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

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