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13th edition of NY Independent Cinema Awards

The NY Independent Cinema Awards celebrates indie films and artists from all over the globe and promotes the arthouse cinema from one of the most important art capitals of the world. It is with great pleasure for us to announce the winners of the 13th edition of NY Independent Cinema Awards.




Best U.S. Narrative Feature The Memory Scanner . Com Dir: Alonso Dominguez Best International Narrative Feature & Best Producer DARKING WAY Dir: Zsolt Pozsgai Producer: József Berger Best U.S. Narrative Short You Can Kiss Me Dir: Jan Jalenak Best International Narrative Short Curiouser Dir: Gabriel Athanasiou Best U.S. Documentary Feature The Jewish Jail Lady and The Holy Thief Dir: Victor velle Best International Documentary The Donbass children Dir: Lubomir Dankov Best U.S Documentary Short Kalliope’s From Fear to Freedom Dir: Kalliope Barlis Best Director Waltz of the Strong Dirs: DorK Productions, Karyn Lynn Bailey Best Script Stranger at the Funeral Writer: Ana Maria Estrada Best Actor Luis Guillermo Galli For: Stranger at the Funeral Best Actress Brandi Nicole Wilson For: You Can Kiss Me Best Composer Hot Bath An' A Stiff Drink Music: Geoff Levin Best Editor Flesh of My Flesh Editor: Luke Bennett Best Animation Bensonhurst Dir: Daniel Salgado Best Cinematographer Curiouser DOP: Jamie Touche Best Comedy Love Dump Dir: Jason Avezzano Best Experimental My mother's last dance Dir: ivan knyazev Best Science Fiction Teleportation Dir: Susan Mey Lee Lim Best Horror & Best Female Director Flesh of My Flesh Dir: Sunitra Sivabalan Best Music Video "You Don't Need a Reason" music video Dir: Angel Estrada Fuentes Best Student Film Kumaru Dirs: Bruno Maravilha, Patrícia Santos, Tânia Teixeira Best TV Series-Web-Pilot My Dog Life Dir: Alexander Rise Best Youth Actor The 2020 Kid Best Unproduced Screenplay The Omegas Writers: Karl Ryan Erikson, Evan Dickerson Best Independent Film Sunflower Dir: Mingjie Tang


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