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IndieX Film Fest

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Best Acting Duo

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Best Acting Duo

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    Winner

    The Last Wish

    Mykhaylo Kukuyuk(actor)
    Igor Rubashkin(actor)
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    It's Not Me, It's You

    Coco Taylor(actress)
    Tyrelle Boyce(actor)

Best Female Director

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Best Female Director

  • Janelle Christa
    Winner
    • Janelle Christa
    • Wish
    Janelle Christa Productions

Best Drama Short

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Best Drama Short

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    Theo's Tears

    Jeremy Shinder
    Jere Bear Films

Best Ensemble Cast

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Best Ensemble Cast

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    Quarantine

    Sean Kenney(actor)
    Bailey Sorrel(actress)
    Gilles Stricher(actor)
    Bill Victor Arucan(actor)
    Olivia d'Abo(actress)

Honorable Mention

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Best Experimental Short

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    Ice Breath

    Leonard Gabriel Alecu(director)
    Karo Apart

Best Music Video

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    Smoldering-Smoldering

    Ilia Noyabrov(director)
    Anna Khanina(actress/singer)

Best Drama Short

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    The Last Wish

    Ilia Noyabrov(director)

Outstanding Achievement Award

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Cinematography

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    The Allure

    Steve Bagshaw
    Wood Motion Pictures

Editing

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    The Allure

    Josh Wood
    Wood Motion Pictures

Outstanding Achievement Award

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    Wish

    Janelle Christa
    India Darling
    Kelly Jo Frazier
    Anna Sacks
    Jasmine Bottelsen
    Christy Knudson
    Emiliana Jasper
    Janelle Christa Productions
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    Winner

    Broken

    Angelo Donzella

Best Romantic Short

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    It's Not Me, It's You

    Coco Taylor(writer, director, producer)

Outstanding Achievement Award for a Student Director

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Outstanding Achievement Award for a Student Director

  • Mellony Ledo
    Winner
    • Mellony Ledo(director)
    • The Things We Don't Talk About

Best Documentary Short

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Best Documentary Short

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    The Leap Beneath

    8.8 (6)
    Roman Willi
    WildReach Productions

Best Director

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Best Male Director

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    • Russ Emanuel(director)
    • Quarantine

Best First Time Director

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Best First Time Director (Male)

    • Ryan Serrano(director)
    • The Jump

Best First Time Female Director

  • Starry Venus
    • Starry Venus
    • Starborn
    OMWE Productions

Best Producer

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Best Producer

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    Rise Up & Fight

    Nolan Williams Jr.
    NEWorks Productions

Best Horror Short

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Best Horror Short

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    The Allure

    Josh Wood
    Wood Motion Pictures

Best Original Song

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Best Original Song

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    Wish

    Janelle Christa(lyricist)
    Anna Sacks(music and vocals)
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    Smoldering-Smoldering

    Ilia Noyabrov(director)
    Larisa Arkhipenko(songwriter)
    Anna Khanina(actress/singer)
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    Starborn

    Starry Venus
    OMWE Productions
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    Rise Up & Fight

    Nolan Williams Jr.
    NEWorks Productions

Best Indie Short

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Best Indie Short

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    Once More, Like Rain Man

    8.4 (19)
    Melissa Martinez-Areffi(producer)
    Suzann Ellis(producer)
    Darren Dean(producer)
    Andy Areffi(producer)
    Athena Locations
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    Liminal

    Janelle Christa
    Janelle Christa Productions

Best Sc-fi Short

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Best Sci-fi Short

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    The Jump

    Ryan Serrano(writer/director)

Best Actress

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Best Actress

  • Andrea Wright
    • Andrea Wright
    • Starborn
    OMWE Productions

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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    Wish

    Kelly Jo Frazier

Best Cinematography

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Best Cinematography

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    Wish

    Christy Knudson
    Janelle Christa Productions

Best Music Video

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    Wish

    Janelle Christa
    Janelle Christa Productions
    Annual Awards

Best Microfilm

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    Break the Silence

    Eric M. Klein
    Dax Phelan
    Shyanne Aponte
    Benjamin Cheek

Best Original Screenplay

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Original Screenplay

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    The Jump

    Ryan Serrano(writer)

Best Short of the Season

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Best Short of the Season

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    Liminal

    Janelle Christa
    Janelle Christa Productions

Best Costume Design

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Best Costume Design

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    The Last Wish

Special Jury Mention

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Annual Finalist

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    All I Am

    Vivian True(actress, producer)
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    Theo's Tears

    Jeremy Shinder
    Jere Bear Films

Best Young Actor

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    Theo's Tears

    Brody Book
    Jere Bear Films
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    The Things We Don't Talk About

    Solomon Fezer(actor)

Best Student Male Director

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    Theo's Tears

    Jeremy Shinder
    Jere Bear Films

Best Young Actress

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Best Child/Young Actress

  • Mellony Ledo
    Winner
    • Mellony Ledo(actress)
    • The Things We Don't Talk About
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    Once More, Like Rain Man

    8.4 (19)
    Bella Zoe Martinez(actress)
    Athena Locations
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    Theo's Tears

    Colby Kipnes
    Jere Bear Films

Best Short Film

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    Once More, Like Rain Man

    8.4 (19)
    Andrew J. Areffi(producer)
    Melissa Martinez-Areffi(producer)
    Suzann Ellis(producer)
    Darren Dean(producer)
    Athena Locations

Best Sound Editing

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Best Sound Editing

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    The Allure

    Josh Wood
    Wood Motion Pictures

Best Sound Design

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Best Sound Design

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    The Allure

    Josh Wood
    Wood Motion Pictures

Best Set Design

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Best Set Design

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    The Allure

    Josh Wood
    Wood Motion Pictures

Best Mobile Short

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Best Mobile Short Film

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    Starborn

    Starry Venus
    OMWE Productions

Best Fantasy Short

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Best Fantasy Short

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    King Castling

Best Male Director

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Best Male Director

    • Angelo Donzella
    • Broken

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