Chicago Indie Film Awards celebrates indie U.S. and international film and script projects through its annual and bi-monthly competition. The festival is looking for fiction, documentary, experimental, animation, comedy and all genres of filmmaking which can inspire us, challenge us and make us think.
Chicago Indie Film Awards is committed to indie filmmaking and the language of cinema as an art form. The mission of the festival is to inspire & motivate people to discover the world through the art of motion pictures and indie filmmaking. The latest winners of the online IMDb qualifying competition of Chicago Indie Film Awards were announced on June 6th, 2023 by the festival team which has dedicated its program to the promotion of indie filmmakers and artists from all over the globe.
Best Narrative Feature
Night
Director: Mona Johanne Johanne
Best Narrative Short
The Rocking Chair
Director: Jeno Hodi
Best Documentary Feature
21 Miles in Malibu
Director: Nic Davis
Best Documentary Short
I am Kanaka
Director: Genevieve Sulway
Best Experimental
Findings
Director: Kristina Schippling
Best Animation
Autumn Leaves
Director: Elizabeth Lewis
Best Science Fiction
Run, Chad Run
Director: Nadia Guo
Best Horror
The Last one to Leave
Director: Troy W Burbank
Best Director
Walk Away Clean
Director: Jason William Power
Best Producer
Ignacio Verdugo & Juan Octavio Lume
LIGHT ON
Best Actress
Yena Kang
Soaring Again
Best Script
12 Hours
Writer: Jodi J Morneau
Best Web/Series/Pilot
Two Blue Lines
Director: Janneke Williamson
Best Student Animation
The Market
Director: Lulu (Jung) Chen
Best Student Film
Vulture City, Wyoming
Director: Anna Shea Keating
Best Music Video
Voice of Addiction - Shinigami (Official Video)
Director: Nick Rush
Best Thriller
The Ghost of You
Directors: Max Mallar, Kenzie Yango
Best Composer
Mari Sainio
Betur sjá augu (See No Evil)
Best First Time Filmmaker
Suburban Witch
Director: Lily Emalfarb
Best Female Filmmaker
Flights
Anne Gart
Best Indie Film
RED FAUST
Director: Zsolt Pozsgai
