SAN DIEGO Independent 
CINEMA AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature - Best Director

The Psychology of Beauty

Directors: Savanna Crasto, Hayden Maher

 

 

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Best Narrative Short

The Shift

Director: Jade Tailor

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Best Documentary Feature

Brimming With Life

Director: Anthony Heffernan

 

 

 

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Best Documentary short

Kinship

Director: Alvin Mankuro

 

 

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Best Independent Film

I'LL GO TO HELL

Director: ISMAHANE LAHMAR

 

 

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Best Experimental

Hearts Survive

Director: Shawn Button

 

 

 

 

Best Animation

Teleportation

Director: susan Mey Lee Lim

 

 

 

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Best Science Fiction

69 houses

Director: Sam Herrai

 

 

 

 

Best Horror

Free Range

Director: Lindsei Barros

 

 

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Best Producer

STOYAN

Producers: Miguel Ángel Poveda Criado, Carlos Mestanza, Susana Hornos

 

 

 

 

Best Cinematography

Alder

DOP: NEIL OSEMAN

 

 

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Best Editor

Brimming With Life

Editor: Sasiporn Hunwong

 

 

 

 

Best Actress

Monique Rosario

For: Aamal

 

 

 

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Best Actor

John Savage

For: Eye for Eye

 

 

 

 

Best Script

Persuasion

Writer: Ruth Finnegan

 

 

 

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Best Unproduced script

JESSY

Writer: Sally Champlin

 

 

 

 

Best TV Series/Pilot/Web

Dog Moms

Director: Alyssa Poteet

 

 

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Best Comedy

F**K

Director: Joseph Rossi

 

 

 

 

Best Music Video

Chicago

Director: João Pombeiro

 

 

 

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Best Thriller

Bloody Romeo

Director: Mukesh Asopa

 

 

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Best First Time Filmmaker

Dangerous Creation

Director: Andrew Alden

 

 

 

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Best Composer

Aamal

Music: Etienne Bellon

 

 

 

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Best Female Filmmaker

The Daughter

Director: Sofia Novakova