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Independent Filmmakers Showcase IFS Film Festival, US

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    Vanguard Award

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    Horror Vanguard Award

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      Winner

      Terror Toons 3

      5.1 (129)
      Joe Castro(director)
      Double Power Studios
      VFX Fantastique
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      Winner

      Terror Toons 3

      5.1 (129)
      Joe Castro(director)
      Steven J. Escobar(producer)
      Double Power Studios
      VFX Fantastique

    Jury Award

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    Best Comedic Short

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      Underachievers

      5.2 (16)
      Neil Gordon
      Victoria Gordon

    IFS Award

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    Audience Award

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      The Sixth Lead

      8.6 (57)
      Rick Glassman(writer) (director) (actor)

    Audience Award Best Feature

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      Girl Lost

      6.1 (7.1K)
      Robin Bain(writer, director, producer)
      Leslin Films

    Best Action Film

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      Winner

      I Am Joe

      4.7 (127)
      Pedro Baron(director)

    Best Comedic Film

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      Winner

      Fame Dogs

      8.7 (49)
      Sylvia Batey Alcalá
      Rude Mechanicals

    Best Dramatic Feature Film

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      Winner

      Girl Lost

      6.1 (7.1K)
      Robin Bain(director)
      Leslin Films

    Best Experimental Film

    • Siegfried Peters
      Winners
      • Michael Greenwood
      • Siegfried Peters

    Best Family Short Film

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      Winner

      Death After Pancakes

      9.6 (13)
      Sunny Vachher
      Sofia Garza-Barba
      Hollywood Casting and Film

    Best Horror FIlm

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      Winner

      The Painting: The Art of Slaying

      6.0 (43)
      Robert Rothbard(director)
      Sally Lamb(producer)
      Immanuel Productions

    Best Independent Short

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      Winner

      Other Side

      Tudor Munteanu(writer/director)
      Amy Tofte(writer/director)

    Best LGBT Short Film

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      Winner

      Wedlocked

      7.1 (26)
      Puppett(director)

    Best Picture

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      Winner

      Girl Lost

      6.1 (7.1K)
      Robin Bain(director)
      Leslin Films

    Best Sci Fi Short Film

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      Winner

      The Watchers

      8.4 (13)
      Jason Fedusenko(writer/director)
      Edward King III(writer/director)
      Michael Van Patten(writer/director)
      Christina Jo'Leigh(producer)
      Vincent Pascoe(director of photography)
      Silver Shadow Pictures
      Cinematic Artistry

    Best Short Film

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      Winner

      The Sixth Lead

      8.6 (57)
      Rick Glassman(writer) (director) (actor)
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      Winner

      The Sixth Lead

      8.6 (57)
      Rick Glassman

    • In the night we spin

      Jorge S. Pallas(director)
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      Minus One

      Alexander Tuschinski(director)
      Jennifer Pakosch(director)
      Julia Kästle(director)

    Best Short Film Director

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      Winner
      • Katerina Gorshkov(Director)
      • Rotten

    Best Thriller Feature Film

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      Winner

      South32

      4.4 (63)
      Jake Barsha

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