Women’s Independent Film Festival

 

We are pleased to award the following films!

GIRLS MAKE MOVIES CATEGORY


BEST OF GIRLS MAKE MOVIES

“Portrait Of A WAve” Dir. By Amelia Arnold


BEST DIRECTING

“Portrait Of A WAve” Dir. By Amelia Arnold


BEST SCREENPLAY

“Portrait Of A WAve” Dir. By Amelia Arnold


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Portrait Of A WAve” Dir. By Amelia Arnold


BEST EDITING

“Portrait Of A WAve” Dir. By Amelia Arnold


BEST ACTOR

Sydney Robinson “Portrait Of A WAve”

Dir. By Amelia Arnold

SCRIPT CATEGORY


BEST SCREENPLAY

Most This Amazing Day” Written By Adelita Lopez


AWARD OF MERIT

Quirkie” Written By Natalie Hanson

“The Botanist” Written By Thalia Drori

“Grace”  Written By Jeffrey A. Russel & Lynda Lemberg

“Smoky Day”  Written By Kelly Roderick

“Pushing Out Daisy”  Written By Alison Week

“The Moral Lowground”  Written By Peter Nicholson

SHORT FILM CATEGORY


BEST SHORT FILM

“88 Miles To Moscow” Dir. By Karen Glienke


BEST DIRECTING

“88 Miles To Moscow” Dir. By Karen Glienke


BEST SCREENPLAY

“Until The Last Minute” Dir. By Simo Manfredi


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Keys. Wallet. Phone.” Dir. By Juliet Lashinsky-Revene


BEST ACTOR (Tied)

Flavia Watson “Until The Last Minute”

Dir. By Simo Manfredi


BEST ACTOR (Tied)

Sharon Lawrence “The Visit” Dir. By Fara Pasarell


BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

“Private War” Dir. By Richard Gasparian


BEST EDITING

“A Tiny Portal” Dir. By Stephanie Gumpel


AWARD OF MERIT

“The Favorite” Dir. By Lyvia A Martinez

“A Tiny Portal” Dir. By Stephanie Gumpel

“Until The Last Minute” Dir. By Simo Manfredi

“Private War” Dir. By Richard Gasparian

“The Co-Star” Dir. By Rhian Green

“The Third Date” Dir. By Jodi Scott Elliott

“Chicken” Dir. By Jessica Sue Burnstein

“Toombaworth” Dir. By Lucy McKendrick

“The Swimmer” Dir. By Gabriele Urbonaite

“White Noise” Dir. By Karyn Yee

“Three Little Words” Dir. By Sara Lynne Wright

“Young(ish)” Dir. By Renee Felice Smith

“Keys. Wallet. Phone.” Dir. By Juliet Lashinsky-Revene

“After I’ve Gone” Dir. By Sara Lynne Wright

“One Night Stand” Dir. By Nicky Arnall

DOCUMENTARY FILM CATEGORY (Feature)


BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM

“We Women Warriors” Dir. By Nicole Karsin


BEST DIRECTING

“We Women Warriors” Dir. By Nicole Karsin


BEST CONCEPT

“Heartland: Portrait of Survival”

Dir. Erica Tremblay


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“We Women Warriors” Dir. By Nicole Karsin


BEST EDITING

“We Women Warriors” Dir. By Nicole Karsin


HONORABLE MENTION

“Short Steps” Directed By Michal Joachimowski

“Losing Sonia”  Directed By Radka Frranczak

“City of Women, Today”Directed By Chiara Sambuchi

NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM CATEGORY


BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE

“Las Meninas” Dir. By Eva Cools


BEST DIRECTING

“Las Meninas” Dir. By Eva Cools


BEST SCREENPLAY

“Las Meninas” Dir. By Eva Cools


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Everywhere But Here” Directed By Michal Zilberman


BEST ACTOR

Elisa Mouliaa in “Las Meninas” Dir. By Eva Cools


BEST EDITING

Everywhere But Here” Directed By Michal Zilberman


AWARD OF MERIT

Everywhere But Here” Directed By Michal Zilberman

ANIMATIED FILM CATEGORY


BEST ANIMATION

“Tule Lake” Dir. By Michelle Ikemoto


BEST DIRECTING

“Tule Lake” Dir. By Michelle Ikemoto


BEST SCREENPLAY

“Debris” Dir. By Anne Walker


BEST ACTOR

Lorena Fernandex “Dance Of The Books”

Dir. By Lorena Fernandez


BEST VISUALS

“Tule Lake” Dir. By Michelle Ikemoto


BEST EDITING

“Dance Of The Books” Dir. By Lorena Fernandez


AWARD OF MERIT

“To The Fairest” Dir. By Yangzi She

MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY


BEST MUSIC VIDEO

“Waiting For Godot” Dir. By Caitlin Pashalek


BEST DIRECTING

“Waiting For Godot” Dir. By Caitlin Pashalek


BEST SCREENPLAY

“Addicted” Dir. By Lindsey Haun


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Addicted” Dir. By Lindsey Haun


BEST ACTOR

Jaramar Soto “Lilies On Your Skin (Lirios En Tu Piel)” Dir. By Jaramar Soto, Abel Galvan, & Michel Amado


BEST EDITING

“Waiting For Godot” Dir. By Caitlin Pashalek

EXPERIMENTAL FILM CATEGORY


BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

“Lost Ambulation” Dir. By Danielle Short


BEST DIRECTING

“Lost Ambulation” Dir. By Danielle Short


BEST SCREENPLAY

“Two Seconds After Laughter”

Dir. By David Rousseve


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Lost Ambulation” Dir. By Danielle Short


BEST ACTOR

Sri Susilowati “Two Seconds After Laughter”

Dir. By David Rousseve


BEST EDITING

“Lost Ambulation” Dir. By Danielle Short


FEMINISM ON FILM CATEGORY


BEST OF FEMINISM ON FILM

“Lioness” Dir. By Lisa Cole


BEST DIRECTING

“Lioness” Dir. By Lisa Cole


BEST SCREENPLAY

“Mother Art Tells Her Story” Dir. By Laura Silagi


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Lioness” Dir. By Lisa Cole


BEST EDITING

“Lioness” Dir. By Lisa Cole

STUDENT FILM CATEGORY


BEST STUDENT FILM

“Six Letter Word” Dir. By Lisanne Sartor


BEST DIRECTING

“Six Letter Word” Dir. By Lisanne Sartor


BEST SCREENPLAY

“Skinny Jo” Dir. By Julia Tasker


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Skinny Jo” Dir. By Julia Tasker


BEST ACTOR

Rumer Willis in “Six Letter Word”

Dir. By Lisanne Sartor


BEST EDITING

“After Midnight” Dir. By Maritte Lee Go


AWARD OF MERIT

“Share Room” Dir. By Muhan Shen

“Sisters” Dir. By Chantal Bertalanffy

“Rainey Day Ducks” Dir. By Danielle Heitmuller

“Cupcake” Dir. By Kelly Artz

“A Flicker Of My Mother” Dir. By Freya Esders

“Race” Dir. By Charis (Yeuk Hei) Chu

AUDIENCE AWARD BEST OF SHOW WINNER

Announced at the end of the festival

 

DOCUMENTARY FILM CATEGORY (Short)


BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

“School Of My Dreams” Dir. By Barbara Rick


BEST DIRECTING

“School Of My Dreams” Dir. By Barbara Rick


BEST CONCEPT

“School Of My Dreams” Dir. By Barbara Rick


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Unravel”  Directed By Meghna Gupta


BEST EDITING

“Unravel”  Directed By Meghna Gupta


AWARD OF MERIT

Natsanat” Directed By Cheryl Halpern & Mitchell Stuart

“Shame No More” Directed By JoAnn Wabisca

“Unravel”  Directed By Meghna Gupta

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