Best Music Video

Winner
My Face
Jeff Hilliard
A-F-R-O: Got Next? Part 3 (80 Emcees)
9.7 (17)
A-F-R-O(director)
FRO Thizzle Productions

Best Comedy Short

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Best Comedy Short

Winner
Why Dogs Howl
Gary Teitelbaum
Winner
Dicky Mack: The Right of Way
McGillicuddy & Co
Winner
Chatbot DeeDee
Kyle Bales(director)
Kenny Holmes(director)
Strange Lady Sister Gang
Holmes Productions

Best Drama Short

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Best Drama Short

Winner
O Fim era Apenas o Início
8.6 (11)
António Aleixo
Bonzi
O Fim era Apenas o Início
8.6 (11)
António Aleixo
Bonzi

Best Indie Short

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Best Indie Short

Honorable Mention

Clock Shop
Jennifer Sklias-Gahan
Demivoula Studios

Best Director (Female)

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Best Director (Female)

Best Documentary Short

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Best Documentary Short

Winner
More Than a Test: The Rise of the Unsilenced Movement
Shelby Maya Smith
Abby H.
Mollie B.
Abigail S.
Ashley G.
Emilee S.
Alivia

Honorable Mention

Winner
Peace Wilderness Man
Tim Millard

Best Experimental Short

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Best Experimental Short

Winner
Moksha
Mike Canale(producer)
Ankita Nayak(producer)
Sheel Yerneni(producer)
Winner
Growing Daisies
Alessandra Gaia Williams
Arielle Raycene
Daisyland Productions
Winner
Liminal
Janelle Christa
Robert Day
Rafael Reis
Edward Kasper
Janelle Christa Productions
The Conscious Movie
Harsh Mamata(writer/director)
Five
Scott Petill(director)
newNature

Best Student Thriller Short

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Best Student Thriller Short

Winner
All That Glitters Is Not Marigold
Evey Yu
71 Floof Studios

Best Original Song

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Best Original Song

Winner
Pretty Please
Peng Peng(artist)
Carissa Tells It All
Mike Madigan(writer)
Five Clover Films
Best Original Song

Best Set Design

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Best Set Design

Winner
The Allure
Josh Wood
Wood Motion Pictures

Best LGBTQ Short

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Best LGBTQ Short

Winner
The Last Take
8.5 (7)
Brian Foyster
Michael McCartney
Hicks Street
Jeudi
Alex Dauphin

Best Actor

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Best Actor

Winner
Timothy de León
The Americano
Winner
Victor Del Rio
Ed

Best Original Score

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Best Original Score

Winner
Forecast: The Short
Peter Nanasi(composer)
Winner
Harlowe's Well
Nick Moss Rogers(Composer)
Winner
Folded
Zach Lemmon
The Scalpel
6.6 (8)
Ed Hartman
8th Sense Productions,
Waking Conundrum
Jordan Liling
All That Glitters Is Not Marigold
Ruiqi Zhao
71 Floof Studios
Pizza Hunt
William Gaboury

Best Original Screenplay

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Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Once More, Like Rain Man
8.4 (21)
Bella Zoe Martinez
Winner
When the Clocks Stop
9.7 (6)
Brett Willis(writer)
The Conscious Movie
Harsh Mamata(writer/director)
Banjo
9.0 (6)
Alex Poletti(writer)

Best Costume Design

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Best Costume Design

Winner
The Last Take
8.5 (7)
Lisa Padovani
Hicks Street
Winner
Moksha
Sheel Yerneni(costume designer)

Best Cinematography

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Best Cinematography

Winner
All I Am
Vivian True(Producer)
Shaw Fisher(Director of Photography)
Winner
The Americano
Tyler Chandler
Little Help
Raymond Scott(cinematographer)
All That Glitters Is Not Marigold
Shih-Hsuan Kuo
71 Floof Studios
Jules
9.2 (18)
Jorel Odell
53rd & Gainor
Liminal
Robert Day
Janelle Christa Productions

Best Actress

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Best Actress

Winner
Arielle Raycene
Growing Daisies
Daisyland Productions
Winner
Arielle Raycene
Growing Daisies
Lily Wirum(actress)
Take It Easy on Me
A6 Communications V/hagen
Sheel Yerneni(actress)
Moksha

Best Thriller Short

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Best Thriller Short

Best Student Short

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Best Student Action Short

Winner
E.V.E.
Graham Ros

Best Young Filmmaker (Male)

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Best Young Filmmaker (Male)

Winner
What do you want.
Tiziano Baita

Best Film Noir

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Best Film Noir Short

Artifact
Jack Pochop
Cartridge Thunder

Best Editing

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Best Editing

Winner
More Than a Test: The Rise of the Unsilenced Movement
Shelby Maya Smith
Winner
Jules
9.2 (18)
Kari Heavenrich
53rd & Gainor
Winner
Liminal
Rafael Reis
Janelle Christa Productions
The Americano
Nolan Tondreau

Best Sound Editing

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Best Sound Editing

Winner
The Allure
Josh Wood
Wood Motion Pictures

Best First Time Director (Female)

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Best Female Director

Winner
Alessandra Gaia Williams
Growing Daisies
Daisyland Productions

Best First Time Director (Female)

Winner
Claire Haines(director)
Stages
Code Bear Media
Winner
Sheel Yerneni(director)
Moksha
Winner
Tiffany Abney
Jules
53rd & Gainor
Leslie Baltrons(director)
Yu-Yi
Shelby Maya Smith
More Than a Test: The Rise of the Unsilenced Movement

Best Crime Short

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Best Crime Short

Winner
Cerebellum
7.5 (9)
Erik Bergamini
Do Less

Best Short Script

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Best Short Script

Winner
Roots
Cesar Sanchis Romero

Best Acting Duo

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Best Acting Duo

Winner
Folded
Kilee Rheinsburg
Erika Lebby
Winner
We in This Together
Tae Prync(actor)
Juan Bishaw(actor)
LeviNLA Films
Artifact
Pete Berwick
Hope Blackstock
Cartridge Thunder
All I Am
Vivian True(as Vanessa)
Travis Lincoln Cox(as Damian)

Best Horror Short

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Best Horror Short

Winner
Reel Terror
8.0 (6)
Ted Bennett
Winner
The Allure
Josh Wood(writer/director)
Krystian Gajer(actor)
Steve Bagshaw(cinematographer)
Wood Motion Pictures
The Portrait
6.3 (6)
Zachary Padgett
Harlowe's Well
Jack H. Wood(Director)

January Award

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Best Animated Short

Winner
Lifted
Daniel Robichaud(director)

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
The Big Time
Keon Gaynor(actor)
Frankie Midnight(actor)
Gc Christopher(actor)
Tyrese Saint-Cyr(actor)
Stephen Hedger(actor)
Trouvaille Pictures

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner
Liminal
Shannon Loar-Coté
Janelle Christa Productions

Best Producer

Lifted
Daniel Robichaud(producer)

Award of Excellence (Special Mention)

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Award of Excellence

Winner
Twisted Revenge
Emily Roberts
Austin Tremblay
Marielene Jones
Arman Sayat

Best Romantic Short

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Best Romantic Short

Winner
All I Am
Vivian True(as Vanessa May)
Travis Lincoln Cox(as Damian Chevalier)
Nick Ritacco(as Luca Blackwood)
Aly

Best Fantasy Short

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Best Fantasy Short

Winner
ksms
Ula Warzeé
Cocun

Best Special Makeup

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Best Special Makeup

Winner
Harlowe's Well
Stormie Steen(makeup artist)

Best Short Overall

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Best Short

Winner
Once More, Like Rain Man
8.4 (21)
Sue Ann Pien
Bella Zoe Martinez
Athena Locations
Winner
Growing Daisies
Alessandra Gaia Williams
Arielle Raycene
Daisyland Productions

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Film)

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Best Experimental Short

Winner
The Conscious Movie
Harsh Mamata(writer/director)
Winner
When the Clocks Stop
9.7 (6)
Angel Garet(actor)
Andrew Tamarkin(actor)
Kevin Evans Johnson(actor)
Brett Willis(director)
Mary Cameron Rogers(actress)
Grant Merritt(actor)
Daniel Weiser(editor)
Eric Lutz(actor)
Seth Goodfellow(actor)
Priscilla Valldejuli(actress)
Carissa Rhea Tajudeen(actress)

Best Supporting Actor

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Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Matt Jones
Once More, Like Rain Man

Best Child/Young Actress

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Best Child/Young Actress

Winner
Bella Zoe Martinez
Once More, Like Rain Man
Winner
Vivienne Wood(actress)
Harlowe's Well

Best Sound Design

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Best Sound Design

Winner
Popcorn
Fangjian Abby Li(sound designer)
Winner
The Allure
Josh Wood
Wood Motion Pictures

Best Dark Comedy Short

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Best Dark Comedy Short

Winner
Banjo
9.0 (6)
Winner
Folded
Erika Lebby
Ari Kraiman
Winner
Attempted Murder
Gavin J. Konop
West Egg Pictures
End of Life Inc.
Andrew Han(producer)
Seth Lawrence(writer, executive producer)
Allison Brady(sound department)
Abby Tagë Lee(co-producer)
Jesse Printz(actor)
Jose Infante(director of photography)
Christian Sampson(director, writer, executive producer)
Sampson Films
Confessions
Veronica Valenti
Damen Herren Productions
TAGMovieProductions
Carissa Tells It All
Mike Madigan(director)
Five Clover Films

Special Jury Award

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Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season

Winner
ksms
Ula Warzeé
Cocun

Best Short of the Season

Winner
Moksha
Ankita Nayak(producer)
Mike Canale(producer)
Sheel Yerneni(producer)

Special Jury Mention

Winner
We in This Together
Tonya Reneé Banks(actress)
LeviNLA Films

Best Young Filmmaker (Female)

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Best Young Filmmaker (Female)

Winner
Between Dreams
Brynn Daigle

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

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Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
Alicia & Jerome
Taylor Forte(actor)
Joshua M. Abrams(actor)
Ena Fleming(actor)
Caroline Quigley(actor)
Anna Lise Conroy(actor)
Gabriella Gonzalez Biziou(actor)
Rj Conley(actor)
Sarah Mullis(actor)
Ashwini Ganpule(actor)
Diana Atai(actor)
Logan Hunt(actor)
Susan Louise O'Connor(actor)
Chelsea London Lloyd(actor)
Silvia Baldassini(actor)
Duane Venner(actor)
Jean Charles(actor)
Alicia S Mason(actor)
Taylor Martorana(actor)
Diana Atai Productions
Winner
Deviants
McKinley Parker(director)
From Buckingham Palace
Nita Mistry

Best Children Short

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Best Children Short

Little Help
Nick Hagelin(director)
Raymond Scott(cinematographer)

Best Director

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Best Director

Winner
Sue Ann Pien
Once More, Like Rain Man
Winner
Alessandra Gaia Williams
Growing Daisies

April/May Award

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Best Original Song

Winner
Fine Specimen
Ramsey Lee(songwriter)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
Just Matthew

Outstanding Achievement For Music Video

Winner
Fine Specimen
Aine Geraghty(director)

Best Actor

Gennadii Omelianiuk(actor)
Just Matthew

Best Action Short

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Best Action Short

Winner
Jules
9.2 (18)
Tiffany Abney
53rd & Gainor

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script)

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Film Noir Short)

Winner
Together Alone
6.0 (13)
Jolene Jaxon(Director)

Short Script

Winner
Divorce Story
Vanessa Li Wang(Writer)

Best Sound Mixing

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Best Sound Mixing

Winner
Jules
9.2 (18)
Michael Thomas Silva
53rd & Gainor

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

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Award of Excellence

Winner
Jules
9.2 (18)
Tiffany Abney
53rd & Gainor

Festival Award

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Best Actor

Winner
Tim Seyfert
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Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
Ben Rogers
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IndieX Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Best Comedy Short

The Meme Creators

Best Dark Comedy Short

The Ghost of Christmas Prison

Best Film Noir Short

Jane

Best Horror Short

Shut the Door at 10:04

Best Music Video

Southern Love

Best Mystery Short

Pizza Hunt

Best Short Script

The Pact

Sci-Fi Short

Quarantine

Trailer/Teaser

Chthonic

Visual FX

E.V.E.

Best Actress

Best Drama Short

Reignite

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Carissa Tells It All

Best Romantic Short

Fading Silver

Best Sound Design

Reignite

Outstanding Achievement Award

Best Animation Short

The Straight Poop

Best Microfilm

What Dreams May Come

Best Romantic Short

Dating Audrey

Ada & Jayson

Best Young Actor/Child Actor

Best Young Filmmaker (Male)

What Remains of Us

Editing

The Allure

LGBTQ Short

The Clownfish

Original Score

E.V.E.

Outstanding Achievement Award (Cinematography)

The Allure

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short)

Red Rain

Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short)

Passage

L'Empreinte

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short)

BETTER FATE THAN NEVER

Women Short

All That Glitters Is Not Marigold

June Award

Best Indie Short

Crop Duster

Oyster Sea

Best Comedy Short

Back to Normal

Best Drama Short

The Mirror

Best Editing

The Mirror

Best Student Director (Male)

Best Producer

Best Producer

The Last Take

Jules

The Mix

Banjo

More Than a Test: The Rise of the Unsilenced Movement

BETTER FATE THAN NEVER

When the Clocks Stop

Actor Award