From: IndieFEST Film Awards info@TheIndieFEST.comSubject: IndieFEST Press Release Listing 0717

Date: October 13, 2017 at 8:53 AMTo: c@omniummedia.com

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The IndieFEST Film Awards Announces Latest Winners!La Jolla, CA, August 2017 - The IndieFEST is proud to announce the latest winners. Congratulations to all the filmmakers who participated in the current season!The awards go to those filmmakers who producefresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The IndieFEST is a top-tier international awards competition. It honors professionals, established and emerging, who demonstrate exceptionalachievement in craft and creativity. The goal of The IndieFEST is to help the winners of this coveted award achieve the recognition they deserve. Additionally, each year IndieFEST also bestows a special awardto productions that make significant contributions to social change or a humanitarian effort. Please visit www.TheIndieFEST.com to learn more about the IndieFEST Humanitarian Award.

Best of ShowButterfly Caught – Manny Rodriguez, Jr.

Manny Rodriguez, Jr. (USA), Butterfly Caught, Film Feature – Three aspiring young women set out to break into the competitive world of acting in Los Angeles. They know thepossible evils of their career but those short-cuts to fame will always be tempting. The window of success is small and saturated – how do they stand out? What do they do whenpushed to the breaking point? Butterfly captures the grueling grind of an actor and the thirst for relevance in a city that recycles talent and destroys ambitions. Butterfly exposes thisworld of desperation, intensity, passion and hope. A realistic, authentic and emotional ride through the lives and careers of the many aspiring actors in Hollywood. Stars: JohnathonSchaech (That Thing You Do!, Ray Donovan, Texas Rising),SAG Award nominee Tony Plana (Three Amigos, Ugly Betty, Madam Secretary), Alex Sgambati (Sleepy Hollow, TheOriginals) Jess Jacobs (Freeheld) andAbigail Klein (Transformers),Grant Liffmann (Days of Our Lives),Adam Ambruso (Atomic Shark) and Jake Olson(American Horror Story,The Mentalist).

Award of Excellence Special MentionAsh Avildsen (USA), American Satan, Film Feature – A rock band strikes a Faustian deal with an enigmatic stranger and end up widely influencing society. Gritty and gripping. Malcolm McDowell (ClockworkOrange), Andy Biersack (Average Joe), BooBoo Stewart (The Twilight Saga), John Bradley (Game of Thrones), Denise Richards (Empire) Mark Boone Junior (Sons of Anarchy), Drake Bell (TheUltimate Spiderman).

Brian Flaccus (USA), Alex & Jaime, Film Feature – Alex and Jaime live a tumultuous life-long relationship as we see seven different couples play the title characters proving that love is a universal story.Poignant, creative and thought provoking. Eden Malyn (Orange is the new Black), Dominic Bogart (Birth of a Nation), Hope Lauren (Nasty Habits) and Efé (Divergent).

Xing Xiao (China), A Loner, Asian – An engaging portrait of an individual quietly confronting the solitude, hopes and regrets of her twilight years – a painful loneliness crisis facing China’s aging population.Beautiful design and cinematography with an achingly authentic performance by veteran actress Zhu Xijuan.

Ron Harrison (USA), Fire and Water: Restoring Arizona’s Forests, Doc Short – Narrated by Emmy-Award Winner Peter Coyote it details how Arizona is bridging long-standing divides to unite federal landmanagers, environmentalists and the timber industry to restore public lands and protect water supply. Informative and compelling. Produced by Salt River Project.

Stephan Wellink and Robert de Young (Australia), Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches, Doc Feature – The Australian actor’s lively 50-year Hollywood career as a movie and TV star. Told through old clips,Rod’s own words and his co-stars including Oscar winner Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Tippi Hedren, Bryan Brown and many more. Colorful and entertaining.

Fabio Cento (Italy), Gorchlach: The Legend of Cordelia, TV Series – An ancient supernatural artifact leads to a modern-day journey that uncovers very real secrets hidden for centuries and once thought to beonly legends. Engaging and entertaining. Stars Federico Mariotti (Weddings and Other Disasters) and Alice Lussiana Parente (Richard the Lion Heart).

Unforgotten (Ireland), Unforgotten, Film Short – An elderly man near the end of his life passes lonely days in an old folk’s home writing letters to an old friend. But the arrival of a new occupant in the homeopens the doors to his past and changes everything. Produced by Oscar-Nominee James Flynn (King Arthur). Stars Mel Tuck and Alex Kilner.

Daniel DuChateau (USA), Recital, Jewish – A father struggles to protect his son from an abusive officer on a Nazi death march of prisoners led by an occasionally crazed Oberleutnant. When they stumbleupon a piano the deadly ordeal begins. Chilling and emotional with achingly authentic performances. Stars Calvin Brown and Gray Hawks.

Patrick Long and Katsey Long (USA), Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace, Doc Feature – The story of Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga, his life and his work in forgiveness, healing and reconciliation throughout Rwandaafter the 1994 genocide. Features victims and perpetrators who have forgiven and reconciled. Shocking, thought provoking and touching.

Joe Gillis (USA), Beyond Geek, TV Series – There’s a fascinating world you didn’t know existed, full of people who take geek to a whole new level. From lightsaber combat to people who race gigantic kineticsculptures Geek explores remarkable events. Fun and fascinating with humorous host Dan Reynoso. Airs on PBS stations.

Award of ExcellenceAli Kalthami (Saudi Arabia), Wasati, Islamic

Ananya Anil (India), The Art Of Aping, Animation (Student)

Ananya Anil (India), The Art Of Aping, Animation (Student)

Angie Su, Hannoah Entertainment (USA), Cello, Original Song (Remember Me composed by Randy Kerber and Glen Ballard), Sound Editing / Sound Mixing (Erin Rettig), Original Score (Cellocomposed by Randy Kerber)

Auden Bui (USA), The Lost City of Tomorrow, Women Filmmaker (Student)

Bob Celli (USA), Brooklyn In July, Film Short

Clara Vorfeld (France), In confidence, Film Short

Dream Big, Act Small (USA), Perception: From Prison to Purpose, Documentary Short

Francesco Longo (Italy), Clara, Movie Trailer

Harrison Friend (Australia), The Vulture, Film Short

Harry Assouline (USA), New York 2150 (TV Pilot), Movie Trailer

Jens Wernstedt (Germany), Mascot Fur Life, Film Short

Manny Rodriguez, Jr. (USA), Butterfly Caught, Actress: Leading (Alex Sgambati as Naomi)

Maverick Moore (USA), SHOTGUN, Film Short

Mirko Grillini (Australia), ReFraction, Actor: Leading (Kaushik Das as Rahul), Film Short, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest

Muriel Paraboni (Brazil), Eventide, Experimental

Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen (Finland), The Reindeer belong to the Wind, Native American / Aboriginal Peoples

Paul Yates (New Zealand), Lucy Lewis Can’t Lose, Disability Issues

Penny Eizenga (Canada), Martin’s Hagge, Actress: Leading (Sheila McCarthy as Hagge), Film Short, Women Filmmaker

Radley Mason (United Kingdom), Lili, Film Short

Ranjani Prasad (Canada), Krupa, Music Video (Student)

Remy Cashman (USA), When Wigs Fly, LGBT (Student)

Rob Maloof (USA), The Business of Boxing – Part One, Documentary Short

Sean Martinez (USA), A Midwestern Methamphetamine Fairytale, Film Short, Women Filmmakers, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising, Actor: Supporting (Trey Tucker as Tiny), Original Score(FairyTale composed by Robert Mai), Cinematography

Simon Panay (France), Nobody Dies Here, Documentary Short

Steve Graf (New Zealand), Wild Without Wings, Nature / Environment / Wildlife

Suresh Eriyat (India), Tokri (The Basket), Animation

Will Lauder and Danny Cooke (USA), Kinabuhi, Documentary Short

Zoey Martinson (USA), LA OPOSICION, Film Short

Award of Merit Special MentionAisha Schliessler (USA), THE END, Film Short

Caroline Cory (USA), E.T. CONTACT: They are here, Documentary Feature

Devin Klos (USA), Idol Worship, Actor: Leading (Keith Panzarella as Tom Klein)

Harry Assouline (USA), New York 2150 (TV Pilot), Television – Pilot Program

Jan Galli (Germany), Your Future, Educational / Instructional / Training

Kristoffer Haugen (USA), Blood and Snow, Film Short

Randy Field (USA), Crime of the Big Leagues, Documentary Short

Reinhard J. Steiner (Switzerland), evil live, Commercial / Infomercial

Ric Osuna (USA), The UnAmerican Struggle, Documentary Feature

Shane Europa (Ireland), The Trap, Experimental

Tinna Hrafnsdóttir (Iceland), MUNDA, Film Short

Toni Houston (Australia), Being Change, Documentary Feature, Nature / Environment / Wildlife

Troy Price (USA), Lemonade, Film Short

Will Scott (USA), The Situation, Film Short

Award of MeritAbraham Rozenbaum (Venezuela), Ayuda, Latin / Hispanic (Student)

Adam Soch (USA), REZA ABDOH, Theatre Visionary, Documentary Feature

Adrien Boublil (USA), Still., Film Short

Aidan Otene Dickens (New Zealand), Land of the Taniwha, Film Short (Student)

Alex Westrick, Jeffry Lawrence and Mike Wargo (USA), Stage 5, Actor: Leading (Student) (Nate Shumate as Andrew Adler)

Alfonso Torres (USA), Mellifluous, Film Short

Allison Tate, Here Media (USA), Carol Support Group, LGBT

Andi Matheny (USA), The Newest Member, Film Short, Women Filmmaker

Andrea Mugnaini (Italy), THE SHADOW, Film Feature

Andrea Vanni (USA), Remember, Film Short (Student), Women Filmmaker (Student)

Andres Diaz (Mexico), Moor, Film Feature

Angie Su, Hannoah Entertainment (USA), Cello, Film Short, Sound: Overall Impact, Actor: Leading (Lynn Harrell as Ansel Evans), Women Filmmaker (Angie Su)

Anna Blum (USA), That Your Body is for Receiving Happiness and Good Stuff, Women Filmmakers (Student)

Behrad Gramian (USA), Yegua, Film Short

Bob Belinoff (USA), Seventy, a documentary., Web Series

Brandon Arroyo (USA), Estrella, Film Short (Student)

Brock Daubert, The Filmery (Australia), Moon Blues, Film Short, Music Video

Cath Le Couteur (United Kingdom), Adrift, Women Filmmaker

Catya Plate (USA), Meeting MacGuffin, Animation

Charlie Parish and Malynda Hale (USA), We Run, Music Video

Christopher J Cullen (USA), Must Hurry!, Film Short

Christopher Jenkins (USA), Lost Crops, Documentary Shor

Colin Sprigg (USA), The Pitch, Film Short (Student)

Crystal Fortwangler (USA), It Ain’t Easy Being Green, Nature / Environment / Wildlife

Damian Overton (Australia), SHIVER, Film Short

Devin Klos (USA), Idol Worship, Film Short, Cinematography, Direction

Devon Roddel (USA), Betting on the Bulbs, Documentary Short (Student)

Diego Fiori and Olga Pohankova (Austria), The Children of the Noon, Documentary Feature, Film Feature

Don DiPetta (USA), The Perfect Omlette, Film Short

Ethan Meszaros (Canada), The Optimist, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger

Francesco Longo (Italy), Nyctophobia, Film Short

Gilly Rudolf, Bensussen Art Features (USA), Lauren Higbie, Film Short

Grace Cannon (USA), Pretty Empty, Film Short (Student)

Greg Rainoff (USA), Burning Paradise, Documentary Feature

Hailey Millar (USA), My Life is Not a Show, Documentary Short

Jared Oliff-Lieberman (USA), The Method, Film Short (Student)

James Ragan, Goldstrohm Lane Productions (USA), Flowers and Roots, James Ragan, An Ambassador of the Arts, Documentary Feature

Jessica Naftaly and Shailyn Cotten (USA), After Oil (Webseries), Television – Pilot Program (Student)

Joe Scott (United Kingdom), IS THIS NOW, Actor: Leading (Fabien Ara as Dion)

Joel Jerry Duran (USA), AGUIJON, Latin / Hispanic (Student)

Josh Kirkland (USA), Fitzgerald, Film Short (Student)

Justin Dean (USA), Jones Versus the World, Television – Pilot Program

Katerina Philippou-Curtis (United Kingdom), Marriage, Film Feature, Women Filmmaker

Katie Paul (USA), Elijah, Jewish (Student)

Kerry LeVielle (USA), Her Natural Crown, Women Filmmakers

Konark Sarangi and Snehasis Das (USA), Ghar Jaana Hai : The Stories Untold, Music Video

Lainey Lipson (United Kingdom), Breathe, Film Short (Student), Women Filmmaker (Student)

Lewis Tan (USA), A Bone to Pick, Actress: Leading (Marisa Romo Szczepan as Marisa)

Madoka Harada (Japan), The Dark Ward, Asian

Marco Antonio Barajas (Mexico), ANSWER ME, Film Short

Maria Gabriela Torres (USA), Sidewalking, Documentary Short (Student)

Michael Scarnati (USA), Addicted, Film Short (Student)

Misha Zubarev (USA), Cake: A Love Story, Film Short

Oluseyi Asurf, Asurf Films Ltd (Nigeria), HAKKUNDE, African American

Paco Arasanz (Spain), Doors, Latin / Hispanic

Parker Queenan (USA), Beyond Conscious, Direction

Paul Nandzik (USA), Forever Young, Television – Pilot Program

Roxana Bazgoneh (France), TIME LEFT, Film Short (Student)

Roxana Bazgoneh (France), TIME LEFT, Film Short (Student)

Ryan C. Johnson (USA), Principles of Curiosity, Documentary Short

Vanessa McNeal (USA), The Voiceless, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest

Wilder Donnelly (USA), MISSING LINK: How I Got My Alien Abduction Footage, Film Feature

Zach Drummer (USA), Realties, Film Short

Award of RecognitionAlex Westrick, Jeffry Lawrence and Mike Wargo (USA), Stage 5, Film Feature (Student)

Alexandria Delgado (USA), Bye Bye Baby, Film Short

Ally Christmas (USA), Overwrite, Experimental (Student)

Aneel Ahmad (United Kingdom), Emmott & Rowland, Christian

Angelo Donnelly (USA), The Choices We Make, Actor: Leading (Student) (Ignacyo Matynia as Jake Monroe)

Anthony J. Caruso (USA), Brotherly Love, Actor: Leading (Anthony J. Caruso as Brother Vito), LGBT

Benjamin Zhang and Dewi Tan (USA), The Cycle, LGBT

Bimal K H (India), Lusitanian Girl, Film Short

Bob Hiltermann (USA), This is Ed!!, Film Short

Brooke Lewis (USA), Ms. Vampy’s Tween Tawk, Teen Tawk & In Between Tawk, Public Service Programming / PSA

Carly Keyes (USA), Recovering, Television – Pilot Program

Charlie Gelbart (USA), The Charlie Orange Show, Web / Internet Programming

Christopher Sin (USA), Uber Driver, Actor: Leading (Student) (Christopher Sin as Emo)

Colin Murphy (USA), Bound, Webisode

Daniel Chan (China), Home and Winter Snow and Time Flies, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger

Daniel Cook (United Kingdom), The King and I, Documentary Short (Student)

Delphino S. Huang (United Kingdom), After Meteor’s Trail, Animation (Student) and Phantom Body, Actress: Leading (Student) (Melanie Vanderford as Aimee Gladwin)

Derek Frey (United Kingdom), GOD CAME ‘ROUND, Actor: Leading (Deep Roy as Sandeep), Jewish, Music Video

Despite the Rumors (USA), WTF, Music Video

Diana Dai (Canada), SARS: Cover up and aftermath, Documentary Short

Emad Asfoury (USA), Egypt Revisited, Documentary Short

Erik Almquist (USA), The Great Unknown, Film Short

Fabrizio Piras (Italy), SARDINIA IN A DAY, Experimental

Francesca Nobili (USA), Amatriciana, Women Filmmaker

Geoffrey James (USA), The Blood Pope, Animation

Hannah Niccum (USA), GORILLA, Music Video

Herbert Golder (USA), Ballad of a Righteous Merchant, Documentary Feature

Jay Do (Viet Nam), Melody Short Film, Film Short (Student)

Jesse Levi Sutherland (Australia), Repetition, Film Short

Jessica Abrams and Shaelynn Parker (USA), KNOCKING ON DOORS, Web Series

Jill Tenney (USA), Zen Rage, Web Series

Joanna Joy (Australia), Pane Di Vita, Women Filmmakers (Student)

Joe Scott (United Kingdom), IS THIS NOW, Actress: Leading (Sabrina Dickens as Ingrid), Actress: Supporting (Anu Hasan as Mrs. Murray), Film Feature

John Balazs (Australia), Dancer, Film Short

Johnny Chiu (USA), Thumbs Up, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger

Jonathon Gauthier (USA), Lure, Film Short (Student)

Jorn Winther, Blue Moxie (USA), Do It or Die, Actress: Leading (Denise DuBarry as Elaine Chaddick)

Joshua Branstetter, Branstetter Film (USA), Old Harbor, New Hope, Native American / Aboriginal Peoples

Kira Sipler, Shoreline Community College (USA), Legacy, Film Short (Student)

Kyle Thornton (USA), A Hitch List, Television – Pilot Program

Lewis Tan (USA), A Bone to Pick, LGBT

Lux – (Canada), Red Island, Actress: Leading (Alex Essoe as Amy)

Madeleine Arundale (USA), Fox and Bear, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger

Marc Ponthus (USA), Suddenly, piano, Film Short

Marco Rosson (Italy), Shanda’s River, Film Feature

Marcus Ross, Clover Bloom Productions (USA), Lazy Circles, Television – Pilot Program

Mariya Somova (USA), Fail, Film Feature

Mason Boudreau (USA), Jade, Film Feature

Matlock Bobechko (Canada), Our Beneficiary, Film Short

Mohammad Alkazemi (USA), The Hammer, Film Short

Nalini Asha Biggs (USA), What’s my line?, Disability Issues and Native Like Water: We’re Still Here, Native American / Aboriginal Peoples (Student)

Nicole Tay (USA), Law and Order: White Fragility SVU, Asian (Student)

Richard Watts (USA), Miss Bonita Springs 1967, Actress: Leading (Deborah Smith Ford as BeBe Nowitski – Miss Bonita Springs), Film Short

Robbie Ward (USA), Annihilation, Animation

Robert Nishimura (Japan), Go! Go! Second-Time Gaijin, Asian

Russ Emanuel (USA), Collar, Movie Trailer

Safoi Babana-Hampton (USA), Growing up Hmong at the Crossroads, Documentary Feature

Sherrie Quannea (USA), #WeMatter, Film Short

Terry Ross (USA), Carving A Life, Actor: Leading (Tyler Bruhn as Mitch), Film Feature, Women Filmmaker (Terry Ross and Lisa Bruhn)

Théotime Massard (France), DECONNEXION, Film Short

Tian Tang (USA), Deal With It, Film Short (Student)

Vanessa McNeal (USA), The Voiceless, Women Filmmaker

Wu Jia (China), The thing to fulfill, Public Service Programming / PSA

Wyatt Shipp (USA), Victim, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger

Yihua Liu (China), Lilies’ Talk, LGBT

Yun Joo Chang (Korea ), Momo, LGBT

Zachary Goldman (USA), My Story, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger

Zack Birlew (USA), The Review – A Fatal Frame Fan Film, Webisode

Zhichun Huang (USA), Wash, Asian (Student)

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