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Wild Rose Independent Film Festival

    • 2010s
    • 2000s
    • 201620142013201220112010

    WRIFF Award

    Edit

    Best Actor - Feature Film

    • Winner
      • Wolfgang Rauh(actor)
      • Blockbuster: Das Leben ist ein Film
    • Scott Deckert
      • Scott Deckert
      • Odd Brodsky
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Actor - Short Film

    • Winner
      • Stan Brown
      • The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy
    • Gabriel Furman
      • Gabriel Furman(actor)
      • Mother's Day
      Former Children Productions
    • EDDIE DIAZ is Hector Malcas on CSI: Miami
      Rafael Martinez at an event for McFarland, USA (2015)
      • Eddie Diaz
      • Rafael Martinez
      • La Tierra Del Exodo
    • Hermann Beyer, Melanie Marschke, and Amy Mußul in Plan C (2025)
      • Hermann Beyer
      • Wintersreise

    Best Actor - Student Film - College/ University

    • LaMonica Garrett
      Winner
      • LaMonica Garrett
      • The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm the Duke' by J.P. Duke

    Best Actor Iowa Feature

    • Shawn McAninch
      Winner
      • Shawn McAninch
      • Sometimes Salvation

    Best Actress

    • Megan Ann Hensley
      Winner
      • Megan Ann Hensley(actress)
      • Motivation

    Best Actress - Feature Film

    • Tegan Ashton Cohan
      Winner
      • Tegan Ashton Cohan
      • Odd Brodsky
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Actress - Short Film

    • Melissa Leo
      Winner
      • Melissa Leo(actress)
      • Mother's Day
      Former Children Productions
    • Mary Testa in 2 Broke Girls (2011)
      Winner
      • Mary Testa(actress)
      • The Mother
      Pogo Piggybackers

    Best Actress Student Film

    • Catherine Urbanek
      Winner
      • Catherine Urbanek
      • The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm the Duke' by J.P. Duke

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hum

      6.5 (66)
      Tom Teller
      Frame 48

    Best Cinematography - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      Matthew Irving(Director of Photography)
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Cinematography - Iowa Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Motivation

      Ryan Buck(executive producer)

    Best Cinematography - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mother

      8.7 (13)
      Luca Fantini(director of photography)
      Pogo Piggybackers
    • [object Object]

      La Tierra Del Exodo

      7.7 (11)
      Ayana Baraka
      One Hand Clapping Pictures

    Best Cinematography - Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Grill Dog

      6.9 (31)
      Benji Dell

    Best Costume Design - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy

      8.5 (37)
      Aimee Hoff

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Thor Moreno(Writer/Director)
      • Burn: 68 Thunderbird
      Fearless Cinema

    Best Director (Short Film)

    • Paolo Monico
      Winner
      • Paolo Monico(director)
      • The Mother
      Pogo Piggybackers
    • On location in Nashville, TN
      • Jeff Tan(director)
      • Mother's Day
      Former Children Productions
    • Skinner Myers
      • Skinner Myers
      • La Tierra Del Exodo
      One Hand Clapping Pictures
      • Susanne Boeing
      • Wintersreise

    Best Director - Feature Film

    • Cindy Baer
      Winner
      • Cindy Baer
      • Odd Brodsky
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions
    • Larry Rosen
      Winner
      • Larry Rosen
      • Bloody Slumber Party

    Best Director - Short Film

    • Alexander Jeffery on the set of Molto Bella in Sicily.
      Winner
      • Alexander Jeffery
      • The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy

    Best Director - Student Film

    • Max Barbakow at an event for The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival Village (2020)
      Winner
      • Max Barbakow
      • The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm the Duke' by J.P. Duke

    Best Director Documentary Feature

    • Rebecca Louisell, Director
      Winners
      • Linda Brown
      • Rebecca Louisell
      • You See Me

    Best Director Student Film College/University

    • on the set of Shadow Boxing
      Winner
      • Ryan Taylor Lopez
      • Shadow Boxing

    Best Documentary Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You See Me

      9.3 (79)
      Linda Brown
      Rebecca Louisell

    Best Editing - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      Cindy Baer
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Editing Feature Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You See Me

      9.3 (79)
      Nels Bangerter
      Linda Brown

    Best Ensemble Casting - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      George Nikitas
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Ensemble Casting - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mother

      8.7 (13)
      Julie Schubert(casting director)
      Pogo Piggybackers
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy

      8.5 (37)
      Alexander Jeffery

    Best Ensemble Casting - Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm the Duke' by J.P. Duke

      7.4 (55)
      Rachel Tenner
      Charlene Lee

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      Cindy Baer(Producer)
      Thomai Hatsios(Producer)
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sometimes Salvation

      Thor Moreno(Writer/Director)
      Annette Duffy(Producer)
      Fearless Cinema
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bloody Slumber Party

      2.6 (216)
      Larry Rosen

    Best Iowa Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sometimes Salvation

      Thor Moreno

    Best Makeup - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      Kathy Bayley
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Music - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy

      8.5 (37)
      Bence Kutrik
    • [object Object]

      La Tierra Del Exodo

      7.7 (11)
      Sebastián Kauderer
      One Hand Clapping Pictures

    Best Production Design - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      Ken Oefelein
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Production Design - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy

      8.5 (37)
      Paul Petersen

    Best Production Design - Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Grill Dog

      6.9 (31)
      Brittany Elias Scott

    Best Screenplay - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      Cindy Baer
      Matthew Irving
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Screenplay - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mother

      8.7 (13)
      Paolo Monico(writer)
      Pogo Piggybackers
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy

      8.5 (37)
      Paul Petersen

    Best Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Burn: 68 Thunderbird

      Thor Moreno(Writer/Director)
      Annette Duffy(Producer)
      Fearless Cinema

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mother

      8.7 (13)
      Paolo Monico(producer)
      Pogo Piggybackers
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy

      8.5 (37)
      Alexander Jeffery
      Paul Petersen
    • [object Object]

      Mother's Day

      7.8 (17)
      Gabriel Furman(producer)
      Former Children Productions
    • [object Object]

      La Tierra Del Exodo

      7.7 (11)
      Skinner Myers
      One Hand Clapping Pictures

    Best Sound Design - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      Victoria Rose Sampson(Supervising Sound Editor)
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Student Narrative Feature Film - College/University

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shadow Boxing

      7.9 (31)
      Ryan Taylor Lopez

    Best Supporting Actress - Short Film

    • Sylvia Kauders
      Winner
      • Sylvia Kauders(supporting actress)
      • The Mother
      Pogo Piggybackers

    Best Visual Effects - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      Mark Alan Thomas(Visual Effects Supervisor/Artist)
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Young Actor - Student Film

    • Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Winner
      • Britain Dalton
      • Grill Dog

    Student Film (Short Film)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm the Duke' by J.P. Duke

      7.4 (55)
      Max Barbakow

    Best Ensemble Casting

    • [object Object]

      La Tierra Del Exodo

      7.7 (11)
      Blanca Valdez
      Blanca Valdez Casting
    • [object Object]

      Blockbuster: Das Leben ist ein Film

      8.4 (29)
      Vlado Priborsky(director)
    • [object Object]

      Wintersreise

      Susanne Ritter

    Best International Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Wintersreise

      Susanne Boeing

    Best Make-Up - Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Mother's Day

      7.8 (17)
      Nina Moran(makeup artist)
      Former Children Productions

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]

      La Tierra Del Exodo

      7.7 (11)
      Elsa Mayuri
      One Hand Clapping Pictures

    Best Production Design (Short Film)

    • [object Object]

      La Tierra Del Exodo

      7.7 (11)
      Elsa Mayuri
      One Hand Clapping Pictures

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]

      La Tierra Del Exodo

      7.7 (11)
      Skinner Myers
      One Hand Clapping Pictures
    • [object Object]

      Wintersreise

      Susanne Boeing

    Best Screenplay - Student Film

    • [object Object]

      The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm the Duke' by J.P. Duke

      7.4 (55)
      Derek Pastuszek
      Andy Siara

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]

      La Tierra Del Exodo

      7.7 (11)
      Terence Deutsch
      One Hand Clapping Pictures

    Distinctive Achievement Award

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    Actor - Feature Film

    • Don Scime
      Winner
      • Don Scime
      • The David Dance
      Brave Lad Films
    • Ricky Mabe
      Winner
      • Ricky Mabe(actor)
      • Dirty Beautiful
      Doggie Dream Productions
      Trulight PIctures
    • Steve Luna
      Winner
      • Steve Luna
      • Shadow Boxing

    Actor - Iowa Film

    • Head shot .2023
      Winner
      • Ben Rollins
      • The Orange Man

    Actor - Short Film

    • Rex Austin Barrow
      Winner
      • Rex Austin Barrow
      • The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy

    Actress - Feature Film

    • Antoinette LaVecchia
      Winner
      • Antoinette LaVecchia
      • The David Dance
      Brave Lad Films
    • Jordan Monaghan
      Winner
      • Jordan Monaghan(actress)
      • Dirty Beautiful
      Doggie Dream Productions
      Trulight PIctures
    • Winner
      • Samm Wiechec
      • Shadow Boxing

    Best Actor - Feature Film

    • Hoyt Richards
      Winner
      • Hoyt Richards
      • Intersection
      Tortoise Entertainment

    Best Actor - Iowa Film

    • Stephen Janousek at an event for Taken 3 (2014)
      Winner
      • Stephen Janousek
      • Motivation

    Best Actor - Short Film

    • Boris McGiver
      Winner
      • Boris McGiver(actor)
      • The Mother
      Pogo Piggybackers

    Best Actress - Feature Film

    • Anabella Casanova
      Winner
      • Anabella Casanova
      • Intersection
      Tortoise Entertainment

    Best Actress - International Feature Film

    • Winner
      • Angela Barotia
      • Remittance

    Best Cinematography - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Intersection

      7.5 (97)
      Ayan Pratap
      Tortoise Entertainment

    Best Cinematography - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wintersreise

      Michael Faust

    Best Cinematography - Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm the Duke' by J.P. Duke

      7.4 (55)
      Nicholas Bupp

    Best Costumes - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odd Brodsky

      6.1 (175)
      Chelsey Hemstreet
      Free Dream Pictures
      Metahara Productions

    Best Director - Feature

    • Aprill Winney
      Winner
      • Aprill Winney(director)
      • The David Dance
      Brave Lad Films
    • Winner
      • Tim French
      • Intersection
      Tortoise Entertainment

    Best Director - Feature Film

    • Winner
      • Vlado Priborsky(director)
      • Blockbuster: Das Leben ist ein Film

    Best Director - Iowa Film

    • Winner
      • Ryan Buck(director)
      • Motivation

    Best Director - Short Film

    • On location in Nashville, TN
      Winner
      • Jeff Tan(director)
      • Mother's Day
      Former Children Productions

    Best Director - Student Film

    • Winner
      • Corey Aumiller
      • Grill Dog

    Best Director/ Writer - International Feature Film

    • Joel Fendelman at an event for Man on Fire (2018)
      Winners
      • Patrick Daly
      • Joel Fendelman
      • Remittance

    Best Ensemble Cast - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shadow Boxing

      7.9 (31)
      Helene Gonze

    Best Ensemble Casting - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Intersection

      7.5 (97)
      Tim French
      Rick Irvin
      Tortoise Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Remittance

      7.5 (58)
      Patrick Daly
      Joel Fendelman

    Best Ensemble Casting - Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Grill Dog

      6.9 (31)
      Carla Hool
      Beth Blanks

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The David Dance

      6.0 (163)
      Don Scime(producer)
      Aprill Winney(director)
      Brave Lad Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Intersection

      7.5 (97)
      Hoyt Richards
      Tim French
      Rick Irvin
      Tortoise Entertainment

    Best Film - Iowa Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Motivation

      Ryan Buck(executive producer)

    Best International Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Remittance

      7.5 (58)
      Patrick Daly
      Joel Fendelman

    Best International Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blockbuster: Das Leben ist ein Film

      8.4 (29)
      Vlado Priborsky(director)

    Best Music - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mother

      8.7 (13)
      John Kusiak(composer)
      Pogo Piggybackers
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wintersreise

      Ina Siefert

    Best Production Design - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mother

      8.7 (13)
      Steven Jos Phan(production design/art direction)
      Pogo Piggybackers
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wintersreise

      Ann-Kathrin Otto

    Best Production Design - Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm the Duke' by J.P. Duke

      7.4 (55)
      Kelly Fallon

    Best Screenplay (produced) - Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Grill Dog

      6.9 (31)
      Corey Aumiller
      Andy Siara

    Best Screenplay - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mother's Day

      7.8 (17)
      Gabriel Furman(writer)
      Former Children Productions

    Best Short - Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Grill Dog

      6.9 (31)
      Corey Aumiller(director) (writer)
      Andy Siara(writer)
      Benji Dell(cinematographer)
      Salvador Pérez García(editor)
      Brittany Elias Scott(production designer)
      Daniel Leighton(producer)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mother's Day

      7.8 (17)
      Gabriel Furman(writer)
      Jeff Tan(director)
      Melissa Leo(producer)
      Former Children Productions

    Best Sound Design - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mother

      8.7 (13)
      Rex Recker(re-recording mixer)
      Pogo Piggybackers

    Best Young Actor - Student Film

    • Winner
      • Toby Grey
      • Grill Dog

    Cinematography - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The David Dance

      6.0 (163)
      Ian McGlocklin
      Brave Lad Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dirty Beautiful

      5.5 (906)
      Adam Lee(cinematographer)
      Doggie Dream Productions
      Trulight PIctures

    Director - Feature Film

    • Tim Bartell with some awards for Dirty Beautiful.
      Winner
      • Tim Bartell(director)
      • Dirty Beautiful
      Doggie Dream Productions
      Trulight PIctures

    Editing - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The David Dance

      6.0 (163)
      Erin Druez
      Brave Lad Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dirty Beautiful

      5.5 (906)
      Blake Barrie(editor)
      Daniel Raim(editor)
      Doggie Dream Productions
      Trulight PIctures
    • [object Object]

      Intersection

      7.5 (97)
      Neal Thibedeau
      Tortoise Entertainment

    Editing - Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mother

      8.7 (13)
      Naomi Spiro(editor)
      Pogo Piggybackers

    Ensemble Casting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The David Dance

      6.0 (163)
      Brette Goldstein
      Brave Lad Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dirty Beautiful

      5.5 (906)
      Tim Bartell(director)
      Doggie Dream Productions
      Trulight PIctures

    Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dirty Beautiful

      5.5 (906)
      Tim Bartell(director)
      Doggie Dream Productions
      Trulight PIctures

    Music - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The David Dance

      6.0 (163)
      Marc Jackson
      Brave Lad Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dirty Beautiful

      5.5 (906)
      Mike Sawitzke(composer)
      Roy Shakked(composer)
      Doggie Dream Productions
      Trulight PIctures

    Production Design / Art Direction - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The David Dance

      6.0 (163)
      Brian Rzepka
      Kaet McAnneny
      Brave Lad Films

    Screenplay - Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The David Dance

      6.0 (163)
      Don Scime
      Brave Lad Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dirty Beautiful

      5.5 (906)
      Tim Bartell(writer)
      Doggie Dream Productions
      Trulight PIctures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Intersection

      7.5 (97)
      Tim French
      Michael French
      Tortoise Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shadow Boxing

      7.9 (31)
      Ryan Taylor Lopez

    Sound Design - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The David Dance

      6.0 (163)
      Rob L. Hubbard
      Brave Lad Films

    Visual Effects - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The David Dance

      6.0 (163)
      Tim Carras
      Brave Lad Films

    Art Direction / Production Design - Feature Film

    • [object Object]

      Intersection

      7.5 (97)
      Brad Salo
      Tortoise Entertainment

    Cinematography - Short Film - Iowa

    • [object Object]

      Burn: 68 Thunderbird

      Nathian Steir

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