
Prizes for the 2023 15th Annual NYC Indie Awards!
Here are the prizes for 2023 NYC Indie Awards Winners!

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Winners of the 2022 14th Annual NYC Indie Awards!
Here are 2022 NYC Indie Awards Winners!
Best Animation | Beyond the Drama |
Best Shorts | Tundra by José Luis Aparicio (Cuba) – winner |
Best Director | They Call Me Dax |
Best Short Doc | They Call Me Dax, by Patrick Alcedo (Canada) winner |
Best Feature Doc | Seyran Ates: Sex, Revolution and Islam, by Nefise Özkal Lorentzen (Norway) |
Best narrative Feature | Townhouse Confidental |
Best Super Short | Dad and the Fridge Box |
Best Mid-length | For My Daughter |
Best Actor | Thami Buti in “LEFA” |
Best Actress | Fiona Robert The Country Club |
Best Script | Between Roots and Wings |
Best Art/Experimental | Seaside Azan |
Best Mixed Genre | Mama |
Best Cinematography | They Call Me Dax, by Patrick Alcedo (Canada) winner |
Winners of the 2021 13th Annual NYC Indie Awards!
Here are 2021 NYC Indie Awards Winners!
Best Narrative Feature “Being Mortal”
Best Documentary Feature “True Love Never Dies”
Best Mid-length Feature “When the Music Changes”
Best Narrative Short “808”
Best Sort Documentary “With Dad”
Best Super Short “The Gentle Art of Violence”
Best Director Benjamin J. Murray and Paul Pompa for “Untreated”
Best Cinematography Shumel Hoffman & Anton von Heiseler for “The Mountain and the Maidien”
Best Actor Viktor Dvorak in “Havel”
Best Actress Laura Martinelli In “In Color”
Best Animation Film to “The Door”
Best Art/Experimental Film to “I am |A|”
Best Mix Genre “Door” by Fella Cederbaum
Best Covid-19 Short to Yohana Ambros for “Goodnight”
We want to thank everyone who submitted their films to the New York Independent Film Festival this year. We missed holding the Awards Ceremony but we could not find a location that would host us that was large enough.
Winners of the 2018 9th Annual NYC Indie Awards!
Here are 2018 NYC Indie Awards Winners!
Best Cinematography. Laura Hudock, Jamaica Man
Best Narrative Feature The Best of All Worlds, by Adrian Goiginger
Best Documentary Feature. Jamaica Man, by Michael Weatherly
Best Short Documentary. My Indiana Muse, by Ric & Jen Serena
Best Short Film. The Girl in the Woods, by Sebastian Sdaigui
Best Super Short Film Strawberries, by Donggyun Han
Best Animation. In a Heartbeat, by Esteban Bravo & Beth David
Best Music Video. Closer, by Luke Slattery and Julia Anrather
Best Art/Experimental Film. EGO, by Kaya & David-Simon Dayan
Best Short Sketch Comedy Video. There’s Something About My Sister, by Rebecca Shaw
Best Web Series. Saaba, by Brandon Kramer
Best TV Pilot. Greenport, by Shannon Goldman
Best Short Screenplay. Magic Trick, by Gerald Teaster
Best VR Video. RONE, by Lester Francois
Best Actor. Obi Abili, Forgotten Man
Best Actress. Marama Corlett, Afterword
Winners of the 2017 8th Annual NYC Indie Awards!
Here are 2017 NYC Indie Awards Winners!
Best Director Sebastian Savin, Entropic
Best Cinematography Tyler Harmon-Townsend, Saturday Night Special
Best Short Screenplay Dolphin Girl” by Tanya Carleton Lovrics
Best Narrative Feature Burning Hope, by Lotfi Achour
Best Documentary #MyEscape, by Elke Sasse
Best Animation The Wishgranter, by Kal Athannassov
Best Short Documentary Kayayo, The Living Shopping Baskets, by Mari Bakke Riise
Best Short Film Saturday Night Special, by: Esteban Garcia Vernaza
Best Super Short Film Backstory, by: Joschka Laukeninks
Best Actor Khadim Diop, Saturday Night Special
Best Actress Abril Cira, Day Six (Dia Seis)
Best Music Video Fade, by: Ainhoa Rodriguez Lopez
Best Short Sketch Comedy Video Coffee Break, by Jason Ortiz
Best Art/Experimental Film 2.57K, by: Eva Colmers
Best Virtual Reality Video The Parksville Murders, Episode 1, by: Cari Ann Shim Sham
Winners of the 2016 7th Annual NYC Indie Awards!
Here are 2016 NYC Indie Awards Winners!
Best Director Joey Lawrence, People of the Delta
Best Cinematography Sean Stiegemeir, People of the Delta
Best Short Screenplay MR. SAM, by John “Zeus” Kontoyannis
Best Narrative Feature Mile End, by Graham Higgins
Best Documentary Waiting, by Cristian Piazza
Best Animation Taichi Mice: Entrance Exam, by Boqung Tang
Best Short Documetnary Jihad: A Story of the Others, by Deeyah Khan
Best Short Film People of the Delta, by Joey Lawrence
Best Super Short Film Hello Charles, by Hamish Grieve
Best Music Video Human Cannonball, by Austin Elston
Best Actor Esteban, from Denis and the Zombies
Best Actress Jen Tullock, from Partners
Best Art/Experimental Film Time, by Floria Sigismondi
Best Short Comedy Sketch Kinder: Tinder for Kids, by: Jeff Ayars
Winners of the 2015 6th Annual NYC Indie Awards!
Here are 2015 NYC Indie Awards Winners!
- Best Super Short Film – “1500 Words” by Andrew Chaplin
- Best Short Film – “Stunned” by Gérard Pautonnier
- Best Short Documentary – “Women of 60: Unboxed” by Peter Barton
- Best Animation – “My Kingdom” by Debra Solomon
- Best Music Video – “Intergalactic Zombie Hunter” by Jeremiah Kaufman
- Best Documentary – “Dream On” by Roger Weisberg
- Best Narrative – “Keep in Touch” by Sam Kretchmar
- Best Debut Performance – Gaëlle Gillis from “46, XX”
- Best Actor – Borja Espinosa from “The Long Way Home”
- Best Actress – Camille Keenan from “Sunday”
- Best Short Screenplay – “True Blue” by Phil Yuhas
- Best Cinematography – “Wildlike” by Frank Hall Gree
- Best Director – Marc Fouchard from “The Way of Tea”
Winners of the 2014 5th Annual NYC Indie Awards!
Here are 2014 NYC Indie Awards Winners!
Best Super Short Film Flux Directed by Patrick Ryder
Best Short Film Shimmer. Ko-Min Lin
Cieri Media Best Animation “Sausage”, directed by Robert Grieves
Sony Best Documentary directed by ‘Steven Dhoedt’
Cieri Media Best Narrative Feature West End. directed by ‘Joe Basile’
Dark Horse Best Actress 2014 Anastassia Sendyk
“Dark Horse Best Actor” 2014 Neal Bledsoe
Panavision Best Director 2014 ‘Jane Cantillon’
Winners of the 2013 4th Annual NYC Indie Awards!
Here are 2013 NYC Indie Awards Winners!
Best Director: Matt Twomey – ‘The Duck Diaries – A Cold War Quest for Friendship Across the Americas’
Best Actress: Ioana Pavelescu
Best Actress: Tunde Skovra’n
Best Narrative Feature: Awakened
Best Music Video: Cara Campanelli’s ‘Poor Heart’
Best Short Film: Detasamentul Orb
Best Documentary: Unforgettable Fire *The Story of a U2 Tribute Band*
Best Actor: Casey Chapman in ‘Mother’s Milk’
Best Super Short Film: Swingers
Best Script: ‘Swingers
Merit & Distinction
Best Music Video: Vaseline
Best Narrative Feature: Puzzle
Best Actress (Julianne Michelle): Awakened
Best Actor (Adrian Titieni/Dan Nutu): Puzzle
Best Script (Andrei Zinca, Adrian Lustig): Puzzle
Best Director (Anthony Laura): Swingers
Best Super Short Film: Deflated
Best Short Film: Las Percepciones Contradictorias&
Best Documentary Feature: 311:Koko Ni Ikiru
Honorable Mention Awards
Best Music Video: (Jennifer Nocole Stang) – El Duelo
Best Documentary: (Matt Twomey) – Duck Diaries
Best Director: (Michelle Regina Iacobelli) – Unforgettable Fire
Best Script: (Edward Pionke) – Mother’s Milk
Super Short: (Usman Riaz) – The Waves
Best Short: (David Conte) – [escape]
Best Narrative: (Sloan Copeland) – Wet Behind The Ears
Best Actor: (Jason Zednick) – Swingers
Best Actress: (Megan Schmitt) – Swingers