The winners of the 15th edition of the Chicago Indie Film Awards were announced today. The festival recognizes and promotes fiction, documentary, experimental, animation, comedy and all genres of filmmaking and screenwriting which can inspire us, challenge us and make us think. U.S. and international projects compete together in various sections of the festival. The Chicago Indie Film Awards is committed to indie filmmaking and the language of cinema as an art form. The mission of the fest is to inspire & motivate people to discover the world through the art of motion pictures and indie filmmaking.
Please check out the full list of the winners:
Best Narrative Short
The Rock in the Sea
Director: Niall Duffy
Best Documentary Feature
The Captain's Heart
Director: Simon Bang
Best Documentary short
In Bloom
Director: Ashley Davidson
Best Experimental
''THE LOST BOY''
Director: Michael Nicle
Best Animation
Friendship
Director: Lin Tam
Best Science Fiction
Sights Unseen
Director: Jesse Terrell
Best Horror
The House Across the Bridge
Director: Kohl V Bladen
Best Director
Luke McCain, Ryan Knight
A Nursery Rhyme
Best Producer
Harrison Kraft
Drug Rider
Best Cinematography
David P. Crews
A Circle in the Desert
Best Editor
Kelly Morris
Real Fur
Best Actress
Maddy Murphy
Miss Freelance
Best Actor
Kenny Tiller
Art of the Hustle
Best Script
LadykillerTV
Writer: Jeremy Spencer
Best Unproduced script
Writer: Burke E. Sage
Because of Charlie
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Eltingville
Director: Chris Roberti
Best Comedy
What If I Were You
Director: Brian Adam Kline
Best Student Film
Here For Now
Director: Kailee Goodine
Best Music Video
Dust on Pebble
Director: Vincent NAFFRÉCHOUX
Best Trailer
We Are Our Totem: A Native American Tale
Director: Mivon Prince-Leyva
Best Composer
Artashes Kartalyan
The American Good Samaritans
Best First-Time Filmmaker
SALTY
Directors: Gracie Fojtik, Dinah Berkeley, Lily Harris
Best Female Filmmaker
Maria Warith Wade
Maternity
Best Indie Film
Scream of the Soul
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard