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NYC Indie Film Awards

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    Diamond Award

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    Best Actor

    • Jodi Lynn Thomas
      Winner
      • Jodi Lynn Thomas
      • Solitary
    • Winner
      • Daniel Student
      • Eli
    • Kalen J. Hall
      Winner
      • Kalen J. Hall
      • New York 2150
    • Deep Roy
      Winner
      • Deep Roy
      • God Came 'Round
      Lazer Film Productions
    • Winner
      • B.A. Tobin
      • Wasted Talent
      Arehart Brothers Pictures
    • Winner
      • Daniel Student
      • Eli

    Best Actress

    • Elaine Partnow
      Winner
      • Elaine Partnow(actress)
      • Slipaway
    • Brooke Lewis Bellas
      Winner
      • Brooke Lewis Bellas
      • Sprinkles
    • Winner
      • Miranda Magee
      • Marriage

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marriage

      7.4 (14)
      Paul Curtis
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breaker

      6.4 (552)
      Hans Bobanovits
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Alain

      Mattia Croccia(cinematographer)

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Christophe Karabache
      • Venus Obscura
    • Katerina Philippou-Curtis
      Winner
      • Katerina Philippou-Curtis
      • Marriage
    • Winner
      • Josiah Cuneo
      • Lilt
    • Jo Southwell
      Winner
      • Jo Southwell
      • Deirdre
      Aston Productions
    • Winner
      • Daniele Pace(director)
      • Alain

    Best Documentary Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Children of the Noon

      8.1 (20)
      Olga Pohankova(director)
      Diego Fiori(director)
      Philosophische GEBILDE - Gesellschaft für die Bilddekonditionierung
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Soviet Lunar Lander

      Brittan Kirk(director)
      Patrick Kirk(executive producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Steve Halfpenny

      Elaine Heney

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      God Came 'Round

      6.5 (13)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Infinite Fun Palace

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      People Eat People

      Josiah Cuneo(editor)

    Best Experimental Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Pleasures of the Glove

      Josiah Cuneo(producer)
      Duane Michals(producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Through the Night

      Josiah Cuneo(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pluto

      6.4 (12)
      Enoch-Jude Danquah
      Tiger Ji
      Axiomatic Pictures

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slipaway

      7.1 (316)
      Tigran Mutafyan(producer)
      Julia Butler(executive producer)
      Daniel Mentz(executive producer)
      Glasscore Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Digital Athletes: The Road to Seat League

      Josh Hale
      Halestorm Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marriage

      7.4 (14)
      Katerina Philippou-Curtis
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill Teaser

      2.6 (72)
      Mb X. McClain

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Two Windows

      6.4 (61)
      Yasmine Asha
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pardon the Introduction

      8.4 (7)
      Nathan Alan Thomas
      Kaza
      Hosscat Productions

    Best Orginal Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Through the Night

      Josiah Cuneo(director)

    Best Original Music/Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Solitary

      8.8 (7)
      Daniel Ruczko
      Mind Pollution Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      90 BpM

      Alexander Cimini(composer)

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slipaway

      7.1 (316)
      Tao Liu(composer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Matt Amadio
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lilt

      5.7 (7)
      Josiah Cuneo(composer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Suicide Club

      3.5 (291)
      Hilgrove Kenrick

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Puertas

      5.4 (54)
      Paco Arasanz(writer)
      Hewes Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Stoning the Jasmine

      Zaina Deeb

    Best Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sorry for the Inconvenience

      Gilbert Khoury(director)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yours Accidentally

      5.1 (10)
      Steven Forrester
      The Formidable Film Company
      Cinema Cannaregio
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Coisa Mais Simples do Mundo

      7.9 (17)
      Caio Amaral
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Babilim

      Larissa Saldarini(Director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mirror

      8.4 (40)
      Sara Eustáquio(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tea

      6.0 (8)
      Valentyn Korotkevych
      Tragical Fun
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Solitary

      8.8 (7)
      Daniel Ruczko
      Mind Pollution Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ephemeral

      9.4 (7)
      Antonio Darwiche
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breaker

      6.4 (552)
      Philippe McKie
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Titles Vol. 1

      6.5 (26)
      Ryan ElHosseiny(director)
      Opreme Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Waiting Room

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sorry for the Inconvenience

      Gilbert Khoury
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Distance

      Ruixi Royce Gao(cinematographer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Remembering in the Future

      Josiah Cuneo(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Laws of the Game

      8.0 (6)
      Aegina Brahim(director)
      Regina Seifert(producer)
      JP Garcia(director of photography)
      Annemarieke Kloosterhof(production designer)
      Faidra Tsolina(first assistant director)
      Ricardo Saraiva(editor)
      Radu Ghelbereu(writer)
      Barney Brookes(sound)
      Eren Kaplan(videographer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Outing

      Cian Llewellyn

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      4242

      8.4 (45)
      Sara Eustáquio(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yuna's Lunch

      8.9 (11)
      Myeongjin Park
      New York Film Academy

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marriage

      7.4 (14)
      Paul Curtis
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pluto

      6.4 (12)
      Tiger Ji
      Serhiy Protsenko
      Tiger Ji Films

    Bronze Award

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    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Valentyn Korotkevych
      • Tea
      Tragical Fun
    • Ita Korenzecher
      Winner
      • Ita Korenzecher(actress)
      • Count It Out

    Best Actress

    • Ariel Zhang
      Winner
      • Ariel Zhang(actress)
      • Consumemate
    • Ita Korenzecher
      Winner
      • Ita Korenzecher(actress)
      • Count It Out

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yesterday Is Tomorrow

      6.9 (27)
      Brian Lang(cinematographer)

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • John Balazs(director)
      • Dancer
      Prima Lux Films
    • Winner
      • Tamara Nance
      • Love Until the End
    • Chris Niespodzianski
      Winner
      • Chris Niespodzianski
      • Truce
      Orchard Place Productions
    • Winner
      • Tamara Nance
      • Love Until the End

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Lover Never Came

      7.8 (7)
      Moe Zarchi
      New York Film Academy

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ephemeral

      9.4 (7)
      Antonio Darwiche
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Red Light

      Dempsey Tillman
      Ted Dewberry

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      New York 2150

      7.8 (14)
      Harry Assouline
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The First of Many

      7.4 (10)
      Pamela Guest
      Elizabeth Guest
      ImSweeter
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dee

      Mike Edward Stevens
      Raven Feather Productions

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wasted Talent

      Andrew Arehart
      Jack Arehart
      Matthew Arehart
      Larry Boyce
      Manufacturing Inspiration
      Arehart Brothers Pictures

    NYC Indie Film Award

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    Best Actor

    • Alex Kotsyk
      Winner
      • Alex Kotsyk
      • Forever a Gentleman
    • C.J. Stussi
      Winner
      • C.J. Stussi(actor)
      • Nameless - A Conceptual Study of Psychological Manipulation
    • Julia Campanelli
      Winner
      • Julia Campanelli
      • 116
      Shelter Film
    • Aurora OuYang
      Winner
      • Aurora OuYang
      • Black Moonlight
      Hungry Panda Productions
    • Jackson George
      Winner
      • Jackson George(Lead Actor)
      • This Is Jack
      JKO Productions
    • Kit Lang
      Winner
      • Kit Lang
      • Railway Spine
      North of Two
    • Nyle Lynn at SOHO International Film Festival
      Winner
      • Nyle Lynn
      • The Kids Menu
    • Alex Kotsyk
      Winner
      • Alex Kotsyk(Actor)
      • Forever a Gentleman
      C-plus Studios

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You Got a Problem...

      Charles Mandracchia
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nephilim

      7.2 (45)
      Danny Wilson
      Motion Makers Animation Studio Pvt. Ltd.
      Cinewerx

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Infinite Fun Palace

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Distance

      Ruixi Royce Gao(director of photography)

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Charles Mandracchia
      • You Got a Problem...
    • Sara Eustaquio in Los Angeles.
      Winner
      • Sara Eustáquio(director)
      • Mirror
    • Julia Campanelli
      Winner
      • Julia Campanelli
      • 116
      Shelter Film
    • Arsalan Baraheni
      Winner
      • Arsalan Baraheni
      • Exilic Trilogy

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      New York 2150

      7.8 (14)
      Harry Assouline

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Selva

      5.8 (14)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      90 BpM

      Filippo Arlotta(director)
      Salvo Campisano(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Faith in God

      8.7 (116)

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Treasures Under the Rocks Soundtrack

      Nye Reynolds(artist)
      Anna Antonova(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kayla's World

      6.5 (11)
      Pinqing Li
    • [object Object]

      Two Windows

      6.4 (61)
      Yasmine Asha(Director)

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Princess Eun Hwa

      Min He

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Curtain

      9.0 (15)
      Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
      Whitehall Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      116

      9.5 (14)
      Julia Campanelli
      Shelter Film
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Getting Over

      Michele Lyman(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Criminals

      Gabrielle Hawkins(director)
      Aliké Words Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Hot Lap

      Brent Perrott(director)
      Lawford County Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gum Gum

      Ping Zhou(Line Producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gum Gum

      Ping Zhou(line producer)
      Guoqing Fu(producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sadist's Knot

      March Brothers Films
    • [object Object]

      Videl

      Jorge Ospina
    • [object Object]

      Forever & Always

      9.1 (13)
      Ginamarie Birnbaum
      Coffee Addict Productions
    • [object Object]

      Boy 2 Man

      Stephen Cook

    Best Student Director

    • Sara Eustaquio in Los Angeles.
      Winner
      • Sara Eustáquio(director)
      • 4242

    Best Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Suicide Club

      3.5 (291)
      Maximilian von Vier

    Best Visual FX

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      New York 2150

      7.8 (14)
      Harry Assouline

    Honorable Mention for Best Actress

    • Kiara Beltran
      Winner
      • Kiara Beltran
      • Together Again

    Platinum Award

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Mickey Rooney in The Twilight Zone (1959)
      Winner
      • Mickey Rooney
      • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    • Winner
      • Christiaan Tarbox
      • Small Self
    • Winner
      • Cédrick Spinassou
      • Venus Obscura

    Best Actress

    • Ita Korenzecher
      Winner
      • Ita Korenzecher
      • Waiting Room

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      We Are Friends

      Charles Mandracchia(Director/Producer/Animation/Music)
      Lynn Hunter(Writer/Producer)

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Shadow of Two Flies Upon a Pin

      8.0 (6)
      Raymond Zrike
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      God Came 'Round

      6.5 (13)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marriage-holic

      Yuanyuan Xu
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marriage-holic

      Yuanyuan Xu(director)
      Yuan Yue(producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marriage-holic

      Ruixi Royce Gao

    Best Director

    • Steven Forrester
      Winner
      • Steven Forrester
      • Yours Accidentally
      The Formidable Film Company
      Cinema Cannaregio
    • Producer Derek Frey attends the Tokyo premiere of DUMBO.
      Winner
      • Derek Frey
      • Kill the Engine
      Lazer Film Productions
    • Daniel Ruczko
      Winner
      • Daniel Ruczko
      • Solitary
      Mind Pollution Pictures
    • Winner
      • Mauro Villani(director)
      • L'appartamento di Giulia
    • Winners
      • Julia Butler(director)
      • Daniel Mentz(director)
      • Slipaway
      Creative Vision
    • Producer Derek Frey attends the Tokyo premiere of DUMBO.
      Winner
      • Derek Frey
      • God Came 'Round
      Lazer Film Productions
    • Winner
      • Mikhail Romanovskiy(director)
      • Odinokie dushi mikrobov
    • Winner
      • Josiah Cuneo(director)
      • In Through the Night

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      What's Love Got to Do with It

      Sofia Wellman

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Truce

      7.0 (12)
      Chris Niespodzianski
      Orchard Place Productions

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ephemeral

      9.4 (7)
      Antonio Darwiche
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      What is Real

      Josiah Cuneo(editor)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Book of Nightmares

      2.3 (159)
      Ryan Byrne
      Danial O'Brien
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Through the Night

      Josiah Cuneo(editor)

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

      6.2 (532)
      B. Luciano Barsuglia
      SoCal Entertainment and Media Company
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Forever Tomorrow

      6.6 (181)
      Benjamin Rider
      BR Productions and Riding High Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zelos

      7.4 (53)
      Painted Gate Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You Have a Nice Flight

      7.5 (54)
      Jimmy Dinh
      Vietwins Productions

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      God Came 'Round

      6.5 (13)
      Derek Frey
      Lazer Film Productions

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Alain

      Andrea Grant
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Battlefield: Divided We Stand

      Daniel Ciurlizza
      Matthew Baamonde
      Outlier Studios
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Red Krokodil

      4.9 (217)
      Alexander Cimini(composer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Truce

      7.0 (12)
      John Niespodzianski
      Orchard Place Productions