SAN DIEGO Independent 
CINEMA AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature

A Freaking Lie

Director: Gianluca Ansanelli

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Best Documentary Feature

One Door Closes: Korey's Courage

Director: Tom Ingrassia, Anna Walsh

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Best Narrative Short

Muted

Director: Gergana Nikolova

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Best Documentary Short

Take a Deep Breath

Director: Surave Flores

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Best Director

Adam Smith Jr.

The Studio Upstairs

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Best Animation

THE FOREST OF THE HONEY BEES

Director: ERWAN LE GAL

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Best Student Film

The Memory Emporium

Director: Michael Allred

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Best Web/Series/Pilot

The Knowing: Webseries

Director: James Brown Orleans

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Best Composer

Yantra de Vilder

In The Silence

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Best Female Director

Mira Chai- The Godmother of Men's Grooming

Director: Nadia Voukitchevitch

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Best Experimental

The Water Shaman Eternal Love Oath

Director: MARIA LA Bonte

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Best Screenplay *Feature*

Scorched Earth

Gordon Roback

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Best Screenplay *Short*

The Neuroinfernal Friend

Melissa Balint