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Independent Filmmakers Showcase IFS Film Festival, US

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 201920182017201620152014201320122011

    IFS Award

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    Best Action Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gunwalkers

      8.0 (70)
      Addison Sandoval
      Addisonfilm

    Best Actor in a Short Film

    • Taylor McCluskey
      Winner
      • Taylor McCluskey
      • Greenback$
      TaylorMade Films

    Best Actress

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unfortunate Circumstances

      5.6 (14)
      Double Infinity Productions

    Best Animated Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      God Woke

      8.0 (45)
      Stan Lee(writer)
      Gary Laird(director)
      Fabian Nicieza(adapted by)
      Matt Murray(story editor)
      Scott Liggett(executive producer)
      Gill Champion(executive producer)
      William Shatner(executive producer)
      Frank Lovece(editorial producer)
      Wilson Ramos Jr.(art director)
      Fred Jung(executive producer)
      Kevin Harrington(executive producer)
      Sean Fernald(producer/voice director)
      Conrad Ytuarte(dialogue editor)
      POW! Entertainment
      LNL Partners, Inc.
      Jung Guns Entertainment

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jimmy the Saint

      6.6 (18)
      Zack Paris

    Best Comedy Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The 60 Yard Line

      5.1 (266)
      Leif Gantvoort
      Ryan Churchill
      Nick Greco
      Alex McCullough

    Best Director

    • Branden Morgan in Don's Plum (2001)
      Winner
      • Branden Morgan
      • Jimmy the Saint

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer

      4.8 (79)
      Leslie Zemeckis(director)
      Mistress Inc.
    • [object Object]

      John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

      7.6 (186)
      Derek Wayne Johnson

    Best Dramatic Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lucky Man

      4.7 (1.7K)
      Norman Gregory McGuire
      Lucky Films

    Best Dramatic Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Locked in Stone

      David Khaziri(Director)
      William Khaziri(Producer)
    • [object Object]

      Detention

      J.P. Lucking(director and writer)
      Eivid Nina Pedersen(producer)

    Best Experimental Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tamerlane Death Cycle 001

      Angelus Bailey(director)
      Lucas D. Miller(director of photography)

    Best Family Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slipaway

      7.1 (341)
      Tigran Mutafyan(producer)
      Glasscore Entertainment
      Creative Vision

    Best Horror FIlm

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The 6th Friend

      4.3 (710)
      Letia Clouston
      Jamie Bernadette
      Chantelle Albers
      Lyle Albers
      Sommer Leigh Studios

    Best Horror Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The 6th Friend

      4.3 (710)
      Letia Clouston(Director)

    Best Independent Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Monday

      6.7 (123)
      Dinh Thai(writer/director)

    Best LGBTQ Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Last Fitness Instructor

      5.1 (18)
      Michele Williams(producer)

    Best Male Actor - Dramatic Feature

    • Actor Jesse James at THE FLYBOYS premiere.
      Winner
      • Jesse James
      • The Lucky Man
      Lucky Films

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jimmy the Saint

      6.6 (18)
      Branden Morgan
      Chris Emerson
      Jason Leibsla
      Bruce Witkin
      Stanley Street Films
      Notorious Possum
    • [object Object]

      The Lost Tree

      4.5 (1.5K)
      Brian A. Metcalf(director)
      Ben Chan(producer)
      Thomas Ian Nicholas(producer)
      Red Compass Media

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

      5.9 (772)
      Tony DuShane

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Common Threads

      8.0 (9)
      William Shockley
      Team 2 Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Waste

      6.0 (30)
      Justine Raczkiewicz(director)
      Building J
    • [object Object]

      Adam

      7.0 (981)
      Veselin Efremov
    • [object Object]

      LA Stories

      6.8 (11)
      Daniel Rieber

    Best Short Film Director

    • Winner
      • Lauren Hoekstra
      • City Bus

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Lacey Chabert
      Winner
      • Lacey Chabert
      • The Lost Tree
      Red Compass Media

    Best Thriller Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lost Tree

      4.5 (1.5K)
      Brian A. Metcalf(director)
      Red Compass Media

    Best Web Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wait Crimes

    Audience Award

    • [object Object]

      City Bus

      7.6 (13)
      Lauren Hoekstra(Director)
    • [object Object]

      Greenback$

      Taylor McCluskey
      TaylorMade Films
    • [object Object]

      The Meanest Man in Texas

      6.0 (375)
      Justin Isaac Ward
      Brad Wilson
      Casey Bond
      Higher Purpose Entertainment
      Ohana Films Entertainment
    • [object Object]

      LA Stories

      6.8 (11)
      Daniel Rieber

    Audience Award Best Feature

    • [object Object]

      The Lost Tree

      4.5 (1.5K)
      Brian A. Metcalf(director)
      Ben Chan(producer)
      Thomas Ian Nicholas(producer)
      Red Compass Media

    Best Family Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Super

      5.9 (11)
      Jacob Michael Keller

    Best Horror Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Limbus

      Joel Seidl

    Unpublished Screenplay Award

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    Best Teleplay

    • Winner
      • Hamish Tildesley
      For "Breakers"

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