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International Independent Film Awards

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 202520242023202220212020

    Honorable Mention

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    Cell Phone Made Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lonely Butterfly

      Ken Holmes(actor, writer, producer, director)
      Audrey Seybold(director)
      Rain & Neon Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Driftwood Two-Lizard Mom

      Rebecka Ray(actor)
      Roberta Wallach(actor)
      Darren Campo(actor)
      Daniel Goldfarb(actor)

    Honorable Mention Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      See You Soon 2020

      Daleya Marohn

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bad Men from a Melting Moon

      Matt Orefice
      Pecho Grande

    Short Narrative

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kate Allen Is Getting a Life

      6.8 (6)
      Linda Stuart
      Linda Stuart Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kate Allen Is Getting a Life

      6.8 (6)
      Linda Stuart
      Linda Stuart Productions

    Narrative Short

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    Platinum Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ruth

      Shannon Ivey
      Theatre For Change

    Silver Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      So, What Do You Think?

      5.2 (12)
      Karen Tusa
      Jeffrey Eyamie

    Leading Actor

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Winner
      • Tarik Tanrisever
      • Keman Agitlari
      Feza Film

    Original Score

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    Gold Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Meal to Heal All Wounds

      Anthony Janssen

    Best Director

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ruth

      Shannon Ivey
      Theatre For Change
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Christmas Masterpiece

      6.3 (29)
      Wayne Goodrich
      GC Film Productions

    Gold Award

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    Actor in a Leading Role

    • Gorman Ruggiero
      Winner
      • Gorman Ruggiero
      • Calf Rope
    • Jamie Muscato
      Winner
      • Jamie Muscato
      • The Colour of Spring
      Winter Light Productions

    Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Lukas Barnett
      Winner
      • Lukas Barnett
      • Calf Rope

    Actress In A Leading Role

    • Lydia Li
      Winner
      • Lydia Li
      • Nini's Nanny
    • Kristin Samuelson
      Winner
      • Kristin Samuelson
      • Extradition
    • BAFTA Nominee's Party 2017
      Winner
      • Alexa Morden
      • The Colour of Spring
      Winter Light Productions

    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kite

      7.8 (12)
      Hongwei Wang(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Princess Ellie and the Feathered Prince

      Ekaette Shammah(executive producer)
      Set on a Hill

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Julian Crouser
      Winner
      • Julian Crouser(actor)
      • Deadly Promises
      Tolian Productions

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Chris Kerson
      Winner
      • Chris Kerson
      • Rendezvous

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Katarina Morhacova
      Winner
      • Katarina Morhacova
      • Rendezvous

    Best Casting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Deadly Promises

      3.6 (1.3K)
      Thomas Crouser Jr.(casting director)
      Karin Knebl(casting director)
      Joseph Ramos(casting director)
      Tolian Productions

    Best Commercial

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Final Moments

      Eric M. Klein
      Dax Phelan
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Moonflake: De l'espace pour l'imagination

      Brice Blanloeil
      Sébastien Duijndam

    Best Director

    • Seth Kozak
      Winners
      • Seth Kozak
      • Damian Veilleux
      • Rendezvous
    • Lucia Senesi
      Winner
      • Lucia Senesi
      • A Short Story

    Best Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Stretch of Texas Ground

      2.9 (122)
      Ralph Cinque
      Lost Maples Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Deadly Promises

      3.6 (1.3K)
      Joseph Ramos(director)
      Thomas Crouser Jr.(producer)
      Tolian Productions

    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Seth Kozak(producer)
      Bob Kovacs(co-producer)
      Joseph Kozak(executive producer)
      Sean Washington(executive producer)
      Will Tucker(executive producer)
      A.W. Kozak(executive producer)
      Mike Sutton(executive producer)
      Bryan Nix(executive producer)
      DET 4 Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      To A God Unknown - Al Dio Sconosciuto

      7.4 (9)
      Samantha Casella(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      For Life

      Djaka Souaré
      Alana de Freitas
      ADF Productions

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Seth Kozak
      Michael Cole

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nancy

      9.4 (10)
      Alana de Freitas
      ADF Productions

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Inside the Notebook

      8.8 (7)
      Alejandra Hou

    Best commercial

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      8102 ARIM

      Brice Blanloeil

    Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Colour of Spring

      8.5 (39)
      Dillon Garland
      Winter Light Productions

    Concept

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dark Circle

      Ritendra Datta
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rx for Health 3

      8.4 (12)
      Dana Taschner
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Extradition

      Anna Just
      Kristin Samuelson

    Directing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Calf Rope

      8.8 (53)
      Bradley Hawkins
      Dadley Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Colour of Spring

      8.5 (39)
      Paul Andrew Kimball
      Winter Light Productions

    Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Alone Across the Arctic

      7.1 (425)
      Francis Luta
      Jeremy Benning
      Martin Wojtunik
      Mike Reid
      Barclay J. Maude
      Adam Shoalts
      Picturehausfilms

    Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      B.L.I.N.D: Born To Live In Near Darkness

      9.6 (47)
      Sid Katragadda
      Sid Films

    Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A.I.

      Yifan Fancy Du(director)

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Colour of Spring

      8.5 (39)
      Paul Andrew Kimball(director/producer)
      Ron Foley MacDonald(producer)
      Andrew Mark Sewell(executive producer)
      Winter Light Productions

    Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Norwalk Witness

      Bella Dontine
      Travis Brown
      Mohamed Hakeemshady
      Browntown Studios
      Small Wonder Studios
      Sollywood Production
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dark Circle

      Ritendra Datta
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Calf Rope

      8.8 (53)
      Sarah Hawkins(Producer)
      Ryan Geesaman(Co-Producer)
      Lauren Zehr(Co-Producer)
      Brenda Ellis(Associate Producer)
      Greg Ellis(Associate Producer)
      Ginger Greenfield(Associate Producer)
      Jackie Walker(Associate Producer)
      William Weik(Associate Producer)
      Bradley Hawkins(Executive Producer)
      Dadley Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A.I.

      Yifan Fancy Du(director)

    Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Calf Rope

      8.8 (53)
      Ellie Brooke
      Bradley Hawkins

    Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Calf Rope

      8.8 (53)
      Jake Stetler
      Bradley Hawkins
    • Winner

      Artifact Mac

      Jason Anthony Fisher
      Amusement Ride Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Colour of Spring

      8.5 (39)
      Paul Andrew Kimball
      Winter Light Productions

    Short Scripts

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ei8hty-Ei8ht

      Doug Maguire
      MagCo Entertainment

    Sound Design & Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Eyes of Perfection (web ad)

      Freddy Moyano(editor) (sound)
      Moyano Lingua Consulting and Productions

    Television Pilots

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Extradition

      Anthony Robert Grasso

    Bronze Award

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    Actor In A Supporting Role

    • Melody Parra
      Winner
      • Melody Parra
      • Lineage Tribe
      Picard Productions

    Best Director

    • Nicole Picard
      Winner
      • Nicole Picard
      • Lineage Tribe
      Picard Productions

    Best Experimental Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wine of Birds

      Matt Orefice
      Pecho Grande

    Best Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dad

      7.1 (18)
      Rob Lobosco(Wil Sutherland)
      Rob Lobosco Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dad

      7.1 (18)
      Rob Lobosco(Wil Sutherland)
      Rob Lobosco Productions
    • [object Object]

      Dad

      7.1 (18)
      Rob Lobosco(Wil Sutherland)
      Rob Lobosco Productions

    Best Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lineage Tribe Theme Song

      Nicole Picard
      Picard Productions

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Journeyman

      7.1 (13)
      Peter Babakitis
      Sumless Treasuries Releasing

    Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Late Bird

      Kane French
      Most High Studios
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Running Man 2020

      8.7 (9)
      Jonas Grimås
    • [object Object]

      The Late Bird

      Kane French
      Most High Studios

    Silver Award

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    Actor in a Supporting Role

    • "Vindicated" as an F.B.I. Chief with a simple Walk-On scene.
      Winners
      • Lawrence Whitener(actor)
      • David Langlitz(director/producer)
      • Marc Lapadula(producer)
      • Mark Fronk(director of photography)
      • D.J. Ohlow(editor)
      • Saving Robin Williams
      DOG-e The Movie
    • "Vindicated" as an F.B.I. Chief with a simple Walk-On scene.
      Winners
      • Lawrence Whitener(actor)
      • David Langlitz(director/producer)
      • Marc Lapadula(producer)
      • Mark Fronk(director of photography)
      • D.J. Ohlow(editor)
      • Roger Kabler(actor)
      • Donald Imm(producer/director)
      • Richard Anthony Harris(re-recording mixer)
      • Andrea M Robinson(makeup artist)
      • Russ McIntosh(artist)
      • Saving Robin Williams
      DOG-e The Movie

    Actress in a Leading Role

    • Imelda Paclibar
      Winner
      • Imelda Paclibar
      • Bequest

    Best Casting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Seth Kozak

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Michael Cole(director of photography)
      Ian Halter(additional director of photography)
      Bob Kovacs(co-cinematographer)
      Mark Hensley(camera operator)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Bob Kovacs

    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bequest

      Richard Pines
    • [object Object]

      The Body

      8.0 (6)
      Adam Weber
    • [object Object]

      Apocalyptic Life

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Anthony Marsh
      Production Station

    Best Screenplay

    • Heather McPhaul
      Winner
      • Heather McPhaul

    Best Sound Design/Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Anthony Marsh
      Production Station

    Best Soundtrack

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Placebo(song: "Running Up That Hill")

    Directing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yaponskiy Bog

      5.6 (20)
      Aleksandr Basov(director)

    Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Home: A Story of Forced Adoptions in America

      Mojtaba Mirshekari(Editor)
      Phumi Morare(Director)

    Narration

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Bay to Cherish

      Freddy Moyano
      Moyano Lingua Consulting and Productions

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lonesome Trail

      3.9 (20)
      Arlette Thomas-Fletcher
      Fruits of The Spirit Productions

    Narrative Short Winner

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wadayaze

      Dieter-Michael Grohmann
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Clash

      Orlando Giraldo
      Magafin Productions
    • [object Object]

      Right Swipe

      Alison Scorgie

    Screenplay

    • Winner

      Mob Tour

      Jason Anthony Fisher
      Amusement Ride Entertainment

    • The Struggle Within

      Marc Allen
      Raging Cowboy Productions

    Short Script

    • Harold L. Brown
      Winners
      • Jack W. McLaughlin(Created and Written By)
      • Harold L. Brown(Written By)
    • [object Object]

      Right Swipe

      Alison Scorgie

    Special Effects Make-Up

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bequest

      Quin Davis

    Concept

    • [object Object]

      Right Swipe

      Alison Scorgie

    Platinum Award

    Edit

    Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Roger Hendricks Simon
      Winner
      • Roger Hendricks Simon
      • Love in Kilnerry
      Archway Pictures

    Animated Characters

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Monkey & Cat

      Artie Romero(director)
      Sheree' Morris(executive producer)
      ARG! Cartoon Animation

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Jeff Weber
      Winner
      • Jeff Weber
      • My Stretch of Texas Ground
      Lost Maples Productions

    Best Animated Visuals

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Amar Sen
      Arko Sen
      Mobius Films
    • [object Object]

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Amar Sen
      Arko Sen
      Mobius Films

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Naked Ambition

      Luca Fantini(director of photography)
      JewMaican Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Rupesh Kumar
      Mobius Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Soul Collector

      5.2 (4.5K)
      David Pienaar
      Man Makes a Picture Productions
    • [object Object]

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Rupesh Kumar
      Mobius Films

    Best Concept

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Prakash Jha
      Brahmanand S. Singh
      Mobius Films
    • [object Object]

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Prakash Jha
      Brahmanand S. Singh
      Mobius Films

    Best Directing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Love with Ally Barker

      7.7 (59)
      Chris Smellin
      Robert Smellin
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Soul Collector

      5.2 (4.5K)
      Harold Holscher
      Man Makes a Picture Productions

    Best Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Earned Life

      9.5 (88)
      Patryk Wezowski(Director)
      Kasia Wezowski(Director)

    Best Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Soul Collector

      5.2 (4.5K)
      Jac Williams
      Harold Holscher
      Minki Fourie
      Man Makes a Picture Productions

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Sandesh Shandilya
      Mobius Films
    • [object Object]

      Son of Sheba

      Joel Christian Goffin(composer)
      360 Films (II)
      MonkeY Teer Entertainment
    • [object Object]

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Sandesh Shandilya
      Mobius Films

    Best Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love in Kilnerry

      5.6 (4.9K)
      Daniel Keith
      Archway Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love in Kilnerry

      5.6 (4.9K)
      Daniel Keith
      Archway Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Sandesh Shandilya
      Mobius Films
    • [object Object]

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Sandesh Shandilya
      Mobius Films

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Story of Europe

      Nina Kojima
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      On Par

      Paul G. Andrews(Producer / Writer)
      Beth Kates(writer)
      GlobalWatch Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Kamlesh Kunti Singh
      Brahmanand S. Singh
      Tanvi Jain
      Mobius Films
    • [object Object]

      Jhalki

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Kamlesh Kunti Singh
      Brahmanand S. Singh
      Tanvi Jain
      Mobius Films

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Master: Last Show

      Jinyang Zhang
      Loyola Marymount University

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Sybil Lines
      Winner
      • Sybil Lines
      • Love in Kilnerry
      Archway Pictures

    Documentary short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In the Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial

      Alexander Craven(director)
      Jeff Pifher(executive producer)
      Merlin Showalter(producer)

    Feature Scripts

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Purgatory Plains

      Richard Pines
      RicMel Productions.

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Love with Ally Barker

      7.7 (59)
      Chris Smellin
      Robert Smellin
      Patrick Constantinou

    Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Calf Rope

      8.8 (53)
      Lyndsey Hinkle
      Dadley Productions
    • [object Object]

      Son of Sheba

      Gino Raphael Payne(director)
      MonkeY Teer Entertainment
      360 Films (II)

    Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tesstosterone

      Erin Keefer(Writer)

    Award of Recognition

    Edit

    Best Short Documentary

    • Winner

      Can't Stop the Sun from Shining

      Teresa Mular Md
      From Doc to Doc Films

    Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      26 Seconds

      Kelly Galindo
      Kelly Galindo Productions

    Best Screenplay

    Edit

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Old Man Jackson

      4.0 (136)
      Johnny Ray Gibbs(Writer)

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