SAN DIEGO Independent 
CINEMA AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature

The river was Always There

Director: Leo Leng

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Best Documentary Feature

Nasima

Director: Heather Kessinger

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Best Narrative Short

You Were Never There

Director: Jihoon Han

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Best Documentary Short

Rasos with Wildflowers

Director: Casondra Sobieralski

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Best Director

Michael Soenen

Nothing to See Here: Watts

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Best Actor

David A Walker

Dinner with a side of misery

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Best Animation

Fire Race A Karuk Tale

Director: Daniel Welynn

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Best Student Film

16:9

Director: JIA-YU GE

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Best Composer

Manu Martin

2020: The Cosmic Mandate

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Best Female Director

Jessica Lee Wrabel

In The Shadow of Grace

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Best Experimental

Sean Bardgett

No Scene Guy

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Best Screenplay *Feature*

LIONFISH

James J. Jimenez